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Tiger Temple faces axe
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 06/06/2016
» Kanchanaburi: The Tiger Temple faces possible closure after fresh charges of forest encroachment involving almost 1,000 rai of land and eviction for misuse of granted land.
Karaoke bar owner charged with pimping underage girls
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 10/02/2024
» KANCHANABURI: A woman has been charged with human trafficking for procuring girls aged under 18 into prostitution following a raid on the karaoke bar she owns in Muang district.
Cops arrest illegals inside cave hideout
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 22/01/2022
» Police arrested more than 80 illegal Myanmar migrants who were in hiding in a cave in Kanchanaburi on Thursday.
'Trafficker' had B14m in account
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 27/05/2021
» Kanchanaburii: Police have found a suspected human trafficking leader they arrested on Tuesday in Thong Pha Phum district accumulated about 14 million baht in his bank account over the year.
More border crossers caught
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 11/05/2021
» KANCHANABURI: An army patrol arrested 49 illegal Myanmar migrants and their three guides early on Tuesday morning near a border village in Muang district of this western province.
35 illegal migrants arrested on western border
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 21/03/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Thirty-five illegal migrants - 13 Myanmar nationals and 22 Rohingya from an unspecified country - were arrested and charged with illegal entry after they were rounded up by a patrol of the Lat Ya Task Force in Sangkhlaburi district of this western border province on Saturday.
Tiger Temple to adopt cats and dogs
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 26/10/2019
» KANCHANABURI: Local authorities have started building facilities at the infamous Tiger Temple in Sai Yok district to care for about 1,200 stray dogs and cats from a foundation run by former Bangkok governor Chamlong Srimuang.
Border meet focuses on drugs, labour
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 03/02/2018
» Kanchanaburi's Thai-Myanmar Township Border Committee (TBC) met yesterday to strengthen ties and step up efforts to combat cross-border crime, including narcotics smuggling and human trafficking, local authorities said.
Tiger temple animals now 'starving'
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 04/02/2018
» Hundreds of animals, including a lion, are being underfed at Kanchanaburi's Tiger Temple, according to a recent visitor who posted his concerns on Facebook.
Three Pagodas Pass back in business
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 12/02/2017
» The Three Pagodas Pass border crossing into Myanmar in Kanchanaburi has reopened after being temporarily shut following a hostage-taking incident last month.