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Bangkok: – The Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians have successfully disabled one hand grenade believed to have been left inside a vacant condominium room on On Nut Road since 1998.The grenade was discovered by construction workers in charge of renovating the room for a new tenant, Phra Khanong police said.Before defusing the explosive device, EOD technicians asked tenants to vacate the building.Police investigator Lieutenant Suwan Chanhuana said he suspected the grenade to belong to the former tenant of the room, ex-police officer Athipat Ukritkan.Workers found the grenade hidden on the bathroom ceiling.Athipat bought and mortgaged the condominium room when he served at Phra Pradaeng police station, Samut Prakan between 1995 and 1998.Suwan voiced puzzlement why Athipat should have the grenade in possession.Before his sudden disappearance in 1998, Athipat was mired in debts. He was discharged for deserting his duty.His condominium room was repossessed by his creditor bank. It was put on the market for years before finding a buyer.Phra Pradaeng policemen said Athipat owed them a large sum of money before disappearing without a trace for 17 years.They voiced scepticism that he could be summoned for questioning in connection with the grenade.The condominium management said the room was vacant until the start of renovation work and that Athipat had not left any forwarding address.Phrakhanong police have issued a summons for Athipat and prepared to lodge charges related to illegal possession of explosive device, classified as weapon of war, and having firearms and ammunitions which could not be licensed for private use.
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Bangkok: – Metropolitan police have arrested and charged four suspects for impersonating police officers to extort money from aliens and migrants workers.The four involved in 17 extortion and rape cases in five districts of Bangkok, Metropolitan Police commissioner Lt General Sriwara Rangsipramanakul said.The four are Kanokphol Changkhanak, 21,Kawi Luangnan, 26, Kittithat Permwaran, 26 and Charathorn Phaowanacharoensuk, 19.Following months-long investigation, police tracked down to nab the four at a petrol station on Aekkachai Road 76, Bang Bon district.The four were waiting to refuel their vehicle on the way to preying on their victims.Police seized handcuffs, fake guns, falsified name tags/identification cards issued by the Interior Ministry, the car and four banking books as evidence.Sriwara said the four would prey on foreigners and migrant workers. They spotted their marks at bus stops, on pedestrian walkways and at busy public areas in Bang Khunthien, Tha Kham, Nongkhem districts of Bangkok, and in Samut Sakhon’s Mueang and Krathumban districts.The five districts have a large presence of migrant workers.The four claimed to be plainclothes police. They threatened to check the victims’ documents and to check for illicit drugs use before demanding kickbacks.In certain cases, female victims would be molested and raped.Police said they received 17 complaints involving the four since January.Bang Khunthien police have been designated to take custody of the four and to complete the report on cases involving them.The investigation was prompted by informants alerting police to the extortion gang preying on migrant workers.
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Nong Khai:- An Iranian man was arrested at the Nong Khai border checkpoint Monday when he crossed the border from Laos and produced a passport stolen from a British tourist.The arrest of Alireza Motevalli, 30, was announced by Nong Khai Immigration chief Pol Col Pallop Suriyakul at the Nong Khai Immigration head office at noon.Pallop said Motevalli produced a British passport No J 30565196 to immigration officials at the checkpoint but the officials used an online checking system and found that the passport belonged to Mary Floren Cathleen, who reported to the authorities in October last year that she had lost the passport.Pallop said police checked Motevalli’s travel bag and found an Iranian passport in his name. Motevalli had received a tourist visa that was stamped in his Iranian passport.Following an interrogation, Motevalli said he entered Thailand on a flight that landed at the Don Mueang International Airport. He would like to travel to England so hired a group of persons to make a fake passport for him. He had to pay the group US$12,000.After he got the fake passport, Motevalli left Thailand to visit Laos, using his Iranian passport, Pallop said.Then, he returned to Thailand using the fake British passport, hoping that he would get a visa stamp from the Thai immigration officials to certify that he had entered Thailand legally. He hoped to use the visa stamp as a proof of his identify so that he could travel to England.Although the Laotian has stamped exit visa on the fake passport, Motevalli was arrested by the Nong Khai immigration officials.He was charged with theft or purchasing a stolen item and using a fake passport.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A lady boy has been arrested for having allegedly hit a Polish woman’s face with his high-heel shoe, police said.Plakad Somjan, 23, from Ubon Ratchathani, was arrested by Pattaya tourist police shortly after he hit the face of Kaparzyna Pietrzycki, 42, with his high-heel shoe, causing a severe cut on the face above the left eyebrow.The incident happened in front of Marine Disco Bar at the mouth of Soi BJ on the South Pattaya walking street at 3 am Sunday.Pietrzycki told police that she and her husband were drinking at a table in front of the bar when Plakad approached her husband, offering sex service.Pietrzycki said she became dissatisfied and engaged in a quarrel with the lady boy. She said scolded both her husband and the lady boyThe polish woman said the lady boy became angry and attacked her with his shoe. The shoe was seized as evidence.Pietrzycki said she walked to seek help from a Pattaya city booth on Soi 16 and the officials there alerted the Sawang Pattaya foundation to rush rescuers to perform a first aid for her and rushed her to the Pattaya Memorial Hospital where she received stitches for her wound.Pattaya tourist police were informed of the incident and rushed to arrest Plakad.Plakad admitted that he attacked the tourist out of anger after he was scolded by her.Plakad was charged with assault, causing both physical and metal harms to another person. He was handed over to the Pattaya police station for further interrogation and arraignment.
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Bangkok:- Thai girls who may be pondering to join the new trend of “underboob selfies”, should have the second thought as the Culture Ministry warned that they could end up violating the Computer Crime Act.According to Thairath Online, the warning came from Yupha Thaweewattanakijborworn, director of the Culture Watch Office of the Culture Ministry.Many foreign women have joined the so-called underboob selfies trend by taking photos of their body up from the waist to the breast without showing the nipples.Yupha also urged the Thai media not to play up the trend if the media has not seen underboob selfies by Thai women yet. She explained that such reports might backfire rather than doing good to the society.She said if Thai women post underboob selfie photos, they may be deemed breaking the Computer Crime Act by putting pornographic pictures into computer system.She added that the Culture Ministry does not support Thai women to be scantily clad in public places, and it would become a serious problem for the society if many Thai girls follow the example.Thairath Online also interviewed Roongtawan Chaiha, an Internet idol who rose to her fame by posting her own sexy photos on her Munkaw Chaos Girl Facebook fan page, said she has no plan to catch the underboob seflies trend. So far, her page has received over 470,000 likes mostly from men.Munkaw, who has proudly announced that her breast is her selling point, said the Thai society would not accept such the underboob trend. Posting photos partially revealing the breast from the high angle of view is already causing serious trouble for her, she added.
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Bangkok:- Tourist police have come up with an innovative idea to protect tourists from bag snatchers while they are enjoying riding the famous tuktuk vehicles on Bangkok streets.The Tourist Police Division 1 has tuktuk or motor-tricycles in Bangkok covered with the net so that pillion-rider bag snatchers could not snatch their valuables or bags away. So far, most tuktuk has joined the net protecting program.The open-air tuktuk are so popular among foreign tourists that they recommend friends and relatives to try when they visit Bangkok for the first time.However, since the tuktuk has no protection part to shield passengers, bag snatchers on speeding motorcycles found the tuktuk passengers their easy preys.Pol Maj Bowornpop Sunthornrekha, an inspector of Tourist Police Division 1 who came up with the net idea, said the black net has been tested successful to protect foreign tourists and Thai passengers.The net helps tuktuk vehicles retain their open-air character while tourists can rest assured that they would not be robbed.Bowornpop said police earlier put up warning signs on tuktuk to warn tourist to be careful of their valuables but bag snatching still happened at the average of five times per month.“The net may make the tuktuk not beautiful but it can effectively protect the passengers against bag snatchers,” Bowornpop said.“Although passengers may place their bags between their legs, it will be hard for thieves to put their hands into the net to snatch them away and the passengers may give the thieves a boot.”Bowornpop said tourist police will retain the warning signs. Initially, the signs are made in three languages of English, Japanese, and Chinese. Police have now added five more languages to the warning signs.
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Phuket:- Two Chinese tourists have got back their passports, credit cards and about Bt10,000 cash after accidentally leaving behind a handbag on a Phuket bus.Li Muzi, a 25-year-old writer, says she lost the bag on the Saturday – the very first day she arrived at the world-famous Phuket with her mother.“We are here for a four-day vacation,” she says.She is glad to find out that the public-bus operator has kept her handbag well safe after noticing that it was left on the floor of a bus at the end of the bus ride.“I would like to thank all the Thais who have helped me,” Li says.Li and her mother had been treated with a free dinner on Saturday after she reported the lost handbag.A taxi driver also offered to help her by bringing her to the bus station to check if her handbag was there.“When I came to the bus station, the station’s chief told me I could retrieve my stuff at a local police station,” the Chinese tourist says.Somkiat Sriraksansin, manager of the bus operator, says Li is not the first passenger to lose her stuff on a bus and get it back.“Many passengers forget to take their belongings with them when they get out of the bus. When we spot the stuff, we always collect it and arrange for it to be returned to their owner,” he adds.
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Bangkok: – The Government Lottery Office is expected in June to start designating convenience stores as new outlets for distributing and selling lottery tickets.The GLO will reallocate lottery quotas designed to cap the lottery retail price at 80 baht by using convenience stores to counterbalance the market control of five lottery wholesalers.GLO board chairman Somchai Sujjapongse said the revamp of lottery distribution system should complete by this year.All existing contracts for selling 74 million lottery tickets will expire, paving way for the reallocation.The first batch of contracts for 48 million lottery tickets is to be up for grabs in June. The remaining contracts will be terminated in July, August and December.This month, the GLO is going to start negotiating with major operators of convenience stores, such as Seven Eleven, Big C, Tesco Lotus and Family Mart.The GLO plans to install online ticket dispensing machines at convenience stores, voicing hopes that this will force wholesalers and retail vendors to stop inflating the lottery price.Khuang Khamthee, chairman of lottery vendors with physical disabilities in Nakhon Ratchasima, has voiced opposition to the planned introduction of ticket dispensing machines.Khuang said vendors with physical disabilities would be at the disadvantage as they can sell lottery within limited hours while the convenience stores is open twenty four hours, seven days a week.National Reform Council member Sangsit Piriyarangsan said the ticket dispensing machines would unfairly boost the business of convenience stores at the expense of individual vendors.Sangsit said the GLO should consider bypassing powerful wholesalers and distributing the tickets directly to individual vendors.
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Bangkok: - The Office of Industrial Economics, Industry Ministry, has launched an awareness campaign, dubbed “Eat Safe, Eat Smart”, to ensure good manufacturing practice for Thai food.Food producers and caterers should adopt GMP, recognised as the international standard on food production, in order to boost the consumer’s confidence in food safety, OIC director general Udom Wongwiwatchai said.Udom said the Thai food industry should strive for GMP certification for the entire process of food production from raw materials, preparations, cooking and processing, distribution and serving food to consumers.At present, revenues of the Thai food industry account for 23 per cent of GDP. The annual growth rate is 10 per cent. The projection for food export earnings would increase from 300 billion baht to 1.2 trillion baht by 2018.This year’s food exports will amount to 1 trillion baht.The Thai food industry generates about 800,000 job positions and yields direct benefits to 20 million farmers.Some 79 Thai food manufacturers have been certified for GMP.Japan is the biggest export market for Thai food products. Last year Thailand earned 129 billion baht from exporting food to Japan.The Food Institute of the Industry Ministry is planning to introduce small- and medium-enterprises for Thai food to the Japanese markets.Earlier this month, the institute organised a business trip to take 50 SMEs for Thai food to attend the 40th International Food and Beverage in Tokyo.In addition to meeting with Japanese buyers, Thai food manufacturers paid a visit to a food production plant in Hokkaido in order to gain first-hand experience on what Japanese consumers would expect on food safety.
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Trang:- The Trang Marine and Coastal Resources Office is now promoting a recently-discovered beach – Hat Keb Tawan or the beach for memorizing sunset.As part of the promotion, the office director, Prachuap Mokrat, led a group of reporters to visit the beach in Ban Phrujud in Tambon Borhin of Trang’s Sikao district.Prachuap said the shortest trip to the beach is to ride a long-tail boat from Borhim Farm Stay that would take about 15 minutes to the beach. Each tourist is charged Bt150 per trip. Or tourists can travel from the Trang Marine and Coastal Resources Office.Prachuap said the beach is very romantic for watching the sunset over the peninsula of Koh Lanta.He said the perfect time for enjoying the beauty of sunset on the beach is 6 pm to 7pm as the sun will turn very bright yellow before it gradually lowers itself into the Andaman Sea, reflecting its light on the seawater before it disappears into the darkness.On the left side of the beach is a large and outstanding Koh Lor Lor where two popular beaches – the Under Sea Wedding and Ratchamongkol beaches could be seen. Tourists could also see the Klong Son beach and sea grass on the right side of the Hat Keb Tawan beach, Prachuap added.Hat Kebtawan has been included as a trip package of Sikao district. Its name came from a vote among tourists who visited the beach last year. Most or about 300 of them selected the name of Keb Tawan.The beach is about 10-rai-large and is about 3-meter higher than the sea. So, it can also be used to play sports or enjoying dinner, Prachuap added.
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Satun:- A sports utility vehicle of group of Malaysian tourists crashed into a power pole in Satun’s La-ngu district Saturday afternoon, killing five on board and injuring four others, police said.The accident happened at 4 pm on the Trang-Satun Raod in Tambon Kamphaeng, Pol Lt Pichit Jehsoh, a police officer on duty of the La-gnu police station said.Four of the killed passengers were Malaysian tourists and the other was a 15-year-old Thai boy, Krissada Umasa from Phang Nga. The four Malaysian tourists were identified as Ramla Adam, 42, Nuahnisa Abdulrohmanh, 21, Anas Abdulrohmanh, 6, and Nunayid Abdullohmanh, 2.Some of the killed were trapped in the vehicle and rescuers had to cut parts of vehicle to remove their bodies. Other were thrown outside by the impact.Pichit said the vehicle was being driven by Rofandi Abdullrohmanh, who was severely injured. The three other survivors were identified as Abdullrohmanh Abdullah, 46, Wufmi Naza-I, 2, and Nislis Abdullohmanh, 2.The four injured were initially rushed to the La-ngu hospital and they were later forwarded to provincial hospitals – two to the Satun Hospital and the two others to the Trang Hospital.Their relatives told police that the group came from Malaysian’s Kedah state to visit Phuket and the accident happened when they were returning to Malaysia.Police believe the driver was speeding up as the section of the road was straight and the driver might doze off, causing the vehicle to crash into the electric pole.Relatives of the killed tourists retrieved their bodies from the Satun Hospital Sunday for religious rite in Malaysia.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A Russian tourist was rescued when he hanged himself inside the detention room of the Pattaya police station late Saturday night.Police alerted the Sawang Boribun Pattaya Foundation at 11 pm to help the Russian after officers have already untied him and brought him down to the floor and provided first aid treatment.The Russian was unidentified as he carried no travelling documents. He appeared to be about 30 to 40 years old.Police said the man was taken to be detained at the police station without being charged at 5 pm Saturday because he was drunk and caused nuisance to others.Police wanted the man to come to himself before he would be released but he was spotted hanging himself at 11 pm.He was rushed to the Bang Lamung Hospital. Police have yet to question him why he wanted to take his own life.Several incidents of farang tourists getting drunk and committing suicide or making suicide attempts have been reported in Thailand.For example in October last year, a foreign tourist drank beer and cut his wrists before he walked into the Pattaya sea. His body was later washed ashore.In December last year, a Russian woman tried to jump down from the Fuse Mobius condominium in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi district. Officials spent about an hour to talk to her to change her mind.In October last year, A 28-year-old Russian tourist cut his own throat with a razor while visiting Uthai Thani. Fortunately, he was rushed to a hospital in time and was saved.
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Bangkok:- Tourism and Sports Minister Korbkarn Wattanavrangku shed her tear of joy when she chaired the opening ceremony of a new Bangkok landmark on the Chao Phraya river bank.She presided over the launching of Tha Maharaj community mall on Thursday. The new riverside mall is located on Tha Maharaj Road and on the opposite side from Wang Lang or Siriraj pier.While expressing her admiration of the mall, which has been developed with colonial fusion architect, Korbkarn was seen choked with her emotion and her eyes brimmed with tear.In her speech, Korbkarn said Tha Maharaj is another legend on the Chao Phraya River and the development of the community mall helped preserved the legend.She said she was happy that the mall was developed by the persons who love Thainess.“What I want most is to see Thais return to Thainess and revive the old way of life of Thais. This place allows us to see those things,” the minister said.The mall has a small park and is decorated with Installation art pieces from Silpakorn University.Several popular brands have opened their shops in the mall, including Starbucks, S & P, After You, Savoey, Saeb I Lee, and Every Day.The mall CEO Suphaphan Pichaironnarongsongkram said the mall was developed under the concept of “riverside eatery, urban oasis and culture market” with the goal to provide access to the Chao Phraya to tourists.Suphaphan said Tha Maharaj was a road built during the early period of Ratanakosin era. Since many tourists have been travelling past the road, he decided to build the mall on the 3-rai plot.
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Bangkok: – Huai Kwang police have arrested four of the eight-member gang involve in a scam to fraudulently rent vehicles before selling as spare parts or sending to neighbouring countries.Three car theft suspects remain at large and one is released after reporting to police.Police have seized 16 cars, five GPS vehicle tracking devices and 689,900 baht as evidence.The case came to light after car rental operator Siwaporn Tangrungruangyu, 39, filed a complaint.Siwaporn said her three rental cars had not been returned and that the GPS tracking system located the cars in Huai Kwang district.Police used the GPS information to track down the rental vehicles at the used car tent on Thien Ruammit Road.The police search of the tent uncovered three rental vehicles comprising Toyota Vios, Honda Jazz and Honda CRV.Police name three tent operators and one vehicle driver as suspects. The three are Piyawat Ketnak, 35, Suriyawut Namputsa, 28 and a Chinese national Kwangjerng Sae Jao, 20.The fourth suspect, Napapat Phanphermcharoenkit, 35, surrendered.Police said the gang operated in three steps.First, Napapat, her husband Thanathip Phanphermcharoenkit, 42 and another suspect Laksanasak Kaewkannet, 37 would rent the vehicles under false pretense.Second, the rent vehicles would be driven by Kittiphat “Tee” Samitiwiwan, 27 and Purita Maneenat, 25.Third, the GPS tracking devices of the stolen vehicles would be removed by Piyawat, Suriyawut and Kwangjerng.During the search, Purita was in the driver’s seat awaiting the GPS removal.Police are tracking down Thanathip, Kittiphat and Laksanasak.Police have called for car rental operators to improve on identity checks before leasing the vehicles.
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Bangkok: – The registrations of new businesses have risen 16 per cent in February and the collapsed businesses increase by 73 per cent due to tightening control of lottery vendors.Business Development Department director general Pongpun Gearaviriyapun said her department registered 5,631 new businesses last month.Despite the increase in business registration, the registered capital has lowered to 14.8 billion baht, a drop of 3.7 billion baht or 20 per cent in comparison to last February.For January and February, some 11,600 new businesses have been registered, an increase of 14 per cent.This year’s projection for 60,000 to 65,000 new businesses should be achievable, Pongpun said.The growth of business newcomers will hinge of the recovery of the world economies and the domestic economic revitalisation through government investment and spending, she said.In regard to business disbandment, some 1,113 businesses with 1.9 billion baht in registered capital dissolved last month.This year’s first two months saw the dissolutions of 2,493 businesses, an increase of 20 per cent in comparison to the same period last year.Despite the increase of business disbandment, the amount of dissolved registered capital decreased by 20 per cent, which indicates the majority of failed businesses involve small enterprises.The change in business registration rules for lottery has led to an increased disbandment of lottery enterprises and a drop in new lottery vendors.Under the past rules, a monthly average of 607 newcomers would register as lottery vendors. And about 77 vendors would disband their business.After introducing the new rules, only about 112 newcomers would enter the market while 102 existing vendors would quit.The new rules are designed for the identification of individual vendors in order to prevent proxy registration.
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Bangkok:- The so-called “Chao Phraya Landmark” project will affect 268 families living along the Bangkok’s only river.Bangkok City Clerk Sanya Sheenimit says these families have lived along a portion of the Chao Phraya River between the Rama VII Bridge and the Phra Pinklao Bridge.“The project will develop riverfront area along this 14-km-long portion,” he explains.Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, also the defence minister, has chaired the committee overseeing this project. To date, this committee has already set up four subcommittees to help with its work.“We will soon discuss on how to help the affected people,” Sanya says, “By the way, we will also check if any of them have encroached on public areas”.In addition to people’s houses, there are also eight temples, 36 piers, six hotels and restaurants, and 19 major structures along the planned stretch.It will take about 14 months to complete a study on the Chao Phraya Landmark project. If the results from the study prove satisfactory, it will take about 18 months to complete the project’s construction.Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra says this project will give a new landmark to Bangkok and include bicycle lanes along the river.“City residents will be able to come here to exercise and indulge in riverside scenery,” he adds.However, he says the project’s details are not yet finalized and people can still have a say on it.
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Phuket:- Two Chinese tourists got their lost wallet with several credit cards, ID cards and some cash back after a deputy school director found it in a toilet room in Phuket.Bai Yanfeng, 31, and Hu Jinna,28, got the wallet back from Pol Lt Col Milin Pianchang, deputy chief of Phuket Police, in a ceremony at the Phuket Police head office at 3:45 pm Saturday.The Chinese couple left the wallet inside a toilet room of a PTT petrol station in Phuket’s Thalang district on Wednesday.Later on, Anurak Butsarn, a deputy director of Thessaban 6 School in Chiang Rai found the wallet and she handed over it to the Phuket Tourist Police.The wallet contained four credit cards, 5,000 Chinese yuan in cash and Bt10,000 in cash as well as the couple’s ID cards.The husband would like to give a reward of Bt10,000 to Anurak but she declined it.Bai later gave the money to Jiratip Julakaew, a tourist police volunteer who helped coordinate until the couple got the wallet back.The Chinese couple appeared very happy to get the wallet back.Milin said Jiratip was the one who drove the bus that brought a group of teaches from Anurak’s school to visit Phuket on an education trip that day.Jirathip led Anurak to hand over the wallet to Phuket Tourist head office.Milin said what happened would set a good example for other Thais and it was lucky that a tourist police volunteer also cared about the Chinese tourists.Milin said he hoped that the Chinese couple would convey this good news to their friends and relatives back home.
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Krabi:- The first Chinese tourist was fined Saturday for breaking the rule against washing feet and sandals in wash basins at the Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park in Krabi.Chaiyatat Boonphuphantanti, the park chief, said the unidentified tourist broke the rule less than an hour after park officials put warning signs in front of the toilet room near the park office and on the mirror above the basins.Chaiyathat said the park announced the rules after Facebook users cried foul that Chinese tourists washed their feet and sandals in the basins where Thai tourists normally washed their face. For Thais, doing so is seen as a taboo and very impolite action.The signs use photo of Chinese tourist that have been widely shared over Faceook and Twitter networks, showing Chinese tourists washing their feet and sandals. The”no sign” was printed over the pictures.However, the hastily made prohibition signs were apparently spelled incorrectly as it reads: “Break rule with 1,000 Bath penalty”.Chaiyathat said a Chinese tourist came to use the basin and raised her feet to wash without paying attention to the warning sign. So an official took her photos and informed the group’s tour guide.The guide was shown the photos and she agreed to pay the fine on behalf of the tourist. She was given a receipt for charging her client.Chaiyathat said the park would have sign translated into Chinese as well.A Chinese guide complained that the warning signs were too small. She said the signs should be enlarged and park officials should also wear uniforms when manning the toilet facility.
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Bangkok:- Following an outcry by social networkers, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has officially allowed pedestrians to use the Wutthakat skytrain station as a bridge to cross over Klong Dan.A man has posted a YouTube clip to cry foul that he had to pay the BMA Bt10 each time to access the bridge across the canal at the skytrain station. The BMA owns the extended route of the skytrain and hires the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc to operate the route.The man complained that the area has no bridge for residents in the neighborhood to cross the canal so they had to use the station as the bridge but they were forced to pay Bt10 each time for just crossing the canal. He noted that the facility was built with tax payers’ money. Many social networkers joined the man to attack the BMA and BTS.BMA Deputy Governor Amorn Kijchawengkul told Thairath Online that the BMA has no policy to collect the station access fee from pedestrians at all.Amorn said the problem stemmed from misunderstanding between BTS officials and the pedestrians. He noted that officials at the station had allowed other pedestrians to use the station on case-by-case basis.Amorn said he had ordered the Wutthakat station to allow pedestrians to set aside a part of the station for pedestrians to cross the canal so that they can shuttle between the Ratchapruek and Wutthakat roads.The free access took effect immediately, he said, adding that the free access would be allowed on the temporary basis.For long-term solution, the BMA will build a pedestrian bridge across the canal and will also build piers for shuttle ferries, Amorn said.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A 25-year-old Dutchman went berserk in Pattaya late Friday night, allegedly damaging properties of a restaurant and a hotel and hurting a policeman and several Thais.The injured policeman had to call for a reinforcement of 20 police officers who overpowered Dennis Tagga shortly after 0:30 am Saturday. He was taken to the Pattaya police station to calm down.Pol Senior Sgt Maj Sarayut Saengphet, a traffic policeman of the Pattaya station, called for a backup at 0:30 am after he could not control the situation.Sarayut was directing the traffic on Pattaya 2nd Road in front of Soi 8 when he spotted Tagga, who appeared drunk, crying foul and trying to hurt others.Tagga, who was wearing only sports shorts, would not allow anyone to come near him and ran after anyone who came closer.Before Sarayut called for a backup, he saw Tagga throwing tables and chairs of the Aroi Dee restaurant. Sarayut tried to arrest the Dutch tourist but he resisted and hit him once the mouth.After Tagga trying to snatch his pistol, Sarayut decided to call for help.Yaowathida Jantho, a waitress of the restaurant, said Tagga, who appeared drunk, came into the shop and sat silently. She said the man refused to make any order and he went berserk five minutes later.Later, Sanong Boonpanya, 60, the manager of The Green Hotel, told police that that Tagga stayed at his hotel.Sanong said Tagga earlier became angry and damaged several things in his hotel room before jumping from the third floor. He was not hurt because he landed on sandy and soft ground. The hotel tried to calm him down but he left before he went berserk at the restaurant.
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Bangkok:- The problem of Thai taxi drivers saying “No” to passengers has got so serious that relevant agencies are to launch another campaign to fight the illegal but widespread practice.On Friday, the Transport Ministry, the Traffic Police Division, several taxi cooperatives and allies installed side window shades reading “We are ready to take you to any destination. We don’t say No” in 100 taxi cabs.Observing the installation, First Army Area’s chief Lt General Kampanart Ruddit explained that taxi services were important to Thailand’s image.“If our taxi services are good, the country will look good too,” he said.It is against Thai laws for taxi drivers to reject a passenger. This offence is punishable by a fine of up to Bt1,000. However, it is so common for Thai passengers to get rejected especially in areas with a lot of foreign tourists such as the zones around the Emerald Buddha Temple or the Grand Palace. Foreigners often say that they are charged not by the meter, but by the fare taxi drivers have asked.Of the more than 1,000 complaints filed against taxi drivers every month on average, most of them involve refusing passengers, according to Department of Land Transport.Just last month, the department launched the DLT check-in application for smart-phone users to rate taxi services and file complaints.According to the department’s deputy director general Chirute Visalachitra, while the number of complaints about the taxi drivers refusing passengers has dropped, it remains high.
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Bangkok: – Thailand’s public debt has risen to 5.6 trillion baht since January and this is well spent on investment outlays, said government deputy spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd.Sansern said the borrowing has increased by 34 billion baht. The debt level is at 46 per cent of GDP, well below the 60 per cent cap for debt-financing projects.He said Japan has the debt/GDP level of 200 per cent, followed by Singapore (more than 100 per cent), German (80 per cent) and United States (60 per cent).The increase in public debt can be attributed to three main reasons, the deputy spokesman said.First, the government borrowed 42 billion baht for advance refinance of the loans due in May.Second, the 17 billion debts were meant to offset the budget deficit.Third, the 1.9 billion baht loans were destined to finance water-management schemes and the rail and mass transit transportation networks.This year, the government plans to incur the public debt worth 57 billion baht out of the pre-approved amount of 80 billion baht, said Theeraj Athanavanich, deputy director-general of Public Debt Management Office.The Cabinet is expected next week to debate detailed borrowing plans for this year, Theeraj said.The plans would cover the financing of water management projects worth 23 billion baht and of road repairs worth 34 billion baht.Should the government give the green light to the plans, the actual borrowing would commence next month or May at the latest.The first batch of loans should be amounted to 10 billion baht. The ratio of foreign and domestic borrowings would later be determined.The government borrowing and spending for this year and the next will focus on revitalising the economy.
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SamutPrakan: – Somrong Nuea police are investigating an incident which a woman sent a box filled with a dead baby to her ex-boyfriend.Police Major Attawat Attakitwiroj said he would classify the investigation after receiving the forensic report on the dead baby, which was found with an uncut biblical cord and aged around seven months.Attawat said he did not know whether the baby was killed or died following an early delivery and/or an abortion.He was speaking after checking the scene at a townhouse on Theparak Road 4, Mueang Samut Prakan district.Based on the statement given by the townhouse owner, she said an ex-girlfriend of her brother, known as B, came to her home last evening.She said her brother was not at home and B gave her a box and a letter, saying she wanted to give a message, saying farewell to her ex-boyfriend.After B left in a taxi, the townhouse owner opened the box, found the dead baby and alerted police.Attawat said the accompanying letter outlined the hurtful feelings of B who said the boyfriend was cruel and cold hearted in leaving her for a new girlfriend when she was pregnant.B said in the letter that she was left to go through her pregnancy alone and that she hoped the dead baby would serve as a reminder of the boyfriend’s irresponsibility.In concluding her letter, B said she wished the best of luck for the new girlfriend and that the couple would not have to face a repeat of what she had to endure.Police plan to summon and interview B after receiving the forensic report on the baby’s cause of death.
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Samut Prakan:- A 52-year-old man shot himself in the foot by posting a video clip on YouTube with an intention to attack a police officer.But it turned out that the clip humiliated Kanokchai Benjangnara himself, prompting many online users to attack him and causing him to be slap with charges.The man has posted a video clip showing a police officer standing behind a toll booth of Paknam toll gate of the expressway.In the clip, Kanokchai attacked Pol Lt Nirut Kaewiam, deputy traffic inspector of Phra Pradaeng police station, of hiding behind the toll booth to arrest traffic law violators.But Nirut argued in the clip that Kanokchai cried foul because he refused to take a bribe from him.Kanokchai was heard saying in the clip that he only failed to use the safety belt and the police officer should have been lenient to him.It turned out that the clip caused Kanokchai to be attacked strongly by other social networkers for breaking the law and trying to bribe the police officer.On Thursday, Nirut filed a complaint with Mueang Samut Prakan police station, alleging Kanokchai with insulting a police officer on duty.At 9 am Friday, Kanokchai reported himself to the Mueang police station to acknowledge the charge.He said he was sorry for what he has done and he said he did it out of anger.Later on at 5 pm, Kanokchai met Nirut at the Mueang police station and apologized to him for the clip. Kanokchai went down to his knees to give Nirut a garland and a wai in an apology.Nirut said he forgave Kanokchai but the legal case had to proceed.
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