Anutin holds talks with visiting Princess Anne
PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul held talks with Britain’s Princess Anne, Princess Royal, and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence at Government House today (July 16) focusing on strengthening Thai-UK relations, Naewna newspaper said. Ms. Rachada Thanadirek, spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said both sides exchanged views on Thai-UK relations and their perspectives […]
Read MoreUK hard-right leader Farage faces new allegations over gifts
By AFP and published by France24 London: Hard-right British politican Nigel Farage on Sunday faced fresh allegations over non-disclosure of gifts after a newspaper reported a convicted fraudster paid for his security and staff before he became an MP. An MP said he had asked parliament’s standards commissioner to investigate the new claims against […]
Read MoreFour Brits arrested for stealing 2m baht deny charges
FOUR British nationals who were arrested on charges of stealing a safe containing over 2 million from the townhouse of a compatriot in Chonburi last Thursday (Feb. 26) are being interrogated but remain uncooperative as they deny the charges, Amarin TV said last night (March 1). After masked robbers broke into the townhouse British […]
Read MoreBrit nabbed for hacking money transfer system, using fake credit cards
THAI immigration police arrested a British national on charges of hacking cash from a money transfer system and using fake credit cards to stay in dozens of luxury hotels, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. 20). Immigration Bureau Region 1 tracked down and arrested Mr. George (pseudonym), 50, after the Hotel Security Association alerted them […]
Read MoreBangkok company denies link to Cambodian scammer group
PRINCE International Co., Ltd., located at Sino-Thai Tower office building in Sukhumvit 21 road (Asoke), today (Oct. 17) denied it is part of the Prince Group, a Cambodian company run by Cambodian and UK national Chen Zhi, aka Vincent, and sanctioned by US and UK for its alleged involvement in large-scale online scams and […]
Read MoreUS and UK take largest action ever targeting cybercriminal networks in Southeast Asia
Washington – The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in close coordination with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), took complementary actions against criminal networks responsible for targeting citizens of the United States and other allied nations through online scams […]
Read MorePM denies trip to UK was just a holiday
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra said this evening (May 25) before flying to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to attend the 46th Asean summit that her trip to UK and Monaco was far from being a vacation with progress made on bringing Formula 1 city circuit Grand Prix to Thailand, Amarin TV said. The Prime Minister said […]
Read MorePaetongtarn visits UK, Monaco to boost trade and soft power
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has begun a five-day official visit to the United Kingdom and Monaco from May 21 to 25, accompanied by a delegation from the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, and other government agencies. The trip seeks to expand trade opportunities in the European Union, increase international market […]
Read MoreApril Fools’ Day: Owls fans’ novel revolt against Thai owner?
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY fans are coming up with a novel task of telling Thai people in this country and elsewhere, either via conventional or social media, how devastatingly Dejpon Chansiri, the Thai owner of the Championship football club, has allegedly fared so far. Whilst Dejpon continues to take the helm […]
Read MoreBritish woman missing as dive boat catches fire off Koh Tao
A YOUNG British woman is missing after the dive boat she was sailing in together with 15 other tourists caught fire as it was heading for a dive site around five nautical miles from Koh Tao, Surat Thani province, today (March 16), TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. The boat, named Davy Jones […]
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