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BANGKOK, April 29 (TNA) – Bangkok Mass Transit System PCL (BTS) asks its electric train passengers not to sit with their legs crossed. Thapakorn Meesa-ad, chief of BTS's Mo Chit station, said that the company made the request for cooperation because the passengers who sat with their legs crossed proved to block others' ways and their feet touched standing passengers. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Especially during rush hours, standees had to squeeze into one another to avoid the feet of passengers sitting with their legs crossed. Besides, women sitting with crossed legs might be vulnerable to upskirt photography, he said. -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Motorcyclist killed as 18 wheel truck turns into company in Samut Prakan Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported on a road traffic accident that resulted in the death of a 30 year old motorcyclist in Rachathewa sub-district of Samut Prakan yesterday around noon. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258218-motorcyclist-killed-as-18-wheel-truck-turns-into-company-in-samut-prakan/

Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported on a road traffic accident that resulted in the death of a 30 year old motorcyclist in Rachathewa sub-district of Samut Prakan yesterday around noon. An 18 wheel truck driven by Prawit, 35, was in the central lane and was turning into the Grating Fortune Container Service (Thailand) company. A Honda click ridden by Pongthep, 20, came up the inside at speed and lost control mounting the footpath then hitting a lamppost. Picture: Siam Rath Pongthep died at the scene. His mother said he was coming home after the night shift. Prawit is helping the Bang Kaew police with their inquiries. Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

Suicide Rises among Young People BANGKOK, April 29 (TNA) – Suicide and self-harm among teenagers and young workers are four times as much as those among general people at working age. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258215-suicide-rises-among-young-people/

BANGKOK, April 29 (TNA) – Suicide and self-harm among teenagers and young workers are four times as much as those among general people at working age. The fact was shared in a meeting of the National Mental Health Commission chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The National Suicide Prevention Center reported the suicidal situation that occurred from 2017 to 2021. According to the center, suicide happened to 439 youths aged 15-24 years in 2021, up from 428 in 2020. It took the lives of 956 people aged 25- 34 years (young workers) in 2021, up from 896 in 2020. Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-933098 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Lottery fever in Suphan: Stunted coconut tree looks like a pair of elephants with trunks Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported that residents in Suphanburi were flocking to a local temple after reports of a mysterious looking plant. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258213-lottery-fever-in-suphan-stunted-coconut-tree-looks-like-a-pair-of-elephants-with-trunks/

Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported that residents in Suphanburi were flocking to a local temple after reports of a mysterious looking plant. The "Nam Horm" coconut tree in the grounds of the temple of Wat Dong Sela in Dan Chang district just refused to grow big. But what had grown looked like a double headed elephant with two trunks. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Picture: Siam Rath This ensured that many people went there armed with joss-sticks, candles and mobile phones to try and divine the lottery numbers. Lots of praying was going on with 629 29 62 and 69 favored or even 80 for the upcoming draw. The media said this was funny. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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: Siam Rath Picture: Siam Rath

Daughter in Udon Thani appeals for help after her mum - and ten others - forced into prostitution in Dubai Daily News Thai Caption: Please help my mum Daily News reported that a 22 year daughter of a woman from Udon Thani appealed for help after her mother was forced into prostitution in Dubai, UAE. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258210-daughter-in-udon-thani-appeals-for-help-after-her-mum-and-ten-others-forced-into-prostitution-in-dubai/

Daily News Thai Caption: Please help my mum Daily News reported that a 22 year daughter of a woman from Udon Thani appealed for help after her mother was forced into prostitution in Dubai, UAE. Angun's mother paid an agent 40,000 baht thinking she was going to work in traditional Thai massage when she went to Al Nahda, a residential area in Dubai on April 18th. But after two days she and more than ten others were told they needed to sleep with customers. Reporters and local officials went to Ban Ba Yao in Wang Sa Mo district where Angun managed to get her mother on a video call. Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Picture: Daily News But the mother was unable to add anything - she had to keep her voice down or face exposure as she was being held against her will in a second floor room. Angun said that when her mother refused to engage in sex she was told that she'd have to pay 105,000 baht to be released. The owner of the establishment is a Chinese man married to a Thai woman from Nong Khai. Contacts are being made to help all those in this case. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

Video: Entitled BMW driver refuses to allow ambulance to pass - the driver even brakes unnecessarily Daily News Thai Caption: So what if I don't get out of the way Netizens were commenting in numbers after the head of a rescue foundation detail in Phuket in southern Thailand posted a video. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258209-entitled-bmw-driver-refuses-to-allow-ambulance-to-pass-the-driver-even-brakes-unnecessarily/

Daily News Thai Caption: So what if I don't get out of the way Netizens were commenting in numbers after the head of a rescue foundation detail in Phuket in southern Thailand posted a video. Anit Jenrop - chief of the Kusontham Phuket rescue - posted a 40 second video showing a BMW 320i deliberately blocking him in an ambulance carrying an accident victim. And it got worse; despite the siren wailing and finally issuing a desperate plea over the loudspeaker to get out of the way that resulted in the BMW driver slamming on the brakes when the road ahead was clear. Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Picture: Daily News Anit told Daily News he had picked up a woman who had road rash after an accident and was on the way to Vachira Hospital. He implored the public to please allow ambulances to pass whether they are sounding their siren or not. Many people have pointed out that the fine for blocking an ambulance - 500 baht - needs to be changed or such incidents will continue. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

Father and daughter in lucky escape as road sign crushes the back of their Pajero Picture: Thai Rath Klong Luang police attended the scene after a large road sign traversing Pahonyothin Road outbound came crashing down on a Mitsubishi Pajero during yesterday evening's rush hour. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258208-father-and-daughter-in-lucky-escape-as-road-sign-crushes-the-back-of-their-pajero/

Picture: Thai Rath Klong Luang police attended the scene after a large road sign traversing Pahonyothin Road outbound came crashing down on a Mitsubishi Pajero during yesterday evening's rush hour. It happened at KM marker 39 +100 outbound during a storm with high winds and heavy rain. The sign and its support hit the back of the vehicle in traffic but the occupants - 66 year old Suniyom Taprap and his daughter - were unhurt but in a state of shock, reported Thai Rath. Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Suniyom said that they were going home to Klong Luang from Rangsit when he heard a noise and thought a car had gone into the back of him. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

Rich resort owner denies human trafficking after 15 year old girl claims he forced her to sleep with customers to repay debt Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that Lahansai police in Thailand's north eastern province of Buriram have arrested a wealthy resort owner on four charges including rape and human trafficking. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258207-rich-resort-owner-denies-human-trafficking-after-15-year-old-girl-claims-he-forced-her-to-sleep-with-customers-to-repay-debt/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that Lahansai police in Thailand's north eastern province of Buriram have arrested a wealthy resort owner on four charges including rape and human trafficking. Earlier Noi, 44, had taken her 15 year old daughter to the police. The M3 girl had claimed that Wirawong or "Hia Winai", 62, had forced her to have sex with customers at his resort. She said that she had borrowed 6,300 baht from Wirawong beacuse her 70 year old grandmother needed emergency surgery and that he told her she must pay it back by sleeping with men. Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe She refused and he promised to expose and embarrass her so she decided to follow his instructions four times. After this she said she would do it no more but he pressed her to continue saying that "he knows all the cops in the police station" so it was pointless her making a fuss. Despite the threats she told her relatives. Wirawong was served with an arrest warrant when he happened to go to the police station yesterday. He denied everything saying he would fight the case in court. The media reported him as saying he was rich, so why did he need to get mixed up in this illegal business. He was refused bail. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

Key points learned from Thammasat poll Bangkok gubernatorial election made a big mockery of pollsters in 2013, when they expected M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra to lose heavily, only for him to win his second term with the highest number of votes ever. Current popularity surveys ahead of next month’s vote, therefore, can be taken with a grain of salt. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258203-key-points-learned-from-thammasat-poll/

Bangkok gubernatorial election made a big mockery of pollsters in 2013, when they expected M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra to lose heavily, only for him to win his second term with the highest number of votes ever. Current popularity surveys ahead of next month’s vote, therefore, can be taken with a grain of salt. However, the latest work by the Thammasat University’s Research and Consultancy Institute is interesting in many ways, not least because it covered more than 20,000 eligible voters, far more than samples of similar polls on the popularity of candidates. In each of those other polls, just over a thousand people were interviewed. The TU-RAC survey also spanned all age groups, professions, and education backgrounds. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Conducted between April 15-April 22 with each Bangkok district having at least 400 representatives surveyed, it yielded some surprises and offered some insights into intertwined relations between Bangkok’s and national politics. Here are what we have learned from the poll’s results, which are significantly different from those of similar albeit lower-scale surveys: 1. Chadchart Sittipunt’s lead is not THAT BIG. He received about 28 percent of support, with second-place Suchatvee Suwansawat of the Democrat Party trailing at about 22 percent despite all the trouble battering Thailand’s oldest political camp. A 28 versus 22 percentage gap can be vast in elections, but Chadchart had been perceived to be enjoying a much more comfortable run, with the chasing pack being no more than “decorative” participants. [read more...] Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/key-points-learned-from-thammasat-poll/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Birthday surprise: Thai man takes cake to his wife but finds her in bed with a Burmese compatriot Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that a Thai man called Natthapong, 24, had been living with his wife Ni NI Aung from Myanmar for six years. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258202-birthday-surprise-thai-man-takes-cake-to-his-wife-but-finds-her-in-bed-with-a-burmese-compatriot/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that a Thai man called Natthapong, 24, had been living with his wife Ni NI Aung from Myanmar for six years. But the trouble caused by the pandemic meant that he decided to return to his hometown of Phon in Khon Kaen to ordain into the monkhood to ride it out. This would please his parents. Meanwhile his wife stayed in the south to continue working at an industrial estate. However, yesterday in the middle of the night he decided to surprise his wife with a birthday cake as it was her 32nd anniversary. Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Arriving armed with a small cake at the second floor door of an apartment at Wilairat Apartment in Muang district of Pathum Thani he saw a man's shoes. He broke the door down and found 26 year old Myanmar man Naing Ko Ko Ye in bed with his wife. So he produced a knife that he always carries with him and stabbed his rival several times in the abdomen. Naing fled the room in his underpants. Rescue workers found him in a fifth floor apartment opposite Wilairat after following bloodstains. Picture: Thai Rath He was treated for several stomach and defensive wounds before being taken to Pathum Thani Hospital. Natthapong took his wife hostage into the toilet of the other apartment. Police used a rescue worker called Nithan to negotiate with Natthapong to get him to give himself up. At one point Natthapong thought Nithan was a cop and went to attack him but was soon convinced that he was a rescue worker. After two hours he surrendered to the custody of the Pak Klong Rangsit police. He has not yet been charged as police are waiting on medical reports on the state of his victim. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

DPM Prawit targets 110 medals for Thais at SEA games - urges sports authority to eliminate doping Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that DPM Prawit Wongsuwan chaired the latest meeting of the Sports Authority of Thailand at Government House. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258200-dpm-prawit-targets-110-medals-for-thais-at-sea-games-urges-sports-authority-to-eliminate-doping/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that DPM Prawit Wongsuwan chaired the latest meeting of the Sports Authority of Thailand at Government House. On the agenda were the 47th national games in Sisaket and the 37th "Para" games or Nakhon Lamduan games. It is hoped these will bring 761 million baht into the economy with 2.5 million visitors. Prawit is targeting 110 medals at next month's 31st South East Asian games in Hanoi, Vietnam and 11th Para games in which Thai athletes will complete in 40 sports. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe He urged the sports authorities in Thailand to comply fully with WADA regulations when it comes to stopping doping. He also urged the authorities to press forward with the construction of a boxing center for international boxing excellence. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

COVID-19 - April 29: Thailand reports 14,053 new coronavirus cases, 16,782 recoveries, 129 deaths file photo Thailand on Friday (April 29) reported 14,053 new COVID-19 cases, 16,782 recoveries and 129 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258188-covid-19-april-29-thailand-reports-14053-new-coronavirus-cases-16782-recoveries-129-deaths/ //CLOSED// /Admin

COVID-19 - April 29: Thailand reports 14,053 new coronavirus cases, 16,782 recoveries, 129 deaths file photo Thailand on Friday (April 29) reported 14,053 new COVID-19 cases, 16,782 recoveries and 129 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258188-covid-19-april-29-thailand-reports-14053-new-coronavirus-cases-16782-recoveries-129-deaths/

file photo Thailand on Friday (April 29) reported 14,053 new COVID-19 cases, 16,782 recoveries and 129 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 4,238,061 with 28,400 deaths. The news comes as the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will not scrap the “Thailand Pass” scheme, as has been widely anticipated, but will shorten the registration process for overseas tourists applying to enter Thailand as the “Test and Go” one-night quarantine scheme for the fully vaccinated is scheduled to come to an end on May 1, CCSA assistant spokesperson Sumanee Wacharasint said. Thailand Pass to stay, PM to oversee situation after end of "Test and Go" Dr. Sumanee added, however, that when COVID-19 situation in the country steadily improves, the CCSA may consider further easing of restrictions.** **Thai PBS contributed to this report Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-29 - 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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