Crime, Courts, Calamity

RATCHABURI — A 60-year-old administrative official in Ratchaburi province was assassinated during a religious ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Ratchaburi province last night.

CHONBURI — A transgender sex worker was arrested for allegedly attacking a Russian man in the resort town of Pattaya last week, police said.

NONG KHAI — Authorities in northeastern Thailand raided two brothels near the Thai-Laotian border where several underage Laotian girls said they were forced to work as sex workers.

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SA KAEO — A pet dog in the eastern province of Sa Kaeo brought his owner a package of methamphetamine tablets this morning, likely disrupting a drug deal, police said.

PRACHUAP KIRI KHAN — Police say a 55-year-old German man was found dead in front of a house in Prachuap Kiri Khan province early this morning.

SURAT THANI — The head of Thailand's Central Institute of Forensic Science will testify in defense of two Burmese men accused of killing two British backpackers in southern Thailand last year.

By Sally Mairs and Teeranai Charuvastra

SURAT THANI — Challenging previous testimony provided by police, a forensic expert told the court where two Burmese men are being tried for murdering British tourists on a Thai island that more evidence is available for the independent re-test requested by the defense team earlier this month.

SURAT THANI — Police presented a detailed timeline of the events leading up to the deaths of two British tourists on Koh Tao during the second session of the controversial murder trial today.

PATTANI — Thai authorities say they have found the bodies of two suspected separatists who escaped a raid conducted by police and soldiers in Pattani province yesterday.