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By Erich Parpart The big question in regard to the 8-year term limit of the currently suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seems to have at least found some solution according to an unauthenticated document that reportedly was submitted by the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee – Meechai Ruchuphan. The documents that were circulated on social media show that Meechai, who has been the constitution drafter for many coup lead governments, thinks that the term of the 2014 coup leader started in April 2017. The 3-page document was addressed to the court and it indicated that the term should be counted from April 6, 2017, when the current junta-drafted charter came into effect. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/43842/leaked-papers-suggest-2017-constitution-drafter-meechai-sees-suspended-pm-prayuts-term-starting-from-2017/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-09-07 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

World Sports News - Wednesday 7 September by Chili Radio Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271121-world-sports-news-wednesday-7-september-by-chili-radio/

Listen to the news: Football - Last night's Champions League action saw holders Real Madrid cruise to a 3-0 win in Scotland against Glasgow Celtic. Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City thrashed a dismal Sevilla side 4-0. Dinamo Zagreb beat Chelsea 1-0. PSG won 2-1 against Juventus. Borussia Dortmund beat FC Copenhagen 3-0. Shakhtar Donetsk won 4-1 at RB Leipzig, Benfica won 2-0 against Maccabi Haifa and FC Red Bull Salzburg drew 1-1 with AC Milan. Highlights from the Womens' World Cup qualifying matches played last night included Wales holding firm to reach the play-offs for the first time thanks to a 0-0 draw against Slovenia in Cardiff. There were also good wins for England, Scotland Czech Republic and Sweden. Tennis - Casper Ruud has reached his first US Open semi-final with a victory over Matteo Berrettini. Fifth seed Rudd won 6-1 6-4 7-6 and in the Women's competition fifth seed Ons Jabeur ended Ajla Tomljanovic's run to reach the US Open semi-finals for the first time 6-4 7-6 . Download the Chili Radio app : https://chiliradio.app for Chili Pop and Chili Classics. -- © Copyright Chili RADIO 2022-09-07 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!

Over 50 Members Of Senators’ Entourage Close To Own Bosses By Thai Newsroom Reporters Thai Parliament meeting chamber. Photo: INN News OVER 50 PERSONS currently employed among others as members of entourage for all 250 senators have been found to share the same family names with or be closely related to the unelected legislators, reported a human-rights activist group yesterday (Sept 6). Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271116-over-50-members-of-senators’-entourage-close-to-own-bosses/

Thai Parliament meeting chamber. Photo: INN News By Thai Newsroom Reporters OVER 50 PERSONS currently employed among others as members of entourage for all 250 senators have been found to share the same family names with or be closely related to the unelected legislators, reported a human-rights activist group yesterday (Sept 6). According to an iLaw report, more than 50 out of a total of 1,830 persons either currently employed as experts or specialists or close aides to the 250 senators reportedly share the same family names with or are closely related to the unelected legislators. Each expert employed by the senators is given 24,000 baht in monthly salary whilst each specialist or close aide hired by the unelected lawmakers is given 15,000 baht in monthly pay out of the taxpayers’ money. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/06/over-50-members-of-senators-entourage-close-to-own-bosses/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-07 - 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!

Ministry Moving To Purchase Updated Covid Vaccines TNR Staff THE Public Health Ministry is moving to purchase updated Covid vaccines with this expected to take place next year and all those in the high-risk groups would require one jab each, Matichon newspaper said yesterday (Sept. 6). Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271115-ministry-moving-to-purchase-updated-covid-vaccines/

TNR Staff THE Public Health Ministry is moving to purchase updated Covid vaccines with this expected to take place next year and all those in the high-risk groups would require one jab each, Matichon newspaper said yesterday (Sept. 6). Dr. Sophon Iamsirithavorn, deputy head of the Disease Control Department, said the ministry has been working with relevant agencies on Covid vaccine management especially importing the new generation of vaccines. The National Vaccine Committee will be holding a meeting to consider this issue next month. Selection of the vaccines will go through a panel of experts taking into account safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/06/ministry-moving-to-purchase-updated-covid-vaccines/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-07 - 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!

Luxury cars worth tens of millions of baht seized from Ponzi scheme boss in Chiang Mai Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) police in Thailand have seized luxury sports cars, Harley Davidson motorcycles and brand name products from the house of an executive of an illegal cryptocurrency trading firm in Chiang Mai. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271114-luxury-cars-worth-tens-of-millions-of-baht-seized-from-ponzi-scheme-boss-in-chiang-mai/

Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) police in Thailand have seized luxury sports cars, Harley Davidson motorcycles and brand name products from the house of an executive of an illegal cryptocurrency trading firm in Chiang Mai. The seizure of the assets from the house of Nitikorn Inta, the chief executive officer of P Miner Cryptocurrency Group, was the result of an investigation by TCSD police, after they had received complaints from multiple investors who believed they had been cheated by the company. They claimed that the company had offered more than 30 investment projects, from which they could choose, all of which promised attractive returns. One project promised a return of 80,000 baht, payable as 8,000 baht for the first month and 13,000 baht, 15,000 baht, 20,000 baht and 24,000 baht for the next four months for an initial investment of 50,000 baht. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/luxury-cars-worth-tens-of-millions-of-baht-seized-from-ponzi-scheme-boss-in-chiang-mai/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-07 - 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!

Prawit falls asleep on the job - much online merriment as acting PM dozes Picture: Thai Enquirer Comment was rife online after acting PM Prawit Wongsuwan fell asleep during a meeting to discuss water management issues in Krabi in southern Thailand. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271113-prawit-falls-asleep-on-the-job-much-online-merriment-as-acting-pm-dozes/

Picture: Thai Enquirer Comment was rife online after acting PM Prawit Wongsuwan fell asleep during a meeting to discuss water management issues in Krabi in southern Thailand. Thai netizens had a field day commenting about Prawit "having been a good boy who'd had his milk" but also at 77 needing that siesta much valued by the aged. Thai Enquirer were kind saying in their article, that can be read here, that he has not dozed off so much recently. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-07 - 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

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SRT Unveils Renovated Passenger Train Carriages from Japan BANGKOK, (TNA) – The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has conducted a test run of the Kiha 183 passenger train carriages donated by Japan after the work to modify and refurbish the first three carriages completed. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271097-srt-unveils-renovated-passenger-train-carriages-from-japan/

Initial autopsy results of student who died in schoolbus say heatstroke cause of death PHOTO: Thairath The cause of death of a seven-year-old female student found in her Chonburi school bus was being examined and presumably was heatstroke, the Secretary of the Justice Ministry revealed on Tuesday, September 6th. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271100-initial-autopsy-results-of-student-who-died-in-schoolbus-say-heatstroke-cause-of-death/

Pattaya dance teacher files report claiming foreign tourist inappropriately touched her while out for a stroll on Walking Street By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — A female dance teacher in Pattaya filed a report to police, claiming that a foreign tourist inappropriately touched her while on Walking Street. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271058-pattaya-dance-teacher-files-report-claiming-foreign-tourist-inappropriately-touched-her-while-out-for-a-stroll-on-walking-street/

File photo. Credit: ThaiPBS "What price a child?" Systems company tells ASEAN NOW few schools are interested despite multiple deaths in vans A sales manager at a company specializing in online management systems has told ASEAN NOW that few schools in Thailand have shelled out money to ensure that children are not left to die in vans parked at schools. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271056-what-price-a-child-systems-company-tells-asean-now-few-schools-are-interested-despite-multiple-deaths-in-vans/

Pattaya dance teacher files report claiming foreign tourist inappropriately touched her while out for a stroll on Walking Street By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — A female dance teacher in Pattaya filed a report to police, claiming that a foreign tourist inappropriately touched her while on Walking Street. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271058-pattaya-dance-teacher-files-report-claiming-foreign-tourist-inappropriately-touched-her-while-out-for-a-stroll-on-walking-street/

By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — A female dance teacher in Pattaya filed a report to police, claiming that a foreign tourist inappropriately touched her while on Walking Street. Ms. NC (alias), a 43-year-old dance teacher, filed a report with Pattaya police around 3 a.m. today, September 6th, following a surprising incident in which she claimed a foreign tourist sneaked up on her on Walking Street and inappropriately touched/grabbed her from behind. The victim said that she was a dance teacher in Pattaya and used to teach many famous actors. Yesterday, she went on a night out on Walking Street to enjoy the vibe when a foreign man secretly snuck up behind her and touched her without her consent. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/06/pattaya-dance-teacher-files-report-claiming-foreign-tourist-inappropriately-touched-her-while-out-for-a-stroll-on-walking-street/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-06 - 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!

"What price a child?" Systems company tells ASEAN NOW few schools are interested despite multiple deaths in vans File photo. Credit: ThaiPBS A sales manager at a company specializing in online management systems has told ASEAN NOW that few schools in Thailand have shelled out money to ensure that children are not left to die in vans parked at schools. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271056-what-price-a-child-systems-company-tells-asean-now-few-schools-are-interested-despite-multiple-deaths-in-vans/

File photo. Credit: ThaiPBS A sales manager at a company specializing in online management systems has told ASEAN NOW that few schools in Thailand have shelled out money to ensure that children are not left to die in vans parked at schools. Graeme Jenkinson, a New Zealander at Voova Group that is based in Pattaya posed the question: "What price a child?" The topic is one that won't go away. Only last week a seven year old child died after being left in a van all day at a private Chonburi school. The mother said that they paid good money for an expensive education - and of course they expected so much more. A teacher and a driver failed to notice a child in a rear seat, until the end of the day. The incoming chief of the RTP Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat has taken an interest in the issue but critics say it will only be a crackdown and soon forgotten - until the next tragedy. Mr Jenkinson said that there had been 129 instances of children left in motor vehicles between 2014 and 2020. Six had died. Most of these had occurred at schools where the period of time can be all day leading to a horrific death by heat and suffocation that leaves families and school communities devastated. Voova are so concerned about the issue that they are slashing their prices in a bid to get more schools onboard with a system that offers a total solution to the problem of children being forgotten in vans as well as a host of other safety issues. One of the features of the system allows parents to monitor where their child is in real time. Also the scanning of a QR code is necessary meaning that a pupil who has been registered as being on the bus will be flagged up to the school if they have not arrived in class within 15 minutes. There are multiple checks and balances to ensure that it is not one act of carelessness that leads to tragedy. The company provides full training for management, drivers and monitors. Mr Jenkinson said that his organisation had contacted around 200 international schools in Thailand and had done demonstrations of the management system at about 100. Yet only two - including Bangkok Prep in Bangkok and one other school in the Thai capital - had taken them up on their offer. Following last week's tragedy in Chonburi Mr Jenkinson said that Bangkok Patana - perhaps the most well known British International School in Thailand - had been in touch. They have a fleet of more than 200 mini-vans owned privately that ferry children to and from school, he said. Voova Group is a Thai owned company that has its roots in the UK. Mr Jenkinson said that mostly it appeared to be a cost issue that made schools reluctant to adopt a more comprehensive system to go with measures already in place. Some will say that just a head count is necessary; but the system means that if one thing goes wrong there are others there as back-up to prevent the unthinkable happening. Voova has been trying to convince schools for the last six years to adopt their system, said Mr Jenkinson, and with the pandemic affecting enrolment safety has been put further on the back burner due to costs. He also said that transport companies claim that they have systems in place saying "if it ain't broke don't fix it". But he says that many systems are inherently flawed and need an upgrade. He pointed to the devastating costs from litigation that schools could face if they go cheap and get things wrong. Voova normally charges 2,000 baht per vehicle as a set up fee then charges 1,500 baht per month per vehicle thereafter. Mr Jenkinson told ASEAN NOW after last week's tragedy: "We are currently sending emails out to each of those 200 odd schools again offering to give them the system, which is multi-lingual, at no charge, for six months. The only cost they will have is a one-time set-up fee of 2,000 baht per vehicle which includes all training for all staff - management, drivers and monitors. That's it! What cost for a student's life?" Mr Jenkinson is convinced schools that adopt the system will not be disappointed and parents will have far greater peace of mind. School administrators can contact Mr Jenkinson on 0888045840. Parents concerned about their children may also like to prompt administrators to the benefits of such a system. What price a child? What price indeed. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-06 - 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

Prachuap aims to reduce road deaths by two thirds in the next five years By Online Reporter File photo Officials in Prachuap Khiri Khan have set an ambitious goal of reducing the number of road fatalities by approximately two thirds over the next five years. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271054-prachuap-aims-to-reduce-road-deaths-by-two-thirds-in-the-next-five-years/

File photo By Online Reporter Officials in Prachuap Khiri Khan have set an ambitious goal of reducing the number of road fatalities by approximately two thirds over the next five years. The goal was announced by Mr. Sathien Charoenruen, governor of Prachuap Khiri Khan during a meeting of the Road Safety Administration Center on Monday (Sept 5). The goal is to reduce the rate of the deaths as a result of road traffic accidents to 12 per 100,000 population by the end of 2027, Governor Sathien told the meeting. In order to achieve the goal it would mean that the province would suffer approximately 41 deaths from traffic accidents in a year. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/local-news/prachaup-aims-to-reduce-road-deaths-by-two-thirds-in-the-next-five-years/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-09-06 - 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!

Nurses find vital signs monitor still working after dead patient is taken away - could it herald a lottery win?! Picture text: Just after taking a dead patient away, this is what nurses found Siam Rath reported on a video going viral on TikTok that they said really made the hair on the back of your neck stand to attention. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271053-nurses-find-vital-signs-monitor-still-working-after-dead-patient-is-taken-away-could-it-herald-a-lottery-win/

Picture text: Just after taking a dead patient away, this is what nurses found Siam Rath reported on a video going viral on TikTok that they said really made the hair on the back of your neck stand to attention. It was posted by a nurse. It showed an empty bed from which a deceased patient had just been removed. Yet the vital signs monitor was still on. The poster admitted that the machine was probably malfunctioning. But they called the number that was displaying - 45 - a "laek suay" - meaning that it was nice and may herald a lottery win. Netizens commented in droves with many suggesting the machine be checked while others planned to play 45 in the next lottery draw. That is expected to take place at the end of next week. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-06 - 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

Weed stealing brothers nabbed - they took three plants "to look after" Picture: 77kaoded 77kaoded reported on developments after a man called Thanadol Srirasan, 42, went to the police with CCTV evidence after two men stole three of his marijuana plants from a soi in Phrapradeang, Samut Prakan. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271050-weed-stealing-brothers-nabbed-they-took-three-plants-to-look-after/