UPDATE:

 

Prayut offers to sell Bangkaew puppies after anti-graft row

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has offered to sell pricey pedigree puppies that he bought from local breeders during his Cabinet’s recent retreat in Phitsanulok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018423-activist-to-petition-nacc-over-ministers’-receipt-of-gifts-from-pm/?do=findComment&comment=12588224

 

Hundreds of Android and iOS apps eavesdropping on users

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Hundreds of apps available in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store have been programmed to listen in on users, a report by the New York Times has claimed.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/hundreds-android-ios-apps-found-listening-users/26485/

Phuket ‘gangster’ arrest warrants to be issued

Her husband was severely injured. His cheek bones and nose bones are broken and the doctor is checking whether he can get an operation today or not.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

A group of motorcycle ‘gangsters’ who attacked local innocent residents in Yoo Sabai Village during the New Year night will be issued with arrest warrants soon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018577-phuket-‘gangster’-arrest-warrants-to-be-issued/

 

Man charged with rape of pharmacy assistant

By The Nation

 

 

A 29-year-old Chon Buri man has been arrested for allegedly raping a pharmacy shop assistant at knifepoint and stealing her mobile phone and Bt7,000 cash on the night of December 30.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018580-chon-buri-man-charged-with-rape-of-pharmacy-assistant/

 

Movie tickets available via Facebook app

BY THE NATION

 

 

In a first for Thailand, Major Cineplex will offer movie ticket purchases through Facebook.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/movie-tickets-available-via-facebook-app/26489/

TOT warns over fake emails

BY THE NATION

 

 

Telecommunications company TOT has warned its customers to be aware of phishing emails.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/tot-warns-fake-emails/26492/

Prawit stonewalls questions about luxury watches

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan has continued to refuse to comment over his possession of luxury watches and a diamond ring.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018585-prawit-stonewalls-questions-about-luxury-watches/

 

 

Video captures two foreigners brawling in busy Thai street

 

 

This is the moment two foreigners came to blows in the middle of a busy Thai street.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018598-video-captures-two-foreigners-brawling-in-busy-thai-street/

 

Questions raised over cameraman’s role in Facebook Live suicide bid

By The Nation

 

 

The fate of an 18-year-old girl filmed jumping from a Bangkok bridge early on Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide attempt after a reported break-up with her boyfriend remained unknown on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018601-questions-raised-over-cameraman’s-role-in-facebook-live-suicide-bid/

 

Don orders probe into embassy’s Facebook post about election

 

 

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai yesterday ordered an investigation into a Facebook post from the Thai Embassy in Finland giving advice about preparation for an election tentatively to be held in November.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018602-don-orders-probe-into-embassy’s-facebook-post-about-election/

 

Homework relief in the works for school students

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has called for a reduction of students’ homework load.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018603-homework-relief-in-the-works-for-school-students/

 

Prayuth Declares Himself Politician Who Used To Be A Soldier

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

 

BANGKOK — Three and a half years after leading a coup, Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday said he was now a politician who was formerly a soldier.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018604-prayuth-declares-himself-politician-who-used-to-be-a-soldier/

 

Four of 12 Surin beach demands ticked off, says MaAnn

Premkamon Ketsara

 

 

PHUKET:-- MaAnn Samran, chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor), has announced that his office has already tackled four of 12 demands presented by Surin Beach locals when they massed at the beach on Nov 27.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018605-four-of-12-surin-beach-demands-ticked-off-says-maann/

 

Girl, 9, fatally bitten by cobra

By Suwannee Bundisak 
The Nation

 

 

A nine-year-old girl was fatally bitten by a cobra that slithered into her bed in Surat Thani province’s Chai Buri district, police said on Wednesday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018609-girl-9-fatally-bitten-by-cobra/

 

Police to get tough with cars with loud engine noise

 

 

Police in Bangkok will get tough with cars and motorcycles which emit loud noise exceeding 90 decibel starting in March, according to Traffic Police Division of Metropolitan Police Bureau.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018610-police-to-get-tough-with-cars-with-loud-engine-noise/

 

Prayut promises fight against poverty

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

The government will draw up a road map to fight poverty based on HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Sufficiency Economy Philosophy this year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018611-prayut-promises-fight-against-poverty/

 

Justice sought for mysterious shot which killed a driver at a road checkpoint

 

 

The relatives of a man who was shot dead while driving past a road checkpoint in Mae Suai district of Chiang Rai province on Tuesday night (Jan 2) has sought justice from the police and an investigation into the mysterious shot.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018612-justice-sought-for-mysterious-shot-which-killed-a-driver-at-a-road-checkpoint/

 

Dead body found floating near Koh Phi Phi

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Krabi:-- At about noon today (January 3), Koh Phi Phi police received a report about a dead body floating in the sea near Phi Phi in Lo Dalum Bay.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018613-dead-body-found-floating-near-koh-phi-phi/

 

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Thailand Live Thursday 4 Jan 2018 
https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018634-thailand-live-thursday-4-jan-2018/