‘Danny Glass case file to be transferred by next week,’ say Phuket police

The Phuket News

 

Danny Glass (pictured) attempts to avoid being photographed while being charged at Thalang Police Station in May. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: -- The case file of British national Danny Glass from Margate in Kent, England, who on May 17 this year was charged with reckless driving causing the death of his long-term partner, Sophie Emma Rose Anderson

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002786-‘danny-glass-case-file-to-be-transferred-by-next-week’-say-phuket-police/

Phuket bridges reopen after floods affect more than 2,000 homes

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Soldiers help clean up an entire neighbourhood affected by the floods across Phuket. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- The two bridges providing access to Bang Rong Pier in Pa Khlok, a popular jump-off point for small ferry boats to nearby islands off Phuket’s east coast, have reopened after emergency repairs overnight as local officials race to provide assistance to thousands of families whose homes were damaged by floodwaters over the weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002787-phuket-bridges-reopen-after-floods-affect-more-than-2000-homes/

China, Russia begin naval drills near North Korea

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS A

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Russia began naval drills near North Korea on Monday amid continuing tensions over the isolated state's nuclear ambitions and ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, where North Korea is likely to loom large.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002790-china-russia-begin-naval-drills-near-north-korea/

Volunteers clean up Chao Phraya River over weekend

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By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photos: Clean Up Bangkok River/Facebook

 

In just one hour of cleaning, volunteers collected 132 kilograms of garbage from the Chao Phraya River this weekend as part of the Clean Up Bangkok River project. When they finished, they had amassed a lot of plastic: 2,000 bags, 700 bottles and 600 cups.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002792-volunteers-clean-up-chao-phraya-river-over-weekend/

 

 

Police search for foreigners caught having ‘sex’ on Rayong bridge

By The Nation

 

 

Police are hunting for a foreign couple after it is believed they had sex on a pedestrian bridge in Rayong’s Wang Chan district on Sunday afternoon.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002810-police-search-for-foreigners-caught-having-‘sex’-on-rayong-bridge/

 

Deputy commissioner to lead new probe in ‘zero-dollar tour operators’ case

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

File photo

 

A deputy national police commissioner will head an investigation into alleged violations by the so-called zero-dollar tour operators to back an appeal against the Criminal Court’s acquittal of all 13 suspects in the case.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002811-deputy-commissioner-to-lead-new-probe-in-‘zero-dollar-tour-operators’-case/

 

Foundation slams ex-members for collecting donations 

 

 

General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, as president of a foundation under his own name, on Monday condemned a group of people who he said used the foundation’s name without authorisation to get donations.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002812-foundation-slams-ex-members-for-collecting-donations/

 

Call for inquiry into Bt30m blimp

By The Nation

 

Photo from Srisuwan Janya's facebook

 

Social activist Srisuwan Janya filed a complaint with the Office of the Auditor-General on Monday, asking it to investigate Interior Minister and former Army chief General Anupong Paochinda over the Bt350-million airship that was recently decommissioned after only eight years in service.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002814-call-for-inquiry-into-bt30m-blimp/

 

Soldiers injured in Yala bomb ambush recovering in hospital

By Nakarin Chinworakomon 
The Nation

 

File photo

 

Four security officers who were seriously injured in the last Thursday bomb ambush in Yala remain under close medical surveillance in hospital.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002817-soldiers-injured-in-yala-bomb-ambush-recovering-in-hospital/

 

Farmer faces charges after wild elephant fatally electrocuted

By The Nation

 

 

A four-tonne elephant was fatally electrocuted at a corn field near the Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi's Muang district on Monday morning when it separated from its herd to hunt for food.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002818-farmer-faces-charges-after-wild-elephant-fatally-electrocuted/

 

Developer Supalai Buys Old Australian Embassy

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

The former Australian Embassy on South Sathorn Road. Photo: Australia in Thailand / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — A top residential property developer won the rights to the grounds of the former Australian Embassy on busy Sathorn Road for 4.6 billion baht on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002822-developer-supalai-buys-old-australian-embassy/

 

Mickey Mouse museum opens in Lamphun

By Siriya Chankanta 
The Nation

 

 

A 51-year-old man has opened a Mickey Mouse museum in his hometown in the northern province of Lamphun with more than 5,000 items on display.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002823-mickey-mouse-museum-opens-in-lamphun/

 

Hackers compromised free CCleaner software, Avast’s Piriform says

BY REUTERS

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hackers broke into British company Piriform’s free software for optimising computer performance last month potentially allowing them to control the devices of more than two million users, the company and independent researchers said on Monday.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/hackers-compromised-free-ccleaner-software-avasts-piriform-says/24339/

6.5 million yaba pills, 10kg of ‘ice’ seized in two raids

By Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

 

Ten drug-dealing suspects have been arrested in recent raids along with more than 6.5 million yaba pills and 10 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine or “ice” with a street value of Bt1.3 billion, Deputy National Police Commissioner Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002824-65-million-yaba-pills-10kg-of-‘ice’-seized-in-two-raids/

 

Silpakorn University probes ‘inappropriate’ hazing rituals

By The Nation

 

 

Silpakorn University is to investigate allegations that an initiation ritual over the weekend included inappropriate activities.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002826-silpakorn-university-probes-‘inappropriate’-hazing-rituals/

 

‘No show’ of speedboat owners caught dropping anchors on coral south of Phuket

Shela Riva

 

There were seven or eight boats caught on camera dropping anchor on the reefs. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- The Chief of the Hat Noppharat Thara – Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park has told The Phuket News today that he is still waiting for the owners of seven or eight speedboats caught dropping anchors onto coral reefs off Laem Thong Beach on the northeast coast of Phi Phi Island on Sept 3 to present themselves.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002828-‘no-show’-of-speedboat-owners-caught-dropping-anchors-on-coral-south-of-phuket/

 

Swiss man rolled by lady boy after Walking Street romp

 

 

A Swiss man who took a lady boy to his Walking Street room lost his credit card and more than 50,000 baht.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002832-swiss-man-rolled-by-lady-boy-after-walking-street-romp/

 

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