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British PM May says bitterly disappointed by U.S. Bombardier ruling

 

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the Complesso Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said she was bitterly disappointed by a U.S. decision to slap heavy duties on Bombardier Inc's CSeries jets which are partly made in Northern Ireland.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004399-british-pm-may-says-bitterly-disappointed-by-us-bombardier-ruling/

 

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Guilty Verdict And 5-Year Sentence For Former Premier Yingluck

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

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BANGKOK — Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was convicted in absentia of malfeasance and sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday for corruption that occurred under her watch.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004398-yingluck-sentenced-to-five-years-in-jail/?do=findComment&comment=12308750

 

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Yingluck Shinawatra, former Thai PM, found guilty, sentenced to prison

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Bangkok: Thailand's Supreme Court has sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to five years' jail after finding her guilty of negligence over a rice subsidy scheme her government set up to help farmers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004398-yingluck-sentenced-to-five-years-in-jail/?do=findComment&comment=12308774

 

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Yingluck verdict ‘still being read’ at 2pm

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Deputy spokesman of Pheu Thai Party Wim Rungwatanachinda told reporters the verdict in the case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was still being read by the Supreme Court as of 2pm on Wednesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004398-yingluck-sentenced-to-five-years-in-jail/?do=findComment&comment=12308842

 

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Thai former PM Yingluck gets five-year jail term for negligence

 

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FILE PHOTO: Ousted former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Picture

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's ousted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after the country's highest court found her guilty of negligence in the management of a rice subsidy scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004398-yingluck-sentenced-to-five-years-in-jail/?do=findComment&comment=12308981

 

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Supreme Court sentences Yingluck 5 years in prison

By Chalarntorn Yothasmutra

 

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Fugitive ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra was today sentenced in absentia to five years in prison with no suspension of jail term by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions after finding her guilty of dereliction of duty in the controversial rice-pledging scheme that caused over 500 billion baht damages to the state.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004398-yingluck-sentenced-to-five-years-in-jail/?do=findComment&comment=12309036

 

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Chiang Mai is Preparing for the Royal Cremation

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CityNews – Local authorities are preparing the Daffodils for the late HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej Ceremony on October 26th at the International Exhibition and Convention Centre, pressing the construction of a replica of the funeral pyre.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004433-chiang-mai-is-preparing-for-the-royal-cremation/

 

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Floods Hit the Rural Areas

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CityNews – Over thirty households and farms in Chiang Dao, Chai Prakan, Mae Taeng, Samoeng and Mae Rim suffered from flash floods on September 26th and 17th. The local authorities and the rescue teams have been sent to help support the urgent evacuations.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004434-floods-hit-the-rural-areas/

 

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Seven arrested over alleged call-centre scam

By Kittipong Maneerit 
The Nation

 

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Three Taiwanese men and four Thais were arrested for allegedly running a call-centre scam in which they disguised themselves as state officials to get people to wire them money, officers from Bangkok’s Thong Lor Police Station announced on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004436-seven-arrested-over-alleged-call-centre-scam/

 

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Polish suspect asks for translator over ATM blast

 

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Prawet police have asked for translator from Polish Embassy to help talk to a Polish man accused of blowing up a Bangkok Bank ATM in Bangkok, getting away with about Bt300,000 cash in the early morning of September 13.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004437-polish-suspect-asks-for-translator-over-atm-blast/

 

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BREAKING: Big-leg beggar already in Europe, seen ‘working’ in Amsterdam moments ago

By Laurel Tuohy

 

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Oh, man. Just yesterday, Coconuts reported that nefarious big-legged beggar Benjamin Holst was sick of Asia after being booted from South Korea and Taiwan on this trip to the East (as well as being denied a layover in Bangkok due to previous blacklisting). He announced his plans to go to Amsterdam and never return to Asia just before boarding a flight to Beijing yesterday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004438-breaking-big-leg-beggar-already-in-europe-seen-‘working’-in-amsterdam-moments-ago/

 

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Yingluck ‘in a foreign country’, says Prayut

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday said fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is now in foreign country but declined to elaborate which country.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004439-yingluck-‘in-a-foreign-country’-says-prayut/

 

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Thai sexy star says she really didn’t know she had her bodysuit on backwards

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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Thailand’s erotic celebrity Cherry Samkhok responded to viral photos of the outfit she wore at one of her recent R-rated shows, claiming that it appeared sexy just because she had accidentally put it on backwards.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004440-thai-sexy-star-says-she-really-didn’t-know-she-had-her-bodysuit-on-backwards/

 

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Thai Central Bank Labels Top Firms 'Risky,' Panic Ensues

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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BANGKOK — A declaration from the central bank describing five of the nation’s largest financial institutions as “risky” should not cause alarm, according to an investment banker and the leader of the ruling junta, who weighed in Tuesday to tell everyone to calm down.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004441-thai-central-bank-labels-top-firms-risky-panic-ensues/

 

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Question of Yingluck appeal still undecided

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

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Norrawit Larlaeng, a lawyer for ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, said at the Supreme Court after the verdict on Wednesday that the case was still not concluded, and it was yet to be decided whether Yingluck would appeal the verdict that would land her in jail for five years.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004445-question-of-yingluck-appeal-still-undecided/

 

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Best Late Night Eats in Bangkok: Where to eat pizza, burgers and Thai afterhours

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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If you’re any kind of night owl, chances are that three meals per day are just not cutting it for you. When you stay out till midnight or later, you often need one more hot meal to make your daily gorging complete. And you have no excuse for going straight home since Bangkok is consistently rated as having some of the best food in the world. That’s where these restaurants come in handy. Serving up everything from pancakes to somtam to deep-fried insects, whether post-concert or clubbing, these Bangkok late-night restaurants have you covered on the grub front from late into the night and early into the morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004446-best-late-night-eats-in-bangkok-where-to-eat-pizza-burgers-and-thai-afterhours/

 

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Phuket Lifeguard Strike: ‘We’ll do it ourselves’ vows Phuket council chief

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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Provincial Administration Organisation (PPAO) Council President Teera Jiasakun told the meeting today, ‘We do not need Phuket Lifeguard Service Co Ltd anymore,’. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- The Provincial Administration Organisation (PPAO) Council President today (Sept 27) vowed to have lifeguards on Phuket’s beaches by this Sunday in response to the long-standing provider, Phuket Lifeguard Service Co Ltd (PLS), this week confirming that it has refused to renew the contract to provide their essential life-saving services.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004447-phuket-lifeguard-strike-‘we’ll-do-it-ourselves’-vows-phuket-council-chief/

 

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Phuket murderer, victim husband both mentally unstable, say police

Shela Riva

 

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Police inspect the home of Mr Johann Friedrich Speckbacher on Monday (Sept 25). Photo: Chalong Police

 

PHUKET:-- An officer from the Chalong Police who is involved in the case where a 52-year old Thai woman confessed to killing her 79-year-old German husband on Monday, has told The Phuket News today that he believes that the couple were both mentally unstable.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004448-phuket-murderer-victim-husband-both-mentally-unstable-say-police/

 

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