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MP Vipot a fugitive after court upholds prison sentence
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 16/01/2020
» An arrest warrant was issued by the Supreme Court on Wednesday for Vipot Aponrat after it rejected the Palang Pracharath Party MP's final appeal against a four-year prison sentence for his role in the violent protest that closed down an Asean summit in Pattaya a decade ago.
Seasteading home 'violates Thai sovereignty'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/04/2019
» Authorities have raided a floating home in the Andaman Sea belonging to an American man and his Thai partner who sought to be pioneers in the "seasteading" movement, which promotes living in international waters to be free of any nation's laws.
Traffickers jailed over child flower sellers
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/09/2018
» The Mae Sot Provincial Court has sentenced two migrants in a human trafficking case to 12 years in jail and ordered them to pay almost 1.3 million baht in compensation to the victims, according to the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF).
Missing man returns to village after 19 years
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/09/2018
» Much to his family's astonishment, a man returned home to a village in Sangkha district of Surin after 19 years
FDA warns against new sex enhancement product
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/08/2018
» The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to purchase a sexual enhancement product promoted as FDA-approved and sold on social media.
Six Chinese held, online gambling operation busted
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/07/2018
» Six Chinese nationals were arrested for using Thailand as a base for an online gambling racket during a raid on two luxury houses in San Sai district of Chiang Mai.
Thais, Taiwanese phone-scammers caught in Malaysia
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 06/06/2018
» Ten Thais and two Taiwanese were arrested during a joint raid by Thai and Malaysian police on a house in Penang, Malaysia, used as a base by a Taiwanese-led phone-call syndicate late on Tuesday night.
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.
Police to probe more temples
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 28/05/2018
» The police force's Counter Corruption Division (CCD) has launched a fourth round of temple fund embezzlement probes with 30 temples already suspected of involvement in the alleged wrongdoing.
Cops raid shady electronic waste plant
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 25/05/2018
» Police and officials from the Industry Ministry on Thrusday launched a raid on a factory which allegedly imported hazardous electronic waste from abroad to Lat Krabang industrial estate in Bangkok.