Manila withdraws from Rome Statute
The Philippines has pulled out of the Rome Statute apparently to pre-empt a United Nations human rights investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, The Manila Times Online reported…
Premchai and driver to be sommoned by police for bribery conspiracy
The Counter Corruption Division (CCD) police will summon Italian Thai Development president and chief executive Premchai Karnasuta to hear bribery conspiracy charge on Monday. CCD commander Pol Maj Gen Kamol…
Man turns himself in to police for kicking old scrap vendor unconscious
A man turned himself in to Huey Kwang station police in Bangkok on Wednesday night for kicking and punching a 82-year-old scrap vendor unconscious. Narathorn Sodtiyang, 21, showed up at…
Thanathorn defends meeting over coffee is not political assembly
Political “young blood” Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has invited police and military officers to join him for political discussion over coffee after he was warned by the junta that his planned meet…
16 destitute centre directors transferred pending disciplinary probe
The directors of 16 protection centre for the destitute have been ordered transferred to assist work in the Department of Social Development and Welfare pending a disciplinary probe against them.…
Couple arrested for Uthai Thani gold shop heist
A Qatari man and his Thai wife were arrested by police in Pattaya on Wednesday (March 14) on robbery and assault charges after they allegedly robbed a goldshop in Uthai…
Prosecutor indicts Phra Buddha Isara and 16 PDRC members with treason and terrorism charges
Activist monk Phra Buddha Isara and 16 members of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) were on Wednesday (March 14) indicated by the special public prosecutor with eight criminal charges,…
Premchai denies he killed black panther
Breaking his long silence on the illegal hunting trip in Thung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary last month, Italian-Thai Development Plc CEO Premchai Karnasuta told the media today (March 14) that…
Education Ministry lodges complaint against C8 official and 22 individuals for alleged embezzlement of student fund
A complaint was lodged with Dusit district police by education permanent-secretary Karun Sakulpradit against a C-8 official, and 22 other people for allegedly embezzling more than 88 million baht from…
US expert claims he warned Sanofi about health risks of Dengvaxia
An American expert on tropical diseases told the Philippine Senate on Tuesday that he warned French pharmaceutical giant Senofi Pasteur about the risks of using anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia in 2016,…
Rainsy’s conviction for calling Kem Ley’s murder “state-sponsored” upheld by Supreme Court
The Cambodian Supreme Court this morning (March 14) upheld a lower court’s verdict sentencing former opposition leader Sam Rainsy to one year and eight months imprisonment for claiming that the…
Gaur dies mysteriously in Phetchaburi
A 5-year-old bull gaur died mysteriously shortly after it came out of roadside bushes to encounter motorists on the road in Kaeng Krachan district of Phetchaburi province on Tuesday. The…