New minimum wage will affect SMEs

 

 

As the government is going to increase minimum wage, at least 15 baht higher, as New Year’s gifts for workers and to become effective end of this month, concern is growing among employers that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will bear the burden.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019132-new-minimum-wage-will-affect-smes/

 

Another cold week predicted for most parts of the country except the South

 

 

People in most parts of the country with the exception of the southern region will experience another round of cold weather for the whole week starting on Monday, with the northeastern region being the first to be hit by the cold front from China.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019148-another-cold-week-predicted-for-most-parts-of-the-country-except-the-south/

 

Former anti-graft commissioner voices protest against increasing the value of gifts

 

 

A former anti-corruption commissioner warned that increasing the value of gifts to be given to or received by government officials from 3,000-baht limit may pave the way for corruption.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019149-former-anti-graft-commissioner-voices-protest-against-increasing-the-value-of-gifts/

 

French national arrested on charge of stealing cash at airport

By Suthinan Kongsin 
The Nation

 

A French national was arrested early on Sunday at a Bangkok hotel for allegedly stealing US$10,170 (about Bt330,000) cash belonging to an Egyptian tourist at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Saturday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019151-french-national-arrested-on-charge-of-stealing-cash-at-airport/

 

Police pursue case against mines activist

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

File photo: Jamon Sonpednarin // Photo from: Aey Siriphorn‘a Facebook

 

Police are continuing their prosecution of Thai PBS citizen journalist Jamon Sonpednarin, as a lawyer revealed his case will be handed to the attorney on Monday and human-rights organisations urged authorities to drop the complaint against him immediately.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019152-police-pursue-case-against-mines-activist/

 

Soldiers shut gambling den, arrest 42 in Songkhla

By The Nation

 

 

Army Region 4 officers rounded up 42 punters – 31 women and 11 men – on Saturday at a temporary gambling den set up in the middle of a rubber plantation in Songkhla’s Khlong Hoi Khong district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019154-soldiers-shut-gambling-den-arrest-42-in-songkhla/

 

Eight Thais duped in Facebook South Korea jobs fraud

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

 

Eight Thai workers claimed they were duped of Bt142,000 last month by a Thai man who used Facebook to advertise agricultural job opportunities in South Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019155-eight-thais-duped-in-facebook-south-korea-jobs-fraud/

 

Frenzied passenger at Phuket airport

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

Six airport security guards together with Saku Police officers, tourist police officers and staff from the tourist centre of the airport, rushed to the scene and tried to convince him to calm down.

 

Phuket International Airport has issued an explanation letter today (January 7) regarding a video of a distraught naked man who went berserk in the international terminal. The South Korean passenger admitted that he had taken too much Viagra. The airport insisted that the officers arrested him harmlessly.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019169-frenzied-foreigner-roams-naked-at-phuket-airport-blames-erection-drug/

 

VIDEO: Foreign tourists kicked off Phuket beach by hotel staff

 

 

Video footage of a family of foreign tourists being kicked off a beach in Phuket, allegedly by hotel staff who claimed the beach was reserved for hotel guests only, has gone viral on social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019171-video-foreign-tourists-kicked-off-phuket-beach-by-hotel-staff/

 

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