Russian bank CEOs, metals magnates and gas chief named on U.S. 'oligarch list'

By Polina Devitt and Christian Lowe

 

FILE PHOTO - Vehicles drive past the wall and towers of the Kremlin in central Moscow, Russia November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday named major Russian businessmen including the heads of the two biggest banks, metals magnates and the boss of the state gas monopoly on a list of oligarchs close to the Kremlin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022696-russian-bank-ceos-metals-magnates-and-gas-chief-named-on-us-oligarch-list/

 

Drug arrest in Yala links to broader network

By The Nation

 

Police announced on Tuesday the arrest the previous day of a local man in Yala’s Muang district and seized 30,000 “yaba” amphetamine pills worth Bt2.4 million in street value and said they would continue to investigate to apprehend the man’s accomplices.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022698-drug-arrest-in-yala-links-to-broader-network/

 

Conwoman Ying Kai faces long stretch behind bars

By The Nation

 

 

Conwoman Monta “Ying Kai” Yokratanakan’s latest jail term of seven years and six months this week over a lese majeste charge means that the 61-year-old will have to serve a total combined sentence of “17 years and 12 months” (in legal language) when previous court judgements are taken into account.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022700-conwoman-ying-kai-faces-long-stretch-behind-bars/

 

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Seven DRG activists summoned to acknowledge charges for illegal public gathering

By Thai PBS

 

 

Seven activists who gathered at the Pathumwan intersection skywalk on January 27 to protest against the 90-day postponement of next election have been summoned by the police to acknowledge the charges against them.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022674-junta-orders-pro-democracy-leaders-charged-with-inciting-rebellion/?do=findComment&comment=12664942

 

Police admit Victoria’s suspects may have fled Thailand

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The de-facto owners of Victoria’s: The Secret Forever, which allegedly engaged in human trafficking and prostitution, might have already fled the country, Deputy National Police Commissioner Pol Lt-General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022701-police-admit-victoria’s-suspects-may-have-fled-thailand/

 

 

Lingering Winter as Temperatures Drop Again

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – It’s still freezing on Doi Inthanon.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022723-lingering-winter-as-temperatures-drop-again/

 

Two call-centre scams targeting Northeast disrupted

By Jitima Janphrom 
The Nation

 

 

Call-centre scam networks have been targeting the Northeast region with a police investigation finding that they are hiring Thais to open bank accounts and people are claiming to be police officers while accusing the victims of crimes to extort money from them.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022724-two-call-centre-scams-targeting-northeast-disrupted/

 

No country has contacted Foreign Ministry about election delay: Don

By The Nation

 

Don.

 

Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Tuesday that no country had yet contacted the ministry to ask about the latest delay in the holding of a general election.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022725-no-country-has-contacted-foreign-ministry-about-election-delay-don/

 

Healthy prime real-estate sales expected in 2018

By The Nation

 

Bangkok’s real estate market witnessed several large investment sales transactions in 2017. Of these, three of the largest, with a combined value of Bt7.9 billion, were concluded by JLL on behalf of the owners.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022726-healthy-prime-real-estate-sales-expected-in-2018/

 

Urgent repairs needed for fire-damaged Bangkok building

By Khanathit Srihirundaj 
The Nation

 

 

The third floor of a five-storey toy-storage building in Bangkok’s Samphanthawong district that caught fire on Monday was severely damaged and would need urgent repairs during its 30-day obligatory closure, district office director Sombat Kanokthipwan said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022727-urgent-repairs-needed-for-fire-damaged-bangkok-building/

 

Airports of Thailand defends expensive pad thai at Don Mueang

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

A screengrab from an online menu of S&P.

 

After the controversy over pricy water bottles at Don Mueang Airport was ignited by Japanese media earlier this month, the Thai ombudsman today has completed the inspection of food prices at the two Bangkok’s airport and concluded that, yes, they’re expensive.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022728-airports-of-thailand-defends-expensive-pad-thai-at-don-mueang/

Phuket police seek restaurant thief caught on CCTV

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- A Phuket Town restaurant owner has filed a complaint to Phuket Town Police after CCTV cameras filmed a man wandering into the restaurant and stealing B6,000 in equipment while he left the restaurant unsupervised on Saturday night (Jan 27).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022729-phuket-police-seek-restaurant-thief-caught-on-cctv/

 

British man in need of major heart surgery highlights dangers for expats living in Thailand without health insurance

 

 

The plight of a British man has highlighted the risks for foreigners living in Thailand without health or medical insurance.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022730-british-man-in-need-of-major-heart-surgery-highlights-dangers-for-expats-living-in-thailand-without-health-insurance/

 

Thailand's PM says needs a little more time in office to prepare for vote

 

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sits in his car after arriving at Air Force Station Palam in New Delhi, January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday said he needed a little more time in office to prepare the country for a general election, just days after his deputy said a vote planned for this year could be delayed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022731-thailands-pm-says-needs-a-little-more-time-in-office-to-prepare-for-vote/

 

Thailand ramps up requirements of fingerprints and facial scans for anyone buying a SIM card

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

The requirement for people in Thailand to register a fingerprint or facial scan when buying a SIM card will be extended throughout the country from February 1st.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/thailand-ramps-requirements-fingerprints-facial-scans-anyone-buying-sim-card/26914/

Kaidee boasts 35m Thai users, transactions worth Bt100bn via its platform

BY THE NATION

 

 

Kaidee, Thailand’s biggest online market place, announced on Tuesday that more than 35 million Thai users had visited the platform.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/kaidee-boasts-35m-thai-users-transactions-worth-bt100bn-via-platform/26916/

Pubs face closure for breaking NCPO directives

By Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

File photo

 

Nine Bangkok pubs face being shuttered for five years, and the owners of three more venues have been given 15 days to explain themselves or face the same fate, a senior police said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022732-pubs-face-closure-for-breaking-ncpo-directives/

 

New Political Party Pegged As Possible PM Proxy

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Samphan Lertnuwat (right), de facto leader of the new Citizen Power Party seen here Tuesday in his Bangkok residence.

 

BANGKOK — Months of speculation about a possible party emerging to support the junta leader’s return to power during the next election were fueled Tuesday with the launch of a new political movement.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022733-new-political-party-pegged-as-possible-pm-proxy/

 

Phuket hosts Thai, Indian navy emergency exercises

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- The Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command carried out a series of emergency exercises with their counterparts from the Indian Navy off Cape Panwa yesterday (Jan 29), including an armed boarding sortie and a sea rescue.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022738-phuket-hosts-thai-indian-navy-emergency-exercises/

 

Forest Act revision to ease outdated rules on felling of trees

By The Nation

 

 

Privately grown trees outside protected forests could in future be legally cut down for logging as long as people were able to show proof of ownership via land-deed documents, according to a public hearing held yesterday on amending the 77-year-old Forest Act of 1941.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022739-forest-act-revision-to-ease-outdated-rules-on-felling-of-trees/

 

Locals hurl insults as French and Thai murder suspects taken on reenactment at three places

 

 

Villagers in Phichit who heard that a reenactment was to take place watched as Beung Na Rong police took a French man and his Thai girlfriend on a three location reenactment of their crime.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022743-locals-hurl-insults-as-french-and-thai-murder-suspects-taken-on-reenactment-at-three-places/

 

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