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The Thai Supreme Court Division for Tax Cases has upheld the Appeals Court order for Toyota Motors (Thailand) to pay about 10 billion baht in customs duties and fees for the import of parts for the assembly of Toyota Prius hybrid cars in Thailand between 2010 and 2012. The court ruled that the parts, which were imported by Toyota Motors (Thailand) from Japan, were in a complete form which could be assembled into a car immediately and, therefore, were not eligible for 80% import duty and fee reductions. Toyota Motors claimed that its imported spare parts were eligible, citing the Japan Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA). Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/toyota-motors-thailand-ordered-to-pay-฿10bn-in-outstanding-import-taxes-and-fees/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-16 - 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!

Here’s how many tourists visited Prachuap Khiri Khan from Jan-Jul 2022 By Online Reporter File photo Prachuap Khiri Khan received just over 5 million tourists in the first half of the year, it has been revealed. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272025-here’s-how-many-tourists-visited-prachuap-khiri-khan-from-jan-jul-2022/

File photo By Online Reporter Prachuap Khiri Khan received just over 5 million tourists in the first half of the year, it has been revealed. During a meeting held earlier this week of the joint public-private sector committee to develop and solve economic problems in the province, the provincial governor, Mr. Sathien Charoenruen announced that approximately 5.1 million tourists had visited the province between from January to July 2022. Approximately 5 million Thai tourists and over 40,000 foreign tourists visited the province, generating a total of 17,442 million baht in tourism revenue. The revenue generated was split into 17 billion baht from Thai tourists and 400 million baht from foreign tourists, Mr. Sathien said. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/local-news/heres-how-many-tourists-visited-prachuap-khiri-khan-from-jan-jul-2022/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-09-16 - 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!

Free Pfizer vaccines available at Huay Mongkol Temple Sept 30 By Online Reporter Health officials have announced that free Prizer vaccines will be administered at Huay Mongkol Temple on September 30. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272024-free-pfizer-vaccines-available-at-huay-mongkol-temple-sept-30/

By Online Reporter Health officials have announced that free Prizer vaccines will be administered at Huay Mongkol Temple on September 30. The vaccines will be available to anyone who needs a first dose of booster shot, over the age of 18, regardless of nationality. The vaccinations will begin at 09.00-14.00 or until the vaccine stocks run out. Mr. Janewit Plisak, acting public health officer, Hua Hin District said that COVID-19 situation in the province is improving with only a handful of cases now reported each day. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/local-news/free-pfizer-vaccines-available-at-huay-mongkol-temple-sept-30/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-09-16 - 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!

Gun suspect back in custody after two hour manhunt Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported that 50 men were mobilized to capture a man who ran off when being led to the cells at a police station. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272023-gun-suspect-back-in-custody-after-two-hour-manhunt/

Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported that 50 men were mobilized to capture a man who ran off when being led to the cells at a police station. Anon, 24, being held on a gun charge, suddenly ran off into some nearby undergrowth as the Sakhla police were taking him up the steps of Phra Samut Chedi police station. Picture: Siam Rath The Sakhla police station is currently being rebuilt and has no functioning cells. After a two hour manhunt in 80 rai of wasteland the suspect was recaptured. Picture: Siam Rath He was naked by this time. He said he feared being found guilty in the gun case. Now the authorities have added attempting to escape to the rap sheet. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-16 - 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: Here one minute, almost gone the next! Daily News Thai Caption: Seizure, no vital signs Daily News reported that online comment was rife after a TikTok video under the name _pogky was widely viewed and shared. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272022-video-here-one-minute-almost-gone-the-next/

Daily News Thai Caption: Seizure, no vital signs Daily News reported that online comment was rife after a TikTok video under the name _pogky was widely viewed and shared. It showed a young Thai woman playing with her phone at a table. She then dramatically keels over backwards as five people rush to her side. Picture: Daily News Many people wished her a speedy recovery and said the same thing had happened to them. The video had grabbed netizens' attention with a "No vital signs" tag. Later the lady in question said before she fainted she had been to give blood but all tests and safety measures were followed. She said she had been for a battery of tests and there was nothing broken with doctors saying it was a circulatory issue. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-16 - 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

Woman sentenced to death for poisoning her own children Thailand’s Criminal Court sentenced a woman to death yesterday (Thursday) after finding her guilty of poisoning her own 2-year-old son and 4-year-old adopted daughter with an abrasive substance, to make them sick so she could appeal to the public for donations on social media to help the sick children. The adopted daughter died due to the poisoning. The 29-year-old single mother, identified as Nittha, aka “Mae Pook”, was charged with attempted murder, human trafficking, assault causing serious injury, assault causing the death of another person, defrauding the public and violations of the Computer Crime Act. The case dates back four years, when the woman took her 4-year-old daughter to Thammasat University Hospital for medical treatment after she developed acute stomach ache and began vomiting blood. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/woman-sentenced-to-death-for-poisoning-her-own-children/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-16 - 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 justice minister turns to motorcyclists in push for "War on Drugs" victory - dangles 500 MB 5% carrot Picture: Thai Rath Thai justice minister Somsak Thepsuthin has turned to the ubiquitous motorcyclists on Thailand's roads for help in a final push to win the so-called war on drugs in the country. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272015-thai-justice-minister-turns-to-motorcyclists-in-push-for-war-on-drugs-victory-dangles-500-mb-5-carrot/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai justice minister Somsak Thepsuthin has turned to the ubiquitous motorcyclists on Thailand's roads for help in a final push to win the so-called war on drugs in the country. But he has warned hands off on cannabis - that's legal or at least a grey area. Somsak is mobilizing a potential 200,000 strong two wheel army in Thailand made up of "wins" (motorcycle taxi riders) and "riders" (motorcycle delivery guys). Bangkok alone is thought to have 81,970 'wins' and 100,000 'riders' but the authorities realise that unregistered people would add to those numbers. Nationwide the figure is thought to be 200,000 plus, reported Thai Rath. The idea is that such motorcyclists would be the "eyes and ears" on the ground when drug deals go down in the suburbs. File photo Somsak said that riders shouldn't think that by busting a small dealer the 5% due to them would be small. It may lead to the arrest of bigger players. And a chance for five percent of the 10.3 billion baht seized by the Justice Ministry in drug cases in the last year. (A sum that exceeded JM targets by 300 million). In all those cases informants among the public are due 500 million baht, he said. He hoped that with the motorcyclists on board he could take the war on drugs to every village and housing estate and win the day. But he warned people not to call 1386 about weed. Though there are some grey areas and it is still debatable whether the drug will be on the narcotics list again in the future, for now the drug is legal. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-16 - 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 - Sep 16: Thailand's Cannabis Bill dead in the water, acute flooding in east BKK Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272012-tim-newton-today-sep-16-thailands-cannabis-bill-dead-in-the-water-acute-flooding-in-east-bkk/

The fallout from Wednesday's vote to send the Cannabis Bill back to the authors, parts of eastern Bangkok suffering acute flood problems, EVs and electric scooters for Pattaya, school 'explosion' or shooting?

Death sentence! No clemency for foster mum who fed kids floor cleaner then went on Facebook for donations Picture: Thai Rath The central criminal court has handed down the death sentence to a woman known as "Mae Puk" in the media. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272009-death-sentence-no-clemency-for-foster-mum-who-fed-kids-floor-cleaner-then-went-on-facebook-for-donations/

Picture: Thai Rath The central criminal court has handed down the death sentence to a woman known as "Mae Puk" in the media. Natthiwan was given seven other aliases by the court as they considered charges under human trafficking legislation for assault causing death, attempted murder and fraud. The court heard how Natthiwan had taken over the care of a 4 year old girl from the mother. Then starting in 2015 she started feeding the child floor cleaner to make her pitiable and sick. The child developed severe intestinal problems, high blood pressure and was coughing blood. She was taken into hospital as the foster mother went on Facebook to get donations for her "sick child", reported Thai Rath. Worse was yet to come. Between September 2017 and May 2020 she started feeding floor cleaner to her own two year old son. Donations to help him came from other plaintiffs in the shocking case. The judgment decided that despite help given to the police the charges were of sufficient severity to justify the death penalty in the death of the first child. She was also given a life sentence for the attempted murder of her son and ordered to return just over 40,000 baht to people who gave her money. Her sentence was topped up by a further 30 years by the fraud charges related to begging for money under false pretences. Thailand is one of 54 nations around the world that has the death penalty on the books and sporadically uses it, notes ASEAN NOW. The last time it was used was in June 2018 (using the lethal injection method) and there are thought to be around 500 prisoners in Thailand on death row. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-16 - 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

Investigation underway as police determine death of boy at Nonthaburi school was a shooting Picture: Thai Rath Police in Nonthaburi north west of the Thai capital Bangkok were investigating the death of a M3 pupil at a school in Bang Bua Thong. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272007-investigation-underway-as-police-determine-death-of-boy-at-nonthaburi-school-was-a-shooting/

Picture: Thai Rath Police in Nonthaburi north west of the Thai capital Bangkok were investigating the death of a M3 pupil at a school in Bang Bua Thong. The boy was aged 13 and after initial suspicions that the death was caused by a computer malfunction it has now been determined that he was shot. Thai Rath quoted bang Bua Thong police chief pol Col Prit Jamroonsat as saying that the gun was brought into school by a pupil. It is not sure yet whether the shooting was accidental or deliberate. The evidence so far was pointing to an accident. Parents, social services, prosecutors and police were all involved in the interrogation of 11 witnesses last night. Four are expected to face charges including the person who brought the gun in, someone who moved it and two others. Other Thai media suggested the gun was a so-called pen-gun, a much less powerful weapon than a regular gun but one which can kill nonetheless. Elsewhere the school was named as Lat Pla Duk with the victim being a 15 year old boy called Noppsail who suffered a deep, long fracture to his left eyebrow. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-16 - 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

Fentanyl - a med that is more powerful than morphine - found entering Thailand; US man nabbed Picture: Siam Rath Thailand's drug authorities have successfully intercepted a parcel that contained the powerful and potentially dangerous pharmaceutical drug fentanyl. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272005-fentanyl-a-med-that-is-more-powerful-than-morphine-found-entering-thailand-us-man-nabbed/

Picture: Siam Rath Thailand's drug authorities have successfully intercepted a parcel that contained the powerful and potentially dangerous pharmaceutical drug fentanyl. This drug - prescribed by doctor's for severe pain associated with cancer care - is abused with other drugs like heroin, morphine, cocaine and crystal meth to produced a great high. This can be dangerous if overdosed as has been seen in many cases in the US and Europe. Siam Rath reported comments from the secretary of the Narcotics Control Board Wanchai Chaimongkhol who appeared with far east DEA rep Mark Snyder at a press conference. Wanchai said that the Airport Interdiction Task Force - AITF - had intercepted and xrayed a parcel from the US that contained 8 grams of ketamine, 9 grams of crystal meth, 2 grams of ecstasy, 10 grams of cocaine and four grams of fentanyl. Picture: Siam Rath A US man who came to pick up the parcel was arrested. In follow up investigations in the Ratchathewi and Wattana areas of Bangkok a Thai woman was also taken into custody. The drugs were found on Monday. Investigators are looking into the case to see if it was one of personal use or part of a wider drug related issue. Wanchai said this was the first time fentanyl had been found and the NCB were keeping a close watch on what he said was a potentially dangerous drug coming into the kingdom. Fentanyl comes in pill or patch form and online information suggests it has 50-100 times the power of morphine. Misuse can cause heart failure and death. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-16 - 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 Baht heads to near 37 Baht/US$, as BoT defends its use of $19 billion in defending the currency By Narudon Daisachulshu As Thai Baht heads towards level not seen since late September 2006 questions are being asked whether the Bank of Thailand (BoT)’s statement that the 1.35 trillion Baht disappearance of the international reserves was just ‘revaluation’ of asset or has the central bank been actively propping the currency to keep it artificially stronger than it should be. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272004-thai-baht-heads-to-near-37-bahtus-as-bot-defends-its-use-of-19-billion-in-defending-the-currency/

By Narudon Daisachulshu As Thai Baht heads towards level not seen since late September 2006 questions are being asked whether the Bank of Thailand (BoT)’s statement that the 1.35 trillion Baht disappearance of the international reserves was just ‘revaluation’ of asset or has the central bank been actively propping the currency to keep it artificially stronger than it should be. Earlier this week, the BoT revealed that Thailand’s reserves stood at a staggering US$240 billion, but this number was down from US$278 billion seen earlier this year and that the reason for the decline in the currency was that the BoT was revaluing all the assets because most of the assets it holds are in its diversified portfolio had depreciated as the US Dollar has strengthened against all global currencies. The rising interest rates in the United States has prompted the US Dollar to strengthen to levels not seen in more than a decade, and this has prompted many countries to scramble to keep their currencies from depreciating. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/44229/thai-baht-heads-to-near-37-baht-us-as-bot-defends-its-use-of-19-billion-in-defending-the-currency/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-09-16 - 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 September 16 2022 Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1272002-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-friday-september-16-2022/

Listen to the news: A 15-year-old boy was killed after a homemade pistol went off accidentally in a classroom in Nonthaburi. Students and teachers initially blamed the incident on a computer, but the boy's wounds to his face and a deep wound near his eye indicated something else was the cause. Another student eventually admitted he brought in the homemade gun which went off accidentally causing the fatal injury. The criminal court has sentenced a woman to death after she poisoned her two children, then posted images of them looking sick online to attract donations. She confessed to feeding her adopted daughter acidic water which eventually caused her death and giving her own 2 year old son meals that were poisoned. She was sentenced to death and ordered to repay 42 thousand baht. Toyota motors Thailand has ended up with a heft fine after Thailand's Supreme Court' found the car company had wrongfully claimed it used locally made parts for its Prius cars assembled here in 2013, this would have made it eligible to pay 10 percent tax rather than the usual 80% import duty. The court has fined the auto maker more than 315 million dollars. Parts of Bangkok at Lat Krabang near Suvarnabhumi airport will be declared a disaster zone after further flooding hit there and several other areas, This will allow emergency relief funds and other provisions to be provided promptly by the local authority. Region: China said it has lodged a complaint with the United States, after a US Senate panel advanced legislation that would enhance US military support for Taiwan. A chinese foreign ministry representative said if this goes through it would affect US-China relations. Japan is expected to lift a ban on individual tourist visa requirements from selected countries from October, imposed due to Covid-19. The country will also scrap the daily entry limit of 50,000 people, Chiang Mai: Bright clouding over with rain this afternoon 32C Bangkok: Bright, partly Cloudy rain 32C Pattaya and SE: Bright, partly Cloudy DRY 30C. Phuket: Bright, partly cloudy isolated showers 29 C. Hua Hin: A fine day clouding over with rain this afternoon 32 C 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 2022-09-16 - 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 16 September by Chili Radio Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271995-world-sports-news-friday-16-september-by-chili-radio/