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Red Bull heir pays $97,000 to family of man he is alleged to have killed with a $1M Ferrari
BANGKOK, Thailand — The billionaire family of a Red Bull energy drink heir accused of killing a police officer in a hit-and-run accident paid the officer’s siblings about $100,000 in a deal aimed at avoiding a civil lawsuit, police said Wednesday.
Vorayuth Yoovidhya, 27, is charged with driving a Ferrari that struck the officer and dragged his body down a Bangkok street earlier this month. (AP Photo)
Iranian bomber maimed when his own explosive goes off in Bangkok
An Iranian man was seriously wounded in Bangkok Tuesday when a bomb he was carrying exploded and blew one of his legs off, police and government officials said, but they declined to speculate on whether he was involved with any militant group.
Shortly before, there had been an explosion in a house the man was renting in the Ekamai area of central Bangkok, and shortly afterwards, another blast on a nearby road. (Photos: Damir Sagolj/Reuters; Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
Bites worth the flights
From still-squirming seafood in Thailand and foie gras in Nice to clementines straight from the tree on Oahu, we round up a few destinations to devour.
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Vehicles are submerged at the Honda factory in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, November 14, 2011. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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Thai mahouts ride on top of their elephants during celebrations for the annual Loy Krathong festival, after floodwater recede at Ayutthaya province November 10, 2011. Believers float krathongs during the festival, which is held as a symbolic apology to the goddess of the river. http://natpo.st/snTPdD
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Airplanes are reflected in flood waters in Bangkok’s Don Muang airport at dawn, Nov. 1, 2011. Nearly 400 people have been killed in months of floods that have disrupted the lives of more than 2 million. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
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This aerial picture shows the flooded World Heritage site Chaiwattanaram Temple in the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok on October 11, 2011. Massive floods have left 500 people dead across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, officials said, as authorities stepped up efforts to reach victims of the unusually heavy monsoon rains. (CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images)
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A devotee of the Chinese shrine of Kathu Shrine, pierces his body with needles during a procession at the Vegetarian Festival on October 4, 2011 in Phuket, Thailand. Ritual Vegetarianism in Phuket Island traces it roots back to the early 1800’s. The festival begins on the first evening of the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days. Participants in the festival perform acts of body piercing as a means of shifting evil spirits from individuals onto themselves and bring the community good luck. (Photo: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)
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A devotee with a cheek pierced with a handgun, takes part in a procession in celebration of the vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 2, 2011. The festival celebrates the local Chinese community’s belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants, during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, will help them obtain good health and peace of mind. (Dario Pignatelli/Reuters)
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Heavy rain falls over Bangkok at sunset during the monsoon season, Sept. 18, 2011. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
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Zoo performer Theerapone Manolai smiles as he puts his head between the jaws of a crocodile during a performance for tourists at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, Thailand. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)
Photos of the Day, May 17, 2011
Buddhists carry candles while encircling a large Buddha statue during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death, at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, May 17, 2011. This year marks 2600th anniversary of Buddha’s enlightenment. Picture taken using long exposure. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
National Post front page for March 29, 2011
Dreams of Canada end in Thai cell
As Syria goes, so goes the Mideast
Postdated pledges: Don’t try this at home
Liberals can’t solve their Western riddle
Canada is now a target of Southeast Asia’s human smuggling syndicates. Read the complete four-part investigative series by the Post’s Stewart Bell.
In Part One, we identify for the first time the members of the smuggling network believed to be behind the migrant ships. We expose how they operate and meet one of the suspects in a Bangkok prison.
- The multi-headed snake
- ‘So many refugees are here’
- Photos: Investigating human smuggling in Thailand
In Part Two, we reveal the untold story of the Canadians whose names and photos appear in Thai police files in connection with the Sun Sea smuggling operation.
In Part Three, we shine a light on the dark side of Canada’s anti-human smuggling program: the hundreds of migrants who have been rounded up and held in an overcrowded Thai prison.
And in Part Four, we introduce readers to the Canadian and Thai police officials trying to stop the smugglers.
