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Land encroachment by Saraburi monastery probed
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/02/2026
» Authorities raided four locations linked to a temple in Saraburi province on Wednesday, uncovering alleged encroachment on more than 2,000 rai of land designated for agricultural reform and the construction of a meditation retreat.
Separatist ‘white faces’ sow fear in South
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/07/2025
» Recent bomb discoveries in the tourist provinces of Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi are believed to mark a strategic expansion of southern insurgent activity, aimed at undermining tourist confidence and damaging the local economy, particularly in the tourism sector, says a security source in the deep South.
Latvian, 71, caught with heroin haul
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/06/2025
» A 71-year-old Latvian man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport after authorities found about three kilos of heroin concealed in his luggage during a transit stop en route to Malaysia, according to Pol Maj Gen Cherngron Rimphadee, commander of Immigration Division 2.
Chiang Rai man ‘helped scammers launder B30 million a day’
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/03/2025
» A 21-year-old man arrested in Chiang Rai has admitted to having laundered an estimated 30 million baht a day for dozens of Cambodia-based call-centre scam gangs that preyed on Thais, police say.
Mother seeks help for her missing son
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/02/2025
» A woman filed a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) yesterday regarding her missing 21-year-old son, who may have been lured into joining a call scam gang in Poipet, Cambodia, by a woman he met on social media.
Ethnic group makes plea for citizenship
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/08/2024
» Elderly people from the Tai Lue ethnic minority in the North are calling on the government to speed up the process to grant them Thai citizenship as they applied several years ago and some have since died.
Luxury resort project on Samui faces demolition
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/07/2024
» Authorities suspended a Chinese-owned luxury resort project on Koh Samui after finding out the property was not being built according to its permit and was taller than the law allowed.
Thaksin 'likely to get OK' for CM visit
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/03/2024
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who has been released on parole and is now on probation at home, will likely be permitted to make a short trip to his hometown of Chiang Mai, the Department of Probation said.
Women seek arrest of US dating app voyeur
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/01/2024
» One of three women who claim they fell victim to a violent voyeur they met online spoke with Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, Deputy Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police, on Monday to seek action against him.
Former Pattaya mayor arrested, released on bail
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/10/2023
» Itthiphol Kunplome, until recently the minister for culture, was arrested on his arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport from Phnom Penh on Monday morning for alleged graft in a controversial condominium project he approved 15 years ago when Pattaya mayor.