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  • NewsA raid at alleged poacher Premchai’s house in BKK nets weapons, ivory

    A raid at alleged poacher Premchaiโ€™s house in BKK nets weapons, ivory

    Police have uncovered a cache of weapons as well as four pairs of ivory tusks as they searched a residence belonging to Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta yesterday as part of their investigation into the tycoonโ€™s alleged poaching in a wildlife sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province. The search was conducted simultaneously in six locations, including in the capital at a residential compoundโ€ฆ

  • NewsTHAIGER TODAY Wednesday, February 7

    THAIGER TODAY Wednesday, February 7

    Big fire on Phi Phi injures nine / 111 year old โ€˜fit and wellโ€™ in Krabi / head of Ital-Thai arrested for poaching / 11 year old girl dies after running race at school / Two youth arrested over murder at correctional facility / Police nab Hells Angel Damon Wait.

  • NewsTwo charged with murder over Surat Thani Detention Centre murder

    Two charged with murder over Surat Thani Detention Centre murder

    The case of a 17-year-old juvenile found strangled to death in a Surat Thani juvenile detention centre today (Tuesday) stemmed from a pre-existing dispute between two rivals, according to Sahakan Phetnarin, director general of the Juvenile Observation and Protection Department. The two teenage rivals, whose names have been withheld due to their age, have already been charged with the juvenileโ€™sโ€ฆ

  • NewsTHAIGER TODAY Tuesday, February 6

    THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, February 6

    Chinese year brings 18% rise in tourists year-on-year | A new ban from the โ€˜fun policeโ€™ | Tokyo Stock Market opens down 4% today | Smog a problem for Central and Northern Thailand | Woman survives awful crash in north-east | Van and pick-up crash in Krabi kills one, injures 10.

  • NewsProperty boom – firms acquire land worth nearly 100 billion baht

    Property boom โ€“ firms acquire land worth nearly 100 billion baht

    Twelve listed property firms have announced investment budgets worth between 98.04 and 99.04 billion baht to acquire land to develop residential projects worth between 385.15 billion and 385.64 billion baht during 2018, according to a survey by The Nation. Over half of the investment budget from the firms will come from their initial cash while others will issue debentures worthโ€ฆ

  • NewsTHAIGER TODAY Monday, February 5

    THAIGER TODAY Monday, February 5

    Thammasat and Chulalongkhorn University students mock Thai politics | 24 year old Ukranian stabbed by boat crew | Strong winds ravage Songkhla coastal communities | Unidentified body found floating in BKK along | US Labour department puts Thai fishing industry on notice | Thepa and Krabi power plants put on hold.

  • NewsSaucy coffee shop PR stunt backfires

    Saucy coffee shop PR stunt backfires

    Police are considering pressing charges against the owner of a coffee shop in Chon Buriโ€™s Sattahip district, who posted a video clip and photos of two models wearing not much more than a barista apron and underwear while serving coffee to customers. The photos and video clip, meant as an advertisement to attract more visitors to the coffee shop, haveโ€ฆ

  • NewsStudents satirise Thai politics in annual pre-game parade

    Students satirise Thai politics in annual pre-game parade

    Chulalongkorn and Thammasat University students took the opportunity at the traditional football match between the countryโ€™s two oldest universities this afternoon (Saturday) to mock prominent political figures. The students used the pre-game parade to satirise the luxury watch scandal involving Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan. They also targetted what they saw as double standards in the judicial system and theโ€ฆ

  • NewsWoman escapes an alleged sexual assault in a BKK mall

    Woman escapes an alleged sexual assault in a BKK mall

    A woman escaped an alleged sexual assault by a Bangkok mall security guard on Thursday morning thanks to the timely aid by passers-by, according a Thai user of Facebook, who shared a video clip of the incident and told the story as a precautionary tale. A Facebook user named โ€œAtom Kamolphuโ€ warned that women should beware going alone to public-accessโ€ฆ

  • NewsSouthern police uninjured as Narathiwat bomb detonates

    Southern police uninjured as Narathiwat bomb detonates

    By Narong Nuansakul Police patrolling an area in Narathiwatโ€™s Tak Bai district to safeguard teachers narrowly escaped injury on Thursday morning when a roadside bomb exploded near them. Only the wooden planks of a kerbside stall, which absorbed the force of the blast, prevented serious harm. Ethnic Malay insurgents are suspected of detonating the bomb at 8am on Highway 4084โ€ฆ

  • Thailand NewsButt out on 24 Thai beaches

    Butt out on 24 Thai beaches

    Officials on Thursday began strictly enforcing a ban on smoking on beaches, with offenders facing a possible year in prison and a 100,000 baht fine. The Marine and Coastal Resources Department announced a strict ban on smoking at 24 beaches in 15 provinces to begin with. The aim is to protect the environment, such as by reducing the number ofโ€ฆ

  • NewsThaiger Today February 1

    Thaiger Today February 1

    Smoking ban enforcement starts today | Yingluckโ€™s assets seized | British Embassy sold in BKK for record amount | Lunar eclipse put on a show, but not in Phuket | โ€˜Last kissโ€™ for French and Thai murder plotters | Government uses strategic lawsuits to quell dissent.

  • NewsFrenchman confesses to murdering Italian love rival. Re-enactment yesterday.

    Frenchman confesses to murdering Italian love rival. Re-enactment yesterday.

    The much publicised murder of an Italian man, in which his Thai ex-wife and her French boyfriend have been implicated, apparently has been solved after police said the Frenchman had confessed to the killing. Pol Colonel Chaisathien Maneechak, from Bung Nara Police Station in Phichit province, said French national 34 year old Rigaux Amaury had confessed to stabbing to deathโ€ฆ

  • NewsDrug arrest in Yala links to bigger network

    Drug arrest in Yala links to bigger network

    Police announced on Tuesday the arrest the previous day of a local man in Yalaโ€™s Muang district and seized 30,000 โ€œyabaโ€ amphetamine pills valued at 2.4 million baht on the street and said they would continue to investigate to apprehend the manโ€™s accomplices. Yala police chief Pol Maj-General Krisada Kaewchandee told a press conference that police had arrested a rubber-tapperโ€ฆ

  • NewsThai woman, French boyfriend blame each other for Italianโ€™s murder

    Thai woman, French boyfriend blame each other for Italianโ€™s murder

    A Thai woman and her French boyfriend have turned on each other after their arrests, with each blaming the other for the murder of the womanโ€™s Italian ex-husband. 38 year old Rujira Eiumlamai told police after her arrest yesterday that she was innocent of the murder, saying it had been perpetrated by her French boyfriend, 34 year old Rigaux Amauryโ€ฆ

  • Thai LifeBay Regatta returns to Phang Nga Bay

    Bay Regatta returns to Phang Nga Bay

    The 21st Bay Regatta will be held from January 31 to February 4, 2018 in and around the waters of Phang Nga Bay. The Bay Regatta is often referred to as โ€˜Asiaโ€™s fun regattaโ€™, attracting both serious racing yachts and casual cruisers out to enjoy the picturesque maritime scenery. The hallmark of this popular sailing event is its fun-filled andโ€ฆ

  • NewsWorkers seek help after โ€˜false promiseโ€™ of jobs in Australia

    Workers seek help after โ€˜false promiseโ€™ of jobs in Australia

    Fourteen workers in Chaiyaphum filed complaints with police on Monday stating that they had been cheated by a man who charged them money based on a promise to find them jobs in Australia. The workers filed the complaint at Muang Chaiyaphum Police Station at 9.30am, with the acting Chaiyaphum job-placement officer, Thawatchai Upanan, receiving the complaints at the station. Theโ€ฆ

  • NewsBack to the future. Democrats looking over their shoulder for election candidate.

    Back to the future. Democrats looking over their shoulder for election candidate.

    By SOMROUTAI SAPSOMBOON The future of Chuan Leekpai, the Democrat Partyโ€™s chief adviser and former leader, is the subject of speculation as some muse that he will return as its chief ahead of the next general election. The speculation stems from two separate assumptions โ€“ that the Democrats and the Pheu Thai Party may join forces to prevent the juntaโ€™sโ€ฆ

  • NewsThe guessing game. Weaving an election strategy.

    The guessing game. Weaving an election strategy.

    The governmentโ€™s most senior figures โ€“ the prime minister and his first deputy โ€“ have sent conflicting signals as to when the next general election will be held. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha said during his trip to India yesterday that he acknowledged the possibility of an election delay following the passage of the revised MPs election bill. But he said theโ€ฆ

  • NewsMother & child re-united. And it feels so good.

    Mother & child re-united. And it feels so good.

    Rescuers had to break a carโ€™s window after its doors automatically locked with both a toddler and the car key inside in Phuketโ€™s Mueang district on Thursday morning. The mother, 36, whose name was withheld, sought help from the people nearby after she was unable to open her car door, and police and rescuers were alerted at 8.40am. The motherโ€ฆ

  • News2019 Thai election looking more likely

    2019 Thai election looking more likely

    The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) late on Thursday passed the MPs election bill with a clause that delays it coming into effect for 90 days after its promulgation. The members voted 213 to zero with four abstentions. The bill was passed after almost 14 hours of deliberations on Thursday. In the second reading of the bill, the stipulation deferring itsโ€ฆ

  • NewsMotorcyclist dies whilst over-taking on the left in Karon

    Motorcyclist dies whilst over-taking on the left in Karon

    After an early double fatality on Patak Road, Karon, where two people on motorbikes collided (one Filipino, one from Myanmar), a rescue team member, 27 year old Sahasanai Nakan, crashed after overtaking a bus resulting in his death yesterday (January 24). The cyclist was riding on Patak Road in Karon without a helmet and overtook a bus, but fell andโ€ฆ

  • NewsSix illegal ‘foreign-owned’ hostels closed on Koh Pha Ngan

    Six illegal โ€˜foreign-ownedโ€™ hostels closed on Koh Pha Ngan

    Troops and police arrested two foreigners and four Thais on Wednesday for allegedly running six hostels without licence on the tourist destination Koh Pha Ngan in Surat Thani province. A Dutch man and an Italian man were arrested and charged with operating hotels without licence and carrying out business prohibited to aliens. The four Thais were charged with acting asโ€ฆ

  • NewsTHAIGER TODAY Thursday, January 25

    THAIGER TODAY Thursday, January 25

    THAIGER TODAY, Thursday, January 25โ€ฆ. The โ€˜Sโ€™ word in Bangkok | Why canโ€™t our taxis work like this? | AIDS levels dropping in ASEAN | PM pleads with media to drop Prawit โ€˜chatterโ€™ | Charged Israeli mobsters heading to Samui to recreate crime | Philippines volcano sparks evacuations.

  • NewsTight security in Samui for re-enactment of Israeli hit-and-run attack

    Tight security in Samui for re-enactment of Israeli hit-and-run attack

    Two Israelis accused of killing a compatriot on Koh Samui will re-enact the alleged crime on Sunday surrounded by dozens of heavily armed police. 24 year old Dolev Zuarez and 26 year old Eval Bokal were arrested at Bangkokโ€™s Don Mueang Airport about five hours after they allegedly killed 34 year old Maor Mallil and injured his girlfriend, Rashel Oshana,โ€ฆ

  • NewsTHAIGER TODAY Wednesday, January 24

    THAIGER TODAY Wednesday, January 24

     

  • NewsThailand’s opium cultivation “down by 40%”

    Thailandโ€™s opium cultivation โ€œdown by 40%โ€

    The cultivation of opium is on the decline in Thailand, but the illegal practice persists in several northern districts, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board reported this week. Secretary-general Sirinya Sitdhichai cited remote rural highlands in Chiang Maiโ€™s Om Koi, Mae Taeng and Chiang Dao districts and in Takโ€™s Umphang, Mae Ramat and Tha Song Yang districts as placesโ€ฆ

  • NewsTHAIGER TODAY Tuesday, January 23

    THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, January 23

    3 killed and many more injured in latest Yala bombing | Another bus with Chinese tourists ends up in a road ditch in Chiang Mai | Later on the Israeli mob hit on Samui | Central Pattana introduce cashless technology at 4,000 stores | Bullets flying in Hat Yai yesterday | Exports up 9.9% over past 12 months.

  • NewsTHAIGER TODAY Monday, January 22

    THAIGER TODAY Monday, January 22

    Israeli hit squad kills one in Koh Samui | โ€˜Taxi OKโ€™ App and reforms launched this Thursday | Spot checks at Chalong Pier reveal shortcomings on some boats | Couple arrested at Don Mueang after alleged murder in Pichit | Total of four arrested over Phuket Airport baggage thefts.

  • NewsTwo Israelis arrested over suspected mob hit in Samui

    Two Israelis arrested over suspected mob hit in Samui

    Two Israeli men were arrested at Don Muang International Airport on Sunday night for allegedly stabbing to death a fellow Israeli and seriously injuring his girlfriend on Koh Samui earlier in the day. Police said 24 year old Dolev Zuarez and 26 year old Eval Bokal were arrested soon after arriving at the airport at 9.30pm. They had flown toโ€ฆ

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