"Most Hated German in Thailand" finds "true" love in the Gambia

 

Foto: Facebook Benjamin Holst

 

A serial confidence trickster and sponger dubbed "the most hated German in Thailand" has now found a new home in Africa.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012370-most-hated-german-in-thailand-finds-true-love-in-the-gambia/

 

Two students killed, two injured in Roi Et crash

By The Nation

 

An 18-wheel trailer crashed into the rear of a pickup truck in Roi Et on Monday evening, killing two students, and injuring two other students and the two drivers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012371-two-students-killed-two-injured-in-roi-et-crash/

 

"Swensen's Angel" becomes internet hero after wiping ice cream off a farang's feet!

 

Picture: TNews

 

The world of social media was full of praise for a staff member at an ice-cream parlor who Tnews dubbed "Swensen's Angel".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012376-swensens-angel-becomes-internet-hero-after-wiping-ice-cream-off-a-farangs-feet/

 

Exclusive: State Department revolt: Tillerson accused of violating U.S. law on child soldiers

By Jason Szep and Matt Spetalnick

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson answers questions during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. on November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers, according to internal government documents reviewed by Reuters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012378-exclusive-state-department-revolt-tillerson-accused-of-violating-us-law-on-child-soldiers/

 

UPDATE:

 

Military school says student died of heart attack, parents find organs missing in secret autopsy

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

The parents and son in happier times. Screenshots: Amarin TV

 

A student was recently found dead with some of his internal organs missing at the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School and his parents are demanding answers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012276-family-suspects-foul-play-for-the-death-of-their-cadet-son-at-school/?do=findComment&comment=12468075

 

Minsitry probes official’s role in hit-run case

By The Nation

 

Pol Colonel Dusadee Arawuit

 

The Justice Ministry has launched an investigation into allegations that one of its senior officials had approved “questionable” efforts to clear the name of a hit-and-run convict.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012382-minsitry-probes-official’s-role-in-hit-run-case/

 

UPDATE:

 

Military brass denies parents’ claim that cadet’s organs removed

By Jitraporn Senawong 
The Nation

 

 

Military authorities are on the defensive after the autopsy of a dead cadet reportedly found that his organs and brains had been removed and the body showed signs of blunt force trauma.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012276-family-suspects-foul-play-for-the-death-of-their-cadet-son-at-school/?do=findComment&comment=12468154

 

 

New Guinea Flatworms Found in Chiang Mai

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The New Guinea Flatworm has been found in San Phi Suea, with officials suggesting the worm invaded several years ago but have only become known about after a media exposure.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012396-new-guinea-flatworms-found-in-chiang-mai/

 

Hua Hin seaside town hit by flooding following hours of rains

By The Nation

 

 

Overnight rains trigged by Storm Kirogi have caused flooding in the seaside town of Hua Hin.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012335-torrential-rain-brings-widespread-flooding-to-central-hua-hin/

 

Dying at home rather than in hospital, elderly Japanese 'go to the afterlife quietly'

By Megumi Lim and Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - After he was diagnosed with leukaemia in July, Katsuo Saito decided not to treat it and opted for palliative care. He had a hard time finding a bed at a hospice or hospital, so he spent most of his remaining weeks at home.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012397-dying-at-home-rather-than-in-hospital-elderly-japanese-go-to-the-afterlife-quietly/

 

Scientists solve the mystery of America's scuba-diving fly

By Will Dunham

 

An alkali fly creates a protective bubble in order to dive in Mono Lake, California, U.S. in this June 2017 photo released on November 20, 2017. Courtesy Floris van Breugel/Caltech/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small fly that thrives at an inhospitable California lake east of Yosemite National Park long has perplexed observers who watch as it crawls into the severely salty and alkaline water, snacks on some algae or lays some eggs, then emerges dry as a desert.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012399-scientists-solve-the-mystery-of-americas-scuba-diving-fly/

 

Insight: Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout

By Julie Steenhuysen

 

 

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Reuters) - Dr. Brian Halloran, a vascular surgeon at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, starts planning his garden long before spring arrives in southeast Michigan.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012400-insight-counting-the-costs-us-hospitals-feeling-the-pain-of-physician-burnout/

 

PM joins campaign against domestic violence, calls for cooperation on national reforms

 

BANGKOK, 21st November 2017 (NNT) - Thailand's Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has joined a campaign to end domestic violence and abuse against minors and women while asking everyone to cooperate with the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to continue the country's reform process. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012401-pm-joins-campaign-against-domestic-violence-calls-for-cooperation-on-national-reforms/

 

Action Aid Thailand launches campaign to prevent sexual harassment on public transportation

 

BANGKOK, 21 November 2017 (NNT) - Action Aid Thailand has launched a campaign to prevent sexual harassment on public transportation, after a recent survey revealed that over a third of women have experienced some form of sexual harassment. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012402-action-aid-thailand-launches-campaign-to-prevent-sexual-harassment-on-public-transportation/

 

Galaxy X: Long rumoured foldable Samsung phone could be launched very soon

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Samsung’s long rumoured foldable smartphone could be launched as early as January 2018, according to a new leak.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/galaxy-x-long-rumoured-foldable-samsung-phone-launched-soon/25785/

Major new study finds people who spend a lot of time on Facebook are materialistic

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

Researchers have discovered that people who spend a lot of time on Facebook are more likely to be materialistic.

 

We’ve all got them – those annoying Facebook friends who when not sharing silly motivational quotes are posting selfies showing off their non existent gym gains.

1.5 BILLION Android devices at risk from vulnerability that lets hackers record audio and screen activity

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Android devices that are running the older Lollipop, Marshmallow and Nougat OS have been the subject of an exploit that tricks users into unwittingly recording audio and capturing their screens.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/25792-2/25792/

China urges Thailand to find Muslim Uighurs quickly after dramatic cell break

 

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it has urged Thailand to "quickly bring to justice" 20 ethnic Uighur Muslims from China who broke out of a Thai detention centre through a hole in the wall, using blankets to climb to the ground.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012416-china-urges-thailand-to-find-muslim-uighurs-quickly-after-dramatic-cell-break/

 

No timetable for local-election laws, says NLA chief

By The Nation

 

Pornpetch.

 

National Legislative Assembly (NLA) president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai said no clear timeframe had been set regarding the six pieces of legislation that are essential before local elections can be held.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012417-no-timetable-for-local-election-laws-says-nla-chief/

 

Former anti-graft commissioners back new law’s deadlines for case completion

By The Nation

 

Vicha.

 

Two former anti-corruption commissioners have backed the specific time frames set for the investigation of graft cases as addressed in the new anti-corruption law, saying that officials will now have definite deadlines to adhere to and cases will not therefore accumulate over time.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012418-former-anti-graft-commissioners-back-new-law’s-deadlines-for-case-completion/

 

My health will decide whether I carry on in Cabinet: Prawit

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan said on Tuesday that whether he would continue to work in the Cabinet following the upcoming reshuffle by the prime minister was dependent on his health.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012419-my-health-will-decide-whether-i-carry-on-in-cabinet-prawit/

 

Police officer killed in ‘retaliatory’ bomb blast

By Nakarin Chinworakomon, 
Narong Nuansakul 
The Nation

 

 

One police officer was killed and other was wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Bannang Sata district in Yala on Tuesday morning that the authorities believe was conducted in retaliation for the arrest on Monday of suspected insurgent Subree Jehwae.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012420-police-officer-killed-in-‘retaliatory’-bomb-blast/

 

Kathu Police Chief to move in as Acting-Chief of Patong Police

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Today (November 21), Phuket Provincial Police Commander, Pol. Maj. Gen. Teerapol Thipcharoen, signed the approval for the Kathu Police Station Superintendent to be acting Patong Police Station Superintendent. This follows the transfer of several officers over the ongoing bribe scandal including former Patong Superintendent, Pol. Col. Tassanai Oladirek.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012421-kathu-police-chief-to-move-in-as-acting-chief-of-patong-police/

 

Police learn how to investigate, in Phuket

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Eighty police investigators from Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi – and elsewhere throughout Southern Thailand – yesterday (Nov 20) began a month-long course to learn how to become better investigators and how to deal with foreigners in tourism provinces.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012424-police-learn-how-to-investigate-in-phuket/

 

Phuket airport ‘Fast Track Service’ companies suspended amid ‘illegal activity’ investigation

Shela Riva

 

‘Phuket Airport VIP Services’ have had their ‘VIP Fast Track Service’ suspended amid an illegal activity investigation. Photo: Screengrab from phuketairport.vip

 

PHUKET:-- The VIP airport ‘Fast Track Service’ operated by airport companies and which enables passengers to pass through arrival halls with ease, has been temporarily suspended for some companies while immigration police check for illegalities, a Phuket Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AoT) official, who declined to be named, told The Phuket News today (Nov 21).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012425-phuket-airport-‘fast-track-service’-companies-suspended-amid-‘illegal-activity’-investigation/

 

Rubber farmers seek assistance from Prayut

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Rubber farmers on Tuesday petitioned Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha for help in the face of falling rubber prices.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012426-rubber-farmers-seek-assistance-from-prayut/

 

Intelligence agency seeks access to databases

By The Nation

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved in principle a law change allowing the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to access other state agencies’ databases.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012428-intelligence-agency-seeks-access-to-databases/

 

UK minister in Thailand to improve bilateral ties

By The Nation

 

Mark Field, the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Asia and Pacific

 

Mark Field, the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Asia and Pacific, arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday for a two-day visit to discuss bilateral ties as well as political development and human rights practices in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012430-uk-minister-in-thailand-to-improve-bilateral-ties/

 

Suspect, 22, caught with 10m ‘yaba’ pills

By The Nation

 

 

A 22-year-old man was arrested with 10.3 million “yaba” pills in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district, national police chief General Chakthip Chaijinda told a press conference on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012431-suspect-22-caught-with-10m-‘yaba’-pills/