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‘Joe Ferrari’ seeks to withdraw his appeal against conviction for killing suspect The mother of convicted police officer Thitisan Uttanaphon, aka “Joe Ferrari”, has asked the court for the withdrawal of an appeal against her son’s conviction, claiming that her son has repented for the crime he committed and is ready to face the prison term. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267977-‘joe-ferrari’-seeks-to-withdraw-his-appeal-against-conviction-for-killing-suspect/

Thailand Closely Monitors Situations in Taiwan Strait BANGKOK, Aug 4 (TNA) – Thailand is following up situations in the Taiwan Strait while adhering to its one-China policy and hoping all parties prioritize peaceful solutions, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267927-thailand-closely-monitors-situations-in-taiwan-strait/

BANGKOK, Aug 4 (TNA) – Thailand is following up situations in the Taiwan Strait while adhering to its one-China policy and hoping all parties prioritize peaceful solutions, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Regarding United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, Tanee Sangrat, spokesman of the ministry, said Thailand was monitoring situations in the Taiwan Strait with high concern and it adhered to its one-China policy. Thailand did not want to see any activity that would heighten tension and undermine peace and stability in the region. Thailand hoped that all parties concerned would be patient and comply with international laws, respect territorial sovereignty and integrity and solve problems peacefully, he said. Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-991359 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-08-04 - 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!

OPINION US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to stopover in Taiwan, which China viewed as a violation of its “One China” policy. It was an act of selfishness, one that grew out of her own desire to leave a legacy. Eventually, her action will bring all kinds of intended and unintended consequences. The intended consequence of her visit was clear for all to see. She knows that her time as the house speaker is ending this year. The mid-term elections in November are almost certain to result in defeat for the Democrats, according to American political pundits. So, it is better to do it now than later. Otherwise, her visit would not be as “special”. The unintended consequence is potentially enormous, because it will impact relations between the US and China in the months and years to come. First of all, the credibility of President Joe Biden has been ruined. In his marathon phone call recently, he pledged to Xi that the US respects the One China policy. He also said that the US does not support an independent Taiwan. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pelosis-disastrous-legacy/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-04 - 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’s Mae Fah Luang airport to reopen as Nok Air aircraft moved Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai international airport is expected to resume normal operations soon, after, at about 4am this morning, the damaged Nok Air Boeing 737-800 plane was extracted from the soft ground at the edge of the runway, where it had been stuck since Saturday night. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267923-thailand’s-mae-fah-luang-airport-to-reopen-as-nok-air-aircraft-moved/

Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai international airport is expected to resume normal operations soon, after, at about 4am this morning, the damaged Nok Air Boeing 737-800 plane was extracted from the soft ground at the edge of the runway, where it had been stuck since Saturday night. The airline, the airport and the Royal Thai Air Force had worked non-stop, in pouring rain, in to move the plane, which was partially blocking the runway, closing the airport. All flights to Chiang Rai were cancelled as a result of the incident. A press conference is scheduled at 1.30pm today at the airport about the reopening. Separately, Nok Air will also clarify the incident and its planned remedy to the affected passengers today. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-mae-fah-luang-airport-to-reopen-as-nok-air-aircraft-moved/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-04 - 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!

You got what you ordered! Viral "food drama" post amuses Thailand Daily News Thai Caption: Customer got what they asked for Daily News reported on a so called food drama post on Facebook that was going viral among Thai social media users. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267920-you-got-what-you-ordered-viral-food-drama-post-amuses-thailand/

Daily News Thai Caption: Customer got what they asked for Daily News reported on a so called food drama post on Facebook that was going viral among Thai social media users. A customer ordered "khai paloo" - an egg dish that always comes with soup. They specified in the order that they just wanted egg. What they meant to say was they only wanted egg and the soup, they didn't want any pork belly with the dish. All they got was an egg in a plastic bag. Picture: Daily News Netizens found it hilarious with most saying: "Well that's what you asked for and that's what you got!". Daily News said in their headline that it was a case of either being angry or laughing about it. The story was shared 8,900 times. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-04 - 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

Rayong locals ask neighbors to remove vehicles blocking the estate Daily News Thai Caption: Remove vehicles blocking the way Daily News reported from the Phoon Chai community in Rayong where locals are concerned about vehicles abandoned for years that are blocking the roads. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267919-rayong-locals-ask-neighbors-to-remove-vehicles-blocking-the-estate/

Daily News Thai Caption: Remove vehicles blocking the way Daily News reported from the Phoon Chai community in Rayong where locals are concerned about vehicles abandoned for years that are blocking the roads. They also moaned to the press about people putting flowerpots in the street blocking access. Complaints to the local authority have been ignored. Picture: Daily News Neung said that he had told a neighbor to move things but been met with an excuse that "it's in front of my house, I can do that". A local resident representative said they would have a word. Police said it was illegal and that people could be fined 500 baht for blocking the road and up to 10,000 baht if it represented a cleanliness issue. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-04 - 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 Picture: Daily News Picture: Daily News

Mum posts warning after three year old child consumes marijuana brownie and needs hospital AMARIN Thai Caption: Child, 3, accidentally eats marijuana brownie Amarin TV reported that a three year old child who consumed a marijuana brownie needed hospital treatment. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267918-mum-posts-warning-after-three-year-old-child-consumes-marijuana-brownie-and-needs-hospital/

AMARIN Thai Caption: Child, 3, accidentally eats marijuana brownie Amarin TV reported that a three year old child who consumed a marijuana brownie needed hospital treatment. A teacher had contacted the parent to say that the child was shaking and couldn't walk properly. The child has now recovered. The family live in Pattani in the far south of Thailand and posted about what happened on Facebook. The teacher said that the child had fallen asleep and couldn't be woken up. The child was sleepy on the way to hospital after the parent decided to take the child there. The parent was told by a relative of her husband that the child had ate the ganja brownie. The child complained in hospital of being hungry and sleepy. The mother warned other parents to be careful of their kids. She refused to talk to Amarin citing negativity towards her family. The media made do with speaking to a baker in the area who said they would't put ganja in their brownies because it wasn't Halal. The baker said people in the area were putting ganja in their food secretly and this was a very bad thing especially for children. A young person told them that smoking weed was fine but consuming it in cookies and the like was difficult to gauge the strength and thus this was particularly dangerous to children who might consume such products. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-04 - 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

Two killed, seven wounded in youth gang shoot-out in Ubon Ratchathani Two people were killed and seven others wounded in a gun fight between two gangs of youths in the parking lot of a department store in Muang district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Ubon Ratchathani late last night. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267917-two-killed-seven-wounded-in-youth-gang-shoot-out-in-ubon-ratchathani/

Two people were killed and seven others wounded in a gun fight between two gangs of youths in the parking lot of a department store in Muang district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Ubon Ratchathani late last night. Initial reports from a rescue foundation said that the rival gangs met at the parking lot of Big C department store to settle a dispute, but they could not agree and both sides drew guns and shot at each other, a firefight which lasted about 7 minutes according to people close by. All nine of the injured and were rushed to hospitals in the district, but two of them were pronounced dead on arrival. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/two-killed-seven-wounded-in-youth-gang-shoot-out-in-ubon-ratchathani/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-04 - 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!

Huge fire at trash heap in Nakhon Pathom - blaze still not under control Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported that a blaze at a trash heap on 11 rai of land in Nakhon Pathom was still not completely under control. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267916-huge-fire-at-trash-heap-in-nakhon-pathom-blaze-still-not-under-control/

Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported that a blaze at a trash heap on 11 rai of land in Nakhon Pathom was still not completely under control. The blaze in Don Toom district began at 9am and by 4 pm it was only partially under control. Some 200 firemen utilizing 30+ fire engines were using foam on the trash. Picture: Siam Rath It was still burning after 12 hours. Access was difficult and rain that looked as though it would assist fire fighters lasted only 5 minutes. The fire has caused subsidence in the area. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-04 - 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

Three top cops in frame to be next RTP chief - decision expected before end of August Picture: INN INN reported comments from the chief of the Royal Thai Police regarding his successor. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267914-three-top-cops-in-frame-to-be-next-rtp-chief-decision-expected-before-end-of-august/

Picture: INN INN reported comments from the chief of the Royal Thai Police regarding his successor. Pol Gen Suwat Changyodsuk, 60, will be stepping down this year. He took over as commissioner general on October 1st 2020 from former incumbent Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda. Suwat said he didn't know when the committee to chose his successor would meet but it would be before the end of August. He said they would chose the most appropriate candidate and he was not worried about who that might be. He said that the names already widely reported in the media were the three in the frame. These INN said are deputy commanders Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat and Roy Ingkhaphairoj and national police inspector Visanu Prasattongosoth. Of the three candidates ASEAN NOW notes that Damrongsak - chief of the so called cyber cops unit - perhaps has the highest profile. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-04 - 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 Roy is known as "Big Roy" - INN spelled his name wrong in Thai in their article.

Hunt for ex husband who ambushed lady and nearly killed her in Samut Prakan 77kaoded Thai Caption: Ex ambushes woman nearly killing her 77kaoded reported on a knife attack on a 48 year old woman by her 33 year old ex outside a factory in Samut Prakan. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267910-hunt-for-ex-husband-who-ambushed-lady-and-nearly-killed-her-in-samut-prakan/

77kaoded Thai Caption: Ex ambushes woman nearly killing her 77kaoded reported on a knife attack on a 48 year old woman by her 33 year old ex outside a factory in Samut Prakan. She was seriously wounded and only lived thanks to the intervention of locals. The media were told that the man appeared drunk in the attack in the area of the Bang Plee industrial estate (Lat Wai) behind a school. They found the woman called Wilawan in hospital awaiting a transfer. She said her ex called Padiphan who she had lived with for a year was responsible. Picture: 77kaoded She said he was unemployed and had fled a warrant from the Lad Phrao police for attempted murder of a policeman. She said he used to beat her if she didn't give him money. A beating last October was the final straw and she decided on a split. She filed a report with the south Samrong police for assault but he remained at large. Since then he had threatened to kill her. At one point he found out where she was living and while she was in the shower used her phone to transfer 7,000 baht to himself and stole another phone. She had been living in fear of him and now he had ambushed her after work with a sword he kept in his waistband. Only the intervention of locals saved her in the middle of the road. He fled. She wants him caught as she not only fears for her own life but that of her sick 80 year old father. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-04 - 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

Pattaya: Taxi driver assaults woman after showing her a knife Daily News Thai Cap: Driver full of lust! Daily News went to investigate after a Thai woman went on Pattaya Talk 2020 to say she was molested in the front seat of a taxi she called using a well known app. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267907-pattaya-taxi-driver-assaults-woman-after-showing-her-a-knife/

Daily News Thai Cap: Driver full of lust! Daily News went to investigate after a Thai woman went on Pattaya Talk 2020 to say she was molested in the front seat of a taxi she called using a well known app. "A", 20, had been on a night out with her elder sister and elder brother when they called the yellow and blue taxi to go home to Soi Porn Praphanimit in Bang Lamung. She said that the driver spoke nicely on the way and seemed to have a good temperament. The name of the driver was displayed on the app. At one point he produced a knife from the side pocket that he said he used "for self protection". Picture: Daily News When the group neared home they stopped at a 7-Eleven and her siblings got out but she was tired so stayed in the taxi. Suddenly the driver kissed her on the cheek, she tried to remain calm but he persisted in trying to chat her up asking for her telephone and LINE numbers. She kept the encounter to herself but back home was in tears with her sister prompting her brother to go outside and confront the driver who had just made a U-turn before trying leaving the area. He wound the window down and the brother, aged 22, hit him in a fit of rage after seeing his sister's distress. The family later made a report with the Bang Lamung police. The lady warned women to call taxis driven by women or at the least sit in the back of cabs. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-04 - 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

3 weeks or 5 years – how much longer can Prayut legally stay in power? By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk Questions over whether Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can legally remain in office after August 24 have resurfaced as the date approaches. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267906-3-weeks-or-5-years-–-how-much-longer-can-prayut-legally-stay-in-power/

By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk Questions over whether Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can legally remain in office after August 24 have resurfaced as the date approaches. On that date, Gen Prayut will have been in the post for eight years, the legal limit set by the Constitution. What the Constitution says Unlike all previous editions, the current Thai charter stipulates a time limit for the PM’s tenure. Article 158 states that: “The prime minister shall not hold office for more than eight years in total, whether or not consecutively. However, this shall not include the period during which the prime minister carries out duties after vacating the office.” When to start counting? Many observers, including Prayut’s critics, insist the eight-year period started when he first assumed the premiership on August 24, 2014 – following the military coup he led in May that year. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/3-weeks-or-5-years-how-much-longer-can-prayut-legally-stay-in-power/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-04 - 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!