Nominee land titles seize in Koh Phangan sweep
IN A major crackdown on illegal nominee land ownership as many as 266 police officers led by Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Samran Nualma raided 27 companies on Koh Phangan and seized 37 land title deeds worth a total of 150 million baht, Naewna and PPTVHD36 said today (May 13). Meanwhile Prime Minister […]
Read MoreMore Bitcoin mining dens to be raided in Chiang Mai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE RAIDS ON a few illegal, makeshift facilities with arrays of computers for Bitcoin mining business in Chiang Mai are anticipated shortly in sustained measures to crack down on the power-squandering activity, police said today (June 6). Following an earlier raid on a Bitcoin mining den in disguise of a […]
Read MoreAlmost 24 million baht seized in gambling website raids
CYBER Crime police raided five places used to run an online gambling website with a billion baht monthly turnover and seized nearly 24 million baht in cash, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said today (May 18). Pol. Lt. Gen. Worawat Watnakhonbuncha, head of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, said operation “Hang Up” had targeted […]
Read MoreUrgent: Gunman found dead after 15-hour siege
A GUNMAN who killed three people and injured four others by shooting randomly from his house in Phetchaburi province was found dead there at 4 a.m. this morning (Mar. 23) after two police raids during the 15-hour siege, Matichon newspaper said. The gunman, Mr. Anuwat Waenthong, or Ping, 29, was earlier identified as a […]
Read MoreRaids on substandard elderly care homes show some were chained
POLICE raided a substandard elderly care home in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district today (Jan. 19) with another raid on a similar home in Nong Chok district finding that some residents had been chained, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Col. Neti Wongkub, head of Consumer Protection Police Division 4, said the raid on the Nong Chok […]
Read MoreTax raids target Indian paper that criticised government over Covid
By The Guardian and published by MSN.com TAX RAIDS have been carried out on the offices of one of India’s most popular newspapers, after months of critical coverage of the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. This morning, more than 100 tax inspectors descended on the headquarters of Dainik Bhaskar media group in the state […]
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