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Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath followed up on the death of a woman outside her house in the Chom Bung police jurisdiction of Ratchaburi, central Thailand. They had called it a mystery death; ASEAN NOW carried the story on Thursday. Thitiya, 41, had been found slumped in a Toyota Vios. Her husband Uthen, 55, initially claimed they had been drinking and that he was innocent. He kept changing his story as police asked him to explain bloodstains at the house, broken bottles and cuts on his body. Now he has admitted that they argued and he claims that he pushed her over and she banged her head on the floor, but he did not intend to kill her. He then put her in the car and didn't realise she was dead. He was taken on a reenactment by the Chom Bung police. He has been charged with assault causing death. Whether that will be upgraded to other charges will depend on the results of an autopsy, said station chief Pol Col Tharanit Traiwongsa yesterday. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-13 - 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

Safe robber boasts of his 100K windfall on TikTok - he's arrested within a day Picture: Daily News It took just a day for police in Chonburi to crack a safe robbing case - with more than a little help from the thief. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268747-safe-robber-boasts-of-his-100k-windfall-on-tiktok-hes-arrested-within-a-day/

Picture: Siam Rath It took just a day for police in Chonburi to crack a safe robbing case - with more than a little help from the thief. Habitual criminal Surasak, 29, from Surin, had gone into the offices of a metalworks in Muang district on Thursday where he stole a medium sized safe and contents, reported Siam Rath. It contained a large quantity of cash and checks. He then went on TikTok to boast about his windfall - his name on the video platform is joker764. Police had the last laugh on him, however. He was heard to say that he'd woken up that morning, gone out now he had loads of money to pay off his debts. Yippee! Someone from the metalworks recognised the money, said Chonburi provincial chief Pol Maj-Gen Attasit Kitjahan at a press conference yesterday. The police went to Bang Sai sub-district and the hapless safe robber was soon in custody and the loot and safe were found inside his room. He said he needed money - and had many offences of theft to his name. He was charged with theft at night using a conveyance. ASEAN NOW notes that there is no charge for "crass stupidity by posting online" but perhaps there should be.... -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-13 - 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

NE wife whacks good for nothing, lazy, drunk husband 30 times with a pestle - that'll teach him! Daily News Thai Caption: Pestle Power! Siam Ruam Jai Pu-In rescue services told Daily News that they were called to a house outside a village in Nong Kong sub-district of Buriram, NE Thailand. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268746-ne-wife-whacks-good-for-nothing-lazy-drunk-husband-30-times-with-a-pestle-thatll-teach-him/

Daily News Thai Caption: Pestle Power! Siam Ruam Jai Pu-In rescue services told Daily News that they were called to a house outside a village in Nong Kong sub-district of Buriram, NE Thailand. There they found farmer Soot Khongsortsap, 54, who was drunk and rather the worse for wear. Blood was running from his mouth due to a broken tooth, he had a broken finger and there was bruising over much of his body. He was taken to Nang Rong district hospital. His wife Ubon Konkham, 56, admitted she'd beaten him up as he'd been boozing all day not lifting a finger to help her. In addition he had had a go at her mother and relatives. That was the final straw so as she was cooking at the time she picked up the pestle (used for grinding things like chilis) and hit him about 30 times to teach him a lesson he won't forget. She said that she hadn't hit him in the head - she avoided choosing parts of the body that would leave him seriously injured. He'd been unconscious before rescue arrived. How he got a broken tooth was not explained. She said that stress had built up over time. Daily News published a picture of the disgruntled wife holding the pestle. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-13 - 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

Singaporean driver dies, four Singaporean passengers injured after sedan crashes into a bus injuring one Korean and two Thais in Phuket By Goongnang Suksawat Kata, Phuket – A Singaporean driver died while four Singaporean passengers have sustained various injuries. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268743-singaporean-driver-dies-four-singaporean-passengers-injured-after-sedan-crashes-into-a-bus-injuring-one-korean-and-two-thais-in-phuket/

By Goongnang Suksawat Kata, Phuket – A Singaporean driver died while four Singaporean passengers have sustained various injuries after a a sedan crashed into a bus in which a Korean national and two Thais were injured on Kata Hill last night in Phuket (August 12th). The Karon Police reports they were notified of the accident at 11:20 P.M. at Plab Pla Curve on Patak Road on Kata Hill in the Karon sub-district, Mueang Phuket district. Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/08/13/singaporean-driver-dies-four-singaporean-passengers-injured-after-sedan-crashes-into-a-bus-injuring-one-korean-and-two-thais-in-phuket/ -- © Copyright The Phuket Express 2022-08-13 - 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!

Hardscrabble lottery vendors hit by digital revolution A lottery vendor waits patiently for buyers in Bangkok. Small lottery vendors across the country are now dreading the expansion of digital lottery tickets – which are sold not just through major private electronic platforms but also on the popular Paotang application. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268742-hardscrabble-lottery-vendors-hit-by-digital-revolution/

A lottery vendor waits patiently for buyers in Bangkok. Small lottery vendors across the country are now dreading the expansion of digital lottery tickets – which are sold not just through major private electronic platforms but also on the popular Paotang application. Selling tickets for the government lottery has long been a lifeline for underprivileged, elderly and disabled Thais. However, that source of income is drying up. “It’s becoming increasingly difficult for us to sell tickets these days,” said Som, a small-time lottery vendor. A Loei native, Som has roamed Bangkok’s streets selling lottery tickets for nearly two decades now. Her once secure livelihood is now in jeopardy, though, because many customers have switched to buying digital tickets for the 6-digit government lottery. “I had some 100 unsold tickets on the day the last lottery draw was held,” she said. “I was very anxious and worried. If I had failed to sell them, I would have had to shoulder the loss.” Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/hardscrabble-lottery-vendors-hit-by-digital-revolution/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-13 - 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: Dramatic moment as man on pontoon washed away in floods hits electrical wires Daily News Thai Caption: Tha Wangpha, Nan - Dramatic moment Daily News reported that the effects of tropical storm Mulan continued to affect Thailand yesterday with heavy rain. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268741-video-dramatic-moment-as-man-on-pontoon-washed-away-in-floods-hits-electrical-wires/

Daily News Thai Caption: Tha Wangpha, Nan - Dramatic moment Daily News reported that the effects of tropical storm Mulan continued to affect Thailand yesterday with heavy rain. In Tha Wangpha district of Nan province in the north a man was washed away on a pontoon under a bridge on a swollen river. A video was posted on TikTok under the name 9559ball_khonkaen. A woman shrieks as the pontoon collides with wires after going under a bridge. The man managed to save himself by grabbing a log. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-13 - 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

Clunk Click Every Trip - Savile’s disgraced but these messages stayed with Rooster a lifetime OPINION | by Rooster News this week that the authorities in Thailand were finally going to make seatbelts in the rear of cars mandatory set Rooster off on one of those Wiki/YouTube hunts: Looking at Public Information Films from my UK childhood and many after I left my homeland. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268739-clunk click-every-trip-savile’s-disgraced-but-these-messages-stayed-with-rooster-a-lifetime/

OPINION | by Rooster News this week that the authorities in Thailand were finally going to make seatbelts in the rear of cars mandatory set Rooster off on one of those Wiki/YouTube hunts: Looking at Public Information Films from my UK childhood and many after I left my homeland. I don’t mind telling you I had some tears. Not of nostalgia but because many of the graphic messages about safety - often directed at children - have stayed with me to this day. I nearly lost my beloved kid last year in a swimming related incident. We’re never, ever too old to learn. And learning is what many Thais need to do. Many know about helmets, seatbelts and drink driving but do little. The message just doesn't get across. Laissez-faire reigns in the Land of the Free (to Kill Yourself and Others). Many know little of the dangers posed by old fridges, playing on farms or one that claims so many young lives - ponds in gardens and lakes in villages. Maybe they could take a leaf out of the UK’s playbook of yesteryear to get messages about basic safety understood loud and clear. Thailand has some brilliant advertising gurus and filmmakers who could be gainfully employed. I’ve seen only a few campaigns in my time here that really hit home (Taa Wiset or Magic Eyes about littering was one but was soon abandoned). The government needs to coordinate with the private sector to get graphic and tell people some home truths. Examples of PIF’s are endless; many were produced by the now disbanded Central Office of Information in the UK. I’d recommend readers to Google. Some have been ridiculed like 1950’s films about nuclear attack where people caught outside were told to “lie down”. But even when I saw that in a famous banned film, in a public Carshalton hall in 1980, it had a dramatic effect. I left the hall in a daze, thankful, for now, to be alive. Jimmy Savile - now the rightfully disgraced and gladly dead paedophile - featured in one of the most famous PIF’s (known as Public Service Announcements in the US). He told us to “Clunk Click every trip” - no mention of the word seatbelt in the slogan yet everyone knew what it meant and does to this day. Savile and other huge celebrities of the time used their fame to get attention to issues. Clunk Click ran for years through the 70s with “in your face” images every bit as horrible as the facial injuries shown of people who didn’t belt up. In one Savile compares a person unbuckled in a car to a solitary egg in a box. How it can move around if shaken. One I’d never seen was a series from 1998-2003 and pertinent to the wearing of seatbelts in the rear of cars in Thailand. It was about Julie. The voiceover ran as Julie drove out happily with her kids: “Like most victims Julie knew her killer”. (A white van is seen in the rear hoodwinking the viewer). “It was her son who wasn’t wearing his seatbelt. After crushing her to death he sat back down”. Show that in Thailand and they’d get the message. It’s stark and horrific. Unexpected and powerful. And very un-PC like so many of the films before weak liberals worried about shocking the public into sense. As a biker and car driver one slogan that stayed with me was “Think once, think twice, think BIKE!” advising motorists to look out for riders as they couldn’t be seen well. Again, the biker is mangled. Unpleasant - just like death really is. (Thailand has no problem showing those kinds of grisly pictures though in the last few years editors are getting out too much vaseline for my ghoulish liking). One cartoon from 1971 contains frightening messages about the perils of discarded fridges that trap children. It begins: “To you it’s just a worn out fridge, but to a child it’s a caravan, a ship, a castle, even a bed”. “Old fridges can KILL” says the final message. That was a new one on Mrs R who inquired as to why I was welling up again at my keyboard. One from 1979 featuring Robert Powell was about the dangers to young children of garden ponds. It contained a memorable line after a blonde haired girl was floating dead: “Don’t expect children as young as this to stay away from ponds just because you told them”. A vital message to all parents, me included, that words are just that - fences and covers are what’s needed until kids grow up. Yes, this requires money to be spent, a big issue in Thailand where savings cost lives. Longer films called “Apaches” about the dangers of playing on farms and “Powerful Stuff” about threats from electricity have equally powerful messages, relevant to every society, in every era. “Drinking and Driving Wrecks Lives” ran throughout the 1980s and 1990s. One featured a happy scene as Mungo Jerry’s iconic “In The Summertime” played with that classic line: “Have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find”. The answer is soon plain - death for you and others. One features no cars - just a little girl with tears in her eyes as off screen her mum berates her dad for being a murderer behind the wheel. Jeez, that was powerful. Another about going through what the British call amber lights is entitled “Amber Gambler” (1977). A guy who races to get through the lights meets himself in another car. Ring any bells Thailand? Many utilize humor and that would go down well in LOS. One is about good parking by a man who finally gets it right called Reginald Molehusband. He inspired the phrase “Doing a Reggie”. There are countless others, many aimed at children during early evening viewing in the 60s, 70s and 80s about stranger danger, crossing the road etc etc. So come on Thailand, make it mandatory for TV channels to air films, during kids’ shows (like the nightly soaps!). Don’t expect people - adults or children - to KNOW. Inform them. Use language they’ll understand and images they’ll never forget. Like Savile said about unsecured people in cars: “You are a loose object despite being the best driver”. Posters will say Thailand will never learn about safety. I beg to differ. Educate properly, get the message across in a strong, maybe humorous way with a clever catchphrase. Lives could be saved, today and for years to come. Just do it! The changes to the rear seat belt law showed how far Thailand has to come. After it was announced that “D-Day” was September 5th the RTP showed they hadn’t got the first clue. They were planning on “softly, softly” as they always do. With that ominous caveat that fines are at the discretion of the officer. We all know what that means - if they can be bothered, if there is something in it for them. The government needs to be responsible for the advertising. And the police for the enforcement. Send a strong message and stop all the faffing about on this and so many other safety issues. In other - but safety related - news this week the fallout from Mountain B raged on like the fire. The owner “Sia B” started paying out initial sums of 50,000 baht for funerals. He seemed genuine enough but hapless. There really is no excuse for people who run clubs. They need to be responsible and so do the pathetic authorities who turn a blind eye, take back handers and fail to enforce. It’s the public who suffer, but through their connivance Somchai Saboo (Joe Soap) isn’t entirely innocent. Ever met a Thai who would pay a bigger fine at the station rather than a smaller roadside offering? Sia B’s lawyer offered excuses, plenty of “wai-ing” and merit making was done and one could smell the charred remains of Santika pub in Thong Lo 13 years ago in nostrils familiar to the stench of corruption. Nothing has been learned. Except how to make a public show of course. This was done in an absolutely crass photo shoot at a temple where a heroic manager who went back into the flames and died had to play second fiddle to a large million baht check from the Labour Minister. Yes, following labor benefits’ law is important. So is modesty and a little quiet respect to the dead. In international news two deaths of superstar female singers saddened the world. Judith Durham - the Australian vocalist of The Seekers had an angelic voice; I’ll Never Find Another You and Georgy Girl were iconic songs. Then Olivia Newton-John - star of Grease and singer of many number ones - died of cancer. She worked tirelessly to help sufferers from the disease. In Florida Trump was jumping up and down screaming “Banana Republic” after the FBI looked in his safe. Sorry, Mr ex-president (he couldn’t even get that right), that’s what cops do to toerag criminals. Best news of the week was the continuing efforts by the courts to strip conspiracy theorist and all round rotten egg Alex Jones of everything he owns. To suggest to grieving parents of little children that Sandy Hook was all a hoax needs more than damages, however. It needs jail time and plenty of it to send a message to the internet trolls that “we are coming after you”. As the English Premier League kicked off (heralding life to begin again for Spurs mad Rooster!), EPL legend Ryan Giggs appeared in court for beating up his girlfriend. She found a message on his phone about him going to a bar to “pull some clunge”. That was a new ‘word’ for me. A four letter one starting with a “C” that fronted a Gigg’s email, was not. How the mighty have fallen. Back in Thailand police in Pathum Thani took the murderess of a plastic shop owner for a reenactment. She’d blown away her boyfriend with four shots in two separate salvoes after he’d dared her over the phone to come and shoot him. (Note to self: don’t challenge a Thai woman in this way….) The aging mother of the victim, killed after presenting alms to monks outside his shop, aimed a kick at her head as she “graaped” in forgiveness on the tarmac. Many think the reenactments should end. Journalists - especially at Amarin TV - would rather they continue as they are great theater and great copy. For the police, they tie up cases neatly - with the only effort required being to keep the lynch mob at bay before heading back to the station for some much needed ‘som tam gai yang’ and a count of the day’s takings. Top value for money this week was a porn star - difficult to describe her in any other way - called Oi Roy Joop (Oi Kiss). She’d removed her kit and got her “mammaries out for the lads” at Toy Station in Lamlukka. The great publicity cost her a mere 5,000 baht for offending public morals. She’ll probably spend it on more “body art” as the lovers of tattoos often call the ruining of the human body. I’m not a fan. What’s wrong with nice skin? Not surprisingly the manager of Toy Station is in worse trouble because he didn’t have a licence…. Do they ever? Finally, my thanks to all the posters who commented on last week’s feature about US YouTuber “My Mate Nate”. Especially to those who appreciated the new picture format and a young man making good in Thailand. But also to the many detractors who had a go at Nate, Rooster’s apparent “idolization” of him and who clearly displayed their pathetic envy of a successful young man. You proved my point admirably. Rooster -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-13 - 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

Defrocked: "Drunk as a skunk monk" had a craving for "lao khao" on his way home Police were called to a "laab" shop near the Chainat bus station in central Thailand yesterday where a monk was misbehaving himself. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268737-defrocked-drunk-as-a-skunk-monk-had-a-craving-for-lao-khao-on-his-way-home/

Police were called to a "laab" shop near the Chainat bus station in central Thailand yesterday where a monk was misbehaving himself. The saffron clad chap wasn't sure what his name was. He could just remember the name of a local temple that he'd visited and that he was heading back by bus to Lampang in the north. Aged about 50 he was largely incoherent but managed to say that he intended to get some food but ended up getting a craving for "lao khao" - a white spirit popular with the masses in Thailand. The only problem was he overdid it a tad. Three officers were needed to take him away to a temple so that he could be defrocked and then appropriately prosecuted for his actions. Thai Rath used several terms to relate his drunkenness - we'll go with "drunk as a skunk" as it rhymes with monk. Their report was a little flippant, too. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-13 - 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

Bad night for a Bangkok cabby - claims innocence after passenger transports 30KG of ICE in his cab Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that a taxi driver said he had no idea what his passenger was carrying in his cab and even helped her load up two boxes. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268734-bad-night-for-a-bangkok-cabby-claims-innocence-after-passenger-transports-30kg-of-ice-in-his-cab/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that a taxi driver said he had no idea what his passenger was carrying in his cab and even helped her load up two boxes. They turned out to contain 30 kilos of the Class 1 drug crystal meth. Police have charged him and the passenger with possession with intent to deal and the passenger with taking the drug too. The cabby will have to explain his side in court, notes ASEAN NOW. Police in Nakhon Pathom displayed the drugs that were in clear plastic inside gold packages sealed up with duct tape in two cardboard boxes. The taxi and phones were taken into evidence. Arrested were Janphen Puangsuk, 39, from Korat who has four previous meth related offences in Klong Luang and cabby Samrit Malisorn, 37, from Bangkok who had a clean record. Region 7 commander Pol Lt-Gen Thanayut Wuthijarasthamrong told how the drugs were found during a routine 3 am checkpoint at a U-Turn outside a Hyundai showroom in Nakhon Pathom. The female suspect said that she had been hired by a woman she knew only as "Pat" to go to Ratchaburi and meet a man called "Kai" in a white pick-up. She was paid 5,000 baht up front and would reveive the rest - 25,000 baht - when the delivery was completed. She went in another cab to Ratchaburi to get the drugs. Then Janphen and Kai drove back towards Bangkok and stopped another cab on the way and together all loaded up the packages - one on the rear seat and one in the trunk. Then came the checkpoint as the taxi driver and his passenger headed back to make the delivery in Nawanakhon, Pathum Thani. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-13 - 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

Thailand has strong fire-safety laws, so why do deadly nightclub blazes keep happening? Mountain B nightclub after a deadly fire in Sattahip district in Thailand’s Chonburi province on August 5, 2022. The Mountain B pub blaze that killed 16 people and injured dozens shows Thailand has failed to learn lessons from its history of deadly infernos. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268733-thailand-has-strong-fire-safety-laws-so-why-do-deadly-nightclub-blazes-keep-happening/

Mountain B nightclub after a deadly fire in Sattahip district in Thailand’s Chonburi province on August 5, 2022. The Mountain B pub blaze that killed 16 people and injured dozens shows Thailand has failed to learn lessons from its history of deadly infernos. Although safety rules and building-control laws are in place, operators and authorities still have a casual attitude towards compliance. The result is that avoidable disasters continue to happen on a regular basis, with victims struggling and dying in the flames. What happened at Mountain B? In the wee hours of August 5, more than 100 people were partying inside Mountain B – a new pub in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district – as a band played live on stage. But their fun night out suddenly turned into a nightmare at about 1am. Revelers noticed a spark that seemed to come from the ceiling. Flames quickly followed, raging through the interior and engulfing the whole building in a matter of seconds. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailand-has-strong-fire-safety-laws-so-why-do-deadly-nightclub-blazes-keep-happening/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-13 - 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!

Teen in NE needs hospital treatment after passing out next to his bong - he overdid it Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath publish a story - with a graphic picture - about an 18 year old in Surin, NE Thailand, who lost consciousness after smoking ganja. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268732-teen-in-ne-needs-hospital-treatment-after-passing-out-next-to-his-bong-he-overdid-it/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath publish a story - with a graphic picture - about an 18 year old in Surin, NE Thailand, who lost consciousness after smoking ganja. He passed out next to his home made bong. Their headline went: "An example: 18 year old knocked out by ganja on Mother's Day next to his bong - overdose expected." ASEAN NOW suggests it might have been an overdose of sensationalism. The media said that the house in Muang district was rented and that rescue services were called. Picture: Thai Rath He was taken to hospital and his parents were called. Friends said that he was a regular smoker. This time he smoked after he had had some soy milk. The authorities suspect he overdid it. Marijuana was legalised in Thailand in June but is not supposed to be sold to the under 20s, notes ASEAN NOW. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-13 - 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

Sri Lanka's ousted former president Rajapaksa arrives in Thailand By Kocha Olarn, Irene Nasser and Rhea Mogul, CNN Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives at Bangkok's Don Mueang International airport on Thursday. (CNN)Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew by private jet from Singapore to Thailand on Thursday, according to a high-ranking police official with direct knowledge of his movements. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268722-sri-lankas-ousted-former-president-rajapaksa-arrives-in-thailand/

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives at Bangkok's Don Mueang International airport on Thursday. By Kocha Olarn, Irene Nasser and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN)Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew by private jet from Singapore to Thailand on Thursday, according to a high-ranking police official with direct knowledge of his movements. The source said Rajapaksa's jet landed at Bangkok's Don Mueang Airport and that his stay in Thailand will be treated confidentially. Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Tanee Sangrat said in a social media post Wednesday that Thailand had received a request from Rajapaksa to enter the country. Full story: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/11/asia/sri-lanka-gotabaya-rajapaksa-thailand-intl/index.html -- © Copyright CNN 2022-08-13 - 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!

Five drug suspects arrested in Phuket in two days with total of 3,373 methamphetamine pills By Goongnang Suksawat Phuket – Five drugs suspects have been arrested in two days in Phuket with a total of 3,373 methamphetamine pills. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268721-five-drug-suspects-arrested-in-phuket-in-two-days-with-total-of-3373-methamphetamine-pills/

By Goongnang Suksawat Phuket – Five drugs suspects have been arrested in two days in Phuket with a total of 3,373 methamphetamine pills. The Phuket Provincial Police reports from August 10th to August 11th they have arrested five suspects which are: Charin ‘Arm’ Innoom, 31, from Phuket was arrested in Karon. Seized from him were 1,909 methamphetamine pills, and two handmade handguns with two bullets. He is facing charges of having category 1 drugs with intent to sell and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/08/12/five-drug-suspects-arrested-in-phuket-in-two-days-with-total-of-3373-methamphetamine-pills/ -- © Copyright The Phuket Express 2022-08-13 - 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!