Phuket's serial top-up machine thieves caught red-handed

Phuket Gazette

 

         

Police first observed the two via CCTV before making their move. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Two top-up machine thieves were charged in Thalang yesterday after they confessed to committing the act at least six times in order to obtain money to buy krathom.

 

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Police pounce as two cat burglars caught red handed in Rayong

 

Picture: Daily News

 

RAYONG: -- Nikom Pattana police pounced on two cat burglars who had been thieving from houses in Rayong and Chonburi.

 

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Escaped prisoner prompts jail security upgrade request

Phuket Gazette

 

          

Mr Panom demonstrates his lock-picking technique to police officers. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHANG NGA: Phang Nga Police officials are planning to request the Royal Thai Police to improve the standard of nationwide prison locks after a prisoner used a three-inch metal wire to escape from Takuapa Police Station on Tuesday. 

 

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New Zealand father and daughter found in Australia after month at sea

REUTERS

 

The damaged yacht of a New Zealand man and his six-year old daughter, who were missing at sea for more than a month, sits next to other boats in Ulladulla Harbour, south of Sydney, Australia, January 12, 2017, after they sailed it across the 2,000 km (1,241.7 miles) Tasman Sea. REUTERS/Dianne Gray

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A New Zealand man and his six-year old daughter missing at sea for more than a month have landed in Australia after sailing their small, damaged yacht across the treacherous 2,000 km (1,241.7 miles) Tasman Sea.

 

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Thai crackdown on budget tours hits Chinese New Year

By Pairat Temphairojana

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - Chinese tourists take a break at Wat Pho in Bangkok, Thailand, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Files Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Chinese hotel bookings to Thailand for the Lunar New Year have tumbled as a crackdown on cheap package tours hits visitor numbers from its biggest source of holiday-makers.

 

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Metropolitan police on the hunt for three other suspects in the murder of woman 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Metropolitan police are still on the hunt for three other accomplices wanted for the murder and bury of 28-year old woman, Ms Supaksorn Ponthaisong, in Kanchanaburi province while they will send two prime suspects to the court this afternoon for extension of their detention.

 

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Trucker Dodges Bandits, Bullets To Save His Frozen Shrimp

By  Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

 

Soldiers and reporters on Wednesday night inspect the scene of an alleged heist in Phato district of Ranong province.

 

RANONG — Prasong Hun-ngam was behind the wheel of his truck, driving a full load of frozen shrimp along a jungle road from the gulf to the Andaman Sea on Wednesday night when some men waved at him from beside a stopped car.

 

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University teacher wears Hanfu costume to get students’ attention

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

 

BANGKOK: -- This teacher went above and beyond to make sure his students paid attention. Photos showing a university lecturer wearing China’s Hanfu costume while his students held up their phones to document the moment went viral on Twitter.

 

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PM says National Strategy and Unity Commission has power to alter Thai history

 

BANGKOK, 12 January 2017 (NNT)- The Prime Minister has affirmed that his government is working closely with its national strategy commission and is intent on fostering national unity and progress towards true democracy. 

 

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Rao Tum Dai: Thai could be world's new english, Prayuth says

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha with his standee Wednesday at the Government House in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Thai could supersede English as the dominant world language – at least in the opinion of junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha.

 

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Bang Ku Underpass to open temporarily for Royal visits

Kongleaphy Keam

 

 

PHUKET:-- One northbound lane of the Bang Ku Underpass will be open from January 14-20 to ease the flow of traffic during two upcoming Royal visits next week.

 

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Return if the Sorayuth: Convicted anchor re-surfaces in flooded south

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

A screengrab of Sorayuth Suthassanachinda’s Facebook Live reporting on flooded areas in Hua Sai district, Nakhon Si Thammarat.

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — Sorayuth’s back.

 

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Thai filmmakers want to bust cinema monopoly for sake of better movies

By Kaewta Ketbungkan, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — A coalition of filmmakers, distributors and movie lovers gathered Wednesday to demand equal access and fair competition for the Thai film industry.

 

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Missing Japanese tourist's mother arrives seeking answers

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

An undated photo of Sonam Tsuboi posted online by his brother.

 

BANGKOK — A Japanese tourist reported missing in Bangkok’s backpacker district just over two weeks remained unaccounted for Thursday, as his mother flew in to join the search efforts.

 

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Southern floods affecting deliveries to Phuket mini-marts

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Representatives from the island’s mini-marts and also some local retailers have confirmed that floods across Southern Thailand are now having some impact of the supply of some goods to the island.

 

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Former MI-6 spy known to U.S. agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia

By Mark Hosenball

 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, is a former officer in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, according to people familiar with his career.

 

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