Influencer fuming over police demanding cash for petrol to investigate burglary
Updated at 5 a.m., April 6, 2026 TURNING into a heated issue on Thai social media is the revelation by a popular influencer that police had demanded 1,000 baht for petrol to drive up and investigate a burglary at her relative’s house, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said last night (April 5). The influencer, […]
Read MorePublic urged to download expanded Police Care app to check on scammers
TWO new features have been added to the Police Care application to further help the public fend off scammers as they can now check these cybercriminals’ bank account and phone numbers, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 2). Ms. Airin Panrit, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said the government is working on […]
Read MorePublic urged to download expanded Police Care app to check on scammers
TWO new features have been added to the Police Care application to further help the public fend off scammers as they can now check these cybercriminals’ bank account and phone numbers, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 2). Ms. Airin Panrit, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said the government is working on […]
Read MoreFormer chief doctor linked to Thaksin case could be promoted before retirement
A FORMER chief doctor at Police Hospital linked to de facto Pheu Thai boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra’s six-month fake-out at this hospital until his parole early 2024 is poised for a promotion to the rank of general before his retirement in October this year according to a memorandum signed by Police Chief Gen. Kitrat Phanphet, […]
Read MoreScreening of visa-free entry by Cambodians, high-risk Westerners stepped up
THE Immigration Bureau has beefed up screening and controls of visa-free entry by Cambodians and high-risk Westerners amid fears that they may be “mercenaries” entering Thailand to carry out operations behind battlelines with foreign tourists urged to understand this situation, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Dec. 15). This measure was taken after critics and […]
Read MoreSinkhole forces demolition of Samsen police station: Chadchart
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said today (Oct. 4) that Samsen police station which is on the edge of a massive sinkhole that opened up on Sep. 24 would have to be demolished as it has been sinking with Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) and the contractor to shoulder the over 40 million […]
Read MoreVendor seeks help after paying over a million baht interest on small loan
A FOOD vendor filed a complaint at the Centre for Suppression of Informal Debt that a loan shark has been charging her exorbitant interest on 20,000 baht she borrowed six years ago and after paying over a million baht the principal has not been reduced, Amarin TV said this evening (Aug. 1). Ms. Somsakul […]
Read MoreMedical Council’s action against 3 Thaksin doctors can be appealed: Somchai
THE Medical Council’s vote yesterday (June 12) upholding a decision to warn one doctor and suspend the licence of two others for allowing de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to stay at Police Hospital rather than prison for six months until he was paroled can be appealed but there is also criminal penalty […]
Read MoreCourt trial over Thaksin’s Police Hospital fake-out case delayed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a technical respite quietly provided for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, a court trial on the Police Hospital fake-out case against him has been put off until after the next couple of weeks. The Supreme Court judges in charge of criminal lawsuits against […]
Read MoreThree dead in police helicopter crash
A POLICE helicopter crashed in Prachuap Khiri Khan province this afternoon (May 24) killing two pilots and a mechanic but one person managed to bail out, Naewna and Thai Rath newspaper said. The helicopter, later identified as Bell 212 and assigned to Kanchanaburi Aviation Unit, crashed near Prachuap intersection within Wing 5 area with […]
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