Crime, Courts, Calamity

PATTAYA — An Englishman fell to his death in the early hours of Friday morning at Walking Street in Pattaya.

CHONBURI — Those who feared being pelted with fish sauce, urine and motor oil during Songkran in Chonburi can now rest easy, as 10 people suspected of having caused the distasteful incident were arrested Thursday and charged Friday.

CHONBURI — Local police said Thursday they were searching for a group of youths who were seen tossing bags filled with urine and other foul fluids at passing motorcycles and cars.

BANGKOK — Broadcasting authorities on Wednesday ordered Spring News TV’s radio channel shut for five days after receiving complaints that it had aired inappropriate content.

SAMUT PRAKAN — Two men were arrested and charged Wednesday evening for illegally possessing a number of automatic weapons, police said Thursday.

BANGKOK — “When will you return the money to us?” “How do we get it? We cannot contact anyone in your company.” “You only say things groundlessly, asshole!” a crowd of holidaymakers who paid between 9,000 baht to 13,000 baht for a six-day trip in Japan yelled at the owner of a multi-level marketing who failed to make their trip come true.

BANGKOK — Three outspoken critics of the Royal Family became persona non grata on the internet Wednesday under an outright government ban on contacting or sharing content from them, “directly or indirectly.”

RANONG — The man suspected of orchestrating a massive scam which left thousands of people stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport for hours was found late Wednesday afternoon in the southern province of Ranong.

SAMUT PRAKAN — More than 1,000 tourists arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday, ready to spend six days in Japan during the Songkran holidays.

LONDON — The Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune wanted over the 2012 killing of a Bangkok police officer appeared to...