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Two Chinese men were caught “red-handed” while apparently stealing from a donation box at a much-respected temple in Bangkok’s Prawet district on Monday.

The suspects were arrested by police immediately after they had allegedly taken Bt890 from a donation box inside the Chao Pho Sua Shrine of Wat Krathoom Sua Pla at 10am.

The two were identified as Mu Yoping, 37, and Chen Xaojung, 39.

Officers from Prawet police station staked out at the spot after an official of the temple filed a complaint that donations from boxes inside the shrine appeared to have been stolen, as there was less money than normal in them even though a large number of Chinese tourists had visited the temple.

Police saw the two suspects arrive and one of them lowered a short flat piece of metal, which was wrapped with adhesive tape and tied to a rope, into a donation box and pulled it out with banknotes and coins attached to it.

The officers then came out of hiding and arrested them.

The two said they had travelled from Shanghai and were staying in the Yaowaraj area, from where they had taken a taxi to visit the temple.

They said their friends had told them that the temple was sacred and that by visiting it their wishes would come true.

They refused to say whether they had stolen from a donation box of a “sacred temple”, police said.

Source: The Nation

A bus overturned in Khon Kaen province yesterday morning (Sunday), resulting in one death and injuring 29 others. The 51 year old bus driver, identified only as Sarawut, has sustained injuries to his ears and face from the crash.

“It was raining heavily at the time the accident occurred,” he said

He told police that the bus overturned as soon as he applied the brakes to prevent the vehicle from skidding over a slippery minor crack on the Khon Kaen-Kalasin bypass road.

Police say the bus overturned, while it was heading towards Maha Sarakham province.

BURI RAM: A horny Brahman bull nicknamed “Rambo” has apparently killed his owner in it’s pen in Satuk District. The victim’s wife discovered him laying wounded in the pen with the bull standing beside him. It has been surmised that after a month of preventing the bull from mating with the cows present, the bull became frustrated and rammed the owner, and when he was on the ground, stomped him. More on this story here at Nation Multimedia.

Breaking News October 16, 2018 13:46

By The Nation

Buri Ram man killed by frustrated Brahman bull

A Buri Ram man was found dead and apparently killed by a Brahman inside the bull’s pen at his house in the province’s Satuk district.

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RAYONG: In what may be an instance of misunderstanding or a callous disregard for safety, or a combination of both, a bus driver is facing a probe into his actions in leaving an elderly grandmother and her two very young grandchildren at roadside.  The bus driver claims the grandmother became scared as if she’d missed her stop when he went to pull a U-Turn to get to the station entrance, and insisted on getting off the bus. More info on this from Chiang Rai Times.

RAYONG –  A bus driver is facing disciplinary action after he allegedly expelled a grandmother and 2 children off his bus in Rayong after midnight on Sunday.

The action comes after a Facebook user accused the driver of a Rayong-bound passenger bus of forcing her, her granddaughter and another girl to leave the bus in a deserted area of this eastern province at 2am on Sunday.

The driver closed the door as soon as the passengers were asked to get off the bus, wrote the Facebook user. She said she started crying and was fearful for the safety of the two girls. It was her first trip to Rayong and she would never take this bus again, she wrote.

The driver and the bus company came under heavy criticism after the story and images of the elderly woman and the two girls went viral.

The Bangkok Post on Monday sought an explanation from Khon Kaen Charn Trading Co, operator of the bus, regarding the matter.

Narong Saeng-arun, general manager of the bus company, also known as Charn Tour Co, said his firm has ordered a fact-finding probe into the incident.

The company’s initial investigation found that the grandmother and 2 children had boarded the company’s Nakhon Phanom-Rayong bus No 827-14 at Khon Kaen bus terminal to go to Rayong.

When the bus arrived in Rayong, he said, the driver drove past the bus terminal and was about to make a U-turn to drop the remaining passengers at the terminal. However, the woman appeared frightened and asked the girl to tell the driver to stop the bus, said Mr Narong.

The driver then stopped the bus at the location shown in the Facebook post. The location was in front of a well-lit commercial building, he added.

The accused bus driver and other staff concerned would be called in for questioning, said Mr Narong. If they were found guilty of the accusation, punishments – ranging from a salary cut to suspension or termination – would be imposed on them.

“Our firm would like to apologies to the passengers for service that left them dissatisfied. Company executives put great emphasis on providing good bus transportation services and instruct staff to serve passengers as though they were family members,’’ said the general manager.

By Chakkrapan Natanri
Bangkok Post

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Packs of illicit drugs seized in recent police operations are displayed at the Narcotics Suppression Bureau headquarters in Bangkok during a media conference yesterday (Oct 15). Photo: Apichit Jinakul

CHIANG RAI: In one of the larger seizures in recent months, police seized 12 million ya-bah pills and a hundred kilograms of Ya Ice and three pickup trucks in Chiang Kong district. Three men were also arrested. The bust followed a “tip” that the drugs would be headed through the area. The men just likely scapegoat mules to distract from a much larger shipment occurring elsewhere in the area? More info on this from Phuket News.

Blockbuster drug haul worth over B2bn in Chiang Rai

CHIANG RAI: More than 20 million speed pills (ya bah) and 100 kilograms of crystal meth (ya ice) – worth over B2 billion – have been seized and three alleged traffickers arrested in two major police operations in Chiang Rai province.

ORIGINAL STORY HERE: https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1558470/blockbuster-drug-haul-worth-over-b2bn-in-chiang-rai

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