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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A drunk Finnish tourist was beaten allegedly by four Britons outside a Pattaya bar late Sunday night, police said.The Finnish man was identified only as Yenni, 40. A Briton was later arrested after the incident.The Pattaya police station was informed of the brawl in front of the Party Girls Beer Bar on Soi Talad Tonpho in Tambon Nongplua in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district at 2:35 am Monday.Police rushed to the scene and found the Finnish with head injuries and a wound on the right elbow waiting for help. He appeared drunk.The man told police through an interpreter he was assaulted by four Britons after he drank at the bar.Police had rescuers from the Sawang Boribun Thammasathan Pattaya Foundation perform a first aid for the man.Police went into the bar to interrogate the people who had witnessed what happened.Bar patrons and employees told police that they saw the Finnish quarrel with a group of Briton tourists before he left the bar.The Finnish later returned to bar with a knife and the two sides quarreled again, resulting in a brawl.The witnesses said both Thais and foreigners stepped in to stop the brawl. They said the incident happened fast and they did not see who injured the Finnish.Following the brawl, the Britons fled the scene.Police found the knife in the bar and kept it as evidence.Police later arrested a Briton who appeared drunk. He cried foul following the arrest, saying he engaged in the brawl but he did not assault the Finnish.The Finnish and the Briton quarreled again when they confronted each other. Police took both of them to the Dong Tan sub-police station for further questioning.
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Bangkok: The Meteorological Department has blamed what appeared to be inaccurate weather forecasts on rumors spread on online social media.Wanchai Sak-udomchai, director general of the Meteorological Department, said inaccurate weather forecasts have recently been widely shared by online social networkers and those who shared the wrong information claimed that got they it from his department.Wanchai said sharing of the rumors prompted the public to perceive the department of being inaccurate in its weather forecasts.Wanchai urged the public not to believe the rumors on weather forecasts, especially those about natural disasters.He said the public should believe only information directly from the department's website and the department also plans to release more weather information via its own social media channels.The director general said his department has received a budget of Bt212 million for upgrading its weather forecast computer system so that the weather information would be more accurate.He said Information and Communications Technology Minister Porchai Rujiprapha instructed the department to improve the computer system so that the weather information would be at least 90 per cent accurate.Regarding to the current weather condition, Wanchai said heat wave would return to hit the country and the hottest weather would happen early May. By the end of April, the mercury would rise above 40 Celsius degree in most parts of the country, he added.He said the weather would be hotter than last year in early May before rains would come in the third week of May.For Monday, the Meteorological Department forecasts that Uttaradit will have the highest temperature in the North with 44.5 Celsius degree while Udon Thani the highest in the Northeast with 43.9 Celsius degree. Kanchanaburi will be the hottest province in the Central with 43.5 Celsius degree.
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Bangkok:- A man who snatched a gold necklace from a Myanmar woman mysteriously disappeared into a Bangkok drainage canal Sunday, police said.Police scratched their head after the alleged robber disappeared. Police and Portecktueng Foundation officials spent over six hours but failed to locate the alleged necklace snatcher.Anyway, police knew the man identity as his belt bag was accidentally dropped before he disappeared into into the canal's drainage tunnel. Police identified him as Thawee Jakkaewkoraburi, 34, from Nakhon Ratchasima.Pol Lt Anan Puangnil, deputy crime suppression inspector of Wat Phrayakrai police station, was informed of the necklace snatching at 10 am.He was informed that Nanthida Myanwelui, 22, a Myanmar worker, became a victim of a necklace snatcher. She said she was walking from her house on Soi Phrasram 3 when a man snatched her Bt10,000-worth gold necklace from behind.She said she ran after the man who entered a taxi. But the taxi driver saw her running after the man so the taxi refused to drive.The man then got out of the taxi and ran to a roadside park that has a drainage canal. The man then ran into the drainage canal that has a 100-meter-long tunnel that empties into Bang Khok Canal.Police surrounded the entrance to the drainage tunnel and shouted to the man, telling him to surrender to no avail.Police sough help from the Portektueng Foundation officials to check the tunnel but no one was found.Police said the man has earlier been arrested twice on drug charges.
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Uttaradit: – As of yesterday, a video clip depicting the father and daughter crying and looking on their home burning down has attracted 145,798 Likes and 2,393 Shares.The public donations deposited in a bank account opened for the two have surpassed 1 million baht.The video clip was posted on Facebook’s YouLike page on Wednesday by Tambon Ngiewngam Municipality.Police and local authorities went to investigate the fire at Tambon Ngiewngam, Uttaradit Mueang district.They found Sumit Karinda, 51 and his daughter Sukanda Karinda hugged one another and cried watching the fire engulfing and burning down their home.The municipal officials said the scene was tragic and that they posted the clip in order to call attention to the plight of Sumit and fourth grader Sukanda who were left homeless and destitute.Sumit was between job and the shanty house was the only property the father and daughter had in possession.The Uttaradit Social Development and Human Security Office checked into the welfare of the two.Based on the office’s report, the shanty house was constructed by the provincial red cross team before donating to the two who were vagrants.The fire made them homeless once again.The office had sought and received the father’s permission to take his daughter into a shelter home for children. The father sought temporary shelter at a Buddhist temple.The office and the provincial charity organisations handed out relief supplies plus 2,000 baht for emergency spending money.The municipality opened the bank account under Sukanda’s name in order to start a pool of relief funds.After the three-day circulation of the video clip in the social media, the public poured out donations to assist the two to get a new home and to kick-start a new life.
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Bangkok: – Thung Song Hong police are investigating the killing of Sergeant Napapat Nuan-iad, a female staff officer for national police chief General Somyos Pumpanmuang.After the discovery of Napapat’s death yesterday, police close to the investigation said Somyos had ordered to hush up the case, Thairath newspaper reported.The newspaper quoted an anonymous police source as saying that Thung Song Hong superintendent Colonel Termphao Siriphuban received a complaint about lingering foul smell for the past two days at the Police Flat located under his jurisdiction.At the scene, Termphao and forensic officials found Napapat’s body in her flat unit.Napapat reportedly had been brutally killed. The estimated time of her death was about two days ago. The hot weather was believed to have caused her body to decompose quickly.Police neighbours gave statement and police were tight-lipped about the details.Based on the newspaper report, investigators have launched a manhunt for a policeman who is the victim’s boyfriend.The boyfriend is a team member of the special force from the Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit. The victim is an officer of the Border Patrol Police seconded to work in the national police chief’s staff.The two has been known to live together for months at the victim’s flat unit.Flat residents said they have not seen the boyfriend recently.Before her death, the victim is seen as a sociable and outgoing officer. She had a part time job selling vegetable juice on her Facebook page.Staff members of Somyos said they heard rumour that the victim and her boyfriend had several arguments lately although they did not know the details.They also said the victim had missed work for two days and that they could not contact her because her mobile phone was turned off.
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Prachuab Khiri Khan: A landslide has blocked the only walkway to one of Thailand’s amazing attractions, the Phraya Nakhon Cave in this southern province. Strict safety measures are being observed.Inside this natural cave is a royal pavilion that shines gloriously under the sunlight. Although it is a cave, this place enjoys the sun through a big hole on its top. The elaborate pavilion was erected in 1890 for King Rama V’s visit. After many kings of Thailand came to this cave, it becomes a popular destination.Saratcha Suriyakul na Ayutthaya, who heads the Conservation Area Management Office 3 with jurisdiction covering the cave, told ASTV Manager on Sunday that the walkway to the Phraya Nakahon Cave was now off-limits to tourists.“Anyone who wishes to visit the cave will have to take a boat instead,” he said.In the wake of a tropical storm, the landslide took place on the Thian Mountain on Thursday’s night. Although there was no casualty, the incident has blocked the walkway to the Phraya Nakhon Cave.Saratcha said officials had barred tourists from getting near the landslide spot out of safety concerns.He explained that his office was waiting for experts from a nearby geology office to assess the safety around the mountain before deciding to reopen the walkway. The Meteorological Department, meanwhile, has forecast rainstorms for many parts of Thailand this week.Phraya Nakhon Cave is a part of the Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park. It is named after Phraya Nakhon, who discovered it over 200 years ago.
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Chumphon: Thai researchers have succeeded in creating a giant “Pla Mor” (Climbing perches) that weighs up to one kilogram and is tipped as a new kind of economic fish for nationwide local consumption.
Pla Mor naturally grows to 25 cm but the Chumphon-based researchers and breeders have succeeded in creating a considerably bigger type weighing from 350 grams to 1 kilograms each, Thai Rath online reported. The fish can sell at up to Bt200 per kilo, which is good incentive for whoever deciding to farm it.
Pla Mor has been important as food fish in many Asian areas and known for its ability to survive out of water for long periods, provided it is kept moist.
The researchers and breeders had been working on Pla Mor breeds from all Thai regions, trying to create a bigger type that was also easier to farm. Their success, Thai Rath said, means the new Pla Mor would soon become a new economic fish that grows quickly and sells at good prices.
Climbing perches or climbing gouramis are so named because of their ability to “climb” out of water and move short distances. They use the gill plates as support and push themselves using fins and tails.
In Thailand, Pla Mor can exist and survive by themselves in rice fields or muddy areas and are generally considered poor man's food. However, the latest success of researchers and breeders in Chumphon would make local consumption of Pla Mor more widespread and the fish can bring considerable incomes to those who farm it.
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Samut Prakan: Drivers of some 1,700 large-sized taxis at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport called off their plan protest Friday after the airport agreed to restrict the number of passengers per trip at four.Dalat Assavet, deputy director of the Suvarnabhumi Airport, said she held a meeting with representatives of the taxi drivers and other government agencies concerned Friday to discuss the demands of drivers of the large-sized or mini-van taxis.As part of their demands, the drivers called on the airport to rescind a rule that forced them to take up all passengers of the same group in one trip although their number is higher than four.Patthawee Meeraj, a representative of the mini-van taxi drivers at the airport, said the rule made it not safe for the passengers themselves as insurance policy would not cover an accident if a taxi transports more than four passengers at a time.So, drivers of the large taxis want a large group of passengers to use more than one taxi.Dalat said the airport agreed to limit the number of passengers per one trip for both normal size and large size taxis at four.She said the taxi drivers were happy and promised to use meter instead of charging a chartered rate.After learning of the airport’s decision, Patthawee said the taxi drivers cancelled the planned protest for fear that it would affect the reputation of the country.Patthawee said the taxi representatives were happy with the meeting result.Patthawee’s group also called for higher surcharge for large taxis but the transport minister said the call is still under study so it cannot be granted now.
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Phuket:- Police have arrested two Thai men for allegedly snatching a handbag of a Chinese tourist on Thursday.Officers from the Krathu police station arrested Weerasak Yimseng, 21 and Ekkapong Dejasen, 25, after they were spotted riding a motorcycle in Phuket’s Krathu district.Police suspect that the two have committed other bag snatching cases in the area.Their arrest was announced Friday by Krathu police chief Col Chaiwat Ouikham.Chaiwat said police retrieved an iPhone 6 Plus smartphone, a brown Louis Vuitton handbag, a Prada wallet, five credit cards and an identification card of the tourist from the two.The Chinese tourist told police that she was shopping at the shopping area of the Patong beach when the two snatched her bag and fled the scene on their motorcycle.At the same press conference, Chaiwat also announced the arrest of two teenagers who are 15 and 16 years old.The two were arrested after they allegedly robbed four exchange shops and kiosks in Patong area.In their alleged latest robbery, they robbed the Renew Warrant Exchange shop at 2:20 am on Wednesday and made off with tens of thousands of baht in cash.Later in the day, police arrested the 15-year-old boy and later arrested the16-year-old accomplice.On February 19, the two allegedly smashed a window of an exchange kiosk on the opposite side of the Loma Park in Patong and made off with a computer screen and a lot of coins of foreign currencies.The two were also accused of robbing two other exchange kiosks and stealing several motorcycles in Patong.
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Bangkok: HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej made a short recreational trip to the Royal Thai Navy Convention Hall on Friday, bringing much delight to his loyal subjects.Thais who heard of his planned private trip gathered along the route between Siriraj Hospital and the convention hall for a glimpse of their much-beloved monarch. When they saw the royal motorcade, they loudly chanted “Long Live the King” and some shed tear of joy.His Majesty, 87, has stayed at the Siriraj Hospital for medical care throughout the past many months. The car ride from the hospital to the convention hall took about 10 minutes.The king came to the hall to admire the beautiful view of the Chao Phraya River and many of Bangkok’s landmarks such as the Grand Palace.The hall was also the venue where His Majesty and foreign royals watched a grand royal-barge procession together on June 12, 2006. That memorable moment was a part of the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty's Accession to the Throne. On that special occasion, royal members around the world came to Thailand to convey their congratulations and attend the celebrations in response to the invitations sent out by Thailand.The Thai king is the world’s longest living monarch. In Thailand, he has commanded overwhelming love and respect from his people.His Majesty spent about one hour at the Royal Thai Navy Conventional Hall Friday afternoon. He returned to the Siriraj Hospital at about 3.30 pm.
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Bangkok:- A 35-year-old man was Friday arrested for allegedly smashing his wife’s head with a rock pestle after he found that she had cordial Facebook chats with another man.Tinnakorn Srichana waited for police at the scene after he allegedly killed Wilaiporn Rungklang, 34, inside their rented room in a four-floor building of a boarding house on Soi Navamin 163 in Bangkok’s Buengkum district.Pol Lt Fahkhamron Rirong, an interrogator of Khokhram police station, was informed of the murder at 1 pm. He rushed to the scene with scientific crime detection officers, a forensic doctor from the Police Hospital and Ruam Katanyoo Foundation officials.They found the body of Wilaiporn on the bed. She had severe wounds on her face and head.Tinnakorn testified that he killed his wife out of jealousy.He said he works for the accountancy division of an electric appliance company in Ramkhamhaeng area and his wife worked at a card box factory in Navamin area. He said they have been living together for years and they have one child.Tinnakorn said he subscribed for a Facebook account two weeks ago and found that his wife had cordially chatted with another man so he quarreled with her.He said his wife promised to stop chatting with the man but he found out on Thursday that she still talked to him via FAcebook chat so they quarreled again.Tinnakorn said he quarreled with her again at 3 am Friday and they fought against each other. He said he became so angry that he grabbed the pestle in the room to hit her in the head and face.He said he became sorry so he tried to hang himself but an electric wire he used was broken off with his weight. He called his father, telling him that he would jump off the roof but his father told him to surrender to police.
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Bangkok: – Charoen Pokphand Group and two investment partners from China and Hong Kong have reaffirmed Bt1.52 trillion proposal for the Bangkok-Pattaya-Rayong high speed train service.Transport Minister PrajinJuntong said CP investment consortium will include CITIC Construction, based in Hong Kong and HNA Group from Hainan, China.CITICwill be responsible for design and construction while HNA is specialised in the development and management of port, airport and rail facilities.Prajin said the high speed train route will be 194 kilometers.The Bangkok-Rayong train service will be from Lad Krabang to Bang Pakong to Chon Buri to Pattaya and to Rayong.CP consortium has yet to finalise the decision on the model for public-private partnership. It is presently mulling on the build-operate-transfer model.The transport minister said the consortium has scheduled May 9 to submit additional details of its investment proposal, including the designation of construction sites for train stations.After receiving the additional details, the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning will start to review and draw conclusion on the feasibility study of the investment project, he said.The outcome of the review would then be submitted for the Cabinet approval, he added.In addition to the feasibility review, the Cabinet approval of the project would also hinge on the outcome of the environmental impact assessment report, he said.The environmental impacts are being assessed in four critical areas on the planned train route, he said.He voiced optimism that the investment project would be ready to seek and receive the government green light by the end of next month.It is the government’s priority to streamline public investmenton high speed train transportation, he said.
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Bangkok:- Huge crowds gathered in front of Siam Discovery shopping mall on Thursday morning, well before its opening hour, as consumers felt the mall’s big sale was too good to miss.The upscale mall is preparing to undergo a Bt4billion renovation plan, and thus will close down for quite a long while. Ahead of its temporary closure, it has decided to conduct the Groundbreaking Sale.Launched on Thursday, the campaign offers up to 90 per cent discount and will run till May 5.The turnout at the mall was so big that popular shops like iStudio by copperwired there have to arrange queues for interested customers on Thursday.“We let about 10 customers into our shop each time. They have about 15 minutes to look around,” an iStudio sales clerk told Thairath.He said key products like Macbook, iPhone, iPod, and iMac were sold out within one hour.“We will have to bring products from other branches for the remaining days then,” he said.Long lines were also seen in front of Converse and Bobbi Brown shops with customers swarming around to grasp the products that catch their eyes.During the upcoming renovation, more than 120 shops at the Siam Discovery will be relocated to special zones in adjacent Siam Center and Siam Paragon. Only the Madame Tussaud museum will continue to operate inside the Siam Discovery as usual.The renovation will run till early 2016.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A Chinese woman was injured when a bag snatcher tried to take away her bag, causing her to fall on a road. But she fought back and saved her belonging.The attempted robbery was reported to Pol Maj Ekkachai Mulli, an interrogator on duty of Pattaya police station, at 11:30 pm Thursday.Ekkachai was informed that a Chinese tourist was injured at the front of Soi Burana on North Pattaya Road in Tambon Naklua of Bang Lamung district.Ekkachai rushed to the scene and found Rong Danyi, 33, trembling with fear at the spot. She suffered bruises on her right arm. She was tightly holding her bag and her boyfriend, Charlie Wang, 48, was standing with her.The woman told police that she was returning to her hotel with her boyfriend when a pillion rider snatched her bag, causing her to fall down. She got up and held on to her bag and got it back.She said two other men on another motorcycle told the first two men to flee the scene.An eyewitness told police that he heard shouts for help and he rushed out to see two men trying take away the Chinese tourist’s bag so he ran to help. He sad two other men on another motorcycle saw him so they alerted their friends to flee.Several incidents of bag snatching from foreign tourists have been reported in Pattaya recently.On Sunday at the same area, two men on a motorcycle snatched a bag from a female Chinese tourist, causing her to lose her passport, police said.
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Samut Prakan:- Drivers of over 1,700 taxis at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport threatened to stage three-day protests on Friday to demand baggage fee and higher surcharge.The threat was raised by Patthawee Meeraj, a representative of the taxi drivers at the airport.Patthawee said over 1,700 drivers of mini-van taxis at the Suvarnabhumi airport would stop picking up passengers at the airport from Friday to Sunday to highlight their demands.Patthawee said the taxi drivers of large-sized or mini-van taxies would like the Suvarnabhumi airport to allow them to charge passengers for their bags. They also want a higher surcharge because their taxis are larger and they can carry more bags than normal taxis.Patthawee added that the drivers of the mini-van taxis also want the right to reject passengers who arrive in a group of more than four. Patthawee reasoned that the insurance policy for taxis does not cover accidents in case the taxis carry more than four passengers at a time.Patthawee said the government should also increase the metered fare rates for taxis.But Transport Minister ACM Prajin Juntong dismissed the threat of protest. Prajin said he has instructed the Suvarnabhumi airport to prepare other transport means for the passengers.The airport was told to help passengers to use the service of the Airport Rail Link electric trains and the airport will also provide buses to transport passenger to certain spots where they can call taxis.Prajin said the demands of the mini-van taxi drivers cannot be met now because a government committee studying the demands has not yet completed its study.
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Bangkok: –The authorities are mapping out ways to design a new package of health benefits in order to encourage people with physical disabilities to enter the job market.At present, people with physical disabilities would not be entitled to certain health benefits if they are employed, said a senior labour official.This is happening because of the gap between the social security scheme and the universal health care scheme.The social security for workers has less coverage than the universal health care for the handicapped. The country is legislating to enact a new social security law.Under the existing law, provisions are meant for able-bodied workers and for compensation to terminate employment for the handicapped.Thailand has 1.6 million people with physical disabilities. Of the handicapped population, about 700,000 can work. But only 200,000 are employed.For the past six months, the Labour Ministry has been campaigning to boost the job placements for the unemployed people with physical disabilities.Some 400 to 500 handicapped have sought and received job placements.Based on the six-month performance report, the ministry has assisted in the job placements for 224,587 unemployed people and in finding 45,087 job placements overseas.For the second half of 2015, the ministry will strive to bring marginalised workers, such as the handicapped and the hill tribe people into the social security system.In regard to alien workers, some 1.6 million migrants from neighbouring countries have registered with the ministry.Of the total migrants, some 300,000 have been verified about their nationality. Workers with unverified nationality would be allowed a temporary stay for one year pending checks on documentation.To facilitate the employment of legal migrant workers, the ministry has cut short the three-year gap to one month for legal migrants with expired visa to leave Thailand before reapplying for work visa.
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Bangkok:- A group of Thai researchers Thursday announced that they have found supplementary food that can boost CD4 count on people with HIV.The research result was announced by representatives of Chiang Mai University’s Biological Medical Technology Research Center and Asian Phytoceuticals Plc in Bangkok.Kannikar Ruanchan, the head of the research project, noted that the supplementary food is not aimed at replacing anti-viral drug for people with HIV but the food can help boost the CD4 count and reduce side effects from the anti-viral drug greatly.She said the supplementary food was a mix of extracts from Sesame seed, mangosteen, gotu kola and guava.She said the supplementary food helped the body of HIV patients adjust their immunity.It has been tested with 27 people with HIV in Chiang Mai’s Mae On district. Each of the volunteers was given four capsules of the food a day and found that their CD4 count increased a lot. Twenty-five of them have been taken anti-viral drug for two years and their side effects symptom improved.Prof Pichet Wiriyajittra, a research chief of the company, said the research found that the number of CD4 count increased by five folds after the volunteers took four capsules of the food for 15 days.He said officials from the Thai Red Cross have checked and witnessed the result.Pichet said the company has registered and won a license for the supplementary food from the Food and Drug Administration.Pichet said his firm would not register the extracts as drug because the process would be too complicated and time-consuming.
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Bangkok:- A Facebook community page for taxi drivers has further drawn ire from Bangkok passengers when it posted that drivers of large-sized taxis at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport has protested against what they saw as unfair fare rate for them.Instead of winning support for the protest, the post instead drew criticisms. Many people posted comments, saying the unhappy taxi drivers should quit their career and leave the Suvarnabhumi for good.The Voice of Taxis page on Monday posted picture of empty car park ground for taxis. It said drivers of large mini-van types taxis all decided to protest for a day so that passengers with a lot of belongings may try using two small-size taxis instead of one large-sized taxi that wants to collect a flat rate.It stated that the passengers thought they were taken advantage of by large taxi drivers so they should try packing all their bags into a small taxi.The protest followed the airport’s ban against two drivers of mini-van taxis who collected a flat rate fare on a group of Japanese tourists instead of using meter. The airport took the action after a Bangkok resident Japanese man posted on his Facebook, complaining against the two taxi drivers.A Faceobook user who uses the name of Nate Aquarius said: “Congratulation for the protest. Passengers always have options and they don’t have to depend on childish taxi drivers”.Thanet Kanthasob said he totally agreed with the protest because passengers can pay Bt800 for an Airport limousine to get a much better service than that from mini-van taxis, which charge nearly the same rate with the limousine.Thanarat Sodsup posted that small-sized taxis, whose drivers are unhappy with the use of meters, should also stop taking up passengers at the airport.
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Bangkok:- Immigration police have arrested a Malaysian man for having allegedly used fake credit cards to buy luxurious goods with intent to take them back to sell in Malaysia.The arrest of Chia Bing Hah, 24, was announced at the press conference room of the immigration office at the Don Mueang International Airport at 11 pm Wednesday by Pol Col Nattee Mahuemueang, the commander of the Don Mueang immigration office.Displayed along with the suspect were 11 fake credit cards of some foreign banks, an iPad tablet computer, three iPhone 6 Plus smartphones, and a luxurious leather belt. The goods were worth over Bt200,000.Nattee said his immigration office was alerted by Sirichai Sathitchaiphairsarn, head of an investigative division of Kasikorn Bank, that a foreigner used fake credit cards at Jaymart shop at CentralWorld shopping mall at 4 pm Wednesday.The immigration police checked and found that the Malaysian man had used a credit card to book a plane ticket to return to Malaysia Wednesday evening. He was scheduled to fly Flight OD523 of Malindo Air from the Don Mueang airport at 7:10 pm.
[Photo Credit: Thairath Online]At 6 pm, Chia Bing turned up at an immigration counter to submit his document for clearing to leave the kingdom so he was arrested.Nattee said the man admitted during an interrogation that he was hired by another Malaysian man to use fake credit cards in Bangkok and take the goods back to Kula Lumpur to sell. He was promised 10 per cent of the proceeds from the sale.Chia Bing was handed over to the Pathumwan police station and will face charge of using fake electronic cards.
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Bangkok:- Tourist police managed to arrest 34 taxi drivers in Bangkok in just one night after they rejected passengers.The operation to arrest the drivers for rejecting passengers was launched at 11 pm Wednesday by Pol Col Artchayon Kraithong, deputy commander of the Tourist Police Division.Artchayon dispatched tourist police and patrol police to spots where tourists and Bangkok residents were rejected by taxi drivers, according to their complaints.Police checked Soi Sukhumvit 3 or Soi Nana from the Grace Hotel and on Soi Sukhumvit 3/1 as well as Soi Sukhumvit 5.The operation started at 11 pm because tourists started returning to their hotels at the hour.Within a few hours, the 34 drivers were arrested. Artchayon said the 34 drivers were handed over to the local police station for taking legal action against.Artchayachon said the operation was carried out in line with the government’s policy to promote tourism and the policy to make 2015 the year of Thainess tourism. The operation was also aimed at ensuring the Thai taxi service would be ready for tourists after Thailand joins the ASEAN Economic Community later this year.The deputy police chief said the taxi drivers were interrogated to find out why they rejected passengers. The tourist police tried to change the drivers’ attitude before they were handed out to the local police station.He said the operation was necessary because behaviors of taxi drivers could affect Thailand’s reputation in the eyes of foreign tourists.Artchayachon said most drivers claimed that they were about to run out of gas or they were afraid of missing the deadline to return their taxis to their firms. Some were afraid of traffic congestion. They were told that these excuses were unjustified for rejecting passengers.
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Pattaya: – A resort owner on Ko Larn fired a shotgun injuring five people following a heated argument with a neighbour over the dumping of cat faeces, police said.Witnesses told police that Wanchai Somjai, 50 has a longstanding feud with his relative and neighbour Kwanruen Chanpad, 51.Wanchai manages his Charoenchai Resort and Kwanruen has tourism-related business.The two often quarrelled with one another over a number of issues.In the latest incident, Kwanruen blamed Wanchai’s wife Tik for throwing cat faeces into her property.While Kwanruen and Tik were exchanging sharp words by shouting from their respective houses, Wanchai returned home and stepped into the fray.Wanchai walked over to Kwanruen’s house to speak his mind. After getting a strong retorts, he appeared lost for word. He then walked back to pick up his shotgun at home.He fired the shotgun hitting Kwanruen and four other people who tried to wrestle the gun from him.The injured include Kwanruen’s daughter Maneerat Changruang, son-in-law Weeraphan Changruang, Wanchai’s sister Puangngern Kaewkachai and neighbour Phimchanok Wongruen.Kwanruen sustained serious injuries as she was shot in the abdomen.After the shooting, Wanchai tried to flee the island by his fishing boat. Neighbours used speed boats to chase and force him to return to Ko Lan.They had him in custody when police arrived at the scene.The five injured people were admitted for treatment at a hospital in Pattaya City.In his statement given to police, Wanchai said he lost control because Kwanruen had gone overboard in trying to fault and bully him and his family.Before the cat poop argument, Kwanruen sent a number of thugs to beat him up, he said.Police have yet to get the statement from Kwanruen who is recovering after the surgery to remove the bullets.
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Bangkok: – The Legal Execution Department has issued a rigorous justification for its auction of Khao Yai plots which have later been developed into Kirimaya Resort before the discovery of unlawful land rights documentation.LED director general Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said her department had strictly followed legal and judicial procedures on asset liquidation.The controversy on Kirimaya Resort has been lingering because of unanswered questions related to the issuing of land rights documents.The resort is located on 36 plots covering 1,400 rai near Khao Yai National Park in Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima.Ruenvadee said the 36 plots were part of the seized assets destined for liquidation involving the collapsed Bangkok Bank of Commerce.Under the court order, the department held the auction of the plots in 2000.The auction was organised three times before the winning bidder paid 265 million baht for the plots. The auction revenues were distributed among the bank’s creditors.The winning bidder subsequently sold the plots to the Kirimaya developer.Ruenvadee said before the plots auction, the department had sought and received the confirmation from the Lands Department that land rights were legal and that related documents were lawfully issued.As questions arose that the plots were in the national park area and that the land documents were issued unlawfully, she said this was beyond the control of her department.Should the land rights be cancelled, the injured party, which in this case is the Kirimaya developer, would have to sue the winning bidder, a juristic entity Roi Kaew Co, she said.The company would in turn litigate against the authorities involved in the unlawful documentation of the plots, she said.
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Chiang Mai:- Police have launched a hunt for a female undertaker who allegedly sold an infant corpse to a black-magic practitioner.The suspect is identified only as “Boon”.“We have to find her. Stealing or selling a corpse is illegal,” Provincial Police Region 5 commissioner Lt General Tanitsak Thirasawat told Thairath on Wednesday after he interrogated a self-confessed practitioner of black magic.Chalerm Duangthong, 31, has admitted to police that he bought the corpse of an infant at Bt3,000 after Boon approached him.“I intend to adopt the soul and raise it like my own daughter,” he said. Many Thais have worshipped baby amulets as they believe in the mystical being of Kumarn Thong, who is said to have supernatural power.Chalerm, a former abbot of Huai Din Jee Temple in Chiang Mai’s Doi Lor district, had the corpse buried under shrines in the temple’s grounds. The corpse is covered with gold leaf and laid inside a glass coffin.Local people have lodged a complaint against Chalerm as they feel uncomfortable with black magic.The former abbot, so far, has insisted that although he engaged in black magic, his practice is not malicious in nature.“I don’t use it to harm anyone,” he said.Police have already dug up the corpse and sent it to a hospital for a proper autopsy.“We should get autopsy results by Friday,” Tanitsak said.He has now assigned his deputy, Pol Maj General Pacha Rattanaphan, to investigate further so as to nail down legal offenders in this case.
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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- An unidentified Asian tourist’s body was found on a beach on Koh Larn Wednesday afternoon, police said.Pol Lt Chophaka Prueksachart, an officer on duty of Pattaya police station, was alerted at 2 pm that a body was found at Thong Lang beach of Koh Larn in Tambon Naklua in Bang Lamung district.Chophaka rushed to the scene on a speed boat with rescuers from Sawang Boribun Thammasathan Pattya Foundation.The body of a white Asian man was found at the spot. He appeared to be about 25 to 30 years old. He was wearing a white t-shirt with black dots and black trousers. He was wearing a silver bracelet on the right wrists and a Romanson watch on the left. He was carrying no identification card or any travel document.His body had no sign of bruises or being harmed. It was estimated that he had died one day or two days earlier.A small black backpack was found near the body but it was empty. Police kept it as evidence.Police believe the man was an Asian tourist who might drown somewhere else and his body might be washed ashore at the beach.Police sent the body for an autopsy at the Police Hospital.Chophaka said police will check with various hotels and resorts on the island and in Pattaya to check whether any tourist had gone missing.She urged anyone whose relative had gone missing to come to the Pattaya police station with his photo.Koh Larn is popular among Chinese tourists and two of them have drowned near the island over the weekend.
Vacation home seized at Thap Lan National Park
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Nakhon Ratchasima – The authorities of Thap Lan National Park have raided and seized the vacation home under construction on suspicion of encroaching on the park.
Thap Lan is the country’s second largest national park straddling two provinces, Nakhon Ratchasima and Prachin Buri.
The national park has been litigating to resolve some 445 disputes with developers on charges relating to encroachment to build resorts and vacation homes.
The raid and seizure is a latest case.
Wiroj Rojanachinda, chief of Thap Lan National Park, said the seized vacation home is located on nine-rai plot inside the park area.
Wiroj said he suspects a well-known engineer in Bangkok is the true owner of the home although the authorities have yet to complete the checks on the owner’s identity and on the unlawful issuing of land rights document.
He said park officials had already filed a police complaint in order to activate the criminal proceedings against the alleged encroacher.
He said the home is on the plot designated as the park.
The original owner of the plot cited the Cabinet resolution dated June 30, 2001 to continue living on the land, he said.
Since then, the plot had been sold through a number of developers. And the land should have been restored to the park’s jurisdiction as it was no longer the settlement allowed under the Cabinet resolution.
Of 445 cases being litigated to evict encroachers, the park authorities have already won more than 100 cases.
The authorities managed to clear out 63 illegal rubber plantations and about 50 resorts and vacation homes.