Crime
Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn or Big Joke strikes back against the National Police Chief
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Former top cop Surachate Hakparn, known as Big Joke, strikes back at the National Police Chief, filing a Section 157 lawsuit, presenting corruption and bribery… Read More ›
Immigration Bureau hit back at false reports that Chinese and Russian visitors are being targeted
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s Immigration Bureau denied claims it targets Chinese and Russian tourists, saying new checks focus on visa-run abuses and illicit businesses, while assuring genuine visitors… Read More ›
Busy beer bar run by British woman on Koh Samui probed with owner charged and facing a criminal case
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British woman on Koh Samui charged over running a busy beer bar through Thai nominees. Police traced ฿17.3 million in transfers to her accounts. The… Read More ›
Swedish national arrested by Pattaya police after being wanted at home for an arson attack in Sävsjö
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Swedish fugitive wanted for arson in Sävsjö, Sweden, arrested in Pattaya using forged German ID after overstaying visa. Thai police tracked him across the city,… Read More ›
Russian-Chinese Koh Phangan alliance to sell drugs to foreigners. Accused entered Thailand illegally
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Russian–Chinese drug ring exposed on Koh Phangan as police raid a rented house and seize mushrooms, MDMA, ecstasy and LSD. Officers say the Chinese suspect… Read More ›
Ex-Thai Miss Universe owner subject to an arrest warrant in Bangkok, where show was held last week
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Ex-Thai Miss Universe owner Anne or Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip issued an arrest warrant in Bangkok for fraud after fleeing to Mexico, as Miss Universe 2025 faces… Read More ›
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Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn or Big Joke strikes back against the National Police Chief
November 27, 2025
Former top cop Surachate Hakparn, known as Big Joke,
Busy beer bar run by British woman on Koh Samui probed with owner charged and facing a criminal case
November 27, 2025
British woman on Koh Samui charged over running a busy
Swedish national arrested by Pattaya police after being wanted at home for an arson attack in Sävsjö
November 26, 2025
Swedish fugitive wanted for arson in Sävsjö, Sweden,
Ex-Thai Miss Universe owner subject to an arrest warrant in Bangkok, where show was held last week
November 26, 2025
Ex-Thai Miss Universe owner Anne or Jakkaphong
Rising ‘Water of Death’ sees Songkhla and Hat Yai facing worst flooding in 300 years say some observers
November 25, 2025
Rising ‘Water of Death’ floods Songkhla and Hat
65-year-old woman wakes up just moments before her cremation in a coffin. Not dead, just low sugar
November 25, 2025
A 65-year-old Thai woman believed dead wakes up
Koh Phangan crackdown continues as Thai officials send a message. Illegal investors are not wanted
November 25, 2025
Koh Phangan crackdown continues as Thai authorities
Temptation faces Prime Minister Anutin to play the nationalist card as a General Election looms in 2026
November 24, 2025
Anutin is squeezed as nationalist protests erupt, US
Big Joke in crosshairs of police probe for defamation of the Royal Thai Police after robust TV comments
November 23, 2025
Big Joke, former deputy police chief Surachate
Israeli father dies heroically off Koh Phangan after saving his son from the sea which turned dangerous
November 23, 2025
Israeli father, 45, dies a hero on Koh Phangan after
UK couple’s honeymoon holiday to Thailand halted by Immigration officials over smudged visa stamp
November 22, 2025
UK couple’s dream honeymoon to Thailand is shattered
Crackdown on foreign misbehaviour as South Korean who hosted hooker party is nabbed for solicitation
November 21, 2025
South Korean tourist arrested in Pattaya for meth use,
Corruption at Bangkok Remand Prison. High-priced hooker flown in from China for an elite mafia inmate
November 21, 2025
Chinese mafia inmates live like kings in Bangkok
British man assaults French lover found in a hotel room with his Thai girlfriend. Denies injuries to the woman
November 20, 2025
A 44-year-old British man was arrested in Koh Samui
Elderly Canadian woman dies on speedboat outing to swimming area off Koh Phi Phi. Hit by a freak wave
November 20, 2025
A 69-year-old Canadian tourist tragically died off Koh
Big Joke calls on Prime Minister to suspend National Police Chief over rising force corruption scandals
November 19, 2025
Big Joke demands Prime Minister Anutin suspend the
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