Berserk foreigner rescued after crawling in a condo’s drainpipe
A BERSERK foreign man believed to be high on drugs was rescued after crawling naked in a large drainpipe behind a condo in Bangkok and sent to a hospital, Amarin TV said today (July 14). A police team from Bang Khun Thian station went to investigate after the juristic person of this condominium on […]
Read MoreOver 20 baby macaques captured by wildlife traffickers rescued
A TOTAL of 25 pitiful baby macaques who had been captured by wildlife traffickers were rescued from a forest in Ratchaburi today (May 31) where they had been stuffed in blue net bags and hung from the base of a tree, TV Channel 7 and MNG Online said. Mr. Sirikoon Sangktaku, chief of Khao […]
Read MoreThai-Swedish girl rescued from foreign dad who molested her
UDON THANI police rescued a 16-year-old Thai-Swedish girl from her foreign father after he had molested her several times with her mother revealing that he had raped her from the age of 13 till got pregnant and gave birth to this girl, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 15). This northeastern province’s Deputy Governor […]
Read MoreRescued scam workers almost clash with Karen fighters at Myawaddy
A GROUP of 275 foreign scam workers, mostly Ethiopians and other Africans, who were among thousands rescued from call centre complexes in Myawaddy township, just across from Thai border town Mae Sot, early February almost clashed with Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) fighters as they rose up to protest being held at a squalid, […]
Read More‘Escaping hell’: Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
By AFP and published by CNA Myawaddy – Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention centre in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night. They are among some 7,000 people from more than two dozen countries released from […]
Read MoreNavy rescues 6 foreign kayakers off Koh Chang
THE THAI navy’s Marine Safety Centre at Koh Chang rescued six tourists after one kayak capsized and another almost followed suit today (Jan. 5) with all of them safe and only one suffering a minor injury, Naewna newspaper said. At around 12.30 p.m. a kayak four Czech tourists were paddling in the area between […]
Read More3 kidnapped Chinese students released, safe
THREE Chinese students who were tricked to deliver goods from Mae Sot town on the Thai-Myanmar border to Bangkok then kidnapped and taken to Myawaddy town just across the Moei river in Myanmar were released after part of the ransom was paid and rescued by police while walking in a forest, Amarin TV said […]
Read MoreSwimmer lost for seven hours rescued off Bang Saray beach
A RUSSIAN woman who got lost after going for a swim from Na Jomtien beach yesterday morning (Sep. 25) was rescued by a fisherman seven hours later, Thai Rath newspaper said last evening. At 4.30 p.m. the owner of a squid fishing boat, Tai Jum, contacted Mr. Suphot Chomdokmai, 40, to come in his […]
Read MoreTourists without life jackets rescued near Phi Phi Le island
A SPEEDBOAT TAKING a group of tourists on a tour off Krabi rescued three other tourists who were struggling in the sea without the support of life jackets after their long-tail boat had capsized near Phi Phi Le island, Amarin TV said this afternoon (July 14). Speedboat crew members had to swim to the […]
Read MoreThai navy rescues ailing sailor for Indian ship
THE Thai navy quickly sent an emergency medical team on a boat to an Indian ship, a tanker named Sea Galaxy, and brought one of their sailors who had suffered stroke as it was passing through the Gulf of Thailand to Sattahip, Chonburi, for treatment last night, TV Channel 7 said early this morning […]
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