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Singer ‘Tom Dundee’ Freed After Serving Five Years for Lese-Majeste
BANGKOK — A singer-turned-activist who spent five years in prison for defaming the monarchy was released Wednesday morning. Thanat Thanavacharanon, or Tom Dundee, was greeted by supporters as he...
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Families of 9 Dead Still Reeling from ‘Praewa’ Crash Nine Years Ago
BANGKOK — Childless after her daughter was killed in a car crash at the hands of a wealthy teen, Suchada Palakul was also soon widowed, with her husband dying from grief. The post Families of 9 Dead...
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9 Years Later, ‘Praewa’ Delivers Compensation to Car Crash Victims
BANGKOK — After nine years in court, representatives of a wealthy teen convicted of killing nine people in a car crash in 2010 have partially paid compensation to victims’ families. On Tuesday, the...
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Families of ‘Praewa’ Victims Donate 1 Million Baht to Thammasat Legal Aid
BANGKOK — Families of victims in a car crash that killed 9 in 2010 have donated 1 million baht to a university legal center that offered them legal aid during their almost decade-long battle for...
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Dutch Weed Lord Gets 50 Years for Money Laundering
BANGKOK — A Dutch drug lord was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday for laundering money connected to narcotics sales through Thailand. The post Dutch Weed Lord Gets 50 Years for Money Laundering...
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Koh Tao Murder Convicts Sentenced to Die by Supreme Court
BANGKOK — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence for two Burmese men convicted of murdering two British tourists on a popular island in 2014. The post Koh Tao Murder Convicts...
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Five Redshirts Acquitted of M79 Bomb Attacks
BANGKOK — A court has found a group of Redshirt protesters innocent of multiple charges related to a grenade attack on a former protest movement opposed to the Yingluck Shinawatra administration. The...
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High Court Affirms Guilt of 2009 Red Shirt Pattaya Rioters
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the prison sentences of 12 members of the “Red Shirt” political movement convicted in connection with rioting that disrupted an important...
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Court Fines Philip Morris $39.7 Million for Tax Evasion
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand on Friday found the local unit of tobacco giant Philip Morris guilty of evading taxes by under-declaring the value of cigarettes it imported from the Philippines. It...
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Royal Defamation Trial For Twitter User Postponed
BANGKOK — The trial for a 20-year-old man accused of insulting the monarchy was postponed on Thursday, his attorney said. The post Royal Defamation Trial For Twitter User Postponed appeared first on...
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Redshirts Jailed for Protest at King’s Advisor House
BANGKOK — The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the prison sentences of five Redshirt leaders for their 2007 protest at the residence of the late chief advisor to the previous king. The post Redshirts...
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Court Affirms Firearms Jail Term for Premchai
BANGKOK — A construction mogul was sentenced to six months in prison for illegally possessing firearms in a high-profile case involving the poaching of wildlife in a protected forest. The Court of...
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Pheu Thai Politico Gets 99 Years in Jail For Bribery
BANGKOK — The top court on Thursday sentenced former Pheu Thai MP Watana Muangsook to 99 years in prison for demanding bribes in a housing development project. The post Pheu Thai Politico Gets 99...
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Thailand Charges More Activists With Sedition, Royal Insults
BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand charged 18 pro-democracy activists with sedition on Monday, while lodging additional charges of insulting the monarchy against three of them. The post Thailand...
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Civil Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against ‘Korea King’ Pan
The Korea King Pan case was concluded when the court found no evidence of exaggerated or harmful advertising. The Civil Court at Ratchadaphisek Road on November 15, 2023, dismissed the case in 2017...
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A Former Thai Police Chief Will Face Charges for Allegedly Helping a Red Bull...
JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI, BANGKOK — Prosecutors in Thailand announced Tuesday they will indict a former national police chief on charges of impeding legal action against an heir to the Red Bull energy...
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Thai Court Acquits Dozens of Protesters Who Shut Down Bangkok’s Airports in 2008
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Friday acquitted nearly 70 people of all charges related to mass protests that shut down Bangkok’s two airports in 2008 for about 10 days. The ruling by the Bangkok...
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Thai Female Doctor Kicked by “David” Suffers From PTSD
PHUKET – A month after the incident in which Doctor Tharndao Jandam, also known as Dr. Pai, was kicked by Mr. Urs Beat Fehr, or David, a 45-year-old Swiss national, on the stairs of a beach villa in...
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As Crimes Rise, Phuket Court Reopens Tourist Case Division
PHUKET – Phuket Provincial Court has reopened its Tourist Case Division to provide justice for tourists and build confidence in the justice system when cases arise in Phuket. Mr. Kriangsak Rotphanchu,...
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French Woman’s Will to Her Housekeeper Highlights Thai Business Law Issues
KOH SAMUI – The inheritance of a French woman to her Thai housekeeper reveals legal issues for foreigners doing business in Thailand. The case of a French businesswoman, Madame Catherine, 59, who...
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