LAW & ORDER

Senior Yala police officer nearing retirement killed by suspected insurgents

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:48:00 -0500

A senior police officer nearing retirement after serving more than 20 years in the violence-affected areas in the southern Thai provinces, and being for 40 years in total in service, was killed on Friday in an ambush by suspected Muslim militants.

Suspected Islamic militants kill four in Southern Thailand

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:38:00 -0500

Suspected Muslim insurgents on Thursday shot dead three Thai telephone repairmen and a 61-year-old salesman in two incidents in the southern Thai province of Pattani.

Red Shirts besiege Bangkok police station following YouTuber's arrest

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:30:00 -0500

Thailand's anti-government 'Red Shirt' protesters besieged a Bangkok police station on Saturday after a man, who had posted a YouTube video warning of violence in the capital, was arrested.

Thai police seize 1,000,000 speed pills worth of Bt150 million

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:19:00 -0500

Thai police have seized 1,000,000 amphetamine pills worth over Bt150 million from a pickup truck in Chiang Mai's Phrao district.

32 Thai labourers arrested in Poland for working illegally

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:47:00 -0500

32 Thai labourers were arrested in Poland for working illegally, a Thai foreign ministry official said Thursday. The labourers were lured by a job recruitment firm to Poland with a promise of jobs at mushroom farms, but instead were sent to work in the fruit processing industry.

Thailand to deport Chinese drug trafficking suspect

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:47:00 -0500

Thai police on Tuesday arrested a Chinese national suspected of drug trafficking and will deport him in response to a request from Chinese authorities, the head of Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said Tuesday.

2 wounded in bomb attacks targeting banks and ATMs in Southern Thailand

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:00 -0500

Five small bombs planted by suspected insurgents exploded Tuesday outside banks and ATMs in southern Thailand, injuring two people, local police said. Another three bombs were defused.

Father and daughter shot dead in Pattani; Bomb wounds five in Narathiwat

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:00 -0500

Suspected Islamic insurgents shot dead a father and his 7-year-old daughter on Tuesday in the southern Thai province of Pattani, while a roadside bomb imjured five soldiers.

Thai customs officials seize illegal coral shipment worth Bt2 million

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:00 -0500

Thai customs officials confisticated more than 800 pieces of rare and protected corals and sea anemones during a random search at the freight warehouses of Thai Airways International in Bangkok.

Emirates Airline Probes "Misdeclared" Elephant Tusks Cargo to Thailand

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:46:00 -0500

Emirates Airline has launched an internal inquiry and is working closely with Thai authorities after more than two tonnes of ivory worth 120 million baht ($3.6 million) was confisticated at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport last Wednesday.

20 Injured in Songkhla Train Derailment

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:41:00 -0500

20 people were injured after a Yala-Nakhon Si Thammarat passenger train derailed in Na Mom district, in the Southern Thai province of Songkhla on Thursday morning.

Crackdown on Pattaya Beach prostitutes

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:41:00 -0500

Late Wednesday night, a team of Pattaya police officers assisted by civil volunteers, raided the Pattaya Beach in an attempt to clear it of prostitutes and others suspected of engaging in anti-social or criminal activity.

Two judges in Thaksin's frozen assets case request "safe house"

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:31:00 -0500

Two judges in Thaksin's assets case have requested a "safe house", so that they can focus on their work before the verdict on Friday that will decide whether to confiscate ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's frozen assets worth Bt76 billion (US$2. 29 billion), the Secretary-General for the Courts of Justice, Wirach Shinvinitkul said Wednesday.

Louisiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling Children for a Cockatoo and $175

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:25:00 -0500

A Louisiana woman has pleaded guilty to selling a 5-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl for a cockatoo and $175. Her attorney called her case an adoption attempt that went wrong.

Thai Monk Arrested for Selling Skins of Domestic Cats and Other Animals Coloured as Tigers

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:01:00 -0500

Thai authorities seized more than 200 animal skins from a temple in Nakhon Ratchasima, Northeastern Thailand. The temple's abbot had been skinning mostly domestic cats and dogs and dyed their skin to resemble that of a tiger and sold them as religious charms.

Bomb explodes near Pattani market after use of GT200 bomb scanner

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:15:00 -0500

Two soldiers injured on Monday in a bomb attack in the southern Thai province of Pattani after the area had been scanned by a GT200 bomb detector.

"Merchant of Death" Might Face New Extradition Trial in Thailand

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:57:00 -0500

Alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout, might face another extradition trial in Thailand after new charges were filed against him in New York.

Singaporean arrested with 32kg of 'ice' in Southern Thailand

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:27:00 -0500

A Singaporean man was arrested with 32 kilograms of "ice" worth Bt76.8 million (around US$2.2 million) on Saturday at the Hat Yai railway station in the southern Thai province of Songkhla.