Chiang Rai’s quiet Rob Wiang dormitory was rattled this month when local residents finally saw action from the authorities over a long-running nuisance — and an equally long visa overstay. Residents’ patience runs out On Friday, November 21, officers from Tourist Police Division 2 arrested a Libyan national at a dormitory in Rob Wiang sub-district after repeated complaints about disruptive behaviour. Neighbours in the building had grown increasingly frustrated by the woman’s frequent disturbances, prompting management to work with police to check residency records and monitor the situation. When officers confronted the suspect as she left her room, she produced a passport — one that showed her authorised stay in Thailand had expired on June 7, 2022. A database check confirmed she had overstayed by 897 days, or more than two and a half years. Following verification, she was taken into custody and legal procedures began, with relevant agencies contacted…
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In the quiet hours before dawn on November 24, a routine shift turned tragic on Phahonyothin Road in Pathum Thani. At around 12:30 a.m., a 52-year-old security guard named Kamphon was struck and killed while attempting to cross the outbound express lane in Khlong Nueng subdistrict, Khlong Luang district — not for himself, but to help others. What began as a traffic incident escalated into a fatal chain of events that left the community stunned and investigators piecing together the final, harrowing moments. Emergency crews from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, officers from Khlong Luang Police Station and a forensic team from Thammasat University Hospital arrived at the scene to find Kamphon’s body in the far right lane. The impact had thrown him some distance from the point of collision, underlining the force involved. Nearby, about 50 metres away, an orange Honda Jazz with Bangkok plates sat parked in the left lane.…
It was supposed to be a targeted act of revenge. Instead, a chaotic Saturday night on Pattaya Walking Street turned into a case of mistaken identity — captured in grainy CCTV and shared widely on Facebook — leaving a motorcycle taxi rider bruised, bewildered, and asking why he was attacked at all. The CCTV clip that lit up social media Footage posted by the Facebook page Jack Phodaeng shows more than ten men swarming a lone motorcycle taxi rider near the bustling nightlife corridor. The assault is fast and brutal: punches, pushes and shoves, with other riders and some foreign onlookers rushing in to separate the scuffle. As the commotion grows and witnesses intervene, the attackers scatter into the neon-lit maze of Pattaya’s evening crowd. The victim, 47-year-old Komsan Kongsook, later reported the incident to Mueang Pattaya Police Station and shared his account with the same Facebook page and Channel…
Bangkok Remand Prison (BRP) — already under a cloud after allegations of VIP treatment for certain foreign inmates — has been hit with fresh, disturbing accusations: that female prisoners were coerced into providing sexual services to male inmates and even to some guards. Prison officials have firmly denied the claims, but the raid and the evidence recovered have left public trust frayed and the Corrections Department scrambling to restore order. The controversy began after a Department of Corrections special unit raided BRP on November 16. The operation followed complaints from Thai prisoners who said several Chinese inmates were living in strikingly comfortable conditions compared with the general population. Those inmates were allegedly housed in a separate, well-equipped “VIP” room, allowed to smoke, and — shockingly — granted access to a hidden area where sexual services were said to be available. Director Manop Chomchuen and a number of guards have been…
What began as a routine wait for a taxi on a Bangkok morning turned into a frightening crypto caper that has left four people in custody and a 35-year-old Chinese man nursing injuries — and a lighter digital wallet. Metropolitan Police Bureau investigators, led on November 23 by senior officers including Police Lieutenant General Siam Boonsom, Police Major General Pallop Aermla, and Police Major General Chotiwat Lueangwilai, announced the arrests after piecing together a timeline that stretches from Sukhumvit to Rama 4. The incident reportedly took place on the morning of November 1 on Maha Set Road in Bang Rak district. The victim told police he was waiting for a taxi around 10:30 a.m. when three men – two Thai nationals and a South Korean – allegedly approached, assaulted him and forced him into a white Toyota C-HR bearing the license plate 9 Kor Hor 5427 (Bangkok). According to the…
Thailand’s Economy at a Crossroads: Technical Recession Risk and What Comes Next Anusorn Thammajai — Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic, Digital Investment, and International Trade Research at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce — has put a cautious flag on Thailand’s economic map. His latest reading suggests the economy may expand by less than 1% in Q4, and there’s a non-trivial risk that GDP could fall quarter-on-quarter. If Q4 records another contraction after Q3’s 0.6% drop from the previous quarter, Thailand would technically be in a recession. Numbers that matter Here’s the snapshot: third-quarter GDP climbed 1.2% year-on-year but shrank 0.6% quarter-on-quarter. The discrepancy between yearly and quarterly views is important — annual growth masks the recent slowdown. Two consecutive quarters of negative QoQ growth equals a technical recession. Whether that evolves into a full-blown recession depends on whether the…
In a case that reads like a cyber-thriller with a very real and heartbreaking ending, Thai and Chinese nationals accused of orchestrating a meticulously planned scam have been arrested after forcing a 19-year-old university student into a 24-hour video-call charade that culminated in him emptying his mother’s safe of nearly 10 million baht. The Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) made the arrest public on November 23, with Police Lieutenant General Surapol Prembut briefing the media and instructing Police Major General Sarayut Chunnawat and Police Colonel Chakkrit Srirojankul to update on the probe. The victim, identified only as “Nick,” is a 19-year-old technical university student who became ensnared after what began as routine phone conversations with an unknown caller. The scammers cultivated his trust, asked him to add them on Line, and then bombarded him with counterfeit documents that looked disturbingly official — fake letters imitating the Anti‑Money Laundering Office, cyber…
What began as a routine evening on the Det Udom–Buntharik road in Ubon Ratchathani turned into a grim tableau on November 22 when a stolen pickup ploughed into a motorcycle, dragged it for dozens of metres, and left one woman dead and another fighting for her life. The overturned vehicle — a black Toyota Vigo bearing registration Boh Jor 9448 — came to rest against a utility pole and toppled into a nearby flower shop, leaving smashed blooms, broken glass and a community reeling. At the centre of the chaos was a pink Honda motorbike, registration 2 Gor Dor 6080, which police say was struck from behind. The two people on board were 59‑year‑old Kongsri and her 27‑year‑old daughter, Saowaluk. Kongsri died later at the district hospital; Saowaluk was critically injured and rushed to Sappasitthiprasong Hospital in Ubon Ratchathani. Police arrested the driver at the scene: 18‑year‑old Sukasem Srimongkol. What…
Temple Shock: Monk Arrested After Phones Found Packed with Child Pornography In a startling development that has shaken Bangkok’s religious community, police arrested a 60-year-old monk identified as Chayut after discovering child pornography on his mobile phones. The arrest, carried out on November 23, was led by senior Metropolitan Police officials following information from an international tip-off. Pol. Lt. Gen. Siam Boonsom, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, ordered a focused operation that placed Pol. Maj. Gen. Pallop Aeremla, Deputy Commissioner, Pol. Maj. Gen. Chotiwat Lueangwilai, Commander of the Investigation Division, and Pol. Col. Wichit Thirakajornwong, Superintendent of Investigation Division 1, at the helm. Their team executed a search in Bang Mueang subdistrict, Mueang district, Samut Prakan province after obtaining a court-sanctioned warrant. The probe began earlier in November when the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the United States flagged suspicious activity linked to a Gmail…
Imagine arriving at Manchester Airport in your wedding suit (or wedding-mussed T-shirt) clutching a one-way ticket to paradise, only to be told you can’t board because of a smudge. That was the abrupt, soul-crushing reality for 31-year-old Josh Reekie from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, who had planned a dream £2,400 (about 105,600 baht) honeymoon in Phuket with his new wife, Eden—until Etihad Airways staff stepped in and said his passport was “too damaged.” A honeymoon grounded by a smudge According to Reekie, airline staff pointed to what they described as water damage on a 2019 Thailand entry stamp. “I was absolutely gutted,” he said. “They said there was a smudge on a stamp from Thailand in 2019. Who’s to say that didn’t happen when it was stamped and closed?” It’s a fair question: the passport’s photo page was reportedly immaculate, and the couple had used the same document up to 12…