Bangkok Crimes

KC: Thanks to the journalistic bravery of the Bangkok Post, we finally have a substantive piece written about the sleaze circus that is lower Sukhumvit which is something less than an expose and more of a belated realisation that things are actually happening on the streets. I was inspired to include this article due to [...]

Bangkok Post
Taxi cheats, fake tour guides targeted.
Unregistered tour guides and taxis are facing fines of 2,000 baht and/or a year in jail as part of Suvarnabhumi airport’s new get tough policy.
The taxi cheats and illegal tour guides followed when Bangkok International Airport moved from Don Mueang to Suvarnabhumi three years ago.
There have been attempts to [...]

Bangkok Post
Police are checking the backgrounds of six drug suspects after they were allegedly found carrying war weapons and illicit drugs near the home of Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul.
Metropolitan Police chief Worapong Chiewpreecha yesterday said the investigation would focus on finding the source of the weapons and checking the records of the suspects to see [...]

BBC
Jonathan Head has this story:
Bangkok’s showcase new international airport is no stranger to controversy.
Built between 2002 and 2006, under the governments of then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the opening date was repeatedly delayed.
It has been dogged by allegations of corruption, as well as criticism of the design and poor quality of construction.
Then, at the end of [...]

The Guardian
At least six dead as bombs hit hotels in Jakarta
Bombs have exploded at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in the Indonesian capital killing at least four foreigners

At least six people have been killed and 36 injured in two separate explosions at western-owned hotels in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
The blasts, which appeared co-ordinated, occuring nearly [...]

The Nation
Police dumbfounded after encountering argumentative PAD suspects
Although the 30 suspects from the People’s Alliance for Democracy yesterday met with investigators, they refused to acknowledge the charge of international terrorism and police were at a loss and pleaded for time to consult with the law book.
In unprededented legal tactics, the PAD suspects declined to follow [...]