Over 190kg Ice heading for Australia seized at Klong Toey
OFFICERS of the Seaport Interdiction Task Force (SITF) seized 193.5 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice), worth 116 million baht, at Klong Toey port that had been labelled as boxing sandbags destined for Australia, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 23). At a press conference attended by Mr. Phachara Anantasil, head of the Customs Department, and other […]
Read MoreAnutin orders legal action against Israeli tourist who has tested negative again
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Dec. 23) the Israeli tourist who fled quarantine at a Sukhumvit hotel and then went to Pattaya and on to Koh Samui where he has now tested negative for Covid-19 twice must still be prosecuted for refusing to wait for the initial test result that […]
Read MoreDeposed MP might be hit with 10-year jail term, ban from politics
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PALANG PRACHARATH MP SIRA Jenjaka might be put into jail and banned from politics for many years following yesterday’s ruling of the Constitutional Court to deprive him of his MP status, according to Thai Liberal Party leader Seripisut Temiyavej. Seripisut commented that the deposed MP of the ruling party could […]
Read MorePalang Pracharath MP retroactively loses MP status
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OUTSPOKEN PALANG PRACHARATH MP Sira Jenjaka today (Dec. 22) was deprived of his MP status at the order of the Constitutional Court for having been previously convicted of fraud. Seven out of nine judges of the Constitutional Court passed the majority ruling to retroactively terminate the MP status of Sira who […]
Read MoreIsraeli tourist claims being cleared of infection by second test on Koh Samui
THE Israeli tourist who fled a hotel in Sukhumvit area while waiting for his Covid test result that turned out positive and then went to Pattaya and on to Koh Samui surrendered to police on the island this afternoon but said he was not infected according to a second test he underwent on the […]
Read MoreDeath of traffic policeman on expressway under thorough investigation
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LAST NIGHT’S EVENT IN WHICH a traffic policeman was killed after he suddenly flew off his motorcycle on a Bangkok expressway, hit a power pole, fell into a swamp and drowned is being thoroughly investigated, police said today (Dec 22). The traffic policeman, identified as Pol. Cpl. Paphawin Chankaeo, 31, […]
Read More104 Omicron cases in Thailand as tourists face additional rules
THE total number of Omicron cases in Thailand has now reached 104 with additional 13,000 tourists arriving in Bangkok and Phuket today (Dec. 22) who now face some new rules, Amarin TV said. Dr. Supakit Sirilak, head of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Medical Sciences, said of the 104 Omicron cases some are […]
Read MorePolice chasing infected Israeli tourist who escaped from Sukhumvit hotel
THAI police are chasing an Israeli male tourist who is infected with Covid-19 and fled the hotel in Sukhumvit area where he was quarantined first going to Pattaya then heading for the South, Amarin TV and Sanook.com said today (Dec. 22). The tourist, identified as Mr. Ohad, had arrived in Thailand on December 17 […]
Read MoreThailand trying to get one-year ban on flying flag shortened
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND IS LOOKING to have a one-year ban on the flying of its national flag at world tournament finals shortened as a relevant executive decree is going to be enforced in near future. The executive decree will be issued within next month to keep Thailand in compliance with the World […]
Read MoreDriver slashed across the face by jealous husband
A CONSTRUCTION company’s driver who asked to shower a grocery store’s bathroom was slashed across his face by a jealous husband who mistook him for his wife’s lover, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 21). At 8 p.m. last night Sawang Chanyatham Rescue Service in Buriram province was alerted of a man being severely slashed […]
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