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Appeals court upholds 8-month suspended prison sentence for Pareena Kraikupt Photo from thaipost.net The Thai Appeals Court upheld a lower court sentence of an eight-month suspended prison term and a 66,666 baht fine today (Tuesday), imposed on former Palang Pracharath MP for Ratchaburi province, Pareena Kraikupt, in a defamation case filed against her by former Future Forward MP Pannika Wanich. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262758-appeals-court-upholds-8-month-suspended-prison-sentence-for-pareena-kraikupt/

Photo from thaipost.net The Thai Appeals Court upheld a lower court sentence of an eight-month suspended prison term and a 66,666 baht fine today (Tuesday), imposed on former Palang Pracharath MP for Ratchaburi province, Pareena Kraikupt, in a defamation case filed against her by former Future Forward MP Pannika Wanich. The lawsuit was filed for Pareena’s Facebook post on August 4th, 2019, accusing Pannika and then leader of the Future Forward party, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, of involvement in several bombing incidents in Bangkok and the three southernmost provinces. Pareena denied that she had made false allegations and fought the case in court. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/appeals-court-upholds-8-month-suspended-prison-sentence-for-pareena-kraikupt/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - click here to find out more!

Red-shirt leader protests against US Defence Secretary’s visit, Indo-Pacific strategy United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), or “Red Shirt” leader Jatuporn Prompan led a small group of Thai people who staged a rally in front of the Ministry of Defence yesterday (Monday), to protest the visit to Thailand by US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and his country’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262750-red-shirt-leader-protests-against-us-defence-secretary’s-visit-indo-pacific-strategy/

United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), or “Red Shirt” leader Jatuporn Prompan led a small group of Thai people who staged a rally in front of the Ministry of Defence yesterday (Monday), to protest the visit to Thailand by US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and his country’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Austin paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, also Thailand’s defence minister, at the Ministry of Defence at 3pm yesterday. In his address to the media, the red-shirt movement leader said Austin’s visit amounts to an attempt to drag Thailand into the US conflicts with China, based on the principle that enemies of the US are also enemies of Thailand, despite the fact that Thailand is not an enemy of any country, as he urged Thailand to reject the US Indo-Pacific strategy. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/red-shirt-leader-protests-against-us-defence-secretarys-visit-indo-pacific-strategy/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - click here to find out more!

Nok Air - now even your pets can fly! Daily News Thai Caption: You can take your "little ones" on a flight Daily News reported what they referred to as great news for pet owners with dogs and cats. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262748-nok-air-now-even-your-pets-can-fly/

Daily News Thai Caption: You can take your "little ones" on a flight Daily News reported what they referred to as great news for pet owners with dogs and cats. Nok Air was running a special charter service from Bangkok to Chiang Mai return at a "special" price. According to the airline's Facebook page two people can travel with one pet for 12,999 baht. More details about the promotion that will take place in August would soon follow, said the airline. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - 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

Speedy response as "Lt-Gen" calls for action at Zebra X-ing outside school where yet another primary kid was injured Picture: Siam Rath A senior figure in the Pathum Thani administration called "Mayor Jazz" or Pol Lt-Gen Kamronwit Thupkrajang demanded swift action after yet another primary school child was hit on the way home. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262746-speedy-response-as-lt-gen-calls-for-action-at-zebra-x-ing-outside-school-where-yet-another-primary-kid-was-injured/

Picture: Siam Rath A senior figure in the Pathum Thani administration called "Mayor Jazz" or Pol Lt-Gen Kamronwit Thupkrajang demanded swift action after yet another primary school child was hit on the way home. The P6 boy was hit at 3.40 pm and Kamronwit demanded that the Department of Rural Roads make improvements to finish within three days on the Zerbra Crossing outside Charoen Dee school in Klong 8, Lam Lukka. Picture: Siam Rath This is ASEAN NOW's third story about a student hit by a motorcycle on a zebra crossing in about a week. Officials were out adding extra rumble strips, writing 'slow down' signs on the road and adding signage and a flashing light. Picture: Siam Rath Teacher Natthanan Kulchaleerom - better know as Khru Noona - said she was delighted that the Lt-Gen cared so much about children and parents. Siam Rath had a picture of Khru Noona doing some handy pointing, lest there be any doubt. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - 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

Second person falls to their death in exactly the same place at Nonthaburi condo Daily News Thai Caption: Second corpse! Daily News reported on yet another person in Thailand who fell to their death from a condo in Nonthaburi. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262745-second-person-falls-to-their-death-in-exactly-the-same-place-at-nonthaburi-condo/

Daily News Thai Caption: Second corpse! Daily News reported on yet another person in Thailand who fell to their death from a condo in Nonthaburi. But this one had a twist that put the hairs on the back of your neck up, according to the media who hinted at mysterious forces at work. Pak Kret police and Poh Teck Thung rescue who arrived at the condo found CPR in progress on Natthasit, 23 but he soon died from head injuries. He was wearing a white shirt and long black trousers. A witness said they heard a sound from above then saw the victim fall apparently hitting something on the way down. He fell in exactly the same spot where there had been another falling death some time before. Daily News contacted the victim's father by phone who said that his family had no stress issues. His son's girlfriend had told him that there were no love problems either. He said that his son had just graduated from college and was awaiting a visa to visit Australia this month. A funeral would be held in his birthplace. Police are investigating to try and ascertain whether the victim jumped or tripped as an autopsy was called. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - click here to find out more! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Two Indian Men Die In Koh Samui Motorbike Accident The spot where the two Indian tourists died last evening. Photos: MNG Online TWO YOUNG Indian men holidaying on Koh Samui died after losing control of their rented motorcycle while coming down Khao Pom hill then crashing onto the traffic barrier and tumbling down the hillside last evening, MNG Online said today (June 13). Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262744-two-indian-men-die-in-koh-samui-motorbike-accident/

The spot where the two Indian tourists died last evening. Photos: MNG Online TWO YOUNG Indian men holidaying on Koh Samui died after losing control of their rented motorcycle while coming down Khao Pom hill then crashing onto the traffic barrier and tumbling down the hillside last evening, MNG Online said today (June 13). Pol. Lt. Col. Udomsak Thappha, an inspector at Koh Samui police station, rushed to the site of the accident which is known to be dangerous with some fatal accidents having already occurred here together with a doctor from Koh Samui Hospital, Air Force officers and rescuers. At this dangerous curve on Thupatemi road, or the road up Khao Pom hill, they found the two tourists, identified as Mr. Vinay Dutt Kaushik, 35, and Mr. Dhruv Tripathi, 34, dead at the hillside. Their rented motorcycle had overturned by the roadside with marks of its red paint seen on the traffic barrier. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/06/13/two-indian-men-die-in-koh-samui-motorbike-accident/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - click here to find out more!

Bangkok woman dies in free diving accident off Sattahip - police investigating Picture: Thai Rath Police and navy divers were called after a woman learning to free dive 8 nautical miles off Sattahip was dragged under water by a rope attached to a 10 kilogram weight that snapped dragging her underwater. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262743-bangkok-woman-dies-in-free-diving-accident-off-sattahip-police-investigating/

Picture: Thai Rath Police and navy divers were called after a woman learning to free dive 8 nautical miles off Sattahip was dragged under water by a rope attached to a 10 kilogram weight that snapped dragging her underwater. The accident happened during a sudden riptide according to one of the instructors present in the area near Koh Juang, Samae San. Naval Special warfare Command divers and rescue services found Hataya Rimphanawet, 35, under the sea with her right hand entangled in 10-15 meters of red rope that had been attached to the metal weight. Thararat, 34, an instructor said that at 11 am yesterday a group of students were being taught to free dive without aids in 20 meters of water. A sudden powerful riptide hit the area detaching the support boat's anchor from its rope. The boat flowed away on the riptide and everyone was ordered out of the water or to hold onto a buoy, reported Thai Rath. But the victim got entangled in a rope and as instructors tried to free her the rope snapped and she was dragged under water by the weight. They tried to find and help her but she had been dragged away under the water. Rescue was called at noon and the body was found at 5.15 pm. The body was taken to the Police Hospital in Bangkok for autopsy as local police began their investigation. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - 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

Does Thammanat Prompow still have power to change course of Thai politics? Photo from Thammanat Prompow Facebook Thammanat Prompow has become a party leader for the first time in his career — a crowning success for any politician. However, analysts say his recent rise to head the Thai Economic Party is unlikely to benefit this powerbroker, who is more used to working underground than under the limelight. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262738-does-thammanat-prompow-still-have-power-to-change-course-of-thai-politics/

Photo from Thammanat Prompow Facebook Thammanat Prompow has become a party leader for the first time in his career — a crowning success for any politician. However, analysts say his recent rise to head the Thai Economic Party is unlikely to benefit this powerbroker, who is more used to working underground than under the limelight. For them, Thammanat’s latest career move has only a slim chance of impacting Thai politics ahead of the upcoming censure debate against the government. The no-confidence debate, expected to take place next month, will target Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and nine other key Cabinet members, according to the opposition. This will be the last such debate during this Parliament, which completes its four-year term in March next year. Thammanat, previously the ruling Palang Pracharath Party’s secretary-general, has been at odds with Prayut ever since he was ousted from the Cabinet after allegedly engineering a plot to topple the PM at the previous censure debate last September. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/does-thammanat-prompow-still-have-power-to-change-course-of-thai-politics/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - click here to find out more!

Green Line could be a tough ride for Chadchart Managing the controversial Skytrain Green Line shrewdly, bogged down as it is by controversies over high fares, court battle over debt and extension of concession, is going to be a major test for newly elected Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262734-green-line-could-be-a-tough-ride-for-chadchart/

Managing the controversial Skytrain Green Line shrewdly, bogged down as it is by controversies over high fares, court battle over debt and extension of concession, is going to be a major test for newly elected Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt. The high fares of mass transit services in Bangkok have been largely blamed for lower and lower-middle-income groups having only limited access to the facilities. Not only consumers, but even academics have for long complained about the fares. Before the 2019 general election, politicians had promised lower fares and better services, but so far, the coalition government led by PM General Prayut Chan-o-cha has not delivered on its promise. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/green-line-could-be-a-tough-ride-for-chadchart/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - click here to find out more!

Man kicks woman after she attacks his mum - but there's a back story Sanook Thai Caption: She should get some treatment Sanook went to a motorcycle repair shop in Soi Bang Duan, Samut Prakan, after a video was posted on Facebook that showed a woman in red tampering with a car, hit another woman in the face before being kicked herself with a flying kick by the woman's son. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262733-man-kicks-woman-after-she-attacks-his-mum-but-theres-a-back-story/

Sanook Thai Caption: She should get some treatment Sanook went to a motorcycle repair shop in Soi Bang Duan, Samut Prakan, after a video was posted on Facebook that showed a woman in red tampering with a car, hit another woman in the face before being kicked herself with a flying kick by the woman's son. The 16 second video that can be viewed HERE was posted under the name Sasithon Jaising. At the shop the man who did the kick, Thanaphon Songern, 23, explained what had led up to his actions. He said that he was taking a car to the service center after it had been involved in a collision. But when he opened the gate the woman in red was blocking his way and refused to let him pass. Picture: Sanook She was muttering something incoherent along the lines of not letting him take her father's car away. He said he spoke to her politely but when she didn't move he went back in the house leaving the engine running to wait a moment for her to get out of the way. The woman then went up to the car window and hit the wing mirror and turned off the ignition. His mother came out and the woman hit her in the face smashing her glasses. Then came the kick in the woman's back. Picture: Sanook Thanaphon explained that the woman was a problem in the area clearly suffering from some mental issues. She often says weird things and needs treatment. Sometimes she throws stones and spits at people. The police have taken her in before to calm down and she has been in for treatment two or three times but continues in her erratic ways. He called on the authorities to do something about her. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - 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

Video: Innocent local becomes victim as rival students fight in the street in Samut Prakan 77kaoded Thai Caption: Red: Students who caused the trouble White: A local Yellow: Students in shorts; Students attacked - innocent local a victim A video showed yet more violence flare in Samut Prakan between rival students, some armed with swords. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262732-video-innocent-local-becomes-victim-as-rival-students-fight-in-the-street-in-samut-prakan/

77kaoded Thai Caption: Red: Students who caused the trouble White: A local Yellow: Students in shorts; Students attacked - innocent local a victim A video showed yet more violence flare in Samut Prakan between rival students, some armed with swords. An innocent local on a motorcycle came off because of the attack on students in short pants that caused a collision. It happened in Soi Porn Sawang 6 in Muang district just before 7 pm yesterday evening. The innocent party had to raise his hands in a wai to stop being attacked before the assailants fled the scene, reported 77kaoded. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - 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: 77kaoded

Drama in Korat! Couple's sex tape at resort angers district chief and tourism official - stain on Wang Nam Khiaw's reputation! Sanook Thai Caption: Ooh sexy! Wang Nam Khiaw Officials in the tourist area of natural beauty that is Wang Nam Khiaw in Nakhon Ratchasima are furious after a couple's sex tape got out of porn site OnlyFans and was shared to Line. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1262731-drama-in-korat-couples-sex-tape-at-resort-angers-district-chief-and-tourism-official-stain-on-wang-nam-khiaws-reputation/

Sanook Thai Caption: Ooh sexy! Wang Nam Khiaw Officials in the tourist area of natural beauty that is Wang Nam Khiaw in Nakhon Ratchasima are furious after a couple's sex tape got out of porn site OnlyFans and was shared to Line. The district chief and a local tourism official want the couple prosecuted. Netizens were finding it funny but the officials contacted police for activities that stained the name of the popular area. Sanook reported that three clips of about 4 minutes each were entitled "Wang Nam Khiaw Siaw" - siaw means sexy or toothsome in this context. District chief Suphot Saenmee became aware of the clips and demanded action from the local police chief Pol Col Pheerapong Thanaphochai who was on the case trying to find out the details. The couple could face jail terms of 3 years and/or a fine of 60,000 baht under some legislation and even worse - 5 years and 100K - for breaking computer crime rules. Pongthep Malachasingh said it was all highly inappropriate and the resort in question had no idea their facility was being sullied in this way. He urged immediate action to stop such practice and preserve the dignity of his area that has lovely temples and nature. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-06-14 - 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. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - 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