CNN Crew Fined After Entering Thailand Massacre Site on Tourist Visas

Relatives of the victims of a mass killing attack gather for a Buddhist ceremony in front of the Young Children's Development Center in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, on Oct. 9, 2022. Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand—CNN pulled a story on the massacre of Thai preschoolers and apologized Sunday over criticism its journalists entered the day care where the children were slain and filmed the crime scene without permission.

The two CNN journalists involved were fined after authorities found that they had been working in the country after entering on tourist visas, but cleared of wrongdoing for entering the day care center where more than 20 children were killed, deputy national police chief Surachate Hakparn said.