Maxim Model Goes to Police Over Online Prostitution Claim (Video)
BANGKOK — A former Maxim model filed a complaint Friday against a Facebook page for misusing one of her photos to allege she had become a prostitute.
Pro-Democracy Activists ‘Penguin’ and ‘Ammy’ Released on Bail
BANGKOK (AP) — Two jailed leaders of a student-led pro-democracy movement that attracted both support and controversy last year when it called for reform of Thailand’s monarchy were released Tuesday after repeated requests for bail.
Dutch Weed Lord Gets 50 Years for Money Laundering
BANGKOK — A Dutch drug lord was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday for laundering money connected to narcotics sales through Thailand.
Man Linked to Pedophilia in Thailand to Get Swiss Trial
GRUYERE, Switzerland — A Swiss man suspected of abusing more than 80 boys for over 20 years in Thailand will go on trial in Switzerland later this month, according to media reports.
To Catch Alleged Predator, Suankularb Students Ran Sting Before Going Public
BANGKOK — While the director of an elite boys school defends one of its teachers against allegations of being a pedophile predator, a group of school students has offered proof he knowingly solicited for sex from a minor as recently as Wednesday.
International Content Creators Arrested in Thailand for Illicit Production
Thai Anti-Trafficking Police (ATPD) conducted a major operation today, arresting an international network of content creators who were illegally using Thailand as a base
Southeast Asia a Hub of Illegal Wildlife and Timber Trade: UN
BANGKOK — Despite a continued crackdown on perpetrators, Southeast Asia is becoming an even more prominent hub of illegal wildlife and timber trade, a...
Police Rule Out Foul Play in Frenchman’s Fatal Fall
CHIANG MAI — Murder has been eliminated by police as a factor in the case of a French national who fell from a balcony and died in Chiang Mai province last night.
Groom and Friends Charged After Guns-Blazing Wedding Kills Man
CHONBURI — A newlywed man turned himself into police Monday after celebratory gunfire at his wedding killed a man in a widely watched case that has provoked outrage.
Rubber Farmer Shot Dead in Songkhla
BANGKOK — Police say a rubber farmer has been shot dead in the southern Thai province of Sonkhla, in the latest attack in a region that has been in the grip of an ethnic Malay Muslim insurgency for over a decade.
