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By Narudon Daisachulshu The National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) has come out to warn telecom operators in Thailand to get their act together or else face a fine of up to 1 million Baht per day for noncompliance. The NBTC, which has been under immense pressure from the public and the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, to tackle the growing number of fraud cases due to the various call centers, that has siphoned off money from people of all walks of life. Telcom operators, the NBTC said, would need to immediately implement the measures of registering all SIM cards and also anybody who owns more than 5 SIM cards needs to be called in by the operator to present themselves to the operator to make sure that they are not part of the call center gangs that has been rampant in Thailand. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/43924/nbtc-comes-out-to-reprimand-telecom-operators-for-laxing-on-rules-as-it-looks-to-tackle-call-center-scammers/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-09-08 - 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 - Thursday September 8 2022 Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271237-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-thursday-september-8-2022/

Listen to the news: Suspended Prime Minister Prayut has insisted his 8-year term in office did not expire on August 24th, but should be counted from when the revised constitution came into effect on the 6th of April 2017. His comments were taken from a written statement to the Constitutional Court, which was leaked yesterday. The Health department announced that Covid will be downgraded from Dangerous to a communicable disease from the 1st of October, the minister of health noted the number of people requiring oxygen was falling and the number of fatalities was generally due to other underlying conditions. A court has directed Bangkok’s local authority the BMA to pay 12.6 billion baht to the BTS skytrain for operating the Green Line extension since April 2017. Bangkok’s governor Chadchart Sittipunt said the BMA would appeal the verdict. The Ministry of Health will secure 3 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to be given to children aged between six months and five years. The first shipment is expected to arrive next month. Parts of Bangkok and suburbs experienced severe flooding yesterday following torrential rain which was the heaviest in 20 years, further torrential rain is forecast today Region: Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing met Russia's president Putin in Vladivostok yesterday, Speaking during the Eastern Economic Forum Putin said "Myanmar is our long-standing and reliable partner in Southeast Asia. Chiang Mai: cloudy with thunderstorms 29C Bangkok: Cloudy thunderstorms torrential rain 28C Pattaya and SE: Bright, Thunderstorms 28C. Phuket and the South: Cloudy, DRY30 C. Hua Hin: Cloudy, with a good chance of rain 28 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 2022-09-08 - 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!

Video: Seven firemen injured as fire hits warehouse in downtown Bangkok Picture: Thai Rath There were dramatic scenes caught on tape as a serious fire ripped through a large warehouse in the Ratburana area of Bangkok yesterday. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271236-video-seven-firemen-injured-as-fire-hits-warehouse-in-downtown-bangkok/

Picture: Thai Rath There were dramatic scenes caught on tape as a serious fire ripped through a large warehouse in the Ratburana area of Bangkok yesterday. Bang Khor Laem police were initially informed of the fire at a storage facility for products sold online around 9.30 pm, reported Thai Rath. It happened near Ratburana Soi 15, at a warehouse on five rai of land. A TV report by the same organisation said the warehouse stored products from China. As firemen battled the blaze a roof shifted causing the collapse of a rear wall that injured seven firemen who required hospital treatment. The blaze was mostly brought under control after two hours. Bang Khor Laem police chuief Pol Col Suphat Suphakamnert said that items such as face masks and rolls of fabric provided ideal fuel for the fire that was probably started by sparks from a short circuit. No official assessment of the damage has yet been made. That and further investigations are due today. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-08 - 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

HANDOUT The body of a captured British man who died in detention has been returned by Russia with signs of "possible unspeakable torture," Ukraine says. Paul Urey, aged 45, is reported to have died in detention in July after being captured by pro-Russian separatists. He was being held captive in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) breakaway region of Ukraine. Full story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62828238 -- © Copyright BBC 2022-09-08

World Sports News - Thursday 8 September by Chili Radio Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271231-world-sports-news-thursday-8-september-by-chili-radio/

Listen to the news: Football - EPL side Chelsea are set to hold talks with Brighton boss Graham Potter about replacing the sacked Thomas Tuchel who won three trophies in 20 months at Stamford Bridge, but was relieved of his duties by the Blues yesterday. Ex-Swansea and Ostersunds FK coach Potter, 47, has been given permission by the Seagulls to talk with Chelsea. Champions League action from last night included Liverpool getting thrashed 4-1 in Italy against Napoli. Robert Lewandowski scoring a magnificent hat-trick in Barcelona's crushing 5-1 Champions League win over Viktoria Plzen and Bayern Munich got their Champions League campaign off to a good start as they beat Inter Milan 2-0 in Italy. Richarlison scored both of Tottenham Hotspur's goals in their 2-0 over Marseille.There were also wins for Ajax, Sporting, Atletico Madrid and Club Bruges. Tennis - American Frances Tiafoe reached a maiden Grand Slam semi-final by dispatching number nine seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets in front of a home crowd at the US Open. 7-6 7-6 6-4 was the score. In the Women's Aryna Sabalenka reached the US Open semi-finals for the second consecutive year with a straight-set win over Czech 22nd seed Karolina Pliskova in New York. 6-1 7-6. Download the Chili Radio app : https://chiliradio.app for Chili Pop and Chili Classics. -- © Copyright Chili RADIO 2022-09-08 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!

Prayut begs Constitutional Court to not count his premiership from 2014 as court sees 2nd data leak in past 2-days By Erich Parpart A 23-page document that was allegedly submitted by suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to the Constitutional Court was leaked today which stated some of the rebuttals made by the 2014 coup leader against the allegations of him having completed his 8-year term as Prime Minister. The documents, the 2nd leak from the top court in Thailand in as many days, came as the Constitutional Court continues to deliberate on the petition filed by the opposition parties against what they see as the breach of the 2017 constitution that states that nobody can remain a Prime Minister for more than 8-years. “Even though I first assumed the prime minister position on August 24, 2014, and I have continued to be in the position since then until now, the plaintiff cannot use that first period of my premiership under Article 14 dash 1 of the interim charter, which was already nullified when the 2017 constitution came into effect, to be counted in with the premiership period under the current charter,” the unauthenticated document stated. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/43897/prayut-begs-constitutional-court-to-not-count-his-premiership-from-2014-as-court-sees-2nd-data-leak-in-past-2-days/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-09-08 - 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!

Families Argue After Ninth Grader Badly Slashes Fellow Student For ‘Bullying’ TNR Staff The classroom where the attack took place. The Thai headline says, “Countered that he never bullied.” THE families of two students with one having badly slashed the other for allegedly bullying him argued over compensation while the injured boy denied tormenting his classmate, Sanook.com said yesterday (Sept. 7). Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271228-families-argue-after-ninth-grader-badly-slashes-fellow-student-for-‘bullying’/

The classroom where the attack took place. The Thai headline says, “Countered that he never bullied.” TNR Staff THE families of two students with one having badly slashed the other for allegedly bullying him argued over compensation while the injured boy denied tormenting his classmate, Sanook.com said yesterday (Sept. 7). The unnamed ninth grade student at a school in Pakham district of Buriram province used a grass hook which he brought from home to slash his classmate at the back of his neck, shoulder and hips on Sept. 2. The injured boy was rushed to the hospital. A friend of the injured boy also got hurt in the right arm after being hit with a chair by the attacker’s friend while moving in to stop the assault. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/07/families-argue-after-ninth-grader-badly-slashes-fellow-student-for-bullying/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-08 - 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!

People-Endorsed Bid To End Senators’ Power To Pick PM Aborted Again By Thai Newsroom Reporters LEGISLATION TO END the power of senators to vote alongside MPs for head of a post-election government was aborted again yesterday (Sept 7). Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271227-people-endorsed-bid-to-end-senators’-power-to-pick-pm-aborted-again/

By Thai Newsroom Reporters LEGISLATION TO END the power of senators to vote alongside MPs for head of a post-election government was aborted again yesterday (Sept 7). During today’s joint House/Senate meeting on the legislation primarily drafted to amend the constitution’s Section 272 and endorsed with signatures of over 75,000 people in sustained effort to end the unelected legislators’ power to pick head of a post-election government alongside the elected ones, the yea votes finally came out short of half the total of MPs and senators combined to pass approval in principle for it. Despite a lengthy floor debate launched by amendment proponents who insisted the legislative process of picking a head of government only be the business of the elected lawmakers whilst the unelected ones be kept at bay, the legislation completely failed to sail through. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/07/people-endorsed-bid-to-end-senators-power-to-pick-pm-aborted-again/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-08 - 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!

High-Ranking Official Caught Stealing Public Money TNR Staff Police arresting the senior official who was caught stealing public money. Photos: Naewna A HIGH-RANKING official in Ayutthaya was caught red-handed pocketing almost 80,000 baht in cash made out to pay for religious ceremonies. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271226-high-ranking-official-caught-stealing-public-money/

Police arresting the senior official who was caught stealing public money. Photos: Naewna TNR Staff A HIGH-RANKING official in Ayutthaya was caught red-handed pocketing almost 80,000 baht in cash made out to pay for religious ceremonies yesterday (Sept. 7), TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said. Acting on a complaint filed against Mrs. Somsri (pseudonym), Mr. Poomwisan Kasemsuk, acting secretary-general of the Office of the Public Sector Anti-corruption Commission, and Pol. Maj. Gen. Jaroonkiat Pankaew, head of Counter-Corruption Division police, laid a plan to arrest her. In a raid mounted together with a police team today the suspect was caught at the Provincial Cultural Office with 79,188 baht in her possession. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/07/high-ranking-official-caught-stealing-public-money/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-08 - 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!

Sidewalks on Central Pattaya Road are 80% complete, set to be fully finished by end of September, Pattaya officials say By Tanakorn Panyadee PHOTO: บริษัท โสภณ เคเบิ้ล ที.วี.และสื่อสาร พัทยา จำกัด Pattaya — Sidewalks on Central Pattaya Road, which were delayed from being fixed due to a labor shortage and restrictions during COVID-19, were 80% complete, according to Pattaya officials. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271225-sidewalks-on-central-pattaya-road-are-80-complete-set-to-be-fully-finished-by-end-of-september-pattaya-officials-say/

PHOTO: บริษัท โสภณ เคเบิ้ล ที.วี.และสื่อสาร พัทยา จำกัด By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — Sidewalks on Central Pattaya Road, which were delayed from being fixed due to a labor shortage and restrictions during COVID-19, were 80% complete, according to Pattaya officials. At the Pattaya City Hall today, September 7th, a meeting chaired by Passakorn Yusomboon, chairman of the Public Works and Utilities Committee, was arranged to discuss the progress of the walkway projects on Central Pattaya Road, following multiple complaints from ordinary pedestrians. Most pedestrians were peeved at the project because it had been delayed from its original completion date of September 2021, Passakron stated. This was mainly due to a “labor shortage” caused by COVID-19 and obstructive wires that slowed down the work. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/07/sidewalks-on-central-pattaya-road-are-80-complete-set-to-be-fully-finished-by-end-of-september-pattaya-officials-say/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-08 - 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 Public Health Ministry plans to downgrade Covid-19 to disease under authorities’ surveillance in October By Nop Meechukhun National – Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stated on Wednesday, September 7th, that Thailand would downgrade the Covid-19 Coronavirus as a disease under authorities’ surveillance, effective from October 1st. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271224-thai-public-health-ministry-plans-to-downgrade-covid-19-to-disease-under-authorities’-surveillance-in-october/

By Nop Meechukhun National – Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stated on Wednesday, September 7th, that Thailand would downgrade the Covid-19 Coronavirus as a disease under authorities’ surveillance, effective from October 1st. The Minister revealed after the general meeting with the ministry’s executives that the situation of Covid-19 in the country was stable and under control. Therefore, the Ministry is planning to reduce the severity of the Covid-19 Coronavirus from a dangerous infectious disease to a disease under surveillance, starting in October. Under the new declaration, the public health operation systems remain particularly the same to prevent the spread of the disease, including vaccinations, medicine distributions, and treatment at medical services, according to Anutin. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/07/thai-public-health-ministry-plans-to-downgrade-covid-19-to-disease-under-authorities-surveillance-in-october/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-08 - 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 bar owners complain after one week with allegedly no water supply By Goongnang Suksawat Pattaya-Pattaya bar owners have complained after having allegedly no tap water supply for more than one week. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271223-pattaya-bar-owners-complain-after-one-week-with-allegedly-no-water-supply/

By Goongnang Suksawat Pattaya-Pattaya bar owners have complained after having allegedly no tap water supply for more than one week. Mrs. Sasiprap Sirisawat, 26, a bar owner in Soi 7 told the Pattaya News, “Many of the bar owners in Soi 7 are suffering from having no water supply for more than one week. Sometimes the water works but has a very weak flow. I have to buy water from a water truck to use in the bar for 2,000 to 3,000 Baht per day as well as other bar owners in the same area.” Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/07/pattaya-bar-owners-complain-after-one-week-with-allegedly-no-water-supply/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-08 - 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: Indian man agrees to pay 200k baht to dance teacher over inappropriate touch on Pattaya Walking Street Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271222-indian-man-agrees-to-pay-200k-baht-to-dance-teacher-over-inappropriate-touch-on-pattaya-walking-street/

Update: Indian man agrees to pay 200k baht to dance teacher over inappropriate touch on Pattaya Walking Street By Tanakorn Panyadee PHOTO: ข่าวคนชล Pattaya — An Indian man agreed to pay a Thai dance teacher 200,000 baht over an inappropriate touch on Pattaya Walking Street yesterday night, but police said he would still get charged as well. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271222-indian-man-agrees-to-pay-200k-baht-to-dance-teacher-over-inappropriate-touch-on-pattaya-walking-street/

PHOTO: ข่าวคนชล By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — An Indian man agreed to pay a Thai dance teacher 200,000 baht over an inappropriate touch on Pattaya Walking Street yesterday night, but police said he would still get charged as well. Pol. Maj. Thanya Udthong summoned Ms. NC (alias), a 43-year-old dance teacher, and the suspect identified by police as Mr. Sandeep, a 51-year-old Indian suspect, whom Ms. NC claimed inappropriately touched/grabbed her on Walking Street last night, September 6th. After being detained at the Pattaya police station, Mr. Sandeep asked the police to negotiate directly with the victim again, to which the victim agreed. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/07/update-indian-man-agrees-to-pay-200k-baht-to-dance-teacher-over-inappropriate-touch-on-pattaya-walking-street/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-08 - 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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