Counterfeit Travel Documents Seized in Bangkok Thai Police confiscated fake passports and visas worth more than 5 million baht during a search in Samut Sakhon on Friday. However, the criminals had been tipped off about the raid and escaped the scene before police had arrived, Justice Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga told reporters. In a joint press [...]
Feb
7
Counterfeit Travel Documents Seized in Bangkok
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Feb
7
Karen Refugees Deportation Halted
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Karen Refugees Deportation Halted The plan to deport about 1,700 Karen refugees back to Burma has been halted temporarily because of mounting domestic and global pressure. Activists, led by the Friends of Burma and the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO), yesterday put forward a letter of request to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva subsequent to an earlier [...]
Feb
7
Tourist Hun Sen to Be Near Disputed Territory
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Tourist Hun Sen to Be Near Disputed Territory The Thai-Cambodian border dispute is in the news as Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen today begins a three-day stay which will finish off at the Ta Muan Thom temple in Surin. The government says that while the Cambodian chief is free to go anywhere while on Cambodian [...]
