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Cambodia’s Hun Sen’s statements grow increasingly shrill as the menace of cybercrime is being tackled

Cambodia’s Hun Sen’s statements grow increasingly shrill as the menace of cybercrime is being tackled

July 14, 2025

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Hun Sen’s shrill attacks escalate as Thailand’s military cracks down on cross-border cybercrime gangs. Tensions soar with leaked calls, border raids and an international task… Read More ›

Monks and laywomen to be criminalised for having illicit sex in new legal move by top Buddhist agency due to scandal

Monks and laywomen to be criminalised for having illicit sex in new legal move by top Buddhist agency due to scandal

July 12, 2025

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Thailand’s top Buddhist agency is pushing a new law to criminalise monks and laywomen for illicit sex, following a scandal involving explicit photos of monks… Read More ›

American tourist beaten by bar owner as he tried to share the ambience with friends in online video clip

American tourist beaten by bar owner as he tried to share the ambience with friends in online video clip

July 12, 2025

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An American tourist was left bloodied after a brutal beating by a Pattaya bar owner for filming the venue’s ambience. The unprovoked attack is the… Read More ›

Thieving Russians who took off with 2kg of pot from a shop in Pattaya sought by police. Reward offered

Thieving Russians who took off with 2kg of pot from a shop in Pattaya sought by police. Reward offered

July 11, 2025

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Three Russian men brazenly stole 2kg of premium cannabis worth ฿160,000 from a Pattaya clinic. They distracted the manager, grabbed the stash and fled in… Read More ›

Senator and gangster sidekick of Cambodia’s Hun Sen, known as the Godfather of Poipet, hunted down

Senator and gangster sidekick of Cambodia’s Hun Sen, known as the Godfather of Poipet, hunted down

July 11, 2025

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Thai police hunt Kok An, Cambodia’s “Godfather of Poipet,” in a billion-baht fraud ring linked to Hun Sen. Raids, arrest warrants and a leaked call… Read More ›

Femme fatale hands over explicit photos and videos which show her having sex with at least 8 top monks

Femme fatale hands over explicit photos and videos which show her having sex with at least 8 top monks

July 11, 2025

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Femme fatale known as Ms. Golf hands over 86,000 explicit photos and videos showing her having sex with at least eight senior Thai monks. The… Read More ›

Cocaine suspected in sudden death of top Australian lawyer at Samui massage shop on Monday morning

Cocaine suspected in sudden death of top Australian lawyer at Samui massage shop on Monday morning

July 10, 2025

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Top Queensland lawyer Christopher Saines, 43, found dead in Koh Samui massage parlour. Police suspect cocaine but see no foul play. He was last seen… Read More ›

Another rich lowlife in Thailand bites the dust as combined police task force descends on Koh Phangan

Another rich lowlife in Thailand bites the dust as combined police task force descends on Koh Phangan

July 10, 2025

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European fraudster arrested on Koh Phangan after joint Thai-Australian police raid. Over ฿19 million seized, including crypto and property. He used Thai nominee companies to… Read More ›

57-year-old Uncle beaten to death with bamboo stick after stopping marijuana party by twenty-somethings

57-year-old Uncle beaten to death with bamboo stick after stopping marijuana party by twenty-somethings

July 9, 2025

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A 57-year-old uncle was savagely beaten to death with a 2-meter bamboo stick in Phayao after breaking up a marijuana party hosted by his nephew.… Read More ›

DSI cops zero in on senior political official at the Ministry of Labour linked with migrant worker fees

DSI cops zero in on senior political official at the Ministry of Labour linked with migrant worker fees

July 9, 2025

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DSI targets ex-political insider tied to the Ministry of Labour in migrant worker fee scandal. Illegal ฿2,500 fees forced on workers funnelled through Thai-Cambodian networks.… Read More ›

Bully Met addict brutally murdered a 63-year-old bedridden man to prove claims of being an ex SEAL

Bully Met addict brutally murdered a 63-year-old bedridden man to prove claims of being an ex SEAL

July 8, 2025

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A meth-addled man dragged his 63-year-old bedridden neighbour from his home and forced his head into a sewer to “test” if he was really a… Read More ›

EV car fire in Songkhla was not self-combustion. Ex Democrat Party MP was targeted with a criminal act

EV car fire in Songkhla was not self-combustion. Ex Democrat Party MP was targeted with a criminal act

July 7, 2025

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Ex-Democrat MP Sirichoke’s electric car in Songkhla was deliberately torched, not a spontaneous fire. Police arrested a suspect who confessed. Sirichoke vows not to be… Read More ›

Crackdown on dangerous marijuana infused products after toddler left unconscious in hospital for 24 hours

Crackdown on dangerous marijuana infused products after toddler left unconscious in hospital for 24 hours

July 7, 2025

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Toddler hospitalised 24 hours after eating cannabis gummies sparks nationwide crackdown as Public Health Minister vows to curb illegal marijuana edibles slipping into homes, schools… Read More ›

Brit jailed for child sex trafficking after 2023 prostitution crackdown on  Pattaya’s notorious Soi 6

Brit jailed for child sex trafficking after 2023 prostitution crackdown on Pattaya’s notorious Soi 6

July 6, 2025

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British man jailed for 21 years in Thailand for trafficking a 16-year-old girl into prostitution on Pattaya’s notorious Soi 6. William Bilton ran the Flirt… Read More ›

Ex Songkhla Democrat Party MP & Prime Ministerial advisor warns about the particular danger of EV cars

Ex Songkhla Democrat Party MP & Prime Ministerial advisor warns about the particular danger of EV cars

July 6, 2025

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Former Democrat MP Sirichoke Sopha warns of hidden EV dangers after his parked, unplugged PHEV burst into flames at 3 am. The explosion destroyed the… Read More ›

Miracle in Pattaya as woman who hanged herself comes back to life as rescuers put her in a body bag

Miracle in Pattaya as woman who hanged herself comes back to life as rescuers put her in a body bag

July 5, 2025

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Rescue workers in Pattaya were stunned when a 49-year-old woman who hanged herself and showed no pulse suddenly opened her eyes before being placed in… Read More ›

28 year old man used a venomous Cobra snake to give himself the kiss of death. Body found in Khon Kaen

28 year old man used a venomous Cobra snake to give himself the kiss of death. Body found in Khon Kaen

July 5, 2025

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A 28-year-old man from Chiang Rai may have live-streamed the prelude to his death by cobra bite in a Khon Kaen hotel room. Police found… Read More ›

70 year old Udon Thani man played like a fiddle by Chinese sex doll scammers, drops police report plan

70 year old Udon Thani man played like a fiddle by Chinese sex doll scammers, drops police report plan

July 5, 2025

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Lonely 70-year-old Thai man duped by sex doll scammers after spotting a too-good-to-be-true deal. He paid ฿67K amid threats and fake fees, but no doll… Read More ›

$5 back-alley massage not worth it. Tourist develops painful nightmare infection called folliculitis

$5 back-alley massage not worth it. Tourist develops painful nightmare infection called folliculitis

July 5, 2025

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A $5 back-alley massage in Thailand left a tourist with painful, pus-filled folliculitis caused by bacteria from dirty towels and reused oils. US doctor warns… Read More ›

Cross-border corruption and money laundering between Thai and Cambodian labour officials probed

Cross-border corruption and money laundering between Thai and Cambodian labour officials probed

July 4, 2025

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DSI busts massive foreign worker extortion ring in Bangkok. Raids over a potential ฿6 billion scam, secret payments to Cambodian officials, and suspected collusion within… Read More ›

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