PATTAYA, Thailand – Officials have raided three locations in Pattaya and seized computers and documents linked to a suspected nominee scheme concealing foreign ownership of land and businesses, as the Department of Special Investigation, Interior Ministry, and police officers conducted searches to gather evidence concerning suspected violations of the Foreign Business Act of 1999. Deputy […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – A young Thai man was injured after being attacked by a group of men in Pattaya, following an alleged confrontation with passers-by, convenience store staff, and app-based motorcycle riders, in an incident captured on video and reported to journalists in the early hours of August 23. The footage, recorded opposite Soi Bongkot […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 77-year-old Norwegian man has reported losing more than 5,000 baht after a man dressed similarly to a motorcycle taxi rider allegedly took cash from his wallet on Pratumnak Road in Pattaya, with the incident occurring at approximately 12:20 a.m. on August 24 opposite Pratumnak Soi 10. Indian Robbed of 150,000 Baht […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya is preparing for a possible influx of United States Navy personnel when the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and two accompanying vessels are scheduled to dock at Laem Chabang from September 2 to 6, with approximately 5,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel believed to be aboard the carrier. US Navy Seabees, […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – A group fight involving rival speedboat operators broke out on Tawaen Beach road on Koh Larn on the afternoon of August 27, with video shared online showing men who operate the Pattaya-Koh Larn tourist speedboats arguing before punches were thrown in front of beachgoers. The footage, posted with the description Battle of […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian tourist was found unconscious in a toilet on Pattaya’s Walking Street in the early hours of August 28, with his heavily intoxicated friends initially preventing rescuers from treating him while white powder was seen inside the man’s nostrils, though officials could not establish what substance it was. Russian Arrested for […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya’s long-stalled Waterfront project at the foot of Pratumnak Hill could face demolition or a legally required redesign, depending on a pending decision by the Land Department over its land title documents, with the outcome set to determine the next legal step for the unfinished building. Pattaya Mayor Poramet Ngampichet said the […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – A late-night dispute between two men in a Pattaya bar escalated into gunfire in the early hours of Monday, leaving both men wounded in the street after three shots were fired, with police called to a fight outside a bar around 2:30 a.m. on South Pattaya Road in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya police and human security officials arrested Thai, Lao, and Ugandan women for alleged street prostitution on Saturday night, just days before the arrival of approximately 5,000 crew members and marines aboard a United States Navy aircraft carrier, with a 20-strong team detaining 18 Thai women, five Lao women, and two Ugandan […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – Tourist Police in Pattaya have arrested a 36-year-old Ugandan woman after a US tourist reported money missing from the safe in his South Pattaya hotel room. Ugandan Women Pocketed 500K Baht Monthly in Koh Phangan Vice Trade The suspect, identified only as F.N., was detained at approximately 11 AM on August 14 […]