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Sanook Thai Caption: Oh Buddha! Sanook reported on a story about a monk buying a second hand car from a dealer. The dealer felt he could trust a man of the cloth. Wrong. When he went for a test drive he didn't come back. Now the police are looking for the rogue in saffron. The media investigated after a post on Facebook under the name Ihere Mike where a man reported that he was looking for his car. It turned out to be Sornram Unta, 29, a second hand car dealer in Tak Fa, Nakhon Sawan, central Thailand. He said that on Sunday a monk calling himself Moo (Pig) had agreed with him to buy the car with Chiang Mai plates for 20,000 baht. Picture: Sanook But he didn't have the money with him so he drove him to a temple in Saraburi to get it. However Phra Moo made the dealer wait all day then as dusk fell he said he'd like to take one more test drive. That's when he disappeared and Sornram decided to file a report for theft at the Muang Saraburi police. "It was only 20,000 baht and he was a monk", said Sonram when reporters asked him why he'd let his vehicle be taken so easily. "I thought I could trust him". Inquiries at the temple revealed that the monks there had no idea who Phra Moo really is; he'd just arrived and asked to stay for a couple of days. The dealer now just has CCTV with which to identify the thief. His final comment to Sanook formed the main part of their headline just like ours: "Monks are scarier than ghosts these days!" Picture: Sanook Investigations continue. If you see the battered old car it has the plate กค 7953 (Chiang Mai) A man in an orange robe may or may not be behind the wheel! -- © 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 Picture: Sanook

A closer look at the Constitutional Court’s 9 judges as PM tenure ruling looms By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk Thailand’s Constitutional Court is poised to issue its ruling on the expiry date of suspended prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s eight-year tenure after a special meeting of the nine judges was called. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271249-a-closer-look-at-the-constitutional-court’s-9-judges-as-pm-tenure-ruling-looms/

By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk Thailand’s Constitutional Court is poised to issue its ruling on the expiry date of suspended prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s eight-year tenure after a special meeting of the nine judges was called. The quick move came as a surprise to many observers, who had expected a longer process. Only days ago on August 24, the court accepted the opposition’s petition for judicial review and ordered Gen Prayut to be suspended from duties as PM. At their meeting on Thursday (September 8), called by the court’s president Worawit Kangsasitiam, the nine judges are expected to look into written statements submitted by Gen Prayut, Meechai Ruchupan, the now-defunct Constitution Drafting Committee’s chairman, and the panel’s secretary Pakorn Nilprapunt, who is secretary-general of the Council of State, the government’s legal advisory agency. If the judges agree that they have enough information to make a ruling, the court will schedule a date to announce its decision. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/a-closer-look-at-the-constitutional-courts-9-judges-as-pm-tenure-ruling-looms/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 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!

Thailand road carnage: Seventeen injured as pick-up slams into Chanthaburi noodle shop Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported on a serious accident late last night when a pick-up with Rayong plates plowed into a noodle stand where diners were outside eating. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271248-thailand-road-carnage-seventeen-injured-as-pick-up-slams-into-chanthaburi-noodle-shop/

Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported on a serious accident late last night when a pick-up with Rayong plates plowed into a noodle stand where diners were outside eating. Muang Chanthaburi police and rescue services arrived at the scene where a black Isuzu D-Max laden with fruit in baskets had mounted the footpath causing a front tire to burst. There was extensive damage to the shop and people were lying all about with serious and minor injuries. They were mostly diners but also pedestrians. The injured were taken to Phrapokklao Hospital and Sirivej Hospital. The incident occurred on Raksakchamoon Road heading out of Chanthaburi, an eastern seaboard city. A yam trader at a next door restaurant said that they heard a great noise late at night while they were upstairs and came down to see the carnage caused by the pick-up. -- © 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

Tim Newton Today - Sep 8: 33 dead in Karaoke bar fire, update on Krabi triple murder, local aviation news latest Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271247-tim-newton-today-sep-8-33-dead-in-karaoke-bar-fire-update-on-krabi-triple-murder-local-aviation-news-latest/

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Live alone Thai man tasered after attacking neighbors' property Daily News Thai Caption: Hothead tasered Daily News reported from Phuket where a man who has previously been arrested for using yaba (meth amphetamine mixed with caffeine, known as Ya Narok or the "hell drug" in Thai) was going berserk. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271246-live-alone-thai-man-tasered-after-attacking-neighbors-property/

Daily News Thai Caption: Hothead tasered Daily News reported from Phuket where a man who has previously been arrested for using yaba (meth amphetamine mixed with caffeine, known as Ya Narok or the "hell drug" in Thai) was going berserk. Wichit police responded at a housing estate where the 35-40 year old Thai was smashing property including motor vehicles with an iron bar. He was also giving neighbors a tongue lashing. When police arrived he gave them a foul mouthed barrage as the situation only got worse and he refused to comply. Police took the decision to taser the man to get him into custody before he was taken to Vachira Hospital to be tested for drugs. The man is a yaba addict who frequently exhibits out of control behavior and has been convicted for criminal damage. He lives alone, reported the media, with relatives not wishing to have anything to do with him out of fear. The police asked for people who had suffered damaged to their property to come forward. -- © 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

Big Joke's rehabilitation continues: Former immigration chief will sit at the top table of RTP after reshuffle Daily News Thai Caption: Subject to royal consent An announcement in the Government Gazette yesterday, subject to royal approval, revealed the annual Royal Thai Police reshuffle. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271240-big-jokes-rehabilitation-continues-former-immigration-chief-will-sit-at-the-top-table-of-rtp-after-reshuffle/

Daily News Thai Caption: Subject to royal consent An announcement in the Government Gazette yesterday, subject to royal approval, revealed the annual Royal Thai Police reshuffle. Some 255 senior commanders will take up new positions come October 1st, reported Daily News who concentrated on the most important names. Top of the list was the new commander in chief of the RTP who will be confirmed as Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat - his nickname is Big Den, the notable one. He's the one on the left in the media's photo composite, minus his trademark glasses but with the prominent chin. On the right of the picture is Pol Lt-Gen Torsak Sukwimol - Big Tor - who moves up from assistant commander to deputy commander. Also following the same path - and easily the most recognisable face to both the Thai and non-Thai public - is the man in the center of the photo on the mike looking appropriately determined, suggests ASEAN NOW. That is none other than Pol Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan, the poster boy cop of the RTP known wherever he goes - and he goes everywhere - as Big Joke (joke here means congee, a favorite dish of the Lt-Gen who hails from southern Thailand). The man is no joke in the other sense. Big Joke's spectacular rise and fall and rise again has led some to speculate that he is a chief of police in waiting. Others think that the charismatic cop who surrounds himself with a media savvy team may have a future in politics one day. The press and the public follow his every move. He rose to public attention as deputy commander of the tourist police and then the chief of immigration before he was sensationally sacked. It has been suggested that he got too big for his boots too quickly and for the best part of two years he was doing little more than shuffling paper at the PM's office. He even went on a sabbatical to India to take stock. Then his vehicle - a Lexus - was shot at while he was visiting a spa in Surawong, a downtown district of Bangkok. Fallout from that incident led to the demotion of a senior policeman under the command of then RTP chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda. The assailants on a motorcycle were never caught and the reasons for the potshots never ascertained. The reasons for his removal from immigration were equally shrouded in mystery. Though he was famous for trying to end the culture of "tips" in the organisation and, perhaps more tellingly, criticized the 2 billion baht implementation of the much vaunted Biometrics system. However, following his fall it didn't take too long before Prayuth Chan-ocha - who led the Police Commission before his sidelining recently amid suggestions he has completed his 8 year tenure as premier - named Surachate as an assistant commander with special roles. Once again Surachate was flying around the nation sorting out things from illegal fishing to human trafficking (both highly important for international recognition from other nations, especially the US). He was also put in charge by retiring RTP chief Pol Gen Suwat Chaengyodsuk of his personal baby, the "Smart Safety Zone 4.0" community policing initiative. Where Surachate's new role takes him is anyone's guess but there is no doubting that now he is dining at the top table. Whether that means dining at the top trough - a common sly remark often aimed at the propensity of the RTP to engage in corrupt practices - rather depends on one's view of the Lt-Gen. He has detractors who dislike his media presence as well as supporters who find him a breath of fresh air. Some even think he could be the one to end alleged long standing corrution in the RTP. Skeptics say that is impossible, it is too deeply ingrained in an organisation more akin to a quasi-mafia organisation than a responsible police force. Also rising from assistant to deputy commander - but not pictured - were lesser known figures Pol Lt-Gen Chinnaphat Sarasin and Pol Lt-Gen Kittirat Panpetch. Daily News also reported on dozens of lesser lights who have been reshuffled in this latest round of appointments that occurs at this time of every year in Thailand. Extra reporting and analysis by ASEAN NOW's news team. -- © 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

NBTC reprimands telecom operators for laxing on rules as it looks to tackle call center scammers 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. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271238-nbtc-reprimands-telecom-operators-for-laxing-on-rules-as-it-looks-to-tackle-call-center-scammers/

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!