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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

In Reversal, Tourists Accused of Running Scam

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

PATTAYA — Two men from China were enjoying a seaside holiday near Pattaya last week when a local vendor selling leather bags approached them. The man made them a simple offer: buy his bags or get punched, so fearing for their lives – as they would later tell police – they paid 12,000 baht to buy the bags.

Democracy Activists Commit to Fight Over Flight



BANGKOK — Members of the New Democracy Movement issued a statement this morning saying they will not flee the country and will continue “fighting for freedom and democracy.”

Democracy Activists Commit to Fight Over Flight



BANGKOK — Members of the New Democracy Movement issued a statement this morning saying they will not flee the country and will continue “fighting for freedom and democracy.”

Democracy Activists Commit to Fight Over Flight



BANGKOK — Members of the New Democracy Movement issued a statement this morning saying they will not flee the country and will continue “fighting for freedom and democracy.”

Democracy Activists Commit to Fight Over Flight



BANGKOK — Members of the New Democracy Movement issued a statement this morning saying they will not flee the country and will continue “fighting for freedom and democracy.”

200,000 Baht Bounty for Disappeared Karen Activist ‘Billy’



BANGKOK — Police have offered 200,000 baht for information about a community rights activist who has been missing for nearly two years.

Anonymous Releases Court Data as Police Vow to Catch Hackers



BANGKOK — Police said today they would go after the hacker collective known as Anonymous after its members took down hundreds of court websites and released sensitive data it claimed to have obtained.

Party ‘Mafia’ Blamed for Gunplay on ‘Full Moon’ Party Island



SURAT THANI — A dispute over all-night partying led to recent gunfire which hit tourists’ rooms on the southern island of Koh Phangan, police said today.

Party ‘Mafia’ Blamed for Gunplay on ‘Full Moon’ Party Island



SURAT THANI — A dispute over all-night partying led to recent gunfire which hit tourists’ rooms on the southern island of Koh Phangan, police said today.

Party ‘Mafia’ Blamed for Gunplay on ‘Full Moon’ Party Island



SURAT THANI — A dispute over all-night partying led to recent gunfire which hit tourists’ rooms on the southern island of Koh Phangan, police said today.

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