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Police hunt couple for explicit pickup truck sex video
Police hunt couple for explicit pickup truck sex video
Thursday 25 September 2025 09:17 AM
PHUKET: Phuket City Police are hunting a foreign man and woman after a video showing them having sex in the back of a moving pickup truck on the bypass road went viral on social media.
Hong Kong legislature to vote on same-sex partnerships bill
Hong Kong legislature to vote on same-sex partnerships bill
Wednesday 10 September 2025 11:49 AM
HONG KONG: Lawmakers in Hong Kong are expected to vote today (Sept 10) on whether to grant limited rights to same-sex couples, as fears grow in the LGBTQ community that even this narrow equality bid could be sunk by conservative pro-Beijing voices.
MCOT Phuket empowers youth to fight online human trafficking
MCOT Phuket empowers youth to fight online human trafficking
Saturday 30 August 2025 10:00 AM
PHUKET: Sixty students from five Phuket schools have taken part in a special youth network workshop aimed at strengthening media literacy and building defences against the growing threat of online human trafficking.
Bolt driver wanted for raping teacher
Bolt driver wanted for raping teacher
Monday 25 August 2025 09:36 AM
PHUKET: Police in Phuket are searching for a Bolt driver accused of raping a 28-year-old school teacher while taking her home to Pa Khlok in the early hours of Sunday morning (Aug 24).
Safe Zone: Protection agency raises alarm over internet risks to children
Safe Zone: Protection agency raises alarm over internet risks to children
Sunday 24 August 2025 09:00 AM
PHUKET: The most dangerous place for many children today is not a dark alley or an unfamiliar street ‒ it’s the screen in their hands. That is the stark warning from Mattias Bjorkqvist, Executive Director of For Freedom International (FFI), a Phuket-based foundation that has spent years working to combat human trafficking and exploitation in Thailand.
Cops bust network selling ‘illegal abortion drugs’
Cops bust network selling ‘illegal abortion drugs’
Saturday 23 August 2025 09:30 AM
BANGKOK: The Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) have successfully dismantled an illegal network selling abortion drugs online, arresting seven suspects and confiscating over 3,000 items in coordinated raids in three provinces.
Rawai bar raided over child prostitution
Rawai bar raided over child prostitution
Friday 15 August 2025 12:17 PM
PHUKET: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), through its Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD), has arrested three people following a raid on a popular bar in Rawai allegedly involved in the prostitution of a 17-year-old girl and a transgender woman.
Man arrested for rape and filming unconscious victim
Man arrested for rape and filming unconscious victim
Tuesday 5 August 2025 05:56 PM
PHUKET: A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Phuket for allegedly raping and filming a Myanmar woman while she was unconscious, police have confirmed.
Fugitive arrested in Phuket over child rape and abduction charges
Fugitive arrested in Phuket over child rape and abduction charges
Monday 28 July 2025 11:00 AM
PHUKET: A man wanted for the rape and abduction of a girl under the age of 15 has been arrested in Phuket, more than two years after fleeing from authorities in Satun.
Phuket targets child sex exploitation in tourist areas
Phuket targets child sex exploitation in tourist areas
Sunday 20 July 2025 12:00 PM
PHUKET: Local authorities in Phuket have launched a new campaign to strengthen child protection in the tourism sector, focusing on preventing child sexual exploitation in high-tourist areas.
AI-powered ‘nudify’ apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmail
AI-powered ‘nudify’ apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmail
Saturday 19 July 2025 01:00 PM
WASHINGTON: After a Kentucky teenager died by suicide this year, his parents discovered he had received threatening texts demanding US$3,000 (B97,000) to suppress an AI-generated nude image of him.
Police to make background checks on all monks nationwide
Police to make background checks on all monks nationwide
Thursday 17 July 2025 11:30 AM
BANGKOK: Police will check the backgrounds of about 300,000 Buddhist monks nationwide in the wake of the scandal involving several senior monks and a woman known as “Sika Golf”, who was arrested on Tuesday (July 15).
Harvey Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault
Harvey Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault
Thursday 12 June 2025 02:00 PM
NEW YORK: Disgraced Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of one sexual assault at his retrial yesterday (June 11) and not guilty of another, with jurors still considering a rape charge after hearing graphic testimony from his alleged victims.
Phuket health officials raise concern over rising syphilis cases
Phuket health officials raise concern over rising syphilis cases
Wednesday 4 June 2025 04:46 PM
PHUKET: Health authorities in Phuket are warning of a concerning rise in syphilis cases following the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic, with cases now reported across all three districts of the province.
Russian woman arrested for prostitution in Cherng Talay
Russian woman arrested for prostitution in Cherng Talay
Thursday 22 May 2025 10:20 AM
PHUKET: A Russian woman has been arrested in Cherng Talay for “alleged involvement in prostitution” as part of an ongoing crackdown targeting crimes affecting tourism, report Tourist Police.
Mum ‘pimped 11-year-old to get money for drugs’
Mum ‘pimped 11-year-old to get money for drugs’
Wednesday 21 May 2025 12:01 PM
BANGKOK: A 13-year-old girl in Hua Hin has revealed she was forced into sex work at age 11 by her mother and aunt, who sold her to a 50-year-old man in exchange for drug money and to repay daily loan shark debts.
Trump signs bill outlawing ‘revenge porn’
Trump signs bill outlawing ‘revenge porn’
Tuesday 20 May 2025 10:30 AM
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed a bill on yesterday (May 19) making it a federal crime to post “revenge porn” - whether it is real or generated by artificial intelligence.
Tourist Police arrest foreign prostitute in Phuket Town
Tourist Police arrest foreign prostitute in Phuket Town
Wednesday 30 April 2025 09:26 AM
PHUKET: A foreign woman was arrested in Phuket Town last Thursday (Apr 24) in connection with prostitution-related offences, following a Tourist Police investigation aimed at cracking down on crimes affecting tourism.
Transwoman slain by Chinese suspect after refusing sex
Transwoman slain by Chinese suspect after refusing sex
Monday 28 April 2025 09:00 AM
PATTAYA: A Chinese male suspect said he killed a Thai transwoman in Pattaya because she refused to have sex with him, before admitting he then cut open her body and removed her heart because he wanted to “play” with it.
Israeli man arrested at Phuket Airport for alleged rape on Koh Samui
Israeli man arrested at Phuket Airport for alleged rape on Koh Samui
Tuesday 1 April 2025 10:50 AM
PHUKET: A 36-year-old Israeli man wanted for the alleged rape of a Finnish tourist on Koh Samui was arrested at Phuket International Airport while attempting to flee the country, police have reported.

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