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- Thailand News
Brawl between taxi and Bolt riders erupts outside Pattaya Police Station
Police officers intervened in a physical altercation between a motorcycle taxi rider and a group of app-based drivers, reportedly Bolt, outside Mueang Pattaya Police Station last night, October 31. This year’s Halloween evening turned violent in Pattaya when a Bolt rider attempted to attack a motorcycle taxi driver with a broken glass bottle. The taxi rider also prepared for the…
- Thailand News
Bedazzling deceit: Thai woman accuses famous sorcerer of spiritual sex scam
A Thai woman accused a famous sorcerer of tricking her into having intercourse with him, claiming that sex was part of a process to expel evil spirits from her soul. The 26 year old woman approached non-profit organisation Saimai Survive and urged them to file a lawsuit against a 63 year old sorcerer named Harn Raksajit, also known as Novice…
- Thailand News
Bangkok condo conundrum: Thai man’s discount deal to evict stubborn mother
A Thai man put his Bangkok condo room up for sale at a low price to force his interfering mother to move out. He says he can’t personally use the condo because his mother refuses to leave. The Thai man announced the sale on a Facebook group on October 26. The condominium is situated within the HR Residence project, which is…
- Thailand News
Thai rescuer celebrates Halloween by working in devil costume
A Thai rescuer celebrated Halloween yesterday by donning a devil costume representing the Thai-style messenger of death called Yom-ma-thut. The 53 year old rescuer, Narongsak Noppasit, from the Jaturatham Pratheep Foundation in the Panthong district of Chon Buri province, shared a picture of himself in a fancy dress costume on the foundation’s official Facebook page yesterday with the caption “Ready…
- Thailand News
Thai transwoman caught giving handjob to South Korean man on Pattaya Beach
Thai netizens called the relevant authorities to take action after a video showing a Thai transwoman giving a handjob to a South Korean man on Pattaya Beach went viral. The Facebook page, This is Beauty Queen (นางงามนะคะ), posted news of the video it found on Twitter (X) on October 29. “Just found a video of a Thai transwoman giving a…
- Thailand News
4 Chinese and 22 Thai scammers arrested for operating gold scam
Officers from the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) arrested 26 suspects, four Chinese and 22 Thai, for running a fake gold shop and luring victims to invest in counterfeit stock trading. The ECD, yesterday, October 31, launched an operation called CIB Anti-Online Scam to arrest 50 suspects involved in the investment scam run by Chinese nationals. Officers raided 21 suspicious…
- Thailand News
Thai-Ghanaian football player condemns racist Thai referee
A half-Thai, half-Ghanaian Prachin Buri City football player condemned a racist Thai referee who allegedly called him a “ni**a!” The drama erupted after the match between Prachin Buri City FC and Pluakdaeng United FC on October 29. Prachin Buri City FC player Abdulkordiri Hamit, also known as Abdul, posted on his Pog Dul Facebook account what happened. “I can understand…
- Crime News
Prescription for drama: Accused mistress denies love affair, claims she is a nurse
A Thai woman accused her husband of cheating and conspiring with his mistress to file a lawsuit against her. The accused woman denies being her husband’s lover, insisting that she is only his nurse. The 52 year old wife, Naruecha “Sida” Kamutyothin, gave an interview to Channel 3 yesterday, October 30, explaining that she married her husband, Jade, and have…
- Thailand News
Golden opportunity gone wrong: Burmese man arrested for gold necklace heist
Police arrested a Burmese man for stealing a gold necklace worth 65,000 baht from a Thai woman in the northern province of Chiang Mai. The 42 year old victim, surnamed Oil, filed a complaint at Mueang Chiang Mai Police Station on October 29, saying a man snatched a gold necklace she was wearing and fled at around 4am. The theft…
- Thailand News
Mystery surrounds death of Thai barista at coffee shop in Khao Yai
A Thai woman discovered the dead body of her barista boyfriend at a coffee shop on Thanarat Road in the Khao Yai neighbourhood of Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeastern Thailand. The cause of his death remains a mystery. The woman, Charinthon Phuekkoksung, reported the death of her boyfriend, 25 year old Pasathorn Chaiyakarn, at Moo Si Police Station at 9.45pm yesterday,…
- Thailand News
Thai community leader commits suicide after plan to kill ex-wife fails
A Thai community leader committed suicide at his home in the central province of Nakhon Nayok after a plan to kill his ex-wife at a school failed. The director of Wang Phan Thip Phantaram School contacted officers at Mueang Nakhon Nayok Police Station after the school shooting incident at around 3pm yesterday, October 30. Officers rushed to the scene and…
- Phuket News
Foreign man found dead with 4 stab wounds at hotel in Phuket
A maid discovered the dead body of a foreign man with stab wounds to the neck in a hotel room in Phuket. There were no signs of theft or struggle. A substance similar to crystal meth was found in the bathroom. The hotel maid reported her shocking discovery to officers at Cheng Talay Police Station at around 9.30am yesterday, October…
- Thailand News
Thai woman calls justice after Thai man attacks her Belgian husband
A Thai woman urged non-profit organisation Saimai Survive to follow up on a legal action against a Thai man who attacked her Belgian husband on a road in Thailand. The woman gave Channel 7 a video of her 70 year old Belgian husband, Danny, being attacked on the road. The video showed Danny in an orange shirt arguing with a…
- Thailand News
Fake Hi-So man swindles over 10 million baht from women
Police arrested a Thai man who created a fake Hi-So (high society) profile to swindle more than 30 women out of over 10 million baht. A number of his victims were too embarrassed to report the crime to the police, allowing the man to continue his deceitful operations for years. However, several victims did come forward to file a complaint…
- Thailand News
CIB police named Social Impact Partner in TikTok Award Thailand 2023
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Thailand has been named Social Impact Partner of the Year in the TikTok Award Thailand 2023. TikTok Thailand held the awards ceremony on Saturday, October 28 at Suralai Hall on the seventh floor of the ICONSIAM shopping mall in Bangkok. Several Thai celebrities, singers, musicians, artists and content creators attended the event. All their…
- Thailand News
Vietnam scam alert: Thai men survive scam and physical assault
A Thai TikToker issued a warning to other tourists after he and his friend survived a scam and physical assault by fraudsters in Vietnam. The Thai man shared his experience in Vietnam in a video posted to his TikTok account @golf_sanit on Friday 27 October. He said in the caption. “I fell victim to a scam in Vietnam. The scammers…
- Thailand News
Thai food delivery rider arrested for murdering female DJ in northern Thailand
Police arrested a Thai food delivery rider on Saturday, October 28, for the murder of a female disc jockey (DJ) and the subsequent abandonment of her body in the woods within the Phichit province of Isaan. On October 22, 68 year old DJ named Jutathip “Ju” Daanwannakit disappeared from her house. Her family filed a missing person report with the…
- Thailand News
Thai singer accused of cheating and forcing woman to have abortion
A Thai woman accused a famous Thai singer known as O of cheating on her and forcing her to have an abortion. Fah told Channel 3 that she met the singer while she was dining in a restaurant. The singer asked a waitress for her contact details and later started flirting with her on the phone. She liked the singer…
- Thailand News
Nigerian drug lord’s Thai wives and foreign accomplices nabbed in Bangkok smuggling sting
Police swooped to arrest a Nigerian drug lord’s three Thai wives and five foreigners in a drug smuggling operation at a house in Bangkok’s Nimit Mai district. Kirisak Tantinawachai, acting commissioner of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB), said officers had uncovered a drug trafficking network in Thailand controlled by a Nigerian man called Joseph, also known as Mickey, who lives…
- Thailand News
Thai woman allegedly kills husband by repeatedly stabbing him in his face in Bangkok
A Thai woman allegedly killed her husband by repeatedly stabbing him in the face before leaving him to die in the bathroom of their condominium in Bangkok. The victim later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. The dead man’s brother, 43 year old Yod, sought help from Thai social media celebrity Guntouch “Gun” Pongpaiboonwet after the legal process for the…
- Thailand News
Thai woman arrested in Taiwan for prostitution in Taiwan
Taiwanese authorities arrested a Thai woman for illegally engaging in prostitution while on a tourist visa in Taiwan. The woman openly confessed to her wrongdoing and attributed her actions to financial difficulties. Police in the Banqiao district of Taiwan’s New Taipei City told local news agency ETtoday that officers stumbled upon an advertisement for a spa service on Facebook application.…
- Thailand News
6 overstaying foreigners clash violently with Thai cops in Phuket
More than 30 Thai police officers clashed violently with six overstaying foreigners at a luxury villa on Bang Tao Beach in Phuket during an arrest operation. Four Thai officers were injured in the incident. Four officials from the Phuket Provincial Immigration Office, accompanied by officers from the Cheng Talay Police Station, conducted a raid on a luxury villa armed with…
- Thailand News
4 foreigners arrested for stealing 300,000 baht of gold near Bangkok
Police arrested four foreigners from the Middle East yesterday for stealing gold necklaces worth nearly 300,000 baht from the Aurora gold shop in the Pantip Plaza shopping centre in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok. According to officers at Rattanatibate Police Station, the four foreigners were family members and worked together to distract gold shop staff and steal the valuable items. The…
- Thailand News
Swiss man caught offering illegal medicine after 8 years of hiding in Thailand
Officers from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) today arrested a Swiss man at a house in the Isaan province of Kalasin after he escaped arrest for manufacturing and offering illegal medicines in Switzerland and hid in Thailand for more than eight years. Swiss authorities contacted the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in early October to seek cooperation in returning the…
- Thailand News
Mystery woman accused of drugging young girl to steal gold necklace
A 13 year old Thai girl filed a police complaint alleging that a woman she met in Mueang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi province, near Bangkok, drugged her and tried to steal her gold necklace. The victim’s mother accompanied her daughter to file a complaint at Pak Kret Police Station at 5pm yesterday, October 24. The mother told Channel 3 about the…
- Thailand News
6 suspects, including monk, arrested for illegally running medical centre
Consumer Protection Police arrested six suspects, including a monk, at Khao Phra Krut temple in the central province of Suphan Buri for running an illegal medical centre. The gang claimed to be able to provide treatment for all diseases and offered medicines with exaggerated benefits. Locals in the area urged officials to investigate the medical centre inside Khao Phra Krut…
- Thailand News
Thai woman arrested for money laundering suspicion at airport in Germany
The Central Customs Authority in Germany reported the arrest of a Thai woman at Frankfurt Airport on suspicion of money laundering. The woman is still being questioned by German authorities. According to a report on the official German Customs Authority website, officers at the Frankfurt Airport security checkpoint detained the Thai woman, aged about 50, on suspicion of money laundering…
- Thailand News
Thai woman accuses neighbour of trying to rape her and a bedridden patient
A Thai woman sought help from Thai celebrity Guntouch “Gun” Pongpaiboonwet, after a neighbour allegedly tried to rape her and a bedridden family member. Gun accompanied the victim, from the Isaan province of Nong Khai, to the Office of the Prime Minister’s Permanent Secretary in Bangkok yesterday, October 25, to file a complaint against her neighbour. Gun revealed that the…
- Thailand News
Thai students meditate on their rights, challenge world record bid
Thai students are challenging their nation’s quest to shatter the world meditation record with a staggering one million young minds. Amidst this peaceful protest, they argue that this pursuit might tread on the sacred grounds of religious freedom. The Facebook page Bad Students (นักเรียนเลว), which is well-known among Thai students, announced yesterday, October 24, that many schools across the country…
- Thailand News
3 Burmese men accuse Thai police of extorting 100,000 baht
Three Burmese men sought help from the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive after accusing Thai officers at Borwin Police Station in Chon Buri of filing false charges in a bid to arrest and physically assault them to extort 100,000 baht. After receiving the complaint from the Burmese men, Saimai Survive, posted the story on Facebook yesterday, October 24, along with a…
