The 29-year-old driver of a van transporting students, who is accused of raping two schoolgirls aged 12 and 14, appeared at Bangkok's Thon Buri Court on Friday to apply for a detention order.

A 29-year-old Sa Kaew van driver who hit and killed a 51-year-old Filipino cyclist during a long-distance event in Chachoengsao's Ban Pho district on Tuesday, was arrested on Thursday night as he attempted to flee to Cambodia, police said.