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Ex-minister Pinya dies aged 82
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 09/09/2022
» Former deputy commerce minister Pinya Chuayplod, who initiated the move to decriminalise kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), died aged 82 at the Police General Hospital on Thursday.
Suthep protests against police office relocation
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 28/07/2015
» SURAT THANI — Suthep Thaugsuban has wasted little time after leaving the monkhood before launching his first move as a reform crusader.
PDRC, reds mark watershed protests
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/11/2014
» The People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) yesterday marked the first anniversary of the start of its anti-government protests as red-shirt leaders remembered a taxi driver who took his own life to protest against a coup eight years ago.
Air force jet sonic boom panics tourists, residents
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/09/2014
» Surat Thani: A sonic boom created by an air force jet caused panic over Koh Samui yesterday.
Body of Samui ferry jumper found
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 13/07/2014
» SURAT THANI –The body of a mentally ill man who jumped off a ferry from Koh Samui has been found, a district police investigator said.
Man jumps off Samui ferry
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 12/07/2014
» SURAT THANI - Rescue workers are searching for a man who jumped off a ferry from Koh Samui as it sailed to the mainland port of Don Sak.
'Motorbike ransom' Ukrainian arrested
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/03/2014
» SURAT THANI — Police on Koh Samui have arrested a cash-strapped Ukrainian man for stealing a rented motorcycle from a Russian national and demanding a ransom for the stolen bike.
Three North African thieves arrested
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 26/02/2013
» SURAT THANI - Police arrested two Moroccans and an Algerian on Tuesday on charges of stealing tourists' belongings at a resort on Koh Phangan.
Jet ski scam under scrutiny
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 26/12/2012
» SURAT THANI: Tourism operators called on local authorities on Wednesday to strictly regulate jet ski renters at Koh Samui after four employees of a jet ski operator assaulted and injured a Swiss tourist.
2 killed, 20 hurt in bus crash
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/09/2012
» SURAT THANI: Two people were killed and 20 seriously injured in a collision between a packed interprovincial bus and an 18-wheel truck early Saturday morning.