2 Rohingyas dead, 9 in coma after being dumped in Chumphon by human traffickers
HUMAN traffickers taking a group of 70 Rohingya people in a tightly packed pickup truck from Chiang Rai to the Thai-Malaysian border dumped two of them who had died and 10 others with nine now in coma at a dense thicket in Chumphon province, Amarin TV said today (Oct. 17). At 11.30 a.m. Pol. […]
Read MoreHigh-level govt officials to testify over Tak Bai incident
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT officials will be summoned to testify at the House of Representatives over a chronic failure to bring any suspects in the Tak Bai manslaughter case to justice. House Extraordinary Committee on Southern Border Peace spokesperson Pannika Wanich said today (Oct. 17) the planned testimony over 2004’s manslaughter of […]
Read MoreBomb-like object found in front of iCon Group’s office
A B0MB-LIKE object was found in front of the guard booth at The iCon Group’s office in Bang Khen district at 11.45 a.m. today (Oct. 17), Amarin TV said. This company’s executives are under investigation after investors complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to millions of baht in […]
Read MoreCoconut crisis leads to prices soaring to 40-year high
WHILE a shortage of coconuts has severely affected small traders nationwide the crisis is worse in the South where prices have soared to a 40-year high with the fruit now being sold at 36-40 baht each, up from 14-17 baht, and coconut milk going for 150-160 baht a kilogramme, Amarin TV said last evening […]
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