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Ex Tourism Chief Gets 50 Years for Taking Bribes
BANGKOK — The former head of Thailand's tourism promotion board was sentenced on Wednesday to 50 years in prison for accepting $1.8 million in bribes from two Hollywood producers to let them organize...
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Court Orders Passports Returned to Former Minister
BANGKOK — Taking away the passports of a cabinet member in the former elected government was a “serious violation” of his fundamental rights, the Central Administrative Court ruled today. Nearly two...
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‘Hopeful but Not Optimistic,’ Longtime Rights Defender Leaves Thailand
BANGKOK — Thaksin Shinawatra and Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha are divisive figures perched on opposite edges of a deeply divided country. If Thaksin is good, then Prayuth is anathema, and vice versa. The...
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Thai Ford Owners File Class-Action Suit Over Faulty Cars
BANGKOK — Hundreds of Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus owners joined a class-action lawsuit on Monday, demanding millions in compensation from the motor company.
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Court Cuts Praewa’s Restitution to Victims by a Third
BANGKOK — A young woman who became a symbol of injustice after killing nine people in a car crash seven years ago had her court-ordered compensation reduced by nearly 10 million baht by a court...
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Redshirt Leader Arisman Jailed 1 Year for Defaming Former PM Abhisit
BANGKOK — A Redshirt leader and former folk singer was sentenced Friday to one year in jail without suspension by the Supreme Court for defaming the former prime minister.
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Death Sentence for Segarra for Dismembering Spaniard
BANGKOK — A Spanish man was sentenced to death Friday morning at the Ratchada Criminal Court for the savage 2016 murder of a fellow Spaniard.
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Mushroom-Picking Couple’s Prison Term Reduced to 5 Years
KALASIN — A middle-aged couple appealing harsh punishment for picking mushrooms from a protected forest had their sentences reduced by 10 years by the Supreme Court on Tuesday
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Fugitive Red Bull Heir’s Passports Revoked
BANGKOK — The Ministry of Foreign affairs on Friday revoked the passport of Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, scion of Red Bull’s energy drink fortune.
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Accepting Compensation, Families Still Demand Jenphop’s Prosecution
AYUTTHAYA — For a second time, the suspect in a fatal wreck that killed two students last year was unable to take the stand Tuesday because of an unresolved dispute over financial restitution to one...
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Regime Threatens Facebook With Computer Crime Act
BANGKOK — Government regulators have threatened legal action against Facebook if it does not block 131 items deemed insulting to the monarchy by Tuesday.
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Sentences Upheld for Soldiers Linked to Alleged Thaksin Assassination Plot
BANGKOK — The highest military court on Monday upheld convictions of three military officers on weapons charges related to an alleged 2006 assassination plot against then Prime Minister Thaksin...
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Civil Court Rejects City’s Challenge to BTS Accessibility Suit
BANGKOK — The Civil Court said Thursday it has the authority to consider a class-action suit filed against City Hall for failing to make the BTS Skytrain system accessible to people with disabilities.
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Jenphop Takes Stand to Discuss Drug Use, Fatal Crash
AYUTTHAYA — Jenphop Viraporn took the stand on the last day of his trial Friday to defend himself against the charges it was his recklessness to blame for the deaths of two grad students in a fiery...
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50,000 Defamation Suits May Be Dropped Wednesday
BANGKOK — The lead author of the revised Computer Crime Act and a public prosecutor said Tuesday that the law can no longer be used as a tool for defamation lawsuits, and all those filed under it must...
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Online Defamation Defendants Wait on Court Action
BANGKOK — A defendant in a defamation case was surprised to learn Wednesday that charges and convictions brought under the Computer Crime Act may be vacated, while a legal reform advocate said the...
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Judiciary Legitimized Coup and Supported Junta, Thai Lawyers Allege
BANGKOK — A rights organization accused Thailand’s judiciary of legitimizing the 2014 coup d’etat in a report published Saturday. In its critical report entitled “Legal ‘Miracle’: The Judiciary and...
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Gruesome Murder Suspects Arrested in Myanmar, Extradited
CHIANG RAI — Three fugitive murder suspects, one of which stands accused of sawing her victim’s body in half, were arrested for overstaying their border passes Saturday night in Myanmar and turned...
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Thai Prosecutors Confident of Catching Red Bull Heir
BANGKOK — Thai law enforcement officials say they don't know where the son of one of the country's wealthiest families has escaped, but they're confident they'll catch Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya before...
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Defamation Trial of Student Activist’s Mother Begins
BANGKOK — Testimony began Friday in the trial of a prominent student dissident's mother who faces up to 20 years in prison for writing the word "yeah" in a Facebook conversation about the country's...
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