Police chasing suspect who shot dead another motorist on expressway
POLICE are closely tracking a gunman who shot dead another motorist on the expressway near Prachachuen toll booth at 4.50 a.m. yesterday (Dec. 23) and as the perpetrator and the victim did not know each other beforehand, it is suspected that the killing could have stemmed from road rage, PPTVHD36 and TV Channel 7 […]
Read MoreMan slashes two to death then hangs self in land grab row
A THAI man furious at two people for reporting him to the authorities for encroaching on forest land slashed them to death with his knife then hanged himself in lower northern Phetchabun province today (June 15), Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Thiansin Chaidetkun, an investigator on duty at Phetchabun City police station, quickly took […]
Read MoreChinese suspect in transwoman’s brutal murder denies intending to sell organs
THE Chinese man who brutally murdered a transgender woman in Pattaya confessed that he cut open her chest and removed her heart and a lung because he watched a lot of TV series and wanted to know what was inside the body but did not intend to sell her organs, Thai Rath newspaper and […]
Read MoreMoroccan man nabbed in murder of ex-gay partner in Chiang Mai
A MOROCCAN man wanted for the murder of his former gay partner in Chiang Mai last December has been arrested in Turkey, Naewna newspaper said late afternoon today (Feb. 20). Mr. Thitikan (surname withheld), or Doctor Sammy, the owner of a popular clinic in Chiang Mai, was killed there on Dec. 4 with his […]
Read MoreArrest warrant out for Cambodian in murder of ex-MP in Bangkok
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Cambodian man on charges of hiring a former Thai Marine gunman to kill ex-Cambodian MP Mr. Lim Kimya in Bangkok’s Banglamphu area on Jan. 7, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 channel said this morning (Jan. 15). Three charges have been filed against Mr. Rattanaraksmey Ly, whose Thai […]
Read MoreSuspect in killing of ex-Khmer MP refuses to name mastermind
AFTER several hours of interrogation today (Jan. 12) the suspect in the killing of a former Cambodian MP in Banglamphu area of Bangkok last Tuesday revealed almost all the information holding back on naming the mastermind who he said was his benefactor, TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police station investigators said Mr. Ekalak […]
Read MoreThai-Cambodian police team chase, arrest suspect in murder of ex-Khmer MP
A THAI POLICE team chased a suspect wanted in the murder of former Cambodian MP Lim Kimya in Banglamphu area of Bangkok to Cambodia’s Battambang province and joined forces with their Khmer counterparts in capturing him at 4.30 p.m. today (Jan. 8), Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said late this evening. National Police Chief […]
Read MoreBig hunt for hitman in murder of former Cambodian MP, target pointer likely involved
POLICE are urgently hunting for a suspect in the murder of a former Cambodian MP in the heart of Bangkok last evening (Jan. 7) while certain he was helped by a second person who pointed out the target with this person possibly being a member of the same tour group, TV Channel 7 said […]
Read MorePrachin Buri councillor was ordered killed: Police
AN ORDER had been given to kill a Prachin Buri councillor who was shot dead at the house of veteran politician and Provincial Administration Organization (PAO) president Sunthorn Wilawan, 85, on Wednesday evening (Dec. 11) with his murder planned in advance and this leading to a shootout a there, Amarin TV quoted a senior […]
Read MoreVeteran politician, aides held in murder of councillor over provincial election
THE MURDER of a Prachin Buri provincial councillor at the house of veteran politician and current Provincial Administration Organization (PAO) president Sunthorn Wilawan, 85, last evening (Dec. 11) seems to have stemmed from a fierce argument on who should run for the key post in an upcoming election as revealed in an nine-minute-long video […]
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