Iranian nationals Patris Jamshid and Davood Mohammadi were arrested in Bangkok over the weekend for possession with intent to distribute 1.2 million baht worth of crack cocaine. Police said Dadgostar admitted to selling the drug in areas frequented by Arab tourists for between 2,500 and 3,000 baht per gram. Metropolitan Police superintendent Colonel Sombat Milinjinda said the men told police the drug was popular among Arabs and first appeared in Thailand about a year ago. Metropolitan police also said Thai customers made up about 10 percent of the men's sales.
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The Nation
Police are seeking an arrested for 60-year-old Somporn Phromjit of Samut Prakan on charges of duping as many as 30 girls and one boy into believing he could exorcise evil spirits by having sex with them. One 12-year-old girl told police she had been raped nearly 30 times. Somporn told the girl he was a spiritual medium and could see evil in her, and could only rid the spirits through sex. One boy who was also raped said he had talked with other children in the neighborhood and was convinced the man had had sex as many as 30 girls.
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In this Radio Australia interview, John Funston, executive director of the National Centre for Thai Studies at Australian National University, speaks of the Assets Examination Committee’s decision to recommend filing corruption charges against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. He also talks to two professors from the Prince of Songlkah University about the situation in Southern Thailand.
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Radio Australia