Celebrity lawyer and wife remanded in custody

Lawyer disputes that his customers allegedly aimed to evade charges of fraud and money laundering.

Lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd greets reporters with a wai as police escort him and his wife Patthitta (foreground) to the Criminal Court on Friday after their arrest on a highway in Chachoengsao the day before. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)
After their arrest on a highway in Chachoengsao the day before, lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd and his wife Patitta ( foreground ) are escorted to the Criminal Court by police with a wai. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

After the Criminal Court refused to grant Ms. Patthitta’s loan request, the famous lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd and his wife Patthitta Biabungkerd were placed back in prison on fraud and money laundering fees. Mr. Sittra did not request parole.

Ms. Patthitta declared she would consent to wear an electronic monitoring ( EM) device and placed 500, 000 baht as a guarantee.

Officers at the hearing on Friday, yet, requested parole and ordered their detention while ten additional witnesses were being interrogated.

Under the rules, suspects in a legal case may be detained for a maximum of seven 12-day times, or 84 days in total, before officers had press charges.

Mr. Sittra’s woman was taken to the Central Women’s Correctional Institution, while his wife was taken to the Bangkok Remand Prison.

Saiyud Pengboonchu, the child’s lawyer, told reporters before that he would not submit a loan software for Mr Sittra due to the serious nature of the case, which involves considerable damages.

According to the arrest warrant, releasing the believe may increase the likelihood of data tampering and flight.

Mr. Saiyud, who disputed reports that the pair appeared to be trying to travel to Cambodia when they were stopped on a highway in Chachoengsao on Thursday, claimed that Mr. Sittra, alias” Lawyer Tam,” had no intention of escape. Their attorney claims that they were actually on their way to earn money at a provincial church.

According to Mr. Saiyud, Mr. Sittra had filed a lawsuit and waited for the police to apprehend him at his home for five days before the arrests because he did n’t want to be detained while wearing pyjamas like someone else.

Another well-known people figure, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, was the subject of the mention when police picked him up at his home to look into alleged links to online gaming. &nbsp,

 Sittra Biabungkerd, centre, talks with police while being arrested on a highway in Chachoengsao province on Thursday morning. (Police photo)

After he and his family were stopped on a bridge in Chachoengsao on Thursday night, Sittra Biabungkerd reads an arrest warrant onto his cellular phone. ( Police photo )

Mr Sittra, 44, and Ms Patthitta, 41, were stopped by Central Investigation Bureau ( CIB ) officers while they were travelling in their Porsche Cayenne on a section of the Kabin Buri-Chachoengsao Highway in Phanom Sarakham district of Chachoengsao, heading away from Bangkok, on Thursday morning.

The couple’s imprisonment occurred the same day that the fugitive judge issued permits for their arrest.

Fraud and money-laundering allegations were brought against Mr. Sittra. His family faces charges of laundering money. The pair have denied the claims.

Authorities seizes a Porsche registered in Bangkok with the license disk Thor Kor 999. They found go bags, linen and a record of documents in.

In the evening, officers detained Mr. Sittra and conducted a search of his home in Bangkok’s Taling Chan region, searching his baggies, and conducted examinations of numerous jewelry and luxury bags.

Mr. Saiyud claimed that while his wife was stressed out and facing fees and being imprisoned, Mr. Sittra showed no signs of stress.

In a situation involving a Thai woman who claimed he had duped her for a claimed online lottery job, Mr. Sittra showed up at the CSD office on Tuesday to ask the police for problem him. The lady gave the money to the lawyer as a present, the lawyer claimed.

The 58-year-old person, Jatuporn” Madame Oy” Ubonlert, had filed her problem with officers and had been questioned by prosecutors many days before the arrest warrant was issued.

The woman from Nakhon Ratchasima apparently lives in France with her French father, where she apparently won a multibillion dollar jackpot prize.

On Friday, Somchart Phinit-aksorn, the attorney for Ms Jatuporn, arrived at the Criminal Court at 10.30am to send a request to resist bail for Mr Sittra and his family.

After Mr. Sittra’s arrest, Mr. Somchart claimed that his customer” Madame Oy” appeared uninterested.

Police search Sittra Biabungkerd's house in Taling Chan district of Bangkok on Thursday afternoon and impound dozens of items of jewellery and other items for examination. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

On Thursday evening, police research Sittra Biabungkerd’s home in Bangkok’s Taling Chan area and enlist dozens of people to examine and examine dozens of items. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

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Troops seize 400,000 speed pills abandoned in Chiang Mai

According to investigators, drug trafficking is increasing as individuals seek compensation for damaged homes caused by floods.

A soldier holds some of the 400,000 speed pills found in abandoned fertiliser sacks in Fang district of Chiang Mai on Friday. (Photo supplied/Panumet Tanraksa)
On Friday in the Fang city of Chiang Mai, a man holds some of the 400 000 rate tablets that were discovered in deserted sacks of compost. ( Photo supplied/Panumet Tanraksa )

On Friday, soldiers in the Fang region of this northwestern province seized 400, 000 andnbsp velocity pills that had been left in a garden.

A nearby resident who had discovered new fertilizer baskets at the gate to his garden in tambon Mae Kha of the Fang area, according to Lt. Gen. Kittiphong Chuenchaichon, the 3rd Army Area chief, called the Ha Muang task force on Friday night.

When the soldiers opened the baskets, they found each contained 200, 000 rate medications. According to Lt. Gen. Kittiphong, who likewise leads a drug-suppression system in the North, the seized drugs were handed over to the Fang police place.

According to him, some drug traffickers are in desperate need of money to repair the damaged homes in border areas because of the increase in unlawful activity this time. This has resulted in the border crossing of significant amounts of marijuana into north regions.

Lt. Gen. Kittiphong, a representative for the government, has increased their stances on prevention and punishment to stop the flow of medications into the nation.

Packs of speed pills are found inside two fertilier sacks left abandoned in a garden in Fang district, Chiang Mai on Friday. (Photo supplied/Panumet Tanraksa)

Rate pills were discovered inside two abandoned yard sacks filled with fertilizers in the Fang region of Chiang Mai. ( Photo supplied/Panumet Tanraksa )

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Celebrity lawyer will not seek bail on fraud, money-laundering case

The attorney for Sittra claims that his customer had no reason to leave.

High-profile lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd, 43, dressed in a white shirt, greets reporters with a wai as he and his wife, Patthitta, 41, wearing sunglasses at the front, are escorted by Crime Suppression Division police to the Criminal Court on Friday after being arrested on a highway in Chachoengsao province on fraud and money laundering charges. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)
Sittra Biabungkerd, a well-known attorney, wails as his wife Patitta, 41, who is also wearing glasses at the front, are escorted by Crime Suppression Division authorities to the Criminal Court on Friday after being detained on a bridge in Chachoengsao state on suspicion of fraud and money laundering. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

Their prosecutor said on Friday that Sittra Biabungkerd, who was detained along with his wife Patitta Biabungkerd on charges of fraud and money laundering, intends to find temporary release from custody.

The child’s attorney, Saiyud Pengboonchu, stated to reporters at the Criminal Court on Friday that he would not request a parole application for Mr. Sittra because the case involves considerable damages. According to the arrest warrant, the suspect’s release could lead to data tampering and pose a security risk, particularly given the rumor that they were trying to flee.

If there is insufficient information, the chances of granting loan may be thin, said Mr Saiyud.

On Friday, police from the Crime Suppression Division ( CSD ) took the couple to the Criminal Court to ask for their detention. The officers objected to their loan, claiming that they posed a flight risk and may interfere with proof.

Mr Sittra, alias” Lawyer Tam”, had shown no intent to escape. According to their attorney, Mr. Sittra and his family were on their way to a church in Chachoengsao state on Thursday when they were detained.

According to Mr. Saiyud, Sittra had prepared a complaint and waited at his home for five days before the detention because he did not want to be detained while wearing pajamas like someone else. Prior to the detention, Sittra had filed a complaint. &nbsp,

 Sittra Biabungkerd, centre, talks with police while being arrested on a highway in Chachoengsao province on Thursday morning. (Police photo)

Sittra Biabungkerd, center, reads an arrest warrant on a mobile phone a police officer showed him on Thursday night as he and his wife were detained on a bridge in Chachoengsao state. ( Police photo )

Mr Sittra, 43, and Ms Patthitta, 41, were stopped by Central Investigation Bureau ( CIB ) officers while they were travelling in their Porsche Cayenne on a section of the Kabin Buri-Chachoengsao Highway in Phanom Sarakham district of Chachoengsao, heading away from Bangkok, on Thursday morning.

The incarceration took place the same day as the Criminal Court requested that the pair be detained. &nbsp,

Fraud and money-laundering allegations were brought against Mr. Sittra. His family faces charges of wealth fraud. &nbsp,

The couple’s attorney, CIB assistant director, Pol Maj Gen Suwat Saengnoom, claimed on Thursday that officers would oppose their momentary release on parole.

Officers seizes a Porsche that is registered in Bangkok and has the license plate Thor Kor 999. They found go bags, linen and a record of documents in.

In the evening, officers detained Mr. Sittra and conducted a search of his home in Bangkok’s Taling Chan city, searching his baggies, and conducted examinations of numerous jewelry and luxury bags.

Mr. Sitttra claimed that despite showing no signs of worry, his family became stressed because she had never anticipated that she would encounter fees and be imprisoned.

Mr. Sittra showed up at the CSD office on Tuesday to ask that the police question him in a situation involving a Thai woman who claimed she had been duped into buying her 71 million baht through an online lottery project. The girl gave the amount as a gift, according to the lawyer, who informed the media.

Before the arrest warrant was issued, the 58-year-old person, Jatuporn” Madame Oy” Ubonlert, had lately filed a complaint with the police and had been questioning many times by investigators.

The woman from Nakhon Ratchasima state apparently lives with her French spouse in France and has won a EuroMillions lottery winnings sum of various billion baht it.

On Friday, Somchart Phinit-aksorn, attorney of Ms Jatuporn, arrived at the Criminal Court at about 10.30am to send a request to oppose bail for Mr Sittra and his family.

After Mr. Sittra’s arrest,” Madame Oy” appeared indifferent, according to prosecutor Somchart.

Police search Sittra Biabungkerd's house in Taling Chan district of Bangkok on Thursday afternoon and impound dozens of items of jewellery and other items for examination. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

On Thursday evening, police research Sittra Biabungkerd’s home in Bangkok’s Taling Chan area and seizure dozens of items for exam. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

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Kelantan state to seek okay from KL to build border wall along Thai border

Barrier to fight acts, smuggling, flooding

A Thai soldier stands guard a wall bordering Thailand and Malaysia in Betong district in Yala province on Jan 23, 2021. (Photo: Fourth Army Region)
On January 23, 2021, a Thai soldier patrols a roof that borders Thailand and Malaysia in the Yala province’s Betong area. ( Photo: Fourth Army Region )

In a new effort to combat cross-border crimes and smuggling, the state of Kelantan, which is located in Narathiwat state, will introduce to the government to construct a 100-kilometer-long wall.

According to the Bernama media agency, Deputy Chief Minister Mohamed Fadzli Hassan has stated that the local government will request approval from Kuala Lumpur for the walls, which could also serve as a barrier against flooding.

Because the Malaysia-Thailand border is so large, it is challenging for the security forces to patrol the entire boundary. He was reportedly cited as saying on Tuesday,” We will take this request to the federal government.”

The action goes against the suggestion of the condition police chief, who lately presented the program to the local authorities.

The Kolok River separates them from the state of Kelantan and Narathiwat state, which has a 100-kilometer liquid border.

The security forces in Malaysia have intensified their efforts to combat trafficking and crimes along Thailand’s full border.

However, the deputy chief minister of Kelantan acknowledged that the state’s government had to deal with difficulties because many of the border crossing points along the river are personal property.

In some borders areas in Satun, Songkhla, and Yala provinces, the two nations have separated practical walls or railings. Some were built by the two locations, while others are punitive jobs.

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Malaysian state proposes erecting 100km border wall

Barrier in Kelantan to fight acts, trafficking, flooding

A Thai soldier stands guard a wall bordering Thailand and Malaysia in Betong district in Yala province on Jan 23, 2021. (Photo: Fourth Army Region)
On January 23, 2021, a Thai soldier patrols a roof that borders Thailand and Malaysia in the Yala province’s Betong area. ( Photo: Fourth Army Region )

In a new effort to combat cross-border crimes and smuggling, the state of Kelantan, which is located in Narathiwat province, may consider the government to construct a 100-kilometer-long wall.

According to the Bernama media agency, Deputy Chief Minister Mohamed Fadzli Hassan has stated that the local government will request approval from Kuala Lumpur for the walls, which could also serve as a barrier against flooding.

Because the Malaysia-Thailand border is so large, it is challenging for the security forces to attempt to guard the whole boundary. He was reportedly cited as saying on Tuesday,” We will take this proposal to build the roof to the federal government.”

The state police chief recently presented the program to the local authorities, and the idea behind the move is at odds with it.

The Kolok River separates the states of Narathiwat and Kelantan from each other, which shares a 100 kilometer much liquid border.

The security forces in Malaysia have intensified their efforts to combat trafficking and crimes along Thailand’s full border.

The deputy chief minister of Kelantan acknowledged that the state’s authorities had to deal with difficulties because many of the river’s borders locations are personal home.

In some borders areas in Satun, Songkhla, and Yala provinces, the two nations have separated practical walls or railings. Some were built by the two locations, while others are punitive jobs.

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First Thai veteran in Korean War to be buried in S. Korea

A statue representing Thailand among the allies of the Korean War is installed outside the War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: Saritdet Marukatat)
Outside the War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea, a memorial displaying Thailand among the friends of the Korean War is installed. ( Photo: Saritdet Marukatat )

The Korean War veteran will be the first to spend a year in the country where he spent one time when his ashes are laid to rest next week in a memorial tomb in South Korea.

The late general’s scorched remains will appear at Incheon International Airport on Friday, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, followed by a relocation service. On Monday, his burial may be held at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan. He may be accompanied by his daughter and granddaughter.

He becomes the first combat veteran from Thailand to get buried there because of his family’s wants to pay him respect in South Korea. He will be among 2, 328 soldiers interred at the tomb in Busan, located in the southern area. Following a family trip to the South Eastern nation last year, the family made this choice.

CSM Rod died on June 14 last season. His age at the time of his dying is not known. He is survived by his 57-year-old girl and 23-year-old grandchild.

Prior to joining the military, Rod worked as a caregiver in the Nakhon Ratchasima province’s Fort Suranari Hospital. He volunteered to fight in fights in Sangju and the Pyongyang offensive while UN troops repelled North Vietnamese soldiers and served in a medical system from November 1952 to October 1953.

Command Sergeant Major Rod Asanapan (Photo: Captured from Ministry of Patriots and Veteran Affairs website)

Command Sergeant Major Rod Asanapan. ( Photo: Captured from Ministry of Patriots and Veteran Affairs website )

The Thai state gave the former the Victory Medal.

The Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953, started when North Korea launched an offensive into South Korea.

Thailand sent 6, 326 men to the UN troops during the fight, which resulted in 136 incidents and 1, 139 injury, according to data from the War Memorial in Seoul. Thailand was the second country to dispatch troops from the army, military, and air troops to South Korea out of 22 countries.

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UN launches chemical sex health toolkit

Initiative to fight discrimination in Asia-Pacific

Sexual health advocates from Thailand and other countries pose for a group photo at the 6th Asia-Pacific Chemsex Symposium in Bangkok. APCS
At the sixth Asia-Pacific Chemsex Symposium in Bangkok, physical health activists from Thailand and additional nations pose for a group pictures. APCS

A chemical gender health toolkit was unveiled yesterday during a two-day conference in Bangkok by two UN organizations.

The toolkit is intended to provide medical to those who engage in biochemical sex, ensuring that those who do so are protected from stigmatization.

Chemical sex ( chemsex ) is the use of specific drugs to enhance or prolong sexual experiences.

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime launched the toolkit on the last day of the “6th Asia-Pacific Chemsex Symposium: Pleasures, Policies, Possibilities”. The Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Universiti Malaya, Swing Thailand, HEART Taiwan, and the Malaysian Aids Foundation simultaneously held the conference.

The conference aimed to increase members ‘ knowledge of chemsex techniques, substance policies, and their implications for medical systems in the Asia-Pacific area. It looked at people-centred, community-led versions of chemsex-related company shipments, including harm reduction providers and local policies.

The kit focuses on how to provide complete medical to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender men and women, according to Suniya Taimour, the UNAIDS Pakistan Country Office Community-Led Response Advisor for Pakistan and Afghanistan.

” It has been developed jointly… It includes the viewpoints and personal experience of significant groups in various nations, according to Ms. Taimour. Through various components, it likewise provided tutorials, tools, and education, and it emphasizes that engaging with those who have engaged in chemsex must be done in a very sympathetic and compassionate way.

She added that this kit takes into account the gender and gender issues that many people in Asia-Pacific countries face face.

When asked what issues arise when those engaged in chemsex frequently have access to care, Ms. Taimour said there is a lot of stigma against these individuals. She even gave instances of medical professionals refraining from providing quality care because they lacked knowledge about using drugs and having chemsex. Often, healthcare professionals rely too much on the patients ‘ medication use behaviour, making them neglect they are duty-bound to provide patients considerate and compassionate healthcare.

When asked how this toolkit was gain Thailand, she said that, in comparison to other countries in the Asia-Pacific area, Thailand is considered liberal. She suggested that Thailand could use this kit to increase awareness of the issue among healthcare professionals. She continued,” We can start small by demonstrating what a good example is to others across borders and in other service.”

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Trafficked antiques to be brought home

Next week will be the International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property, which will bring back items from the 3, 000-year-old Ban Chiang World Heritage Site.

According to the regional office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation ( Unesco ) in the Thai capital, the US Embassy in Bangkok will host the ceremony on Nov 14 at the Issaravinitchai Royal Hall inside the Bangkok National Museum.

Robert Godec, the US embassy, and Rafik Mansour, assistant associate director of the US State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, will hand over the returned objects to Culture Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakitkosol, the Unesco department said.

Another old object is scheduled to be returned to its home territory of Phayao after 36 times.

Wisut Chainarun, a Pheu Thai Party list-MP, just revealed that” Phra Jao Tong”, a 900-year-old bronze Buddha statue which was stolen from Wat Sri Ping Muang in Wiang Lo sub-district of Chun region in October 1988, has been found.

The monument, which is 128 centimetres high and 79cm large, was built in the Lanna design by a local entrepreneur.

According to Mr. Wisut, Phra Jao Tong was illegally transported and sold abroad. It was last seen in Switzerland.

Mr. Wisut, a native of Phayao, claimed a new procedure led to the discovery of the statue, and it was later returned to Thailand in August as part of a regional job force searching for it.

According to Mr. Wisut, Phra Jao Tong is currently being cared for by the Fine Art Department at the Bangkok National Museum.

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Songkhla ‘terrorist’ gets jail time

Azman: Arrested on Sept 17
Azman: Arrested on Sept 17

For the unlawful possession and formation of arms, Azman Porloh, a 29-year-old think in various terrorist attacks in Songkhla state, is facing more than five years in prison.

It is his first event to go to test in which case he is facing.

On costs of unlawful defense and arms concentration as well as illegal possession of weapons, Azman was sentenced to four years and 16 months in jail by Songkhla’s Na Thawi Provincial Court.

On September 17 at a station along with four associates, he was detained along with four other people driving between Pattani and Narathiwat.

Officers found a symbol with the symbol of the BRN separatist movement and evidence indicating planned violent deeds in his car during the arrest.

Azman is from Thepha area in Songkhla. His criminal history includes 18 warrants that are still unfulfilled, 13 of which relate to violence and protection, and 5 of which relate to vehicle theft.

His reported terrorist attacks include numerous bombings, equipment damage, and attacks on public officials.

He is also linked to a 2019 bomb attack on a safety guard in Songkhla’s Saba Yoi area, which injured six soldiers.

In December 2022, he reportedly planted a weapon on the Outfit Yai-Padang Besar rail line, causing a cargo train accident, followed by an ambush on railway workers, resulting in three mortality and four wounds.

The court’s most recent ruling focused on expenses related to capturing and storing arms without authorization rather than these violent incidents.

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Migrants risk losing right to work, stay

Staff bemoan complicated operation

Numerous companies and migrant workers have voiced concerns about issues relating to the new registration and work force registration requirements, which are alleged to have caused a large number of migrant workers to miss the deadline and lose their constitutional status.

A representative of Nai Chang Si Khao ( White Employers ), Nilubol Pongpayom, said yesterday that the employer group had previously petitioned the government to change the requirements to make migrant registration and work permit renewal more convenient.

According to Ms. Nilubol, it has yet to receive a response because hundreds of thousands of migratory laborers have missed the Oct. 31 deadline and turned into illegal workers.

There are only seven CI centers nationwide, and she claimed the Certificate of Identity ( CI), an additional document required for migrant worker registration, was way too complicated.

She attributed the unjust treatment that many companies and migratory workers claim to have been subjected to to state officials ‘ allegedly poor control of these centers to their alleged poor care.

The CI center in Samut Prakan, for example, demanded migrant employees pay a CI payment of between 3, 800 and 4, 000 ringgit without issuing them a correct ticket, Ms Nilubol said.

She claimed that the procedure involved several fees and was rather difficult.

According to there merely being seven CI areas, many migrant workers had to travel to nearby counties, she said.

Another batch of migrant workers whose work grants are scheduled to expire on February 13 will have to go back to their country of origin and re-enter the process before being registered to work in Thailand, according to Ms. Nilubol.

A 30-year-old Myanmar employee who requested anonymity claimed to have worked legally for a sizable Samut Sakhon corporation and had paid her taxes for years.

She missed a deadline on October 1 because of problems with the new CI need, the woman claimed, and thus presently qualifies as an illegal migrant worker.

” I have been living and working around, paid all my fees and have social security. However, due to this challenging procedure, I was unable to meet the deadline and became incapacitated.

A 28-year-old man from Myanmar who has a work force that will expire on February 13 claimed he was uneasy about moving back to his home state, where he would ultimately contribute money to the ruling junta.

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