9 policemen suspended on charges of extorting cash from foreigner
NINE police officers were suspended from duty after a Vanuatu citizen complained that they had extorted over 5 million baht from him to drop charges of being linked to passport forgery which he denied, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 3 Plus News said this evening (Nov. 5). Pol. Lt. Gen. Thanayut Wutticharasathamrong, assistant national […]
Read MoreArrest warrant out for Thai woman in brutal murder of Taiwanese man
AFTER arresting two foreign men in the murder of a Taiwanese man at a hotel on Udomsuk road (Sukhumvit Soi 103), Bangna district, on Thursday (Nov. 16) police are hunting for a Thai woman while her partner, earlier identified as an American but actually from Vanuatu with dual Iranian nationality, has fled overseas, Matichon […]
Read MoreTsunami not expected after 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu: PTWC
By Reuters Staff, published by CTV News A TSUNAMI was not expected after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu today (Feb. 16), the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. The US Geological Survey pegged the quake at a magnitude of 6.2 with a depth of about 10 km, after having initially […]
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