Referendum up to NRC and CDC, says Prayut
PHUKET: The decision on whether to hold a referendum on the new draft constitution lies with the National Reform Council (NRC) and the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC), Prime Minister Gen Prayut...
View ArticleOfficial is a land-grabber: reform chief
PHUKET: The chief of the Nakhon Ratchasima Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has recommended that an investigation be launched against a local official over suspicions that she might have engaged...
View ArticleMass grave in Southern Thailand linked to human trafficking, say police
PHUKET: A mass grave near the Thai-Malaysian border in Songkhla was uncovered by Thai authorities today, reported Thai PBS.A total of 33 partially decomposed bodies, thought by police to be Rohingya...
View ArticleTrafficking survivor says more than 500 killed in camps
PHUKET: Kuramia, a migrant, paid out 95,000 baht in ransom to save his nephew Kazim, who was being held at a border camp. But he never saw him alive. His nephew's was among 26 bodies recently exhumed...
View ArticleThree killed as car plows into cyclists
PHUKET: Three cyclists were killed and two others seriously injured when an alleged drunk driver crashed her car into their bicycle rally in Chiang Mai's Doi Saket district yesterday morning.The...
View ArticleLottery changes a bid to reduce 'gray money'
PHUKET: The government says its move to try and solve the problem of expensive state lottery tickets is a bid to control so-called "gray money".The so-called "gray money" earned from selling the...
View Article46 condo units seized in UFUN raid
PHUKET: Police seized 46 condominium units yesterday at a project on Sukhumvit Soi 66/1 in Bang Na in Bangkok that were bought by suspects in the alleged UFUN pyramid scheme.UFUN executives reportedly...
View ArticleFour arrested over death camp grave sites
PHUKET: The authorities have arrested four of eight suspects wanted in connection with an alleged extortion and murder camp in Thailand's southern border province of Songkhla. In custody are Asan...
View ArticleMore graves found at second migrant camp in South
PHUKET: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has warned of tough action against state officials linked to human trafficking, a government spokesman said yesterday. The warning came as five more graves...
View ArticleTrafficking feared to drive away investment, tourists
PHUKET: Extensive news coverage on the mass graveyards of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh in Ranong could drive away potential investment into the southern province, said a prominent businessman....
View ArticlePolice identify alleged 'money man' behind Rohingya trafficking
PHUKET: Police yesterday obtained an arrest warrant for a man they said was a key financier behind the entire Rohingya trafficking racket in the South. The suspect, the 50th and latest wanted in...
View ArticleGovt surveying two isles for detention of migrants
PHUKET: The prime minister has ordered a survey of two unpopulated islands off Ranong with the view of using them to detain Rohingya migrants. Sources familiar with the matter yesterday identified the...
View Article20 injured in Deep South bomb attacks
PHUKET: Bomb attacks continued to erupt in Yala's Muang district yesterday, raising the number of injured over the past two days to 20. Despite that, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit...
View ArticleThailand indicts 72 human trafficking suspects ahead of U.S. report
PHUKET: Bangkok on Friday indicted 72 people suspected of involvement in human trafficking, just days before the United States issues its latest assessment of the country's anti-trafficking efforts...
View ArticleDefence gets access to evidence for DNA tests in Thailand backpackers murder...
PHUKET: A Thai court has given defense lawyers access to evidence for DNA testing in the trial of twoMyanmar workers accused of murdering two British tourists in Thailand, a defense lawyer said on...
View ArticleMass grave in Southern Thailand linked to human trafficking, say police
PHUKET: A mass grave near the Thai-Malaysian border in Songkhla was uncovered by Thai authorities today, reported Thai PBS.A total of 33 partially decomposed bodies, thought by police to be Rohingya...
View ArticleTrafficking survivor says more than 500 killed in camps
PHUKET: Kuramia, a migrant, paid out 95,000 baht in ransom to save his nephew Kazim, who was being held at a border camp. But he never saw him alive. His nephew's was among 26 bodies recently exhumed...
View ArticleThree killed as car plows into cyclists
PHUKET: Three cyclists were killed and two others seriously injured when an alleged drunk driver crashed her car into their bicycle rally in Chiang Mai's Doi Saket district yesterday morning.The...
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