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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

Soldier Says Wife’s Lover Shot Him



SURAT THANI — An army sergeant said he tracked down his cheating wife last night to a motel room where he caught her in the act with a school teacher, who then shot at him.

Pattaya Police Suspect Foul Play in Briton’s Fatal Balcony Fall



PATTAYA — A British man fell to his death from a building in Pattaya city last night, and police said it may not have been an accident.

Undertaker Dumps Partially Cremated Body in Community Reservoir

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — An undertaker dumped a body he’d only partially cremated into a reservoir supplying residential drinking water because he was too tired to carry it further, police in Nakhon Ratchasima province said today.

Blacklist for Visa Overstays to Launch in March



BANGKOK — Harsher punishments introduced last year for foreigners who overstay their visas may actually go into effect in March.

Data Contradicts New York Times on Crime Increase Under Junta

By Teeranai Charuvastra and Todd Ruiz

BANGKOK — A recent article by the New York Times appeared to overstate a surge in crime it claimed has hit Thailand since the military seized power.

No Credible ISIS Threat, Thai Interpol Head Says

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre
Reuters

BANGKOK — Thailand's Interpol director said on Tuesday there was "no credible" threat of an attack by suspected members of Islamic State following a warning by the Russian intelligence service that 10 Syrians linked to the group had entered the country.
Foreign tourists relax on Pattaya Beach in a December 2014 file photo.

Four Syrians Located, Cleared of Suspicion in Alleged ISIS Threat



BANGKOK — Four Syrians sought by authorities for questioning in response to an intelligence warning were cleared of suspicion by police yesterday.

Alluring Farang Woman Was Actually Nigerian Man, Police Deduce



BANGKOK — A man accused of posing as both European men and women – without being either – to romance and scam upward of 400,000 baht from Thai victims over Line was arrested yesterday.

Suspect Dies in Military Custody in Deep South



PATTANI — A Muslim man detained by the military in the restive province of Pattani last month died in custody this morning, only a day after his family visited him.

Police Investigate Source of ISIS Memo Leak



BANGKOK — An investigation will be launched into who leaked an police internal memo about Islamic State militants infiltrating Thailand, the chief of national police announced today.

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