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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

Koh Tao Murder: Police 'Willing' To Probe Abuse of Burmese Suspects

SURAT THANI — A senior Thai police officer has promised to investigate the claim that police abused Burmese migrant workers while interrogating them about the murder of two British tourists in southern Thailand last week.

Britons' Murder: Police Claim Investigation Hindered By Media

BANGKOK — Thai police have accused foreign journalists and social media users of muddling their ongoing investigation into the murder of two British tourists in southern Thailand last week.

Bangkok Suspect Cleared of Connection To Britons' Murder

BANGKOK – Police say they have cleared another major suspect from connection to the murder of two British tourists on the island of Koh Tao ten days ago.

Corruption, Faulty Cable Blamed For Death of Police Parachutists

BANGKOK — Police have charged 11 people for manslaughter over the death of two police cadets whose parachutes failed to open because of faulty cable during a training exercise.

Suspected Killer of British Backpackers 'in Bangkok'

BANGKOK — The prime suspect behind the brutal killing of two British backpackers on an island in southern Thailand is currently hiding in the capital city, police say.

Britons' Murder: Police Chief Dismisses Koh Tao 'Mafia' Allegation

BANGKOK — Thailand’s new police chief has brushed off media reports that there is "mafia" network on the resort island in Southern Thailand where two British tourists were murdered last week.

Police Chief: Britons Murdered By 'Asians'

BANGKOK — Thailand’s chief of police says DNA tests reveal that two “Asians” were behind the murder of British tourists on a resort island in southern Thailand last week.

Britons' Murder: Lacking Evidence, Police Target Burmese Migrants

BANGKOK — Thai police are targeting a community of Burmese workers living on Koh Tao in a scramble to find a suspect behind the murder of two British tourists on the resort island earlier this week.

Court Affirms 10-Year Jail Term For Lese Majeste Convict

BANGKOK — A Court of Appeals has upheld the ten year jail sentence handed down to Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, the former editor of a pro-Redshirt magazine who has been accused of insulting the monarchy.

Prayuth Apologises For 'Bikini Remark,' Shifts Blame to Migrant Workers

BANGKOK — Following a storm of criticism, junta leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha apologized this afternoon for suggesting that it is unsafe for attractive Western tourists to wear bikinis in Thailand.

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