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Police tighten security around Supreme Court

By The Nation

 

 

The Metropolitan Police Bureau on Wednesday deployed two companies of policemen at the Supreme Court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004345-verdict-due-in-trial-of-thailands-missing-ex-pm-yingluck/?do=findComment&comment=12307585

 

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Yingluck judgement day arrives, minus the brouhaha

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

 

Another “judgement day” for fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has arrived, but this time it lacks the excitement and tension that surrounded the previous judgement day last month.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004345-verdict-due-in-trial-of-thailands-missing-ex-pm-yingluck/?do=findComment&comment=12307609

 

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Huawei, Sony eye strong Q4 – launch new smartphones and audio devices in Thailand

BY THE NATION

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON
THE NATION

 

 

CONSUMER technology giants Huawei and Sony are bringing out new products to boost sales in the final quarter of this year.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/huawei-sony-eye-strong-q4-launch-new-mid-range-smartphones-thailand/24558/

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Twitter to test 280-character tweets, busting old limit

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Thomas White

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The days of Twitter Inc limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/twitter-test-280-character-tweets-busting-old-limit/24556/

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UPDATED: Here are some apps to help you learn Thai

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Learning any new language, least of all Thai, can seem pretty daunting.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/updated-here-are-some-apps-to-help-you-learn-thai/24545/

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Supreme Court set to rule in case against Yingluck

By Kasamakorn Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

 

The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders is scheduled to read today the verdict in the case against fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra of alleged negligence in preventing corruption and irregularities in her government’s rice-pledging scheme.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004345-verdict-due-in-trial-of-thailands-missing-ex-pm-yingluck/?do=findComment&comment=12307678

 

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King orders more time for people to pay respects before Royal Urn

 

 

His Majesty the King has ordered extension of the last day for Thais to pay their last respects to His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the Grand Palace from this Saturday to next Thursday, the Royal Household Bureau announced on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004349-king-orders-more-time-for-people-to-pay-respects-before-royal-urn/

 

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Smaller, Subdued Crowd Awaits Yingluck Verdict

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Supporters seated outside the Supreme Court's political division on Wednesday morning in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — It was a less boisterous crowd of supporters gathered outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday to hear the rescheduled reading of the verdict against former premier Yingluck Shinawatra.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004345-verdict-due-in-trial-of-thailands-missing-ex-pm-yingluck/?do=findComment&comment=12307762

 

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Yingluck’s lawyer ‘has not heard from her’

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

 

Norrawit Larlaeng, a lawyer of Yingluck Shinawatra, arrived at the Supreme Court on Wednesday at 8.45am to hear the ruling in the case against the former premier of negligence in managing her government’s rice-pledging scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004345-verdict-due-in-trial-of-thailands-missing-ex-pm-yingluck/?do=findComment&comment=12307782

 

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Police see no threat from Yingluck supporters outside court

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

 

Police are confident that no law-and-order problem would arise from the gathering of ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra’s supporters in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, but they warned that any wrongdoer infringing on the court’s authority would face punishment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004345-verdict-due-in-trial-of-thailands-missing-ex-pm-yingluck/?do=findComment&comment=12307840

 

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Conservative firebrand defeats Trump pick in Alabama primary for U.S. Senate

By Andy Sullivan

 

Republican candidate Roy Moore enters the stage to make his victory speech after defeating incumbent Luther Strange to his supporters at the RSA Activity center in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. September 26, 2017, during the runoff election for the Republican nomination for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry

 

(Reuters) - Alabama voters elected conservative firebrand Roy Moore as the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump and other party leaders who had argued that rival Luther Strange was a better bet to advance their priorities in Washington.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004355-conservative-firebrand-defeats-trump-pick-in-alabama-primary-for-us-senate/

 

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Police hunts suspects for knife attack in Phuket Town roadside fight

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Police are looking for the two men involved in the knife attack in Phuket Town last night (Sept 26). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police are looking for two men wanted for stabbing and slashing another man with a knife in a roadside fight in Phuket Town last night (Sept 26).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004357-police-hunts-suspects-for-knife-attack-in-phuket-town-roadside-fight/

 

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Court reading of verdict in Yingluck case to begin at 11am

By Kasamakorn Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

 

The Supreme Court will start reading at 11am on Wednesday its verdict in the case against fugitive Yingluck Shinawatra of alleged negligence in her government’s rice-pledging scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004345-verdict-due-in-trial-of-thailands-missing-ex-pm-yingluck/?do=findComment&comment=12307942

 

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PM promises to shorten his weekly address to just 20 minutes

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha vowed to carry on with his weekly “Returning Happiness to the People” address, but promised to shorten the address to only 20 minutes each week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004363-pm-prayut-promises-to-shorten-his-weekly-address-to-just-20-minutes/

 

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U.S. plans to admit maximum 45,000 refugees in next fiscal year

 

A woman carries her belongings after arriving with other refugees onboard the Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas cruise ship from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, in San Juan, Puerto Rico September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to admit up to 45,000 refugees to the United States in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a former U.S. official said on Tuesday, a ceiling that would keep admissions to their lowest level in over a decade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004364-us-plans-to-admit-maximum-45000-refugees-in-next-fiscal-year/

 

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Noted pro-democracy Chula historian passes away at 61

By The Nation

 

 

Associate professor Suthachai Yimprasert, a noted historian at Chulalongkorn University’s Department of History, passed away on Wednesday morning due to a lung infection. He was 61.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004365-noted-pro-democracy-chula-historian-passes-away-at-61/

 

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Apple releases macOS High Sierra for MacBook and iMac – here’s everything you need to know

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Apple has released macOS High Sierra, the latest version of its operating system for MacBooks and iMacs.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-releases-macos-high-sierra-macbook-imac-heres-everything-need-know/24563/

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Midnight Blast At Silom’s ‘DD Station’ Was Electrical Malfunction

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

BANGKOK — An explosion that sent revelers scrambling from a popular gay club in the early hours of Wednesday morning was caused by an electrical transformer, according to the club.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004367-midnight-blast-at-silom’s-‘dd-station’-was-electrical-malfunction/

 

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Second warrant out for fugitive daughter embroiled in rice scam

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a second warrant for the arrest of a businesswoman who has been convicted over the bogus government-to-government rice deal and was set to be imprisoned for four years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004369-second-warrant-out-for-fugitive-daughter-embroiled-in-rice-scam/

 

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Thai man, 20, found hanged in Phuket Town home

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Police inspect the scene where man’s body was discovered by his mother in the early hours of this morning. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Police are hoping to determine what inspired a 20-year-old man to take his own life after his body was found at his family home in Phuket Town early this morning (Sept 27).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004371-thai-man-20-found-hanged-in-phuket-town-home/

 

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Dual raids on football gambling in Lamphun end in 15 arrests

By The Nation

 

 

Soldiers and police on Tuesday night raided two private residences in Muang Lamphun where illegal betting on football was underway.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004375-dual-raids-on-football-gambling-in-lamphun-end-in-15-arrests/

 

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More monsoon rains this week in Thailand

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- More monsoon rains are expected to hit several regions of the country this week with intense rains in some areas of the South, the Meteorological Department said on Wednesday (Sept 27).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004385-more-monsoon-rains-this-week-in-thailand/

 

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Songkhla teen found murdered, dumped in canal

By The Nation 

 

 

A man whose body was found floating in a Trang canal with a gunshot wound to the head and with hands and feet bound has been identified as 17-year-old Songkhla native Narenrit Suwannano.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004386-songkhla-teen-found-murdered-dumped-in-canal/

 

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Four years on, officer caught in southern attack remains in coma

By The Nation

 

The family of Pornprasit Kwankhao – a police lance corporal wounded in an insurgent attack in the deep South four years ago – remains hopeful he’ll awaken from his coma.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004388-four-years-on-officer-caught-in-southern-attack-remains-in-coma/

 

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Officer admits driving Yingluck to escape to border

By Chalarntorn Yothasmutra

 

 

A police officer admitted that has driven ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra in a car to escape to the border. But he denied forging document charge after the car’s licence plate was proved to be fake.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004391-officer-admits-driving-yingluck-to-escape-to-border/

 

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Thousands evacuated in Ukraine as ammunition depot explodes

 

Smoke and flames rise over a warehouse storing ammunition for multiple rocket launcher systems at a military base in the town of Kalynivka in Vinnytsia region, Ukraine September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yurii Basiuk

 

KIEV (Reuters) - Massive explosions and a blaze at a military ammunition depot in central Ukraine forced authorities to evacuate 24,000 people and close airspace over the region, officials said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004392-thousands-evacuated-in-ukraine-as-ammunition-depot-explodes/

 

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Three arrested in Bangkok, 86,000 meth pills seized

By The Nation

 

Three Bangkok residents, two men and a woman, were on Monday allegedly found in possession of 86,000 methamphetamine pills, 200 grams of crystal meth and 450 grams of ketamine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004394-three-arrested-in-bangkok-86000-meth-pills-seized/

 

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Uzbek dissident detained upon return from exile

 

Uzbek writer Nurulloh Muhammad Raufkhon is pictured in Istanbul, Turkey, September 16, 2017. Picture taken September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

 

ALMATY (Reuters) - Uzbek police detained dissident writer Nurulloh Muhammad Raufkhon as he returned to the Central Asian country from Turkey on Wednesday, his wife told Reuters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004395-uzbek-dissident-detained-upon-return-from-exile/

 

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New Zealand's kingmaker party defers govt decision until Oct. 7

By Charlotte Greenfield and Ana Nicolaci da Costa

 

New Zealand First party Leader Winston Peters speaks during an event held ahead of the national election at the Te Papa Museum located in Wellington, New Zealand August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ross Setford

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of the New Zealand First Party, which emerged as the kingmaker after an inconclusive weekend election, said on Wednesday he would not make a decision on who should form government until after the Oct. 7 release of a final count.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004397-new-zealands-kingmaker-party-defers-govt-decision-until-oct-7/

 

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Yingluck sentenced to five years in jail

By The Nation

 

 

Fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been sentenced to a five-year jail term.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004398-yingluck-sentenced-to-five-years-in-jail/