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Daily News Thai Cap: "Sex Creator's" room revealed Daily News reported on a post on Twitter by what they said appeared to be the owner of a luxury condominium - minnyfriendshy. In stills and a video the poster showed the appalling state that her tenant had left the room in after failing to pay rent. There was stinking and rotting trash everywhere including on the bed. It was impossible to walk anywhere without treading on something. The post contained the comment directed at the "star Tweeter": "Please come and pick up the dildo that you left on the bed and be so kind as to pay me what you owe". The landlord then tagged her name - she's a well known sexy student who the media called a "sex creator" on Twitter. This all created much online comment with people saying they really would like to see her face as well as advising the landlord to prosecute her to the full extent of the law. ASEAN NOW notes that we have carried dozens of similar stories over the last few years with the tenants invariably being women. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-24 - 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

Anutin: "They" may have stopped wearing masks but Thais are still "naa rak" for keeping them on to prevent disease Picture: Thai Rath Thailand's DPM and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has indicated that he will NOT be ditching his face mask and has praised Thais for sticking to them. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272790-anutin-they-may-have-stopped-wearing-masks-but-thais-are-still-naa-rak-for-keeping-them-on-to-prevent-disease/

Picture: Thai Rath Thailand's DPM and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has indicated that he will NOT be ditching his face mask and has praised Thais for sticking to them. And he he has said in pointed comments that "people in other places" may not be wearing them but Thais still were. He was clearly referring to countries abroad and foreigners where masks have been ditched for a long while now. In Thailand people like TV presenters still wear masks and the habit is still widespread in Bangkok and many cities especially inside shops. School children have had to wear them through the first semester that is coming to an end. Anutin was at Khon Kaen university on the day that Covid-19 was downgraded to a communicable disease being watched, reported Thai Rath. Picture: Thai Rath The CCSA is being disbanded and visitors to Thailand will no longer have to have vaccinations or ATK tests from the end of next week. But tourists arriving in Thailand may be surprised that so many people are still wearing masks. That is unlikely to change at the end of next week, suggests ASEAN NOW. Reporters pressed Anutin yesterday about the Covid baton being passed to the Ministry of Public Health from the Communicable Disease Committee. He responded by praising himself and the press for continuing to wear masks. "We're "na rak" aren't we," he quipped. It's an expression that means "lovely". "People in other places may have stopped wearing them but we Thais are still doing it. "We have to remember that wearing masks is not just a preventative measure for Covid but protects people against resipratory and gastrointestinal diseases too", he noted. He thanked everyone for their co-operation throughout the pandemic referring to two years of fear adding that Thailand was in control as ever. He said that the disease was still with us but we have to live with it. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-24 - 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

Committed Bangkokian Rooster joins the bumpkins up country - and comments on “oneupma’amship” OPINION | by Rooster For me Thailand has always been and always will be about Bangkok. I have been to most of the other 76 provinces but never found one I liked. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272787-committed-bangkokian-rooster-joins-the-bumpkins-up-country-and-comments-on-“oneupma’amship”/

OPINION | by Rooster For me Thailand has always been and always will be about Bangkok. I have been to most of the other 76 provinces but never found one I liked. I got off the train at Hua Lampong in 1982 and immediately fell in love. I may not be a Thai but I am a Bangkokian. Till I go up in smoke. A poster took me to task recently for what he saw as derogatory comments about country bumpkins. Of course it’s just cajolery but I really feel sorry for people who can’t hack life in the best city in the world and who bang on about the Thai countryside. There’s Chiang Mai’s wonderful mountains - if you don’t mind coughing your guts up for half a year - and the beautiful beaches of the eastern seaboard - covered in layers of trash and discarded syringes. Then there’s the oh so friendly villages where there is less than nothing to do except wait for death. No thanks. They mostly seem to be retirees without any money. So I guess they have no alternative but to pretend that living in the sticks is the way to go. By the time you read this - if you’ve got this far, I know how country mice get upset with us sophisticated city slickers - Rooster will actually be on his way to Loei. I usually do the 620 km drive in one go, there’s nothing to visit on the way. I married a young lady from a village there in 2004 and promised to build her parents a house. As I was flush with cash at the time they got a mansion that is now home to the extended family. I visit once or twice a year to repair things and collect the trash that builds up. I can usually stand it for about 4 days before I’m bored out of my skull and head back to the peace and quiet of northern Bangkok. If it’s not those goddamn roosters waking me up it’s the natives stirring at an ungodly hour. They seem to live by the hours of light. In Bangkok one can live 24/7. I shall be taking all my own food. They live on insects and gristly chicken’s feet. I prefer choice cuts. And tins of Campbell’s soup that can be heated up in a microwave. If they have microwaves in the sticks. It’ll be a little different this time. Rooster won’t be the “only farang in the village” to paraphrase Matt Lucas. My sister-in-law has opened a food stall out front of the house and has teamed up with an American from Philadelphia. He’s a nice guy and loves village life. Everybody loves him, obviously far more than miserable, complaining Rooster. However, I’m hoping to have a conversation with the guy about how his new missus has owed me 300,000 baht for the last six years. I loaned her the money for her last failed restaurant before her marriage to a local Thai man went pear-shaped. I’m adding 2% PA - I’m all heart with a Bangkokian’s financially savvy. We do after all provide 40% of GDP keeping the villages afloat. My young kids love the village and their cousins are very kind as are granddad and the aunties. They are allowed to attend the local school. But by Thursday it’ll be time to leave and catch a van that does a door to door run.I’m sure I’ll be putting my life in peril but it’ll be a relief to head back south. As always when I walk back into my 12th floor duplex and survey the view of the city I love, all will be good again. Especially as I’ll be on my own. Unsurprisingly, Rooster has almost no friends and loves solitude and playing Scrabble against himself. It’s a wonderful life. I do have the odd friend or associate who lives in Pattaya or Hua Hin. Odd being the operative word. They regale me about life on the Eastern Seaboard or Riviera. I smile. I stay for a day or two but the traffic in both places is horrendous even if they have plenty of dope shops now. And I do so hate being approached like a tourist. In Bangkok everyone ignores me. Perfecto! I’m also taking next week off so if the news appears boring and the writing tedious, you’ll know why. Last week I didn’t write the column. Nothing happened, that's why. My readers were probably glad. This week was slightly better. The tourist police chief asked visitors to call 1155 to report taxi drivers who refuse fares. Isn’t trying to get a cab in the rain and eventually succeeding part of the fun in coming to Bangkok? Certainly the bumpkins - they must be - who commented on the story had nothing but bad things to say about Krung Thep cabbies. Bless. They afford rent in the city so they have a go at her! All the while thinking that our cabbies are like the miscreants in Pattaya and Phuket. On the contrary, Bangkok cabbies are almost universally polite and honest and offer the best and most value for money service of any city in the world. The cabs are clean and modern and so long as you speak Thai and do a bit of directing they will get you to your destination. They truly are one of the city’s greatest assets though they need to be paid more. That’s in the pipeline. The thread was so full of Bangkok bashers banging on about imaginary friends assaulted, journeys not completed, rude drivers etc etc. Funny peculiar how in 40 years it’s never happened to me. Oh, yes I remember now. I engage in pleasant conversations with the drivers about having several wives making them laugh. Just so they think I’m nice when I don’t give them a tip. (I keep the change too saying it’s for my kids’ piggy banks). I used to travel everywhere by bus when I was poor. Two baht it cost. I think they want eight now. Bloomin’ scandalous. It was easy to get about as I could read Thai. I learnt that in a couple of weekends - it’s so easy - and helps to make life in Bangkok easy too. Tourists - and the great majority of expats - have to rely on transliteration. Most expats seem to have a mental block when it comes to reading and writing Thai even though it’s just 42 consonants going left to right. They also don’t realise how learning to read would help make their appalling tones better. Even if they can speak at all. A story about place names transliterated on a #60 bus showed the problems for people who don’t read Thai. But Pratuna and Knlongtna were pretty easy to figure out especially if you have acquired dyslexia like Rooster. And, again, isn’t getting lost part of the fun of coming to the big, bad metropolis. I may go off wandering into the fields in Loei. It’s easy to find one’s way back - just follow the smell of pla raa. A story about a man who parted with 56,000 baht and still didn’t get his “sideline girl” for some short time sex garnered a lot of comment. How people are scammed like this beggar’s belief. And the guy was Thai! Why on earth would you send even a single baht to a hooker online? Must need his head examined. Or his purple head. The “sideline” phenomenon is cute. It’s really just a word for a prostitute but it entices men into believing they are getting something fresh. Titter. She’s not a student, guys, but a tart in a white blouse and a black skirt who may or may not have invested in a uni pin to complete the illusion. You’ll find the tattoos are a giveaway. Nice girls do not have tatts. That’s well known in Thailand. If people tell you otherwise they are in denial, or they married a bar girl. In international news Queen Elizabeth was finally “laid to rest” - actually put in a horrible vault next to other ancient and festering corpses. I find the whole idea of burial or vault life utterly ghastly. Everybody should be compulsorily cremated and the ashes scattered somewhere nice. The funeral on Monday went on and on and on, I kept waiting for something interesting to happen. The lack of cultural diversity among the armed forces was appalling, nearly every face was white. One identical procession after another. Rubbish hymns, did I miss “I vow to thee my country”?? Not a patch on Diana’s send-off. I’ve never felt less British in my life. Then there were the journalists and “royal biographers” harping on about how wonderful the Brits do pomp and ceremony. All of them grovelling and trying to outdo each other in praise for the British monarchy. As the Guardian’s David Squires brilliantly observed, it was “oneupma’amship”. The coverage on every channel was so biased giving just a cursory nod to republicans. One nutty royalist said young people need more education to understand all the good the monarchy does. Bloomin’ cheek. I suppose he was just going on the attack because 70% of 18-24 year olds in the UK want a republic. I’m with them. As much as I respected the Queen for her long service to the country and corgis, she lost a lot of her dominions. Charles will lose even more until there’s nothing left except England to fall back on. Thankfully, he should bring about the end of royalty in England. He has an overinflated view of himself and his institution and will not receive the support his mother enjoyed. Especially as he hasn’t got half her brains and will meddle in politics until a referendum is announced and he and his like will finally be shown the door. The tourists will still come to visit the palaces and having a properly elected person as head of state will guard against ludicrous buffoons like Charles and mad in-bred loons taking over in the future. Back in Thailand Chuwit was up to his usual games on Facebook. This time going on about corruption. Just like last time. And the time before that. He’s good copy but so far past his sell-by date. He was also jailed for corruption. I’ve had enough of him. He got the court decision wrong too…Suthep got off in the police station building scandal. Probably more court corruption, eh Chuwit? Yawn….. The flooding in Udon Thani caused several students to be electrocuted. Posters went on and on about the use of the word “electrocuted” with many saying it’s only used when people die! What nonsense. Rooster, sensing that the story would not be widely read, decided on using “electrocuted”. Bingo - the whole thread became not about the issue but about the meaning of the word, as I thought. How I hate these self-righteous posters who complain about journalists and translators not knowing the English language when it is they who haven’t got the first clue. Look at their posts, full of grammatical errors. Of course, they’re never wrong so it’s lovely to remain in the shadows casting out the bait and reeling ‘em in. A Super Poll said that a majority of Thais appreciated Prawit for his flood work. It was 45%. I would urge all readers to completely ignore Super Poll. They are pro-elitist lackeys whose polls are complete balderdash. Rooster puts ASEAN NOW warnings on their findings for good reason. One of the most read stories of the week was about Nazi the Pit Bull who got its owner’s neck in its jaws and wouldn’t let go - as dogs do. Apparently this playful pet that is so good with children, got the hump because a stray called “Whitey” was getting some of his scraps. Nasty for the owner, but par for the course. A bit of a stormtrooper in a teacup to continue the analogy. Tim Newton even credited ASEAN NOW for the translation on his YouTube channel. Cheers Tim! I might even follow you in the future if you keep that praise up. In Petchaburi a Thai woman is claiming that a farang in a Lamborghini swapped drivers after he drove her egg carrying pick-up off the road. Finally it was reported that when the new dual track opens later this year the journey from Bangkok to Hua Hin will only be two and a half hours rather than the normal four. Meaning an extra hour and a half of one’s life in Hua Hin. Whoopy Doo! Rooster -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-24 - 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

Video: Dramatic moment as man with yaba tries to flee police by stealing the taxi Picture: Thai Rath Dramatic CCTV footage from a checkpoint in Phrae, northern Thailand, showed the moment a passenger in a taxi tried to steal the cab and flee police. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272784-video-dramatic-moment-as-man-with-yaba-tries-to-flee-police-by-stealing-the-taxi/

Picture: Thai Rath Dramatic CCTV footage from a checkpoint in Phrae, northern Thailand, showed the moment a passenger in a taxi tried to steal the cab and flee police. Huay Rai cops had pulled over the cab to check for drugs and the driver had got out. But at that moment the passenger jumped into the driver's seat and tried to close the door and drive off. The driver managed to pull the key out of the ignition and the police soon had the passenger in custody despite further attempts to flee. He was Isara or "Tor" (surname withheld), a 35 year old man from Pattani in the far south. Picture: Thai Rath In a black backpack the police found about 40,000 yaba tablets. These are meth mixed with caffeine, a popular Class 1 drug in Thailand. He was charged with possessing the drubs with intent to sell as well as taking yaba. He said he had picked up the drugs from Lampang and was taking them to Bangkok. Police are expanding the inquiry. The incident occurred on Sunday but has only just come to the attention of Thai Rath. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-24 - 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

Late night double accident on Bangkok expressway leaves questions unanswered Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that highway police were notified of an accident on Bangkok's Chalong Rat expressway inbound near the Rama 9 turnoff in Wang Thong Lang district at 12.30 am yesterday. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272782-late-night-double-accident-on-bangkok-expressway-leaves-questions-unanswered/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that highway police were notified of an accident on Bangkok's Chalong Rat expressway inbound near the Rama 9 turnoff in Wang Thong Lang district at 12.30 am yesterday. A sports car famous in the 1990s - a black Nissan Silvia S14 - had overturned and was in the middle of the road. But when they reached the scene there was a very expensive black BMW i8 that had slammed into the wreckage smashing its front and windshield. The driver of that vehicle was nowhere to be seen. But he'd left his licence with the name Somphol Annanon, a lawyer. Picture: Thai Rath The driver of the overturned Nissan Aphisit Sinjit, 39, was taken to Camillian Hospital in Thong Lo. A friend of Aphisit's said that they had been dining in Ramintra and had made their way home separately. He then got a call from Aphisit to say that he had hit a barrier in the rain and overturned. He had managed to get out of the overturned vehicle and call rescue services. Picture: Thai Rath While he was doing that the BMW had slammed into the wreckage. The driver was a young male. Soon an Alphard (an expensive make of van) had arrived to take the BMW driver to hospital, it was claimed. Picture: Thai Rath In developments later in the day the Nissan driver had tested negative for alcohol in his system. Songphol had refused to be tested at a hospital though he was in contact with the police. Picture: Thai Rath Both are being charged with negligent driving causing damage - an offence that warrants a fine. Songphol has said he would pay for the additional damage caused by him to the Nissan. Police were trying to get him to take an alcohol test as part of the case. Both vehicles had Bangkok plates. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-24 - 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

UPDATE: Former Myanmar beauty pageant contestant remains detained at Thailand’s airport, but will not be returned to Myanmar say authorities By Nop Meechukhun Bangkok – Former Myanmar beauty contestant Han Ley was detained at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Thursday, September 22nd, after returning from Vietnam at around 2:30 AM. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272694-myanmar-model-and-junta-critic-denied-entry-to-thailand-set-to-be-deported-to-vietnam/?do=findComment&comment=17623713

Former Myanmar beauty pageant contestant remains detained at Thailand’s airport, but will not be returned to Myanmar say authorities By Nop Meechukhun Bangkok – Former Myanmar beauty contestant Han Ley was detained at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Thursday, September 22nd, after returning from Vietnam at around 2:30 AM. According to her statement to BBC Myanmar, she was detained at the airport lounge after receiving her passport from an immigration officer who told her that she had committed a crime in Myanmar and was wanted by Interpol. Han Ley is a model who previously captured international recognition for her speech against Myanmar’s anti-junta military coup during the Miss Grand beauty contest last year. She took refuge in Thailand for about one year after speaking out against the Myanmar military. She traveled to Vietnam to renew her visa after staying in Thailand with a tourist visa for more than a year. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/23/former-myanmar-beauty-pageant-contestant-remains-detained-at-thailands-airport-but-will-not-be-returned-to-myanmar-say-authorities/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-24 - 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!

UPDATE: Thailand ends COVID-19 Emergency Decree on 30 September 2022 International travellers to Thailand will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination or ATK test results from 1 October, 2022. TAT Newsroom Thailand’s Centre of COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced the ending of the nationwide COVID-19 Emergency Decree on 30 September, 2022. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272661-thailand-to-scrap-all-emergency-provisions-as-it-seeks-to-boost-a-very-fragile-economic-recovery/?do=findComment&comment=17623708

Thailand ends COVID-19 Emergency Decree on 30 September 2022 International travellers to Thailand will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination or ATK test results from 1 October, 2022. TAT Newsroom Thailand’s Centre of COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced the ending of the nationwide COVID-19 Emergency Decree on 30 September, 2022, as the kingdom reclassifies COVID-19 from ‘a dangerous communicable disease’ to ‘a communicable disease under surveillance’ from 1 October, 2022. The CCSA also stated that from 1 October, 2022, international travellers to Thailand will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination or ATK test results. The ending of the COVID-19 Emergency Decree, which has been in place for 19 times since 25 March, 2020, will result to the CCSA be automatically dissolved, and all the regulations, announcements, and orders issued by the Prime Minister and the Cabinet under the decree be revoked. Since the pandemic, Thailand has gradually reopened to international tourism starting in July 2021 with the Phuket Sandbox, Samui Plus, and 7+7 Extension programmes. This was followed by a four-phase reopening timeline from October 2021 to January 2022. The kingdom entered the stage of fully reopening from 1 July, 2022, with the removal of the Thailand Pass registration scheme, and foreign nationals only be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative ATK test result within 72 hours of travel, this will be lifted from 1 October, 2022, onwards. In addition, the cabinet approved extending the period of stay to 45 days (from 30 days) for tourists from countries/territories entitled for visa exemption, and to 30 days (from 15 days) for those eligible for a Visa on Arrival (VOA). This will be in effect from 1 October, 2022, until 31 March, 2023. Source: https://www.tatnews.org/2022/09/thailand-ends-covid-19-emergency-decree-on-30-september-2022/ -- © Copyright TAT NEWS 2022-09-24 - 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!

Pattaya City Council urges mayor to take good care of palm trees after removing them from Pattaya beach By Tanakorn Panyadee PHOTO: บริษัท โสภณ เคเบิ้ล ที.วี.และสื่อสาร พัทยา จำกัด Pattaya — Caring for the tourism image, the Pattaya City Council urged Mayor Poramase Ngampiches to take good care of freshly dug-up palm trees that have recently been removed from the beach and not abandon them to dry out like older ones previously. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272774-pattaya-city-council-urges-mayor-to-take-good-care-of-palm-trees-after-removing-them-from-pattaya-beach/

PHOTO: บริษัท โสภณ เคเบิ้ล ที.วี.และสื่อสาร พัทยา จำกัด By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — Caring for the tourism image, the Pattaya City Council urged Mayor Poramase Ngampiches to take good care of freshly dug-up palm trees that have recently been removed from the beach and not abandon them to dry out like older ones previously. Damrongkiat Pinitkan, a Pattaya Council member, questioned Poramase during a meeting today, September 23rd, about the tree planting project, which has been running on the beach since 2021 but had reportedly been hampered by citizen complaints, as many people did not want some trees removed. In response, the mayor said Pattaya City is in the process of renewing a contract with the project contractor, Nong Nooch Land and Gardenscape company. The contract will be extended from September 2022 to December 2024 or 820 days. In the meantime, the company will remove about 130 palm trees from the beach and re-plant them at Eastern National Sports Training Center. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/23/pattaya-city-council-urges-mayor-to-take-good-care-of-palm-trees-after-removing-them-from-pattaya-beach/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-24 - 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!

Thailand expects more space & digital technology investments from international investors by Kanlayakorn Pengrattana The group of Ambassadors at Space Krenovation Park (SKP) in Chonburi Province, Thailand. Photo by MGR Online. Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) and the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy Office (EECO) welcomed international Ambassadors from various countries, Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272773-thailand-expects-more-space-digital-technology-investments-from-international-investors/

The group of Ambassadors at Space Krenovation Park (SKP) in Chonburi Province, Thailand. Photo by MGR Online. by Kanlayakorn Pengrattana Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) and the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy Office (EECO) welcomed international Ambassadors from various countries to visit the missions and operations of space technology and digital technology at the Space Krenovation Park (SKP) in Chonburi Province, Thailand on 22 September 2022. The Ambassador and delegation from Finland attended the event as well as the Ambassador from Russia, Egypt, Mexico, Switzerland, Nigeria, East Timor, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, Ireland, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Panama, Kosovo, Philippines, Maldives, Guatemala and Sri Lanka. During the event, Dr. Nattawat Hongkanchanakul, GISTDA spokesman and director of the Office of Space Technology Development addressed about Advances in Space Infrastructure Development by the National Satellite Assembly and Testing Center or AIT, and the development of technology in the Innovation and Digital Technology Zone (EECd) in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Full story: https://scandasia.com/thailand-expects-more-space-digital-technology-investment-from-international-investors/ -- © Copyright ScandAsia 2022-09-24 - 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!

Most Gen-Zers Prefer Chadchart As Post-Election PM: Rangsit Poll By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST GEN-Z PEOPLE have been found to prefer Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt become prime minister after the next general election. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272772-most-gen-zers-prefer-chadchart-as-post-election-pm-rangsit-poll/

By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST GEN-Z PEOPLE have been found to prefer Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt become prime minister after the next general election. According to an opinion poll conducted by Rangsit University political scientist Thamrongsak Petlert-anand among a total of 707 Gen-Z respondents between Sept. 7 and Sept. 16, 43.1% prefers Chadchart who won over 1.3 million votes from among Bangkokians in May’s gubernatorial election become head of the post-election government. Chadchart has earlier declined to comment whether he might ever quit as Bangkok governor in the wake of possibilities of his being named head of the post-election government as had been the case in the 2019 election. The Bangkok governor was among a trio of Pheu Thai candidates for head of government in the previous election. The recent poll has found Progressive Movement leader/former Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit as a second choice to assume the top post of government with 22.1% of the Gen-Z respondents, followed by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with 14.6%, Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat with 12.8% and Thaksin’s youngest daughter/Pheu Thai Family head Paetongtarn Shinawatra with 4.7%. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/23/most-gen-zers-prefer-chadchart-as-post-election-pm-rangsit-poll/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-24 - 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!

Junta-Linked Myanmar Tycoon Under Initial 12-Day Detention TNR Staff A MYANMAR tycoon linked to the upper echelons of his country’s ruling military junta and facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges in Thailand was ordered by court to an initial 12-day detention on Sept. 20, Matichon newspaper said yesterday (Sept. 23). Tun Min Latt, 53, was arrested in Bangkok in a dawn raid last week after which three Thais, a 38-year-old man and two women aged 44 and 50 respectively, were also similarly arrested and detained. Three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters that Tun Min Latt, who has business interests in hotels, energy and mining, is a close associate of Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and has procured supplies for the military. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/23/junta-linked-myanmar-tycoon-under-initial-12-day-detention/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-24 - 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!

Shock police probe into drug dealing and money laundering linked with Myanmar to strain ties by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor Police Colonel Kritsana Pattanacharoen (centre) confirmed the police operation on Wednesday leading to sitting Thai senator Upakit Pachariyangkun (left top) denying any links with illicit activity and defending Myanmar tycoon Dr Tun Min Latt (right top) whose Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272770-shock-police-probe-into-drug-dealing-and-money-laundering-linked-with-myanmar-to-strain-ties/

Police Colonel Kritsana Pattanacharoen (centre) confirmed the police operation on Wednesday leading to sitting Thai senator Upakit Pachariyangkun (left top) denying any links with illicit activity and defending Myanmar tycoon Dr Tun Min Latt (right top) whose firm is linked to the Myanmar junta under General Min Aung Hlaing (right bottom) and his daughter Khin Theri Thet Mon (left bottom). The probe is into drug trafficking and money laundering with police also looking at suspicions that electricity supplied by Thailand to Myanmar may have been paid for with the proceeds of drugs. by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor The arrest of Dr Tun Min Latt who is at the heart of a vast conglomerate with extensive links to Myanmar’s ruling junta on suspicion of drug trafficking and money laundering shines a spotlight on the murky links between Myanmar’s rulers and the criminality on Thailand’s borders linked with the Golden Triangle drug producing zone. At the heart of the story is a conglomerate supplying services to Myanmar’s junta which has long been adept at evading international sanctions and the law outside its borders. A Thai police operation into suspected drug trafficking and money laundering operations linked to a Myanmar-based conglomerate involved in arms dealing, electricity supply and provisioning food to Myanmar’s armed forces, looks set to rock relations between the two countries. The probe has already led to a current Thai senator whose son-in-law is reported to be among four people arrested on Saturday last the 17th of September in an anti-drugs and money laundering police swoop, strenuously denying any links with wrongdoing or illicit business activities after police on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of Dr Tun Min Latt of the Star Sapphire Group closely linked with the daughter of Myanmar’s dictator and leader of the junta in Nay Pyi Taw, General Min Aung Hlaing. A sitting Thai senator on Thursday came out to deny close links with a Myanmar tycoon arrested by an anti-drugs unit of the Royal Thai Police on Saturday 17th September in an early dawn raid. Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/09/24/police-probe-myanmar-firm-drugs-money-laundering-thai-senator/ -- © Copyright Thai Examiner 2022-09-24 - 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!

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