Heroin Use “Widespread” in Chiang Mai According to Deputy Commissioner

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Police have described the number of heroin users in Chiang Mai as “widespread” after they discovered 10 million baht worth of heroin in a stash on the side of the road as part of an ongoing operation.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019315-heroin-use-“widespread”-in-chiang-mai-according-to-deputy-commissioner/

 

Yang Na Trees on Chiang Mai-Lamphun Road Protected Under New Project

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A ceremony was held in aid to promote a new protection project for the historical Yang Na trees on the Chiang Mai – Lamphun Road.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019317-yang-na-trees-on-chiang-mai-lamphun-road-protected-under-new-project/

 

Head of Songtaew Co-op Forced to Resign

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Due to a 40 million baht loss last year, the colourful Singhkham Nanti has been forced to resign from his position as the President of Nakhon Lanna Cooperative, better known as the songtaew co-op, a position he has held since 1999, though he has sat on the committee since 1993.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019318-head-of-songtaew-co-op-forced-to-resign/

 

Winter is not over: Another cold spell to hit Bangkok this week

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Screenshot: Johnny Walker Red Label commercial/ YouTube

 

Although it’s been fairly hot in the past week, the Thai Meteorological Department predicted that another cold spell will hit Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019319-winter-is-not-over-another-cold-spell-to-hit-bangkok-this-week/

 

Locals demand arrest of all involved in checkpoint shooting

By Nattawat Laping 
The Nation

 

 

About 100 people carried the body of a man who was killed at a checkpoint to the Mae Suay District Office in Chiang Rai province on Monday to demand justice.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019321-locals-demand-arrest-of-all-involved-in-checkpoint-shooting/

 

Prayut defers questions to his cutout twin

By The Nation

 

 

As usual, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha stood up in front of a microphone in front of an audience at Government House on Monday. Except he wasn’t answering questions, because he was mere cutout.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019322-prayut-defers-questions-to-his-cutout-twin/

 

Yingluck Watchers See Conspiracy In London Photos

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

A portion of an unsourced image purportedly showing former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in London recently has been circulating online.

 

BANGKOK — What appeared to be candid photos of fugitive former premiere Yingluck Shinawatra in London were – to her partisan supporters and detractors – deliberately spread to test the waters of public opinion.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019323-yingluck-watchers-see-conspiracy-in-london-photos/

 

Pheu Thai lawyer petitions NACC to confiscate Prawit’s undeclared assets

By The Nation

 

 

The Pheu Thai Party’s legal officer has petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to confiscate General Prawit Wongsuwan’s wristwatches and a diamond ring, and to scrutinise whether his acquisition of the luxury assets was lawful.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019324-pheu-thai-lawyer-petitions-nacc-to-confiscate-prawit’s-undeclared-assets/

 

Saving girl from drowning while off-duty just part of job: awarded officer

By Santiparp Ramasut 
The Nation

 

 

Songkhla’s Singha Nakhon Police Station deputy inspector Pol Captain Somporn Meeleunloy was honoured on Monday with an award for his heroic action in saving a five-year-old girl from drowning at the Singh Nakhon ferry pier on January 4.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019325-saving-girl-from-drowning-while-off-duty-just-part-of-job-awarded-officer/

 

Three charged for death of Japanese tourist slashed by dive boat propeller

The Phuket News

 

Police officers, including Tourist Police and Forensic Police, investigate Ms Saori’s death at the scene off Koh Tachai in the Similan Islands National Park in Phang Nga on Friday (Jan 5). Photo: Tourist Police

 

PHUKET:-- Three people have been charged for the death of a Japanese tourist who was struck by a tour boat propeller during her first-ever dive at Koh Tachai in the Similan Islands National Park last Thursday (Jan 4).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019326-three-charged-for-death-of-japanese-tourist-slashed-by-dive-boat-propeller/

 

Thai king orders history-themed festival paying homage to past monarchs

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has ordered a history-themed festival for the public, a government spokesman said on Monday, as the Southeast Asian nation emerges from a year of mourning for his revered father.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019327-thai-king-orders-history-themed-festival-paying-homage-to-past-monarchs/

 

Phuket beach area ‘belongs to hotel’

By Salinee Prab 
The Nation

 

 

A land official in the seaside province of Phuket confirmed on Monday that the beach in front of a luxurious hotel belongs to the hotel and is not public property as earlier believed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019221-phuket-beach-banishment-drama-hotel-within-their-rights-say-district-officials/?do=findComment&comment=12602689

 

Details emerge about New Zealand woman dead in sea off Koh Phi Phi

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Renee Hodgkinson/Facebook

 

Information has emerged about the young woman found floating dead in the water off Koh Phi Phi last week after leaving her tour group to remain on the island paradise.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019328-details-emerge-about-new-zealand-woman-dead-in-sea-off-koh-phi-phi/

 

How to tell when your iPhone battery needs replacing

BY STAFF WRITER

 

iPhone 6

 

You may have heard the news that Apple has slashed prices of replacement batteries on many of its iPhone models.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/tell-iphone-battery-needs-replacing/26573/

Assistance sought in tranquillising pack of wild Phuket dogs

Premkamon Ketsara

 

The pack of wild dogs take a rest from biting loacals on Nai Yang Beach. Photo: Premkamon Ketsara

 

PHUKET:-- The Sakoo sub-district Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) chief has confirmed to The Phuket News’ sister publication Khao Phuket that they are seeking someone to tranquilise a pack of wild dogs which have bitten residents in Nai Yang after Khao Phuket yesterday (Jan 7) received notification from German expat Peter Klas that the dogs had bitten five people within a week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019334-assistance-sought-in-tranquillising-pack-of-wild-phuket-dogs/

 

Thai history subject ‘will help bring peace to South’

By Narong Nuansakul 
The Nation

 

File photo

 

Narathiwat governor Suraporn Prommoon said on Monday he was confident that the inclusion of Thai history and Thai monarchy content in the curriculum taught in Islamic boarding schools would help restore peace to the restive deep South.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019335-thai-history-subject-‘will-help-bring-peace-to-south’/

 

Russian woman on Phi Phi not raped - she fell from hotel, say police

 

 

Reports on social media that a 28 year old Russian woman had been attacked and raped on Koh Phi Phi are false, local police have said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019339-russian-woman-on-phi-phi-not-raped-she-fell-from-hotel-say-police/

 

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