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Sticker on truck sparks bribe investigation
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/11/2023
» A collapsed section of road in Bangkok was blamed on an overloaded lorry suspected of making illegal payments to officials because of a sticker on its windscreen.
Actress not lying about bribe: source
Gary Boyle, Published on 31/01/2023
» A number of officers among the seven Huai Khwang policemen accused by Taiwanese actress Charlene An of extorting 27,000 baht from her in the early morning of Jan 4 have now admitted she was telling the truth, according to a police source.
11 immigration police, officials arrested on bribery charges
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/09/2022
» Eleven government officials, including six immigration police, have been arrested and charged for allegedly taking bribes.
Army to deal with returnees
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/04/2020
» The government is getting ready for Thais to return home from neighbouring countries amid the coronavirus pandemic, including thousands from the Malaysian border, starting on Saturday.
Foreigners banned from entry, no curfew yet
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/03/2020
» Thailand has banned the entry of foreigners and the government may impose a 24-hour curfew as its next step to tackle the spread of Covid-19 under the Emergency Decree which went into effect on Thursday.
Government to declare emergency
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/03/2020
» The government will declare an emergency and introduce new measures to combat Covid-19 on Thursday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday.
Bangkok ‘most at risk’ for virus spread
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/02/2020
» China tried to come to grips with the expanding coronavirus outbreak, with the death toll climbing as residents returned from the Lunar New Year holidays.
Chinese tourists raise swine fever risk
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/12/2018
» Strict inspections of processed pork products from overseas will be kept in place in a bid to stave off an outbreak of African swine fever, especially from China, after several samples of sausages confiscated from Chinese tourists entering Thailand were found to have a viral strain of African swine flu.
Police should be polite, city top cop says
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/10/2018
» Newly appointed Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Sutthipong Wongpin is not new to the working environment in Bangkok and he is aware of the busy job he has to do in the months ahead.
Toon runs past the B100m mark
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/11/2017
» Rocker Artiwara Kongmalai, aka "Toon Bodyslam", passed 100 million baht in donations for hospitals as he ran through Songkhla province on the sixth day of his marathon 2,191 kilometre charity run from southernmost Thailand to the farthest north.