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One year on, key suspect in gangland assassination of British man in Pattaya remains at large

 

[Toby James Nelhams]

 

The British man suspected of masterminding the gangland style assassination of a fellow Brit in Pattaya is reportedly free after being released from jail in Cambodia.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021483-one-year-on-key-suspect-in-gangland-assassination-of-british-man-in-pattaya-remains-at-large/

BTS Class-Action Suit Back On Track After Year Delay

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Deputy Bangkok Gov. Amnuay Nimmano assists disabled right activist Manit Inpim to the platform of BTS Ratchadamri on Friday.

 

BANGKOK — A judicial committee settled a year-long challenge Monday over which court should hear a class-action suit filed by wheelchair users against City Hall for repeated delays in to making the BTS Skytrain accessible.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021501-bts-class-action-suit-back-on-track-after-year-delay/

 

Phuket officials set sights on revoking tourism licences for water-safety repeat offenders

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET:-- Tourist Police in Phuket say they will ask for repeat offenders found breaking marine transport and tourism laws to have their tourism business licences revoked.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021504-phuket-officials-set-sights-on-revoking-tourism-licences-for-water-safety-repeat-offenders/

 

Gangland revenge motive cited after brutal murder of Israeli man on Chaweng Beach

By SUPACHAI PETCHATHEVEE 
THE NATION

 

 

REVENGE APPEARED to be the motive in the brutal murder of an Israeli man by his two compatriots on Koh Samui Island on Sunday.
 

Dolev Zuarez, 24, and Eyal Bokal, 26, were arrested at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok about five hours after they allegedly killed Maor Mallil, 34, and injured his girlfriend Rashel Oshana in broad daylight on the popular tourist area of Chaweng Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021523-gangland-revenge-motive-cited-after-brutal-murder-of-israeli-man-on-chaweng-beach-koh-samui/

 

DSI follows the money in Victoria’s case to track down more suspects

By The Nation

 

 

CHUVIT ALLEGES THAT HUMAN-TRAFFICKING AGENTS ‘BOUGHT’ YOUNG GIRLS FROM THEIR FAMILIES FOR |SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
 

THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) has promised to thoroughly investigate financial transactions involving Victoria’s: The Secret Forever to identify and apprehend all culprits involved in alleged illegal activities at the embattled massage parlour.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021524-dsi-follows-the-money-in-victoria’s-case-to-track-down-more-suspects/

 

Appointee Bangkok Governor Aswin hints at run for elected term

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK GOVERNOR Aswin Kwanmuang yesterday hinted that he might contest a gubernatorial race after being appointed to the post.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021525-appointee-bangkok-governor-aswin-hints-at-run-for-elected-term/

 

‘We Walk’ rights march organisers sue police over alleged obstruction

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation 

 

 

THE LEGAL team representing the People GO Network are suing the Royal Thai Police and three high-ranking policemen for allegedly disrupting and intimidating the “We Walk” peaceful demonstration and violating people’s right to gather in public.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021526-‘we-walk’-rights-march-organisers-sue-police-over-alleged-obstruction/

 

THAI Smile launches “Share Your Smile When Donated Organ Arrives” campaign

 

 

All are invited to share your smiling story and get a chance to win free air ticket.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021527-thai-smile-launches-“share-your-smile-when-donated-organ-arrives”-campaign/

 

Labour group opposes cuts in contributions to social-security scheme

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

 

THE CONFEDERATION of Thai Labour (CTL) has expressed opposition to a proposal to cut employers’ and employees’ contributions to the national social-security scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021528-thai-labour-group-opposes-cuts-in-contributions-to-social-security-scheme/

 

Abhisit set to petition Ombudsman over PM’s parties order

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has said he will petition the Ombudsman’s Office today against a junta order issued last month that is viewed as putting established political parties at a disadvantage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021529-abhisit-set-to-petition-ombudsman-over-pm’s-parties-order/

 

NLA panel holds firm on delay

By The Nation

 

Srisuwan

 

PRESSURE MOUNTS ON PRAYUT OVER POSSIBLE POLL POSTPONEMENT LINKED TO DRAFT BILL

 

THE COMMITTEE vetting the MPs election bill doubled down yesterday on its controversial decision to delay enforcing the law for an additional three months after it is promulgated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021530-pressure-mounts-on-prayut-over-possible-poll-postponement-linked-to-draft-bill/

 

Central Pattana teams up with six banks for QR code payments

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON 
THE NATION

 

Pakorn Pattanapat, centre, CPN's chief operating officer, with executives of Bangkok Bank, Krungsri, Government Savings Bank, Kasikornbank, Krungthai Bank, and Siam Commercial Bank at a press conference yesterday.

 

LEADING mall developer Central Pattana (CPN) has partnered with six banks to promote the transition to a cashless economy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021531-central-pattana-teams-up-with-six-banks-for-qr-code-payments/

 

Today’s kids, tomorrow’s future

By THE NATION

 

 

Dow Thailand helps youngsters develop their executive functions

 

WITH THE world’s population ageing fast and in many countries too few youngsters to fill their shoes, the focus on child development has moved from simply teaching them the basics – reading, writing and maths. Today, greater emphasis is being placed on technology and computer skills as well on what are known as executive functions, EF for short, best described as working memory, mental flexibility, and self-control. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021532-today’s-kids-tomorrow’s-future-dow-thailand-helps-youngsters-develop-their-executive-functions/

 

First Hit of a Hoe’ project aims to bring crop diversity, self-sufficiency to Nan maize growers

By Piyaporn Wongruang

 

 

One hoe after another hit the earth time and time again before long lines of a metre-long channel began to take shape on a plot of land that had been turned into a cornfield.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021533-first-hit-of-a-hoe’-project-aims-to-bring-crop-diversity-self-sufficiency-to-nan-maize-growers/

 

EDITORIAL

Is the election road map in the dustbin?

By The Nation

 

The junta’s self-serving delays are killing Thailand’s prospects for recovery
 

We care little about the actual reason the junta-led government has for citing a legal technicality to delay the next election. What we care about more is the damage being done to the country’s political and economic development.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021534-is-the-election-road-map-in-the-dustbin/

 

 

10 Chinese tourists and bus driver injured in bus plunge into roadside ditch

By Thai PBS

 

 

A tour bus driver and 10 Chinese tourists, including a two-month pregnant woman, were injured when their bus developed brake failure and crashed into two cars before plunging into a roadside ditch at the foot of Wat Phra Thart Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021536-10-chinese-tourists-and-bus-driver-injured-in-bus-plunge-into-roadside-ditch/

 

Northeastern policemen to undergo urine tests for drug abuse

By Thai PBS

 

 

All policemen in eight northeastern provinces under the jurisdiction of the Third Region Provincial Police Bureau will be subjected to urine tests for drug abuse at the order of the police commissioner, Pol Lt-Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021537-isaan-policemen-to-undergo-urine-tests-for-drug-abuse/

 

Thai Pan says hydroponic vegetables not always free of hazardous chemicals

By Thai PBS

 

 

Hydroponic vegetables are not always chemical free after residues of pesticide have been found in several samples of the vegetables in random survey, but the amount of residues is within the limit of EU standard.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021538-thai-pan-says-hydroponic-vegetables-not-always-free-of-hazardous-chemicals/

 

Search operation underway for Irishman who is missing in Thailand

Kathy Armstrong

 

Anthony O'Sullivan has gone missing in Bangkok

 

A search operation is underway for an Irishman who went missing in Thailand four days ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021539-search-operation-underway-for-irishman-who-is-missing-in-thailand/

 

U.S. government shutdown fizzles out as Senate deal struck

By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan

 

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gestures to reporters after lawmakers struck a deal to reopen the federal government three days into a shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators struck a deal on Monday to lift a three-day government shutdown as Democrats agreed to end the standoff in exchange for President Donald Trump's Republicans promising a debate on the future of young illegal immigrants.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021540-us-government-shutdown-fizzles-out-as-senate-deal-struck/

 

Contrite pope apologises for sexual abuse comments that 'wounded many'

By Philip Pullella

 

Pope Francis gestures during a news conference on board of the plane during his flight back from a trip to Chile and Peru, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

 

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in an extremely rare act of self-criticism, apologised to victims of clerical sex abuse on Sunday, acknowledging he had "wounded many" in comments defending a Chilean bishop who is under scrutiny.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021541-contrite-pope-apologises-for-sexual-abuse-comments-that-wounded-many/

 

Europe readies riposte to Trump's 'America First' push in Davos

By Noah Barkin

 

People walk in the snow ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in the Swiss Alps resort of Davos, Switzerland January 21, 2018 REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - European leaders will be out in force at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to defend multilateralism before U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver his "America First" message.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021542-europe-readies-riposte-to-trumps-america-first-push-in-davos/

 

Brazil holds breath for court ruling on Lula's future

By Lisandra Paraguassu

 

A woman is seen near posters placed at a bus stop in support of Brazilian former President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 22, 2018. A sign reads: "Lula innocent, Lula indecent".REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 

PORTO ALEGRE (Reuters) - Brazilian politicians, voters and investors will find out on Wednesday whether an appeals court will allow the country's most popular leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to run for president this year after being found guilty of accepting a bribe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021543-brazil-holds-breath-for-court-ruling-on-lulas-future/

 

U.S. Embassy in Israel to move to Jerusalem by end of 2019: Pence

By Jeff Mason and Jeffrey Heller

 

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ariel Schalit/Pool

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech to the Israeli parliament on Monday that highlighted a policy shift that has stoked Palestinian anger and international concern.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021545-us-embassy-in-israel-to-move-to-jerusalem-by-end-of-2019-pence/

 

Abbas wins renewed EU backing for Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem

By Robin Emmott

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a press statement before a meeting with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union assured President Mahmoud Abbas it supported his ambition to have East Jerusalem as capital of a Palestinian state, in the bloc's latest rejection of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021547-abbas-wins-renewed-eu-backing-for-palestinian-capital-in-east-jerusalem/

 

Venice restaurant bill outrages Japanese tourists

 

The mayor of Venice has voiced outrage over the €1,100 (£970; $1,347) bill that four Japanese tourists say they had to pay for four steaks, a plate of fried fish, water and service.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021552-venice-restaurant-bill-outrages-japanese-tourists/

 

Hurry up, German conservative urges Social Democrats on coalition

By Andrea Shalal

 

Volker Kauder of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) arrives for exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government at the SPD headquarters in Berlin, Germany, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A leading member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has urged Social Democrats (SPD) to finish coalition talks within two to three weeks, warning that Germans were losing trust in democracy after months without a new government.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021554-hurry-up-german-conservative-urges-social-democrats-on-coalition/

 

U.S. congressman, ousted from ethics panel, asks it to investigate him

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Representative Patrick Meehan (R-PA) debates the legality of President Obama's executive action on immigration with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than three days after he was removed from the U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee, Republican lawmaker Patrick Meehan asked the panel to investigate allegations he engaged in sexual harassment and misused official resources.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021555-us-congressman-ousted-from-ethics-panel-asks-it-to-investigate-him/

 

UPDATE:

 

One of 2 Israelis charged with murdering mob boss in Thailand said to confess

Suspects could face death penalty for running over and then stabbing Maor Malul before fleeing the Thai island of Koh Samui by speedboat

By TOI STAFF

 

Eyal Bokel (L) and Dolev Zuaretz sit while in Thai police custody on January 22, 2018. (Screen capture/Hadashot news)

 

One of the two Israelis charged with murdering Netanya mob boss Maor Malul in Thailand over the weekend has reportedly confessed to the crime.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021523-gangland-revenge-motive-cited-after-brutal-murder-of-israeli-man-on-chaweng-beach-koh-samui/?do=findComment&comment=12643422