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  • South Thailand NewsMother, pregnant woman among 5 arrested for drugs in Songkhla

    Mother, pregnant woman among 5 arrested for drugs in Songkhla

    A young woman carrying a baby and a pregnant woman were among 5 people caught using drugs in a raid at a rented house in Songkhla’s Thepha district. Local officials and volunteers surrounded the house after receiving a tip that people were using the property to take drugs and sell methamphetamine pills (“yaba”) and crystal methamphetamine (“ya ice”) to young…

  • Hot NewsUPDATE: ‘Bleach mum’ was the maternal mother of sick boy

    UPDATE: ‘Bleach mum’ was the maternal mother of sick boy

    Today local Thai media report the latest update about the women allegedly forcing her children to drink bleach. Her adopted daughter died due to ‘allergies’ back in December. But the latest case of her sick son now unveils a suspected malicious intent to cause illness in her children. Doctors at Thammasat Hospital in Bangkok confirm that a DNA identity test…

  • Crime NewsEvidence mounts against “bleach mum”

    Evidence mounts against “bleach mum”

    Officers of the Crime Suppression Division say text messages on the popular Line application show that a woman accused of forcing her two year old “son” to swallow bleach isn’t the boy’s biological mother. This evidence, together with DNA test results expected next week, may lead to human trafficking charges being pressed against the woman as well. A Line chat…

  • Crime NewsPolice say mom forced toddler to drink bleach “to make him look ill”

    Police say mom forced toddler to drink bleach “to make him look ill”

    Police in in Pathum Thani, just north of Bangkok, have arrested a woman for allegedly forcing her toddler to swallow bleach to make him look ill for an online advertisement selling her health products. A police source says the boy has been rescued and is now under the care of a shelter for children in the province. The mother, identified…

  • Northern Thailand NewsChiang Rai village leader kills and cuts up his mother after raping daughter

    Chiang Rai village leader kills and cuts up his mother after raping daughter

    An assistant village leader in Chiang Rai has been arrested and charged with dismembering his own mother in a fit of anger. Investigators say the mother had threatened to tell police that the 35 year old man had raped his teenage daughter. The man was the assistant head of the Hua Wiang village in Wiang Pa Pao district, situated between…

  • Crime NewsMother beaten to death by meth crazed son

    Mother beaten to death by meth crazed son

    A mother in the western province of Kanchana Buri was beaten to death by her own son who was deranged under the influence of crystal methamphetmine, or “ya ice.” 54 year old Sopee Punsombat was found murdered at her home on Saturday night Police and a doctor were called to the home about half past midnight. When they entered the…

  • Northern Thailand NewsKorat massacre – Shooter’s mother was unable to get into the shopping centre

    Korat massacre – Shooter’s mother was unable to get into the shopping centre

    More information is now coming to light over some of the background operations at play during the Saturday evening search for a crazed gunman, now dead, who was responsible for the killing of at least 30 people and wounding 58 others. Some of the 30 or so people currently in hospital are reported to be in critical condition… the final…

  • Crime NewsThai teacher caning a student in Ayutthaya reports to police – UPDATE

    Thai teacher caning a student in Ayutthaya reports to police – UPDATE

    A teacher, now identified as teaching in Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok at the Chiang Rak Noi School, met with the girl’s mother and police last night. Teacher Som Ruseeprasit was caught on video flogging a young female student whilst screaming appalling Thai swear words at the student. The girl was struck at least three times in the video although he admitted…

  • Bangkok NewsFather, mother and child found dead in back of car in Pathum Thani

    Father, mother and child found dead in back of car in Pathum Thani

    PHOTO: Siam Rath The bodies of a husband, wife and young daughter were found in a car that had been parked in Pathum Thani’s Lam Lukka district overnight on Monday in what is believed to be a mass suicide. Pathum Thani is just to the north of Bangkok. Lam Lukka police station were alerted yesterday at 4pm that a car had…

  • Chiang Mai NewsAmerican Alzheimer’s patient, living in Thailand, heads to The Philippines

    American Alzheimer’s patient, living in Thailand, heads to The Philippines

    PHOTOS: Thaivisa “Mum is doing OK. She keeps forgetting who I am. But we must live completely in the moment with Alzheimer’s, and stay happy.” In an exclusive interview with Thaivisa, the daughter of the Alzheimer’s patient who claimed that her 77 year old mother was forced out of Thailand by new immigration rules, sent Thaivisa photos of their departure.…

  • HealthAlzheimer’s patient forced out of Thailand. Immigration rule changes mean mother can’t stay.

    Alzheimer’s patient forced out of Thailand. Immigration rule changes mean mother can’t stay.

    PHOTO: 77 year old American Alzheimer’s patient Anna Padgett with care home staff on a field trip “Thailand talks about being a hub for medical care but the immigration rules are just not conducive to that, especially in our case.” The daughter of an Alzheimer’s patient has told ThaiVisa how her stricken mother is being forced out of Thailand. The…

  • Bangkok NewsPorsche/motorcycle crash – one dead, another woman loses baby

    Porsche/motorcycle crash – one dead, another woman loses baby

    PHOTOS: Thai Rath | Sanook A Porsche Cayman S has been involved in a collision with two women on a motorcycle at 3am this morning (Saturday). The incident happened in Putthamonthon Sai 3 Soi 5. Thai Rath reports that the carnage happened as the vehicles collided outside a car repair yard. A friend of the women says that 24 year…