Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK (DPA) — A Thai court indicted a pair of Myanmar suspects on Thursday for the murder of two British tourists, an official said.

BANGKOK — An 43-year-old energy tycoon involved in the high-profile corruption scandal among Thailand’s top law enforcers has fled the country, police say.

BANGKOK — A former Pheu Thai MP was sentenced to 30 months in prison today after a criminal court found him guilty of offending Thailand’s royal family.

BANGKOK – A Koh Samui court has approved prosecutors' sixth request to extend the detention of two Burmese men accused of murdering British tourists in southern Thailand in September.

BANGKOK (DPA) - One volunteer rescue worker died when rival ambulance squads brawled on the streets of Bangkok early Monday, officials said.

CHONBURI - Two Thai suspects are under arrest on the suspicion of belong to a thief gang that allegedly preys on foreign tourists in the resort town of Pattaya.

NARATHIWAT - Police say a roadside bomb planted by separatist insurgents has wounded two bodyguards who were escorting a group of teachers to their school in Narathiwat province today.

PATHUM THANI - Police say they have arrested a group of Thais and Sierra Leonean who defrauded more than 640,000 baht from a Thai man in a "black money scam."

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.