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Woman found stabbed to death in the trunk of her car
Two French citizens under suspicionStaff reportersThe body of Suchada Sittisarn, 33 years old, was found in the trunk of her car with stab wounds to her neck and body. Police found the woman’s red Mitsubishi parked at the home of her boyfriend, Richard Mara Frederick, 66, in Chiang Mai’s Mae On district.Police from Mae On Police Station, led by Pol. Lt. Col. Manop Jittjaroonpan were called to the scene to investigate the murder. Mr. Frederick and his friend Marco had already left for Mae Sai to renew their visas when the police arrived. Police in Wiangpapao district in Chiang Rai caught sight of the two men in a Jeep Cherokee on the morning of November 15 and detained the suspects for transfer back to Chiang Mai.According to Pol. Col. Panudet Boonrueng, a deputy commander of Chiang Mai Provincial Police who helped lead the interrogation, the two suspects denied any involvement in the crime. They have both been sent to Maharaj Hospital in Chiang Mai to undergo an examination for evidence of blood or fibers. Their Jeep Cherokee and blood-stained shoes have been seized in the investigation.According to Pol. Lt. Col. Kanit Prasansuk, no charges have yet been filed but the statements of the two suspects have helped to further the investigation. He added that the police plan to further investigate the case and as soon there is enough evidence to prove their involvement, the two French men will be charged with the crime.
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Pluang, the 8 month old female white tiger cub at the Chiang Mai Night Safari has died of kidney failure, Narong Tananuwat, Managing Director of Chiang Mai Night Safari announced November 13.
The white tigers at the Chiang Mai Night Safari
Chatree Koohateparak, head of the Veterinary Department and Naratip Worawattanatam, assistant head of the Veterinary Department said that Chiang Mai University's Veterinary Center did the autopsy on the rare tiger cub. They hope to investigate further into the cause of death to find the contributing factors to the cub's illness and subsequent death. They reported that Pan, Pluang's brother, is currently in poor health, receiving medical attention while his condition is being constantly monitored.
Prasert Niamjan, the animals' caretaker, reported that white tigers often need special care. Because white tigers are so rare in the wild the breeding pool has been limited to the small number of white tigers in captivity. Interbreeding among the tigers often leads to genetic defects.
Narong Tananuwat accompanied the press to visit Henry, one of 7 white tiger cubs in the Chiang Mai Night Safari. He was photographed bottle feeding the tiger cub at the Photo Corner at the Night Safari.
-- Chiang Mai Mail 2009/11/24
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Well worth a visit
“Uncaged: The Art of Ability,” an exhibition displaying the artwork of two talented young artists opened Saturday November 14 at the Mute Mute Gallery on Tha Pae road. Presented in the exhibition are over 60 pieces of two courageous Thai children, Mai Aeju and Wichai Gavilla. These two young boys have been literally un-caged from the confines created by their cerebral palsy, poverty and the ignorance surrounding their condition with the help of Cultural Canvas and Baan Piranan, a resident care facility for individuals with cerebral palsy. Cultural Canvas Thailand worked together with Baan Piranan to teach the boys how to express themselves through their art. Their creativity and ingenuity shines in their artwork, expressed in multiple mediums.What started as weekly art workshops to teach the two boys art grew into a full blown exhibition featuring their art. Mai and Wichai, with the help of Baan Piranan, overcame great hardship, abuse and neglect to transform into two lovely boys with a yearning to learn, to express themselves and to take part in the world at large. Cultural Canvas Thailand is a volunteer organization that hopes to foster equality, community interaction and social change through artistic outreach and volunteer services in conjunction with local organizations. Cultural Canvas volunteer Aimee Aubin said, “Art and therapy have given these children a voice, something to call their own. They’re no longer trapped behind stigmas and stiff bones. Today, they’re not patients- they’re artists.”
Mai and Wichai,as well as other residents and artists of Baan Piranan, were on hand to greet exhibition goers According to Piranan Singjalai, the occupational therapist in charge of Baan Piranan, the children under her care at the residential facility had suffered neglect and abuse until their rescue. Mai was quite literally caged, spending his life in a small bamboo cage under his mother’s wooden hut when Piranan found him. He is now a bright, alert boy whose determination and personality shine through.
Mai and Wichai’s artwork is displayed along with information and stories pertaining to cerebral palsy. Audience members are invited to take a journey through two floors of exhibition space portraying the boys’ stories, their art, and presenting their experience through multiple mediums. The exhibition’s goal is two-fold: to increase awareness and understanding about cerebral palsy and to raise money to continue the support of organizations advocating for struggling social groups. All of the artwork displayed is for sale by donation. Audiences’ donations will go directly to Cultural Canvas Thailand and Baan Piranan, continuing to provide them with the resources necessary to transform the lives of struggling social groups in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The opening exhibition will run at the Mute Mute Gallery until November 30th.
-- Chiang Mai Mail 2009/11/24
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2 workers killed at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University construction site
Chief engineer charged with negligenceStaff reportersTwo construction workers were killed and two more severely injured when the scaffolding they were working on collapsed at the site of the new international conference building under construction at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, Tuesday afternoon, November 10.Pol. Capt. Peerapat Oonnantakat, Inspector of Ban Doo police station reported that the four workers were on the scaffolding guiding a steel beam into place over a pillar of the unfinished building when the pillar collapsed. Sak Suwannakan and a man known only as Auan died on the way to the hospital after falling 10 meters. Kandit Kason and Rattakorn Jaiprom remain in hospital with severe head and leg injuries.Wiboon Koichoosakul, the engineer in charge of the site and partner in the construction company Chiang Rai Benjapol, said that the accident was due to strong winds which caused the beam to slip off balance and fall on the scaffolding resulting in the collapse of the scaffolding. His company has pledged full financial assistance to both the injured and the families of the deceased in covering hospital and funeral costs.While police have charged Wiboon with causing death through negligence they continue to investigate the cause of the accident.-- Chiang Mai Mail 2009/11/17[newsfooter][/newsfooter] -
Three former police officers netted in major drugs and arms bust
Staff reportersThree former police officers were arrested on drug and arms smuggling charges in Chiang Mai on Monday, November 9 Pol. Lt. Gen. Wut Liptapanlop, Commissioner of Narcotics Suppression Bureau Region 5 Police reported.Former Police Senior Sgt. Maj. Sriyont Kankeng was found with 40,000 yabah tablets stuffed into computer parts in a car by the combined task forces of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau Police, the Provincial Region 5 Police, the Highway Police and members of the Army Area Region 3. The former policeman had planned on delivering the drugs to Bangkok when he was arrested at the Chiang Mai Transport Station.His arrest led police to the capture of a further 6 members of the gang, including 2 former policemen, and the confiscation of a large cache of weapons and ammunition. Police found 3 M16 rifles with 3,000 rounds of ammunition, one 11 mm hand gun, 48 pieces of TNT weighing 1½ lbs., 54 pieces of PETN (used to make priming cords for explosives) and 27 rounds of ammunition for an M79 grenade launcher. The gang traded arms for drugs with gangs from neighboring countries and then sold the drugs on in Thailand.-- Chiang Mai Mail 2009/11/17[newsfooter][/newsfooter] -
American Resident Drowns in Mae Ping
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A 40 year old American resident of Chiang Mai, Michael Snyder, drowned in the Mae Ping River at the Old Nawarat Bridge near Duke’s Restaurant early morning on Saturday, November 7. Pol. Col. Witsit Suesri, an inspector at Mae Ping Police Station, reported when police arrived at the scene they found Panrueng Suttidachanant, the 30 year old wife of the deceased, sobbing that her husband had drowned.
She told police that they had only recently married in April and had been running a restaurant called Veggie Corner, located on Ratchadamnoen Road. She explained that her husband had gone out on the morning of the 6th and hadn’t returned home. When she went to look for him, she found him playing snooker. They argued when she asked him to return to help her with the business so she returned to the restaurant alone.
She told police that when her husband came to pick her up at closing time, they argued again. Stopping at the bridge on the way home, she said he got up on the railing and told her he would jump in to prove his love to her. She asked him to come down and talk but he jumped into the river and consequently drowned. Police arrived on the scene at 1:50 a.m., shortly after he drowned.
Louise Snyder, mother of the deceased, released this statement to the Chiang Mai Mail: “What can we say on the loss of someone so dear to me and his entire family, all his friends, Micheal we will miss you forever!! no words can say how we feel, but know that we are praying to you to help us get through this time of tremendous sorrow, our hearts are so heavy, we love you and will forever think of you. You may not be with us in body but you are with us in spirit and will always be in our hearts!
He is gone from what we know as our world
Now but a memory to treasure in our hearts & mind”
-- Chiang Mai Mail 2009/11/17
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Buddhist Festival for Peace at Wat Suan Dok
Sulak Siwarak and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Oddom Van Syvorn to attendNopniwat KrailergWat Suan Dok and the Buddhasatan will host the Buddhist Festival of Peace and Social Transformation November 15 to 17 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB), according to Wanraya Tiandee, coordinator for the organization.Wanraya Tiandee announces the Buddhist Festival of Peace and Social Transformation which will take place between November 15 and 17.The three-day event will begin at 6:30 p.m. on November 15 with the opening ceremony presided over by noted social critic, Ajarn Sulak Siwarak. Later that night, the group will participate in a traditional Lanna homecoming and welcoming ceremony, the Hong Kwan ceremony as well as performing traditional songs and drumming.The group plan to make merit by giving medicine and medical supplies to 200 monks from different countries including Taiwan, the United States, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan and Tibet. The supplies will be donated to underprivileged people in the border area of Thailand and Burma. Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Oddom Van Syvorn, the Cambodian peace activist, will chair the talk “Buddhist ways of living and a world of nonviolence” on the evening of the 16th.The final day of the festival will feature participants singing the ancient Lanna peace hymn, the Uppatasanti, which dates back nearly 800 years to the time of King Tilokrat. The festival will conclude with a walking meditation ceremony around Tha Pae gate in the evening of the 17th.The INEB is a network of engaged Buddhist monks, nuns, activists and social thinkers with an aim to integrate the Buddha’s message of compassion and wisdom to achieve a just and peaceful world. Under the patronage of the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist masters like Thich Nhat Hanh, the organization plans to use this event inspire others to promote peace.-- Chiang Mai Mail 2009/11/10[newsfooter][/newsfooter] -
New security measures in place at City Hall
Nopniwat KrailergCCTV cameras are now installed at City Hall, the exterior and interior cameras, currently in a test run, will replace the old system whereby visitors had to surrender their id cards for tickets in order to enter the building.Amornpan Nimanant, Governor of Chiang Mai, introduces new security measures for Chiang Mai City Hall.Amornpan Nimanant, Governor of Chiang Mai, told the press that CCTV cameras have been installed in the parking lot and at all gates, elevators and stairs in order to monitor City Hall for security and safety. "It is important that we are more careful, as the building has been subjected to violent protests involving fires before," Governor Amornpan said.The Governor hopes the new system will not only ensure safety but enable ease of access for both public servants and residents. There are also plans to reinforce the gates of City Hall, fence in the motorcycle parking lot and install CCTV cameras there to help reduce the problems of theft from the parking lot.-- Chiang Mai Mail 2009/11/10[newsfooter][/newsfooter] -
Tassanai Buranupakorn arrived at the Chiang Mai Municipality Office as the new Mayor of Chiang Mai. Accompanied by his uncle, Boonlert Buranupakorn, President of Chiang Mai Provincial Organization and a cheering red-shirted crowd of Rak Chiang Mai 51 members. Officially approved on the 29th, he revealed at his press conference, after making merit at the spirit house in front of the municipal building, that he hopes to comprise his administration team of both long standing members of the political community as well as the new generation of politicians.
Tassanai did not mention any names as he said he must first introduce his new policies to the Municipal Council. Although, he added, that he did not plan on changing any members of his current team.
-- Chiang Mai Mail Tuesday November 3 - November 9, 2009
15 Out Of 24 Municipal Council Members Fail To Show At Council Meeting
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15 out of 24 Municipal Council members fail to show at Council meeting