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Govt strongly denies threatening migrant boat people
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/05/2015
» The government Thursday firmly denied an AP report that the Thai Navy threatened to open fire on a migrant boat found off Koh Lipe last week if it didn’t leave Thai waters, noting the media was there at the time recording events.
Navy pushes migrants out to sea; others rescued (UPDATED)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/05/2015
» Thailand turned away a boat carrying at least 300 Rohingya migrants found adrift in Thai waters Thursday. One lucky group of 700 was rescued in Indonesia after their boat sank and another group has been found on an island Phangnga.
Migrants abandoned; Padang Besar mayor arrested (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/05/2015
» As dozens more Rohingya, including children, were found abandoned by trafficking gangs in Songkhla and Satun provinces Thursday, police today arrested the mayor of Padang Besar, alleging he was a trafficking kingpin.
UK Election: Conservatives win British election
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/05/2015
» Britain's Conservative Party won an unexpected majority in the House of Commons. The Scottish National Party was the other big winner, while Labour, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP were big losers.
Second migrant gravesite found as arrests continue
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/05/2015
» Investigators on Tuesday discovered a second remote jungle gravesite believed to contain the remains of trafficked migrants as police arrested the a fifth suspect in the scandal.
Border camp horrors revealed, official arrested (UPDATED)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/05/2015
» The former president of the Rohingya Association of Thailand says the camp and graveyard found in Songkhla is just the tip of the iceberg. He estimates there are at least 60 such camps in the Malaysian border area. Meanwhile a local official has been arrested.
Samui bomb suspect cleared (UPDATED)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/04/2015
» Police had a suspect and a clear security camera image in the Samui car-bomb case – for one day. The so-called "Man in blue" seen in the footage has turned out to be an innocent Surat Thani resident.
Deadly fire on Krabi tourist ferry (UPDATED)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/04/2015
» (Latest: Body reported found.) A 12-year-old Israeli girl trapped inside a bathroom died as 100 other frightened passengers and crew were rescued from the blazing Ao Nang Princess 5 tourist ferry off Krabi.
Solar-powered plane lands in China (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/03/2015
» Solar Impulse 2 took off from Mandalay early yesterday morning, flew over mountains in extremely cold conditions and landed in Chongging, China, twenty and one-half hours later. No fuel was used.
Antarctic icepack down 20 percent; rising sea levels may result
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/03/2015
» News of thinning ice in Antarctica is not pleasant reading for Bangkokians, since a major ice melt means rising sea levels and greater chance of flooding.