Nakhon Sawan

[ nah-kawn suh-wahn ]

noun

1. a city in W central Thailand, on the Chao Phraya River.

Example Sentences

Thitisan Utthanaphon, chief of the station in Nakhon Sawan province, north of Bangkok, directing other officers to assault the suspect, Jirapong Thanapat, after he was brought into a room handcuffed with a black plastic bag over his head.

From Seattle Times

Superintendent Thitisan "Joe" Uttanapol, 40, a police chief in Nakhon Sawan province, was arrested with six other officers in August, when an interrogation video went viral showing the victim with plastic bags over his head, suffocating while pinned down on the floor.

From Reuters

Thitisan, who was chief of the station in Nakhon Sawan province, north of Bangkok, disappeared shortly before the video surfaced on social media.

From Seattle Times

The video was posted by a well-known attorney, Decha Kittiwittayanan, who said he had received a complaint from a junior police officer in Nakhon Sawan.

From Seattle Times

"I was prepared by protecting my stores with sandbags, but it still didn't help at all," said Satharn Sae-Chua, a Nakhon Sawan business owner.

From Reuters