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Crime, Courts, Calamity

Bad things happen to good people; good things happen to bad people.

Red Bull Heir Fails to Appear, Again. Given Another Chance, Again.

BANGKOK — A deadline passed at 4pm today for Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya to meet with prosecutors four years after he killed a Thonglor cop, but the 31-year-old fugitive will be given yet another chance before a warrant is sought for his arrest.

Japanese Man Accused of Abusing ‘At Least 10 Boys’



CHIANG MAI — A Japanese tourist was arrested this morning in Chiang Mai province on allegations he sexually abused boys as young as 9.

Police Tight-Lipped About Cause of Fire That Killed Schoolgirls



CHIANG RAI — Police today were reticent to discuss the ongoing investigation into the cause of a deadly fire which killed at least 17 girls at a school dormitory in the early hours of Monday in Wiang Pa Pao district.

Fake OJ Prompts Nationwide Crackdown, Social Media Panic



BANGKOK — Sold on nearly every street for about 20 baht, plastic bottles of orange juice are as ubiquitous as coffee and muu ping.

2 Die in Fire at Major Hollywood Phra Pradaeng



SAMUT PRAKAN — Two men died today after a fire broke out in a pub and spread to other parts of the Major Hollywood shopping mall in the southern metro district of Phra Pradaeng.

14 Rohingya Recaptured After Escaping Detention



PHANG NGA — Six of 21 Rohingya men who escaped an immigration detention center in southern Thailand remained free Tuesday morning.

One Rohingya Shot Dead During Mass Escape From Detention Center



PHANG NGA — A man was shot dead by police after 21 Rohingya men escaped from a detention center in southern Thailand early Monday morning.

Koh Tao Murders: Lawyers Appeal Against Death Sentences

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Pairat Temphairojana
Reuters

BANGKOK — Lawyers filed an appeal on Monday against the conviction of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death in Thailand for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers on a holiday island, another twist in a case mired in controversy and dispute.

Koh Tao Murders: Lawyers Appeal Against Death Sentences

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Pairat Temphairojana
Reuters

BANGKOK — Lawyers filed an appeal on Monday against the conviction of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death in Thailand for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers on a holiday island, another twist in a case mired in controversy and dispute.

Watchdogs ‘Too Late’ to Stop Media Spellbound by Slow-Motion Suicide



BANGKOK — It was the kind of media event that would have once been unthinkable, but in a time of everything-everywhere expectations, the rapt coverage of an unfolding suicide Thursday seemed to raise ratings more than editorial alarms.

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