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Tiger Temple faces axe
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 06/06/2016
» Kanchanaburi: The Tiger Temple faces possible closure after fresh charges of forest encroachment involving almost 1,000 rai of land and eviction for misuse of granted land.
Last tigers to be moved from temple today
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 03/06/2016
» KANCHANABURI - A total of 104 of the 137 Bengal tigers at the notorious Tiger Temple have been moved out to one of two wildlife breeding centres in Ratchaburi and the remainder were expected to be relocated on Friday.
Monk killed, woman injured after being hit by pickup
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 02/06/2016
» KANCHANABURI -- A monk was killed and a woman injured after they were hit by a pickup truck in Tha Muang district early Thursday, police said.
More tigers to be moved from temple on Monday
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 28/05/2016
» KANCHANABURI - The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation intends to start relocating more tigers from the famous Tiger Temple on Monday despite the objections of temple officials.
1,700 rai of encroached forest recovered in Kanchanaburi
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 14/10/2015
» Authorities have taken back almost 2,000 rai of forest reserve in Kanchanaburi encroached upon by rubber farmers.
Award-winning orchardist encroaches on forest
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 12/08/2015
» A former outstanding orchardist is facing legal action after his two land plots covering almost 100 rai in Kanchanaburi’s Si Sawat district were found to have encroached on the Srinakarind Dam national park, the head of the park said on Wednesday.
Tattoos, lovers' quarrel undo lethal BB gun modifier
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 07/08/2015
» A 19-year-old man who turned BB guns into lethal weapons and sold them online was arrested when police responding to a report of a lovers' quarrel recognised his tattoos from his Facebook profile.
Ex-military lawyer commits suicide
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 05/07/2015
» A former officer of the Judge Advocate General's Department was shot himself dead in Kanchanaburi's Tha Maka district early Sunday, police said.
Hospital kidnap girl found injured
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 16/05/2015
» A four-year-old Myanmar girl abducted from a hospital in Kanchanaburi’s Muang district on Thursday night was found walking naked out of a forest, with injuries and severe bruising on her body, on Friday.
Drug kingpin ‘Benz Thasai’ arrested
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 11/03/2015
» Drug kingpin Adisak Srisa-ard, alias "Benz Thasai", who has been on the run for almost four months, was arrested near the Thai-Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi’s Sangkhla Buri district on Wednesday morning.