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    Do foreigners get free healthcare in Thailand?

    Thailand’s healthcare system is well-regarded across Southeast Asia, with options ranging from public hospitals to world-class private facilities. But when it comes to foreign residents or tourists, healthcare access isn’t as straightforward. So, do foreigners get free healthcare in Thailand?...

  • Thai woman arrested for surrogacy fraud, identity theft, and human trafficking (video) | Thaiger

    Thai woman arrested for surrogacy fraud, identity theft, and human trafficking (video)

    Police arrested a Thai woman for her involvement in illegal surrogacy, identity theft, and colluding with Chinese citizens in human trafficking. The Thai woman, Nawaporn Pakiatsakun, who was originally Chinese, married a Thai man to gain Thai citizenship and facilitate her crimes. It was later revealed that several government officials from Thailand were also involved in the corrupt scheme. The…

  • Thai man goes on rampage: Attacks 6 people after married woman rejected his advances (video) | Thaiger

    Thai man goes on rampage: Attacks 6 people after married woman rejected his advances (video)

    A Thai man went on the rampage, attacking six victims, including a couple after a married woman rejected his advances in the central province of Kanchanaburi. The wife’s husband, 24 year old Adisak Wiatesing, filed a complaint with the police after the couple were attacked by a man named Pae on April 10. Adisak told police that he went to…

  • Sergeant major-turned-cyberpunk surrenders after allegedly hacking 55 million Thais’ data | Thaiger

    Sergeant major-turned-cyberpunk surrenders after allegedly hacking 55 million Thais’ data

    UPDATE: The sergeant major turned cyberpunk accused of hacking the personal data of 55 million Thais surrendered to police this morning. The alleged hacker, Sgt. Maj. Khemarat Boonchuay, arrived at the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) this morning with his wife for questioning. Police said the suspect remained silent and did not respond to any questions. Sgt. Maj. Khemarat was suspended…

  • Fruitless: Tourists they face jail time for bringing fruits to Thailand, govt warns | Thaiger

    Fruitless: Tourists they face jail time for bringing fruits to Thailand, govt warns

    The Thai government issued a warning to tourists that it would be fruitless to bring fruits into Thailand unless they wanted to go to jail. The Department of Agriculture specifically stated that transporting fresh fruit into Thailand without a phytosanitary certificate could result in a fine of 20,000 baht or a jail sentence of one year. The director-general of the…

  • Thai woman fined 5,000 baht for getting boobs out at erotic pre-Songkran party | Thaiger

    Thai woman fined 5,000 baht for getting boobs out at erotic pre-Songkran party

    Police fined a nightclub owner 20,000 baht and a sexy Thai woman 5,000 baht after she got her boobs out and danced erotically at a Songkran party in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok last week. Several entertainment venues in Bangkok have warmed up for the Thai New Year by hosting pre-Songkran events and parties before the official festival gets underway.…

  • Bangkok rescue volunteers brawl over territory | Thaiger

    Bangkok rescue volunteers brawl over territory

    It turns out, turf battles happen even among rescue volunteers. Rescue volunteer teams from Ruamkatanyu and Petchkasem foundations brawled over territory on Monday night following a motorcycle accident on Bamrung Road, TV Channel 7 reported. The teams initially attempted to negotiate but the talks turned into an argument, leading to members of both groups attacking each other. More rescuers from both…

  • Thailand seeks extradition of 3 men suspected of murdering Chinese student | Thaiger

    Thailand seeks extradition of 3 men suspected of murdering Chinese student

    Thailand‘s Deputy Police Chief Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn wants to see the three Chinese nationals suspected of abducting and murdering a Chinese student in Nonthaburi province, before fleeing to China, to be extradited to Thailand to face prosecution. On April 1, the body of 22 year old Thonburi University Student Jin Can was found dumped in a swampy ditch at a…

  • RTP warns public to be vigilant ahead of Songkran after 312 million baht stolen in online scams | Thaiger

    RTP warns public to be vigilant ahead of Songkran after 312 million baht stolen in online scams

    The Royal Thai Police (RTP) cautioned the public to be extra vigilant ahead of the Songkran Festival after scammers last week fraudulently stole over 310 million baht in online extortion. The RTP reported over 5,300 fraud cases were reported by victims last week, with most complaints related to online shopping and bank transfer scams. Yesterday, Pol. Lt. Gen. Sompong Chingduang,…

  • Man sets fire to wife’s house and threatens to kill her family | Thaiger

    Man sets fire to wife’s house and threatens to kill her family

    A Thai man driven by jealousy, set fire to the house of his wife in Nakhon Pathom province near Bangkok after she left him and travelled to another province with her family. The man also allegedly threatened to kill his family and carried a gun with him at all times. The wife’s brother, a 35 year old man named Wanlop…

  • RTA suspends AWOL sergeant major turned cyberpunk after hacking 55 million Thais’ personal data | Thaiger

    RTA suspends AWOL sergeant major turned cyberpunk after hacking 55 million Thais’ personal data

    The sergeant major turned cyberpunk who was accused of hacking the personal data of 55 million Thais has been suspended by the Royal Thai Army (RTA). Police on Friday reported that the suspect and his wife were detained and questioned about the alleged crime, but the couple has since disappeared. Maj. Gen. Sirichan Ngathong, the deputy spokesperson, stated that “SM2…

  • Repeat offender arrested in Bangkok after drugging woman, swindling over 1 million baht | Thaiger

    Repeat offender arrested in Bangkok after drugging woman, swindling over 1 million baht

    The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau arrested a Thai man at a shopping mall in the Sukhumvit neighbourhood of Bangkok yesterday after he allegedly drugged and swindled over 1 million baht from a woman. He was twice arrested on the same charge last year. The scammer, 32 year old Phachara Ninjiasakun, was arrested inside the shopping mall following a complaint made…

  • Mother and 8 year old son murdered in northern Thailand | Thaiger

    Mother and 8 year old son murdered in northern Thailand

    Police have launched a murder investigation after the bodies of a woman and her eight year old son – from Myanmar – were discovered yesterday in a rented room in Lamphun province in northern Thailand. At 7.15pm, officers from Mueang Lamphun Police Station were called to a rented room in Ban Hua Fai in Nong Chang Kwan subdistrict after locals…

  • Thai woman attempts to commit suicide at a neighbour’s house in Bangkok | Thaiger

    Thai woman attempts to commit suicide at a neighbour’s house in Bangkok

    A Thai woman survived a suicide attempt at a neighbour’s house in Bangkok yesterday. The homeowner, a 70 year old woman named Kannika, alerted a rescue team after discovering a woman, later identified as 35 year old Bee, cut her own throat in her house in Soi Thoet Thai 21 in the Thon Buri district of Bangkok. Upon arrival, the…

  • Police capture one suspect in cop with a grudge killings in southern Thailand | Thaiger

    Police capture one suspect in cop with a grudge killings in southern Thailand

    UPDATE: Police managed to capture one of the two suspects on the run in the cop with a grudge killings in southern Thailand. Pol. Snr. Sgt. Maj. Atthaporn Wichian remains at large but police managed to arrest his accomplice Manop Wang-ngan at 2pm yesterday at a house in Thap Put district, Phang Nga province. Both men are wanted in connection…

  • Two more shot dead in tragic family dispute linked to southern Thailand massacre | Thaiger

    Two more shot dead in tragic family dispute linked to southern Thailand massacre

    Two more people have been found shot dead linked to the tragic family dispute which led to the killing of four people by a cop with a grudge in southern Thailand. The most recent victims identified are the wife and son of the main suspect, a police officer assigned to the Khirirat Nakhom Police Station in Surat Thani. Both individuals were…

  • Thai man found dead in front of coffin shop due to extreme heat | Thaiger

    Thai man found dead in front of coffin shop due to extreme heat

    The owner of a coffin shop in the central province of Kanchanaburi found a dead man in front of the shop yesterday. It is believed the deceased died from the extreme heat as the temperature reached 40 degrees Celsius on the day he was found. Officers from Tha Muang Police Station reviewed the area in front of the coffin shop,…

  • Woman jumps off 4th floor building to escape abusive husband’s torture | Thaiger

    Woman jumps off 4th floor building to escape abusive husband’s torture

    A Thai woman jumped off the fourth floor of a dormitory in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok to escape from her abusive, alleged drug addict husband who scalded, assaulted and thrust a glass bottle into her vagina. A rescue team from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation rushed to Soi Bang Pla 22 in the Bang Plee district of Samut Prakarn…

  • Gang attacks Swedish tourist for defending waitress in Chiang Mai, Thailand | Thaiger

    Gang attacks Swedish tourist for defending waitress in Chiang Mai, Thailand

    A Swedish tourist was brutally attacked by a gang of young men after he tried to stop them from assaulting a waitress at a karaoke bar in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, on Friday. The gang also stole the victim’s gold necklace before throwing him into a canal. Yesterday, police arrested three men of Tai Yai ethnicity (an ethnic group from Shan state…

  • Police officer’s grudge turns deadly: Four killed in tragic family dispute in southern Thailand | Thaiger

    Police officer’s grudge turns deadly: Four killed in tragic family dispute in southern Thailand

    A tragic family dispute led to the killing of four people by a police officer with a grudge in southern Thailand. The incident occurred over the weekend when four men were shot dead by a police officer attached to the Khirirat Nakhom Police Station in Surat Thani and his three accomplices. According to Provincial Police Region 8 commissioner Pol. Lt.…

  • Two separate shootings rock South Thailand, claiming 5 victims | Thaiger

    Two separate shootings rock South Thailand, claiming 5 victims

    Two separate shootings rocked South Thailand yesterday, claiming a total of five victims. In Surat Thani province, an unidentified gunman shot four people dead at a house, including two former village heads and his wife. The gunman attacked the victims at a house in Khiri Rat Dikhom district. Police identified three of the victims as former village headman Thammarong Nilniyom,…

  • Phuket Police arrest Ukrainian woman for spray painting slogans at viewpoint | Thaiger

    Phuket Police arrest Ukrainian woman for spray painting slogans at viewpoint

    Phuket Police yesterday morning arrested a Ukrainian woman for spray painting slogans critical of Russia at a popular viewpoint. The 34 year old woman spray painted “#Russia is a terrorist state,” and “#Russia” on rocks and a bench at Khao Khad Viewpoint in the Wichit sub-district of Phuket’s main city district. Wichit Police tracked the woman down through CCTV footage.…

  • Thai man stabs wife 21 times before driving into Chao Phraya River | Thaiger

    Thai man stabs wife 21 times before driving into Chao Phraya River

    A Thai man stabbed his wife to death in Lopburi province, central Thailand, today before attempting to commit suicide by driving his Chevrolet pickup truck into the Chao Phraya River in Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya province. However, the killer was saved by one of his relatives who happened to be fishing at the riverbank. This morning, officers at Ban Kum…

  • Police find remains in South Thailand believed to be missing official | Thaiger

    Police find remains in South Thailand believed to be missing official

    Police and paramilitary rangers found human remains in South Thailand yesterday morning, which are believed to be those of a missing local official. The authorities found the bones on a cliff in Moo 6 village of Sri Sakhorn district in Pattani province. Along with the bones, they found the ID card of the chief of the Tambon Don Administrative Organisation,…

  • Cyberpunk data thief allegedly an army sergeant | Thaiger

    Cyberpunk data thief allegedly an army sergeant

    The cyberpunk who hacked into a government database and threatened to release the personal data of 55 million Thai people is believed to be an army sergeant. Police held the unnamed army sergeant and his wife this morning in relation to hacking the personal data of 55 million Thais and putting the information up for sale on April 5 under…

  • 18 year old man dies after two hooligans threw stones at him in southern Thailand | Thaiger

    18 year old man dies after two hooligans threw stones at him in southern Thailand

    An 18 year old man died in hospital yesterday after two hooligans threw stones at him while he was riding a motorcycle on a road in the southern province of Satun. The teenage victim, Kullatat “Folk” Tohem, was rushed to hospital on Sunday, April 2 with a serious head injury after two hooligans threw stones at him. The young man…

  • Prominent Thai doctor a suspect in case surrounding Chinese surrogacy gang | Thaiger

    Prominent Thai doctor a suspect in case surrounding Chinese surrogacy gang

    A prominent Thai doctor is a suspect in a case surrounding a Chinese surrogacy gang, Nation Thailand reported yesterday. This news comes after police raided a five-storey building in Bangkok’s Silom area on Tuesday, and found that a gang of Chinese and Myanmar nationals were holding two Chinese men for ransom. Police said the two victims were using the building to…

  • Early morning raid captures illegal foreign workers at a Pattaya market | Thaiger

    Early morning raid captures illegal foreign workers at a Pattaya market

    An early morning raid at Amon Nakhon fresh market in Pattaya by Chon Buri Immigration officials and Bang Lamung Police Station led to the capture of seven illegal foreign workers. Police reported the surprise raid was conducted at 6am on Wednesday and seven illegal migrants were arrested. Officers searched the market and nearby shops which saw workers from Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam,…

  • Woman arrested for security guard murder and attempted murder of 2 others | Thaiger

    Woman arrested for security guard murder and attempted murder of 2 others

    A Thai woman was arrested by police officers this morning for the alleged murder of a security guard and the attempted murder of two others at a dormitory located in the Thanya Buri district of Pathum Thani, situated in the central part of Thailand. Pratunam Chulalongkorn Police Station was notified about the stabbing incident and swiftly responded to the scene…

  • Crooked trail of corruption uncovered after cops arrest bent revenue director for soliciting bribes | Thaiger

    Crooked trail of corruption uncovered after cops arrest bent revenue director for soliciting bribes

    Royal Thai Police (RTP) yesterday uncovered a crooked trail of corruption worth 7 million baht following the arrest of an alleged bent government revenue director. RTP officers arrested, Pramual Saengkaewsri, a director in the Ratchathewi district of Bangkok on Wednesday in a hotel carpark as part of a police sting. The 57 year old was apprehended for soliciting bribes amounting to 3 million baht from a…

  • Thai woman faces life in prison for smuggling 10 million baht in cocaine at Phuket Airport | Thaiger

    Thai woman faces life in prison for smuggling 10 million baht in cocaine at Phuket Airport

    A Thai woman faces life imprisonment and a fine of up to 5 million baht for smuggling 10 million baht (US$315,000) of cocaine into Thailand yesterday. The 27 year old Thai woman was arrested on arrival at Phuket International Airport and charged with smuggling cocaine worth about 10 million baht last night. Pol. Col. Salan Tantisasanakul, who serves as the…