Crime, Courts, Calamity

(17 October) A group of residents of Minburi district have demanded that the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) suspend its boat route along Saen Saeb Canal in the district due to the damage caused to the canal′s banks.

(17 October) A Chinese tourist had been injured after she jumped off a moving songthaew bus during a heated argument with her friend, according to the driver.

(17 October) Pattaya rescue workers have saved a foreign man who was cutting himself during a phone conversation with his friend.

(16 October) A combination of heavy rains, flooding, and accidents - which included a leaked underground water pipe - has resulted in a particularly chaotic day for Bangkok commuters.

(16 October) A Swedish tourist has alleged that a Thai woman has stolen his wallet and withdrawn 100,000 baht from his bank accounts.

(16 October) The government′s decision for 5-days off during New Year season has alerted officials to prepare for large numbers of tourists during the long vacation.

(16 October) A pair of unidentified assailants have shot three people dead at a roadside bar in Prachinburi province, including the owner of the establishment.

(15 October) A minivan driver is being sought by the police on the suspicion that he had raped and threatened to murder a 15 year old girl.

(15 October) The Thai-Japanese woman arrested on suspicion of running a brothel blamed the crime she allegedly commit on her obesity, claiming that she is ‘too fat’ for legal jobs.

(15 October) The Thai Supreme Court has affirmed the death sentence for a former narcotics trafficker who had been eluding arrests for almost a decade before he was apprehended in China.