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Cops, lawyers probed after Chinese detainees let go
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/01/2026
» The Immigration Bureau (IB) has opened an investigation into whether police officers, lawyers or other officials were involved in the allegedly unlawful release of two Chinese detainees.
Chinese icebreaker makes rare visit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/05/2025
» The arrival of China's cutting-edge research icebreaker, Xue Long 2, at Chuk Samet Port in Sattahip yesterday marks a milestone for scientific collaboration between Thailand and China. The vessel's visit is expected to ignite curiosity and ambition among young Thai scientists, offering a glimpse into the exploration of Antarctica, one of Earth's last uncharted frontiers.
Time to tackle scam bases
News, Editorial, Published on 13/01/2025
» The tragic death of a Thai man, Alongkorn Deeying, who plunged from the 14th floor of an 18-storey building in Poipet, Cambodia, again casts the spotlight on the growing problem of call centre scams run by transnational crime syndicates in the Mekong Region.
Death plunge spurs gang blitz
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 11/01/2025
» Thai authorities are working with their counterparts in Cambodia to tackle call centre gangs after a man fell to his death from a building in Poipet believed to be the headquarters of scammers.
Thai man's demise in Cambodia linked to scammers
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 10/01/2025
» A clip of a suspected Thai national plummeting to his death from an 18-storey building in the Cambodian border town of Poipet due to the stress of working for a call centre gang has outraged netizens who are demanding more action be taken on the issue.
Police arrest 26 over fake gold investment fiddle
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/11/2023
» Police have busted a Chinese-led gang that used the name of a trusted jewellery firm to lure people into a bogus billion-baht gold investment scheme.
2 abducted Chinese rescued
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/04/2023
» Officers from Bang Phong Phang police station rescued a Chinese man who had been abducted -- with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of 1.8 million baht -- from a hotel in Sathorn on Tuesday. Three of the 11 suspects were arrested.
'Swindler' faces extradition
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/01/2023
» The Criminal Court yesterday approved the extradition of a Malaysian businessman to China where he is wanted for operating a pyramid scheme and swindling people out of money.
Malaysian billionaire drug kingpin busted
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/07/2022
» Police have arrested a Malaysian billionaire for money laundering after discovering he used money from online gambling business to build an entertainment complex on a 100-rai site in Songkhla.
12 nabbed near border
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/03/2022
» Twelve Chinese nationals were caught sneaking into the kingdom in Chiang Rai's Chiang Khong and Chiang Saen districts over the past few days, a source said yesterday.