Bangkok - Thailand will deport the latest group of Rohingya boat people to arrive from Burma, a top immigration official said Saturday.
A group of 78 Rohingyas who claim to be refugees from Myanmar's dire economy will be repatriated "just as soon as we have found a way to do this humanely," Immigration Commissioner Lt-Gen Chatchawan Suksomchit said.
Bangkok - A Thai court on Friday sentenced the son of a former Miss Thailand to more than 10 years in prison for ramming his Mercedes into a crowd of people at a bus stop, killing one woman and injuring several others.
The Phra Khanong district court handed down a term of 10 years and one month to Kanpithak Patchimsawat, 21, after finding him guilty of intentionally causing death and injury for the 2007 incident that sparked widespread public indignation against the rich and powerful in Bangkok.
Bangkok - The United Nations on Thursday called on the Thai government for a "transparent" investigation into reports that the navy last month took an estimated
1,000 Rohingya refugees out to sea and set them adrift in boats without engines or supplies.
"We feel very strongly that this needs to be the subject of a transparent investigation," United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regional representative Raymond Hall said.
Bangkok - Thailand will propose at an upcoming South-East Asian summit to set up a regional rice reserve in the kingdom to ensure food security, media reports aid Thursday.
The draft proposal will be presented at the 14th summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to be held in Hua Hin beach resort, 130 kilometres south-west of the Thai capital, from February 27 to March 1, the Bangkok Post newspaper said.
Bangkok - Thai authorities arrested 78 Rohingya boat people in Thai waters Tuesday and sought court permission to deport them amid reports that the navy shoved about 1,000 others out to sea last month, half of whom are feared drowned.
The refugees' boat was captured by the Thai navy about 2 am near Surin Island, Phang Nga province, and handed over to police to be processed for deportation back to Myanmar, said Police Colonel Veerasilp Kwansaeng.
Bangkok - Thailand will deport the latest group of Rohingya boat people to arrive from Burma, a top immigration official said Saturday.
Bangkok - A Thai court on Friday sentenced the son of a former Miss Thailand to more than 10 years in prison for ramming his Mercedes into a crowd of people at a bus stop, killing one woman and injuring several others.
Bangkok - The United Nations on Thursday called on the Thai government for a "transparent" investigation into reports that the navy last month took an estimated 
Bangkok - Thailand will propose at an upcoming South-East Asian summit to set up a regional rice reserve in the kingdom to ensure food security, media reports aid Thursday.
Bangkok - Thai authorities arrested 78 Rohingya boat people in Thai waters Tuesday and sought court permission to deport them amid reports that the navy shoved about 1,000 others out to sea last month, half of whom are feared drowned.
