64 Fishermen rescued Rohingya people who were drifting in the sea and brought them to local officials for examination.
105 The owner of a luxury hotel on Koh Samui lost about 70 million baht worth of its assets to a heist that continued for months after its multi-million-baht renovation.
134 A burglar was killed when he accidentally kicked an electric fence at a hotel in Sukhumvit area while trying to enter the property.
84 About 1.86 million people applied for the government’s welfare cards for the poor on the first day of the registration.
83 People of Mon Cham mountain in this northern province complained against forest authorities’ plan to demolish five resort hotels which allegedly encroach on a forest and they denied they were proxies.
131 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the military on Monday kicked off jointly operation to remove water hyacinth, blocking waterways in preparation for potential heavy rains.
104 Niphon Bunyamanee resigned as deputy interior minister to fight a court case in which he was charged with failing to pay for multi-purpose road maintenance vehicles during his previous tenure as the president of the Songkhla provincial administrative organization.
151 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) launched its campaign for the separation of food waste from other garbage and also introduced its new garbage trucks that have special compartments to carry food waste.
106 Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon visited the southern province of Krabi to follow up water and oil palm situations and handed land right documents.
731 Traffic fines will be much higher, with the maximum rate of 4,000 baht, on Sept 5 when the newly amended Land Traffic Act will take effect, according to the police.
124 Police arrested a couple suspected of trafficking in Rohingya people as they sneaked into the country after escaping arrest since 2015.
203 Many parts of Phuket province were flooded, especially Thalang district where vehicles were covered by floodwater after persistent rain. Meanwhile, the management of Phuket airport warned air travelers to arrive early.
