THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 23 September 2017

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Yingluck ‘escaped through casinos’: Prawit

 

 

Runaway ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra is believed to have been secretly driven by car to the border province of Sa Kaew before sneaking out of the country through casinos, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003682-yingluck-likely-fled-via-aranyaprathet-border-deputy-pm-prawit/?do=findComment&comment=12295436

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Police seek info on alleged US paedophile working as teacher

 

 

Police are investigating widespread reports that an American man who was charged with multiple instances of child sexual abuse had escaped to Thailand and used a fake identity to work as an English teacher in Khon Kaen and Rayong provinces for years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003757-police-seek-info-on-alleged-us-paedophile-working-as-teacher/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Police vow to take legal action against monks over subsidy corruption scandal

 

 

POLICE HAVE vowed to take legal action against all the four monks implicated in the temple-subsidy corruption scandal, regardless of the number of their supporters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003758-police-vow-to-take-legal-action-against-monks-over-subsidy-corruption-scandal/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Jealous husbands the biggest culprits in spousal murders, study finds

 

 

HUSBANDS WERE the killers in most of the murders committed by spouses last year, a senior official at the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003759-jealous-husbands-the-biggest-culprits-in-spousal-murders-study-finds/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Officials come up with 20-year plan for Bt2.7 trillion worth of railway projects

 

 

THE OFFICE of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) has formulated a 20-year framework for 38 rail transport projects worth Bt2.7 trillion to boost the country’s transport efficiency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003760-officials-come-up-with-20-year-plan-for-bt27-trillion-worth-of-railway-projects/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Suvarnabhumi Airport customs seize 4 million baht's worth of elephant tusks from Africa

 

Image: Daily News

 

Customs officials at Suvarnabhumi airport have seized 28 pieces of elephant tusk worth four million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003761-suvarnabhumi-airport-customs-seize-4-million-bahts-worth-of-elephant-tusks-from-africa/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

U.S. challenged by rising North Korea tensions, Russia urges calm

By Michelle Nichols and David Brunnstrom

 

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia urged "hot heads" to calm down on Friday as the United States admitted it felt "challenged" by North Korea's warning that it could test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific and President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un traded more insults.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003762-us-challenged-by-rising-north-korea-tensions-russia-urges-calm/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

UK's May sets out transition plan in bid to unlock Brexit talks

By William James and Isla Binnie

 

 

FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May set out a plan on Friday to retain full access to the EU's single market for two years after Brexit to try to reassure business and reset the tone of stalled negotiations with Brussels.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003763-uks-may-sets-out-transition-plan-in-bid-to-unlock-brexit-talks/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Despite undiplomatic discourse, Trump's dance card is full

By Arshad Mohammed and Michelle Nichols

 

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A subtle diplomat like Talleyrand, Donald Trump is not.
 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003764-despite-undiplomatic-discourse-trumps-dance-card-is-full/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Russia tells North Korea, U.S. 'hot heads' to calm down

 

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister said on Friday the leaders of North Korea and the United States should tone down their bellicose rhetoric and warned that a collapse of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers would only embolden Pyongyang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003765-russia-tells-north-korea-us-hot-heads-to-calm-down/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

BREAKING

 

US pedophile fugitive and English teacher arrested in Koh Samui

 

The American pedophile Jackson Hall, 24, has been arrested after he fled Bangkok to Koh Samui.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003767-us-pedophile-fugitive-and-english-teacher-arrested-in-koh-samui/

 

[rooster59]

Thais ask why hasn't Thailand got these - Fire Escape Chutes

 

Image: Daily News

 

Thais online were asking why Thailand is lagging behind the West in new technology to escape from fires in high rise buildings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003769-thais-ask-why-hasnt-thailand-got-these-fire-escape-chutes/

[rooster59]

Chiang Mai district chief doesn't see the funny side of bar's ironic protest

 

Image: Daily News

 

In a clear case of officialdom not appreciating irony the Chiang Mai district chief has asked police to prosecute a bar for insulting his men.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003772-chiang-mai-district-chief-doesnt-see-the-funny-side-of-bars-ironic-protest/

[rooster59]

PHOTOS: Badly secured load nearly results in another death

 

Tnews

 

It has been a bad week for inadequately secured loads on pick-up trucks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003773-photos-badly-secured-load-nearly-results-in-another-death/

 

[rooster59]

Hua Hin clears up obstructions to dual-track rail project

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, 22 September 2017 (NNT) – Hua Hin railway station is clearing up buildings in railroad area which stand in the way of the construction of a dual-track rail project.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003775-hua-hin-clears-up-obstructions-to-dual-track-rail-project/ 

 

[rooster59]

Thailand police arrest 34-year-old Nigerian drug dealer

By Nsikak Nseyen

 

 

Thailand security operatives have arrested a Nigerian man, Charles Ndubuisi Umemma for obtaining and possessing narcotic called “ice” with intent to sell and send to Australia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002824-65-million-yaba-pills-10kg-of-‘ice’-seized-in-two-raids/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-12296440

 

[rooster59]

BMA seeks street vendors' feedback on Lumphini Park market

Vipaporn Pooritanasarn

 

BANGKOK, 22 September 2017 (NNT) - Bangkok Deputy Governor Pol Lt Gen Chinnatat Meesuk has visited a new outdoor food center set up near Lumphini Park. He heard feedback from street vendors recently moved there as a result of city's street cleanup initiative.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003776-bma-seeks-street-vendors-feedback-on-lumphini-park-market/

 

 

[rooster59]

English Premier League preview: what to watch this weekend

 

photo courtesy of www.facebook.com

 

Tottenham travel to the London Stadium for the early kick off on Saturday looking to continue their fine away form. Dele Ali and Harry Kane have both been among the goals recently but go up against a defence that has kept three clean sheets in a row.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003777-english-premier-league-preview-what-to-watch-this-weekend/

 

[rooster59]

Expedia digs into ‘magic, mayhem’ of family trips

By The Nation

 

 

Parents going on vacation with their children tend to experience “more mystery and mayhem than magic”, according to a survey released on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003778-expedia-digs-into-‘magic-mayhem’-of-family-trips/

 

[rooster59]

Trump mulls new order to replace travel ban, no decision yet

By Yeganeh Torbati and Lawrence Hurley

 

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his meeting with South Korean president Moon Jae-in during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is considering a new order to replace his soon-to-expire travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries that would be tailored on a country-by-country basis to protect the United States from attacks, U.S. officials said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003780-trump-mulls-new-order-to-replace-travel-ban-no-decision-yet/

[rooster59]

Defying Trump, Iran says will boost missile capabilities

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives to attend an armed forces parade in Tehran, Iran, September 22, 2017. President.ir/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran will strengthen its missile capabilities and not seek any country's permission, President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday rejecting demands from U.S. President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003782-defying-trump-iran-says-will-boost-missile-capabilities/

[rooster59]

Cuba urges U.S. not to politicise allegations of harmed diplomats

By Anthony Boadle and Sarah Marsh

 

Cuban Foreign Minister Eduardo Rodriguez Parrilla addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

UNITED NATIONS/HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba urged the United States on Friday to cooperate with its investigation into incidents that the U.S. says have harmed its diplomats in Havana and not to politicise the matter, days after Washington said it was considering closing its Cuban embassy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003783-cuba-urges-us-not-to-politicise-allegations-of-harmed-diplomats/

[rooster59]

What!? Me? Alleged US credit card fraudster arrested in Pattaya hotel room

 

Image: Daily News

 

An alleged American credit card fraudster was arrested in his Pattaya hotel room after his ex Thai girlfriend reported him to police

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003784-what-me-alleged-us-credit-card-fraudster-arrested-in-pattaya-hotel-room/

[rooster59]

Burmese maid swore to Buddha she didn't steal - then cops find diamond encrusted Rolex

 

Image: Daily News

 

A Burmese maid who vowed before a statue of Buddha that she would never steal was obliged to take that back after a diamond encrusted Rolex was found in her bag.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003786-burmese-maid-swore-to-buddha-she-didnt-steal-then-cops-find-diamond-encrusted-rolex/

[rooster59]

Hard to fake licenses and new driving test procedures to make Thai roads better

 

Image: Daily News

 

The Department of Land Transport has said that its new "Smart Card" licenses are of an international standard and hard to fake.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003788-hard-to-fake-licenses-and-new-driving-test-procedures-to-make-thai-roads-better/

[rooster59]

‘Unfit’ Uber stripped of London licence, CEO tweets ‘pls work w/us’

BY REUTERS

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) – London deemed Uber unfit to run a taxi service on Friday and stripped it of its licence to operate from the end of next week in a major blow to the U.S. firm and 3.5 million users in one of the world’s wealthiest cities.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/unfit-uber-stripped-london-licence-ceo-tweets-pls-work-wus/24458/

[rooster59]

Thailand 4.0 wins over companies

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON

THE NATION

 

 

COMPANIES yesterday expressed their confidence in the country’s ability to adapt to the digital era under the government’s Thailand 4.0 vision.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/thailand-4-0-wins-companies/24461/

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Phuket Police hunt Thalang snatch-and-grab thieves

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Danish national Mr Kristian Stage, 34, explains the theft to Thalang Police. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: Thalang Police are hunting for two suspects who on Wednesday snatched a Danish tourist’s bag containing valuables worth over B55,000 from his motorbike when he pulled over for a brief moment on Thepkrasattri Rd.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003793-phuket-police-hunt-thalang-snatch-and-grab-thieves/

[rooster59]

One killed, 2 badly injured as bus leaves 2km trail of destruction

By The Nation

 

A trooper working part-time as a taxi motorcyclist was killed and two other persons were severely injured when a Bangkok-Rayong bus crashed into five vehicles on a road in Chon Buri on Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003795-one-killed-2-badly-injured-as-bus-leaves-2km-trail-of-destruction/

 

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Wife shoots, kills estranged husband trying to force reconciliation

By The Nation

 

A woman surrendered to police on Friday night after she allegedly shot dead her estranged husband in self-defence in Chumphon’s Sawee district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003797-wife-shoots-kills-estranged-husband-trying-to-force-reconciliation/