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Patong marks World AIDS Day
Patong marks World AIDS Day
Tuesday 2 December 2025 10:00 AM
PHUKET: Patong Municipality launched its World AIDS Day 2025 campaign last night (Dec 1) with a public awareness walk along Bangla Rd, highlighting growing concern over rising HIV infections in the district and across Phuket.
Woman faces arrest for pimping kid
Woman faces arrest for pimping kid
Tuesday 25 November 2025 09:40 AM
BANGKOK: Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a 29-year-old woman accused of forcing her 12-year-old daughter to work at a massage parlour in central Tokyo, prompting coordinated action among law enforcement agencies in Thailand, Japan, and Taiwan.
American man charged for traveling to Phuket for sex with minors
American man charged for traveling to Phuket for sex with minors
Monday 24 November 2025 09:16 AM
PHUKET: An American man has been indicted on seven federal child-sex charges in the US after travelling to Phuket to abuse minors.
11 arrested for procuring schoolgirls for prostitution
11 arrested for procuring schoolgirls for prostitution
Tuesday 4 November 2025 12:00 PM
BANGKOK: Eleven people, mostly women, have been arrested in multiple raids for allegedly procuring schoolgirls for a sex service operating under the guise of a modelling agency.
Andrew ‘had 40 prostitutes brought to Bangkok hotel’
Andrew ‘had 40 prostitutes brought to Bangkok hotel’
Sunday 2 November 2025 10:18 AM
LONDON: Disgraced former prince Andrew once had 40 prostitutes brought to his five-star hotel over four days during a taxpayer-funded trip to Thailand, his biographer has claimed.
King Charles strips Andrew of royal titles, Windsor home
King Charles strips Andrew of royal titles, Windsor home
Friday 31 October 2025 10:30 AM
LONDON: King Charles III will strip his younger brother Andrew of his royal titles and oust him from his long-term residence on the Windsor estate, the palace said yesterday (Oct 30), the latest fallout to hit the scandal-plagued royal over the Jeffrey Epstein affair.
Phuket sex video pickup driver charged
Phuket sex video pickup driver charged
Saturday 27 September 2025 09:30 AM
PHUKET: Phuket City Police have charged a second Russian national in connection with the viral video of a sex act filmed in the back of a moving pickup truck on the bypass road, as the investigation into the explicit stunt continues.
Russian man, Thai woman charged over Phuket pickup sex video
Russian man, Thai woman charged over Phuket pickup sex video
Friday 26 September 2025 10:13 AM
PHUKET: A 23-year-old Russian national has been charged with public indecency and offences under the Computer Crimes Act after a video of a sex act filmed in the back of a moving pickup truck in Phuket went viral on social media. The Thai woman involved faces a charge of public indecency.
Russian man arrested over viral Phuket pickup sex video
Russian man arrested over viral Phuket pickup sex video
Thursday 25 September 2025 05:43 PM
PHUKET: A 23-year-old Russian man has been arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok after a video showing him having sex in the back of a moving pickup truck on the bypass road in Phuket went viral on Thai social media.
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.

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