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/

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/

Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns, ending four decades of rule

By MacDonald Dzirutwe

 

Wild celebrations break out in Zimbabwe's parliament as Speaker Jacob Mudenda announces President Mugabe's resignation.

 

HARARE (Reuters) - Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe's president on Tuesday, a week after the army and his former political allies moved to end four decades of rule by a man once feted as an independence hero who became feared as a despot.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012455-zimbabwes-mugabe-resigns-ending-four-decades-of-rule/

 

Online critics of govt to face stricter monitoring: Prayut

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION 

 

 

ONLINE CRITICS were warned to be careful what they say about the government’s performance, as Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday ordered all state officers to elevate their monitoring of Internet comments and enforce the laws relating to them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012456-online-critics-of-govt-to-face-stricter-monitoring-prayut/

 

Food, water and energy security in national startegy spotlight

By The Nation

 

The committee at the second public hearing in the South.

 

The natural resources and environment reform committee has proposed that security in resources includinig food, water and energy security be integrated into the national strategy' security front.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012457-food-water-and-energy-security-in-national-startegy-spotlight/

 

Asean rules for Mekong region urged as governments falter

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

ACADEMICS HAVE SUGGESTED there should be an international Asean declaration to control and enforce good governance and the protection of human rights in the region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012459-asean-rules-for-mekong-region-urged-as-governments-falter/

 

Campaign launched to end sexual harassment on public transport

By THE NATION

 

A male actor simulates the sexual harassment of a female on a city bus at yesterday’s campaign launch at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.

 

SEVERAL ORGANISATIONS yesterday launched “Theung Wela Pheuk” [Time to Intervene], a campaign to keep Bangkok safe for females travelling on public transport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012460-campaign-launched-to-end-sexual-harassment-on-public-transport/

 

Justice Ministry official faces probe over Jomsap

By THE NATION

 

Lawyer Atchariya Ruangrat-tanapong yesterday files a complaint with the permanent secretary for the Justice Ministry requesting an investigation into people who allegedly helped Jomsap Saenmuangkhot in her petition for a retrial of a 2005.

 

Deputy permanent secretary to be questioned over helping ex-teacher.

THE JUSTICE Ministry has launched an investigation into allegations that a senior official had approved “questionable” efforts to clear the name of a woman who was convicted of a high-profile hit-and-run fatality in 2005.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012461-justice-ministry-official-faces-probe-over-jomsap/

 

Army denies ‘suspicious circumstances’ claim in death of teenage cadet

By PREEWADEE WICHAIPRASIT, 
JITRAPORN SENWONG, 
PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI 
THE NATION 

 

 

PHRAMONGKUTKLAO Hospital has dismissed concerns surrounding the recent death and reported “missing organs” of an 18-year-old military student.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012462-thai-army-denies-‘suspicious-circumstances’-claim-in-death-of-teenage-cadet/

 

Five Uighur escapees arrested as manhunt continues

By The Nation

 

 

POLICE HAVE caught five of 20 Uighurs who escaped from immigration facilities in Songkhla’s Sadao district, national police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012463-five-uighur-escapees-arrested-as-manhunt-continues/

 

Thai football rocked as 12 arrested for match-fixing

By LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION 

 

 

LONG-HELD SUSPICIONS CULMINATE IN SWEEPING POLICE ACTION

 

FIVE TOP players, two referees, four investors and one club executive have been accused of being involved in the match-fixing of recent Thai League games. The arrests mark the first serious crackdown on cheating in Thai football.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012464-thai-football-rocked-as-12-arrested-for-match-fixing/

 

OPINION

Toon is using humility to lead the way

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

I’m feeling awkward now. I don’t want all this praise since I’m not doing this to be admired. I’m not as good as people are saying. I’m just a normal guy, like you.” – Athiwara Kongmalai (Toon Bodyslam)

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012465-toon-is-using-humility-to-lead-the-way/

 

UPDATE:

 

Prosecutors seek trial of Thaksin in absentia

By The Nation

 

File photo: Thaksin Shinawatra

 

PUBLIC PROSECUTORS have forwarded a request to the Supreme Court asking that two criminal corruption cases against fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra proceed as trials in absentia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012360-thailand-seeks-to-prosecute-ousted-pm-thaksin-in-absentia-in-two-graft-cases/?do=findComment&comment=12469815

 

Luxury resorts ordered to vacate Ubon Ratchathani park

By Wichit Meesawat 
The Nation

 

 

Pha Taem National Park has issued an administrative order to occupants at four luxury resorts in Ubon Ratchathani’s Khong Jiam district requiring them to vacate the premises and demolish structures in the area by November 30, park head Nakarin Suthattho said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012466-luxury-resorts-ordered-to-vacate-ubon-ratchathani-park/

 

MRT and BEM asked to restore seats in Blue Line carriages or face legal action

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Thai Constitution Protection Association has demanded the Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRT) and Bangkok Expressway and Metro Pcl (BEM), the concessionaire of the Blue Line subway, to restore seats removed from some carriages in order to accommodate more passengers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012467-mrt-and-bem-asked-to-restore-seats-in-blue-line-carriages-or-face-legal-action/

 

 

Tax incentives pondered to promote domestic tourism

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Ministry of Finance is pondering tax incentives to promote domestic tourism by Thais.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012468-tax-incentives-pondered-to-promote-domestic-tourism/

 

German political grandees press parties to compromise for stability

By Madeline Chambers and Michael Nienaber

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Two veteran allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to Germany's parties on Tuesday to strike a compromise and form a stable government that could drag Europe's biggest economy out of a political impasse.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012469-german-political-grandees-press-parties-to-compromise-for-stability/

 

Newsmaker - All eyes on the 'Crocodile' as Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns

By Ed Cropley and Cris Chinaka

 

FILE PHOTO - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe watches a video presentation during the summit of the Southern African Development Community in Johannesburg, August 2008. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

 

HARARE (Reuters) - When Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe sacked his vice president in front of 12,000 baying party members in 2014, Emmerson Mnangagwa sat quietly in the crowd, a green baseball cap pulled low over his eyes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012470-newsmaker-all-eyes-on-the-crocodile-as-zimbabwes-mugabe-resigns/

 

Hariri back in Lebanon for first time since quitting as PM

 

Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister from Saudi Arabia, speaks after meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt November 21, 2017. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saad al-Hariri returned to Beirut on Tuesday for the first time since he resigned as Lebanon's prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia and plunged his country into political crisis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012471-hariri-back-in-lebanon-for-first-time-since-quitting-as-pm/

 

U.S. warns citizens against risks of travel to Saudi Arabia

 

Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Muhammad bin Salman Al Saud attends the opening ceremony of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou, China, September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Nicolas Asfonri/Pool

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday warned citizens to "consider the risks" when travelling to Saudi Arabia due to militant threats and the threat of ballistic missile attacks on civilians by rebels in Yemen.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012472-us-warns-citizens-against-risks-of-travel-to-saudi-arabia/

 

Second U.S. judge halts Trump ban on transgender troops

By Andrew Chung

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 70th National Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

(Reuters) - A second federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump from banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, ruling that the prohibition likely amounted to unconstitutional discrimination.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012473-second-us-judge-halts-trump-ban-on-transgender-troops/

 

Trump defends Senate candidate Moore despite misconduct allegations

By Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 70th National Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump defended embattled U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Tuesday, saying the Alabama Republican had denied allegations of sexual misconduct and emphasizing that he did not want Moore's Democratic opponent to win.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012474-trump-defends-senate-candidate-moore-despite-misconduct-allegations/

 

Russia finds 1,000-times normal level of radioactive isotope after nuclear incident claims

 

A German police officer uses a Geiger counter to measure the radiation of a Castor container on a transport train, during a stop in Neunkirchen near Saarbruecken November 25, 2011. REUTERS/Alex Domanski

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s meteorological service said on Tuesday it had measured pollution of a radioactive isotope at nearly 1,000 times normal levels in the Ural mountains, the first official Russian data supporting reports that a nuclear incident had taken place.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012475-russia-finds-1000-times-normal-level-of-radioactive-isotope-after-nuclear-incident-claims/

 

Analysis - German political limbo threatens European reform push

By Noah Barkin

 

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a news conference following talks on European Union integration, defence and migration at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Half a year ago, the political stars seemed perfectly aligned for a deep reform of the European Union and its euro currency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012476-analysis-german-political-limbo-threatens-european-reform-push/

 

Video: Thai media call for justice as "farang knocks Thai off motorcycle" - You decide!

 

video screenshot

 

Pattaya news have produced a video that claims a foreigner in a pick-up is responsible for knocking a Thai man off his motorcycle in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012482-video-thai-media-call-for-justice-as-farang-knocks-thai-off-motorcycle-you-decide/

 

Italy's Berlusconi contests ban from office to European court

By Gavin Jones

 

FILE PHOTO: Forza Italia party leader Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a rally for the regional election in Palermo, Italy, November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

 

ROME (Reuters) - Lawyers for Silvio Berlusconi will argue on Wednesday to the European Court of Human Rights against his ban on holding public office, hoping for a green light that will allow him to run for premier at Italy's election early next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012486-italys-berlusconi-contests-ban-from-office-to-european-court/

 

Once triumphant Bosnian Serb commander Mladic reduced to frail genocide defendant

By Daria Sito-Sucic

 

FILE PHOTO: Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic after his arrest in Belgrade, Serbia, May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Politika/Handout/File Photo

 

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - In the 1990s he was the burly, brash general leading nationalist Bosnian Serbs towards a seemingly sweeping victory in Bosnia's war. Two decades later, he was reduced to an ailing old man awaiting judgment on genocide charges in a U.N. court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012488-once-triumphant-bosnian-serb-commander-mladic-reduced-to-frail-genocide-defendant/

 

Australia defends alternative accommodation for asylum seekers against U.N. criticism

 

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

SYDNEY/GENEVA (Reuters) - Australia's foreign minister said on Wednesday that asylum seekers occupying an abandoned Australian-run detention camp in Papua New Guinea (PNG) can relocate to alternative accommodation, challenging United Nations claims that the substitute site is unfinished and inadequate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012489-australia-defends-alternative-accommodation-for-asylum-seekers-against-un-criticism/

 

Video: "Potential child molester" arrested in front of Khon Kaen primary school

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Alarmed parents alerted police after a stranger tried to lead a child off in broad daylight in front of a Khon Kaen school yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012490-video-potential-child-molester-arrested-in-front-of-khon-kaen-primary-school/

 

Crackdown on call center gangs nets 82 suspects - more arrests expected

 

Picture INN news

 

The National Police chief has said that 82 people have been arrested in call center scams in a recent drive to rid Thailand of the scourge.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012493-crackdown-on-call-center-gangs-nets-82-suspects-more-arrests-expected/