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Police put to the test
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/12/2025
» In 2025, Thailand faced a convergence of crimes and scandals that shook public confidence in institutions meant to protect society. From a deadly mass shooting in Bangkok to sprawling online scam networks, monk misconduct and a senior police scandal, the year exposed deep vulnerabilities linked to crime, governance and accountability, leaving lingering questions about reform and public trust.
Two police, suspect wounded in Pattani drug bust
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/12/2023
» Two police officers and a drug suspect were wounded by gunshots from a second suspect during a successful police sting operation in Yaring district of Pattani on Monday night.
Shooting probe unearths macabre student gang
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/11/2023
» At first glance, it looked like the Klong Toey shooting on Oct 11 was a revenge attack between technical students who study at rival vocational colleges but when the police team of the Metropolitan Police Bureau dug deep, they found the shooter and his partner were part of a crime syndicate comprised of at least 84 members.
Police still hunting shooter in Klong Toey teacher, student killings
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/11/2023
» Police are still hunting for the shooter and his partner who killed a teacher and a technical college student in Klong Toey after finding evidence that they are part of a crime network using revenge as its mission.
8 held over shooting death of teacher in Klong Toey
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/11/2023
» Eight people, including one with an arrest warrant, were detained on Wednesday for questioning over their alleged involvement in the Nov 11 fatal shooting of a vocational student and a schoolteacher in Klong Toey, police said.
15 police who fled dinner party murder face charges
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/09/2023
» Fifteen police officers who fled when a gunman shot their colleague dead at Kamnan Nok's dinner party in Nakhon Pathom will be charged this week with dereliction of duty, Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Jirabhop Bhuridej said on Tuesday.
Senior police transferred over dinner party murder
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/09/2023
» Two high-ranking police officers present at Kamnan Nok's dinner party when a highway policeman was slain and another wounded by a gunman in Nakhon Pathom last Wednesday have been transferred to inactive posts.
Police defend delayed response to Phetchaburi gunman
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/03/2023
» Police delayed their response for 14 hours before killing a gunman in Phetchaburi because he was not an “active shooter” targeting people at random, according to a deputy national police chief.
Gunman holed-up after three people shot dead
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/03/2023
» PHETCHABURI: Police on Wednesday evening surrounded a house where a gunman remained holed-up after killing three people and wounding three more.
Police chief orders full probe
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/03/2023
» The national police chief has ordered a full investigation into the 27-hour siege at a house in Bangkok's Sai Mai district, where a mentally disturbed police officer fired his weapon more than 50 times before being overpowered by a Swat team.