22 employees, gamblers dead in Cambodian casino-hotel inferno
THE HUGE FIRE at the three-building casino-hotel complex in Cambodia’s Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has killed 22 employees and gamblers so far with 53 injured and eight still missing, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 30). Eyewitnesses said the blaze at Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino which […]
Read MoreUpdate: 12 dead in Cambodian casino fire, most of them Thai staff
THE death toll in the fire that raged through a Cambodian hotel and casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has reached 12 while 53 are injured and eight missing with most of them being Thai staff working there, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 29). The […]
Read MoreChopper sent to rescue Thais from blazing Cambodian casino
A THAI helicopter flew to rescue Thais stuck on the rooftop of a blazing luxury Cambodian hotel and casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, with the 17-storey building on the verge of collapsing, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Dec. 29). Staff of Grand Diamond City Hotel […]
Read MoreMan who robbed illegal casino now afraid of being killed
A MAN who robbed an illegal fan-tan casino in Din Daeng area last night (August 24) phoned a popular television programme asking the Justice Ministry for mercy as he is now afraid of being killed, Sanook.com said. Only identified by his nickname Mac Anusawaree, he had called Hone-Krasae programme’s host Noom Kanchai and related that […]
Read MoreThailand protests against Cambodian casino encroaching on Thai territory
AMID a move to open a permanent checkpoint with Cambodia at Trat the ranger regiment based in this border province pointed out that a Cambodian casino has encroached into a Thai watershed area with a protest letter already sent to the neighbouring country, Naewna said this evening (August 5). The boundary problem between the two […]
Read MoreExtra House panel to study Thailand’s first-ever casino project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES today (Dec. 2) set up an extraordinary House committee to study a long-awaited launch of Thailand’s first-ever casino and entertainment complex project. The MPs cast an overwhelming 310:9 vote to approve the setting up of the 60-member extraordinary panel to study the casino and entertainment complex […]
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