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Bangkok: - The Thonburi Criminal Court has sentenced the youngest son to death by execution following his conviction for the last year’s murder of his father, mother and older brother.The judicial ruling cited prosecution evidence to find Kittinan “Toei” Homchong, 23, guilty of hiring four accomplices to kill his entire family in order to become a sole heir to inherit his father’s estate, including Bt100-million plot.Kittinan recanted his confession given to police and denied all charges during trial.He got the mandatory capital punishment for the premeditated murder of biological parents and sibling.The four accomplices, including the gunman, also received death penalty before the court cited their confession as grounds for punishment reduction to life imprisonment.The murder took place last April at the Homchong family’s home in Bang Khae district.The father, retired military officer Colonel Wichai, the mother, teacher Wanida and their oldest son, police officer Lieutenant Thammanat, were all shot in the head.The scene was tampered with to make it appear like a break-in.Kittinan said his brother’s Bt53, 000 cash was missing. He also claimed to have an alibi for staying at his friend’s home during the incident.Police found his statement and that of his friend, Sakkarin “Golf” Phankul, 23 to be suspicious and incoherent.Confronted with his conflicting statements, Sakkarin admitted he wanted to help Kittinanto gain access to the inheritance. He said Kittinan gave the key for the gunman to get into his home.His confession led to Kittinan’s initial confession and the arrests of gunman Sirichai Permpoonsak, 43, taxi driver Chalard Thiangtham, 53 and look-out man Surapong Chuphan, 47.
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Bangkok: – The Bank of Thailand has reduced this year’s projection for economic growth from 4 per cent to 3.8 per cent.The country’s exports will likely grow by 0.8 per cent and not 1 per cent as in the previous forecast, bank’s assistant governor Mathee Supapongse said.The revised lowering projection for 2015 is attributed to a number of factors, including the slower-than-expected economy in the last year’s fourth quarter.Government and private-sector spending has slowed down. Business confidence in the first two months of this year has dropped. And the recovery of the world economy has been slow.The economies of China and India are slowing down. Prices of consumer goods have been on the downward trend in accordance with the lowering oil price and this will in turn adversely impact on the exports growth.Mathee said the Thai economy is not heading for a recession. He said he believes the economy will still see incremental growth rate at each quarter of this year.As efforts are being made to lower household debt, to boost exports and to increase government spending, next year should see a higher growth rate at 3.9 per cent, he said.The business confidence will rise once the domestic and international demands show a clear sign of recovery. Private investment is expected to pick up pace in the second half of this year.This year’s inflation would be lowered than expected. The previous inflation forecast was 2.5 per cent plus or minus 1.5 per cent.But the actual inflation rate is likely to be 0.2 per cent and the first half of this year will see negative inflation rate. This is attributed to the lowering oil price.The lower-than-expected inflation should not be construed as deflation as this is a temporary phenomenon caused by the drop in oil price.
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Krabi:- Thai Facebook users cried foul and widely shared a post and photos of the popular Maya Bay in Krabi showing damaged corals by anchors of tourist boats.The post was made Dr Thorn Thamrongnawasawat, an academic on marine resources and a member of the National Reform Council.Apart from the photos of damaged corals, Thorn also posted a picture of a lot of tourists on the Maya beach with several speed boats on the sea.The post said the bay had been exploited too much and the Hat Nopparat Thara-Mu Koh Phi Phi Park should carry reforms on the issue.The post was widely shared and liked by Facebook users. Many expressed opinions in support of the academic, saying there were too many tourists visiting the beach.Some noted that the income from tourist visits could not compare to the damage to the sea ecology so the park should review its stand regarding to the Maya Bay access.Chaiyathat Boonyuphantanti, chief of Mu Koh Phi Phi park, said he understood the problem but it was impossible for the park officials to prevent tourists from visiting the Maya beach because it was not a closed island.Regarding to damage to corals by anchors of speed boats, Chaiyathat said tourist boats will be prohibited from entering the coral lines and any violator would be arrested.He said he would find a measure to control the number of tourist boats visiting the Maya beach.He said he would submit information and proposals regarding to the Maya beach to the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department for consideration.Chaiyathat said the department will call a meeting of chiefs of marine parks on March26 and 27 to brainstorm sustainable measures to protect marine parks.
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Phuket:- An Israeli man is searching for his missing younger brother whose ATM card was last used at the Patong beach in Phuket on Sunday.Abed Mahamid, 27, has posted on his Facebook wall that his brother, Abd Elrahman Mahamid, has been unaccounted for since February 9 after he entered Thailand on February 6. He said his brother remained in contract with the family from February 6 to 9 when he was in Bangkok.The elder Mahamid said his brother’s ATM card had a record of last use at the Patong beach in Phuket on Sunday.The Facebook has been widely shared. It states that Elrahman is 170 centimeters tall and has dark brown and black hair and slim body and he likes to wear casual sport clothing.He urged anyone who spotted his brother to call him at 0954697710 or 9072294647. The post said anyone who could provide information that helps him locate his missing brother would be rewarded.Mahamid said his brother is a student in Germany and was supposed to return to his university in Germany since February 18.After the ATM record reported that it was used in Phuket on Sunday, Mahamid flew to the island-province on Monday to file a complaint with police.So far, police have not found any clue about the whereabouts of his brother, Mahamid said.He said the family was very worried about his younger brother.Mahamid said when his brother entered Thailand he had no problem so he did not understand why his brother had disappeared.
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Phetchaburi:- Police have arrested a man for having allegedly killed his wife out of jealousy after he found she had chatted with other men via mobile Facebook chat app.Initially, Sangwal Maidee, 37, called the Mueang Phetchaburi police station Thursday night, claiming he had returned from work to find the body of his wife, Sujitra Maidee, 30, in their rented room in Mueng district.However, police noticed several points of discrepancies in his story so police interrogated him until he admitted that he had accidentally killed her while assaulting her Wednesday night out of anger.When police reached the room, they found the wife’s body lying on the floor near the mattress and the husband was standing there crying. Police found several traces of fighting and found some hair of the woman had been pulled out and left on the floor. Moreover, traces of assaults were also found the woman’s body.The husband claimed that he left the room in the morning to work and returned in evening to find the body.Police checked with a woman in the next rented room and learned that the couple were heard quarrelling late Wednesday night. And they often quarreled and the husband was known to beat the wife often, she testified.The witness told police that she saw the woman coming out of the room to fetch a knife and returned inside and the quarrel sound grew louder. She heard sound of something hitting the wall several times before all became quiet.Sangwal later admitted that he became angry after seeing record on his wife’s mobile phone that she had chatted with some men.
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Singaporean man, three Thais arrested for allegedly selling pseudoephedrine
Chrystal meth and a pipe to smoke it.
Bangkok:- Police have arrested a Singaporean man and three Thais in connection to alleged trade of pseudoephedrine, the precursor chemical for crystal methamphetamine.
The four suspects were identified as Lo Eng Boon, 68, Suchada Jitsopha, 33, Athi Sathitthanatham, 58, and Jirawut Suphapong, 28.
The arrest was announced at a press conference at the 191 Patrol Police Command at 1 pm Thursday by 191 police commander Pol Maj Gen Phanurat Lakboon.
Present at the press conference were 2.34 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine or ice and 60,000 tablets of pseudoephedrine drug as well as two digital scales.
Counter sale of pseudoephedrine has been outlawed after it was found that the medicine can be used as precursor chemical for making methamphetamine and ice.
Phanurat said police had received tips-off that a Singapore man and some Thais had been selling pseudoephedrine to Thais and Myanmar people for making the ice and methamphetamine drug, which would be smuggled back to be sold in Thailand.
Phanurat said police learned that that the alleged gang had also sold pseudoephedrine to some foreigners on Sukhumvit Road for making the ice drug right in Bangkok.
Police learned from informants that the suspects were hiding pseudoephedrine drug in their rented room at the RMB Apartment on Soi Ramkhamhaen 43/1 so police got a search warrant from the court.
Police, officers from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board and scientific crime detection officers raided the room of Athi and Lo Eng and found the ice drug.
At that time, Suchada was inside the room. She tested positive to ice use. She later told police that Jirawut had took the pseudoephedrine drug away.
Police later arrested Jirawut and seized 60,000 pseudoephedrine tablets at his room on Soi Ramkhamhaeng 24. -
Saraburi: – Nong Khae police are checking into a grenade explosion which caused serious injuries for two victims, a husband and his pregnant wife.Alerted by neighbours, police and the explosive ordnance disposal team went to investigate the scene at a rental room at Nong Khae three-way junction, Nong Khae district.When police arrived at the scene, the victims had already been sent to the provincial hospital.The scene checks uncovered fragments of exploded grenade. The bomb disposal technician identified the grenade as M-67.Property damages caused by explosion included broken window panes. The six-wheeled truck parked nearby had a right window shattered by explosion impact.At his hospital bed, Pawin Sawasdisuk, 40, told police that he was relaxing in the hammock while his wife Waen, 35, was sitting next to him in front of their room waiting for the night to cool down before going to bed.Suddenly he heard a metal object dropped near his hammock right before a loud explosion.He is receiving treatments for serious injuries on both legs.He said his wife, who remains in the intensive care unit, is three-month pregnant and sustains serious injuries in the abdomen and thighs.He said his wife takes care of the house while he works as independent service provider for cesspit emptying.He would drive the truck, which was damaged by the explosion, to offer his services to residents in the district.He said he had no idea on how and why he should be targeted for grenade attack.He also stated that he was not aware of any business dispute or enemy.
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Bangkok: – Wat Kalayanamitr has cited renovation to justify the repairs of historical buildings, rebutting the Fine Arts Department’s accusation for the destruction of historical properties.Department director general Borvornvate Rungrujee has filed a police complaint charging the temple for failing to abide by the law on historical buildings conservation.Borvornvate said he would prosecute those involved to the fullest extent of the law as the temple had allegedly demolished and/or destroyed some 22 historical buildings in the past 12 years.The temple has been listed as the historical landmark since 1949, he said, arguing that the monastic authorities must seek and receive approval before making changes to the historical buildings.In the rebuttals, the temple said in a statement that the listing of the temple’s historical building was incomplete and invalid.The department failed to specify which buildings located in the temple’s grounds were historical sites, hence making it impossible to comply with the conservation regulations.Furthermore, the department did not publish the historical buildings list in the Royal Gazette as required by the law to notify the public of when the enforcement would come into effect.Even though the temple tried to cooperate and consult with the department on the renovation work in 2003, the department did not respond.In 2011, the department initiated legal proceedings against the temple’s abbot. The public prosecutors subsequently dropped the case on grounds of lack of evidence.The temple has petitioned for the administrative judicial review to revoke the department’s list of historical buildings. The case is being reviewed by the Supreme Administrative Court.The high court has not issued an injunction to block the renovation work. And the temple has deemed it necessary to proceed with renovation plans because it is scheduled to celebrate 190th Anniversary in 2017.
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Bangkok:- Police have arrested a Malaysian and a Thai for having allegedly carried out illegal ivory trade by buying and smuggling in tusks from Africa to resell to customers in Thailand.The arrest was announced at a joint press conference held by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Dapong Ratanasuwan and National Police chief Pol Gen Somyos Pumphanmuang at the Royal Thai Police at 4:30 pm.Somyos said the two suspects were arrested Thursday morning. They were identified as Boon Ching Teo, 51, a Malaysian, and Sirichai Sridanon, 50, a resident of Bangkok’s Bang Khen district. Police are still hunting for a Thai accomplice identified only as Dam.Police investigated and found a link to Sirichai after Surin police arrested Kampol Noithanom, 47, with 51 tusks on December 31. Sirichai was arrested at his house before Boon was arrested at the Don Mueang International Airport.Somyos said Boon had allegedly bought tusks from poachers in Africa. Boon’s passport showed that he had been frequently visiting African countries, including Kenya.Boon allegedly smuggled ivory through the border of Sadao district in Songkhla and Dam would keep and distribute the ivory to buyers around the country. Sirichai allegedly opened a bank account to receive transactions from the buyers before he transferred the money to Boon.Somyos said Sirichai had been arrested earlier by officers from the Chokchai station and police are pressing charge against him for that arrest.Somyos said police would conduct further investigation to find out whether the gang had more accomplices.Dapong said he was happy with the police operation to bust the ring.
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Chumphon:- A fire completely consumed a bus transporting 34 farang tourists from Khao Sarn Road to the Don Sak-Samui ferry pier early Thursday.No one was injured because the driver woke up the passengers and had them flee before the fire engulfed the two-platform air-conditioned bus.Although the fire was spotted early, a local municipality could not send a fire truck in time to put it out. The first fire engine arrived nearly an hour later after the fire had already engulfed the bus.The accident happened shortly before 3 am on the 41st Asia Highway in Tambon Kron of Sawi district in Chumphon. Pol Lt Dejbanthit Tulperi of Sawi police station was promptly alerted of the fire.Dejbanthit and highway police and rescuers of Saichon Foundation rushed to the scene promptly and saw the fire starting at the back of the bus while tourists were fleeing from it.Police called for a fire engine from Tambon Kron Administrative Organization but the officials said there was no driver. So, police called for help from Tambon Napho Municipality, which is over 10 kilometers away.When the fire engine arrived, the entire bus had already been burnt, prompting the tourists to boo at the fire fighters. They complained that fire fighters were too slow to react to the incident.The driver, Pongphan Taengduang, 40, told police that the chartered bus belongs to Choke Mali Daeng Co. It was transporting 34 tourists from European nations from Khao San Road to the Don Sak pier to take the tourists to Koh Samui.Pongphan said the electronic control system of the bus malfunctioned, causing an airbrake to lock and overheat, leading to a fire at a left rear tire. He parked the bus and led tourists to flee through an emergency exit.
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Samut Prakan:- A lone robber had a “friendly chat” with the house owner and her maid for two hours and cleaned her house before making off with Bt80,000 worth of valuables.Pol Lt Sanhawat Kaewduang of Mueang Samut Prakan police station said he was alerted of the robbery at 3 am Wednesday by the victim after the robber had left her house.Sanhawat rushed to the house in Nanthawan housing estate in Tambon Bang Mueang and found the terrified house owner, Anchalee Supalak 67, and her maid, Amporn Lomechan, 40 as well as black adhesive tapes and a knife left by the robber.Anchalee told police that she was watching TV on a sofa bed when a large man broke in from the back of the house. He wore a black face cove and black gloves and socks. He also wore long-sleeved black t-shirt and scarlet t-shirt on top and black sport trousers.Anchalee said the man forced her with the knife to give him valuables after she said she had none the man blindfolded her and her maid with black adhesive tape before he searched the house.Anchalee said the man took her gold necklace, gold bracelet and a diamond ring with a combined value of Bt80,000.After he found the valuables, the man sat down to chat with her friendlily for over two hours. He also cleaned the house. Before he left, he removed the adhesive tape.Sanhawat said police suspect the robber might be a resident of the neighborhood who is familiar with residents of the housing estate. Police will check footage of security cameras to try to locate him, he added.
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Bangkok:- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will demolish some 3,500 houses of squatters living on the banks of Lard Prao Canal, a senior BMA official said.BMA’s Drainage and Sewerage Department Director Kungwal Deesuwan said some 13,900 squatters living in the houses will be evicted to make way for constructions of flood embankments along the 24-kilometer-long canal.The BMA will spend Bt2.4 billion for the construction that will be done in four years, Kungwal said.The construction will also enlarge the canal to be at least 38-metre wide throughout so the houses that are built on the canals will be demolished.The canal runs through eight Bangkok districts starting from the northern part of Bangkok in Sai Mai district and it is called with several names by local people. From Sai Mai, it runs through Don Mueng and Bang Khen districts, where it is called Klong Thom, and runs to Chatuchak district and it is called Klong Bang Bua. When it reaches Lard Prao district, it is called Klong Lard Prao and it runs through Huay Kwang and Wang Thonglarn until it connects the Saen Saeb Canal in Bang Kapi.Kungwal said 792 houses will face demolition in Huay Kwang, 1,063 houses in Chatuchak, 818 houses in Lak Si, 279 houses in Don Mueang, 1,383 houses in Sai Mai.He said the BMA will soon receive tenders to select a contractor to carry out the project that can start in May. The contractor will start the construction on the areas that have no squatters and the eviction will be gradually carried out.
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Bangkok: – The entertainment powerhouse, GMM Grammy, has issued a warning on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.The warning reminds proprietors of restaurants, pubs, bars, karaoke boxes and entertainment venues to seek advance permission and pay licensing fees before turning on the music and music videos under the GMM label.This applies to the rebroadcast through YouTube. The company argues that YouTube is for private viewing and not for public places.Responding to such warning, a legal website, operated by lawyer Krisada Duangcha-um, has posted a Supreme Court ruling in 2010 which said licensing fees apply in cases of using the music labels for profit seeking.In the landmark decision, the high court said the music labels can demand licensing fees only if entertainment proprietors have added extra charges or earned profits for turning on the music or music videos.The case involving a restaurant in Rayong was dismissed because the prosecution could not prove additional revenues or profits derived from the music played.GMM Grammy owns the licenses for some 24,074 songs.The company sets the annual fee of 600 baht per karaoke box with up to seven per cent discount for yearly payment in lieu of monthly instalment.For restaurant under 80 seats, the fee is 8,000 baht per year. Department stores and supermarkets with less than 5,000-meter space would be charged 25,000 baht per year.Airlines would have to pay 600 baht per flight.The licensing fee for radio broadcast is 7.5 per cent of revenues. Music compilation publication is charged 150 baht per song lyrics.
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Bangkok: – A policeman in Chon Buri might have used excessive force to open fire and kill a motorcyclist who allegedly tried to evade a road checkpoint, police spokesman said.Lt General Prawut Thavornsiri said Senior Sergeant Major Suphan Khamnit would be summoned and charged for multiple criminal violations, including murder.The shooting incident happened on Saturday’s night at Nong Kham road checkpoint in Sri Racha district, Chon Buri.A video clip of the incident was posted online, including the Drama-addict webpage. This prompted the outcry of police brutality.The clip depicted motorcyclist Naret Boonsongsri, 40, falling off motorcycle and hit the ground with a pool of blood around his head after Suphan had opened fire from behind as he tried to ride away.Naret sustained serious head injuries and was admitted for treatments at a Sri Racha hospital. The medical report said he had gunshot wound in the head.He died on Monday. And his relatives submitted a request that the body should be sent for autopsy at the Central Institute of Forensic Science in Bangkok.Pending the completion of the autopsy report, Sri Racha police have yet to open a formal investigation into the case.In his initial statement given to police superiors, Suphan said he opened fire into the sky as a warning for the victim to stop fleeing.The motorcycle apparently skidded and the victim sustained head injuries after he had hit the ground, he said.Last night hundreds of motorcyclists rallied at Nong Kham police station demanding justice for the victim.They have also threatened to hold another rally this Saturday if police failed to take action.Chon Buri police chief Maj General Nittipong Niemnoy said Suphan would be targeted for criminal investigation if the autopsy report confirmed the victim died of gunshot fired by the policeman.Based on some online comments, police supporters have speculated that the victim might have been shot at by a “third” and unidentified individual.
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Iranian man arrested with over 1,000 fake passportsBangkok:- An Iranian man who has been living in Thailand for some 20 years has been arrested with over 1,000 fake passports of more than 60 countries and has been charged with running a human trafficking gang.The arrest of Murel Gurat, 45, a long-time Bangkok resident with a lot of businesses, was announced at the head office of the DSI Wednesday. Present at the press conference were representatives from the Special Branch Police Bureau and several embassies.Gurat also had a fake passport under the name of Esrafil Bondar.DSI Director Suwanna Suwanjutha sad Gurat was arrested by DSI and Special Branch officials at a house in Tambon Nongplua in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district on Sunday.The officials found tools for forging passports in the house. On Monday, the officials searched another house of Gurat and found over 1,053 fake passports.Evidence presented at the press conference included a hard drive with information for making fake passports and fake visa stamps.Suwanna said Gurat was allegedly a member of an international human trafficking gang whose members include Bangladeshi and Pakistani forgers. The gang members stole passports from around the world and sent them to Gurat for forging to use them to smuggle people to third countries.The smuggled people entered Thailand as tourists and used fake passports from Gurat to travel to third countries. Some of them might be terrorists, she added.Pol Maj Gen Udon Yomcharoen, commander of the Special Branch Police Division 2, said Gurat was arrested after police followed tips from the arrest of another Iranian man, Seyed Ramin Miraziz Paknejad who has been arrested for forging passports. But Paknejad later jumped bail and was later re-arrested in Malaysia.
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Mae Sot, Tak:- A 59-year-old Chinese tourist was found dead in a hotel in the northern border town of Mae Sot in Tak province Wednesday.Police believe Wang Sheng had succumbed to his chronic illness that might worsen because of the heat.Pol Lt Sittha Buasamlee, an officer on duty of Mae Sot police station, was alerted at 11 am that a foreign tourist died in a hotel on Chidwana Road in Tambon Mae Sot of Mae Sot district.He rushed to the scene with rescuers of the Tak Ruam Jai Song Khroh foundation.The officials found Wang’s body inside the Room B2 on the second floor of the four-storey hotel. He was found lying on the floor beside the bed with just underwear.Police did not find any sign of foul play. The room was not searched and there was no sign of injuries on his body.The hotel staffs told police that the man checked in on Tuesday and was scheduled to check out Wednesday.Late in the morning, a hotel staff was sent to knock the room to inform the tourist of his schedule to check out but he did not answer the knock. As a result, the staff used a spare key to open the room and found his body so the hotel alerted police.Police said heat might be a main reason for the man to collapse as the temperature in the town was about 39 Celsius degree Wednesday.His body was sent for an autopsy at the Mae Sot Hospital and the Chinese Embassy would be informed of the death to try to locate his relatives.
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Bangkok:- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha vowed Tuesday to allow the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to hold 4G service bidding within this year.“Don’t worry. It will definitely happen this year,” Prayut said.But he said his government would wait a new digital ministry to be set up to implement the digital economy policy first before the 4G bidding would take place.He said the new digital economy would have to be set up first because the ministry would have to take charge of integrating all IT infrastructures of the TOT Plc, CAT Telecom Plc as well as those of private concessionaires for joint developments for public interest.He said any firm would be welcomed to join the bidding if it is qualified and his government would have no conflict of interest in the 4G bidding.After the National Council for Peace and Order seized power on May 22 last year, the NCPO, issued an order to indefinitely postpone the 4G bidding by the NBTC.However, existing mobile phone operators have already installed and set up 4G networks, using their concessions earned from two state firms, the CAT Telecom and TOT.The current mobile phone operators have repeatedly called on the junta to allow the bidding of 4G service to take place so that they could officially launch 4G services and roll out 4G packages.Their calls have been backed by several agencies, including Thailand Development Research Institute.TDRI Somkiat Tangkitvanich said the Prayut, who is also the NCPO chief, should rescind the order that delayed the 4G bidding and should tell the NBTC to hold the bidding as soon as possible because Thais are now losing opportunity to have access to latest technologies.
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Nonthaburi:- An American man jumped to his death from a pedestrian flyover in Mueang Nonthaburi district late Tuesday night, police said.Pol Lt Adul Changpradit of the Mueang Nonthaburi police station said Conner Michael Callahan, 58, died at the scene after he jumped from a flyover in front of Central Ratanathibet shopping mall.He said Callahan was an English teacher at a language school in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi area.Adul said he was alerted at about 0:30 am Wednesday by a security officer of a factory nearby shortly after Callahan jumped from the flyover.Adul and officials from the Central Institute of Forensic Science as well as rescuers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation rushed to the scene. They found Callahan’s body lying on a highway lane of the road. He was wearing a brown shirt and cream trousers.The back of his skull was broken and left leg was also broken.Officials found two black travelling bags at the bus stop near the flyover. A letter and some medicine were found in the bags.The security officer who called police said he saw the American sitting at the bus stop on the opposite side from the shopping mall since in the evening and he appeared very sad.The security officer said the American walked up the flyover at about midnight and jumped down.Adul said police suspected that the man might suffer from depression because he had chronic illness.Police will inform the US embassy in Bangkok to try to locate his relatives to claim his body for funeral service.
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Bangkok:- Bangkok will celebrate the Earth Hour 2015 with a number of activities starting from next Monday.Launched in 2007 to raise public awareness about climate change, the global Earth Hour is a lights-off event. It is now observed in 162 countries and territories worldwide.“We will turn off the lights at the Eden Zone of Central World for one hour between 8.30pm and 9.30pm on March 28,” Deputy Bangkok City Clerk Banjong Sukdee says, “But our activities for the Earth Hour will start since March 23”.According to him, a campaign will be launched to encourage bicyclists to ride to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration- (BMA) run public parks between March 23 and 27 to join tree-growing activities.Many organizations including the Foundation for Environmental Education for Sustainable Development (Thailand) and the World Wide Fund for Nature Thailand have joined the BMA’s Earth Hour campaign.Banyong says the city administration and allies have decided to hold Earth Hour activities under the “Change Climate Change” concept. He points out that participants do much more than just turning the lights off. They have taken extra efforts to promote green trends. For example, they have opted for eco-friendly products where possible.“We seek to raise public awareness of climate change because we want to encourage members of the general public to help combating global warming,” he says.Records show power consumption dropped by 1.7 gigawatts during Earth Hour 2013. The figure means the saving of Bt6.6 million in electricity costs and a cut by 1,073 tonnes of carbon dioxide emission.
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Bangkok: –The seven-year-old boy has been moved from Ayutthaya to receive burn treatment at Police General Hospital in the capital and police will pay for medical expenses not covered by the universal health care.The boy has sustained burn caused by empty and sealed paint can explosion.The burn covers 80 per cent of his body. And he has to be treated in sterilised room which is not available in Ayutthaya.Based on statements given to police by family members, the victim was playing with the paint can alone at the back of his Ayutthaya home.His older brother, 10, was sleeping in an upstairs room and his grandparents who were child minders were at a nearby house. The parents were at work.The family members assumed that the victim might be beating the paint can as his imaginary drum when the explosion occurred.After the explosion, the grandparents and neighbours took the victim to the provincial hospital.The victim was found to have lost consciousness, swollen face, bleeding in the eyes and burn injuries.His clothes were torn to pieces and fragments of the paint can scattered at the scene.Ayutthaya hospital spokeswoman Bang-ornPongopas said the provincial hospital provided emergency treatments and arranged for the transfer to one of the Bangkok hospitals with burn treatment facilities.The transfer process took two days because a number of hospitals claimed to have no bed available. The treatments for severe burns are not covered in the universal healthcare scheme.After hearing about the incident, national police chief General Somyos Pumpanmuang intervened and ordered Police General Hospital to admit the victim.Police spokesman Lt General PrawutThavornsiri has agreed to donate his money for specialised burn treatments.
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Yasothon: – The hours-long noise of a crying boy, 4, prompted neighbours to investigate and find his father dead, police said.Reacting to the emergency call, duty officer Captain Prasert Lasak of Mueang Yasothon police station checked the scene.Prasert found Sayam Khehanan, 44, dead on his bed. And there was no evidence of break-in or physical struggle or foul play.The preliminary report on the scene checks has established that Sayam was dead for about five hours.The victim’s body was sent for autopsy at the provincial hospital.Neighbours told Prasert that Sayam was a teacher at Yasothon Technical College.Following his divorce, he lived with his son in the one-storey house, located within the Suk Samran housing estate, Mueang Yasothon.Prasert said he found a note left possibly by the victim near the bed stating that he had to take medicines every day.The boy kept on crying and could not shed light on how and why his father had died, he said.Neighbours said they last saw Sayam on Saturday. He appeared to be his normal and did not act suspiciously.For the past two days, they believed Sayam and his son might have taken a trip because the house was quiet and there was no sign of any activities.Yesterday, they heard the boy crying non-stop for an hour and went to check on the house.As they walked into the bedroom, they saw the crying boy holding on tightly to his father’s body.They said they had to convince the boy to part with the body before calling police.Prasert said he would try and contact the ex-wife and mother to take charge of her son.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A Russian tourist rescued an unidentified farang man from drowning in the Pattaya sea early Tuesday after he apparently tried to kill himself.Igor Rudy, 50, told police that he and his girlfriend were strolling on the beach in front of the Hard Rock Hotel at about 3:40 am when he spotted the farang man walking into the sea.Rudy said the man appeared very sad and walked into the sea with his clothes on and submerged himself under the sea water.Rudy decided to jump into the water and dragged the man ashore. Eyewitnesses called the Sawangboriboon Foundation which rushed rescuers to the scene.The rescuers found the man, who appeared in his 60s, lying on the sand. He was wearing a green shirt and blue shorts and black socks. He was carrying no documents.The rescuers gave the farang man resuscitation and rushed him to the Pattaya Memorial Hospital.A Thai woman who saw the incident told Pol Maj Pithak Nernsaeng of the Pattaya police station that she saw the farang man walking into the sea and disappeared for three minutes before the Russian tourist rushed out to bring him out of the water.Several farang tourists have committed suicides in the Pattaya sea.In October last year, a farang man was found washed ashore at the Pattaya beach with both writs slashed. Witnesses told police that the man was seen walking around the beach with beer can in his hand. Then he was seen walking into the sea before his body was found two hours later.
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Bangkok:- A Thai man has been arrested for having allegedly beaten his Japanese wife after he got drunk or high on amphetamine, police said.Metropolitan Police Commissioner Pol Lt Gen Sriwara Rangsipramkul himself held a press conference at 1:30 pm Tuesday to announce the arrest of Rungroj Trabsi, 35, a resident of Sakon Nakhon’s Charoensilp district.Rungroj was arrested in the middle of Soi Watchiratham Sathit 2 in Bang Na district at 9:40 pm Monday shortly after his Japanese wife, Miho Katsumi, filed a complaint with the Bang Na police station against him.Katsumi’s case captured public attention because her photo showing her bruised face has been widely shared among Thai Facebook users.Katsumi alleged that Rungroj had been beating her throughout the past three years although they have a son.She alleged that her husband often got drunk and often used methamphetamine after which he always beat her.She also alleged that Rungroj forced her to lend him money often. She said he borrowed her Bt70,000 early this month and left a cash of only Bt6,000 for her. She said she had to give Rungroj the money for fear of being beaten up again.After he was arrested, Rungroj claimed that the picture used by Katsumi to file the complaint was taken two years ago.He said two years ago he drank and used methamphetamine and could not control himself so he hurt his wife. He said he always took her to see doctors after beating her.But he claimed that he has recently stopped drinking and using drug and has not hurt her again. He said he borrowed her money because he was unemployed and his wife did not allow him to work.
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Ranong:- The border province of Ranong has now stepped up its campaign among migrant workers in a bid to fight against measles, diarrhea, and malaria.Often with migrant workers as carriers, these three diseases have usually spread around quite seriously in the province during summer. In Thailand, the summer begins around mid-February and continues till the middle of May.Ranong authorities have now joined hands with various relevant agencies such as the Public Health Ministry in drawing up prevention plans and conducting a campaign to promote good hygiene among migrant workers.“This campaign seeks to educate these migrants about how to maintain good hygiene in their daily life. This campaign is now reaching out to migrants in various different areas of the province,” Ranong Governor Suriyan Kanjanasilp says.He describes the campaign as a key part of the efforts against measles, diarrhea, and malaria.This year, the number of malaria cases in the province has already climbed up by three folds when compared with the same period a year earlier. This alarming fact has prompted relevant authorities to try harder in their efforts to control these diseases.Severe cases of measles, diarrhea and malaria, after all, can cause deaths.Although there are many factors behind the spread of these diseases, labor migration is identified as a major cause.Ranong shares its border with Myanmar. At present, there have been millions of Myanmar workers in Thailand.While workers in Myanmar earns just about Bt71 per day on average, those in Thailand can earn Bt300.
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