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• Thai junta hits royal critics with record jail time

  Just minutes after being locked up for 30 years for insulting Thailand’s monarchy, Pongsak Sriboonpeng described what he thought was the cause of his capture: a poorly chosen Facebook friend.

• Thai police hunt two bombing suspects after weekend raids

  Police probing Thailand's deadliest bombing issued arrest warrants on Monday for two suspects after a second weekend raid on a suburban apartment block uncovered possible bomb-making materials.

• International terrorists 'unlikely' responsible for Thai bomb

  International terrorists were not suspected of a bomb attack in Bangkok this week that killed 20 people and China was not the target, Thai authorities said on Thursday, as police said they believed at least 10 plotters were involved.

• Thai authorities say looking for suspect seen in CCTV footage at blast site

  Thai authorities said on Tuesday they were looking for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near a renowned shrine where a bomb blast killed 22 people, including nine foreigners from several Asian countries.

• Malaysia finds 139 graves in 'cruel' jungle trafficking camps

  Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants across the border with Thailand, the country's police chief said on Monday.

• Malaysia, Indonesia to let "boat people" come ashore temporarily

  Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday they would offer shelter to 7,000 "boat people" adrift at sea in rickety boats but, anxious not to encourage a fresh influx, made clear that their assistance was temporary and they would take no more.

• Thai police arrest Rohingya man suspected of running deadly jungle camp

  Thai police have arrested a man they believe is the key figure behind a brutal human trafficking network that ran a jungle camp where dozens of bodies have been found.

• Three turn themselves in as probe involving Thai princess's kin widens

  Two Thai army officers and a civilian have answered a police summons, police said, in a widening corruption investigation that has also led to the arrest of high-ranking policemen and relatives of Princess Srirasmi, the wife of the Crown Prince.

• Three Thais detained for handing out tickets to Hunger Games

  Three Thai university students were taken into police custody on Thursday for handing out free tickets to the latest film in the Hunger Games series, from which Thai protesters have borrowed a gesture of resistance to a totalitarian government.

• Thai junta may lift martial law in tourist areas

  Thailand's military government is considering lifting martial law in some provinces, particularly in those that attract a lot of tourists, a junta spokesman said on Wednesday.