‘Violent attack’ in Brit tourist’s plea for fundraising exposed as fake

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET:-- The British man who claimed his leg was broken when he was mugged at gunpoint in a violent attack in Phuket last Thursday (Nov 2) fled the island with his wife this morning (Nov 7) on a flight to Dubai before before police could present him with CCTV evidence showing him jumping from a hotel balcony in Patong.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010288-‘violent-attack’-in-brit-tourist’s-plea-for-fundraising-exposed-as-fake/

Manchester grandad Shaun Walley electrocuted ‘by cheap Thailand hotel’s HANDRAIL’ as family fight to raise £10,000 to bring body home

By Mark Hodge

 

MERCURY PRESS

 

A GRANDAD died after being electrocuted by a handrail that allegedly became live in a budget hotel in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010304-holiday-tragedy-manchester-grandad-shaun-walley-electrocuted-‘by-cheap-thailand-hotel’s-handrail’-as-family-fight-to-raise-£10000-to-bring-body-home/

Pattaya Beach Road prostitutes rounded up ahead of international boat show

 

 

Pattaya police rounded up 50 prostitutes from Beach Road on Tuesday ahead of the international boat show next week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010296-pattaya-beach-road-prostitutes-rounded-up-ahead-of-international-boat-show/

Patcharawat signed himself up for law study committee

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

POL GEN Patcharawat Wongsuwan

 

POL GEN Patcharawat Wongsuwan signed himself up to become a member of the committee vetting the organic law governing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), raising questions of appropriateness.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010321-patcharawat-signed-himself-up-for-law-study-committee/

 

PM leaves door open for military-backed party

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

 

Seeks more time to lift political ban but promises to extend preparation time for next election

 

PRIME MINISTER GENERAL Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday refused to rule out the formation of a political party by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) ahead of the general election currently set for next November.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010323-pm-prayut-leaves-door-open-for-military-backed-party/

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Cabinet approves end-year tax break for shoppers

By The Nation

 

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The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a 23-day tax break for consumers to boost shopping activities nationwide by an estimated Bt10 billion and stimulate the economy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010276-thailand-approves-shopping-tax-break-in-bid-lift-spending-growth/?tab=comments#comment-12426801

 

Five Thais receive life sentences for murder of Lao women

By JAKKAPONG RAWIWAN 
THE NATION

 

 

FIVE THAI nationals who were hired to kill two Lao women in Thailand last September have been asentenced to life in prison, Kalasin attorney Ratchada Jureerat said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010324-five-thais-receive-life-sentences-for-murder-of-lao-women/

 

Govt prepares for arbitration over Phichit gold mine

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM, 
WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

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Lawyers respond after foreign firm seeks new review regarding closure.

THE THAI government has begun preparing for arbitration in the conflict over the ordered closure of an Australian gold mine in Phichit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010325-govt-prepares-for-arbitration-over-phichit-gold-mine/

 

Rock star’s epic charity run takes Facebook by storm as fans update profiles to show support

MARISA CHIMPRABHA THE NATION

 

 

DON’T BE surprised to find this week that Facebook has been overtaken by a stampede of people changing their profile photos to “selfies” with rock star Artiwara “Toon” Kongmalai, whose epic run across the country has captured the nation’s imagination.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010326-rock-star’s-epic-charity-run-takes-facebook-by-storm-as-fans-update-profiles-to-show-support/

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Four BMA officials face prosecution for corruption in New Year lighting scandal

By THE NATION

 

 

THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has initiated criminal proceedings against four city officials over their allegedly corrupt roles in the much-publicised New Year lighting project.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010306-four-city-officials-faulted-by-nacc-for-light-show-project/?do=findComment&comment=12427809

 

OPINION

A Forrest Gump with the ability to explain his actions

By Tulsathit Tapptim 
The Nation

 

Writer’s note: The following words uttered by superstar rocker Artiwara Kongmalai, better known as “Toon Bodyslam”, were from an interview about his first charity run, last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010327-a-forrest-gump-with-the-ability-to-explain-his-actions/

 

EDITORIAL

Cabinet of top brass failed to shine

 

PM Prayut must now seek to remedy damage done by military mindset, and appoint technocrats to head ministries  

 

It isn’t clear whether the recent abrupt resignation of Labour Minister Sirichai Distakul, a retired Army general, was linked with pending changes at the top of government. But the controversy appears to have paved the way for Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha to reshuffle the Cabinet.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010328-cabinet-of-top-brass-failed-to-shine/

 

City governor tells court the Aetas hotel will be torn down next February

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is expected to start tearing down the Aetas Hotel in Soi Ruamrudee in late February.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010329-city-governor-tells-court-the-aetas-hotel-will-be-torn-down-next-february/

 

OPINION

Why Thailand Takes Pride in the Vietnam War

RICHARD A. RUTH

 

Fifty years ago last month, the first Thai volunteer soldiers, a regiment-size unit called the Queen’s Cobras, were sent off to Bien Hoa in South Vietnam to fight alongside the Americans as part of the so-called Free World Forces.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010330-why-thailand-takes-pride-in-the-vietnam-war/

 

Italy moves to force big ships to take back route to Venice

 

FILE PHOTO: The Norwegian Jade cruise ship is seen from St. Mark's Square in Venice lagoon, Italy June 16, 2012. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo

 

ROME (Reuters) - Gondolas and water taxis will never again have to vie with big cruise ships for space in front of Venice's iconic St. Mark's Square, an Italian governmental committee decided on Tuesday.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010331-italy-moves-to-force-big-ships-to-take-back-route-to-venice/

 

Berlusconi eyes political resurrection, unhindered by sex scandals

By Philip Pullella

 

Forza Italia party leader Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he speaks during a rally in Catania, Italy, November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

 

ROME (Reuters) - In a post-Harvey Weinstein world, logic would dictate that Silvio Berlusconi, who hosted wild parties with young women and brags about his sexual prowess, would not have a ghost of a chance at political resurrection.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010332-berlusconi-eyes-political-resurrection-unhindered-by-sex-scandals/

 

Trump to give major N.Korea speech, then press China to do more

By Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a state dinner hosted by South Korea's President Moon Jae-in in his honor at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will wrap up his visit to Seoul on Wednesday with a major speech on North Korea and then shift focus to China, where he is expected to press a reluctant President Xi Jinping to tighten the screws further on Pyongyang, U.S. officials say.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010333-trump-to-give-major-nkorea-speech-then-press-china-to-do-more/

 

Texas church gunman escaped mental facility in 2012 - police report

By Jon Herskovitz and Lisa Maria Garza

 

A woman prays after the shooting. Nick Wagner/AMERICAN-STATESMAN via REUTERS

 

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (Reuters) - The man who carried out one of the deadliest U.S. mass shootings escaped from a mental health facility in 2012, the same year he was convicted by a U.S. Air Force court-martial of domestic abuse, according to a police report.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010334-texas-church-gunman-escaped-mental-facility-in-2012-police-report/

 

Germany says it would be 'wrong signal' to withdraw mission from Iraq

 

FILE PHOTO - Minister for Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel and Chancellor Angel Merkel attend the ceremony to receive dismissal certificate from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellvue Palace in Berlin, Germany, October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister urged parliament on Tuesday to extend a military mission training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq, saying to withdraw the German force would raise the risk of a new civil war there.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010335-germany-says-it-would-be-wrong-signal-to-withdraw-mission-from-iraq/

 

Saudi mass arrests jolt markets but many see overdue swoop on corruption

By Katie Paul and Stephen Kalin

 

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud poses for a photo with National Guard Minister Khaled bin Ayyaf and Economy Minister Mohammed al-Tuwaijri during a swearing-in ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 6, 2017. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

 

RIYADH (Reuters) - All major Gulf stock markets slid on Tuesday on jitters about Saudi Arabia's sweeping anti-graft purge, a campaign seen by critics as a populist power grab but by ordinary Saudis as an overdue attack on the sleaze of a moneyed ultra-elite.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010336-saudi-mass-arrests-jolt-markets-but-many-see-overdue-swoop-on-corruption/

 

No ifs or butts as Patong Beach starts enforcing no-smoking rules

By The Nation

 

File photo: Patong Beach

 

Patong City has designated 20 smoking areas along Patong Beach in Phuket to comply with the smoking-ban-on-the-beach policy of the Marine and Coastal Resources Department (MCRD).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010337-no-ifs-or-butts-as-patong-beach-starts-enforcing-no-smoking-rules/

 

Bangkok worst in SE Asia for traffic jams: survey

By   JIRAPAN BOONNOON 
THE NATION 

 

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BANGKOK suffers the traffic jams in Southeast Asia, followed by Jakarta and Manila, according to a survey by Uber and BCG. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010343-bangkok-worst-in-se-asia-for-traffic-jams-survey/

 

Black Eagle swoops on criminals again - they are all black

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Tourist Police's "Black Eagle" task force carried out its tenth raid on criminals posing a "risk to national security and tourism" on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010346-black-eagle-swoops-on-criminals-again-they-are-all-black/

 

Joint US and Thai actions against pedophiles clear 13 cases in last two months

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Joint operations between Thai authorities and FBI operatives in Thailand have seen 13 arrests made in September and October.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010349-joint-us-and-thai-actions-against-pedophiles-clear-13-cases-in-last-two-months/

 

Two Taiwanese call center gang members arrested with 600,000 baht at Tesco Lotus ATM

 

Picture: Spring News

 

The Department of Special Investigations announced the arrest of two call center gang members caught with a large quantity of cash at a Bangkok ATM.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010350-two-taiwanese-call-center-gang-members-arrested-with-600000-baht-at-tesco-lotus-atm/

 

"Seawalker" boss hands over 100,000 baht to relatives of dead Chinese tourist

 

Picture: Jowo77

 

The boss of the "Seawalker" company in Pattaya who had a Chinese tourist die while taking part in their operations has handed over 100,000 baht as an initial payment to the grieving relatives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010351-seawalker-boss-hands-over-100000-baht-to-relatives-of-dead-chinese-tourist/

 

Video: Banged to rights - CCTV tells the story of late night crash

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Thai driver claimed that he had not collided with a car late at night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010354-video-banged-to-rights-cctv-tells-the-story-of-late-night-crash/

 

Just eight years old but plucky little "Tong" is the main breadwinner of the family

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook highlighted the plight of a southern Thailand family who is supported by the great efforts of a plucky eight year old boy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010355-just-eight-years-old-but-plucky-little-tong-is-the-main-breadwinner-of-the-family/

 

Assad adviser says Turkish, U.S. forces 'illegal invaders' in Syria

 

A fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces takes cover near the stadium in Raqqa. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. and Turkish troops are "illegal invader" forces on Syrian territory and Syria will "deal with" them, a top adviser to President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010356-assad-adviser-says-turkish-us-forces-illegal-invaders-in-syria/

 

Dongtan Beach chosen for joint campaign to stop seaside smoking In Pattaya

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

A local official told Sophon Cable TV that Dongtan Beach has been chosen for a campaign in line with plans to stop smoking at Thailand's beaches.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010357-dongtan-beach-chosen-for-joint-campaign-to-stop-seaside-smoking-in-pattaya/