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Media workers want police conduct probed
Post Reporters, Published on 24/11/2022
» A representative of four photojournalists injured in a clash between riot police and anti-government protesters at last week’s Apec summit has asked parliamentarians to investigate allegations of police brutality.
Govt to seize 'Joe Ferrari' cop's B1.35bn million assets
Published on 14/11/2022
» A former district police chief jailed for torturing a suspect to death will have undeclared assets worth 1.35 billion baht seized after being found to be "unusually wealthy", authorities said Monday.
Thaksin, Prawit trade blame for Tak Bai massacre
Online Reporters, Published on 26/10/2022
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has apologised for the massacre at Tak Bai during his administration but stopped short of accepting responsibility, saying the operation was under then-army chief Gen Prawit Wongsuwon.
Woman tells of brutality at hands of Chinese scam gang in Manila
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/08/2022
» A woman who fled virtual slavery in the Philippines has told police she was one of dozens of Thais lured into working for a romance scam gang run by Chinese, and those who tried to leave were beaten, handcuffed and terrorised with electric shocks.
Abe assassinated on campaign trail
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 09/07/2022
» Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while campaigning for a parliamentary election in the city of Nara yesterday, shocking a country in which political violence is rare and guns are tightly controlled.
Father of hazing victim rejects B500,000 offer, will take case to court
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 18/03/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The father of the university freshman killed by a violent hazing ritual has rejected a 500,000 baht compensation offer by parents of the seven senior students involved, and said he will seek justice through the courts.
Ukrainians rally in Lumpini, call for peace
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/03/2022
» About 100 Ukrainians and Thais on Saturday gathered in front of Lumpini Public Library at Lumpini Park, Bangkok, to call on Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine.
Lawyers go to war over blackmail allegation
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2021
» Celebrity lawyer Decha Kittiwittayanan on Friday filed a defamation complaint against another famed lawyer, Sittha Biabangkerd, for claims made about the publication of the torture clip of a drug suspect in Nakhon Sawan.
Activists step up Mulan boycott campaign
Published on 05/09/2020
» Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan have revived their calls to boycott the new live-action version of the Disney blockbuster "Mulan", which opened on Friday in cinemas in many Asian countries including Thailand.
'American Gangster' Frank Lucas dead at 88
Published on 01/06/2019
» NEW YORK: As the Vietnam War raged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a potent heroin called “Blue Magic” flooded into New York City and New Jersey from a mysterious Southeast Asian connection. It destroyed lives, and it turned a gangster named Frank Lucas into one of America’s most notorious drug kingpins.