Bangkok Informer

The management of a Si Sa Ket school where a child fatally suffocated in a pick-up truck on Tuesday will also face ministerial disciplinary action, if the vehicle in question is found to have operated as a school vehicle, the Office of the Private Education Commission said yesterday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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In the photo above, the chaining of prison inmates (putting prisoners in manacles, shackles, leg cuffs, leg irons, fetters) is humiliating, inhumane and unnecessary, say activists.   Inmate Washes while shackled BANGKOK – On May 15, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will ceremoniously undo the shackles on some prisoners in a move to improve the rights [...]

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Dhaka – The death toll in a collapsed building in Bangladesh rose to 656 as rescuers found more bodies in the wreckage Monday, officials said. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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Lindsay Sandiford 56-year-old from UK BALI – Drug trafficking grandmother Lindsay Sandiford will lodge an appeal with Indonesia’s highest court after losing a first bid to have her death sentence lifted, according to her lawyer. The 56-year-old, from Cheltenham, was handed a death sentence after she was arrested nearly a year ago for smuggling cocaine [...]

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There are a total of 96 laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China; including 18 deaths. Contacts of the confirmed cases are being closely monitored, according to the World Health Organisation’s disease outbreak update. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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The last dangerous day for Songkran revelers, there were 247 traffic accidents with 36 deaths and 257 injuries reported   CHIANG RAI – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has concluded that a total of 321 people were killed during the “seven dangerous days” period of Songkran, narrowly topping last year’s death toll. On [...]

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Hilary Parsons with her sister Lindsay Sandiford   BALI – British woman Lindsay Sandiford lost her appeal against her death sentence in Bali for drug trafficking today. A Bali High Court spokesman said that the sentence handed down to the 56-year-old in January had been upheld. Ms Sandiford claimed she had been coerced into smuggling [...]

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An inquest by the Criminal Court failed on Thursday to reach a conclusion as to whether a worker of the Dusit Zoo was killed by a soldier or a redshirt protester during a clash in April 2010. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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  BALI – The British consulate in Bali submitted a statement to the appeal by Lindsay Sandiford, 56, from Gloucestershire. The UK Foreign Office also said it had raised allegations of her mistreatment. Lindsay Sandiford claims she was coerced into smuggling 4.8kg (10.6lb) of cocaine, for which she was convicted last month. She faces death by [...]

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Mahrosu Jantarawadee’s parents had to wait for four hours before Narathiwat Hospital would release his body because the commander of the Fourth Army Area and other VIPs wanted to see what the 31-year-old man looked like. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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the man suddenly took out the axe and immediately attacked his former wife   BANGKOK – A woman vendor Anongnit Sae Dan has been murdered at a Bangkok market on Wednesday night by her former husband. Witnesses say he just showed up with an axe and immediately attacked her. The attack occurred in Patthavikorn market in [...]

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The death of Chart Thai Pattana Party leader Chumpol Silpa-archa has renewed a fight among coalition partners for his coveted tourism and sport Cabinet post and is also likely to lead to a reshuffle of some ministers. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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Komsan Jupamattang, 36, leapt to his death this Thursday from the third story of a shopping mall in Bangkok’s Bang Kae district. In addition to doing himself mortal injury (the Bangkok Post helpfully points out that his head “was turned around 180 degrees”), Komsan also caused some serious problems for Issariyaporn Pongkaew—a 28-year-old shopper who had [...]

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Sebastian Eric Faulkner (far right), who has died in Thailand, pictured with colleague last month.   PHUKET – Sebastian Eric Faulkner a 21 year old Australian tourist has died after plunging from the ninth floor of the Andaman Beach Suites Hotel in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Sebastian Eric Faulkner, was found on [...]

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The first two days of seven dangerous New Year Holidays saw71 people killed and 826 injured, the road safety management committee announced Saturday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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