Thailand
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A Thai court on Thursday cleared a woman of involvement in a 2015 bomb attack on a popular shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people, most of them tourists. Wanna Suansan was accused of complicity in murder, attempted murder, and possessing an illegal explosive device over the blast at the Erawan shrine in the heart…
2 Nov
Thai police arrested a trio suspected people smugglers over the deaths of three Rohingya refugees who suffocated in the back of trucks in Thailand, officers said Saturday. Three Rohingya refugees died and six were injured after traffickers allegedly packed 26 people who had made their way across the Thai-Myanmar border into two vehicles. The mainly…
30 Oct
A Thai court cleared a social media influencer on Wednesday of royal defamation over online adverts for an e-commerce company, a human rights lawyers' group said. Thidaporn Chaokovieng was charged with lese-majeste over 2022 TikTok clips promoting Lazada -- owned by China's Alibaba Group -- in which she was seen wearing a traditional Thai silk…
13 Oct
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Thailand returnee Oguejiofor Nnaemeka Simonpeter for importing 13.30 kilograms of heroin worth over N3.192 billion into the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos State. “A search of his two suitcases revealed three empty backpacks in each box with a large parcel…
6 Sep
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the heiress of Thailand's most famous political dynasty, was sworn in as prime minister on Friday, capping a month of turmoil in which her predecessor was thrown out of office and the main opposition party dissolved. Paetongtarn, the youngest daughter of controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, took the oath in a closed-door…
30 Aug
A Thai court on Thursday jailed a famous Spanish actor's son for life for the grisly murder of a Colombian plastic surgeon on a tropical holiday island, in a lurid case that has gripped Spain. Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a 30-year-old chef, was found guilty of the premeditated murder of Edwin Arrieta Arteaga on the tourist…
29 Aug
Thai prosecutors indicted a former senior police officer Thursday over allegations that he helped doctor evidence in a notorious hit-and-ru
14 Aug
Thailand's Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office on Wednesday, ruling against him in an ethics case that throws the kingdom into fresh political turmoil. The judges ruled 5-4 that Srettha breached regulations by appointing a lawyer with a criminal conviction to his cabinet, in a case brought by a group of former…
12 Aug
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin could be thrown out of office this week when the country's Constitutional Court rules on his appointment of a cabinet minister with a criminal conviction. The case comes a week after the same court disbanded the kingdom's main opposition political party and banned its former leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, from politics…
11 Jun
An elephant in Thailand has delivered a rare set of twins in a dramatic birth that left a carer injured after he tried to rescue one of the newborns. The 36-year-old Asian elephant named Jamjuree gave birth to an 80-kilogramme (176-pound) male at the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal north of Bangkok on Friday…
22 May
Detectives of the State Criminal Investigative Department (SCID), Lagos State Police Command, have arrested one Chimereze Chinedu for defrauding a citizen of Thailand of $216,000 and N30 million, respectively.
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