Universities being probed over foreign student admission issue
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) Yodchanan Wongsawat today (Aug. 5) ordered a thorough investigation of all universities that have foreign student admission programmes, scrutinising both degree and non-degree courses, with legal action to be taken against any wrongdoing without exception, Amarin TV said. Yodchanan took action after media […]
Read MoreItalian youths apologise for row on Skytrain, deported
A GROUP of Italian youths, identified as students, who brawled with a Thai woman on Skytrain after she asked them to quieten down recorded a video clip expressing regret for the incident, admitting that money cannot buy manners, and are being immediately deported, Amarin TV said this afternoon (July 25). The Italian embassy’s Facebook […]
Read MoreRandom drug test shows nearly 30 of 100 students addicted
A SENATOR visiting Surin was told by a school there that a random drug test of 100 at-risk students from middle to high school who are frequently absent showed that nearly 30 of them are addicted, mainly to methamphetamine, with more than half being girls, Amarin TV said today (June 4). Mr. Rujiphas Meekusol, […]
Read MorePheu Thai: US driver’s ‘mental ill’ claim in killing 2 Thai students in Miami just an excuse
PHEU THAI Party today (March 25) debunked a claim by an American citizen who ran the red light and killed two Thai students just as they were crossing the street near Miami Beach, Florida, on March 18 that he was “mentally ill” believing that this is an excuse to get a lenient sentence, Amarin […]
Read More11 Indian students hurt as shuttle bus hits power pole
A SHUTTLE bus carrying Indian students from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) slammed into a power pole and a tree on Phahonyothin road at 11.08 a.m. today (June 2) injuring 11 passengers, two critically, Amarin TV said. There were approximately 45 people on the bus, including the students and their tour […]
Read MoreThailand’s Shia leader calls for probe of airport police after students allegedly ‘threatened’
THE Shia leader for Thailand today (Oct. 30) submitted a letter to Parliament President/House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha asking for an investigation of Special Branch police at Suvarnabhumi Airport who allegedly threatened students returning from Iran, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Chaiyid Sulaiman Hussainy, Thailand’s Shia leader, said in the letter accepted by […]
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 MorePolice hunting for 3 Chinese students held for ransom in Myanmar
POLICE are working out ways to track down and bring back three Chinese students who were tricked into going to Myanmar and are now being held for ransom there, TV Channel 3’s 3PlusNews said this evening (Oct. 21). Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang, commissioner of Metropolitan Police Bureau, ordered his deputy, Pol. Maj. Gen. […]
Read MoreChaos as vocational students brawl at BTS station
THERE was panic at BTS Siam station during the rush hour this morning (Oct. 16) after vocational students started brawling on the platform with commuters running away for safety, Amarin TV said. Later Pol. Col. Akhom Chumphonrat, superintendent of Pathumwan police station, briefly said that his team is investigating the clash between the two […]
Read MorePolice Hospital doctors suspected of unethically keeping ‘sickly’ Thaksin from jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DOCTORS AT POLICE HOSPITAL have been suspected of compromising their professional ethics to keep “sickly” de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra literally away from prison despite his one-year jail sentence. The so-called Students and People’s Network for Thailand Reform today (Sep.18) called on police chief Pol.Gen.Damrongsak Kittiprapat to promptly […]
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