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Seastead couple in crosshairs
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/04/2019
» The Third Naval Area Command has filed a police complaint against an American man and his Thai wife who set up a floating living platform 12 nautical miles off the coast of Phuket, a practice also known as seasteading.
Security raised as bombs rattle South
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 01/01/2019
» Security has been stepped up in the South following a spate of violent attacks over the past week.
PM insists cash splurge not populist as poll looms
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 21/11/2018
» The government will plough 63 billion baht into cash handout packages aimed at assisting low-income earners, the elderly and retired officers, but Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged both the public and the media not to view this as a populist move aimed at shoring up support ahead of the election.
319 foreigners arrested in latest 'outlaws' raids
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 05/10/2018
» A total of 319 foreigners were arrested for immigration offences in the latest "outlaw tourists" raids, which targeted 337 locations across the country early on Friday morning.
Police stand their ground on female ban
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/09/2018
» Terminating the recruitment of female cadets is a step backward for gender equality, say critics, but the police are standing their ground on the policy and insist that despite the move, the role of women in the police force will not be phased out.
Police: no evidence of rape
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 31/08/2018
» A police team from Bangkok say they have found no evidence or witnesses indicating that a rape or drugging took place on Koh Tao as claimed by a British woman.
US father tosses dead baby in river and flees to Thailand
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/08/2018
» A Bronx man got on a plane to Thailand after carrying his dead 7-month-old baby around New York City in a backpack and throwing the boy's body into the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge and other tourist hotspots, police said on Wednesday.
Knife-wielding kidnapper caught trying to flee in canal
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/08/2018
» A man believed to be high on drugs was hauled from a muddy canal in Pathum Thani and arrested on Tuesday night after earlier kidnapping a boy and threatening to stab him and a motorcycle taxi driver.
Panel to revisit murder case
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/07/2018
» Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) chief Charnthep Sesawech has ordered the formation of a panel to revisit a case in which a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death two years ago.
Doi Suthep activists vow protest
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/06/2018
» An activist network in Chiang Mai called on judicial members to move out of the controversial housing estate at the foot of Doi Suthep within 10 days if they want to avoid a big protest.