Bangkok Crimes

The Bangkok Post
Thaworn: Thaksin nearly arrested
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra narrowly escaped arrest in Kuala Lumpur, slipping out of his hotel ahead of police and flying to the Pacific Island country of Fiji, Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Sennian said in Pattani province on Monday.
Mr Thaworn said the Malaysian government had cooperated with Thailand in planning [...]

KC: Bangkok is a veritable quagmire of scams, tricks and deceit operated by organised gangs, individuals, companies and establishments and I would like to open up discussion on scamming on this website. I have been contacted by a reader regarding the ‘tourist mafia’ scams operated by unscrupulous wide-boys in the tourist hot-spots such as Central [...]

The Nation
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva is launching a new website: www.ilovethailand.org on Saturday as an online community promoting national unity on Friday. [KC: The Nation is a sinking ship]
“What will you do to show your love for the country?” is a question from the website.
Requiring membership sign up, the website provides its members with live [...]

KC: Not sure how widely distributed these photographs are, but I thought the pictures would interest readers, particularly those of Abhisit and Chuan Leekpai and Abhisit and Korn Chatikavanij. Unfortunately I do not have dates or location information for the images.

Bangkok Post

United front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader Jatuporn Promphan claimed on Tuesday he had new evidence proving a red-shirt protester was killed at the Ministry of the Interior during the Songkran riots.
Mr Jatuporn, a Puea Thai MP, said a well wisher had given a picture showing state authorities dragging away the dead body of a demonstrator [...]

KC: Please see my previous posts on the mystery containers here, here and here. (Note: The Nation’s reports are not edited for mistakes).
The Nation
Following a fishing boats’ discovery of eight sealed containers under the sea, the government assigned Central Institute of Forensic Science director Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan to work with the Royal Thai Navy to [...]