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'Swindlers' from Laos to be deported
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/07/2022
» A Lao couple, wanted by police in the neighbouring country for their suspected involvement in fraudulent schemes, were arrested yesterday at a hotel in Pathum Thani and will be deported to face charges back home, police said.
Pimrypie's cosmetic clinic closed for 30 days
Online Reporters, Published on 18/12/2021
» Authorities have ordered the temporary closure of a cosmetic clinic run by the online celebrity Pimrypie for 30 days for employing an allegedly bogus doctor.
'Pimrypie' in hot seat for hiring alleged fake doctor
Apinya Wipatayotin and Online Reporters, Published on 17/12/2021
» A popular YouTuber and online retailer was in hot water on Friday over the employment of an allegedly bogus doctor at her cosmetic clinic in Bangkok after health authorities vowed to investigate the business.
Online seller 'Pimrypie' in hot water over Covid test kits
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/08/2021
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking legal action against Pimradaporn Benjawattanapat, an online trader better known as "Pimrypie", for offering a set of antigen test kits (ATK) as a free gift to purchasers of her mineral water.
Ban Mae Kerb not on official registries
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 18/01/2021
» A controversy over a YouTube video which showed the fundraising effort and solar cell donation by net idol Pimrypie, or Pimradaporn Benjawattanapat, has shed light on the relatively unknown village of Ban Mae Kerb -- a village just like thousands other villages in the North which has yet to be connected to the state's electricity grid.
Villagers in North seek better life
News, Ranjana Wangvipula, Published on 14/01/2021
» Far-flung villages in the North do not want "big" projects to light up their homes, they need just enough power to raise the quality of life of villagers accustomed to living a subsistence existence, according to a northern civil society group.
Srisuwan pushes for Omkoi land probe
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/01/2021
» Social activist and lawyer Srisuwan Janya yesterday asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to look into a suspected land encroachment case at the remote village of Ban Mae Kerb in Chiang Mai's Omkoi district.
Village left out of solar power project, Isoc admits
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 13/01/2021
» The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) on Tuesday admitted that its 45-million-baht solar power project in Chiang Mai's Omkoi district had not yet reached a remote village that ended up being helped out by a YouTube celebrity.
YouTube kids project 'do-gooder' comes under fire
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/01/2021
» A popular YouTube poster and online retailer has come under fire after she donated half a million baht to finance a project to improve the livelihood of children in the mountains of Chiang Mai.