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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

Possession of E-cigarette in Thailand Is Illegal and Could Be Imprisoned

The Office of the Consumer Protection Board warns on February 2, 2023 mere possession of e-cigarettes without smoking could lead to a fine of...
In this photo provided by the Royal Thai Navy, the HTMS Sukhothai corvette warship lists off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. Photo: Royal Thai Navy via AP

Survivor Found From Thai Navy Ship That Sank Sunday

BANGKOK (AP) — Rescuers found a survivor and recovered five bodies from a Thai warship that sank over the weekend in the Gulf of Thailand, navy officials said Tuesday, as hopes faded for two dozen people still missing. Officials acknowledged there were not enough life jackets for all those aboard.
An undated photo of HTMS Sukhothai. Photo: Royal Thai Navy

Navy Ship Sinks Off Prachuap Khiri Khan Coast

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — A search and rescue operation was launched for 28 sailors missing after a Royal Thai Navy warship sank in the Gulf of Thailand on Sunday night.

Nate Naksuk explains why he decided not to indict Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya.

Nate Naksuk explains why he decided not to indict Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya over a hit-and-run incident back in 2012 in which a...

Speechless moment, a male suspected wrongdoing chanted Chinabanchorn wishing to lure police to let...

A man was caught at his cottage for holding a rifle illegally and was brought to police station where he made all officers stunned...

Thai Police arrested ‘Ar Yong’, Chinese man, leader of a multi-national organized crime gang.

On Oct 31, 2022, Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and the team report the progress of arresting...

The “Red Bull heir” case : A case study in juridical process.

On October 12, 2022, high-profile lawyer Sukit Poonsrikasem posted on his Facebook wall about the case of Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhaya who...
Monks sit and watch at funeral pyres set to cremate those who died in the day care center attack at Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Photo: Wason Wanichakorn / AP

Families Bid Farewell as Nong Bua Lamphu Massacre Victims Are Cremated

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Hundreds of mourners and victims’ families gathered Tuesday evening to watch flames burn from rows of makeshift pyres at cremation ceremonies for the young children and others who died in last week’s mass killings at a day care center in Thailand’s rural northeast.
Buddhist monks oversee the making of cremation furnaces at Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Photo: Sakchai Lalit / AP

Cremations Readied for Nong Bua Lamphu Massacre Victims

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Makeshift furnaces made of clay bricks were built Monday on the grounds of Buddhist temples in a small town in northeastern Thailand on the eve of the cremation of the young victims of last week’s massacre at a day care center by a former policeman.
Chief executive of Uthai Sawan Sub-district Administrative Organization Danaichok Boonsom, talks to reporters at a police station in Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Photo: Sakchai Lalit / AP

CNN Apologizes for Entering Thai Massacre Site, Pulls Video

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — CNN pulled a story on the massacre of Thai preschoolers and apologized Sunday over criticism its journalists entered the day care where the children were slain and filmed the crime scene without permission.

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