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Chinese businessman linked to pub raid is donor of Palang Pracharath More than 200 Chinese clients were found in the pub in Yannawa raided by police on Tuesday. A Chinese businessman linked to a pub in Yannawa district of Bangkok raided by police on Tuesday night is listed as a donor of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin admitted on Thursday. Somsak, the chief strategist of Palang Pracharath, said the businessman, Chaiyanat Kornchayanant, donated as much as three million baht to the party last year. “His donation was made in accordance with the law,” he said but admitted that the party did not do background checks of its donors. “But I can assure you that there is no political favour in return,” he said of the donation by Chaiyanat. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/chinese-businessman-linked-to-pub-raid-is-donor-of-palang-pracharath/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

The Tesla CEO finalized a transaction he was determined to walk away from before performing a surprise U-turn this month. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters The $44bn deal will give world’s richest man control of influential social media platform with more than 230m users Dan Milmo Global technology editor, and Kari Paul in San Francisco Elon Musk has reportedly completed his $44bn takeover of Twitter, taking control of the company and firing several of the company’s top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal. Several outlets, including Reuters, the Washington Post and the New York Times, reported on Thursday evening that Ned Segal, the chief financial officer, and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal policy, trust and safety, were also fired, according to sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Agrawal and Segal were in Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters when the deal closed and were escorted out, Reuters reported. The news comes ahead of a Friday deadline to complete his purchase of the platform, and will give the world’s richest man control of an influential social media platform with more than 230 million users, and caps several tumultuous months of back and forth over whether he would buy the company. Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/27/elon-musk-completes-twitter-takeover -- © Copyright The Guardian 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Chinese businessman wanted to shutter local media house to ‘please’ recently held CCP meeting in Beijing By Erich Parpart The Chinese government will continue to try and increase their control over Thai media, the founder of a Thai student publishing house which said that a Chinese businessman tried to buy them out told Thai Enquirer. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276060-chinese-businessman-wanted-to-shutter-local-media-house-to-‘please’-recently-held-ccp-meeting-in-beijing/

By Erich Parpart The Chinese government will continue to try and increase their control over Thai media, the founder of a Thai student publishing house which said that a Chinese businessman tried to buy them out told Thai Enquirer. “China has been influencing Thailand for a long time now and their attempt to try and buy our small publication made me think how many news agencies in Thailand have already been supported by China which is why they do not dare to speak about Chinese issues,” said Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, a pro-democracy activist and founder of the Sam Yan Press. “We thought about staying silence on the matter because it was risky but if we remain silence, people will not know about this attempt to control a Thai publication by China and the need for Thai press to be free from influences from abroad,” he said. The publication, which translated and published many books that were critical to Beijing’s human rights records include those of political dissidents in China such as Liu Xiobo and Ilham Tohti, said in a series of tweets and a statement that they were approached by an investigator from a private investigation company in Bangkok which has a Chinese client who wanted to offer the publication 2 million Baht for them to shut down. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/45477/chinese-businessman-wanted-to-shutter-local-media-house-to-please-recently-held-ccp-meeting-in-beijing/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday October 28 2022 Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276058-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-friday-october-28-2022/

Listen to the news: Police arrested two Singapore nationals for allegedly selling drugs to mainly Chinese customers, and for living in Thailand illegally for more than 20 years. Officers believe a pub on Ratchada Road and a karaoke lounge on Sathorn Road were run as unlicensed nightclubs by the same people. Several luxury cars and more than a million baht were seized during raids carried out after the death of a Chinese woman who tested positive for drugs. Her family contacted the Chinese embassy in Bangkok which led to the current police investigation. Thailand’s The State Railway is conducting a poll online to see whether people approve of Hua Lamphong train station’s move to Chatuchak. SRT’s PR director said so far people have indicated they want long train services to the North, South and Northeast to be located at the new terminal at Bang Sue, now known as ‘Bangkok Central’ while Hua Lampong should continue as a center for local city train services. The Thai doctor who returned home after being kidnapped in Africa has been recalling his ordeal, he told the media his captors were friendly towards him, but food and water were in short supply. Dr Nopparat had been shooting a YouTube video while traveling in Africa. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit instructed the NBTC broadcast regulator to ensure the FIFA world cup in Qatar will be available here on domestic television. His meeting also secured next years budgets for the National Sports Development Fund, and Sports authority. Prime Minister Prayut will visit Laos tomorrow for the foundation-laying ceremony of the fifth Friendship Bridge over the Mekong River. When finished the 15 kilometer bridge is expected to cost 1.1 billion baht. The PM’s trip comes at the invitation of the laos government REGION Asean foreign ministers meeting in Jakarta conveyed their concern and disappointment that there has been no significant progress on the “five-point peace deal on Myanmar. The ministers discussed how to push forward the peace process ahead of next month's Asean summit. Malaysia: fire-fighters were called to an explosion at a Petronas oil refinery in Johor yesterday, an interconnecting pipe was believed to be the source of the blaze which caused severe damage but no injuries. Chiang Mai: Bright partly cloudy with rain 30C Bangkok: Cloudy with thndershowers 32C Pattaya and SE: partly cloudy with thundershowers 30C. Phuket: Partly Cloudy with thunderstorms this afternoon 29C. Hua Hin: Bright, Cloudy with rain, 28C Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English, Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com. Listen Live: Surf 102.5 Facebook: Surf 102.5 -- © Copyright SURF 102.5 FM 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Tourism and Sports Minister to suggest marine safety improvements for tourists in Phuket By Goongnang Suksawat Phuket – The Tourism and Sports Minister is going to suggest marine safety improvements for tourists in Phuket to the Thai Prime Minister. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276057-tourism-and-sports-minister-to-suggest-marine-safety-improvements-for-tourists-in-phuket/

By Goongnang Suksawat Phuket – The Tourism and Sports Minister is going to suggest marine safety improvements for tourists in Phuket to the Thai Prime Minister. The suggestion follows the death of a Russian tourist on the island recently. The Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn who arrived in Phuket yesterday morning (October 26th) for the Thirteenth ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Sports event had also visited the Layan Beach in Thalang. Mr. Pipat told the Phuket Express, “I am very sorry for Ms. Elena’s family and friends for their loss. Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/10/27/update-tourism-and-sports-minister-to-suggest-marine-safety-improvements-for-tourists-in-phuket/ -- © Copyright The Phuket Express 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Foreign man rescued after struggling while diving off Phuket By Goongnang Suksawat Phuket – An unidentified foreign man has been rescued after suffering from decompression sickness while he was diving near an island in Chalong. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276056-foreign-man-rescued-after-struggling-while-diving-off-phuket/

By Goongnang Suksawat Phuket – An unidentified foreign man has been rescued after suffering from decompression sickness while he was diving near an island in Chalong. Emergency responders were notified of the incident yesterday (October 26th). The foreign man was on a boat near the Tue Island, east of the Racha Island. Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/10/27/foreign-man-rescued-after-struggling-while-diving-off-phuket/ -- © Copyright The Phuket Express 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thief steals 200,000 baht from local grocery store in Chonburi By Tanakorn Panyadee PHOTO: PattayaupdateNews Chonburi — A security camera caught a man stealing money roughly worth 200,000 baht from a local grocery store in Chonburi. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276055-thief-steals-200000-baht-from-local-grocery-store-in-chonburi/

PHOTO: PattayaupdateNews By Tanakorn Panyadee Chonburi — A security camera caught a man stealing money roughly worth 200,000 baht from a local grocery store in Chonburi. The female victim, Ms. Pranee Rakchat, 35, told local media that a male thief walked into her grocery shop in the Ban Kao subdistrict of Phan Thong district in Chonburi and grabbed around 200,000 baht from her money box. The victim did not see the suspect, but he wore long trousers, a black facial mask, a black fanny pack, and a brown long-sleeved shirt, according to CCTV footage. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/27/thief-steals-200000-baht-from-local-grocery-store-in-chonburi/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

World Sports News - Friday 28 October by Chili Radio Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276053-world-sports-news-friday-28-october-by-chili-radio/

Listen to the news: Football - Highlights from last night's European action, in the Europa league Arsenal were beaten 2-0 in Holland at PSV Eindhoven, Roma won 2-1 in Finland at HJK Helsinki and Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his return to the Manchester United side in their 3-0 win over Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford. Real Sociedad won 2-0 at Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus. In the Europa Conference there were good wins for Fiorentina, West Ham United and Nice. In the Women's Champions League matches played last night Arsenal, Barcelona and FC Bayern Munich all won. All of last night's scores can be found at bbc.com/football. Cricket - Virat Kohli scored a brilliant unbeaten 62 as India cruised to a 56-run win over Netherlands in the Men's T20 World Cup in Sydney. The Netherlands scored 123-9 India scored 179-2 off their twenty overs.Rilee Rossouw smashed the first hundred of this year's tournament as South Africa completed a 104-run win over Bangladesh also in Sydney. The final match of the day was a thriller as Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by 1 run. Pakistan scored 129 - 8 against Zimbabwe's score of 130 - 8. Download the Chili Radio app : https://chiliradio.app for Chili Pop and Chili Classics. -- © Copyright Chili RADIO 2022-10-28 Chili Radio: https://chiliradiothailand.com Listen Live: https://chiliradio.asia - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Officials remove encroaching signs on Lay Phang Beach in Thalang By Goongnang Suksawat Thalang – Officials removed encroaching signs on Lay Phang Beach in Thalang after all encroached structures were ordered by relevant agencies to be demolished. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276048-officials-remove-encroaching-signs-on-lay-phang-beach-in-thalang/

By Goongnang Suksawat Thalang – Officials removed encroaching signs on Lay Phang Beach in Thalang after all encroached structures were ordered by relevant agencies to be demolished. Wednesday (October 26th) a team of officials from the Phuket Legal Execution Office and the Cherng Talay Police inspected the area of interest on Lay Phang Beach – Layan Beach in the Cherng Talay sub-district. Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/10/27/officials-remove-encroaching-signs-on-lay-phang-beach-in-thalang/ -- © Copyright The Phuket Express 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Gen Prawit confirms Thais Can Watch World Cup BANGKOK, (TNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has ordered the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) to coordinate with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to guarantee that Thai people can watch live matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276047-gen-prawit-confirms-thais-can-watch-world-cup/

BANGKOK, (TNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has ordered the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) to coordinate with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to guarantee that Thai people can watch live matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Gen Prawit chaired two consecutive meetings of the boards of the National Sports Development Fund and the SAT. The meetings approved budgets for 2023 and a four-year action plan to be implemented from 2023 to 2026. The boards also endorsed financial welfare for injured and retired boxers and rewards for the athletes who built up the national reputation. They also approved sponsorship for the 1st World Mountain & Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai province on Nov 3-6, 2022. Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1045792 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Chinese links to nightlife underworld and police collusion being investigated in drugs crackdown y Joseph O' Connor Police led by Police Major General Theeradet Thamsuthee raided an illegal nightclub premises on Charoen Rat Road on Wednesday morning. (Inset left) A white Rolls Royce was among 34 luxury cars seized. (Inset right). Police seized ฿1.3 million in cash from two safes while they failed to open four others at a completely unlicensed Chinese-run high-end nightlife complex. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276046-chinese-links-to-nightlife-underworld-and-police-collusion-being-investigated-in-drugs-crackdown/

Police led by Police Major General Theeradet Thamsuthee raided an illegal nightclub premises on Charoen Rat Road on Wednesday morning. (Inset left) A white Rolls Royce was among 34 luxury cars seized. (Inset right). by Joseph O' Connor Police seized ฿1.3 million in cash from two safes while they failed to open four others at a completely unlicensed Chinese-run high-end nightlife complex in Sathorn which had a drug warehouse at the back, where sachets of drugs in different colours sold for between ฿10,000 to ฿25,000 each to over 200 nearly exclusively high-end Chinese customers, after Wednesday morning’s raid, which saw the local police chief transferred. A nationwide police crackdown on illegal drug distribution has shone a spotlight on illegal practices in the nightlife industry linked to Chinese nationals and the underworld where huge amounts of drugs and illicit money are moved across Thailand, particularly in Bangkok and Pattaya. In Bangkok, on Wednesday morning, following a raid on a completely illegal and off-the-radar high-end nightlife complex in Sathorn, the police chief of Yannawa Police Station was removed from his post while in Pattaya, a high-level task force led by ‘Big Joke’ has vowed to charge any officers colluding with the operators of the now closed Pattaya One nightclub in the city. That venue was shut down on Sunday morning and is believed to be linked to illegal drug funds and a Chinese kingpin owner. A senior police officer, the police chief of the Yannawa sub-district of Bangkok, was removed from his duties on Wednesday after a raid on three buildings situated on the Charoen Rat Road in the commercial Sathorn district of the capital, revealed an extraordinary illegal nightclub catering entirely to a well-heeled Chinese clientele where large quantities of expensive and illicit drugs were being consumed by wealthy punters. Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/10/27/chinese-links-to-nightlife-underworld-probed/ -- © Copyright Thai Examiner 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Pheu Thai Party’s Landslide Win ‘Very Unlikely’: Academic By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE VERY UNLIKELY for the Pheu Thai Party to score a landslide victory in the next general election because the largest opposition camp will undeniably see the likes of the Move Forward Party contesting as their archrivals, according to a noted political scientist. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276045-pheu-thai-party’s-landslide-win-‘very-unlikely’-academic/

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, left, and Paetongtarn “Oong-ing” Shinawatra, head of Pheu Thai Family, right. By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE VERY UNLIKELY for the Pheu Thai Party to score a landslide victory in the next general election because the largest opposition camp will undeniably see the likes of the Move Forward Party contesting as their archrivals, according to a noted political scientist. Thanaporn Sriyakul, president of Kasetsart University’s Political Science Association, forecast that the Pheu Thai Party, “practically owned” by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, will find it very unlikely to get as many as 250 MPs or more in the next general election to meet his landslide target since their bases of support among constituents nationwide will be quantitatively shared by the Move Forward Party. Given common bases of popular support, especially among young voters in the 2019 general election, the Future Forward Party, earlier legally dissolved by court and practically renamed as the Move Forward Party, managed to get 80 MPs in their first-ever electoral campaigns, compared to 136 MPs secured by the Pheu Thai Party, resurrected from the dissolved People’s Power Party and Thai Rak Thai Party. The speculated tug of war over votes in both constituency-based and party-listed modes between the Pheu Thai Party and Move Forward Party will make it unlikely for the former to score landslide triumphs as had been the case in the 2011 general election which landed Thaksin’s sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, the premiership only to be overthrown in the 2014 coup orchestrated by army chief-turned-premier Prayut Chan-o-cha, according to the Kasetsart academic. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/10/27/pheu-thai-partys-landslide-win-very-unlikely-academic/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Bride Dies, Groom Badly Injured In Car Crash by TNR Staff JUST 10 days before their wedding a young couple driving a pick-up van back home in Suphan Buri crashed into a tree after slipping off the road in heavy rain seriously injuring both of them but bride later died in the hospital, Sanook.com said Thursday afternoon (Oct. 27). Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276044-bride-dies-groom-badly-injured-in-car-crash/

by TNR Staff JUST 10 days before their wedding a young couple driving a pick-up van back home in Suphan Buri crashed into a tree after slipping off the road in heavy rain seriously injuring both of them but bride later died in the hospital, Sanook.com said Thursday afternoon (Oct. 27). Pol. Capt. Ritpong Mapakhe, an investigating officer at Bang Pla Ma police station, was alerted of the accident on Bang Bua Thong – Suphan Buri road inbound to Suphan Buri at 5 a.m. this morning. He quickly rushed there after coordinating with Suphan Buri Rescue Foundation to also send a team to help out. At the scene they found that the passenger cabin of the white pick-up van, licence plate number 7629, had collapsed with two persons seated within injured. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/10/27/bride-dies-groom-badly-injured-in-car-crash/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-10-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thai F-16 Fighters In Recon Mission Along Border With Myanmar By Thai Newsroom Reporters The Thai air force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon jets. Photo: Thai Rath A COUPLE OF the Thai air force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon jets are currently exercising a reconnaissance mission over Thai airspace in northwestern border areas following Myanmar’s airborne attacks on a Kachin rebel base in northernmost Myanmar. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276043-thai-f-16-fighters-in-recon-mission-along-border-with-myanmar/