Crime, Courts, Calamity

CHONBURI - A Swiss national has committed suicide in his residence in Chonburi province, police say.

BANGKOK - Police have arrested eight student activists for distributing leaflets that celebrated a prominent critic of the Thai monarchy who recently spoke out after six months of silence.

BANGKOK - Police say they have charged a former security guard of the protest movement opposed to the previous government with fraud.

CHONBURI - A British man died of heart attack as he was receiving a Thai traditional massage in the resort town of Pattaya yesterday, police say.

PRACHUAP KIRI KHAN — A former solder has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a Venezuelan tourist on a beach in the popular resort town of Hua Hin last night.

PATTANI — Soldiers have detained two men and one woman in connection with banners hung around Thailand’s southern border provinces that threatened to kill more Buddhist civilians and officials in the region.

CHUMPHON — Thai police say they have found the body of the Swiss tourist who went missing in the Gulf of Thailand nearly two weeks ago.

CHONBURI — More than 30 foreigners have pressed charges against a golf club in the resort town of Pattaya, accusing the club’s management of fraud.

BANGKOK (DPA) — An arrest warrant has been issued for an American man in Thailand who tried to send body parts to the US, officials said Tuesday.

UDON THANI — A 25-year-old German man was admitted to the ICU after he was allegedly attacked by drunk teenagers in Udon Thani who wanted to imitate the brutal murder of two British tourists on Koh Tao island in September.