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World champion given suspended jail term for wakeboarding on road World wakeboard champion Daniel Grant has been given a one-month suspended jail term and fined 5,000 baht by the Thanyaburi Provincial Court, after he was found guilty of traffic violations and obstructing traffic by wakeboarding on a road in Khlong Luang district of Pathum Thani province last Thursday night. The 24-year-old Thai-British wakeboarder posted a video clip on his Facebook page showing him wakeboarding along the Phahonyothin Road, in front of Bangkok University, following a downpour which partially flooded the road. The clip generated many pro and con comments among netizens, prompting the Khlong Luang district office to issue a summons for him to report to the police station to acknowledge the charges against him. He reported to the Khlong Luang district police station yesterday (Tuesday). Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/world-champion-given-suspended-jail-term-for-wakeboarding-on-road/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-14 - 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!

Court To Give Verdict On Prayut’s 8-Year Tenure On Sept. 30 TNR Staff THE Constitutional Court announced after a meeting this morning (Sept. 14) that it will deliver its verdict on suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s eight-year tenure at 3 p.m. on Friday September 30, 2022, Matichon newspaper said at noon today. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271818-court-to-give-verdict-on-prayut’s-8-year-tenure-on-sept-30/

TNR Staff THE Constitutional Court announced after a meeting this morning (Sept. 14) that it will deliver its verdict on suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s eight-year tenure at 3 p.m. on Friday September 30, 2022, Matichon newspaper said at noon today. The court considered a petition signed by 171 opposition MPs which Parliament President Chuan Leekpai submitted asking for a ruling on when Prayut’s eight-year tenure ends according to the Constitution’s Section 170 paragraph two and Section 158 paragraph four. The court discussed the petition and decided that this is a legal issue with there being sufficient evidence to pass a judgement. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/14/urgent-court-to-give-verdict-on-prayuts-8-year-tenure-on-sept-30/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-14 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thai faithful camp out for days waiting for a "reading" from Phra Tui Sanook Thai Caption: Queuing for a prophecy Sanook reported that large queues had formed at the temple of Wat Thung Yu in Sri Phoom sub-district of Muang Chiang Mai. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271816-thai-faithful-camp-out-for-days-waiting-for-a-reading-from-phra-tui/

Sanook Thai Caption: Queuing for a prophecy Sanook reported that large queues had formed at the temple of Wat Thung Yu in Sri Phoom sub-district of Muang Chiang Mai. It was the faithful queuing for a fortune telling from a monk who is the flavor of the month, Phra Tui. The trouble is that Phra Tui can only do 20 readings a day so from 3am to 11 am when he retires for the day, it's first come first served. Some people said they had been waiting for five days already. It was the luck of the draw. Apart from telling people's fortunes Phra Tui was also administering blessings. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-14 - 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

Laundrygate: Designer clothes lady calls foul after alleged laundry mishap Sanook Thai Caption: Who's right, who's wrong? Sanook reported that social media was abuzz with comment in a story about a woman who went to the police after some of her designer wardrobe was damaged. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271815-laundrygate-designer-clothes-lady-calls-foul-after-alleged-laundry-mishap/

Sanook Thai Caption: Who's right, who's wrong? Sanook reported that social media was abuzz with comment in a story about a woman who went to the police after some of her designer wardrobe was damaged. Ploy told the Muang Khon Kaen police in Thailand's north east that she had a couple of Chanel tops in for washing and ironing. They were worth 300,000 baht. But she was aghast to see that their pristine white color had changed when she went to pick up her load from the launderette. She explained that she has tons of designer stuff, what with being in real estate, and it was only two items but the shop should fess up to what they'd done. Meanwhile the shop at the center of the controversy - fast becoming laundrygate - denied that the items were now a different shade. They refuted evidence provided by Ploy that showed before and after pictures of the tops. Muang police are trying to get to the bottom of this drama. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-14 - 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

The answer was underground all along - "fatberg" hits Sukhumvit Soi 39 Sanook Thai Caption: The cause of the flood Officials in Sukhumvit Soi 39 have found the reason for the persistent flooding in the soi. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271813-the-answer-was-underground-all-along-fatberg-hits-sukhumvit-soi-39/

Sanook Thai Caption: The cause of the flood Officials in Sukhumvit Soi 39 have found the reason for the persistent flooding in the soi. Under the road they found a drain completely plugged by a fatberg - a hard substance that forms from all manner of household waste, reported Sanook. Picture: Sannok It took four men to shift it and then clear the surrounding gunk. But when it was all extracted it measurably improved the rate at which water was draining. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-14 - 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

Netizens react as cabby's signs with foul language hit social media - Thais call them chauffeurs Daily News Thai Caption: That's not awfully polite dear chap Daily News reported that netizens were commenting in droves after a cabby's less than polite signs hit the internet. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271812-netizens-react-as-cabbys-signs-with-foul-language-hit-social-media-thais-call-them-chauffeurs/

Daily News Thai Caption: That's not awfully polite dear chap Daily News reported that netizens were commenting in droves after a cabby's less than polite signs hit the internet. One draped over a front seat for rear passengers said: Haam (d)aek aharn bon rot - the "d" sound was taken out by the media. It gives the sentence the tone of "no stuffing your face in my cab". Then came the brackets: (It stinks) Then the caveat: Beverages are OK!! Picture: Daily News Another sign said that any kind of petting including groping was a no-no in his cab. There was a spiritual lady taking care of that. This sign used the pronoun "goo" that ASEAN NOW is reliably informed is rather fruity. Most netizens said they were not really offended by the language but it doesn't look good. Cabbies should defer to the public, doff their caps and live up to their erstwhile image and name always used in the Thai press, namely chauffeurs. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-14 - 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

Cook fleeced of 50K by call center gang - she thought she was paying the police Daily News Thai Caption: Fake police con Daily News reported that a Thai cook by the name of Pawornwan, 49, went to file a report with the Bang Yai police. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271808-cook-fleeced-of-50k-by-call-center-gang-she-thought-she-was-paying-the-police/

Daily News Thai Caption: Fake police con Daily News reported that a Thai cook by the name of Pawornwan, 49, went to file a report with the Bang Yai police. She said that she was the victim of a call center fraud. She transferred tens of thousands of baht from several accounts thinking she was complying with police requests. The call had started by someone pretending to be from the bank saying ominously that her account was mixed up in a money laundering case. She soon found herself talking to a police officer. The best thing for her would have been to put the phone down and get on with her day. But drawn into the confidence trick she dug a deeper and deeper hole until she was left not with 50,000 baht in the bank.... But with 200. She had even pawned one baht weight of gold and sent the money from that. ASEAN NOW urges our readers to immediately put down the phone when receiving calls saying that you are named in a drugs or money laundering case. It's a scam designed to frighten. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-14 - 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

"Give yourselves up!" Plea from Thai man to hoodlums after a gun is pointed at his head Daily News Thai Caption: Looking in the face - Pulling out a gun Daily News reported on a Facebook post on behalf of a victim of crime in the Nonthaburi area. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271804-give-yourselves-up-plea-from-thai-man-to-hoodlums-after-a-gun-is-pointed-at-his-head/

Daily News Thai Caption: Looking in the face - Pulling out a gun Daily News reported on a Facebook post on behalf of a victim of crime in the Nonthaburi area. A man called Nonthakiat, aged 30, was riding a motorcycle on his way home when two men, the driver in helmet, the pillion passenger without, pulled up alongside. An argument followed in which the men took exception that the victim was glancing in their direction. Insults were traded. As Nonthakiat pulled away from the lights on green the two men drew up alongside and the pillion passenger aimed a gun at his head. He raced to Pak Kret police station after this. He urged the men to give themselves up so that they might get a more lenient sentence. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-14 - 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

Constitutional Court meets to deliberate on 8-year Prime Minister term limit of 2014 coup leader Gen Prayut By Erich Parpart The Constitutional Court is meeting to discuss General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s 8-year premiership term limit again on Wednesday. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271803-constitutional-court-meets-to-deliberate-on-8-year-prime-minister-term-limit-of-2014-coup-leader-gen-prayut/

By Erich Parpart The Constitutional Court is meeting to discuss General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s 8-year premiership term limit again on Wednesday. The deliberation is the 2nd meeting in as many weeks. The court is looking at the various clauses of the constitution in order to ascertain whether the 2014 coup leader Gen. Prayut is in any breach of the constitution. The opposition filed a petition to say that Gen. Prayut has already completed the 8-year term limit set forth by the 2017 charter. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/44158/constitutional-court-meets-to-deliberate-on-8-year-prime-minister-term-limit-of-2014-coup-leader-gen-prayut/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-09-14 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thai man says after dousing his ex wife in acid: Please have me back! A Thai husband who doused his ex in acid outside a Don Muang beauty salon has been arrested. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271801-thai-man-says-after-dousing-his-ex-wife-in-acid-please-have-me-back/

A Thai husband who doused his ex in acid outside a Don Muang beauty salon has been arrested. Somprasong Nadon turned himself in to the custody of the police in Pak Thong Chai, Nakhon Ratchasima. He was taken back to Don Mueang where he told investigators that the couple had three kids and one from a previous relationship. He outlined a relationship spiralling from one crisis to another until they split. He said he only wanted to disfigure his ex, so that she couldn't remarry. He appealed to the victim - still in hospital with acid burns to her face - to have him back so they could play happy families once again, reported Thai Rath. He even got in a dig about his ex's own allegedly adulterous behavior, callously saying he'd forgive her. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-14 - 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 Police have laid a charge of grievous bodily harm threatening life though this could be upgraded to attempted murder after full statements are taken into evidence.

by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - The Cabinet approved two measures to help mitigate the energy crisis, covering diesel and electricity, targeting primarily lower-income earners. The Cabinet in a weekly meeting approved a set of mitigating measures for the energy crisis, including special electricity rates and an extension of the special excise tax rate for diesel. Proposed by the Ministry of Energy, a special electricity rate scheme will be offered to households based on their electricity consumption. Households consuming up to 300 electricity units per month will be eligible for a 0.92 baht per unit discount. Households with higher electricity consumption of up to 500 units per month will receive discounts for the Ft tariff based on their consumption rate, namely a 75% or 0.515 baht per unit discount for households consuming 301-350 units per month, a 45% or 0.309 baht discount for households consuming 351-400 units per month, and a 15% or 0.103 baht per unit discount for households consuming 401-500 units per month. These reduced electricity rates will be provided for 4 months from September to December this year. Some 9.13 billion baht of government funding is expected to be used to help around 21.46 million people. Other campaigns approved by the Cabinet include the 2-month extension for the current 5 baht diesel oil excise tax, now valid until 20 November, and a 6-month excise tax waiver for B0 diesel for electricity generation, valid until 15 March 2023. These campaigns are expected to help mitigate the impacts faced by the general public and businesses amidst the energy crisis. The excise tax schemes alone are expected to cost the Excise Department a 20 billion baht revenue loss. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220914090654241 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-09-14 - 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!

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported from Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand where Mae Ping police were alerted to the discovery of some human remains on railway land being cleared. A backhoe driver made the gruesome discovery at first thinking they were animal bones. But lying scattered at the scene were a handbag containing about 3,000 baht in paper cash and coins, an amulet and a phone charger. But no phone. It has been determined that the bones are of a female aged about 20-30 who has been dead about a year. The remains were found in the Wat Kaet sub-district. Mae Ping police said their investigation could last as long as two weeks. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-14 - 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

by Namo Vananupong BANGKOK (NNT) - The acting prime minister has viewed an exhibit on Guiness World Records’ granting of the world’s longest piece of petrified wood title to a specimen in Tak province. Hopes are now pinned on the specimen enabling Tak to become a world-class geological tourism destination. Ahead Cabinet meeting, acting prime minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon viewed an exhibit on the world’s longest petrified wood specimen. The specimen was discovered in the area that will soon become Doi Soi Malai-Mai Klai Pen Hin National Park in Tak province. At 69.7 meters, it is the longest petrified wood specimen in the world, as certified by Guiness World Records (GWR). The environment ministry and the Geological Society of Thailand held a ceremony to acknowledge the new world record on July 8. The agencies now aim to elevate the petrified wood site to a world-class geological tourism destination. On this occasion, Gen. Prawit inquired about the discovery of the specimen and the process involved in wood petrification. He also urged everybody to help conserve this geological heritage site and treat it as a national treasure. Doing so would keep the site intact so the public and Thailand’s youths can keep learning from it. The previous world record for petrified wood belonged to a specimen discovered in Xinjiang, China. That specimen is a 38-meter-long piece of petrified wood. Thailand’s specimen is almost 70 meters long and has been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s longest piece of petrified wood. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220914094732252 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-09-14 - 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!

The new Long Term Resident visas in Thailand are receiving applications but not in the numbers they hoped for, a missing foreigner in Thailand, Supreme Court ruling on Maya Bay clean up, diesel cap remains in force and Thai hotels are worried about current tourist situation.

Picture: 77kaoded A 63 year old motorcycle taxi rider called Subin Waitook got far less than he bargained for after agreeing to take a farang to Central Bang Na. The agreed fee was 300 baht but when they got there the foreigner changed the goalposts and said they wanted to be taken back to Bearing BTS. Expecting to be paid a newly agreed 450 baht Subin held out his hand. Instead of Thai money the foreigner handed him what he thought was a 20 Euro coin. That would more than cover the journey, thought Subin as the foreigner hurriedly went up the BTS staircase and out of sight. Picture: 77kaoded Subin went back to the rank as proud as Punch only to get the sucker punch when he inquired of a buddy how much the coin was really worth. He was informed that he had been a bit of a plonker. The coin was a 20 cent coin making his windfall worth not 700+ baht but precisely 7.36 baht at yesterday's rates. Not surprisingly the "win" advised people to only accept fares in baht: "How are we to know what foreign money is worth?", he lamented. Picture: 77kaoded Before relating another tale of woe as to how a separate farang had asked him to take her to Robinson's from her hotel, didn't pay, asked to be taken back, then only paid 70 baht rather than double for the round trip, reported 77kaoded. Now he has the picture of a 20 cent Euro coin on his phone for posterity. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-14 - 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

Missing in Thailand! Tim Pösel landed in Thailand on August 16, 2022. He had the last contact with his family in Germany on August 20th when he texted with his mom on IG messenger. His whereabout/the domestic location in Thailand since the 20th August (Bangkok) untill NOW (13.9.2022) ARE UNCLEAR. No location is known. HE COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THAILAND. But for obvious reasons we try to track the "usual tourist/traveler routes" with priority. Tim is 24 years old and remarkably tall: 198cm. His mother tongue is Finnish, but he is also fluent in Standard German. According to the German embassy in Bangkok, he has not been arrested. A missing person report at the ROYAL THAI POLICE is filled. Questions: 1) Who saw him WHEN and WHERE in Thailand? Please e-mail any hints to his mother m_eloranta[at]yahoo.de or directly in Thailand to #supermanbangkok WhatsApp +66800704390 Please share the search tip and ask at the hostels if you are currently traveling in the south. In Thai: หายตัวไปในประเทศไทย! Tim Pössel เดินทางถึงประเทศไทยเมื่อวันที่ 16 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2565 เขาได้ติดต่อกับครอบครัวที่เยอรมนีครั้งสุดท้ายผ่านอินสตาแกรมกับแม่ของเขาเมื่อวันที่ 20 สิงหาคม Tim อายุ 24 ปี เป็นคนสูงมากๆ ส่วนสูงของเขาคือ 198 เซนติเมตร เขาพูดภาษาฟินนิชเป็นหลัก แต่สามารถพูดภาษาเยอรมันพื้นฐานได้ดี ข้อมูลจากทางสถานฑูตเยอรมันในประเทศไทยระบุว่าเขาไม่ได้ถูกจับกุม และได้มีการแจ้งคนหายผ่านทางสำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติแล้ว หากคุณพบเห็นเขา กรุณาให้ข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมว่า "คุณเห็นเขาเมื่อไหร่และที่ไหนในประเทศไทย?" ให้กับแม่ของเขาผ่านทางอีเมล์ [email protected] หรือติดต่อโดยตรงในประเทศไทยมาที่ #supermanbangkok , WhatsApp +66800704390 กรุณาแนะนำข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมในการค้นหา และโปรดช่วยสอบถามตามโฮสเทลต่างๆ หากคุณเดินทางอยู่ในภาคใต้