Chinese embassy says don’t slander Chinese companies
AFTER the collapse of the unfinished State Audit building during last Friday’s earthquake the Chinese embassy today (Apr. 4) urged that Chinese companies not be slandered, Naewna newspaper said. The contractor for the construction of this building is ITD-CREC joint venture (Italian-Thai Development Plc and Chinese Railway Number 10 Engineering Group Company) with the […]
Read MoreCollapsed building’s Chinese contractor, steel supplier linked to 37-company network
TWO Chinese companies involved in the construction of the State Audit building which collapsed during last Friday’s huge earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, with tremors felt across Thailand are part of a network of 37 companies with 26 problematic projects being linked to 14 of them, Amarin TV said this afternoon (April 3). Commerce […]
Read MoreChinese capitalists gradually removing daily-rental condo keycard boxes
AFTER a netizen highlighted that there are boxes installed throughout the city holding keycards to condos illegally rented out on daily basis, Amarin TV news team found out that the Chinese capitalists running this business have steadily removed many of them. Drama-addict Facebook page had posted photos of some cabinets holding combination lock boxes […]
Read MoreRush to improve image after Chinese actor’s scam centre ordeal hits tourism
TOURISM Authority of Thailand (TAT) is quickly working on burnishing Thailand’s image among Chinese tourists who have been shaken by Chinese actor Xingxing being lured to a scam centre in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, just across the border from Thai Mae Sot town, which reportedly led to a drop in the number of tourists and […]
Read MoreThai casinos might become money-laundering venues for ‘grey’ Chinese
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SUSPECTED CHINESE criminals might probably launder their ill-gotten money at any entertainment complexes and casinos planned to open in the future in Thailand, said People’s MP Rangsiman Rome today (Jan. 14). He said ”grey” Chinese businesspersons and other suspected criminals might probably find the newly-opened entertainment and gambling venues in […]
Read MoreTourist dies in jet-ski collision at Patong Bay
A CHINESE tourist died after the jet-ski he was zipping around at Patong Bay this afternoon (Jan. 14) collided with the one his friend was riding, Amarin TV said. At 2:30 p.m, Pol. Lt. Col. Thapapon Paengphimlo, an investigation officer at Patong police station, was alerted by a jet-ski hire operator that two water […]
Read MoreMillions of baht recovered in two robberies in one day
POLICE recovered 5 and 8 million baht stolen during two separate cryptocurrency transactions in one day yesterday (Jan. 9) with two suspects who appeared to be Chinese arrested in one of the robberies, Amarin TV said this morning. At 11.50 p.m. Pol. Col. Prasopchok Aimpinij, superintendent of Huai Khwang police station, said in an […]
Read MoreHoodwinked Chinese actor crosses back to Thailand
A CHINESE actor who disappeared at Thai-Myanmar border along Mae Sot last Friday (Jan. 3) said after being brought back to Thailand by Karen soldiers that another Chinese man had tricked into accepting work and he only realized after crossing the border to Myanmar that he had been conned by dared not resist, Naewna […]
Read More3 kidnapped Chinese students released, safe
THREE Chinese students who were tricked to deliver goods from Mae Sot town on the Thai-Myanmar border to Bangkok then kidnapped and taken to Myawaddy town just across the Moei river in Myanmar were released after part of the ransom was paid and rescued by police while walking in a forest, Amarin TV said […]
Read MorePolice hunting for 3 Chinese students held for ransom in Myanmar
POLICE are working out ways to track down and bring back three Chinese students who were tricked into going to Myanmar and are now being held for ransom there, TV Channel 3’s 3PlusNews said this evening (Oct. 21). Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang, commissioner of Metropolitan Police Bureau, ordered his deputy, Pol. Maj. Gen. […]
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