23 Indian & Pakistani Nationals Face Deportation after Raids
Bangkok police raided a central Asian community living in Bangkok's Lat Phrao area on Saturday. Twenty-three men were detained over visa irregularities while over 50 vehicles were confiscated for further investigations.
Thai Court Approves Extradition of 'Merchant of Death'
Viktor Bout, a suspected Russian arms dealer, is escorted by prison officials as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand. An appeals court in Thailand began delivering a final verdict Friday on a U.S. request to extradite suspected arms smuggler Bout, the elusive Russian businessman dubbed "The Merchant of Death," 20 Aug 2010.
An appeals court in Thailand has ruled that alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout should be extradited to the United States to face trial. Bout is accused of selling weapons that fueled conflicts and armed dictators across Africa and in the Middle East.
Thai police bust Taiwanese call centre banking scam
Thailand's Crime Suppression police on Tuesday arrested a gang of Taiwan nationals alleged for luring victims to transfer money from their bank accounts to the gang's bank account.
Pol Col Supisan Pakdinaruenard, acting commander of the police Crime Suppression Division (CSD), said the three Taiwanese, identified as Hsu
Pei-Ken, Shen Huan Chi and Huang Chieh, were arrested in Bangkok after Suchada Saengsingkaew filed a complaint to police that she was lured
by a call-center scamming gang.
Police also confiscated bank books and ATM cards during the raid.
Sorry Sorry Super Junior (dance cover) version Thailand Tourist Police Division
Thailand Tourist Police Division Thailand, Once in a lifetime Evening Talent Show @ Rayong on Aug 5th 2010.
After we all got the nerves to get this done. A two day production day one getting the moves in our heads and day two costume and filming Thank you everyone for their hard work so we could put our duties on hold and have our 5 minutes of fame. We did think long and hard if we were going to use our uniform but decided not to thank god we didn't. Hope you enjoy.
BANGKOK -- Two Malaysian men have been arrested for having allegedly used fake credit cards to shop at Thailand's Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
Tourist Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Adisorn Ngarmjitsuksri told a press conference that Wong Choo weng and Mok Choy were arrested Thursday evening after they allegedly used fake credit cards to buy goods from shops inside the airport.
Police found 18 fake credit cards and several luxurious goods worth some 800,000 baht (US$24,976) with the two
Myanmar, Filipino nabbed in separate drug smuggling cases
A Myanmar man was arrested for smuggling 20 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as 'ice,' worth Bt60 million (over US$1.8 million) together with two bombs in Chiang Mai, while a Filipino woman was detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport with four kilos of cocaine, Thai police said on Monday.
Laota Yang, a Myanmar man of Chinese origin, was arrested near the Thai-Myanmar border at Doi Angkhang in Chiang Mai's Fang district with crystal meth valued at Bt60 million and two explosive devices.
British Columbia Teacher To Serve 3 Years In Thai Prison For Pedophilia
Bangkok, Thailand (AHN) - A schoolteacher from British Columbia, Canada, will spend three years and three months in a Bangkok prison after pleading guilty in a Thai court Friday to engaging in pedophilia.
Christopher Paul Neil, 32, was also ordered to pay $1,892 as compensation to the 13-year-old Thai boy he sexually abused in 2003. The victim, now 18, testified that Neil abused him in his Bangkok apartment, where photos of him in sexual acts with boys were also found by police.
A Canadian paedophile has been jailed for three years and three months in Thailand for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy.
Schoolteacher Christopher Neil was arrested in Thailand after the international police agency Interpol unscrambled swirled digital images of him allegedly engaged in sexual acts with young boys.
Investigators received hundreds of tip-offs which led to Neil's arrest in October last year.
The Thai court also imposed a 60,000 baht (£960) fine on the 32-year-old, who had pleaded guilty on May 12.
His initial sentence of six years and six months was reduced by the court because of Neil's plea.
British man murdered by his Thai bride and her lover just weeks after he predicted his own death
A British man has been murdered by his Thai bride and her lover - after predicting his own killing and sitting helplessly in his tropical 'palace' waiting for it to happen.
Friends said they armed 69-year-old Ian Beeston with a tazer gun to protect himself. But it was not enough.
Last Saturday they found the body of the retired design engineer.
Being a Thai participant at the United Nations-sponsored climate change negotiations can be embarrassing.
While delegations from other countries actively made their proposals, bravely commenting on other parties' stances, or strongly defended their national interests from unsound obligations, the Thai delegation, on the other hand, opted to sit quietly.
The Thai team's silence at the five-day Bangkok Climate Change Talks, which ended yesterday, continued from previous meetings, including the conference of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol and other talks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Even at the small-group G77 and China meeting, of which Thailand is a member, Bangkok kept its mouth shut and let delegates from China, the Philippines, Brazil, South Africa, or India dominate the discussions to formulate the group's position on any contentious issues.
Update: Thai police to consult FBI on film festival scandal
(BangkokPost.com) - Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont will hold talks with National Police Chief Seripisuth Temiyavej on the bribery scandal surrounding former governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Juthamas Siriwan on Thursday afternoon.
They are hoping to ask for cooperation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide Thai police with more information on the case after Los Angeles police arrested Gerald Green, 75, and his wife, Patricia, 52, for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. They were accused of paying bribes of up $1.7 million (currently 52 million baht) to a Thai government official to obtain lucrative contracts to run the Bangkok International Film Festival and other deals.
Two dogs attacked and killed a disabled Thai women who was in the habit of hitting them with a stick, media reports said Wednesday.
Tun Chomchuen, 45, was found dead Tuesday with the skin stripped off her face and head after being attacked by two Bang Kaew dogs, a Thai breed, at a horse farm in Buddhamondhol district on Nakorn Pathom province, 60 kilometres west of Bangkok.
Tun's husband, Shen Inkong, revealed that his wife, disabled in the right arm, was in the habit of hitting the dogs.
German gets nine-year sentence in Thailand on child sex charges
Bangkok - A German national was found guilty Friday of sexually abusing five Thai minors and sentenced to more than nine years in jail.
Jorg Rudolf Fiedler, 43, was found guilty of molesting and raping five minors under the age of 13 and sentenced to nine years and four months in prison, said Judge Udom Saenboonsiree of the Bangkok Criminal Court.
Fiedler appealed the verdict and was freed on bail.
PATHUM THANI - Former senator Chalerm Phromlert was taken to Pathum Thani Prison after the Supreme Court Tuesday upheld his 36year jail term for statutory rape.
At Thanyaburi Provincial Court, Judge Samart Ardnarong presided over the verdict in a case filed against Chalerm by five girls - three under 15 and two over 15.
The court said Chalerm was clearly guilty. He was a well-known person who knew his actions were illegal and his appeal did not carry sufficient weight to clear him.
In 2002 the Criminal Court found Chalerm guilty of four counts of statutory rape from November 2000 to January 2001 and sentenced him to four years in prison on each count. Chalerm posted Bt1 million in assets as bail.
The Appeals Court in 2005 added 20 years - five for each of four counts of molestation that the lower court had not factored into its punishment - to Chalerm's 16year sentence.
A Myanmar man was arrested for smuggling 20 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as 'ice,' worth Bt60 million (over US$1.8 million) together with two bombs in Chiang Mai, while a Filipino woman was detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport with four kilos of cocaine, Thai police said on Monday.
