THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 26 Sep 2017

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Video: Road rage - Big Biker bashes Small Biker over the head with his own helmet!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Dashcam video posted on Facebook showed a fight between two motorcyclists on the Rama 9 bridge over the Ramkhamhaeng intersection on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004208-video-road-rage-big-biker-bashes-small-biker-over-the-head-with-his own-helmet/

 

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Thai wife confesses to murdering German husband in Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The house where the German man was found dead last night. Photo: Chalong Police

 

PHUKET: A Thai wife has surrendered to police and confessed to murdering her German husband at their home in Phuket’s Chalong area last night (Sept 25).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004204-78-year-old-german-killed-in-his-chalong-home/?do=findComment&comment=12304801

 

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AOT estimates one billion baht in compensation to be demanded from ex-PAD co-leaders

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The compensation for damages from the blockade of the Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports to be demanded from 13 former core leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy by the Airports of Thailand was estimated to amount to about a billion baht, including 522 million baht in principal plus 7.5 interest rate for a period of nine years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004209-aot-estimates-one-billion-baht-in-compensation-to-be-demanded-from-ex-pad-co-leaders/

 

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Exclusive - Mexico unlikely to find more quake survivors, emergency chief says

By Daniel Trotta

 

Javier Saucedo (C), father of Angel Javier Saucedo, cries in front of a collapsed building after the earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will search another three days beneath the rubble for possible survivors of the September 19 earthquake even though it is unlikely rescuers will find anyone alive, the country's chief of emergency services said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004210-exclusive-mexico-unlikely-to-find-more-quake-survivors-emergency-chief-says/

 

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Kwang Orakarn asks police for help over reckless Facebook posts defaming her

By Thai PBS

 

 

True4U channel news anchor Orakarn Jiwakiat yesterday (Sept 25) asked the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) to take legal action against people posting on Facebook that have defamed her reputation and made her life difficult.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004211-kwang-orakarn-asks-police-for-help-over-reckless-facebook-posts-defaming-her/

 

 

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Prayut to visit US from Oct 2-4: Werachon

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will make an official visit to Washington, DC, from October 2 to 4, Deputy Government Spokesman Werachon Sukondhapatipak said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004199-thailand-prime-minister-to-visit-white-house-on-october-3/?do=findComment&comment=12304880

 

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Pattaya-Map Ta Phut motorway nearly half finished

By The Nation

 

Construction of an extension in the motorway from Pattaya to Map Ta Phut is 46 per cent completed, Department of Highways director general Thanin Somboon said this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004214-pattaya-map-ta-phut-motorway-nearly-half-finished/

 

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China delays deadline for implementing food import rules after industry pushback

 

FILE PHOTO: Beef steaks are placed for sale at a Sam's Club store of Wal-Mart in Beijing, China June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to delay a deadline for implementing new food import regulations by two years until Oct. 1 2019, a senior EU official said on Tuesday, following a lobbying effort by Europe and the United States amid concerns about disruption to trade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004216-china-delays-deadline-for-implementing-food-import-rules-after-industry-pushback/

 

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Ballot-Tearing Activist Gets 2-Month Suspended Sentence

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

  

Piyarat Chongthep tears his referendum ballot Aug. 7, 2016, at a Bang Na district polling station.

 

BANGKOK — The Phra Khanong Provincial Court in Bangkok on Tuesday handed down a two-month suspended sentence and 2,000 baht fine to an activist who deliberately tore his ballot in protest during last year’s charter referendum.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004217-ballot-tearing-activist-gets-2-month-suspended-sentence/

 

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13 hurt in bus crash in Chaiyaphum

By The Nation

 

 

Thirteen passengers were injured when a Bangkok-Chaiyaphum fell into a roadside ditch at a curve of a road in Chaiyaphum’s Chaturas district early on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004219-13-hurt-in-bus-crash-in-chaiyaphum/

 

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Dubai starts tests in bid to become first city with flying taxis

BY REUTERS 

 

The flying taxi is seen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Satish Kumar

 

DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai staged a test flight on Monday for what it said would soon be the world’s first drone taxi service under an ambitious plan by the United Arab Emirates city to lead the Arab world in innovation.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/dubai-starts-tests-bid-become-first-city-flying-taxis/24533/

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Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Apple’s Siri has always used Microsoft’s Bing search engine until now. Earlier this week the tech giant announced that they were switching to Google search immediately.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-switches-bing-google-siri-web-search/24541/

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Here’s why you really don’t want to drop the iPhone 8 or Galaxy Note 8

BY STAFF WRITER

 

(L-R) iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X and iPhone 8 models are displayed during an Apple launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

 

iPhones have had aluminium backs since the iPhone 5 but the new iPhone 8 features a complete glass rear.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-really-dont-want-drop-iphone-8-galaxy-note-8/24543/

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Palestinian gunman kills three Israelis in West Bank settlement - radio

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian gunman killed three Israelis and wounded a fourth at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Israel's Army Radio said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004221-palestinian-gunman-kills-three-israelis-in-west-bank-settlement-radio/

 

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Mudslides swamp Chiang Mai village

By The Nation

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Flash floods and landslides damaged 20 homes in Chiang Mai’s Chaiya Prakan district on Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004227-mudslides-swamp-chiang-mai-village/

 

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Drain works spur traffic delays at critical intersection towards Patong

The Phuket News

 

Kathu Police are urging motorists to avoid the affected side of the intersection while the drain workers are being carried out. Photo: Kathu Police

 

PHUKET: Kathu Police have warned of traffic delays at the critical intersection of Phra Phuket Kaew Rd and Wichit Songkram Rd while drain repairs are carried out for two weeks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004228-drain-works-spur-traffic-delays-at-critical-intersection-towards-patong/

 

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Police bungle case, theft suspect freed

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A court in Thonburi has dealt a blow to police esteem, freeing a Nakhon Phanom man accused of theft and criticising investigators for weak evidence and poor handling of witnesses.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004229-thai-police-bungle-case-theft-suspect-freed/

 

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Prayut goes to Washington October 2-4

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha long-planned visit with United States President Donald Trump has been set for October 2-4.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004199-thailand-prime-minister-to-visit-white-house-on-october-3/?do=findComment&comment=12305394

 

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Nakhon Pathom to create own industrial zone

 

 

NAKHON PATHOM, 26 September 2017 (NNT) – Nakhon Pathom province has geared up to establish its own industrial zone to foster economic development, eyeing 7 target industries with a budget of 2 billion baht. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004230-nakhon-pathom-to-create-own-industrial-zone/

 

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Philippine presidential guard shot dead, Duterte not nearby

 

Philippines 'President Rodrigo Duterte stands at attention during a courtesy call with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Ministers in Manila, Philippines, September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Pool/Mark Cristino

 

MANILA (Reuters) - A member of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's guard unit was shot dead on Tuesday, but the president was far away at the time of the incident and the head of his security team ruled out foul play.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004231-philippine-presidential-guard-shot-dead-duterte-not-nearby/

 

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Man arrested for stabbing teenage girl to death in Nonthaburi

By The Nation

 

 

Police on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly stabbing a teenage girl almost 20 times, killing her insider her condominium in Nonthabuir’s Bang Bua Thong district on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004163-nineteen-year-old-beauty-clinic-worker-found-stabbed-to-death-in-bang-bua-thong/?do=findComment&comment=12305506

 

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Last chance to see Throne Hall before renovations

By Photo and story by Prasert Thepsri 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A large number of Thai and foreign tourists visited the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall on Tuesday, as this century-old palace will soon close its doors indefinitely for repairs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004235-last-chance-to-see-throne-hall-before-renovations/

 

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Temple defends it’s innocence in spending state funds

By Thai PBS

 

 

A temple in Bangkok has insisted that the fund it was allocated by the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) was all spent up in the maintenance of the monasteries in the temple.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004236-temple-in-bangkok-defends-it’s-innocence-in-spending-state-funds/

 

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Rights group accuses Myanmar of crimes against humanity

By Shoon Naing

 

A Rohingya refugee carries her child in a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

 

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, and it called for the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions and an arms embargo.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004243-rights-group-accuses-myanmar-of-crimes-against-humanity/

 

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Thai woman arrested with ‘ice’ at Sa Kaew checkpoint

By The Nation

 

A Thai woman crossing the border from Poi Pet in Cambodia with “sleepy eyes” was stopped by immigration police at the Aranyaprathen checkpoint and found to be carrying a small amount of crystal meth into Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004245-thai-woman-arrested-with-‘ice’-at-sa-kaew-checkpoint/

 

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China's Xi says will support Interpol raising its profile

By Philip Wen

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the 86th INTERPOL General Assembly at Beijing National Convention Center on September 26, 2017 in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will support Interpol, raising the profile and leadership of the global police cooperation agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday at the opening of Interpol's general assembly in Beijing, state media reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004247-chinas-xi-says-will-support-interpol-raising-its-profile/  
 

 

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Activists fined for tearing up ballot paper

By The Nation

 

Piyarat

 

The criminal court on Tuesday ruled three anti-junta activists guilty of vandalism and handed down a suspended sentence of two months in prison and a fine of Bt2,000 for ripping up a ballot paper in the charter referendum last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004217-ballot-tearing-activist-gets-2-month-suspended-sentence/?do=findComment&comment=12305654

 

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Fever Of Online Gossip Puts Anchorwoman On Knife’s Edge

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

Orakarn ‘Kwang’ Jirakiat files a complaint Monday at the Technology Crime Suppression Division.

 

BANGKOK — A partial reflection in a dinner knife, a months-old zebra photo and a lot of innuendo were enough for virtual Thailand to pin a scarlet letter of shame on a television news anchor.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004211-kwang-orakarn-asks-police-for-help-over-reckless-facebook-posts-defaming-her/?do=findComment&comment=12305690

 

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ADB forecasts strong economic growth in Asian region

 

BANGKOK, 26th September 2017 (NNT) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast that Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP) will expand by 3.5% this year on the back of strong export figures, while government investment policies are expected to lead to 3.6% GDP growth next year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004250-adb-forecasts-strong-economic-growth-in-asian-region/

 

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Bali's menacing volcano puts some tourists' plans on back burner

By Nyimas Laula

 

A farmer works in his field with Mount Agung, a volcano on the highest alert level, in the background near Amed on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

 

KARANGASEM, Indonesia (Reuters) - Clouds shrouded the top of Bali's highest volcano on Tuesday as the risk of an imminent eruption began to persuade some tourists to have second thoughts about visiting Indonesia's paradise island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004251-balis-menacing-volcano-puts-some-tourists-plans-on-back-burner/