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Samut Prakan: – Provincial Police have arrested and charged three men from Myanmar for killing their female relative, also from Myanmar.The three admitted to the killing although they cited their traditional belief that they had the right to protect their family’s honour because the victim was married and had an affair.Lt General Amnuay Nimmano, commissioner of Provincial Police Region 1, yesterday held a press conference to announce the outcome of police investigation on the murder of Myanmar woman on May 3.Amnuay said the victim, identified as Ken Ma Ren, 23, was a registered alien worker in Nakhon Pathom.She had a knife wound in the throat. Her body was dumped near a water duct at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bang Phli district.Following the circulation of the victim’s picture in the social media, police received tips-off enabling them to identify the victim from the alien registration records.An informant, speaking on the condition of anonymity, led the police to locate the victim’s last workplace.The victim worked at a boat restaurant in Pattaya.At her workplace, police found four relatives also worked there.The four are husband Kin Mau Win, 26, paternal uncle Sein Win, 34,maternal uncle Nai Ao, 31 and relative Nai Win, 24 who remains at large.Nai Win fled before police had sought and received the warrants to arrest the suspects.In their statement, the three said they were obliged to protect the family’s honour as the victim refused to heed their caution about cheating on her husband.They said they had no choice but to kill her. They took her from Pattaya to Bang Chalong market in Samut Prakan where many workers from Myanmar would do their shopping.At a remote area near the market, they hit her unconscious before Nai Win killed her by stabbing her throat with a knife.They then left her body near the airport, located three kilometres from where they killed her.
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Bangkok:- A famous singer was in tears, as he attended a press conference on Monday to explain about the fatal road accident that he got involved, his grief and his intention to take responsibility.The press conference took place after the singer, Saranyoo Winaipanich, has already apologized and asked for forgiveness from the victim’s family.“I am so sorry for what happened,” he said.Saranyoo was driving back home on the night of April 30 when his car hit a pedestrian causing fatal injuries. The victim succumbed on May 8.The singer said the accident happened on a road section that had no light on. According to him, even though he focused his attention on driving, it was impossible to apply his brake in time.“The moment I noticed the pedestrian, I applied brake. But it’s too late,” Saranyoo saidThe singer is not a drinker. On that day, he said his car was not speeding either. After the accident happened, Saranyoo got out of his car and rushed to the victimHe also waited at the scene for police to arrive.“I will not run away. I will take responsibility,” he said.Saranyoo has done his best to ensure the victim get proper treatment and try to offer assistance as much as he can.“I had been praying every day that he would recover,” the singer said tearfully, “But my prayer went unanswered”.Police have already pressed charges against Saranyoo. But given his heartfelt apology and noticeable repentance, the victim’s family has already forgiven him.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri: - A 47-year-old Vietnamese man, who is a US citizen, has asked the Pattaya police station to look for his 49-year-old sister who was taken away by pirates in the Gulf of Thailand in 1981.Vo Vang Dao told Pol Lt Thaweesak Suathong that his parents, who now live in the US, are willing to give Bt500,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the finding of his missing sister.The man showed a computer-graphic photo that displays how she would look like now. It was generated from her child’s photo.He recounted that he, and four siblings and their parents fled from Vietnam in a boat on May 15 1981. A total of 74 Vietnamese people were in the same boat.When the boat entered the Gulf of Thailand, it was robbed by a pirate ship. The pirates destroyed the boat’s engine and took his sister, Vo Hoang Thuy Ai who was then 15, away along with seven other women.The parents watched helplessly when the girl was taken away. After the boat reached Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Sichon district two days later, the family was helped by the United Nations and was resettled in the US.Vang Dao said his parents always missed his sister and could not have peace of mind until they learn her fate.The family also opened a Facebook page, offering the Bt500,000 reward for anyone who helps the family locate the missing sister/daughter.Thaweesak said the family has visited Thailand several times to try to locate Hoang Thuy Ai.
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Bangkok:- An old restaurant near Chulalongkorn University has decided to discontinue a popular supersized tomyam noodle menu after a Facebook user complained that she had to wait over one and a half hour for it.Following the complain, the Sister Oh Restaurant, which has been operating for years and which is located on Charas Mueang Road in Pathumwan district, decided to remove it from the shop’s menu.The dish is called “Oh Ho! Mama”. Oh ho is the Thai exclamation while Mama is a Thai brand of instant noodle.The supersized bowl of instant noodle was served in tomyam or spicy soup toppled with big pieces of pork chop, sliced fried pork, sea foods and raw eggs as well as sliced lime and cilantro.
[Photo credit: Manager Online]Earlier, the restaurant sold the dish only after 11 pm. The shop is opened from 5:30 pm to 1 am. The shop reasoned that the dish was served only after 11 pm because the owner’s husband cooked it himself as he was free to do it at that hour.The shop also warned that the menu took time to make because the owner’s husband put his love in doing it and he put a lot of efforts and details in each dish.But recently, a Facebook user, Nhunat Phitinunt, cried foul after the one hour and a half wait for the dish.Nhunat said it was unjustified for instant noodle to take that long to be cooked. She said she noticed patrons at other tables were also waiting so the shop should improve its management.Following the complaint, the shop posted on its Facebook wall that its patrons can no longer order the dish from the menu. But those who can wait may be able to call the shop and reserve limited number of dishes in advance.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A chartered bus taking 17 Chinese tourists from Koh Samet to Nongnuch Garden in Pattaya overturned injuring them Sunday afternoon, police said.Pol Lt Nawapol Benchamas, an officer on duty of Pattaya police station, was informed of the accident at 2 pm Sunday. He was told that a bus overturned and crashed into a roadside of the Pattaya-bound Krathing Lai-Rayong Road in Moo 10 village in Tambon Pong of Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district.Police and rescuers from the Sawang Buribun Thammasathan Pattaya Foundation rushed to the scene and they found a small white bus of TWB Co with Bangkok license plate overturned on the left roadside.They found eight Chinese men and nine Chinese woman injured along with a Thai driver. Most of them suffered bruises while three women were severely injured at their back and neck.The rescuers provided them first-aid treatment and rushed them to the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.The driver, Kachornsak Puangprakhone, 43, said he was driving the tourists from Koh Samet in Rayong to the Nongnuch Garden in Pattaya and when he arrived at the scene, it rained heavily, making it hard for him to see the road ahead.As a result, he tried to step on the brake to slow down the bus but the road was slippery, causing the bus to spin before it overturned and fell to the roadside.Kachornsak said he led all the tourists to leave the bus through broken windows and called police for help.Police blamed the heavy rains and the slippery road for the accident.
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Bangkok:- Motorists will soon have to move at the speed of no more than 30 kilometers per hour on Share The Bike lanes in Bangkok.“We will impose this speed limit after we finish drawing the line for Share The Bike lane,” says Suthon Arnakun, the director of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Traffic and Transportation Department.He insists that the speed limit is necessary for the safety of road users.He points out that researches show with the speed of no more than 30 kilometres per hour, there will be just 15-per-cent chance of road accidents causing deaths.“At the speed of over 60 kilometres per hour, the risk of deaths jump to 85 per cent,” he points out.Relevant authorities are now trying hard to boost the safety of cyclists after news reports show motor vehicles killed and injured many bicyclists during the past week.According to Suthon, the Share The Bike lane will appear on 10 roads namely Ladphrao, Paholyothin, Chuam Samphan, Navamin, Naradhiwas Ratchanakharin, Charoenraj, Rajdamri, Onnut, Borommaratchachonnanee, and Charoen Nakhon.Share the Bike lane is the wider left lane, which should then be able to conveniently accommodate bicyclists too.“We will start first with the Borommaratchachonnanee,” Suthon says.Bicycle trend has caught on among many Thais. More bicyclists are seen on street, particularly in groups. But as the number of cyclists increase, so does the number of road casualties involving bicycle riders.All district offices in Bangkok now promise to boost the safety of bicycle riders in their areas, for example by installing warning signs at risky spots.
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Chainat: - A Buddhist monk died at the wheel when his car crashed into a van, injuring nine merit makers, at a local road in Sanburi district, police said.Alerted about a road accident, Lieutenant Wichokchai Onlamai of Sanburi police station went to investigate the scene Sunday.In his report, Wichokchai said Phra Boonlueu Chungsawatwattana, 54, was a monk at Wat Nongriratbumrung in Bang Rachan district, Sing Buri.The monk drove his car to visit his family in Sanburi and was returning to his temple.Witnesses said the monk's car suddenly veered off its lane and crashed into the van.The monk died and rescue workers had to pry open the car wreckage in order to take his body out.The check by rescue workers revealed that the monk had broken neck possibly caused by collision impact.Nine van passengers, including the driver, were injured. They were rushed for treatment at Sanburi hospital. Three sustained serious injuries.The accident happened about 10 kilometers from Wat Sraparian where the nine performed a merit-making ceremony of presenting the monk robe and donations.The nine were travelling back to Bangkok following the ceremony.The list of van passengers admitted at the hospital include driver Sithichok Pengchan.The others are Somchai Wibulthammakorn, Nantha Wibulthammakorn, Chidapa Sae Bae, Pakorn Sae Bae, Posawee Sae Bae, Banchong Sae Bae, Issaraphap Sae Bae and Satit Silson.Before the accident, the van was used as a transport vehicle for a kintergarden. Due to the weekend holiday, it was rented by merit makers to travel to Chainat.
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Phetchaburi:- It started with Facebook users sharing a photo of a nice-looking police captain standing in front of her unit of traffic policemen.
After awhile, criticisms rose against her that she was dressed in too-tight trousers that left little to imagination, leading to false rumors that she was facing a disciplinary action.
Coming under tremendous measure just because of one shared photo on Facebook, Pol Capt Kanyarak Chieblaem, deputy traffic inspector of Mueang Phetchaburi police station, decided to take a ten-day leave.
Originally, her photo standing in front of a line of traffic policemen has been widely shared on Facebook with compliments that this policewoman looks cute.
Her photo and story was even mentioned by a morning news talk program on Channel 3.
But after a brief while, critics picked on her saying she was chatting on LINE app on her phone while standing in front of the line of policemen.
Channel 3 later corrected the misunderstanding for her, saying she was checking online log of duty of her traffic policemen team instead, not chatting.
Then, criticisms were abounding that she was dressed in too tight trousers that left little to imagination. The criticisms led to rumors that she was facing a disciplinary probe.
On Saturday night, Police spokesman Pol Lt Gen Prawut Thawornsiri posted messages on his Twitter page, saying Captain Bee did not face any probe.
Prawut said Captain Bee was dressed properly and she is actually a thin woman and her trousers are not too tight.
The police spokesman said someone had distorted her original photo by enlarging the middle of her body to make her trousers look too tight. -
Lampang:- What appeared to be a cheap trick by alleged black conmen from a South Asian country caused a cake vendor in Lampang to lose Bt910 in cash and two pieces of cake.And other vendors in the northern province told police that they have also fallen to the trick.Mueang Lampang police said a couple of black man and woman from a South Asian country have been preying on foods and vegetable vendors in the Mueang and Hangchat districts.The latest incident happened to Patcharee Rerngkasettakorn, 35, on Saturday. Patcharee has a small bakery shop near the Kelang Nakhornram Hospital.She told police that the South Asian couple came to her shop and selected two pieces of cakes that were Bt90 worth.Patcharee said the couple gave her a Bt1,000 bank note and spoke in English, bargaining for a discount. But she insisted that the price was right so the couple put back the two pieces of cake into the cake cupboard and she returned the banknote to them.But after a while, the couple walked to the cupboard again and took two pieces out and showed them to her and asked for a change.Patcharee said she was busy and confused so she gave them a change of Bt910 and two left the shop immediately.Once the two got out, Patcharee realized that she has fallen victim to the couple because she had earlier returned the banknote to them.She rushed out of the shop but it was too late. The two were nowhere in sight so she called police.
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Bangkok: – Police have arrested two 16-year-old men and one 15-year-old boy involved in throwing a ping pong bomb at the bus stop in front of Big C on Ratchadamri Road.Police are also looking for the other four teenagers involved in the incident.The explosion caused loud noise, commotion andshallow cracks on the sidewalk. There was no casualty reported.The authorities said the incident was not politically-motivated.Colonel Pornchai Chalordet, superintendent of Lumpini police station, and a team of explosive ordnance disposal team went to investigate after receiving report of the explosion yesterday’s evening.Pornchai said the bomb made some cracks on the sidewalk. The duct tape was used to contain explosives in the shape and size of a ping pong ball. Small rocks were used as shrapnel.At the scene, the EOD team found about eight rock chips left by the explosion.Police seized one unexploded ping pong bomb, four firecracker balls, three duct tape rolls, claw hammer and sulphur powder as evidence.Following the explosion, members of the public chased and detained the three teenagers who tried to flee toward another bus stop in front of the five-star hotel at Ratchaprasong Intersection.Police took the three for questioning at the Lumpini police station.The three told police that they and the other four who remain at large are Mathayom 4 and 5 students from Lad Phrao area.The seven went to spend the day at Chatuchak Park before taking Bus No 77 to return home.The three said they got off at Big C bus stop. Suddenly one of the four remaining on the bus lobbed the bomb. They said it was meant as an act of bravado.“To their surprise, the bomb they made ‘actually’ exploded,” they said in the statement given to police.Police are in the process of summoning and notifying the parents about the incident before filing charges.
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Chumphon: – The combined team of military, police and local officials have rescued 46 migrant workers from Myanmar who were abandoned to fend for themselves at the forest reserve near Mueang district.The case came to light yesterday after the abandoned workers tried to beg for food from villagers of Ban NaiNguam, Tambon Ban Na. The villagers alerted, in turn, the authorities.Relevant agencies provided relief supplies before the workers were transported to a holding centre located inside the Chumphon Territorial Defence Camp.In their statement, the workers said they travelled from different parts of Myanmar. A group of Thai job brokers promised them work in Thailand and Malaysia.Each paid 7,000 baht job placement fee. In the final leg of the journey in Myanmar, the workers boarded a boat to disembark at a transit camp on the Myanmar bank of Kraburi River in Ranong.Under the escort of three armed Thai men, the workers, aged ranging from 12 to 44, comprising 41 men and six women, crossed the river into Ranong.The Thai men led them trekking through the national reserve for three days before reaching the transit camp in Chumphon.At the Chumphon camp, the Thai men deserted them. After two days of starvation, the workers started to look for food in the village.The workers said one of the Thai men took a woman and her seven-month-old baby girl despite the protest of her husband.On Friday, the authorities rescued a separate group of 28 migrant workers, including four rape victims, from Myanmar.The workers said another batch of 150 migrants might still be unaccounted for after being abandoned in the jungle by job brokers.They also said hundreds of migrants were waiting to cross the river into Ranong.
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Bangkok:- Launched more than one decade ago for gorgeous transvestites, Miss Tiffany beauty pageant has now become a big event of the year.On Friday night, Miss Tiffany Universe 2015 was broadcast live on Channel 7 and its male-at-birth winners wowed the audience just like female beauty queens were.“Sopida Siriwattananukool”, a 22-year-old student at the Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat University, is crowned Miss Tiffany Universe 2015Her prizes are worth more than Bt1million, thanks to the many sponsors of the event.In addition to Bt120,000 cash and a car, Sopida also wins the opportunity to contest in the Miss International Queen.Treechada Petcharat, now a famous actress, won both Miss Tiffany and Miss International Queen pageants in 2004. So, Sopida has a reason to dream big.“This is my biggest honor,” Sopida said upon being crowned Miss Tiffany 2015, “And I will do my best in the Miss International Queen”.The first and second runner-ups in Miss Tiffany 2015 pageant are Kanchaya Kanchanakul and Pimnara Dechakorn respectively, with cash rewards of Bt100,000 and Bt70,000.They beat more than 100 contestants in the pageant. Judges say selection criteria include a good look, good manners, good character and wit.The judges sent only 30 finalists on stage in the pageant’s final round, which was televised.When watching this beauty contest, many women couldn’t help complaining – not about the contest but about their look.“I wish I were beautiful,” said a woman on social media with #cryinghard.Another one lamented that, “It’s hard living as a woman these days”.
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Chumphon:- A South-bound train arrived at its destination 30 minutes late on May 5. But its passengers were full of praise.That was because they saw firsthand how train driver Prasit Molee stopped the locomotive to help out a frail and elderly woman on a train track in Chumphon province.“It’s a life-saving brake,” Amorn Sirirak reported to the Facebook-based RKU News.RKU News also posted photos showing how the train driver carried the old woman in his arms and walked across the railway bridge.“Many Thai and foreign passengers clapped their hands,” Amorn said.Speaking to Daily News, Prasit said he was driving the Bangkok – Surat Thani train that day and by the time it reached a bridge known as “Roi Sop” or “100 Corpses” in Chumphon, he noticed a shadow moving.“I was afraid it could be a person walking down the bridge, so I sounded the train whistle,” the kind driver recounted.As her old age has affected her hearing, the whistle did not scare the elderly woman a bit. Apparently exhausted, she even sat down on the track.“When I saw she sat down, I immediately applied the brake,” Prasit said, “Then, I got off to help her”.Passengers were surprised to have seen their train stop but the next minute they roared with applause to see the train driver carrying the old woman in his arms and walking across the bridge.“Her house is on the other side of bridge. So, I helped her get back to her home. She has told me she is in her 80s already,” Prasit said.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A Czech man has been arrested under an Interpol arrest warrant on charge of embezzlement of valuables worth 138,114 euro, Thai immigration police said.David Mrozek, 37, was arrested shortly after the Chon Buri Immigration office was alerted by the Czech Embassy at 11:45 am Friday that the Czech government wanted Thailand to extradite him to face the embezzlement charge.Chon Buri Immigration chief Pol Col Praphansak Prasarnsuk said the embassy informed him that the Czech man was wanted under an international arrest warrant obtained by Interpol and he had embezzled the valuables he got from a thief. Interpol has learned that he has been hiding in Thailand.Praphansak instructed his subordinates to check and found that the Czech man had entered Thailand on April 18.Immigration police later learned that a Czech man was walking in an evening exercise Friday on a part of Central Pattaya Road in Tambon Nong Plua of Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district.Police officers rushed to the scene to check his passport. He was carrying a Czech passport No 41158666 as alerted by the Interpol.So, the Czech man was arrested and taken to the Chon Buri Immigration Office on Soi 5 on Na Jomthien Beach in Tambon Nongplua for interrogation.Praphansak interrogated Mrozek by himself. The man admitted that he is the same person wanted under the Interpol arrest warrant.Mrozek said he would not contest against the extradition order because he wanted to return to his country to fight against the charge in court.Praphansak cancelled Mrozek’s entry visa and sent him for an extradition process.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- An unidentified farang, his Thai girl friend and another Thai were injured when the farang’s motorcycle fell into a “dangerous hole” on the Second Pattaya Road before it hit another motorcycle early Saturday, police said.The Pattaya police station was alerted at 2:30 am Saturday that three persons were injured in a two-motorcycle crash on the Second Pattaya Road in South Pattaya in front of Soi 13 off the road.Police officers from the station and rescuers from the Sawang Boribun Thammasathan Pattaya Foundation rushed to the scene.They found a blue Honda Click motorcycle with Chon Buri license plate lying on the road beside an unidentified farang man, who appeared to be around 30 to 35 years old, and an unidentified Thai woman, who appeared in the same range of age.The farang was badly injured and was unconscious. The Thai woman was also severely injured with blood over her face.Another Thai man with minor injury at his right ankle was also found at the scene.The rescuers provided them first aid treatment and rushed them to the Pattaya Memorial Hospital.Eyewitnesses told police that the farang was speeding his motorcycle with his girlfriend and when they arrived at the scene, the bike fell into one of shallow holes on the road and lost control and fell.The motorcycle slid for about 100 meters and hit another bike.Local residents said the part of the road has been repaved higher while the lid of manholes of sewerage pipes have not been lifted up to the same level of the new road pavement, causing them to be shallow holes.They said several accidents have occurred and the local people called the lids as “dangerous holes”.
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pic: ThaiRathPattaya, Chon Buri:- An air-conditioner mechanic sneaked into a luxurious house of a farang’s Thai wife in Pattaya Friday and could not help helping himself to several bottles of luxurious foreign brand liquors. He eventually fell asleep and woke up being arrested.Pol Maj Natthakorn Mongkolmaha, an inspector of Nong Plua police station in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district, was alerted of the alleged burglary at 4:30 pm Friday.He rushed to the one-storey luxurious house in the Temperlette housing estate with other policemen.Inside the house that has a swimming pool, the house owner, Titiya Smith, 32, and a swimming pool cleaner, Wiphaporn Sinbuathong, 29, were waiting for police.They handed over Pattapong Arunchai, 38, who was sitting heavily drunk, to police. Seven bottles of foreign liquors were placed around him. Some bottles were opened and partially drank. Police later learned that he is an air-conditioner mechanic.Wiphaporn told police that she was cleaning the swimming pool and she heard someone stomping feet twice. She was surprised so she decided to walk around the house to check.When she entered the living room, she found Pattapong sleeping on the sofa only with his underwear and with the bottles of liquors around him.Wiphaporn called her husband to capture the man and alerted the house owner to call police.Pattapong told police in broken, drunk-like voice that he climbed into the house because he was being chased by a group of hooligans. He said he intended to hide for a brief while and would climb out.But he saw several bottles of foreign liquors on a shelf in the living room and had a strong urge to try them.After he had the first drink, he could not stop and he took off his clothes and lied on the sofa to watch TV. He didn’t know when he fell asleep.
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Lampang: - Friends of Asian Elephant yesterday organised a spiritual ceremony to bid farewell to elephant cow Phang Kaeo Kham before mercy killing following six-month terminal illness.
FAE chairwoman Soraida Sawala said the ceremony was a northern tradition for harmonious ties between elephant and mahout.Mahout Boonyong Boonthiam conducted the ceremony aimed at asking forgiveness for mercy killing from the spirits world and sending off the sick elecphant into the afterlife.The elephant, 47, was admitted in November at the FAE Hospital, the world's first elephant hospital, after showing symptoms of occasional inability to stand up, leaning to a pillar for support and drooping trunk.The veterinarian team diagnosed the illness as an infection of clostridium perfringens.The infection is a kind of food poisoning caused the the bacteria from the same family that causes tetanus. In the elephant's case, the infection was through food digestion rather than open wound.For months, the elephant did not respond well to the treatments. The bacteria continued to thrive in the blood stream destroying the central nervous system.Before opting for mercy killing, the elephant could no longer stand with or without the support.Veterinarian Preecha Phuangkham said the bacteria infection is lethal and a leading cause of death for elephants in Thailand.From 2008 to this year, some five elephants had died of clostridium perfringens infection, Preecha said.He reminded elephant owners and mahouts to always ensure the cleanliness of elephant pen and to feed the elephant with quality grass and greens.The bacteria is in the soil and the feeding area, he said, adding that dirty pen and dirty feeding area would cause the elephant to get sick. -
Yasothon:- The Yasothon provincial administration urged Thai and foreign tourists to visit and enjoy the annual bungfai festival that begun Friday. The festival will continue until Sunday.Bungfai are traditional bamboo rockets that Isaan or northeastern people fire in the sixth month of the lunar calendar to worship Phaya Thaen or a god of rains, hoping he would bless them with abundant rains for their crops.Yasothon Governor Prawat Thithakaew said the makers of bungfai will set up their stages on Chaeng Sanit Road on Friday and the road will turn into the bungfai road.The makers will perform Isaan traditional dances and display their bungfai rockets. There will also be a contest of Isaan poem reading and Bungfai Beauty Queen contest on Friday. Visitors can also shop for goods and souvenirs on the bungfai road.On Saturday, the makers will parade their bungfai rockets in beautiful processions with traditional dancers. The governor said more than 50 bungfai groups will contest in the beautiful parade. The most beautiful one will be awarded with a trophy granted by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn.Prawat said the parade will start at 10 am in front of the Mueang Yasothon district office. This year, residents of Chichibu, Japan, will join the parade to display their culture in a cultural exchange program, the governor said.On Sunday, the bungfai rockets makers will fire their rockets in a contest to find one which one will go the highest in each category of bungfai saen and bangfai larn. The bungfai firing contest will start at 8 am. The bungfai saen has 120 kilograms of explosives while the bungfai larn has 1,200 kgs.Prawat said more than 60 bungfai saen and bungfai larn rockets will enter the firing contest.
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Bangkok:- An assistant police chief Thursday sent an urgent order to the Metropolitan Police Bureau and all provincial police bureaus to step up safety measures for cyclists following a spate of fatal road accidents.Assistant Police Commissioner General Pol Lt Gen Prawut Thawornsiri told all police bureaus to carry out four immediate measures to ensure safety of cyclists.First, the bureaus must hold meetings with clubs of bikers in their jurisdiction areas to listen to the problems and opinions of the local cyclists and to designate safe bike routes for them.Second, the police must seek cooperation from the cyclists to install all safety gears. Police will have to ensure that their bicycles are equipped with reflective gears and lamps, for example.The police bureaus must dispatch some officers to advise the bikers and direct their ride to ensure safety as necessary.The police bureaus must coordinate with government agencies concerned with bike routes to improve the routes and make them safer for bike riding.Prawut also ordered the police bureaus to report the progress of the measures to him by My 18 and the police spokesman must inform the cyclist clubs of the progress.Also on Thursday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expressed concern for the safety of cyclists during the weekly Cabinet meeting, Deputy Government Spokesman Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said.Prayut also told the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the Interior Ministry and the Transport Ministry to build barriers to protect bike lanes to ensure safety of cyclists.Four cyclists were killed and five injured in three road crashes this week.
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Phrae: – Some 13 Buddhist monks yesterday received treatment for bee sting at the provincial hospital.Phra Khru Phaowana Chetiyanukit, assistant abbot of Wat Phra That Cho Hae, was one of the victims attacked by the bees.After being treated, the monk recounted the incident.He said a flock of pigeons and thousands of bees have adopted the temple as their homes for years.The bees built a nest under an abode’s roof inside the residential area of the monks while the pigeon would stay on the temple’s roof.The birds, the bees and the monks have peacefully coexisted with the others.Yesterday, the temple’s 27 monks were walking from the residential area to conduct an evening prayer at the Vihara, and their walking path would pass underneath the bees nest and where the birds perch.Suddenly a group of birds flew off the roof. One veered off to hit the bees nest before resuming the flight.Stirred up by the faulty flight, thousands of bees came out of their nest looking for culprits. They did not see any birds but the procession of monks near the nest.They made a formation to zero in and attack the monks. The commotion ensued as the monks broke the procession to flee.Peace returned after the bees got back to their nest following the attack on the monks.In order to pacify the angry bees, all 27 monks had to leave the temple’s grounds to seek shelter at a nearby house.Residents helped transporting the monks for treatment at the hospital.The monks returned to the temple later in the evening to complete their prayer session, which was relocated to avoid passing through the bees nest.
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Bangkok:– Police have arrested and charged theft suspect Warakorn Khlongkan, 25, involved in the March stealing of royal decorations from the funeral of a late national artist.Warakorn lifted the royal decorations, estimated to worth 500,000 baht, from the display case at the funeral of Professor Prayat Phongdam.Before his death, Prayat was former dean of Silapakorn University’s Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Art. He was named the national artist in 1998.He received royal decorations in recognition of his academic and arts contributions.Funeral organisers put the decorations on display to honour him.During the funeral at Wat Dhepsirin, Warakorn, who was seeking a job placement, took a part-time position in charge to spraying water on the flowers.While on duty, he stole the decorations. But funeral guests spotted him and alerted relatives and organisers.He then apologised and agreed to return the decorations. Prayat’s relatives took him to Phlabphlachai 1 police station.They reported the wrongdoing to police without pressing charges.Warakorn was released pending the completion of police report.The Metropolitan Police Bureau reviewed the case. It ruled that the theft of royal decorations could not be settled between the disputing parties as it was a crime against the state.Police launched the two-month manhunt before the yesterday’s arrest of the suspect at Chakkarat district, Nakhon Ratchasima.The suspect has acknowledged the theft charge and is in the police’s custody. He said he has been out of work for months.Before the temporary position at the funeral, he used to work as a science teacher at a school in the Don Mueang area.Police have reminded funeral organisers to take safety precaution in putting royal decorations on display. The decorations contain genuine gemstones.Police said they are investigating two separate cases for stealing royal decorations from the funerals at Wat Phra Sri Mahathat.
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Bangkok:- Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a campaign to encourage women to explore destinations around the kingdom.The campaign titled “Lady Journey: A Touch of Thainess” is the latest of the “Lady Journey” series, which TAT has conducted in collaboration with the UOB Lady’s Card, United Overseas Bank (UOB) for five consecutive years now.This initiative has targeted women because they become increasingly independent, have the power to make trips, and show a taste for travel.“They can go out and discover interesting Thai destinations with their friends, their siblings or their children,” Pataraporn Sithivanich, director of TAT Product Promotion Department, says.She says with this year’s Touch of Thainess theme, the Lady Journey will recommend smaller, lesser-known but still charming towns so that it is easier for travelers to experience the impressive Thai ways of life.Among these recommended towns are Chanthaburi, Kanchanaburi, Phrae, Nan, Satun and Loei.“It’s a way for travelers to get to know more about Thai culture, the Thai way of life and Thai experience – the characteristic that makes Thailand very unique and sets us apart from all other countries,” Pataraporn says.In support of the Lady Journey 2015 campaign, TAT has also published booklets to recommend routes and attractions to interested people. The booklets are available in both Thai and English languages. Free copies are available at TAT headquarters and its various offices.While women are bound to expand horizons through the trips they have made, local communities can benefit from income tourism has generated for their hometowns.
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Rayong:- A municipality mayor in Rayong’s Klaeng district checked a beach-front sea foods restaurant Wednesday after a group of patrons cried foul that they were overcharged.Kachen Jaemsai, mayor of Tambon Sunthorn Phu Municipality, led officials and reporters to the check the shop after a patron posted its bill on Facebook and cried foul that the price was too expensive.The shop is located on Mae Pim beach. The patrons dined at the shop during the long weekend.The receipt showed 14 items of foods for Bt15,475. The items included three kilograms of Spotted Babylon snails, each kg for Bt1,000, 3 kgs of barbequed shrimps , each kg for Bt1,600, three steamed sea basses, each for Bt500, and three dishes of stir-fried crab with curry powder, each for Bt500.The shop owner insisted with the mayor that he did not overcharge the patrons. He said the shop bought fresh sea foods from traders at high prices, prompting the shop to charge patrons higher.The shop owner insisted that the waiter had informed the patrons of the prices before taking order.He said the patrons also praised his shop for the delicious foods but when the waiter collected the money, a customer cried foul.Kachen said he had instructed all sea foods shop on Mae Pim beach to charge fair prices. He said they must clearly show the prices on the menus.Kachen said his municipality will dispatch officials to check the foods shops regularly. He said shops that charged customers higher than the prices stated in menus would be closed temporarily or their licenses would be terminated.
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Phuket:- Phuket and Phang Nga were rattled by a third quake of 4.7 magnitude late Wednesday night.The Seismology Bureau of the Meteorological Department reported that the quake happened south of Koh Yao 30 minutes after midnight or 0.30 am Thursday. Its epicenter was about eight kilometers under the earth’s surface.Koh Yao is part of Phang Nga but it is closer to Phuket.The first quake also happened near Koh Yao. It was measured at 4.6 magnitude and it happened at 4:18 am Wednesday. The first quake’s epicenter was 10 kilometers under the earth’s surface.Then at 12:25 pm, a second earthquake, measuring 3.2 in magnitude, happened halfway between Phuket and Koh Yao. Its epicenter was about 1 kilometer below the earth's surface.The latest quake was felt in Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi. Residents of the three southern provinces reported on social networks that they felt the quake. Most of them posted messages that they felt the latest one was stronger.No tsunami warning was issued for the latest quake and two previous ones.Although no tsunami warning was issued, Morgan or Sea Gypsy people, who live on the Rawai beach in Mueang Phuket district, evacuated and took a shelter at park in front of a resort.Tambon Rawai Municipality Mayor Aroon Soros rushed to the spot with his officials to take care of the sea gypsy people. He also ordered some officials to watch the sea level.The Rawai sea gypsy people were transported back to their homes at 2:30 am after it was certain that no tsunami happened.In the meantime, sea gypsy people who live on Koh Sireh in Tambor Rassada also evacuated to a school about two kilometers away from their village. They returned home about an hour later.
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