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Plan calls for mandatory re-registration of all SIM cards
Plan calls for mandatory re-registration of all SIM cards
NATIONWIDE: The telecom regulator plans to force all mobile firms to re-register their entire customer bases, despite widespread concerns over its harm to consumer data privacy and the burden it will place on operators.
Lao drug kingpin Xaysana gets life imprisonment
Lao drug kingpin Xaysana gets life imprisonment
BANGKOK: The Criminal Court handed down life imprisonment to drug ring leader Xaysana Keopimpha today (Mar 20) on charges of smuggling 1.2 million methamphetamine pills (ya bah) into Thailand.
Cops swoop on Bangkok ‘bomb plotter’
Cops swoop on Bangkok ‘bomb plotter’
SONGKHLA: The Crime Suppression Division has arrested a suspected bomb maker, who is thought to have conspired with four others to conduct an aborted bombing campaign in Bangkok in 2016.
Prosecution panel prepares Premchai’s poaching case
Prosecution panel prepares Premchai’s poaching case
BANGKOK: A four-member prosecution panel appointed to examine the 857-page report of a full police investigation into the Premchai Karnasuta wildlife poaching case formally began working on it yesterday (Mar 19).
Man caught in park with dismembered black bear
Man caught in park with dismembered black bear
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Forest rangers have arrested a 52-year-old man in possession of the dismembered carcass of an Asian black bear, a dead civet and a long-barrelled shotgun and ammunition.
Cops nab infamous hitman Ja Hin
Cops nab infamous hitman Ja Hin
BANGKOK: Police have apprehended a former officer who goes by the nickname Ja Hin Muang Phet and who has been on their wanted list for years on murder charges after he left the force and became a hitman working for criminal elements.
Chinese ‘zero-baht’ tour mogul’s wife arrested as OA Transport hunt moves to B7.7bn tax evasion
Chinese ‘zero-baht’ tour mogul’s wife arrested as OA Transport hunt moves to B7.7bn tax evasion
BANGKOK: An executive of a business under the OA Transport group of companies accused of profiting from “zero dollar” tours has been arrested at a house in Taling Chan district of Bangkok for alleged tax evasion worth at least B7.7 billion.
Ital-Thai boss’s wife to meet cops, illegal African elephant tusks hit list
Ital-Thai boss’s wife to meet cops, illegal African elephant tusks hit list
BANGKOK: The wife of embattled Italian-Thai Development President Premchai Karnasuta has said she will report to police over the illegal possession of four African elephant tusks on Tuesday (Mar 20).
Tourist islands unite to save environment
Tourist islands unite to save environment
KOH SAMUI: Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Pha-ngan in Surat Thani province will ban “unfriendly activities” which hurt the environment and marine ecological systems at the country’s top tourist destinations.
Interpol’s red notice for Red Bull heir ‘still in force’
Interpol’s red notice for Red Bull heir ‘still in force’
BANGKOK: Police deputy spokesman Kritsana Pattanacharoen insisted today (Mar 16) that Interpol’s “red notice” for hit-and-run fugitive and Red Bull scion Vorayuth Yoovidhya is still in force, despite vanishing from the Interpol website.
Deal struck with Malaysia to build border wall in Songkhla
Deal struck with Malaysia to build border wall in Songkhla
BANGKOK: Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to proceed with a plan to build a border wall in Songkhla in efforts to strengthen security operations and fight transnational crime.
Tourist islands unite to save environment
Tourist islands unite to save environment
SURAT THANI: Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Pha-ngan in Surat Thani province will ban “unfriendly activities” which hurt the environment and marine ecological systems at the country’s top tourist destinations.
Red Bull scion’s notice disappears from Interpol website
Red Bull scion’s notice disappears from Interpol website
BANGKOK: The Interpol “Red Notice” for Red Bull scion Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, a hit-and-run suspect wanted by Thailand, has disappeared from the Interpol website.
Premchai denies fresh charges, including bribery
Premchai denies fresh charges, including bribery
BANGKOK: Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta denied all three new charges levelled against him after being informed of the fresh accusations by police.
Anti-graft panel split over summoning Prawit
Anti-graft panel split over summoning Prawit
BANGKOK: A fact-finding committee on a collection of luxury watches worn by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon is divided over whether to summon the deputy premier to make a statement.
Premchai reports to police to hear more charges
Premchai reports to police to hear more charges
BANGKOK: Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta reported to police today (Mar 14) to hear additional charges, including bribery, in connection with alleged illegal hunting inside the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary.
Players, refs, sponsors implicated in match-fixing
Players, refs, sponsors implicated in match-fixing
FOOTBALL: Prosecutors have been requested for indictments for 15 men including top-flight footballers, referees and a club director on suspicion of match-fixing in the domestic league.
Supreme Court upholds compensation for Karens
Supreme Court upholds compensation for Karens
BANGKOK: The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday (Mar 13) upheld the lower court’s ruling that ordered authorities to pay B10,000 in compensation to each of six Karen villagers for burning down their shelters while evicting them from Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan National Park seven years ago.
Police hand Premchai poaching case to prosecutors
Police hand Premchai poaching case to prosecutors
BANGKOK: Police today (Mar 13) recommended public prosecutors arraign construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta and three others each on nine charges for alleged hunting in the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province early last month.
Wheelchair activist smashes door after BTS access row
Wheelchair activist smashes door after BTS access row
BANGKOK: A wheelchair-bound rights activist who smashed and broke a glass elevator door at a BTS Skytrain station on Sunday night (Mar 11) has threatened to take legal action against the authorities if public transport remains “unsuitable” for the disabled.