Small plane crashes in Chonburi, foreigner dead
A SMALL airplane crashed in Chonburi this morning (Jan. 13) with one unidentified foreigner having died and another person injured, Matichon newspaper said. The light aircraft crashed near Huai Yai temple, Huai Yai subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, Chonburi province. A police team from Huai Yai station quickly rushed there and found that of the […]
Read MoreDistraught foreigner in multi-vehicle crash in Chonburi
A DISTRAUGHT foreign man who drove his sedan into a shop at Mueang Chonburi district, after trying to stop the traffic there drove off and hit three vehicles and a motorcycle injuring several people including himself who was rescued after his car overturned, Amarin TV said today (Sep. 8). The unidentified foreigner had taken […]
Read MoreBritish man badly bashed up after chatting up a girl
A BRITISH man was severely bashed up by two Thai youths in Chonburi province at dawn today (Sep. 3) after he chatted up a girl in a shop there, Amarin TV said. The unidentified British man ended up with a swollen head, a broken nose and three teeth knocked out. He is now under […]
Read MoreMurder suspects taken to court, face visa revocation
THE three German suspects in the murder of a German businessman in Chonburi last week were this morning (July 13) taken to Pattaya Provincial Court to apply for initial 12-day detention, Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Vachirawit Wisutsereephan and 10 other policemen took Mrs. Petra Christl Grundgreif, 54, Mr. Olaf Thorsten Brinkmann, […]
Read MorePolice zero in on ‘Outlaw’ gang after nabbing murder suspects
WITH the arrest of two out of three suspects in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said his team is now targeting a mafia gang going by the name “Outlaw” with one of the suspects allegedly being a key […]
Read MoreTwo Germans arrested in murder of businessman
TWO Germans wanted in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week have been arrested with the third suspect, a Pakistani who holds Thai nationality, still being hunted, Matichon newspaper quoted police as saying late this evening (July 11). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big […]
Read MorePolice moving to arrest 3 foreigners in brutal murder of German businessman
POLICE are gearing up to ask Pattaya Provincial Court to issue arrest warrants for two Germans and a Pakistani in the brutal murder of a German real estate businessman who disappeared in Chonburi last week and whose dismembered body was found in a freezer placed at a house in this same province last night, […]
Read MoreBig cash transfer a new clue to missing German businessman
INVESTIGATION of the mysterious disappearance of a German businessman in Chonburi last week made some headway with an unusual transfer of over 2 million baht discovered while three foreigners were questioned, one of them a woman, as were his Thai wife and children, Thai Rath and Naewna newspapes said today (July 10). Mr. Hans-Peter […]
Read MoreMissing German businessman’s sedan found abandoned at a condo
PROGRESS has been made over the disappearance of a German businessman in Chonburi since last Tuesday (July 4) with his family having offered 3 million baht to anyone who finds him and 100,000 baht for the recovery of his Mercedes Benz sedan with the latter spotted a condo in this same province today (July […]
Read MoreNavy officer in shootout while helping woman being attacked
A THAI NAVY officer shot a man in self defence after moving in to help his former girlfriend just as he was attacking her upon being shot at first with the latter later dying at a hospital, Naewna newspaper said today (July 1}. The shootout occurred in Samaesan subdistrict, Sattahip district, Chonburi province, at […]
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