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Well-known Samut Prakan lawyer linked to VIP prison case

  INVESTIGATION into Bangkok Remand Prison, now nicknamed VIP prison, where Chinese women were brought in for sex with VIP Chinese inmates who paid 2 million baht for the construction of a secret room there shows that a prominent lawyer in Samut Prakan was involved as he had acted as the mediator, PPTVHD36 said today […]

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Secret room at ‘VIP prison’ built 8 months ago with Chinese inmates covering the cost

  MORE details have emerged about special privileges granted to Chinese inmates at Bangkok Remand Prison with one of 20 officials transferred saying that it was built eight months ago with these deep-pocketed Chinese inmates paying 2 million baht for the construction, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Nov. 25). Ms. Phongsawat Neelayothin, permanent secretary of […]

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Panel probing frequent trips to Macau by ex-Bangkok Remand Prison director

  THE Justice Ministry’s fact-finding committee is coordinating with the Immigration Bureau in investigating overseas trips by former Bangkok Remand Prison director as it is rumoured he frequently visited Macau where he was paid off for allowing Chinese grey capitalists jailed there enjoy special privileges including visits by beautiful models, TV Channel 7 said today […]

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‘Secret room’ for models to serve VIP Chinese inmates found at prison

  AS INVESTIGATION into Chinese inmates at Bangkok Remand Prison enjoying special privileges continues it was revealed that the guards room had been altered and a couple of Chinese models were taken there in broad daylight to serve two VIP Chinese inmates, Naewna newspaper said last night (Nov. 21). Justice Minister Pol. Lt. Gen. Ruttapol […]

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Panel probing ex-prison chief over Chinese grey capitalist VIP inmates

  FOLLOWING the transfer of Bangkok Remand Prison director and 14 guards the Corrections Department has now set up a committee to investigate them for allowing Chinese grey capitalists jailed there enjoy special privileges including visits by beautiful models, Amarin TV said this evening (Nov. 20). Mr. Manop Chomchuen and these officials were transferred to […]

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9 Chinese men who fled bombed scam hub in Myanmar caught at Trat

  ROUNDED UP early this morning (Nov. 2) at a resort in Trat province, which shares a border with Cambodia, were nine Chinese men who had 48 mobile phones with them and believed to have fled the heavily bombed KK Park scam complex at Myawaddy township, Myanmar, which is opposite Mae Sot district, Tak, to […]

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US and UK take largest action ever targeting cybercriminal networks in Southeast Asia

  Washington –  The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in close coordination with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), took complementary actions against criminal networks responsible for targeting citizens of the United States and other allied nations through online scams […]

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Chinese restaurant in Thailand places Hun Sen’s images at entrance for people to step on

  SOON after China’s Ambassador to Cambodia voiced support for the neighbbouring country protecting its national sovereignty and security, a Facebook user shared a video clip of a Chinese restaurant in Thailand having placed senior Khmer leader Hun Sen’s images on the floor next to the entrance leading to customers and staff stepping in them […]

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Thai NGO asks Karens to help free 90 human trafficking victims

  A THAI non-government organization (NGO) team urged leaders of Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) to help free 90 victims of human trafficking who despite having requested assistance are still being detained and tortured by Chinese Mafia running online scam centres at Myawaddy township, just across from Thai border town Mae Sot, Amarin TV said. […]

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Thaksin-donated, Chinese-made drones might put Thai army units at risk

By Thai Newsroom Reporters TEN CHINESE-MADE drones recently bought by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra for the Thai army could potentially be detected and tracked by ground-based drone locators and jeopardise positions of the drone operators. The DJI drones donated by the court-suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father to Thailand’s Second Army Area […]

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