It happened! A male and female thief duo broke into the reptile enclosures at Pata Zoo and made off with a Chinese alligator lizard and a tiger-striped salamander stuffed into a backpack. They struck in broad daylight without any concern for CCTV surveillance. A police report has been filed. On May 6th, the Pata Zoo Facebook page posted a search for two criminals who stole animals from the zoo on May 1st. According to the details revealed, the perpetrators are a man and woman approximately 25-35 years old who entered the zoo at 10:40 AM on May 1st, which was Labor Day. They wore a tied cardigan and carried a blue backpack containing a young monkey and squirrel, which they left at the ticket counter. By 11:00 AM, a short-haired woman wearing clear glasses and a tank top used the tied cardigan to cover a large tattoo on her right arm. At 11:06 AM, she used her bare hands to pry open a reptile enclosure using the cardigan to conceal her actions. The man with her did the same with another enclosure. They then grabbed one Chinese alligator lizard and one tiger-striped salamander, placing them in the blue backpack they were carrying. They quickly walked away from that spot, retrieved the monkey and squirrel they had deposited, and fled immediately. All of the criminals' actions were clearly captured by CCTV cameras, and a report has been filed with Bangyikhan Police Station. The zoo's page concluded with a warning: 'Let you both know that the animals at Pata Zoo are no different from John Wick's dog!!!'

FIFA has confirmed the extension of a ban on Juan Luciano Prestianni, an Argentine national team player, from the 2026 World Cup at UEFA's request. This decision compels the Argentine national team to drop Prestianni from their roster after FIFA extended his worldwide ban. If he is included in Argentina's squad, he would be banned from two World Cup matches, following UEFA's original six-match suspension imposed for making derogatory remarks toward Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior during a UEFA Champions League match.

"FIFA's disciplinary committee has decided to extend the six-match ban imposed by UEFA on Juan Luciano Prestianni, a player from Benfica, to have worldwide effect," FIFA stated in its announcement.

However, if coach Lionel Scaloni decides to call up Prestianni anyway, he would be unable to play in the opening match against Algeria on June 17 and the match against Austria five days later. He could only debut in the final group stage match against Jordan on June 28. If he is not selected for the World Cup squad, Prestianni must serve the remainder of his ban in UEFA-sanctioned competitions during the 2026/27 season.

Police from Lad Yao Station in Kanchanaburi Province responded to an emergency report at 7:20 p.m. on May 6, 2025, of an ex-son-in-law using a firearm to shoot family members at a residential home in Moo 7, Lad Yao Subdistrict, Muang District, Kanchanaburi Province. When officers and rescue personnel arrived, they found that family members had already transported two gunshot victims to the hospital: Sarinee, 54, shot once in the face and once in the right shoulder with critical injuries, and Satyah, 32, shot once above the right breast and once in the chest, also critically injured. Despite medical efforts to save them, both victims succumbed to their wounds due to the severity of their injuries. Behind the house, rescuers discovered the body of Songwan, 64, shot twice in the chest and already deceased. Seven 9mm shell casings were found scattered across the floor.

Investigation revealed the shooter was Chayan, 47, an ex-son-in-law who had separated from Songwan's daughter at the end of 2024. Chayan arrived on a motorcycle and parked beside the house before entering and opening fire on his ex-mother-in-law Sarinee and ex-brother-in-law Satyah, causing them to collapse. When Songwan witnessed the violence, he attempted to fight Chayan and seize the weapon, but Chayan retreated. As Songwan tried to retrieve a firearm from inside the house, Chayan followed and shot him fatally.

According to the village headman of Moo 7, who is a relative of the deceased, Chayan had continued to cause problems at his former in-laws' home even after the separation due to disputes over debts and disagreements regarding a shared sugarcane plantation.

Currently, police from Lad Yao Station, Kanchanaburi Provincial Police, and Muang District administration officials are actively pursuing Chayan. Witnesses reported seeing him fleeing across the street into the forest across from the incident house. The manhunt is ongoing.

A controversy has shaken public faith in a sanctuary zone after the community proposed leasing the pond behind Wat Nong Tama to a private operator to sell fish-catching permits as a fundraiser for temple repairs. Local residents have strongly opposed the plan, and the abbot has indicated the project is insensitive, though acknowledging mutual misunderstandings, and has asked for a delay. The dispute has sparked intense public criticism on social media over the Nong Tama pond, a large water body behind Wat Nong Tama in Sri Saket Municipality.

On May 6, 2026, this reporter visited the site and found Nong Tama to be a large natural wetland-like water source behind the temple, home to various fish species including tilapia, snakehead, and catfish visible on the water's surface. For decades, residents have regularly fed the fish, especially on weekends and birthdays, coming to make merit by releasing fish and providing food in a practice spanning over ten years. The public has come to associate this pond with the temple as a sanctuary zone where harming aquatic life is forbidden, partly due to past signage. The fish, unafraid of humans and reproducing rapidly, have become part of the community's spiritual connection to the site.

However, investigations revealed that Nong Tama does not lie within temple property and lacks documentation recognizing it as public land or royal property. The Sri Saket Municipality is currently surveying the area. The community identified problems including overpopulation causing water quality deterioration and occasional fish die-offs creating foul odors during dry or rainy seasons.

The community held a meeting and decided to lease the pond to a private operator to organize a fish-catching event, selling 5,000-baht permits on May 17, with proceeds funding temple hall repairs. Though intended to solve environmental and community development issues, the plan sparked strong online opposition, with critics viewing it as killing fish that people had released and violating Buddhist precepts and sanctuary principles. Public opinion split into supporters and opponents.

Noi Payom, 71, who has sold fish food in the area for over ten years, revealed the pond long served as a merit-making site, especially on weekends when many came to feed fish. Since news of the plan emerged, foot traffic has declined as people feel their released fish will be caught and sold. She opposes the permit sales out of compassion for the fish, though acknowledging others see it as solving overpopulation. Regarding foul odors, she noted they haven't occurred this year but remembered a past season when mass fish die-offs created stench, compounded by herbicide spraying.

At 6:26 PM on May 6, 2569, Kanchanadit Police Station in Surat Thani province received a report that a police officer had been hit by a bus while apprehending a suspect and sustained critical injuries near a Super Cheap store in Tha Thong Nai subdistrict, Kanchanadit district, Surat Thani province. Investigation and rescue personnel were immediately dispatched to the scene.

When they arrived, they found Pol. Sgt. Natthapon Khuea Dej (nicknamed "Muay Thai"), a patrol supervisor at Kanchanadit Police Station, lying face-down on the roadside median strip in critical condition and unconscious. He had severe injuries including a fractured skull and a severely deformed right wrist fracture. A green bus with a shattered right windshield was parked nearby at the scene.

Rescue personnel from Surat Thani Kusalasat Foundation rushed him to Kanchanadit Hospital before transferring him to Surat Thani Hospital. Doctors discovered significant internal bleeding in the abdominal cavity and rushed him into surgery for emergency drainage. His fractured skull required a CT scan for further assessment. His condition remains stable with close medical supervision.

Investigation revealed that prior to the incident, Pol. Sgt. Natthapon had been tracking and attempting to arrest Natthapaht, a suspect accused of stealing water meter protective caps from residential properties. After receiving a report that the suspect was spotted near a sausage stand, the officer made the arrest. However, while being transported, Natthapaht resisted and fled across the street. Pol. Sgt. Natthapon and another officer pursued him closely, but as they crossed the street, a bus traveling at high speed struck Pol. Sgt. Natthapon, sending him flying into the middle of the road. The suspect, Natthapaht, escaped into a nearby alley but was subsequently apprehended.

Initial charges against the suspect include illegally carrying a knife in a public residential area and possession of methamphetamine (Category 1 drug). The theft charges remain under further investigation for prosecution.