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Bangkok:- The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) has assigned staffs to help blind passengers at all of its skytrain stations, BTS Chief Operating Officer Surapong Laoha-Unya said.He said staffs have been assigned to help blind passengers to use the skytrain service since March 1.The staffs will lead the blind to pass through the gates on the ticket selling floor to the escalators and guide them to enter the train so that the blind will not stumble and fall.Surapong said the blind can inform BTS staffs upon arrival at each station that they need assistance.He said the BTS has trained its staffs how to guide the blind properly and safely with cooperation from the Association for the Blind in Thailand. The association has dispatched its staffs to demonstrate and train the BTS staffs.Surapong added that the blind must carry identification cards as members of the association, which are issued by the Social Development and Human Security Ministry to be eligible for using escalators.He explained that the ID cards certify that the blind have received training how to use escalators. Those without ID cards of the association must use stairways to prevent accidents.In late January, the Supreme Administrative Court ordered the BTS and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to install elevators at all 23 skytrain stations and also install other facilities for people with disabilities at all stations and inside trains.Representatives of people with disabilities brought the case to the Central Administrative Court in 2007. There are elevators for people in need at only five of the 23 BTS stations at present. The Central Administrative Court dismissed the complaint but the Supreme Administrative Court overruled the lower court’s decision and ruled in favor of the people with disabilities.
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Nan: – Anti-graft busters have arrested and charged a local government leader for receiving Bt29, 400 kickbacks in exchange for the approval to disburse the money for a work contract.Dechawut Senya, 34, chairman of Tambon Namtok Administrative Organisation, denied the charge, arguing he received a gift not meant for a return benefit.In his complaint, contractor Withaya Temduang said Dechawut had sought and received bribes.Withaya said he was the winning bidder for the construction of a local road in Tambon Namtok, Na Noi district.Before awarding the contract, Dechawut demanded the kickbacks worth 5 per cent of the construction cost, he said.He said he agreed to pay Dechawut because he wanted to avoid any delay in getting paid for the work.The bribes would be paid in two instalments, one for Bt15, 000 paid after advance payment for work and another for Bt29, 400 paid before getting the final payment.Due to time constraints in organising the sting operation, anti-graft busters suggested for the contractor to pay the first-instalment of kickbacks in order to prevent Dechawut from suspecting any attempt to catch him in the act.Before the second instalment payment, the contractor had finalised the formal complaint and the authorities had marked and recorded the banknotes as evidence.Police rushed into the Dechawut’s office while Withaya was paying him. The banknotes in Dechawut’s wallet matched the serial numbers recorded as evidence.Police took custody of Dechawut although he said the money was gratuitous gift. He refused to answer any question and would claim his right to testify in court.
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Bangkok: – Tourism Authority of Thailand has voiced concern about the slow growth rate of domestic tourism due to the volatile economy.All 35 TAT offices nationwide are conducting a comprehensive survey to gauge the travelling plans of local visitors for Songkran holidays on April 11-to-15, TAT deputy governor AnupharpThirarath said.The survey is meant to reassess and map out this year’s projection of tourism businesses generated by Thais, Anupharp said.The data would be collected on advance bookings for tour buses, domestic flights and hotel rooms so as to enable TAT authorities to get a true picture of how the slackened economy would impact on Songkran travels.The TAT deputy governor said Songkran would be a key indicator whether the 10 per cent target could be achieved for domestic tourism.He said domestic market for tourism should continue to grow although this might happen at a slower pace than previously anticipated.The positive factor about a Songkran tradition to visit hometown should help to offset the consumer’s low confidence in the economy, he said.Thais from the Northeast are always keen to return and celebrate Songkran at their homes. Local visitors would flock to popular water-splashing festivals in Chiang Mai and other northern provinces.The Songkran travels are expected to spur the economy as visitors would buy gifts for families.Based on last year’s TAT survey of 63,060 respondents, the most popular reason for domestic tourism is to pay a visit family members and friends, followed by Buddhist religious retreat and vacationing.The Northeast is the most popular destination for local visitors, followed by the Central Region, Bangkok, the East, the upper North, the lower North and the South.
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Bangkok:- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will spend Bt200 million to develop a building at the Kokwua Intersection on Rajdamnoen Road as a 24-hour library, a senior BMA official said Thursday.Pranee Satayaprakorb, director of BMA’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Department, said the city administration is under commitment to operate a 24-hour City Library after the Thai capital was selected as the World Book Capital for 2013.She said the BMA will rent a building of the Crown Property Bureau at the Kokwua Intersection to run the City Library for 30 years.The building has three floors and it has a total usage area of 4,000 square meters.Pranee said the Crown Property Bureau has agreed to exempt the renting fee while the building is being renovated. The BMA will start paying the rent after the library is open to the public.Now, the BMA is in the process of signing the renting contract. Once the contract is signed, the BMA will call for tenders to renovate the building.The renovation can start this year because the BMA has already designed the library. After the renovation, the building will have modern style while identity of the old building will also be preserved.She said the library will be ready for serving the public in 2016 and it will be open on around the clock basis.All in all, the BMA is expected to spend Bt200 million for the development and the City Library will become an important landmark on Ratanakosin Island, she added.She added that BMA also planned to build a cartoon museum at the Thai-Japanese Youth Center in Din Daeng.
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Mae Hong Son:- A passenger van from Chiang Mai heading to Pai district in Mae Hong Son overturned on a mountainous road Thursday after noon, killing one and injuring 14 others. Several western tourists were among the injured, police said.Pol Capt Pichit Sekha, the interrogator on duty of Pai police station, was alerted of the accident at 2:35 pm. He was told that the accident happened at the kilometer marker No 81 on the Chiang Mai-Pai Road. He rushed to the scene with rescue officials.Pichit and the rescue officials found 14 Thai and foreign tourists crying for help at the scene. They came out of the van to wait for help on the road. Many had bleeding wounds. Two passengers were badly injured while a person was killed. The van, which is a shuttle passenger vehicle between Chiang Mai and Pai, was lying on one side in the bush off the road.Officials rushed the injured passengers to the Pai district hospital.The passengers told police that when the van was approaching the sharp curve, the van lost control and overturned. Police suspected that van driver might doze off, leading to the accident.The van No 19 operates under the concession from Prem Pracha Transport Co Ltd. It left Chiang Mai at noon. The accident happened just three kilometers before the Mae Ping forestry checkpoint.Several road accidents happened on the roads between Chiang Mai and Pai because the roads were built on steep mountains.Police said accidents happened on the Pai-Chiang Mai Road the rate of two accidents each day. The rate was higher during the rainy season.
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Bangkok:- Can Bangkok return to its old reputation as the Venice of the East with clear, beautiful canals coming back as major parts of people’s lives?Prime Minister Prayut Jan-ocha has lately expressed keen interest in reviving more of the Thai capital’s canals as transportation routes. If canals spring back as major transportation channels, trade and houses can be expected to blossom along the way too.Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, however, has made clear that the prime minister’s initiative may be possible during just some periods of the year.“Canals definitely cannot be transportation routes 365 days a year,” he says on his Facebook.He explains that Bangkok’s canals are now key tools in water drainage system. To lower flood risks, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) needs to lower water level in the canals significantly ahead of the arrival of run-off water from upriver zones.When the water level runs low, boats will find it difficult to cruise around the canals.But during the 18-day Floating Market event along a portion of the Phadung Krungkasem Canal, which the BMA organized in response to Prayut’s initiative between February 12 and March 1, it becomes quite clear that quite many Bangkok people would travel along the canals if efficient water transportation system was available.During the event, 12 BMA-owned boats had offered up to 5,000 rides. Each boat carried about 20 passengers per ride.
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Bangkok:- Twenty years ago, Suwanchat Promchart picked up a handicapped passenger and noticed that her eyes were brimming with tears. He asked her what went wrong. Her reply prompted him to commit himself to serve handicapped passengers free of charge.Suwanchat, who is now 38 years old, has been keeping his promise for some 20 years now.He recounted that the reply from his first handicapped passenger moved him. She bitterly complained that she called several taxis but all refused her after they saw that she is a handicapped person.Suwanchat has been widely pressed by the media and online social networkers for his community service mind and deeds.Nation TV, Channel 3, Modern Nine TV and several newspapers as well as the Pantip.com talked about his deeds.Suwanchat’s taxi is printed with a message saying: “Willing to serve 24 hours a day. Call me, don’t hesitate. Partially or totally paralyzed passengers and the blind served free of charge. If you call me, you’ll give me a chance to make merit.”Suwanchat told Channel 3 that he always carried paralyzed passengers or those who could not walk. The more he did it the more he felt happier.Suwanchat said he felt that the more he served the society this way, the more he got something back. He said he intended to serve the handicapped passengers free of charge but many of them gave him money, hoping that he could go on doing what he has been doing. He now owns his taxi.But he has never collected fair from Buddhist nuns and monks, he added.His phone number is Tel: 087-331-5421.
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Bangkok:- A 43-year-old German resident in Bangkok was found dead at his Lard Prao house Wednesday afternoon after he told his Thai wife to go to a temple to make merit on Makha Bucha Day.The wife, Kanyakorn Huadbamrung, 21, told police that she returned home from a temple to find Helmut Alfred Breidenaged had already killed himself by covering his head with a plastic bed and lying down on his bed. She said her husband was under tension after he had financial difficulty.Pol Lt Chol Yingmaenwad, an investigator of Chokechai police station, was alerted of the death at 5:30 pm. He rushed to the scene with scientific crime detection officials, a forensic doctor from the Police Hospital and Portektueng Foundation rescuers.They found Breidenaged lying inside a bedroom on the second floor of a 3-storey townhouse on Soi Lad Prao 71 in Lad Prao district. He was wearing a t-shirt in saffron color with black strips and black trousers.His head was covered with a black plastic bag that was tied around his neck with adhesive tape.Police did not find any trace of fighting or theft. A note in handwriting was found in front of the dressing mirror, saying: “Som, I love you and the kids. You are the best in my life. I am sorry. Joe”.The wife told police that she has been living with the German man for four years. She has two children from the old marriage and he took good care of them as well.She said Breidenaged has broken up with his first Thai wife whom he also had a child. He has also been paying supporting allowance to his child and his first Thai wife.Kanyakorn said her husband was a computer programmer and had a firm with friends in Germany. But recently, he complained that the firm had financial difficulty. She said he gave his last Bt200 in cash to her to make merit at the temple.
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Buri Ram: –Two Thai fishermen have returned to their hometown after last week’s release by Somali pirates, ending four-year and 10-month ordeal.Four Thai fishermen, including the two, were longest-held hostages in the Horn of Africa state.ThanakornKaewkamkong and KosolDuangmakerd attended a blessing ceremony organised by their respective parents and relatives in Non DinDaeng district.After the emotional greetings, the two, their relatives and friends sat down for their first meal at the family reunion.Thanakorn and Kosol, who are cousins, said they got the job in Prantalay 12 fishing vessel in 2010.They worked along with other three Thais, one from Trat and two from Ranong. The remaining 24-member fishing crew were from Myanmar.Six had died in captivity. The 12 crew from Myanmar were released in 2011.Somali pirates raided and seized the fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka coast to demand for Bt60 million in ransoms.The Thai government worked in concerted efforts with the United Nations to secure the release of piracy hostages.The two freed hostages said they did not believe they could survive and live to return home again.The hardship was “beyond imagination”, the two said. They were forced to work on fishing vessels and given one meal, one litre of water per day.If a vessel broke down, they would have to carry heavy loads for days overland to reach another coastal village to board another vessel.They said the worst ordeal was to witness their fellow hostages being thrown overboard and drowned “for no reason at all”.
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Bangkok: – Rat Burana police have defrocked and charged a Buddhist monk for statutory raping an 11-year-old girl.After the girl’s family had filed a police complaint, Rat Burana police superintendent Colonel JessadaSuaysom went to investigate the case at Wat Bang Pakok, Rat Burana district.Jessada ordered his subordinates to rush into the abode of PhraSujinThammatheepo, 56, after hearing suspicious voices, a probable cause for the raid.The temple’s rules ban a monk from receiving a female visitor in the bedroom.Police found Sujin was raping the girl. They also uncovered three bags of marijuana, four machetes, three airsoft or BB guns and a mobile phone with video clip of the sex act between the monk and the girl.Before arresting him, Sujin was disrobed and resumed the civilian name of SujinSrimuang.At the police station, the girl gave her statement that she had known Sujin before entering the monkhood.Sujin often gave her the money to buy sweets, clothing and mobile phone, she said.After Sujin entered the monkhood, he invited her to play at his abode where he forced her into having sex, she said.During a first rape, the monk used mobile phone to record the sex act and threatened to release the tape if she refused his sexual demands, she said.She said the monk would rape her about once a week.The rape suspect said he knew the girl for about five years. He admitted to recently raping the girl about three times though he said he gave money in exchange for sex.
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Bangkok:- Two Malaysians have been arrested in Bangkok for having allegedly used fake credit cards to shop for luxurious goods in Bangkok shopping malls.Deputy Pathumwan police station chief Pol Lt Col Arthit Simcharoen alleged that Tan Chun Siang and Liew Yew <deleted> belong to the same gang based in Malaysia although the two have been arrested separately.The arrests were made after the Pathumwan police station was alerted by Kasikorn Bank that some criminals were using fake credit cards to shop in CentralWorld, Siam Paragon and Mahboonkrong.Tan was arrested at 5:45 pm on February 28 in front of the Boss Hotel. Police found 23 fake credit cards in his room along with goods worth some Bt300,000 he had bought.He told police that he had received fake credit cards from two Malaysians, identified only as Jack and Kevin, in Kuala Lumpur. He was sent to Bangkok to shop and return to Kuala Lumpur with the goods.He said he would be given ten per cent of proceeds from selling the goods in Kuala Lumpur. He said he had done it three times.Liew was arrested at 12:30 pm on Monday in front of the Super Sports store in CentralWorld.Police found 20 fake credit cards on Liew and goods worth Bt106,912 he had bought with the cards.LIew said he also got the cards from Jack and Kevin in Kuala Lumpur and was also promised 10 per cent of proceeds from the sale of goods.The two were charged with using fake electronic cards to cause damage to others.
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Chiang Mai:- A 66-year-old Australian man who has been staying alone in Chiang Mai for almost two years was found dead inside his room Wednesday, police said.Pol Lt Withoon Ruachaitecha, an investigator of Muang Chiang Mai police station, said his station was informed of the death of Boeck Hans at 1 pm.Withoon, rescue officials from a local foundation and forensic medicine officials of the Chiang Mai Hospital rushed to the boarding house in Tambon Haiya after to check the scene.They found Hans’s body lying in the toilet room with no clothes on. The heater of the shower was turned on. He was lying face down with his head placed on the toilet room’s floor near the toilet.Officials checked the room and found some diabetes medicine and anti-platelet medicine in the room. They did not find any trace of fighting and there was no sign of his belongings had been searched through.Withoon said Hans was staying alone in the room No 314 on the third floor.The owner of the building told police that a worker was sent to knock Hans’s door at 10 am to collect the rent. The worker did not hear any reply but he heard the TV sound.When staffs used the spare key to open the room, they found Hans was lying face down so they informed police of the incident.The building owner said Hans had been staying at the room for almost two years. He had never taken friends or relatives to his room. The man shopped for foods nearby and spent most of his time using Internet in his room.Police believed Hans accidentally fell when he was about to take shower and his head hit the toilet and was killed. He died about two days before his body was found.His body was sent to be kept at the Chiang Mai Hospital pending contact by relatives.
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Kamphaeng Phet:- An Austrian man, who was the general manager of a hotel in Chiang Mai, was killed in a car crash in Kamphaeng Phet’s Muang dstrict Wednesday morning.Pol Capt Samarn Songkhoom, an officer on duty at Muang Kamphaeng Phet police station, said the man was identified by his business card as Christoph Hlebayna, 51. His business card showed that he was the general manger of Grand View Hotel and Convenient Center in Chiang Mai.Samarn said his police station was alerted about the accident at 7:20 am. There were no eyewitnesses but passers-by spotted Hlebayna’s Toyota Fortuner on the side of the Bangkok-bound Phaholyothin Road in Tambon Nakhon Chum in Muang district. His international driving license identified him as an Austrian, now a resident of Pattaya.Bt10,000 in cash was found on his body and a tablet and notebook computers were found in the vehicle.Police and rescuers found the wreckage of the Fortuner with Bangkok license plate on the roadside. The vehicle was almost reduced to a heap of wreckage with torn-off roof and torn-off part of the driver’s side.Helbayna’s body was found lying on the roadside, apparently hurled out by the impact. His right arm was torn off by the impact.Police checked the tyres’ traces and saw that car headed into the ditch in the middle of the road for about 30 meters before it hit into a tree in the middle of the ditch, causing the right part of the vehicle to be torn off.The vehicle then changed its direction and came back on the road before it stopped on the left side of the road.Brochures of his hotel were found scattered at the scene.Police believe the man was driving to Bangkok but dozed off because of tiredness.His body was sent for the Kamphaeng Phet Hospital for an auptosy.
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Ranong:- Relevant agencies are now trying to establish Thailand’s Ranong province as a gateway to Myanmar’s tourism.“There are more than 800 beautiful islands around Myanmar’s Mergui Archipelago,” Ranong Tourism Association’s chairman Sonchai Uiteckeng points out.He says his association is now working with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Ranong Tour Operators Association and Ranong Tourism Industry Council to make sure that Ranong can benefit from the Mergui Archipelago’s huge tourism potential.“We plan to offer combined package tour allowing tourists to enjoy both Ranong’s attractions and the Mergui Archipelago’s islands,” he says.In a related development, the TAT is promoting a new tour route that brings cyclists to both Thailand’s Ranong and Myanmar’s Kawthaung.The route starts from Ranong, which offers interesting destinations like Pornrang Hot Spring, Ngao Temple, Ngao market, a local museum, a mangrove forest and a trail along the places that King Rama V visited over a century ago.Cyclists can then take a ferry to the nearby Kawthaung and travel further to the Maliwan City, which hosts a Thai temple, on their bicycle.TAT has described cycling as a great means to enjoy adventurous and eco tourism.The 2nd Ranong – Kawthaung Relationship Cycling 2015 took place between February 28 and March 1 this year for 300 Thai cyclists to explore this tour route. The TAT has joined hands with various organizations including the Cycling Club in organizing the two-day trip.“We would like to introduce tourists to attractions in border zones too,” Ranong Governor Suriyan Kanchanasilp says, “With the ASEAN Economic Community materializing, it will be easy to travel across borders here”.
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Krabi:- A German tourist jumped on a car driven by 19-year-old Thai who tried to flee after bumping into the rear of the tourist’s car. The Thai teenager ended up hitting three more vehicles and seven motorcycles before he was arrested.Pol Lt Col Chartchai Nakpaksi, an investigative inspector of Muang Krabi police station, said the failed hit-and-run attempt happened on the Ao Nang Road in Moo 2 village in Tambon Ao Nang in Krabi at noon on Tuesday.The tourist, Vitalii Slobodchikov, 37, suffered a slight injury on his right leg and left arm. The Thai teenager, Kiartiyos Pramualkarn was arrested after his escape effort ended when his Mitsubishi Pajero rammed into a Honda sedan car parked on the road, prompting it to be unable to move further.Kiartiyos himself suffered a minor injury on his leg. He was arrested by a policeman stationed at the Ao Nang Bay’s police booth.Slobodchikov told police that Kiartiyos’s Pajero slammed into the rear of his Hyundai car but the teenager would not stop. Instead, he pulled back and tried to flee the scene.The German tourist said he ran after the Pajero and it would not stop so he jumped on its roof held on to the roof’s two bars for luggage load.Slobodchikov said the Thai teenager swerved his vehicle left and right, trying to shake him off the vehicle. Doing so, Kiartiyos’s Pajero hit two pick-up trucks and seven motorcycles along the way before it hit the Honda car and its engine went off.The teenager was charged with reckless driving causing injuries and damages.
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Bangkok: – The government will closely monitor the French investigation on the museum heist near Paris, said Culture Minister VeeraRojpojanarat, noting that one of the 15 stolen items is the replica of the Great Crown of Victory.King Mongkut sent the crown replica as a gift to French Emperor Napolean III.Veera said he reported to the Cabinet about the Sunday’s robbery at the Chinese Museum at Fontainebleau Castle.The prime minister has acknowledged the report and wanted to be kept informed about the investigation on the case, he said.The minister said the crown replica was decorated with gemstones, diamond, emerald and ruby.He clarified that the stolen object was the replica and that the Great Crown of Victory, part of the Royal Regalia and Royal Utensils, is being kept in the Royal Palace.Fine Arts Department director general BorvornvateRungrujee said he found the robbery “unbelievable”. The incident happened like a movie, he said.He said the crown replica and other stolen items from the museum were well documented antiques which could never be sold in the open market.He voiced suspicion that the robbery might be carried out under a contract from collectors who wanted the objects for private viewing.To take the French heist as lesson, he said he has ordered security checks at Thailand’s 44 museums.The checks would focus on ensuring the departure of all visitors after closing time, he said. The lapse of security to keep tap of visitors is often attributed to the museum robbery.
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Nakhon Ratchasima: Phawit Burasit, 29, started it for his sexual gratifications. But after awhile he found out that he could make brisk trade with the male underwear pieces he has stolen – mostly from non-commissioned police trainees.Phawit’s arrest was announced at a press conference at the Buri Ram Police head office at 11:30 am Tuesday by Pol Col Narong Sawek, the investigation chief of Provincial Police Bureau 3.Police seized over 300 pieces of used men underwear from Phawit’s apartment room.Phawit is working as a nurse at a private hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Muang district. He says he loves men.The Provincial Police Bureau 3 planned a sting operation after it was informed by the non-commissioned police officer school in the Muang district that trainees’ underwear went missing very often.The bureau learned that a man was selling used men underwear on Facebook so a police officer ordered three underwear pieces and a phakhaoma cloth for Bt500.After the police received the parcel, they tracked the address of the sender and found that it was sent from Phawit who stayed at an apartment in the Muang district.Caught with over 300 men underwear in the apartment, Phawit admitted it all.He said he was a regular underwear thief of the police school. He waited until the trainees left for field training or were in classes before he would grab the underwear.Before stealign them, he always took their photos and made check-in on a social network as a proof that he had really stolen them.He then posted the pictures on Facebook to offer them for sale at the rate of Bt100 to Bt500 a piece. He said the ones which have not been washed would fetch much more money. One piece used to fetch Bt1,000, he added.
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Phuket:- Police station chiefs in Phuket and other tourist-destination provinces must be able to communicate in English, Deputy Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Wut Liptapanlop said Tuesday.He said the English language skill of police officers in tourist-destination provinces will be counted as their performance indicator for their promotion.Wut said the English skill of the station chiefs and other officers are needed to ensure that police would better protect foreign tourists, especially now that Thailand is joining the ASEAN Economic Community by the end of this year.The deputy national police chief was speaking to reporters in Phuket when he visited the province to observer the Phuket police’s preparations for the AEC integration.Wut said Thai police have to step up efforts to crack down on foreign criminals in line with the Royal Thai Police’s agreement with the ASEAN-Pol. The crackdowns will focus on human and drug traffickings and money laundering, he added.Wut said he has instructed the Phuket Police head office to set up a police ASEAN center to compile all information about tourism from other agencies concerned. The center must be modeled after the ASEAN center of the Royal Thai Police, he said.The information must include the tourist-guide firms, accommodations of foreign tourists and businesses of foreigners in the province.He said Phuket police were also instructed to take good care of foreign tourists as well as handling issues of beggars, homeless people and illegal immigrants.Wut said the top ten foreign tourists who visited Phuket were Chinese, Malaysians, Indians, Japanese, Russians, South Koreans, Britons, Vietnamese people and Australians.
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Phuket:- Five French nationals of African origin have been arrested in Phuket for allegedly using skimmer devices to steal ATM cards’ identities and stealing from accounts of their victims.The arrest was announced at a press conference by Deputy Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Wut Liptapanlop at the Phuket Police head office at 10:30 am Tuesday.The five were identified as Kevin Tahiango Theodore Okito, 29, Mel Duval Poaty, 29, Accel Jonathan Poaty Pambou, 26, Samir Maruo, 29, and Jessy Bianvenu Vincence, 33.Police seized 13 fake ATM cards, a notebook computer and three USB Flash drives with information of ATM cards they have allegedly stolen with skimmer devices.Police investigated and staked out at certain ATM machines in Tambon Kamala in Krathu district and Tambon Chalong in Muang district after they were alerted by the Siam Commercial Bank that some black foreigners have been using fake ATM cards to withdraw money from SCB ATM machines in the two tambon since February 22.At about 1:10am on February 28, police spotted Okito and Poaty turning up at the SCB ATM booth in front of the Freshmart shop in Tambon Kamala.While Okito was withdrawing the money, police made the arrest. Initially, the two tried to escape by running into a soi but police managed to arrest them.Following the two’s interrogations, police raided a house in Tambon Kamala and another in Tambon Chalong and arrested the three other suspects.Wut said during the raids, some black French nationals managed to flee. The Phuket immigration police have been alerted to watch out for the suspects.Wut said Okito was wanted by an arrest warrant issued in France.
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Rayong:- Local villagers and fishermen of the eastern province of Rayong complained that the oil spill caused by PTT Plc oil tanker in the Royong sea in July 2013 is still affecting Rayong beaches and locals fisheries.On Monday Thairath dispatched its team of reporters to inspect the popular Mae Ramphueng Beach and Prasae River mouth area following complaints by many groups of local people.The people filed a complaint with the mass circulation after their letter sent to the Interior Ministry’s Damrongtham Center failed to lead to any action.About 100 people from the groups led Thairath reporters to inspect the beach and found that there were still crude oil stains along the Mae Ramphueng Beach and there were also many blackened beach rocks. The beach appeared dark and many kinds of seashells became black because of hardened crude oil stains on their shells.Worawut Khongnarong, a representative of the local fishermen, said the 2013 oil spill had severely affected the life of the local fishermen.He said local fishermen could make small cashes, not enough to make their living, and this prompted many of them to sell their fishing boats and turn to other careers.Worawut said hardened crude oil lumps were still washed ashore each day. He wondered when the crude oil leftover would be completely cleaned up so that fishes would return to the sea in abundant.Songkran Songsilp said the fishermen mostly found black rocks with hardened crude oil stains instead of fishes and crabs.He called on Rayong Gvernor Somsak Suwansujarit to inspect the scene to gather first-hand information for planning measures to help the local people.
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Nakhon Si Thammarat:- A billionaire has been cooking food to feed hundreds of low-income people in her hometown almost every day.“I am happy handing out free food,” says 61-year-old Ampapan Amornwanich from Nakhon Si Thammarat province.Not only that she has paid no less than Bt100,000 a month for food ingredients, but she has also actively prepared the food herself.“At first, my son didn’t want me to do this out of concerns that I would be exhausted. But after I explained to him that such charity activities make me happy, he has even helped with food preparation,” the billionaire says.Ampapan owns several companies. Together, her family businesses are worth billions of baht. So in front of her family’s large fabric store the province's Mueang district, Ampapan has no problems giving away 300 lunch boxes six days a week. While Ampapan has changed the menu every day, most dishes are vegetarian. For example, she offered boil eggs with rice, spicy paste and vegetables the other day.Recipients of her generosity are low-income people, who are full of praise. They say she does not simply hand out food, but she also pays caring attention to them. If their family is in trouble, she takes note and offers some cash to help them out.Ampapan, now a widow, has given away free food for about three years now. Her inspiration? “I think I have already received so much from the society. So, I want to repay,” she says.
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Chiang Mai: – Provincial governor Suriya Prasatbandit has called for relevant agencies and the private sector to spray water in the town areas as a way to fight haze.Suriya is scheduled today to turn on the water spray at Tha Phae Gate.The dry-season haze has escalated in recent days. This is attributed to the slash-and-burn farming in the mountains of Chiang Dao district. The downwind carries the haze to blanket Chiang Mai town areas.The provincial authorities has designated February 15 to April 15 as the critical period for monitoring the haze situation.Chiang Mai residents and visitors have been advised to put on face masks.The dry season sees intensified air pollution caused by forest fire, slash-and-burn farming, and the wide-spread burning of garbage, weeds and paddy stumps as farmers prepared the fields for the new planting season.This week’s haze has been blamed on the fire burning in Chiang Dao. The authorities suspect the fire to have caused by forest encroachers and highland farmers preparing the fields.Forest encroachers are known to have set forest fire in order to divert the attention of forest rangers to put out the blaze while they would smuggle the illegal log out of the forest.Over the weekend, forest fire happened in several mountainous areas, Chiang Dao district chief Bunlue Thamtharanurak said.Bunlue formed and dispatched a number of fire-fighting teams to deal with forest fire within the Chiang Dao Forest Reserve.In one incident, the blaze lasted for hours destroying the area of 40 rai in Tambon Ping Khong.
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Nakhon Ratchasima: – A street food vendor has come up with an unconventional idea to hand out 30 noodle dishes per day for traffic offenders.Each customer has to show a receipt of paying traffic fine dated the same day as demanding the free serving, according to the Daily News report.Food vendor Sirithat Somsangiem, 35, said he totally understood it was a real bummer to receive a traffic ticket.Sirithat said he wanted to do something to show his sympathy.After consulting with his family members, the win-win solution came up that he could promote the awareness of his noodle stall as well as lifting the moods of motorists after having to pay traffic fine.His noodle stall is located in Tambon Hua Thalae, near five-prong junction at the Chainarong Gate, Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima district.The promotional sale has been circulated in social media, attracting customers to line up for their turn at the free serving.Many also want to taste the noodle dishes.The vendor said he would like to remind that motorists could not use old fine receipt to qualify for free serving.He said his 30-dish quota would fast run out around lunch time, signalling a large number of motorists being ticketed each day.A customer Weerayuth Nakhathorn, 21, said he received a ticket at a police checkpoint while riding his motorcycle.Weerayuth said he was very upset about the ticket because he felt police tried to fault him for the alleged traffic offence.“At least, I can now console myself with free noodle,” he said.
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Bangkok:- Over 1,400 foreign tourists have downloaded an app and registered accounts for using it to report performance of taxi drivers to the Department of Land Transport (DLT), Deputy Transport Minister Akom Termpitayapaisit said Monday.He said so far 7,066 passengers have downloaded and registered the DLT Check in app and 20 per cent of them are foreign tourists.Akom said about 70 per cent of the passengers were happy with their taxi drivers while 19 per cent of the app users reported poor behaviors of either the drivers or substandard vehicles.The DLT will summon the 19-per-cent taxi drivers, who were found by passengers to have substandard services, for talks so that they would improve their service quality.The minister said 262 taxi drivers were filed complaints against through the app. Among these were four serious cases of extortion and refusals to use meter. Akom said the DLT have punished the four taxi drivers. The rest of complaints were about behaviors of the drivers and conditions of the taxis.The taxi drivers, who were complained to have bad behaviors, have been summoned to report to the DLT. The Fifth Area Office of the DLT has been informed to take action regarding to the taxi complained to be in bad condition, Akom said.DLT Director General Thirapong Rodprasert said taxi drivers, who have received praise from passengers via the app, will receive a certificate.But those who have been repeatedly complained against via the app will face serious penalties and the owners of the taxis will not be allowed to register more taxis, Thirapong said.
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