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Popular Hua Hin Cricket Sixes tournament to return in June By Jonathan Fairfield Image: huahincricketsixes.com/ The Hua Hin Cricket Sixes will take place at the Dusit Thani Hua Hin from June 28 to July 3. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259961-popular-hua-hin-cricket-sixes-tournament-to-return-in-june/

Image: huahincricketsixes.com/ By Jonathan Fairfield The Hua Hin Cricket Sixes will take place at the Dusit Thani Hua Hin from June 28 to July 3. The popular amateur cricket event returns after a hiatus due the pandemic. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe “There will be 14 teams taking part this year, including players from India, Australia, UK and Thailand”, organiser Richard Vine told Hua Hin Today. “It is 6-a-side cricket, with each team bowling five overs”. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/popular-hua-hin-cricket-sixes-tournament-to-return-in-june/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-05-18 - 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.

Video: 3-2-1 gone! Big house collapses into a heap amid north Thailand flooding - owner films it Sanook Thai Caption: The moment a house collapses Sanook had video of the collapse of a large house in Lampang, northern Thailand where there has been severe flooding. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259960-video-3-2-1-gone-big-house-collapses-into-a-heap-amid-north-thailand-flooding-owner-films-it/

Sanook Thai Caption: The moment a house collapses Sanook had video of the collapse of a large house in Lampang, northern Thailand where there has been severe flooding. A woman could be heard to shriek as the house creaked and collapsed next door. Then crying could be heard. The house was in the Ban Nam Long estate in Ngao district. The owner of the property, a lady called Somthat Kankaew, said she had filmed the end of her house herself. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe She explained that the previous evening she had left it after a flash flood and gone to stay with relatives nearby for her own safety. The foundations of her house had been seriously eroded. The video also showed army personnel helping other stricken victims and local volunteers clearing up after the floods. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-05-18 - 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. Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

NE woman disappears after trader mistakenly transfers nearly 300K into wrong bank account File photo for reference only A story coming from the north east of Thailand brings into the question the subject of honesty among not just Thai people but anyone who has a bank account. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259958-ne-woman-disappears-after-trader-mistakenly-transfers-nearly-300k-into-wrong-bank-account/

File photo for reference only A story coming from the north east of Thailand brings into the question the subject of honesty among not just Thai people but anyone who has a bank account. It involves the transfer of nearly 300,000 baht to the wrong bank account. The woman who received the money has paid back 160K but disappeared with the rest. Now the police are issuing a summons. The case started on April 28th when frozen seafood and pork meat for buffets' trader Wirawan Chuatpong, 40, filed a report with the police in Samut Sakhon. She said she had trasferred 293,439 baht to the wrong account on an app. She had intended to pay a pork trader but got the number wrong by one digit and wound up paying a woman called Saowanee in Samed sub-district of Buriram, NE Thailand. She had contacted the lady and received 160,000 baht back - but when asked about the remaining 133,439 baht she said she'd already spent it. The police in Samut Sakhon issued a summons. Siam Rath reporters went to the house in the village of Nong Kha and found it deserted and locked up yesterday. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Picture: Siam Rath They spoke to a neighbor who said they hadn't seen Saowanee or her husband for two days. She was feeding their three cats who had been abandoned. The village elder or phu yai baan, a man called Teenoi Waram, said that he was aware that the person who had lost the money had been in touch. Two weeks ago he said that the woman arrived but Saowanee was not home. But he said they had been in touch over the phone and some of the money had been repaid. Then on Monday police arrived but only the husband was home. Asked as to the whereabouts of his wife he said he had no idea. The police asked him to tell her to come into the station on her return. As far as he was aware no summons had yet been served on Saowanee. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-05-18 - 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. 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

MiB and food delivery rider steal 2.5 million baht of gold jewelry from Ayuthaya store in brazen robbery Picture: Daily News Daily News reported on what they called a brazen robbery at a gold shop in the Rojana branch of Tesco Lotus in Bang Pa-in, Ayuthaya yesterday. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259956-mib-and-food-delivery-rider-steal-25-million-baht-of-gold-jewelry-from-ayuthaya-store-in-brazen-robbery/

Picture: Daily News Daily News reported on what they called a brazen robbery at a gold shop in the Rojana branch of Tesco Lotus in Bang Pa-in, Ayuthaya yesterday. A man dress all in black with a bag produced a gun and told staffers to empty two trays. Meanwhile an accomplice - in the green attire of a food delivery rider - kept lookout. The pair disappeared on a motorcycle with 86 baht weight of one and two baht gold jewelry items worth 2.5 million baht. Bang Pa-in police were soon on the scene looking at CCTV and making forensic examinations. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Two female staffers, in a state of shock, said they had been told to keep quiet and still. One tried to stall for time as a colleague was in the process of calling the authorities out of sight behind the counter. But their actions proved fruitless as the pair of robbers escaped. Witnesses said that their suspicions were aroused when they saw the food delivery guy milling about on the second floor where the store is located but where there are no food outlets. Thirty minutes after a police patrol had checked the gold shop and left, the thieves struck. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-05-18 - 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. 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

Pawn Hub! Father fails to sell washing machine to help pay for son's education Daily News Thai Caption: I'd like to pawn this Daily News went to a government pawn shop run by the municipality in Sisaket in Thailand's north east. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259954-pawn-hub-father-fails-to-sell-washing-machine-to-help-pay-for-sons-education/

Daily News Thai Caption: I'd like to pawn this Daily News went to a government pawn shop run by the municipality in Sisaket in Thailand's north east. Yesterday was the start of term and the facility had arranged for 120 million baht in funds to be available as they were expecting many parents desperate for cash. They were not disappointed. Large numbers of parents turned up to pawn jewelry and electrical appliances in particular. Manager Sawat Thaomai took the press to see a storeroom where the pawned items are categorized and kept after they have been examined and deemed suitable for pawning. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Picture: Daily News He said 80% of pawned items were gold jewelry like necklaces. The facility has a promotion for May and June offering monthly interest rates as low as .25% on small deals and 1% on items over 5,000 baht in value. But one father named only as "A" was to be disappointed. He needed some money to pay for his son's university education in Ubon Ratchathani and hoped to get 2,500 baht for a washing machine. But on inspection it was found to be faulty so he had to take it back and find some other way to raise the money. Many Thais pawn items at the start of term making the country something of a Pawn Hub, notes ASEAN NOW. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-05-18 - 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. 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: Fears of a repeat of 2013 ferry tragedy - not enough life jackets for tourists Daily News Thai Caption: Fears of a repeat (accident) Daily News reported that safety regulations on the Pattaya to Koh Lan ferry were being flouted. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259951-pattaya-fears-of-a-repeat-of-2013-ferry-tragedy-not-enough-life-jackets-for-tourists/

Daily News Thai Caption: Fears of a repeat (accident) Daily News reported that safety regulations on the Pattaya to Koh Lan ferry were being flouted. Only a few people on the large ferries were wearing life jackets for the crossing from Bali Hai port to the holiday island. Picture: Daily News And some boats didn't have the required number of jackets at all. The media said they had received complaints from the public and went to investigate. They found the area busy with many tourists in the hotels, restaurants and shops and large numbers travelling on boats. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Picture: Daily News There are two ways to get across; a 30 baht trip on a ferry that carries 150 persons or a 150 baht baht journey on a speedboat carrying 10-12 people. But while the media said passengers on speedboats were jacketed and following the rules, the ferries were not. Picture: Daily News They called on the authorities to crack down fearing a repeat of the ferry tragedy in November 2013 when seven foreign tourists and Thais died just 100 meters offshore when a ferry sank. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-05-18 - 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. 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

Anutin: Ministers at odds over use of banned chemicals paraquat and chlorpyrifos Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that Thailand's health minister Anutin Charnvirakul has put the brakes on moves by the industry minister to reintroduce the banned chemicals paraquat and chlorpyrifos. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259949-anutin-ministers-at-odds-over-use-of-banned-chemicals-paraquat-and-chlorpyrifos/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that Thailand's health minister Anutin Charnvirakul has put the brakes on moves by the industry minister to reintroduce the banned chemicals paraquat and chlorpyrifos. The herbicide and pesticide were banned in Thailand in 2020 but industry minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, as chair of the Hazardous Substances Committee, has called for a review to allow them again. Anutin has instructed Mananya Thaiset, deputy at the agriculture and cooperatives ministry, to report on the matter to Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe A clearly irked health minister said that he was confused as to why moves were made to reintroduced the banned substances. He said that the health of the Thai people was paramount. "Everyone has got used to the bans over the last two years," he said, "but they are trying to reintroduce chemicals that are injurious to the Thai people's health. "How can they do this? I am opposing this to protect the people." -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-05-18 - 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. 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 Data Beyond Thai Soft Power’s Rhetoric By Thai Enquirer Thai and international media have been abuzz with articles about soft power following the performance of Milli, a talented Thai rapper, at the famous Coachella festival in California. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259947-the-data-beyond-thai-soft-power’s-rhetoric/

By Thai Enquirer Thai and international media have been abuzz with articles about soft power following the performance of Milli, a talented Thai rapper, at the famous Coachella festival in California. During the performance, Milli played with stereotypes, such as claiming that she does not ride elephants back home, and concluded with a tribute to a favorite local dessert, mango sticky rice, another widely appreciated stunt. Beyond cultural references, the artist has never hidden her negative opinion toward the current government, which once even got her into trouble, and she did not miss the chance to share her views on the international stage either. Speaking of Thailand, she uttered: “the country is good, people are good, our food is good but the government is bood,” implying disapproval. Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe If soft power is understood as the power of attraction, it is not hard to understand why Milli can be a remarkable source, both within Thailand and beyond the country’s borders. She is young, successful, outspoken, and somehow relatable to the dreams and concerns of younger generations united by music and fandom. Yet soft power “is not [only] built upon sweet music,” a Thai columnist wrote. And that is certainly true. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/40214/the-data-beyond-thai-soft-powers-rhetoric/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-05-18 - 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.

War in Ukraine: Four star Koh Samui hotel gives rooms to tourists for just 200 baht a night Daily News Thai Caption: 200 baht a night Daily News reported there was widespread praise for a four star resort owner on Koh Samui in the south of Thailand who has provided rooms for just 200 baht a night to mostly Ukrainians afrfected by the ongoing war in Europe. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259946-war-in-ukraine-four-star-koh-samui-hotel-gives-rooms-to-tourists-for-just-200-baht-a-night/

Daily News Thai Caption: 200 baht a night Daily News reported there was widespread praise for a four star resort owner on Koh Samui in the south of Thailand who has provided rooms for just 200 baht a night to mostly Ukrainians affected by the ongoing war in Europe. Suphachai Pongchababpha has around 70 Ukrainians staying for the discounted rate at The Kala in Moo 4. Many are continuing to work remotely despite being stranded in Thailand and are availing themselves of sports to keep active and busy. Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Picture: Daily News Maid Wanee Samruam said the tourists were all lovely and easy going and they like fruit. Some locals made a delivery of "kluay nam wa" bananas to help out. District chief Chayaphol Intharasupha priased the initiative saying that it reflects well on Samui's image. The hotel is working in conjunction with the crisis center already established on the holiday island in Surat Thani. The tourists are all together meeting daily to discuss the latest developments from their troubled homeland, said the media. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-05-18 - 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. 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

Abhisit Backs Calls To End Senators’ Role In Picking Post-Election PM By Thai Newsroom Reporters File photo FORMER PREMIER ABHISIT Vejjajiva has joined ranks with pro-democracy groups in repeating calls for an end to the role of all unelected senators in voting for head of a post-election government. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259931-abhisit-backs-calls-to-end-senators’-role-in-picking-post-election-pm/

File photo By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PREMIER ABHISIT Vejjajiva has joined ranks with pro-democracy groups in repeating calls for an end to the role of all unelected senators in voting for head of a post-election government. Delivering a speech via a zoom conferencing system to Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, the former premier advised today (May 17) that the 250 senators, handpicked by the military junta who had staged the 2014 coup, be entirely kept out of the legislative process for the picking of a prime minister following a general election for MPs as far as democratic rule is concerned. For that reason, Abhisit who has earlier resigned as leader of Democrat Party and as legislator in protest of the successful naming of coup leader Prayut Chan-o-cha as head of the Palang Pracharath-led coalition government in 2019, suggested that the constitution’s Section 272 be amended to the extent that such a decisive, yet undemocratic role of the unelected senators be no longer permitted. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/05/17/abhisit-backs-calls-to-end-senators-role-in-picking-post-election-pm/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-05-18 - 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.

26 year old murders her grandmother after being confronted with bank theft charges by her relative by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor Police escort the main suspect in the murder of 70-year-old Tee Sae Phu in the Tha Yang district of Phetchaburi this week, her 26-year-old granddaughter in law Chantima Wongwatkee as they pursue legal proceedings against her for murdering her elderly relative at the victim’s home on Wednesday 11th May last. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259930-26-year-old-murders-her-grandmother-after-being-confronted-with-bank-theft-charges-by-her-relative/

Police escort the main suspect in the murder of 70-year-old Tee Sae Phu in the Tha Yang district of Phetchaburi this week, her 26-year-old granddaughter in law Chantima Wongwatkee as they pursue legal proceedings against her for murdering her elderly relative at the victim’s home on Wednesday 11th May last. by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor Details of the harrowing crime were given this week by senior police officers in Phetchaburi province who revealed that legal proceedings against Chantima Wongwatkee are underway for intentionally killing the older woman after she was discovered embezzling funds and committing fraud. A 26 year old woman in Phetchaburi is being charged with murder after the body of a 70-year-old woman was found at her home in the Tha Yang district of the province last Friday. The young woman told police that she had killed the older woman while driven by an uncontrollable ‘mood swing’ after being confronted with embezzlement charges by her grandmother which she admitted to police this week were true. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe A 26-year-old Thai woman in Phetchaburi province has told police that she murdered her grandmother in law and made it look like a burglary gone wrong at the older woman’s home in the Tha Yang district of Phetchaburi where the body of Tee Sae Phu was found on Friday last, the 13th of May in what looked like suspicious circumstances. Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/17/26-year-old-murders-grandmother-over-bank-theft/ -- © Copyright Thai Examiner 2022-05-18 - 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.

British man allegedly assaulted with a dumbbell by unidentified foreigner at Pattaya gym following verbal argument over gym equipment By Adam Judd Pattaya, Thailand - A 46-year-old British man was allegedly assaulted with a small dumbbell at a Pattaya area gym following an argument with an unidentified foreigner regarding the usage of gym equipment. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1259929-british-man-allegedly-assaulted-with-a-dumbbell-by-unidentified-foreigner-at-pattaya-gym-following-verbal-argument-over-gym-equipment/

By Adam Judd Pattaya, Thailand - A 46-year-old British man was allegedly assaulted with a small dumbbell at a Pattaya area gym following an argument with an unidentified foreigner regarding the usage of gym equipment. Gary Reed, 46-years-old, a British national, reported the alleged assault to The Pattaya News today, May 17th, 2022, around 5:30 P.M. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe According to Mr. Reed, he had been exercising at a local gym when an unidentified foreigner got into a verbal argument with him over using gym equipment. The argument stemmed from another piece of equipment being reportedly defective and the unidentified man claiming he had been first in line to use a working piece of equipment. Mr. Reed said that there was no queue to use the equipment and he lay down to begin lifting weights. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/05/17/british-man-allegedly-assaulted-with-a-dumbbell-by-unidentified-foreigner-at-pattaya-gym-following-verbal-argument-over-gym-equipment/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-05-18 - 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.