PHUKET: The girlfriend of fugitive murder suspect Lee Aldhouse played a key role in helping the Englishman escape Thailand, Phuket Police said earlier today. Chalong Police Inspector Jaran Bangprasert said the girl, a native of the northeastern province of Udon Thani, disappeared with Aldhouse from their shared room on Soi Khok Makham in Rawai soon after the murder of 23-year-old [...]

PHUKET: Fugitive murder suspect Lee Aldhouse has been detained by airport authorities while trying to enter the UK, the Gazette has learned. Lt Col Anukul Nuket, investigating officer in the case, confirmed that Chalong Police received the news from British officials yesterday. Aldhouse is said to have departed Thailand from a small border crossing in Khlong Yai, Trat province, on [...]

BANGKOK, 25 August 2010 (NNT) – Thai Ambassador to Cambodia Prasas Prasasvinitchai has returned to Phnom Penh to resume his duties. The Thai government is taking its first step on the bilateral relations restoration effort after Cambodia has confirmed the resignation of self-exiled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra as its Economic Advisor. Speaking upon his return, Mr Prasas said he was glad [...]

Thailand says it will resume diplomatic ties with Cambodia after Phnom Penh announced the resignation of ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra as its economic advisor. The two countries recalled their ambassadors in November 2009 amid a row over the controversial appointment. The Thai military removed Mr Thaksin in a coup in 2006, and he has since been jailed in absentia [...]

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva hinted on Monday that Cambodia will revoke fugitive ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra from the position of economic adviser. Abhisit said he is waiting for Cambodia to announce this, possibly within today. Meanwhile AFP reported from Phnom Penh that Thaksin resigned from the position appointed in October last year. The appointment has worsened the bilateral ties and [...]

SURIN, Aug 20 – Three Thai villagers in Thailand’s northeastern border province of Surin were arrested by Cambodian authorities on charge of spying while they were hunting and collecting forest products along the border. Families of two detainees, Sanong Wongchareon and Ling Pongphet, said the duo and another villager, Lan Sapsri, were arrested by Cambodian border patrol police in Kanna [...]

Vietnam is consulting other ASEAN member countries about a proposal that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) mediate in disputes over Preah Vihear Temple between Thailand and Cambodia. Nguyen Phuong Nga, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was speaking in Hanoi on August 17 in response to reporters’ questions regarding the proposal. Vovnews Share

THAILAND – Sirisak Tiyaphan, chief public prosecutor for foreign affairs, said yesterday that since 19 red-shirt leaders were indicted earlier this week over acts of terrorism as well as inciting unrest, public prosecutors would file formal requests with the countries that the defendants are believed to be living in. He added that some of these red-shirt leaders were believed to [...]

BANGKOK, Aug 13 – An aide to the Thai Foreign Minister on Friday asserted that the Thai-Cambodian territorial dispute can be resolved through bilateral mechanisms, without third party intervention. Chavanond Intarakomalyasut made his statement after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday announced that he would ask United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to mediate with Thailand over the 4.6 sq [...]

BANGKOK – THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday demanded Cambodian citizens leave a disputed border area that has been the focus of deadly clashes in recent years. The two countries have stepped up a war of words over the spat, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warning that the dispute with Thailand was ‘very hot’ and could lead to [...]