THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 12 Sep 2017

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Soldiers hunt for foreigners in Surin following assault of pub owner

By The Nation

 

 

Soldiers and police have launched a manhunt for a group of foreigners known to be riding heavy motorcycles in connection with the assault of a British pub owner in Surin on two consecutive nights.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001629-video-trouble-at-the-monkey-house-foreign-hoods-launch-attack-at-surin-bar/?do=findComment&comment=12261116

 

 

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Supporters Hope Yingluck Silently Biding Time

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Redshirt activist Anurak Jeantawanich seen here with children in Sept. 8 in Lampoon province. Photo: Anurak Jeantawanich / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — That absence makes the heart grow fonder is a cliche loyal supporters of fugitive former premier Yingluck Shinawatra hope will deliver political capital should she re-emerge to play a political role from exile.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001670-supporters-hope-yingluck-silently-biding-time/

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Lawyers’ group urges expedition of sedition case against ex-PDRC leaders

By The Nation

 

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The secretary-general of United Lawyers for Rights and Liberty submitted an official letter to the Department of Special Litigation 4 on Monday, urging it to expedite prosecution procedures against leaders of the now-defunct People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), including Suthep Thaugsuban.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001667-lawyers’-group-urges-expedition-of-sedition-case-against-ex-pdrc-leaders/

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Charged academics ask prosecutors to order police interview witnesses

By The Nation

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A noted social scientist and four other participants of a recent international academic forum held at Chiang Mai University petitioned prosecutors on Monday to order that police collect witness testimonies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001693-chiang-mai-charged-academics-ask-prosecutors-to-order-police-interview-witnesses/

 

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Huge Japanese business delegation focuses on EEC

By THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha walks hand in hand with Japanese Minister of Economics, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko, who led a delegation at Government House yesterday.

 

About 50% of FDI for first half of the year comes from single economic partner

 

AS A MASSIVE delegation from Japan visits the Kingdom, Thailand expected them to boost investment in infrastructure, particularly for dual-rail, high-speed trains, by next year to steer development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001694-huge-japanese-business-delegation-visits-thailand-focuses-on-eec/

 

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Thai Buddhist organisation asks video game firm to cease sales of 'Fight of God' game

By The Nation

 

 

A Buddhist organisation has called for a gaming company to stop selling a street fighterstyled game titled “Fight of God”, in which depictions of Jesus and Buddha battle each other, saying the game engendered misunderstanding and entailed disrespectful acts in regards to Buddhist symbols.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001657-buddhist-organisation-objects-to-‘fight-of-god’-video-game-featuring-warring-deities/?do=findComment&comment=12262207

 

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Graft complaint lodged in land use dispute

By THE NATION

 

The forest patch in Khon Kaen that is slated for a factory expansion.

 

KHON KAEN: -- A NON-GOVERNMENT organisation has filed a petition with the National Anti-Corruption Commission against Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda and others who allegedly abused their authority by approving the use of a community forest area in Khon Kaen province by a private company for a commercial purpose.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001695-graft-complaint-lodged-in-khon-kaen-land-use-dispute/

 

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Medical students’ psychiatric health in spotlight after alleged dog poisoning

By THE NATION

 

 

A MEDICAL student is facing an ethical probe for allegedly poisoning dogs in the hope of claiming compensation.

BANGKOK: -- The Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital yesterday resolved to set up a committee to investigate the alleged ethical offence. The faculty also decided to suspend the unidentified student from his studies until the investigation concludes. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001696-medical-students’-psychiatric-health-in-spotlight-after-alleged-dog-poisoning/

 

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Thai investors urged to focus on human rights abroad

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

Govt agencies admit low awareness of critical issue.

 

THAI OVERSEAS investors have been urged to respect human rights wherever they are doing business and work closely with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001697-thai-investors-urged-to-focus-on-human-rights-abroad/

 

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Laos; from land locked to  land linked

By PANA JANVIROJ 
THE NATION 

 

A ground breaking ceremony for Laos-China railway project on December 2, 2015 to also commemorate 40th anniversary of Lao, PDR.

 

AS BANGKOK EMBARKS ON ITS HIGH-SPEED TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST, THE LAOTIAN GOVT IS STEAMING AHEAD WITH ITS NEIGHBOURS TO BUILD A CHAIN OF EXTENSIVE, BENEFICIAL RAIL NETWORKS SNAKING INTO THAILAND, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA AND CHINA.

 

VIENTIANE--LAOS is embarking on one of its most ambitious projects yet – a series of rail networks which will link the country with dominant seaports in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001698-laos-from-land-locked-to -land-linked/

 

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EDITORIAL

Thailand hails a new boxing hero

By The Nation

 

Driven this far by the desire to prove himself, world champion Srisaket must now find fresh impetus

 

Boxing is and always will be a controversial sport, but that takes nothing away the accomplishment of Thailand’s newest national hero, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Srisaket

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001699-thailand-hails-a-new-boxing-hero/

 

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Man arrested over online snake shop

By Kornkamon Aksorndech 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A 25-year-old Thai man who tried to sell wildlife online was arrested in possession of a banded linsang and 11 snakes in Bangkok on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001700-man-arrested-in-bangkok-over-online-snake-shop/

 

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Pig farmers protest against import of US pork

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- About 100 pig farmers rallied at the Ministry of Commerce on Monday (Sept 11) to protest the ministry’s decision to allow the import of pork from the United States.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001701-pig-farmers-protest-against-import-of-us-pork/

 

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Campaign launched to educate people about the danger posed by dengue fever and how to protect oneself from the fever

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Diseases Control Department in cooperation with Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) have launched a campaign to educate the people about the danger of dengue fever and how to protect themselves from being afflicted by the diseases.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001702-campaign-launched-to-educate-people-about-the-danger-posed-by-dengue-fever/

 

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Thai junta tells Japan investors $45-billion development plan to go ahead

 

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attends the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries in Xiamen in southeastern ChinaÕs Fujian Province Sept. 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A $45-billion plan to redevelop Thailand's industrial east will go ahead regardless of whoever takes power after elections, the military government told hundreds of Japanese investors on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001694-huge-japanese-business-delegation-visits-thailand-focuses-on-eec/?do=findComment&comment=12262274

 

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Belgian mayor's throat slashed in cemetery, shocking country

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The murder of a Belgian city mayor whose throat was cut in a cemetery on Monday has shocked the country, and the country's prime minister expressed "horror" at the death of the retired national lawmaker.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001703-belgian-mayors-throat-slashed-in-cemetery-shocking-country/

 

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Macron's labour reforms face protests across France

By Caroline Pailliez

 

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting on "Housing First" in Toulouse, southern France, September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Pavani/Pool

 

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron faces the first challenge on the streets to his business-friendly reform agenda on Tuesday, when workers from the hard-left CGT union will march through French cities to protest a loosening of labour regulations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001704-macrons-labour-reforms-face-protests-across-france/

 

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Norway's right-wing government declares victory in vote on oil, tax

By Henrik Stolen and Joachim Dagenborg

 

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg, her daughter Ingrid Solberg Finnes and Sgbjorn Aanes, Solberg's advisor react on the good results of Solberg's Conservative party Hoyre in Oslo, Norway September 11, 2017. NTB Scanpix/Hans Kristian Thorbjornsen via REUTERS

 

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's tax-cutting Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg declared victory on Tuesday after a parliamentary election, narrowly defeating a Labour-led opposition with her promises of steady management of the oil-dependent economy.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001705-norways-right-wing-government-declares-victory-in-vote-on-oil-tax/

 

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U.N. Security Council unanimously steps up sanctions against North Korea

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets supporters in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 12, 2017. REUTERS/KCNA

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country's sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, imposing a ban on the country's textile exports and capping imports of crude oil.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001706-un-security-council-unanimously-steps-up-sanctions-against-north-korea/

 

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Turkish court rules opposition newspaper journalists must remain in custody

By Can Sezer

 

Turkish soldiers stand guard outside the Silivri Prison and Courthouse complex during trial of 17 writers, executives and lawyers of the secularist Cumhuriyet newspaper in Silivri near Istanbul, Turkey, September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

 

SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) - A Turkish court remanded five prominent staff from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper in custody on Monday in a trial which President Tayyip Erdogan's critics have condemned as an attack on free speech.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001707-turkish-court-rules-opposition-newspaper-journalists-must-remain-in-custody/

 

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Russia sanctions should be phased out if Ukraine ceasefire holds - Germany's Gabriel

 

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel waves as he arrives for a meeting with French President before the first cabinet meeting after the summer break, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - European sanctions imposed on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis should be phased out gradually if an internationally agreed ceasefire deal was implemented, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001708-russia-sanctions-should-be-phased-out-if-ukraine-ceasefire-holds-germanys-gabriel/

 

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Floridians return to storm-shattered homes as Irma arrives in Georgia

By Andy Sullivan and Robin Respaut

 

The crumbled canopy of a gas station damaged by Hurricane Irma in Naples, Florida, U.S., September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

 

FLORIDA CITY/MARCO ISLAND, Fla. (Reuters) - Storm-shocked Floridians returned to their shattered homes on Monday as the remnants of once-powerful Hurricane Irma pushed inland, leaving well over half of residents without power and flooding cities in the state's northeastern corner.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001709-floridians-return-to-storm-shattered-homes-as-irma-arrives-in-georgia/

 

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Merkel calls on Hungary to implement court ruling on refugee distribution

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) for the upcoming general elections, gives a speech as she campaigns in Strasburg, Germany, September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Hungary to quickly implement a ruling by the European Union's top court that member states must take in a share of refugees who reach the continent.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001710-merkel-calls-on-hungary-to-implement-court-ruling-on-refugee-distribution/

 

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Dad appeals to Thai Justice Ministry not to send his son back to war torn Syria

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A Syrian man has gone to the justice ministry to appeal for his son who is being held in immigration detention at Suan Phlu.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001716-dad-appeals-to-thai-justice-ministry-not-to-send-his-son-back-to-war-torn-syria/

 

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Ironman 70.3 Thailand returns to Phuket

 

Opening up the world of triathlon to more people, organisers have added a new event distance this year, the Sunrise Sprint, which comprises 750m swim/ 20km bike/ 5km run, also at Angsana Laguna Phuket.

 

By Phuket Gazette & The Nation

 

  

Triathletes from around the world are heading to Phuket for a weekend of swim-bike-run where 1,500 competitors from more than 60 countries are expected to compete in the Foremost IRONMAN 70.3 Thailand

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001718-ironman-703-thailand-returns-to-phuket/

 

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Woman faces jail for selling fake slimming supplements on Facebook

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

SUKHOTHAI: -- A joint raid by food and drug administration officials and police in Sukhothai yesterday revealed a large operation dealing in fake slimming supplements.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001724-woman-faces-jail-for-selling-fake-slimming-supplements-on-facebook/

 

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Chicken deaths make Krabi villagers nervous

 

"The epidemic we found is Infectious Coryza, which needs to be eliminated as soon as possible.”

 

By Phuket Gazette & The Nation

 

  

Krabi locals are scared of an epidemic after finding 6,000 chickens dead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001725-chicken-deaths-make-krabi-villagers-nervous/

 

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Would be ATM robbers in Chiang Mai ran out of gas

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Hapless ATM robbers in Chiang Mai ran out of gas in their quest to bust open an SCB ATM.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001726-would-be-atm-robbers-in-chiang-mai-ran-out-of-gas/

 

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Gen Prayut affirms govt's commitment towards human rights policies

 

BANGKOK, 12 September 2017 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has affirmed the government's commitment to protecting human rights via its justice system, creating equality and reducing social conflict.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001728-gen-prayut-affirms-govts-commitment-towards-human-rights-policies/

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Protective measures for women approved

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A meeting of the national committee on women's rights on Monday approved measures to protect women from sexual abuse and workplace harassment and an action plan to eradicate violence against women. 

 

Full story; https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001730-protective-measures-for-women-approved/