Update: Policeman admits he killed a Myanmar man at hospital
A POLICEMAN has surrendered and confessed to killing a Myanmar man who was waiting to undergo surgery at Khon Kaen Hospital where his father was also recuperating from an illness and had complained of being disturbed by him, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 8). Pol. Maj. Gen. Anuwat Suvarnabhumi, commander of Khon Kaen […]
Read MoreBritish man found hanged after quarrelling with girlfriend
A BRITISH MAN was found hanged at a luxury condominium near Bang Saray beach, Chonburi, after quarrelling with his Thai girlfriend, Naewna newspaper said today (May 28). Late last night Pol. Lt. Col. Pattananan Somanwan, an inspector at Sattahip police station, was informed of a foreign man being found dead at this condominium and […]
Read MoreBritish man dies as airplane makes emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport
A BRITISH MAN died and many other passengers got injured after a Singapore Airlines airplane they were travelling in from London to Singapore had to make an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport after running into a severe turbulence, Amarin TV said this evening (May 21). At 7.40 p.m. Mr. Kittiphong Kittikachorn, Suvarnabhumi Airport’s general […]
Read MorePolice moving to arrest 2 Japanese men in murder-mutilation of fellow countryman
THAI police are about to issue arrest warrants for two Japanese men who an eyewitness said murdered and dismembered a fellow countryman then dumped his body parts in deserted alleys at Bang Bua Thong, Nonthaburi, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 24). This case arose on Friday Apr. 19 when Bang Bua Thong police […]
Read More‘Kicking’ Swiss man hit again for holding registered pistols
THE SWISS man whose visa was revoked after he allegedly kicking a female doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket was hit with another charge of holding two registered pistols because gun ownership is restricted to Thai citizens, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. […]
Read MoreSwiss man charged with assaulting Thai woman at hypermart
ANOTHER Swiss man has been charged with assaulting a Thai woman plus not cooperating with the police by refusing to be fingerprinted and signing documents in southern Trang province last evening, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 6). The Swiss man, Mr. Dieter Matthias Strausmann, 62, who is residing in this southern city on a […]
Read MorePM: Don’t fan anger over foreigner kicking female doctor
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin today (Mar. 3) urged the public not to verbally escalate a Swiss man having kicked a female Thai doctor as she sat watching the moon on the steps leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach on the night Feb. 29, Amarin TV said. Dr. Thandao Chandam, attached to […]
Read MoreTaiwanese man stole car before being shot dead at Suvarnabhumi Airport road
A TAIWANESE man who was shot dead at an abandoned restaurant on Suvarnabhumi Airport road 4 had before his death stolen a car in Pattaya with a fellow countryman, TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said today (Feb 26). Pattaya police station said on Saturday afternoon a Taiwanese woman, Ms. Aiju, 33, filed […]
Read MoreJapanese man chased by knife-wielding cabbie after dispute over not using the meter
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media is an account by a Japanese man on having to run for his life from a knife-wielding taxi driver after a dispute over the latter not turning on the meter, TV Channel 3’s 3PlusNews said this afternoon (Feb. 8). This Japanese man, only identified as X who has […]
Read MoreBlind man run over by train after getting off at the wrong station
A VISUALLY IMPAIRED man died upon being hit by a train after mistakenly getting off at the wrong station during his journey from Nakhon Si Thammarat in the south to Nakhon Pathom in the central region, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 2). A team from Ban Pong police station, Ratchaburi province which is […]
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