Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan: March 20, 2026 — Immigration officers detained and charged a Myanmar national accused of unlawfully collecting parking fees from motorists near a Prachuap train station railway-side lot. According to Top News Thai report, The operation, carried out by officers from the Prachuap Khiri Khan Immigration Office (สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมืองจังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์) in coordination with the…
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Former Prachuap Khiri Khan prison warden ‘liable’ in ‘housewife’ operation
JUNE 12, 2024: The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is pursuing charges against the former warden of Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Prison for criminal liability in a prisoner-run business operation. The finding follows an investigation of Sutin Chidchob (สุทิน ชิดชอบ) who was accused of misusing power to establish a housewives’ group to sell food and drinks…
Cops hunt for Prachuap Khiri Khan suspect in ‘Phuket teen’ girl murder
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: An arrest warrant has been issued for a 20-year-old Prachuap Khiri Khan resident suspected of murdering a 21-year-old girl whose corpse was found off the side of the highway earlier this week in Phetchaburi province. UPDATE: The suspect was arrested by police on Sunday June 9) night in Prachuap Khiri Khan. See…
Prachuap Khiri Khan man arrested for BB gun Facebook fraud
NAKHON PATHOM: A 53-year-old man from Prachuap Khiri Khan is facing charges of computer fraud after police acted on an arrest warrant reportedly issued for defrauding a victim on Facebook six years ago. On June 9, 2024, at the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Investigation Division, Police Major General Teeradet Thamsuthi (พล.ต.ต.ธีรเดช ธรรมสุธีร์), Chief of the Investigation…
Phetchaburi corpse suspected to be missing teen en route to Prachuap
PHETCHABURI, Province, June 7, 2024: An autopsy has been ordered to determine whether a decaying corpse discovered off the side of the road in Phetchaburi province last week is in fact a teen reported missing from the island of Phuket, and reportedly en route to Prachuap Khiri Khan province last week. On Thursday (June 7),…
Neglected health suspected in young monk’s death
KUIBURI DISTRICT, PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: At 9:00 AM on June 1, 2024, Police Captain Prasong Jaturat (พ.ต.ต.ประสงค์ จาตุรัตน์), an investigator from Kui Buri Police Station (สภ.กุยบุรี), received a report of a monk’s death at a temple in Moo 1, Kui Buri Subdistrict, Kui Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province (จ.ประจวบคีรีขันธ์). He immediately went to investigate…
Wedding scammer suspect nabbed at Prachuap resort town residence
Hua Hin, May 24, 2024: Police on Friday (May 24) arrested a woman accused of defrauding numerous betrothed couples for deposits on weddings that never took place. The suspect, named as Wimonrat was apprehended in front of an apartment in Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. She was wanted under three arrest warrants issued by…
Suspect in Cha-ahm shooting at large as victims hospitalized in Hua Hin
HUA HIN, May 22, 2024: A man and a woman are being treated for gunshot wounds at a hospital in Prachuap Khiri Khan province as police pursue the culprit in Tuesday’s shooting. On May 22 at 9:30 PM, Police Lieutenant Sutat Majiao (รตท.สุทัศ มะเจี่ยว) of Cha-Am Police Station (สภ.ชะอำ), Phetchaburi Province (จ.เพชรบุรี), received a report…
Myanmar laborer electrocuted from rice cooker
KUIBURI, May 17, 2024: At 9:00 AM on May 17, 2024, Police Lieutenant Prasong Jaturong (พ.ต.ต.ประสงค์ จาตุรงค์) responded to an alert of an electrocution death at a rental house in Moo 7, Kui Buri Subdistrict, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. The deceased, identified as Myint, also known as Mr. Thong (นายทอง), 52, a Myanmar national working…
Prachuap Khiri Khan population ‘stable’ as Thailand deaths surpass births
Shrinking Thai population in post-pandemic era offset by influx of non-Thai residents in western Thai province January 28, 2022: As the Thai population shrank during the past two years, the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan has logged a ‘stabilizing’ influx of Thai females and non-Thai residents, official figures show. According to vital statistics published by…