Aphiwat Kanthong, assistant director of minister of the Prime Minister’s Office in his role as private lawyer, has filed a report to Chiang Mai police against Anon Nampa, the recently jailed human rights lawyer and activist who gave a talk in Chiang Mai this past weekend. Aphiwat has accused Anon for organising a public meeting which has insulted the monarchy in accordance to section 6 of the emer … Continued
ก่อนที่เมืองเชียงใหม่จะขยับขยายเติบโตจนกลายเป็นเมืองท่องเที่ยวยอดนิยมที่ดึงดูดนักท่องเที่ยวจากทุกสารทิศ ในยุคสมัยที่สถานบันเทิงยังมีเพียงไม่กี่แห่ง ถนนเจริญราษฎร์ในย่านวัตเกตุนับเป็นจุดหมายปลายทางสำหรับนักท่องราตรีที่ใช้เวลาช่วงพลบค่ำยาวไปถึงดึกดื่น เพลิดเพลินไปกับแสงสีในบรรยากาศอันครื้นเครงริมแม่น้ำปิง เดอะกู๊ดวิวบาร์แอนด์เรสเตอรองต์ เป็นร้านอาหารที่อยู่คู่เมืองเชียงใหม่มายาวนานกว่า 25 ปี และได้ก … Continued
The Chiang Mai International Airport’s director of maintenance, Nitinai Sasakul, held a press conference at the Provincial Hall today to say that stage one of the airport expansion is underway and will be completed by 2024 when the airport will double its capacity, able to process 16.5 million passengers per year. Currently the airport is designed for eight million passengers per year. A new runwa … Continued
The Watchdog Thailand Foundation filed a report at Mae Faek, Sansai police station earlier today against Sahaswas Chobchingchai, known as Mom Tanad Daek, a famous YouTuber known for his voracious appetites and food reviews. Mom Tanad Daek is being accused of animal cruelty and the foundation would like police to also charge him with the hated Computer Crimes Act for a video clip which has gone vir … Continued
It was twenty years ago this month, on the 9th August to be exact, when the body of young Welsh backpacker, Kirsty Sarah Jones, 23, was found in Moon Muang’s Aree Guesthouse. This weekend her killer will get away with the crime forever as Thai laws only gives prosecutors 20 years to lay down a charge for murder. The past twenty years has seen dozens of suspects, numerous arrests and a ‘shambolic’ … Continued
Chiang Mai reporters were contacted by a 35 year old woman today wishing authorities to look into a monk who claims to hail from a Shaolin temple in Korea whom she finds suspicious. According to the woman, this monk has been inviting the public to join a course in acupuncture and martial arts. There is a Line group which is being used by the monk, luring both Thais and expats to his meetings, she … Continued
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has raised the question of why there has been no development in the plan to turn the old prison into a park, leading to instant action last week. The old prison, which you can read about when Citylife first visited it in 2006 when it was a women-only prison, was slated to be turned into a park in 2012 with a budget of 158 million baht put aside by the … Continued
On 8th August, Apichart Inson, known as DJ Auan, 34, was arrested for theft. DJ Ouan became almost a household name here in Chiang Mai, and even nationally as a vocal leader of the red shirts movement earlier this decade. He was caught on CCTV camera stealing from a donation box in Wat Jed Yod at 2.40am on the 29th July. DJ Auan was caught sticking a wire into the donation box with what is believe … Continued
While the rains have, if not ceased, then lessened across the north, Sansai’s Nong Jom area is still very much under water. For the sixth day now water levels which at their height were at 50cms have kept residents battling to keep their homes and businesses dry. There has been fears of electrocution, with so many outlets and wires exposed and many residents are staying put at home, pumping water … Continued
Police were called to a scene on Adsadathorn Road yesterday following multiple phone calls from passersby, including many women who said that they were alarmed by, a 45 year old man seen half naked and holding his private part while weaving in and out of the road, nearly getting hit by vehicles many times. Upon arriving at the scene the police found the man seizing up and frothing at the mouth, an … Continued
