A police source revealed Yee is also suspected of murdering two Thai brothers – Montree Saekung and Srirat Saekung – at a rented house in Tambon Koh Yor, Songkhla’s Mueang district, on 22 May, 2014.

The Venerable Ajahn Cagino, a Malaysian monk of the Thai Forest Tradition, took some hill tribe children to a restaurant. But when the food was served, they just sat and stared at everything at first.

The Akha are one of the six hill tribes in the mountainous regions of Northern Thailand. The hill tribes (chao khao, literally ‘mountain people’) are considered non-Thai by the Thai authorities, and ...

Yee reportedly purchased a fake Thai ID card in Chiang Mai’s Chai Prakan district for 250,000 baht (US$7220), assuming the identity of “Anucha Saeyow”, a supposed hill tribe member.

Like the other hill tribes in Thailand, the Akha can be distinguished by their clothing and jewelry. Men generally wear loose trousers, a white vest, and a blue jacket. Akha women traditionally wear a ...