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Drunk cop loses fight, shoots French tourist dead
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/12/2018
» A policeman has been sacked from the force after losing a drunken fist fight with a French tourist and then shooting him dead in a condominium building on Soi Sukhumvit 13, Bangkok, on Wednesday morning.
'Big Joke' tipped to be immigration chief
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 28/09/2018
» Deputy tourist police chief Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn is tipped to become the new Immigration Bureau (IB) commissioner in the upcoming annual police reshuffle.
Police chief seeks allies to collar ex-monk
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 13/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda flew to France at the weekend to coordinate with Interpol at its headquarters to pressure Germany into extraditing former monk Phra Phrom Methee to Thailand, a highly placed police source said on Tuesday.
Police chief returns from Frankfurt alone after ex-monk 'claims asylum'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda returned to Bangkok from Frankfurt on Wednesday -- without the fugitive former monk from Wat Samphanthawong he had hoped to escort back to Thai soil from Germany.
Police add 3 accomplices to monk hunt
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 30/05/2018
» Police are hunting two Thais and one Lao national who are believed to have helped two senior monks flee as they were being sought in connection with the temple fund embezzlement scandal.
36 foreigners detained in coordinated raids
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 17/05/2018
» Thirty-six foreign nationals and one Thai were detained during Tourist Police-led raids in 104 locations across the country in the early hours of Thursday.
Sex tours sites prompt clean-up
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/04/2018
» Police are looking into a sex tour scandal after a foreign media report emerged claiming that companies are offering steamy vacations to Western travellers with particular emphasis being placed on resort destinations such as Pattaya and Phuket.
Premchai faces bribery charge
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/03/2018
» Construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta faces an additional charge of bribery for offering officials "anything you want" in return for his release after he was detained in a high-profile wildlife poaching case in Kanchanaburi.
Police nab Russian 'cyber-gangster'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/02/2018
» Police have detained a Russian national believed to be the second-in-command of a transnational gang operating a black market and theft operation known as Infraud.
Parlour tricks
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/01/2018
» The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into freebies given to police by a local massage parlour.