Shut down! Monk with the hammer and clinic staff talking to police

 

Picture: TNews

 

The clinic in Nonthaburi where a monk with a hammer was treating Thais and foreigners has been raided and ordered shut immediately.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012667-shut-down-monk-with-the-hammer-and-clinic-staff-talking-to-police/

 

Temperature dips sharply in Northeast

By The Nation

 

The Meteorological Department has forecast that temperature in the Thailand’s Northeast would drop by two to six degrees Celsius on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012669-temperature-dips-sharply-in-isaan/

 

Two Thais arrested for trying to help illegal immigrants

By The Nation

 

Two Thais were arrested on Wednesday evening for allegedly trying to help two undocumented Vietnamese migrants cross the Nong Khai province border to Laos.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012671-two-thais-arrested-in-nong-khai-for-trying-to-help-illegal-immigrants/

 

Japanese store owner says dozens of cops extorted money and stole his property

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

An investigation is underway in Bang Bua Thong, Nonthaburi after a Japanese second hand goods trader went to police to claim he was extorted by men in uniform.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012675-japanese-store-owner-says-dozens-of-cops-extorted-money-and-stole-his-property/

 

Find this pick-up that fled the scene of bike accident!

 

Picture: TNews

 

CCTV footage from the south of Thailand showed a white Isuzu pick-up stick its nose out into oncoming traffic next to a convenience store in Takuapa, Pangnga.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012678-find-this-pick-up-that-fled-the-scene-of-bike-accident/

 

Facebook to let users see if they ‘liked’ Russian accounts

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Thomas White

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would build a web page to allow users to see which Russian propaganda accounts they have liked or followed, after U.S. lawmakers demanded that the social network be more open about the reach of the accounts.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-let-users-see-liked-russian-accounts/25818/

Apple says illegal student labour discovered at iPhone X plant

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

 

BEIJING (Reuters) – Smartphone maker Apple Inc and its biggest manufacturing partner on Wednesday said that a small number of students were discovered working overtime in its Chinese factory, violating local labour laws.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-says-illegal-student-labour-discovered-iphone-x-plant/25820/

YouTube steps up takedowns as concerns about kids’ videos grow

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Ilustration/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – YouTube stepped up enforcement of its guidelines for videos aimed at children, the unit of Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday, responding to criticism that it has failed to protect children from adult content.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/youtube-steps-takedowns-concerns-kids-videos-grow/25823/

300,000 baht reward! Chonburi police swing into action after 10 million baht armed gold robbery

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The owner of a gold shop at Tesco Lotus in Chonburi has offered a 300,000 baht reward after 535 baht weight of gold was stolen by armed robbers yesterday evening.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012682-300000-baht-reward-chonburi-police-swing-into-action-after-10-million-baht-armed-gold-robbery/

 

Ya bah use on the rise in Phuket, says official

The Phuket News

 

Drug arrest statistics have shown that the use of methamphetamine or ya bah is on the rise in Phuket due to decreasing prices. Photo: Ya ware / Twitter

 

PHUKET: Drug arrest statistics have shown that the use of methamphetamine or ya bah is on the rise in Phuket due to decreasing prices, said Phuket Provincial Office...

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012684-ya-bah-use-on-the-rise-in-phuket-says-official/

 

Pattaya is serious! 100,000 baht fine for smoking but no jail time mentioned

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

Sophon Cable TV reported that a meeting held at City Hall announced that the authorities fully intended to get tough with smokers who defy the beach lighting up ban.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012686-pattaya-is-serious-100000-baht-fine-for-smoking-but-no-jail-time-mentioned/

 

Waiting for May, Brussels eyes December Brexit deal

By Alastair Macdonald and Jan Strupczewski

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May meets with her Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven (not pictured) at Gothia Towers Hotel on the eve of the EU Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth in Gothenburg, Sweden November 16, 2017. TT News Agency/Bjorn Larsson Rosvall via REUTERS/Files

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - When Theresa May visits Brussels on Friday, EU negotiators will be listening intently for signs the British prime minister is preparing to risk a domestic backlash and raise her offer to secure a Brexit deal in December.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012687-waiting-for-may-brussels-eyes-december-brexit-deal/

 

Fire breaks out at furniture factory on Onnuj Road

By The Nation

 

 

Fire at a furniture factory on Onnuj Soi 46 Branch 2, off Onnuj Road, in Bangkok on Thursday morning caused damage estimated at Bt10 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012689-fire-breaks-out-at-furniture-factory-on-onnuj-road/

NCPO orders RID chief to helm of Department of Water Resource Management

 

 

BANGKOK, 23 November 2017 (NNT) – The Royal Gazette has promulgated an order from the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) transferring Somkiat Prajamwong from his post as Director-General of the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) to serve as the Director of the Department of Water Resource Management. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012691-ncpo-orders-rid-chief-to-helm-of-department-of-water-resource-management/

 

Bent monks and unscrupulous traders rounded up in Sadao for alms reselling scam

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police and Sangha officials in Sadao on the Malaysian border conducted a raid netting bent monks and female food traders.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012695-bent-monks-and-unscrupulous-traders-rounded-up-in-sadao-for-alms-reselling-scam/

 

More Seatless Subway Cars Coming: MRT

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

MRT commuters inside a new train that seats were replaced with straps at Tao Poon Station on Thursday morning

 

BANGKOK — During the Thursday morning crunch, commuters streamed into a train at MRT Tao Poon to find three compartments no longer had seats.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012696-more-seatless-subway-cars-coming-mrt/

 

Bird flu prevention still necessary though no new human infection case reported

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Department of Disease Control advised people not to contact dead domestic poultry and wild birds but reported to nearest livestock and health officials immediately although the country has no new human infection cases of avian influenza or H5N1 since 2006.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012697-bird-flu-prevention-still-necessary-though-no-new-human-infection-case-reported/

 

iPhone X goes on sale in Thailand this Friday

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD 

 

 

To some it’s the most eagerly anticipated smartphone of all time, to others it’s just another overpriced iPhone that lacks any truly innovative features.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/iphone-x-goes-sale-thailand-friday/25826/

Grassroots groups helping stop road carnage as 2016 death toll confirmed as 22,000 or 61 a day

 

Picture: Ban Muang

 

A public action group promoting road safety has confirmed that the death toll on Thai roads last year was 22,356.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012699-grassroots-groups-helping-stop-road-carnage-as-2016-death-toll-confirmed-as-22000-or-61-a-day/

 

Tourist attacked by monkeys at Khao Sam Mook in Pattaya

By Thai PBS

 

 

A woman tourist was injured after she was attacked by several monkeys at Khao Sam Mook in Chonburi province yesterday (November 22).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012701-tourist-attacked-by-monkeys-at-khao-sam-mook-in-pattaya/

 

3,000 cruise line passengers descend upon Patong

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The 'Genting Dream' cruise liner. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Some 3,000 cruise liner passengers descended upon Patong yesterday (Nov 22) and were welcomed by officials from various local government including Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012702-3000-cruise-line-passengers-descend-upon-patong/

 

Met police free Vietnamese hostage after one million baht ransom death threat

 

Picture: INN News

 

The acting head of the metropolitan police announced yesterday that a Vietnamese woman held hostage since Monday has been rescued.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012703-met-police-free-vietnamese-hostage-after-one-million-baht-ransom-death-threat/

 

Act now covers simple possession of offensive material

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok-based rights group iLaw has warned that anyone with pornographic material on their computers or other data deemed illegal could be jailed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012709-act-now-covers-simple-possession-of-offensive-material/

 

Chiang Mai man sought in wife’s murder

By The Nation

 

Chiang Mai police were on Thursday hunting for a man said to be in the final stages of cancer after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012710-chiang-mai-man-sought-in-wife’s-murder/

 

UPDATE:

 

Gunmen rob Bt10.6m worth gold ornaments from shop in Tesco Lotus mall

By The Nation

 

 

Three gunmen stormed into a gold shop in a Tesco Lotus shopping mall in Chon Buri province on Wednesday evening and made off with ornaments weighing 535 baht and worth Bt10.6 million.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012682-300000-baht-reward-chonburi-police-swing-into-action-after-10-million-baht-armed-gold-robbery/?do=findComment&comment=12474826

 

Alleged accomplice in Erawan bombing appears in court

By The Nation

 

 

Wanna Suansan, accused of facilitating the 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing, appeared in Bangkok Military Court on Thursday morning to apply for her first 12-day detention period.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012713-alleged-accomplice-in-erawan-bombing-appears-in-court/

 

Bangkok woman found dead in Pathum Thani canal

By The Nation

 

It’s speculated that a Bangkok woman found drowned in a Pathum Thani canal might have been drunk and accidentally fallen in.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012714-bangkok-woman-found-dead-in-pathum-thani-canal/

 

Mall Group’s Midnight Sale taps into tax break

By The Nation

 

 

Midnight sales at all branches of The Mall and the Emporium, EmQuartier and Siam Paragon will let shoppers take full advantage of the government’s year-closing tax break.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012715-mall-group’s-midnight-sale-taps-into-tax-break/

 

Best Western hotel to open at Don Mueang airport

By The Nation

 

Best Western Hotels & Resorts will open a hotel at Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport in the fourth quarter of 2020.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012716-best-western-hotel-to-open-at-don-mueang-airport/

 

One Uighur escapee arrested in Malaysia

By Thai PBS

 

 

An Uighur man, who was among 20 detainees who fled from a detention centre at Sadao district of Songkhla province on Nov 20 has been arrested at the Bukit Tangga security post near Bukit Kayu Hitam, The Star Online reports.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012718-one-uighur-escapee-arrested-in-malaysia/