Thai police help FBI in smashing global cyber crime gang
WITH the arrest of a global cyber crime gang’s mastermind in Singapore, Thai police coordinated with the FBI in seizing over a billion baht worth of their assets in Thailand, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 1). Mr. Mike Chai, FBI attache in Thailand, had asked the Attorney General’s Office to help smash this […]
Read MoreSinger given four years in jail in lese majeste case
THE CRIMINAL Court on Ratchadapisek road handed Mr. Chaiamorn Kaewwiboonpan, a popular singer who goes by the professional name of Ammy the Bottom Blues, four years in jail without parole on charges of violating the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, arson under Section 217 and Computer Crime Act B.E. […]
Read MoreAirplane returns to Osaka/Kansai airport twice over landing gear problem
A THAI AirAsia X airplane heading from Osaka/Kansai, Japan, to Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok yesterday (May 24) had to return to the Japanese airport twice after the landing gear could not be retracted, Amarin TV quoted the website Sankei as saying with the incident also reported on Aviation-safety.net. The flight, XJ613, with 350 passengers […]
Read MoreThai woman missing in Switzerland found: Embassy
THE Thai embassy in Switzerland has been informed by the family of a Thai woman missing in Switzerland that she has now been found, Naewna newspaper and Mcot said this morning (May 25). Ms. Nantiwa “Noon” Saejiw, who is travelling on a Swedish passport and went Switzerland with her foreign boyfriend, had not contacted […]
Read MoreWife kills husband who had affairs with 5 women
A THAI woman in northern Lampang province who could no longer tolerate her husband having affairs with five other women hit his head with a hammer then stabbed him with a knife killing him in front of their house around midnight last night, Amarin TV said today (May 22). At 00.10 a.m. Pol. Maj. […]
Read MoreGovt dared to dismiss Central Bank Governor over digital wallet row
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRATS TODAY (May 6) dared the Pheu Thai-led government to depose Bank of Thailand Governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput for standing in the way of the questionable digital wallet project so they could go ahead with it unthwarted. Ramet Ratanachaweng, spokesperson of the opposition party, dared the Pheu Thai-led government in […]
Read MorePheu Thai told to stop pressing House Speaker to step down
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, core of the current coalition government, was today (May 1) suggested to stop pressing House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha to step down so he could otherwise be replaced by a Pheu Thai MP. Without elaborating or naming names, Mook Sulaiman, secretary to Wan Noor, advised that […]
Read MoreFEATURE: A Tale of Thai-Owned Foxes and Owls in England
RUNNING A SPORTS business in England, a couple of Thai nationals are virtually at extreme ends from each other, albeit evidently without conflict of interest in between. One is of all pride and joy whilst the other is of all gloom and anguish. Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, the CEO of duty-free retail chain King Power […]
Read MoreThai woman found stabbed to death in London flat 12 hours after friends raised alarm
By Dan Woodland, Daily Mail Online THE MANHUNT for the Marble Arch murderer today (Apr. 110 took a new turn after police named and released the first picture of the dual Hong Kong-Thai woman who was found stabbed to death inside her £4 million property. Police today named the victim of the horrific stabbing […]
Read MoreApril Fools’ Day story: Woman makes a fool of herself for nothing
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ORDINARY ISAAN woman named Valissa works from dawn till dark at night at a roadside restaurant in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima. Little did she know about a fine for telling the police a lie about the money which she has literally earned. The 30-year-old woman from Amnart […]
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