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  • Krabi pickup driver claims blocking ambulance due to concerns about mother’s illness | Thaiger

    Krabi pickup driver claims blocking ambulance due to concerns about mother’s illness

    A Thai pickup truck driver blocked an ambulance at Plai Phraya Hospital in the southern province of Krabi, resulting in the death of a 69 year old heart attack patient. The patient, identified as Somkuan, was admitted to Plai Phraya Hospital with respiratory failure at around 11.10pm on October 16. His condition deteriorated, prompting the medical team to arrange for…

  • Monk saves debt-ridden couple in South Thailand bridge rescue | Thaiger

    Monk saves debt-ridden couple in South Thailand bridge rescue

    A monk in South Thailand helped rescue a couple who attempted to jump from a bridge in a joint suicide bid after struggling with heavy debt. A couple in Songkhla province narrowly escaped death after attempting to end their lives by jumping from a bridge while tied together with a traditional Thai cloth. The shocking incident, reportedly driven by crushing…

  • Trat tourism hit by UK travel alert over martial law fears | Thaiger

    Trat tourism hit by UK travel alert over martial law fears

    The tourism industry in Trat province, southeast Thailand, is facing severe financial losses after a UK travel advisory urged against non-essential visits, prompting widespread cancellations. Trat’s once-bustling tourist hotspots are reeling after a UK travel advisory urged citizens to avoid non-essential trips to the eastern Thai province due to ongoing martial law — a move that has sparked widespread cancellations…

  • Chak Phra festival fuels lucky number frenzy in southern Thailand (video) | Thaiger

    Chak Phra festival fuels lucky number frenzy in southern Thailand (video)

    A wave of lottery fever is sweeping Trang province in southern Thailand as festival-goers hunt for lucky numbers during one of the region’s most revered religious events. Trang’s annual Chak Phra festival has once again stirred a blend of spiritual devotion and lottery excitement, drawing large crowds to Mueang district as locals seek both merit and fortune ahead of the…

  • Police bust 5 illegal tour guides working for Israeli-Thai couple on Koh Pha Ngan | Thaiger

    Police bust 5 illegal tour guides working for Israeli-Thai couple on Koh Pha Ngan

    Police arrested five illegal tour guides for offering ATV trips to foreigners on Koh Pha Ngan in Surat Thani province and launched a further investigation into an Israeli man and his Thai wife, who are alleged to be behind the illegal business. Officers from the Koh Phangan Tourist Police and the Immigration Office monitored the area near the entrance to an…

  • Monk found dead in southern Thailand temple with farewell note | Thaiger

    Monk found dead in southern Thailand temple with farewell note

    A monk was found dead inside his temple quarters after leaving a handwritten note apologising to his parents for the pain he caused them. Police have launched an investigation after a 39 year old monk was found dead inside his living quarters at a local temple in Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern Thailand, this morning, October 15, in what officers believe…

  • Lebanese man becomes aggressive after arrest for illegal motorcycle rental shop | Thaiger

    Lebanese man becomes aggressive after arrest for illegal motorcycle rental shop

    A Lebanese man reportedly became aggressive towards police officers after he was arrested yesterday, October 14, for illegally operating a motorcycle rental shop on Koh Pha Ngan in Surat Thani province. Officers at Koh Pha Ngan Police Station are continuing a crackdown on foreign nationals who are illegally operating businesses or working without permits on the island. As part of…

  • French tourist’s complaint leads to arrest of 4 Israeli soldiers in Koh Pha Ngan drug party | Thaiger

    French tourist’s complaint leads to arrest of 4 Israeli soldiers in Koh Pha Ngan drug party

    A complaint from a French national led to the arrest of four Israeli soldiers who threw a drug party at a villa on Koh Pha Ngan, an island in the southern province of Surat Thani.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Thaiger (@thethaigerofficial) Koh Pha Ngan Tourist Police received a complaint through the 1155…

  • Teen gunmen shoot 13-year-old in back in Hat Yai revenge raid | Thaiger

    Teen gunmen shoot 13-year-old in back in Hat Yai revenge raid

    A teenage gang attacked a rival’s home in Hat Yai, shooting a 13 year old boy in the back when they failed to find their intended target during the raid. Police from Thung Lung Police Station were alerted at 11.20pm yesterday, October 9, and rushed to the scene near a railroad crossing on Kanchanawanit Road in the Ban Phru subdistrict.…

  • Thai man wanted for allegedly killing and dumping body in Phetchaburi pond | Thaiger

    Thai man wanted for allegedly killing and dumping body in Phetchaburi pond

    Police are hunting for a Thai man suspected of killing a woman and dumping her body in a pond in the southern province of Phetchaburi. The victim’s body was found strangled and bound to a wooden log. Residents in Nong Ya Plong district of Phetchaburi discovered the body of the missing woman, 55 year old Ladda Dodesang, in the pond…

  • Triple bomb attack hits Yala Youth Centre ahead of Buddhist festival | Thaiger

    Triple bomb attack hits Yala Youth Centre ahead of Buddhist festival

    Three bomb explosions rocked Yala’s Mueang district yesterday night, just hours before a traditional Buddhist ceremony was set to begin at a local youth centre. The blasts occurred between 9.05pm and 9.40pm yesterday, October 7, at the Yala Municipality Youth Centre. The first device detonated near the gate leading to a Tai Chi field, followed by a second explosion near…

  • Durian warehouse owner cancels assault reward and cuts ties with son | Thaiger

    Durian warehouse owner cancels assault reward and cuts ties with son

    A durian warehouse owner in Chumphon cancelled his reward for a physical assault on his son’s mistress and announced that he is severing ties with his son in an effort to resolve the matter peacefully.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Thaiger (@thethaigerofficial) The prominent businessman in Lang Suan district, Chumphon province, Arnon Rodthong,…

  • Body of missing woman found tied to log in Phetchaburi pond | Thaiger

    Body of missing woman found tied to log in Phetchaburi pond

    The body of a missing Thai woman was found floating in a pond in the southern province of Phetchaburi, bound to a wooden log with ropes around her neck. A Thai man, Chokchai Thipnate, filed a complaint at Nong Ya Plong Police Station on September 29, reporting that his 55 year old mother, Ladda Dodesang, disappeared from their shared home…

  • Officials suspect Narathiwat gold shop robbery linked to BRN insurgent group | Thaiger

    Officials suspect Narathiwat gold shop robbery linked to BRN insurgent group

    Officials from the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 suspect that the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu Patani (BRN) was behind the gold shop robbery at a supermarket in Narathiwat on Sunday, October 5, which caused the loss of more than 23 million baht. An unidentified number of armed thieves robbed a gold shop inside the Big C Supermarket in…

  • Former inmate kills neighbour in minor road dispute in Phetchaburi | Thaiger

    Former inmate kills neighbour in minor road dispute in Phetchaburi

    A former inmate remains at large after fatally shooting his neighbour following a road dispute in the southern province of Phetchaburi. Officers from Raisathon Police Station were called to investigate the death of 46 year old Rungarun Thiankham on a road in Raisathon Subdistrict, Ban Lad District, Phetchaburi, at around 5pm on Saturday, October 4. Rungarun sustained multiple gunshot wounds…

  • Armed gang steals 23 million baht in gold from Narathiwat supermarket | Thaiger

    Armed gang steals 23 million baht in gold from Narathiwat supermarket

    An armed gang of between seven and ten suspects escaped with gold accessories worth more than 23 million baht after a robbery at a gold shop in the southern province of Narathiwat yesterday, October 5.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Thaiger (@thethaigerofficial) Security cameras at the Big C supermarket in Su-ngai Kolok district…

  • British actor flies in to boost morale at Trat border post | Thaiger

    British actor flies in to boost morale at Trat border post

    A British actor travelled from overseas to Thailand’s eastern border to donate solar panels and supplies to boost morale among local border patrol police. Actor Mark Shelley and his Thai wife, Naphatwarun Sirirattanasap, travelled from the UK to Trat province, making a patriotic stop at a Border Patrol Police base to donate vital equipment to officers stationed along the Cambodian…

  • Thai massage shop owner accuses police of rape and extortion | Thaiger

    Thai massage shop owner accuses police of rape and extortion

    A massage shop owner in the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan accused police officers of raping one of her Laotian employees and extorting money from her. The shop owner, 40 year old Aom, appeared on Channel 3’s Hone Krasae news programme on September 30, following her corruption allegations against a deputy superintendent and his subordinates. Aom explained that she…

  • Royal Thai Navy targets Cambodian casino in border crackdown (video) | Thaiger

    Royal Thai Navy targets Cambodian casino in border crackdown (video)

    The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is demolishing Cambodian structures built on Thai territory in Trat, with a casino complex set to be the final target of the operation. The RTN has confirmed it is pushing forward with the dismantling of 17 Cambodian-built structures that encroach into Thai territory in Trat province. The operation, which began earlier this month, has already…

  • Russian man arrested on Koh Pha Ngan for illegal motorcycle rental business | Thaiger

    Russian man arrested on Koh Pha Ngan for illegal motorcycle rental business

    Police arrested a Russian man on Koh Pha Ngan, an island in Surat Thani province, today, September 25, for illegally offering a motorcycle rental service. Officers from Koh Pha Ngan Police Station, the Immigration Bureau, and the Surat Thani Special Taskforce received a complaint from a local that a foreign man was illegally operating a motorcycle rental business on the…

  • Drunken family fight ends in fatal stabbing in southern Thailand | Thaiger

    Drunken family fight ends in fatal stabbing in southern Thailand

    A drunken row over a wife’s alleged affair ended in bloodshed at a workers’ camp in central Surat Thani, southern Thailand, after a man fatally stabbed his own relative. Police in Tha Chang district were called to a construction site yesterday, September 24, following reports of a fatal stabbing. The victim, 28 year old Rungtawan, a native of Bueng Kan…

  • Hat Yai thief takes tourist’s gold necklace in bike snatch | Thaiger

    Hat Yai thief takes tourist’s gold necklace in bike snatch

    A man was arrested in southern Thailand after snatching a tourist’s gold necklace while riding a motorbike, prompting a swift police investigation and arrest. Sakrin “Kae” Chayapan, a 25 year old Thai man, was arrested after CCTV footage and a police investigation linked him to the daylight robbery. He later confessed, claiming financial hardship, but firmly denied any ties to…

  • German man arrested for illegal e-bike tours on Koh Pha Ngan | Thaiger

    German man arrested for illegal e-bike tours on Koh Pha Ngan

    A German man and a Myanmar national were arrested on Koh Pha Ngan for illegally operating a tour business using electric motorbikes to guide tourists. Tourist police swooped in at midday on Monday, September 22, following complaints that high-speed electric motorcycles, reportedly rented out by the pair, were causing safety concerns among locals and visitors. The suspects were identified as…

  • Ranong police stabbed during motorcycle theft arrest, suspect dies | Thaiger

    Ranong police stabbed during motorcycle theft arrest, suspect dies

    A motorcycle thief died, and a police officer sustained serious injuries during an arrest yesterday, September 22, in the southern province of Ranong. The owner of the stolen motorcycle, Kannika Paeng-on, filed a complaint with Mueang Ranong Police Station after the thief rode her motorcycle out of her home in front of her and her husband. Kannika reported that she,…

  • Songkhla puppy killer hunted with 20k reward on offer | Thaiger

    Songkhla puppy killer hunted with 20k reward on offer

    Police and animal welfare groups in Songkhla are investigating after three puppies were found brutally killed in a plantation, prompting outrage and a reward offer. A disturbing case of animal cruelty has shaken communities in Songkhla after three puppies were found gruesomely killed in a rubber plantation near the Prue To-Thung Ngai road in Thung Yai, Hat Yai district. Animal…

  • Child with special needs found dead in Hat Yai canal | Thaiger

    Child with special needs found dead in Hat Yai canal

    A young boy with special needs was found dead in a canal in Hat Yai, southern Thailand, after going missing, prompting a desperate overnight search by police, rescue teams and family. The boy, known as Nong Inter, vanished on Wednesday afternoon, September 17, from a car repair shop in Hat Yai District 8. He was last seen wearing a camouflage…

  • Pickup driver busted for fake tax sticker trick in Chumphon | Thaiger

    Pickup driver busted for fake tax sticker trick in Chumphon

    Police in Chumphon, southern Thailand, arrested a pickup driver who altered his expired tax disc with a marker to avoid fees after he was caught during a routine highway checkpoint. The man, identified as 39 year old Nakarin from Ubon Ratchathani, was stopped at a checkpoint on Highway 41 in Wisai Tai, Sawi district, around 11am on Tuesday, September 16.…

  • 50 Chumphon politicians jump ship to back Anutin’s Bhumjaithai | Thaiger

    50 Chumphon politicians jump ship to back Anutin’s Bhumjaithai

    Around 50 politicians from Chumphon have defected from the United Thai Nation Party (UTN) to join Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai Party (BJT). The group was officially welcomed at BJT headquarters yesterday, September 17, by senior party figure Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn. Among the defectors were Chumphon MPs Chumpol Chulasai and Wichai Sudsawat, along with Nopporn Usit, president of the Chumphon Provincial…

  • Trang Airport opens new terminal after 4-year delay | Thaiger

    Trang Airport opens new terminal after 4-year delay

    Trang Airport has opened a new domestic terminal after years of construction delays, boosting capacity and marking a major step in regional air travel. The 1.07-billion-baht project finally saw a soft opening on September 5, when the terminal welcomed its first travellers. The launch followed extensive testing, including a simulation with 50 trial passengers to assess service procedures and identify…

  • Thai man arrested after murdering neighbour over sexual harassment dispute | Thaiger

    Thai man arrested after murdering neighbour over sexual harassment dispute

    Police successfully arrested a man for murdering his neighbour following a dispute over alleged sexual harassment. The suspect evaded capture for more than a week in the southern province of Songkhla.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Thaiger (@thethaigerofficial) The suspect, 43 year old Suthep, fatally shot his neighbour, 45 year old Pongsak, at…

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