In the small hours of August 15, a quiet night in Kap Choeng district was shattered by gunfire — and by a string of questions that left locals and officials alike scrambling for answers. Soldiers from the 2nd Army Area reported hearing a burst of around ten shots near Ban Khuean Kaeo Temple at roughly 12:45 a.m., followed by two more shots about nine minutes later. What unfolded was a tense search for a missing serviceman and an urgent effort to help two civilians caught in the crossfire. When troops checked personnel and weapons at Infantry Company 1623, they discovered Private Ratthapoom Thepsiri had left his post without permission — taking an M16 rifle and ammunition with him. That discovery transformed a mysterious night-time rattle into a full-scale manhunt as police patrol units and soldiers converged on the scene, questioned witnesses, and scoured the surrounding areas. Officials at the scene…
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In a development that reads like a short, sharp episode from a crime drama, Phuket immigration officers arrested a 27-year-old Russian national on August 14 after he fled Bangkok and attempted to lay low on the island. The man — whose name has not been released — was taken into custody by the Phuket Provincial Immigration Bureau after an arrest warrant was issued by the Phra Khanong Criminal Court in Bangkok on July 31. The charge: illegal possession of firearms. According to officials, the Bangkok warrant stems from earlier allegations that the man possessed firearms without the required permits. Rather than face the charges, investigators say he left the capital and headed south to Phuket, perhaps hoping the island’s tourist bustle would help him disappear. That plan didn’t pan out. Officers located and detained him, though he continues to deny the allegations in both the original case and during today’s…
What should have been a routine condominium evening in Bangkok’s bustling Rama 9 neighborhood turned ugly after a confrontation over a simple rule: no smoking in designated non-smoking areas. A video posted to the Facebook page รู้ทันจีน News (translated as “See Through China”) on Monday, August 11, shows the aftermath of that encounter — a Japanese resident left injured after confronting a group of foreign men who were allegedly ignoring the building’s rules. The footage is blunt and unnerving. The injured man stands behind a Thai security guard on the condominium’s ground level while a man in a black shirt stalks forward, finger pointed and eyes narrowed, clearly confronting him. A woman filming the scene can be heard shouting in English for the group to stop, just before police arrive. At one tense moment, one of the group appears to lunge toward a nearby food stall sign, allegedly trying to…
Phuket’s roads were the stage for a small but dramatic moment on August 12, when a foreign cyclist’s lane change nearly escalated into a headline-making collision. The incident — captured on a pickup truck dashcam — was shared by driver Pusana Ai Senrit in the Facebook group ขับรถแบบนี้ต้องประจาน ภูเก็ต (“Drivers like this must be exposed, Phuket”), and it quickly set off a flurry of alarmed and often scathing reactions from local netizens. The video shows a man cycling along the left shoulder of what has been reported as Bypass Road. He looks over his shoulder twice, then starts a slow, lateral migration across lanes, moving from the far left all the way to the right. Pusana, driving in the right lane, jams on the brakes and averts a collision by the skin of his teeth. His caption — unforgiving, direct and a little dramatic — read: “Uncle, you nearly lost…
A raw, unsettling clip that surfaced this week shows nearly 20 foreigners piling into an alleyway in Patong and turning a routine dispute into a brutal brawl that left two Thai men hospitalized. Newshawk Phuket reported the incident on Tuesday, August 12, saying the attack took place at around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, August 11. The footage — grainy, chaotic and hard to watch — captures a mob attacking a motorcycle rental shop owner and a second Thai man after an argument over a damage fine spiraled out of control. According to witnesses and the news report, the trouble began the same way many small tourism-era spats start: a damaged vehicle and a demand for compensation. A group of foreigners had rented bikes from the shop; one of the riders allegedly damaged a motorcycle. The owner insisted on a fine and compensation, and tensions escalated when the foreign man refused…
The quiet hum of a petrol station coffee shop in Bueng Sam Phan district, Phetchabun, was shattered on the evening of August 12 when a brief visit turned into a fatal confrontation. What began as an ordinary Mother’s Day afternoon ended in tragedy: 19-year-old employee Phijittra was shot and killed, and the suspected shooter, 21-year-old Wongsakorn, took his own life at the scene. Police Lieutenant Sakkasit Kaosinchai of Bueng Sam Phan Police Station arrived on the scene at roughly 5:30 p.m., accompanied by the on-duty doctor from Bueng Sam Phan Hospital. Officers found both victims unresponsive. A Thai-made firearm was recovered beside the bodies and secured as evidence. Witnesses described a harrowing sequence of events. The suspect — who is reported to have been Phijittra’s former boyfriend — entered the coffee shop without speaking, approached her and fired a single shot. Phijittra, attempting to flee and cry out for help,…
A quiet canal in southern Thailand became the scene of a disturbing discovery on August 8 when the body of a 51-year-old woman was found floating in the Tha Yai Canal in Takua Thung district, Phang Nga province. The victim, later identified by investigators as Kansiri Nasomboon, was wearing a grey T-shirt and black shorts. Two concrete dumbbells were reportedly chained to her neck in an apparent attempt to sink the body — a detail that turned a grim recovery into a complex criminal inquiry spanning two provinces. Kansiri, originally from an Isaan province, had moved to Phuket for work and was last seen in the Kathu district. Local police began piecing together her movements by reviewing CCTV footage along the route between Phuket and Phang Nga. That footage, according to investigators, captured a pickup truck making a suspicious stop near the canal before returning toward Phuket. The truck was…
Pattaya’s famous shoreline saw an afternoon drama that felt more like a beachside soap than a quiet night on Beach Road. Shortly after 11:30pm on Monday, August 11, officers from Mueang Pattaya Police Station were summoned to a heated scene near Soi Pattaya 13/4 in Bang Lamung — where a Thai sex worker and an Indian man had come to blows after a brief and messy exchange over money, service and consent. How a bartered transaction turned into a public scuffle According to eyewitnesses and police accounts, the sequence was quick and combustible. The foreign man approached the Thai woman to ask about the price for sexual services. When he was told the rate — 3,000 baht — he reportedly grabbed her breasts and then refused to pay, crudely dismissing her by saying her breasts were “too small.” That unwanted physical contact and insult crossed a line. The woman, angered,…
What was meant to be a relaxed holiday jaunt turned ugly on the winding slopes of Mae Hong Son when a group of teachers found themselves in a roadside scramble after their pickup slammed into a guardrail. The incident happened at 5:30pm on August 11 along the descending curve of the Thop Sok section of rural road มส 4001 in Mueang district, Mae Hong Son province — a stretch of road that demands respect from every driver who takes the turn too fast or underestimates the hill. Emergency teams rushed to the scene: the Mueang district rescue crew, personnel from Sri Sangwan Hospital, and local leaders including Suprawin Phaisinamnguen, the Thop Sok village head. They found a white four-door pickup, registered in Chiang Mai, crumpled up against a roadside barrier with heavy damage to its front end. Seven people were inside — all teachers from a private school in Pai…
Bangkok is on flood watch as Governor Chadchart Sittipunt ordered immediate preparations for heavy rainfall expected across the city today, 12 August. The warning is strongest for northern and northeastern districts — think Don Mueang, Lak Si, Bang Khen, Sai Mai and Khlong Sam Wa — where forecasts show the potential for sharp downpours. With the Bangkok Flood Prevention Control Centre in Din Daeng buzzing with activity, and the Drainage and Sewerage Department closely monitoring the situation, officials are reminding residents: be ready, because the sky might well decide to open up. The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has flagged heavy to very heavy showers, with intense bursts that could reach about 50 millimetres per hour in hotspots. The TMD specifically names Nong Chok, Lat Krabang, Min Buri, Khlong Sam Wa, Sai Mai, Bang Khen, Don Mueang and Lak Si as likely to see the most torrential rain, while Thon Buri…