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    25Jul, 2018
    Thai woman arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal meth into Semarang

    Wilaiwan Boonyiam, 22, who hails from Nakhon Pathom province in Thailand, was caught by customs officials at Ahmad Yani International Airport with 1.6 kilograms of sabu sabu (crystal methamphetamine) on July 1.

    “Boonyiam flew from Bangkok to Singapore via Singapore Airlines flight SQ-973 before flying to Semarang with SilkAir. She admitted to receiving instructions from someone in Thailand [to smuggle the drugs],” head of the Central Java BNN, Tri Agus Heru Prasetyo, said in a press conference on Tuesday in Semarang.

    The woman reportedly told investigators that she had been instructed to stay at a hotel in Semarang before meeting someone who would retrieve the crystal meth.

    She allegedly received US$1500 for the job.

    Boonyiam will be charged under the 2009 Narcotics Law, which carries a maximum penalty of death, Tri said.

    (Read More: The Jakarta Post)

    10Jul, 2018
    All 13 ‘Wild Boars’ rescued from Thai cave on third day of operation | #ThaiCaveResque

    All 12 boys from the “Wild Boar” football team and their coach were rescued on Tuesday evening (Jul 10) from a flooded Thai cave complex where they had been trapped for more than two weeks.

    The last five trapped in the Tham Luang cave were evacuated on Tuesday, the third day of the rescue operation.

     “All 12 ‘Wild Boars’ and coach have been extracted from the cave,” a post from the Thai Navy SEALs said.

    Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who visited the cave on Monday, denied on Tuesday that the young footballers were tranquillised before being rescued, but admitted that they took anxiolytic to relieve anxiety.

    There had been speculation that since all of the 13 survivors had no diving experience and most could not swim, and that diving out of the cave could be a frightening experience, they might have to be given tranquillisers before embarking on the high-risk journey.

    Speaking after the weekly Cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Gen Prayut dismissed the speculation but admitted that the so-called Wild Boars soccer team members were given anxiolytic to reduce their anxiety.

    (Explore this story: Channel News Asia)