Fresh Warrant Issued for Suspected Phang Nga Market Bomber
SURAT THANI — A seventh warrant was issued Thursday in connection with the spree of bomb and fire attacks during Mother’s Day holiday, while elsewhere the only suspect arrested so far denied all charges against him.
Fire Damages Shops at JJ Green Night Market
BANGKOK — Several shops were damaged when a fire broke out late Thursday afternoon at JJ Green night market.
Activists Welcome End to Military Trials – Wish it Applied to Them
BANGKOK — Kittithat Sumalnop became a prominent pro-democracy and won the nickname “Champ 1984” for the time he was famously arrested one month after the coup for eating a sandwich and reading Orwell.
Bangkok Bombing Trial in Limbo Without Interpreter
BANGKOK — One of Thailand’s biggest criminal trials remains on hold after a military court turned down an organization’s offer of a professional translator, and another prisoner recruited for the job only spoke Uzbek.
Schoolgirl Disfigured by Mug-Throwing Teacher Seeks Treatment
KORAT — “I will get my smile back one day,” Naruedee Chotsanthia, a 17-year-old student in Korat, wrote recently in her Facebook bio.
Injustice Echos From All Sides Two Years After Koh Tao Murders
BANGKOK — One night, two years ago tomorrow, Zaw Lin and his friend Wai Phyo were playing guitar and drinking beer on a beach. Today they are locked up in Thailand’s most notorious prison for a crime they say they didn’t commit.
‘Missing’ Chinese Tourist Doesn’t Want to Go Back to China
CHONBURI — A Chinese woman who reportedly vanished at a tiger zoo in Chonburi province was found Tuesday hiding in a farmer’s hut in a nearby rice field, police said.
Student on Life Support After Near Drowning in Hazing
CHONBURI — The family of 19-year-old Chokechai Thongnuekhao was still waiting Monday to find out whether he would be back to his old self or suffer permanent brain damage after nearly dying in a hazing session he was forced to submit to at his university.
Junta Revokes Military Trials for Civilians
BANGKOK — Civilians will no longer be tried by the military after the junta Monday revoked orders passed since it seized power over two years ago.
‘AirGraab’ Hits Full Boil as Passenger Sues Internet, Attendant Weighs Legal Action
BANGKOK — Everyone is lawyering up in a burning dispute between an airline, flight attendant and the woman she groveled before earlier this month – a topic of national obsession which has begun to spin lawsuits and threats of more.
