Crime

Pattaya, Thailand- Nongprue police raided a pool villa in Pattaya today, catching sixteen alleged gamblers playing card games for reportedly hundreds of thousands of baht in bets. The raid took place at 5:00 P.M. today, June 22nd, at a rented luxury pool villa located on Moo 7 in the Nongprue sub-district in Banglamung. The raid was led by the Nongprue police including the superintendent of investigation and a team of detectives led by Lt. Col Ekarin Sikhakul. The raid followed a tip given by neighbors in the area who reported to police they were constantly seeing people coming and going from the villa in question and that the neighbors were as a result concerned about the potential spread of Covid-19 in their local area. Upon arriving, Nongprue police found a five-room luxury villa with a swimming pool, pool tables, and other amenities. They discovered 13 women and three men gathered around decks of cards and other gambling equipment in a hall in the central part of the ... » Learn More about Nongprue police raid pool villa in Pattaya, catch sixteen alleged gamblers violating Covid-19 rules

PETALING JAYA (Bernama): A man was sentenced to seven months' jail by the Magistrate's Court here Tuesday (June 22) for threatening his mother with a knife. Magistrate M. Barath handed down the sentence to R. Mahendran, 23, after he pleaded guilty to the charge. The offence was committed after his mother, P. Kalaivaini, 50, refused to give Mahendran money to buy drugs. He committed the offence in their apartment at Pelangi Damansara, PJU 6, Persiaran Surian here at 9pm on June 18 and was charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which provided a maximum jail term of seven years, or fine, or both, if convicted. The court also ordered him to serve the sentence from the day of his arrest on June 20. – Bernama ... » Learn More about Man gets seven months’ jail for threatening mother with knife

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Dhaya Maju LTAT Sdn Bhd on Tuesday (June 22) obtained an extension of the ad interim injunction to preserve the status quo of the case pending the full and final disposal of the company's appeal against the High Court's decision rejecting the injunction order sought against the government and Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) on June 4. The ad interim injunction, among others, stated that Dhaya Maju as appellant shall discontinue the works at the Klang Valley Double Tracking Phase 2 (KVDT2) project site, and that the government shall take possession of the KVDT2 project site. Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Seri Kamaludin Md Said granted the application by Dhaya Maju LTAT pending the hearing of the appeal on July 26. "Since there is no objection by the SFC, the court allowed an ad interim order for maintaining the status quo, until the hearing of the matter on July 26," said the judge, who presided over the virtual proceedings with justices Datuk Lee Heng ... » Learn More about Dhaya Maju gets ad interim injunction until July 26

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Dhaya Maju LTAT Sdn Bhd has withdrawn one of the two suits against the government and Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong over a contract on the Klang Valley Double Tracking Phase 2 (KVDT2) project. This was disclosed by senior federal counsel Asliza Ali on Monday (June 14) after case management proceedings conducted via Zoom before High Court judge Datuk Aliza Sulaiman and also attended by lawyer Laarnia Rajandran, representing Dhaya Maju LTAT. "The court allowed the suit to be withdrawn without liberty for the plaintiff (Dhaya Maju) to file a new suit and without an order on costs," said Asliza who represented the government and Dr Wee as defendants. Meanwhile, counsel Khoo Guan Huat, who was also representing Dhaya Maju LTAT, said the suit was withdrawn after his client filed another suit on the same matter and heard before High Court judge Datuk Lim Chong Fong. On Sept 7 last year, Dhaya Maju LTAT filed a suit against the government and Dr ... » Learn More about Double tracking project: Dhaya Maju LTAT withdraws one of the two suits against govt, Wee Ka Siong