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Sanook Thai Caption: 1,000's all over the road A woman called Suphonthip told Sanook how she had given her truck driver in a ten wheeler 100,000 baht to buy cassava in Khon Kaen. Unfortunately the driver left the money in a packet on the footplate leading up to his cab and drove off. Outside a "laab" stall on the Nam Pong to Ubonrat Dam Road the money flew off and was run over by a Honda Jazz scattering it in all directions. A family and another good Samaritan were filmed on social media collecting the cash for the owner. Picture: Sanook It was only realised later that the money was missing. Suphonthip said she was following the truck and there was suddenly a long traffic jam. She thought there'd been an accident. Little did she know it was her cash that was causing the jam up ahead. She hoped that if anyone finds the missing 8,000 baht they would please hand it in to the Nam Pong police. She thanked the good Samaritans and said she wouldn't be taking action against her driver. He was mortified about what happened, punishment enough. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-27 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Chinese Female Pub Visitor Dies with High Drug Residue BANGKOK, Oct 27 (TNA) – The autopsy of a Chinese woman who visited a pub in Ratchadaphisek area found high narcotic residue in her body. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275985-chinese-female-pub-visitor-dies-with-high-drug-residue/

BANGKOK, Oct 27 (TNA) – The autopsy of a Chinese woman who visited a pub in Ratchadaphisek area found high narcotic residue in her body. Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn said the case interested Chinese people in general because the late woman was of high society and her relatives were suspicious of the cause of her death. Police found that the late woman arrived in the country with three female friends on Sept 15. On the night of Sept 16, she visited a pub in Ratchadaphisek together with three Chinese male escorts. Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1045725 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-10-27 - 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!

Flood victims face higher costs for repairs due to rising construction material prices Thailand’s home owners will have to pay an average of 100,000 baht to repair each house damaged by flooding this year, compared with 70,000-80,000 baht last year, due to increases in the prices of construction materials, according to Worawut Kanjanakul, president of the Home Builder Association. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275982-flood-victims-face-higher-costs-for-repairs-due-to-rising-construction-material-prices/

Thailand’s home owners will have to pay an average of 100,000 baht to repair each house damaged by flooding this year, compared with 70,000-80,000 baht last year, due to increases in the prices of construction materials, according to Worawut Kanjanakul, president of the Home Builder Association. He said that the prices of construction materials have increased by as much as 25% this year. He noted that the increases may mean that home owners reduce the specifications of the materials to cut cost, but at the risk of their repaired houses being unsafe. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/flood-victims-face-higher-costs-for-repairs-due-to-rising-construction-material-prices/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-10-27 - 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!

Get tough RTP chief calls to ban Chinese drug taking tourists for life! Fallout from the raid in the Yannawa police jurisdiction in Bangkok that found 104 Chinese drug taking tourists - and opened several large cans of worms - continued in the Thai media. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275980-get-tough-rtp-chief-calls-to-ban-chinese-drug-taking-tourists-for-life/

Fallout from the raid in the Yannawa police jurisdiction in Bangkok that found 104 Chinese drug taking tourists - and opened several large cans of worms - continued in the Thai media. Siam Rath reported that the Yannawa station chief had been ordered to report for paper shuffling at Met Region HQ 6 while an investigation into dereliction of duty takes its course. As far as the Chinese tourists are concerned Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat, RTP chief, said the force has the power to not only deport them but blacklist them for life. Damrongsak said he had more tough measures to come under PM Prayuth Chan-ocha's crime drives. ASEAN NOW notes that Damrongsak may have a lot more on his plate than banning a few Chinese tourists. Claims are whirling around the Thai media that the illegal business in Yannawa is the tip of a "Zero Dollar" iceberg. Firebrand former MP Chuwit Kamolwisit has arranged a dossier of allegations for poster boy cop Big Joke to investigate; these center on allegations that state officials are being bribed to allow illegal tourism activities. Chuwit claimed that the Chinese could leave their drugs behind the counter for next time like people leave whisky at a club. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-27 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Thai provinces told to submit list of suspected drug dealers and known addicts to Interior Ministry All provincial administrations have been ordered to submit a list of suspected drug dealers and addicts in their respective provinces to the Ministry of Interior by the end of this month. The information will be added to its main database, for use in developing effective measures to deal with all aspects of the drug problem. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275979-thai-provinces-told-to-submit-list-of-suspected-drug-dealers-and-known-addicts-to-interior-ministry/

All provincial administrations have been ordered to submit a list of suspected drug dealers and addicts in their respective provinces to the Ministry of Interior by the end of this month. The information will be added to its main database, for use in developing effective measures to deal with all aspects of the drug problem. Interior Permanent Secretary Suttipong Juljarern said yesterday (Wednesday) that all provincial administrations have also been instructed to provide updates about the drug situation on weekly basis and to hold discussions periodically with people’s networks on rehabilitation programs for drug addicts and on the prevention of drug abuse. To begin with, he said that all provincial administrations must conduct random tests of their staff, to find out how many are addicted so that they can be sent for rehabilitation. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-provinces-told-to-submit-list-of-suspected-drug-dealers-and-known-addicts-to-interior-ministry/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-10-27 - 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/British teen goes home but raid at "Sia P's" house discovers two 15 year old girls, much evidence Sanook Thai Caption: Child harem raid! "Sia P." The police in Udon Thani followed up on the case of a 14 year old Thai girl with British heritage who was said to be sleeping with a rich businessman in the area. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275978-thaibritish-teen-goes-home-but-raid-at-sia-ps-house-discovers-two-15-year-old-girls-much-evidence/

Sanook Thai Caption: Child harem raid! "Sia P." The police in Udon Thani followed up on the case of a 14 year old Thai girl with British heritage who was said to be sleeping with a rich businessman in the area. That person is now being called "Sia P". In latest news the 14 year old is back at home. But police obtained a search warrant and went to the 55 year old's house in Soi Sammakhee 6 in Ban Chan, Muang district of Udon Thani. A young girl answered the door and Sia P soon turned up. He was served with the search warrant. There were two fifteen year olds in an air-conditioned room where there were two packets of condoms and a bottle of booze next to a flatscreen TV, reported Sanook. A bedroom was set up as a studio to take pictures and films. Sia P painted a picture that he was running some kind of home for stray children. Runaways and disastisfied kids were welcome at his door, he said. But no boys. They would only create trouble with the girls. So he would only invite girls to come. The two 15 year olds said they had come of their own volition. The old man was nice to them and had not laid a finger on them. As for Sia P he said that he loves children and any pictures that he may have taken were for his own use. He claimed to have never interfered with children. The elder sister of one of the 15 year olds, M aged 17, outlined a very different story. She spoke of visitors to the house having to sleep naked with Sia P. If the girls refused they were made to watch him having sex with other girls all while being filmed. M said that Sia P paid the girls 1,000, 1,200 or 3,000 baht a time for sex. Police took three cameras, 20 memory cards, three computer notebooks, one computer and 15 phones into evidence. They said there was a very large amount of still and video evidence on the devices. The two girls have been taken into care. Sia P is in custody on charges of possession of illegal pornography and depriving a parent or guardian of a child. Charges may be upgraded as the investigation proceeds. The suspect denies breaking the law. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-27 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

RTP get run training for "tactical shooting events" Daily News Thai Caption: Increasing power The chief of the Region 2 police Pol Lt Gen Itthiphol Itthisanronchai and other senior officers presided over the start of weapons training for their force. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275970-rtp-get-run-training-for-tactical-shooting-events/

Daily News Thai Caption: Increasing power The chief of the Region 2 police Pol Lt Gen Itthiphol Itthisanronchai and other senior officers presided over the start of weapons training for their force. The focus of the training was what Daily News referred to as RSS or Real Situation Shooting. Officers in the training program have tactical shooting tests and challenges to overcome. The chief was seen apparently shooting some of the powerful guns. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-27 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information PICTURES: DAILY NEWS:

"I'll look after the money, it's safe with me" - cop tells aggrieved woman after bank transfer blooper Daily News Thai Caption: Investigative committee set up Mysterious goings on have been reported at Pratunam Chulalongkorn police station. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275967-ill-look-after-the-money-its-safe-with-me-cop-tells-aggrieved-woman-after-bank-transfer-blooper/

Daily News Thai Caption: Investigative committee set up Mysterious goings on have been reported at Pratunam Chulalongkorn police station. And now a cop with the rank of "inspector" is being investigated. It began when Mayuree, 34, received 37,000 baht in her bank account from a man called Chutiphon, 26. He had got the number wrong by one digit on Prompt Pay. He called Mayuree who went to the police to report the matter and would have returned the money herself. But at that point at the police station a helpful officer appeared who said that he needed to look after the money for a night as the investigation was continuing. He said it would be safe with him and not to worry, he'd send it all back to the original owner directly after that. Picture: Daily News However, two weeks later and the money was still with the "inspector" leading Mayuree and her husband Chusak, 36, to go to the online help group Sai Mai Tong Rort in northern Bangkok. Daily News reported that the couple met with Pol Col Apichart Thongphae, the station chief, who was setting up a committee to investigate. Picture: Daily News Initial reports suggested that the inspector is claiming that he'd been busy and hadn't had time to return the money. Mayuree is aghast that she found herself being sued by the owner of the money after she handed it over to the police in good faith for safekeeping. ASEAN NOW suggests there may be a valuable lesson there. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-27 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Mob attack! It's 20 vs 2 in student attack in Nakhon Nayok Picture: Thai Rath One teenage vocational student is in a critical condition in hospital after inter school rivalry turned to violence in Nakhon Nayok, central Thailand. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275965-mob-attack-its-20-vs-2-in-student-attack-in-nakhon-nayok/

Picture: Thai Rath One teenage vocational student is in a critical condition in hospital after inter school rivalry turned to violence in Nakhon Nayok, central Thailand. Twenty students had attacked just two from another school on Suwannasorn Road in the area of Wat Wang Sai school in Ban Na. Friends of the victims were quickly on the scene and the assailants fled. One of the victims was allowed to go home after treatment for minor injuries at Ban Na district hospital. But an aunt called Somkhid said that Attawut, 18, a third year mechanics student at the local vocational college, was in a critical condition with a brain swelling. Thai Rath further reported that Attawut had previously gone to the assistance of someone being attacked by the same gang and a grudge had developed. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-27 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Firebrand Chuwit has brown envelope for Big Joke - calls for investigation into "Zero Dollar" pubs Picture: Thai Rath Former MP and TV presenter Chuwit Kamolwisit appeared at a press conference at a Bangkok hotel with a brown envelope with the name of Gen Surachate Hakpan printed on it. That's the top cop known universally as Big Joke. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275963-firebrand-chuwit-has-brown-envelope-for-big-joke-calls-for-investigation-into-zero-dollar-pubs/

Picture: Thai Rath Former MP and TV presenter Chuwit Kamolwisit appeared at a press conference at a Bangkok hotel with a brown envelope with the name of Gen Surachate Hakpan printed on it. That's the top cop known universally as Big Joke. Inside was a dossier on what Chuwit called Zero Dollar pubs. He claimed they are operating in Rachada, Suthisan, Huay Khwang, and Rama 2 in Bangkok as well as Pattaya, reported Thai Rath. Picture: Thai Rath This followed a drug bust of a large group of Chinese tourists in three buildings in the Yannawa area of Bangkok. Chuwit said the clientele at these places is 100% Chinese. The owners are Chinese. Everthing is imported from China for them including Chinese cigarettes and Chinese liquor. State officials are paid off to turn a blind eye. There are Chinese girls serving. The Chinese are running casinos too. All these claims were in the brown envelope that he was handing to Gen Surachate. He had already called him and the general was willing to investigate his claims. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-27 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Tim Newton Today - Oct 27: Rogue SWAT policeman caught, Russian body found, BKK floods from today Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275961-tim-newton-today-oct-27-rogue-swat-policeman-caught-russian-body-found-bkk-floods-from-today/

Bangkok is facing flooding from today, a month after the torrential rain in the NE and central provinces. Rogue Trang SWAT policeman has been caught. Patong Hill road open to motorcycles now and a new tourist magnet for Chiang Mai. Tim Newton Today is a daily, independent look at Thai and south East Asian regional news.

Customer calls for justice after "Red Plate" pick-up purchase turns into a nightmare Picture: Thai Rath The purchase of a brand new Toyota Vigo pick-up for a lady called "B" was quite normal. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275957-customer-calls-for-justice-after-red-plate-pick-up-purchase-turns-into-a-nightmare/

Picture: Thai Rath The purchase of a brand new Toyota Vigo pick-up for a lady called "B" was quite normal. She went to a large showroom in Taling Chan and got a red bow to go with her red plates for the vehicle she got on HP terms. That was on August 21st and everything for the next two weeks was normal. But on September 6th she was stopped by the police and told her red plates were false. She was taken to the Bang Kaew police station despite her protests that the red plate had been fitted by sales staff at the showroom. She was charged with using false registration and needed 100,000 baht bail that she didn't have. She persuaded the sales department at the showroom to front up the money, which they did after a five hour wait at the police station. Now after the case stalled B is calling for justice. She said she is just a law abiding customer who made a purchase in good faith and now finds herself in deep trouble. Thai Rath could not confirm if an arrest had yet been made at the showroom. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-27 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

As foreign tourists return to Thailand so do associated problems - this time drugs, but are "zero dollar" tours on comeback? Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath filed a special report in which they noted that foreign tourism into Thailand in August was 1.17 million people. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1275955-as-foreign-tourists-return-to-thailand-so-do-associated-problems-this-time-drugs-but-are-zero-dollar-tours-on-comeback/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath filed a special report in which they noted that foreign tourism into Thailand in August was 1.17 million people. Compared to last year's August that was up 7,000%, they commented drily. But they said that with the return of tourists has come the return of problems associated with tourism. They reported on a bust at 3 am yesterday when the metropolitan police raided a building in Sathon that had been converted into 20 karaoke rooms after opening four months ago. Outside were parked cars including a Rolls Royce, Porsche, Mercedes Benz and BMW. Picture: Thai Rath Inside were 237 Chinese, mostly tourists - 111 men and 126 women. There were 19 Thai and Cambodian staff. Maj-Gen Nitithorn Jintakanon said that 300 packets of ketamine happy water were found. The packets were being sold to the tourists for 10,000 baht each. The vehicles outside were seized in the raid and there appear irregularities in some of their registrations. Police spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Achayon Kraithong said that most of the tourists were in Thailand on tourist visas or VoA. A total of 104 tested positive for drugs with a purple urine result. Further tests are underway at Thanyarak Hospital to determine what was in their systems. The ones not taking drugs would be released. Those on drugs would be considered for blacklisting and deportation after the legal process has finished. Picture: Thai Rath He said that they were looking into the ownership of the business as well as the tourists. He said that before the pandemic there had been many problems with so called "zero dollar" tours for the Chinese. These effectively brought very little money into Thailand and were usually run by Chinese with nominees who kept the money out of the country. Action by the authorities dramatically reduced the business. He pointed out that tourism from China has changed since before and during the pandemic with restrictions still in place by the Chinese government and people who do manage to holiday relying on small groups or travelling idependently using apps and recommendations. But the conditions are there for a return of the menace of "zero dollar" tours so the force will be keeping a close watch on the tourism sector as it continues its recover, said Achayon. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-27 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information