Runaway Vehicle Results in Injury of Driver

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CRES warned against threatening media

BANGKOK (NNT) -- The Thai Journalist Association has warned the Center for the Resolution of Emergency Situation of intimidating the press following threats to close down an anti-government newspaper.

CRES and Army Spokesperson Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd earlier stated that stern action will be taken against press outlets publishing distorted information or inciting disunity. He said that authorities would go as far as shutting down agencies.

Thai Journalist Association (TJA) Vice President for Media Freedom and Reform Sadej Bunnag suggested for Center for the Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES) specify the name of the problematic newspaper to avoid confusion. He acknowledged that the CRES could prosecute the print if laws applied.

Mr Sadej noted however that the center could not shutdown publications under Paragraph 3 of Section 45 in the 2007 Constitution regarding press freedom. He admitted that the CRES could censor content, but said content control must be done in a transparent manner.

The vice president cautioned the CRES against asserting itself towards the press; warning the public could view it was media control. He vowed that the TJA would seek talks with other media associations for further measures in this issue.

-- NNT 2010-09-03

Thai Woman Rescued After Suicide Attempt on Pattaya Beach

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Runaway Vehicle Results in Injury of Driver on Pattaya hill

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PM Abhisit backs move to launch Thai Tiger Airways

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Mother, step father arrested for torturing 3-year-old boy

The biological mum and step father who tortured the three year old boy have been arrested Friday

Police found them at the opposite side of the Future Park Department Store in Rangsit looking strange with suspect.

The two are stepfather Apichai Panla, 30 and biological mother of the three year old boy Wassan Kampu, 27.

The police said, when looking at them closely, they both look very similar to those who were in the arrest warant.

Apichai has confessed that he used to be a drug additct before. However, about the wounds of the boy, he said that the wounds were not caused by the hot water pouring on the boy but it was caused from a motorbike accident.

He was threatened by the father of the boy which sometimes can lead into serious issue which the father of the boy has randomly shot the gun to threaten him. In addition, he added that it is true that he had smacked the boy but only for teaching and every time it is done in front of his mum

-- The Nation 2010-09-03

Kenyan woman arrested at Suvarnabhumiwith 3.3 kgs of 'ice'

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Teachers in 2 Provinces Charged with Sexual Abuse

Police are pressing child molestation charges against two teachers in Surat Thani province, while another two teachers in Nakhon Si Thammarat are being investigated for allegedly sexually abusing 21 female students.

Police have charged the deputy director of Surat Thani's Kanjanadit Wittayakom School with child sexual abuse after being alleged of luring a Grade 11 student and allowing a fellow teacher to also sexually abuse her.

The abused victim has been released by doctors after being treated for stress and trauma for the last three days at Kanjanadit Hospital .

Police have summoned the suspects, the school's Deputy Director Manachanoke Nam-mun and teacher Kamron Sakda, and charged them for child molestation. However, the two have denied the charges.

Meanwhile in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Wirat Wuttipong and Boonme Jeenchaona, school teachers of Baan Tung Po School have been charged with sexually abusing 21 female students.

Parents and guardians of the victims traveled to Cha-Ouad police station to testify against the two suspects.

After questioning the 21 students, police summoned the teachers who have been charged with rape and the sexual abuse of minors.

The Baan Tung Po School Director Tin Suknual revealed that the local Primary Education Office has issued an order for the relocation of the two teachers and initiated an disciplinary investigation on them.

-- Tan Network 2010-09-03

Man Arrested for Killing 2 Boys in Chonburi

Police have arrested a suspect believed to have been involved in the killing of two boys in Chonburi province.

Angry relatives of murder victims 13-year-old Sahakij Tantrakoon and nine-year-old Pattana Tantrakoon tried to physically attack 18-year-old Bancha Meefah, who is believed to have brutally killed the two brothers.

The two boys were murdered on their way home from a market in Chonburi.

The pair were returning home on their motorbike when they were attacked by an unknown assailant who subsequently stole approximately 1,000 baht from them.

The suspect was arrested on Nong Samet-Bor Thong Road in Bor Thong district. Police said he admitted to killing the two boys.

Assistant national police chief Police Lieutenant General Asawin Kwanmuang disclosed that the suspect had confessed to the murder.

Bancha admitted he killed the two with the help of his friend, 34-year-old Saichon Praiwan.

The suspect also confessed he and his friend were high on drug and had stolen water a water pump from a nearby paddy field before seeing the two boys passing by.

Bancha recounted that he and his friend beat the victims until they were unconscious and then slashed their throats with a knife.

The suspect said he gave his friend 100 baht of the stolen money before fleeing the scene.

Asawin added police are looking for the other suspect who remains at large.

-- Tan Network 2010-09-03

Red Shirts To Hold Mass Rally In Chiang Mai Sept 18

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Gamblers caught in Central Pattaya apartment

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Navy narcotics Team arrest suspected drug dealers on the outskirts of Pattaya

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“Moonlighting” sailor badly hurt in road accident in Sattahip

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Thaksin says he can push Thai politics back on course

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Bangkok raises security to high alert after blasts

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Arrest Warrants Sought for 6 Bus Shooting Suspects

Investigators are seeking arrest warrants for six more teenage students believed to be involved in the bus shooting that killed a nine-year-old schoolboy. Meanwhile, the Transport Ministry has stepped up bus security to prevent further violence.

Minburi police investigators are preparing to seek arrest warrants for six more vocational college students believed to be involved in the shooting of the Number 113 bus that killed nine-year-old Jatuporn Polpaka.

The two detained students from Bang Kapi Technology College implicated six fellow students in the shooting.

Police have obtained the names and addresses of the suspects and are currently questioning witnesses and gathering evidence so the court can grant the warrants.

Earlier this afternoon, Minburi police escorted 19-year-old Pariwat Lorpumi to court to seek his detention after another 16-year-old suspected, named only as Champ, was sent to Baan Metta Juvenile Correctional Center the previous night.

Meanwhile, Deputy Transport Minister Suchart Chokchaiwattanakarn has ordered the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority to take precautions against such violent incidents on public buses.

-- Tan Network 2010-09-03

Five-car smash in Koh Kaew, Phuket

Tailgate party: The scene near the entrance to the Boat Lagoon at 4pm today.

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More mangrove encroachment in Phuket

A police officer views the area of destruction, part of the last remaining mangrove stand in Chalong's Palai Village.

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Two farangs arrested for Bt4.3m ATM robbery

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Thailand Live Saturday 4 September 2010

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