Phuket’s Bus Terminal 2 upgrades to automatic ticketing, queuing systems

The Phuket News

 

Busses wait to disembark from Phuket Bus Terminal 2. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Rassada Municipality yesterday (Feb 8) held a meeting together with the Phuket Provincial Land Transportation Office (PLTO) to focus on improving the standard of services at Phuket Bus Terminal 2 in Rassada.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024145-phuket’s-bus-terminal-2-upgrades-to-automatic-ticketing-queuing-systems/

 

Academic network calls on junta to drop charges against activists, accuses them of ‘abuse of power’

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation 

 

 

The Thai Academic Network for Civil Rights on Thursday called for the ruling National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to immediately drop charges against activists accused of calling on the junta to allow for more public participation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024149-academic-network-calls-on-junta-to-drop-charges-against-activists-accuses-them-of-‘abuse-of-power’/

 

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Bangkok air pollution warning, children asked to stay indoors

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

The skyline is seen through morning air pollution in Bangkok, Thailand February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Residents in Bangkok, one of the world's top tourist destinations, were warned on Thursday the city's air quality had hit dangerous levels just days after the country's pollution control agency appealed to residents to wear face masks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024122-smog-airpocalypse-worsens-over-bangkok/?do=findComment&comment=12693107

 

Somali-registered 'Thai' fishing boat caught with double the permissible catch

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

A fishing boat with a permit issued by the breakaway Somali state of Puntland, bearing the Thai name of Chotechai Navy 35, was recently intercepted in Samut Sakhon on suspicion of illegal fishing and human trafficking, police announced on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024153-somali-registered-thai-fishing-boat-caught-with-double-the-permissible-catch/

 

ITD can’t be blacklisted for actions of an exec: Wissanu

By The Nation

 

File photo: Premchai Karnasuta

 

It is too early for the government to consider blacklisting Italian-Thai Development (ITD) from acquiring state concessions following the arrest of its president for alleged poaching, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024156-itd-can’t-be-blacklisted-for-actions-of-an-exec-wissanu/

 

MBK 39 activists object to sedition charges over public speeches

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

 

At least two activists from MBK 39 activist group plan to object to their alleged charges of sedition related to speeches made during a pro-election assembly.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024158-mbk-39-activists-object-to-sedition-charges-over-public-speeches/

 

Two new teachers crushed to death by truck in Samut Prakan

By The Nation

 

Two new teachers were crushed to death on Thursday morning by a trailer truck on a Samut Prakan road just 100 metres away from their school, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024159-two-new-teachers-crushed-to-death-by-truck-in-samut-prakan/

 

Young women in Chiang Mai cry foul over underwear theft

By Watcharapong Jringjaojai 
The Nation

 

 

Several young women in a village in Chiang Mai’s Hang Dong district have complained that thieves had stolen their underwear.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024161-young-women-in-chiang-mai-cry-foul-over-underwear-theft/

 

PM warns against any attempts to help tycoon subvert justice

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has vowed to punish those who try to help construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, who has been accused of poaching wild animals, to escape from his wrongdoing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024162-pm-prayut-warns-against-any-attempts-to-help-tycoon-subvert-justice/

 

Police investigate origin of mogul’s elephant tusks

By The Nation

 

File photo : Premchai's tusks

 

Police are in the process of determining the origins of two pairs of tusks confiscated from the house of Premchai Karnasuta, the construction mogul who was charged with poaching in a Kanchanaburi wildlife sanctuary, deputy national police chief Pol General Srivara Rangsibharmanakul said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024165-police-investigate-origin-of-mogul’s-elephant-tusks/

 

UPDATE:

 

PM 2.5 air pollution four times safe upper limit in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok’s level of PM2.5 particulate matter reached well into the harmful zone on Thursday morning, leading to health warnings from officials and environmental organisation Greenpeace.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024122-smog-airpocalypse-worsens-over-bangkok/?do=findComment&comment=12693287

 

Chinese police are using facial recognition sunglasses to identify suspects

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

This may sound like a plot line from the dark tech series Black Mirror, however, criminals in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou need to be careful as Chinese Police officers are now equipped with James Bond-style high-tech sunglasses with the ability to sport a perpetrator from a distance.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/chinese-police-using-facial-recognition-sunglasses-identify-suspects/27095/

 

Bangkok air pollution warning, children asked to stay indoors

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

The skyline is seen through morning air pollution in Bangkok, Thailand February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Residents in Bangkok, one of the world's top tourist destinations, were warned on Thursday the city's air quality had hit dangerous levels just days after the country's pollution control agency appealed to residents to wear face masks.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024178-bangkok-air-pollution-warning-children-asked-to-stay-indoors/

 

Five bullet holes found in the black panther’s carcass

 

 

Five bullet holes were found in the carcass of the black panter which was covered in the jungle camp of the hunting party of Italian-Thai Development Plc’s boss Premchai Karnasuta in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024180-five-bullet-holes-found-in-the-black-panther’s-carcass/

 

Somkid denies poaching scandal will affect Italian-Thai mega-projects

By The Nation

 

File photo: Somkid (centre), Premchai (right)

 

The arrest of construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta will not affect major government infrastructure projects, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024181-somkid-denies-poaching-scandal-will-affect-italian-thai-mega-projects/

 

Pedal Pushers: German siblings cycling the world just arrived in Thailand

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

 

Two German siblings who are riding their bikes around the world have arrived in Thailand after taking their journey to Turkey, Australia, and Malaysia.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024182-pedal-pushers-german-siblings-cycling-the-world-just-arrived-in-thailand/

 

Exclusive: Uighur Thai jail escapees detained in Malaysia and China wants them back - sources

By A. Ananthalakshmi

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Eleven ethnic Uighur Muslims from China, missing since their dramatic escape from a Thai jail last year, have been detained in Malaysia and Beijing wants them back, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024183-exclusive-uighur-thai-jail-escapees-detained-in-malaysia-and-china-wants-them-back-sources/

 

Ford unleashes first-ever Ranger ‘Raptor’

By The Nation

 

 

The first-ever Ranger Raptor, Ford’s new off-road, performance pickup truck, blasted out from behind its camouflage during a reveal event in Thailand on Thursday, according to a media release.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024188-ford-unleashes-first-ever-ranger-‘raptor’/

 

Hero Worship: Thailand Lionizes Humble Defender Of The Wild

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Wichien Chinnawong on the phone Thursday in Kanchanaburi.

 

KANCHANABURI — The forest ranger who hunted down and arrested a construction tycoon suspected of poaching a black panther in a wildlife sanctuary is all over the Thai internet today, where he’s being hailed as a sorely needed national hero.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024189-hero-worship-thailand-lionizes-humble-defender-of-the-wild/

 

Tourist’s mermaid pose incites wrath over coral damage

By SOMCHAI SAMART, 
PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

THREE THAI tourists have been fined Bt1,500 each for sitting on a mountain coral at Mu Koh Surin National Park in Phang Nga.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024194-tourist’s-mermaid-pose-incites-wrath-over-coral-damage/

 

Lawyer moves to block sale of Yingluck’s frozen assets

By The Nation

 

 

A LAWYER representing fugitive former premier Yingluck Shinawatra has filed a petition with the Administrative Court seeking an injunction against the plan by the Department of Legal Execution to auction her assets, including a house.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1024196-lawyer-moves-to-block-sale-of-yingluck’s-frozen-assets/

 

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