THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 4 Sep 2017

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Mystery corpse in river had 20 kg weight tied to his ankle

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

SAMUT PRAKAN: -- Medics were called to the Mae Klong river in Samut Prakarn yesterday after a corpse was seen floating.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000132-mystery-corpse-in-river-had-20-kg-weight-tied-to-his-ankle/

 

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Frankfurt defuses massive WWII bomb after evacuating 60,000

By Tom Sims

 

Police officers observe an area as 60,000 people in Germany's financial capital are about to evacuate the city while experts defuse an unexploded British World War Two bomb found during renovations on the university's campus in Frankfurt, Germany, September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German explosives experts defused a massive World War Two bomb in the financial capital of Frankfurt on Sunday after tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999777-huge-ww2-bomb-to-be-defused-close-to-german-gold-reserves/?do=findComment&comment=12238455

 

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Mentally deranged man goes on wrecking spree in Bang Bua Thong

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A man suffering from mental problems trashed a pharmacy, a 7/11 then two cars in a wrecking spree yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000133-mentally-deranged-man-goes-on-wrecking-spree-in-bang-bua-thong/

 

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Captured Croc isn’t eating. BKK specialist on the way.

By Nattha Thepbamrung

 

"When I visited the crocodile, it was still tired and stressed. It is probably because the area it used to swim in was a large space and now it's captured in a pond."

 

  

PHUKET: -- Fisheries officers are investigating whether the captured crocodile comes from nature or was owned by an individual.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000134-captured-croc-isn’t-eating-bangkok-specialist-on-the-way/

 

 

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Trump to scrap protection for 'Dreamers,' give Congress six months to fix

By Steve Holland

 

Rocio, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipient shouts with supporters during a rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 1, 2017. 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has decided to scrap a programme shielding immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children from deportation but will give Congress six months to craft a bill to replace it, sources familiar with the situation said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000135-trump-to-scrap-protection-for-dreamers-give-congress-six-months-to-fix/

 

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"Likay" mum seeks justice for son assaulted by English teacher

 

Picture: Daily News

 

SUPHANBURI: -- A well known mother who is a Likay performer took her ten year old son to the police yesterday after she said he was hit by an English teacher at school.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000139-likay-mum-seeks-justice-for-son-assaulted-by-english-teacher/

 

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Funding battle looms as Texas sees Harvey damage at up to $180 billion

By Marianna Parraga and Gary McWilliams

 

U.S. President Donald Trump helps volunteers hand out meals during a visit with flood survivors of Hurricane Harvey at a relief center in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday challenged Congress to raise the government's debt limit in order to free up relief spending for Hurricane Harvey, a disaster that the governor of Texas said had caused up to $180 billion (£139.05 billion) in damage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000140-funding-battle-looms-as-texas-sees-harvey-damage-at-up-to-180-billion/

 

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Man electrocuted cutting branches in Suphanburi tree

 

Picture: Daily News

 

SUPHANBURI: -- A 48 year old man was electrocuted after he went up a tree to cut some branches to make some extra money.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000141-man-electrocuted-cutting-branches-in-suphanburi-tree/

 

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Girl, 5, found murdered and dumped in old septic well

By The Nation

 

KANCHANABURI: -- A five-year-old girl disappeared from a house in Kanchanaburi’s Sisawat district at about noon on Sunday and was found murdered and dumped in an old septic well at a deserted house in the neighbourhood.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000143-girl-5-found-murdered-and-dumped-in-old-septic-well-in-kanchanaburi/

 

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Party night ends in fatal road crash in Phitsanulok

Around Thailand

 

PHITSANULOK: -- One man was killed and two other men injured when their pickup truck crashed into a power pole on a roadside in Phitsanulok’s Muang district early Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000146-party-night-ends-in-fatal-road-crash-in-phitsanulok/

 

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What a gay day as businessman puts down million baht dowry to marry student

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Two gay men married in a lavish ceremony surrounded by flowers at a house in Samut Prakarn yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000147-what-a-gay-day-as-businessman-puts-down-million-baht-dowry-to-marry-student/

 

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American actor Geoffrey Giuliano who went into meltdown in Big C Pattaya posts video response - and it could be his best performance yet

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American actor Geoffrey Giuliano, who was filmed last week launching a bizarre rant at a fellow shopper in Big C Pattaya has posted a video on social media hitting out at coverage of the incident.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000148-american-actor-geoffrey-giuliano-who-went-into-meltdown-in-big-c-pattaya-posts-video-response-and-it-could-be-his-best-performance-yet/

 

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Motorists can park their cars along Bang Saray beach: Municipal vice mayor

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

 

The Bang Saray municipal vice mayor has given assurance that motorists can use the public parking space along the Bang Saray beach in Chon Buri without having to buy food at the beach eateries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000149-motorists-can-park-their-cars-along-bang-saray-beach-municipal-vice-mayor/

 

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Interpol issues Red Notice for Vorayuth Yoovidhaya

 

BANGKOK, 4 September 2017 (NNT) – Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Vorayuth Yoovidhaya, who is wanted for reckless driving resulting in the death of another. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000097-boss-outruns-another-charge/?do=findComment&comment=12238753

 

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Phuket officials confirm crocodile is rare saltwater species

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The croc is currently being held at the Phuket Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Centre in Pa Khlok. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Experts from the Phuket Department of Fisheries have confirmed that the crocodile caught at a lagoon off Bang Tao Beach last Friday (Sept 1) is a saltwater crocodile, but have yet to establish where the “saltie” came from.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000134-captured-croc-isn’t-eating-bangkok-specialist-on-the-way/?do=findComment&comment=12238768

 

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Body of 5-year-old girl found in fertilizer bag

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

 

A 5-year-old girl was found murdered and her body stuffed inside a fertilizer bag dumped at a septic tank in Srisawat district of Kanchanaburi province yesterday (Sunday).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000143-girl-5-found-murdered-and-dumped-in-old-septic-well-in-kanchanaburi/?do=findComment&comment=12238778

 

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Weather warnings persist but no expected impact from Typhoon Mawar

 

BANGKOK, 4th September 2017 (NNT) – While Typhoon Mawar is not expected to affect Thailand, the Meteorological Department and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) have both urged the public to be wary of changing weather conditions at this time, especially those living along the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000153-weather-warnings-persist-but-no-expected-impact-from-typhoon-mawar/

 

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Girl, 3, dies of hand foot and mouth disease in Tak

By The Nation

 

TAK: -- A three-year-old girl has died of hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) after she contracted the it from a nursery in a tambon in Tak’s Ban Tak district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000154-girl-3-dies-of-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-in-tak/

 

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CU alumni groups support sanctioning of students 

By The Nation

 

Student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal

 

Two Chulalongkorn University alumni groups have expressed support for the university’s decision to strip student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and seven other students of “behavioural points” and cause five of them to lose their spots on CU’s student council.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000155-chulalongkorn-university-alumni-groups-support-sanctioning-of-students /

 

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Man Found Hanging From Tree On Srinagarindra Road Median

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

A photo of police at the scene of an apparent suicide Friday morning on Srinagarindra Road. Photo: fm91trafficpro / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — The body of a man was found hanging from a tree in middle of a road median early Monday morning in Suan Luang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000158-man-found-hanging-from-tree-on-srinagarindra-road-median/

 

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Father murders man for alleged sexual assault of his young daughter

By The Nation

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: -- A 29-year-old man shot dead another man in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Bang Saphan Noi district for allegedly sexually assaulting his six-year-old daughter.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000159-father-murders-man-in-prachuap-for-alleged-sexual-assault-of-his-young-daughter/

 

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Not So Sweet: Thai man finds scorpion in popular rice dessert

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photos: Pairat Riyapan/ Facebook

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- If you’ve made a pit stop along the Thai highway at souvenir shops, it’s likely that you have tasted khao lam, a popular rice dessert cooked and served in a tube of bamboo.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000161-not-so-sweet-thai-man-finds-scorpion-in-popular-rice-dessert/

 

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dtac founder denies mansion encroached on Phang Nga national forest

 

 

dtac founder Boonchai Bencharongkul met with the Department of Special Investigation on Monday morning to deny he had encroached on a Phang Nga national forest during the construction of his hill-top mansion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000162-dtac-founder-denies-mansion-encroached-on-phang-nga-national-forest/

 

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Samsung to release Galaxy S9 in January, according to new report

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

Galaxy S8

 

The Samsung Note 8 may have only just been released but it seems the Korean firm is already planning to launch its next flagship smartphone.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-release-galaxy-s9-january-according-new-report/24033/

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Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) launches new version of its banking app

BY THE NATION

 

 

Banking made easy

 

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) recently launched the new version of the “SCB Easy” app designed for users in the digital age at its head office.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/siam-commercial-bank-scb-launches-new-version-banking-app/24035/

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Two arrested, 220,000 meth pills seized in Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

A man and a woman were arrested in Chiang Rai’s Muang district on Sunday night after police found 220,000 methamphetamine pills in their resort room.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000171-two-arrested-220000-meth-pills-seized-in-chiang-rai/

 

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Just smile: In KFC China store, diners have new way to pay

BY REUTERS

 

A customer tries Alipay's facial recognition payment solution "Smile to Pay" at KFC's new KPRO restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Diners at a KFC store in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will have a new way to pay for their meal. Just smile.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/just-smile-kfc-china-store-diners-new-way-pay/24038/

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She’s gone, Prawit says, get over it

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: - Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan is unconcerned about public sentiment over the disappearance of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000174-she’s-gone-prawit-says-get-over-it/

 

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Google reveals the most popular How To searches

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Files

 

A new site from Google’s New Labs has revealed which are the most popular how to questions people ask the world’s most popular search engine.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-reveals-popular-searches/24041/

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Precautions underway against Bangkok flooding

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Residents of Bangkok’s Song Wad Road alongside the Chao Phraya River were on Monday moving their belongings to safety as city workers and volunteers piled sandbags in anticipation of flooding.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000175-precautions-underway-against-bangkok-flooding/