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Four arrested in Pattaya ‘fake police’ robbery case
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 12/07/2025
» PATTAYA - Police have arrested four suspects — two Chinese and two Thais — in connection with the abduction and robbery of a Chinese citizen by fake police earlier this week.
Thailand's biggest call-scam gang sentenced to prison
News, Online Reporters, Published on 09/07/2025
» Seventy criminal accomplices rounded up in Thailand's biggest scam-gang bust have been sentenced to up to 24 years in prison.
‘Companions’ ease pain of China’s busy, bewildering hospitals
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» BEIJING - At a bustling Beijing hospital, Tian Yigui hands over some of his elderly wife’s paperwork to Meng Jia, a “patient companion” hired to help navigate China’s stretched and bureaucratic healthcare system.
Police raid villa, bust Korean scam gang and rescue kidnap victim
News, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 22/06/2025
» Thai police have arrested 21 suspects, including 20 South Koreans and one Chinese national, after rescuing a South Korean man allegedly kidnapped and forced to work for a call centre scam gang operating out of a luxury pool villa in Bang Lamung district, Chon Buri. The operation followed a tip-off from the South Korean embassy.
Transnational scam network busted in Pattaya
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 16/06/2025
» PATTAYA – The arrest of a Chinese national and two Thais has brought down a major transnational criminal network operating from this tourist city, police said on Monday.
White Lotus buzz can’t reverse Thai tourism decline
Published on 05/06/2025
» The outlook for tourism in Thailand is so deep in the doldrums that even the so-called White Lotus effect — a temporary boost in Western visitors inspired by the latest season of the hit TV show — hasn’t been enough to offset a slump in arrivals from neighbouring countries.
Three Chinese detained in Pattaya after shooting at compatriot
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 01/06/2025
» PATTAYA: Three Chinese people aged 24-32 were detained in this tourist city after one of them injured a compatriot with a gunshot at a rented house on Saturday.
SE Asia trafficked cyber victims freed but far from home
Published on 30/05/2025
» Most of Jaruwat Jinnmonca’s anti-trafficking work used to focus on helping victims swept into prostitution.
Man U test loyalty of ‘numbed’ Chinese fans
AFP, Published on 29/05/2025
» HONG KONG - Yan Gang speaks for many Manchester United fans when he says: “We’ve been numbed by performances over the past few seasons.”
Five held over ‘photo promotion’ scam
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/05/2025
» Police have arrested two Chinese nationals and three Thai accomplices for orchestrating a fraudulent “photo promotion” scheme that defrauded victims out of millions of baht.