THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 27 Feb 2018

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New laws provide greater protection for people who rent property in Thailand

 

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People who rent property in Thailand will be given greater protection from unscrupulous landlords, under new plans announced by the Thai government.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026739-new-laws-provide-greater-protection-for-people-who-rent-property-in-thailand/

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Gambia’s Tourism Minister tells sex tourists to go to Thailand, not his country

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo of Hamat Bah (left), Youtube, and photo from Pattaya girly bar previously published on Coconuts (right).

 

In a brazen statement that will undoubtedly offend Thais, the Tourism and Culture Minister of African nation Gambia, Hamat Bah, addressed foreign tourists hoping to travel to the poor African country to engage in sex tourism. He told them to go to Thailand to get their jollies instead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026743-gambia’s-tourism-minister-tells-sex-tourists-to-go-to-thailand-not-his-country/

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Bike 2 Bangkok for Tomato Village

by CityNews

 

 

Bike 2 Bangkok is a project initiated by Stig Vinck and Simon Bradshaw who came up with the idea of cycling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok (750 km) to raise funds to support Philatropy Connections.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026767-bike-2-bangkok-for-tomato-village/

 

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Thailand arrests 10 Russians who ran sex training course in Pattaya

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police on Monday arrested a group of 10 Russians who were running a sex training class for their compatriots in the seaside town of Pattaya, and have charged them with working in Thailand without permission.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026697-10-russian-‘sex-instructors’-rounded-up-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=12748626

 

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‘No conflict’ with NLA despite rejection of court’s EC candidates

By The Nation

 

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THE COURT of Justice has denied having a conflict with the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) after the latter last week turned down all election commissioner candidates, including the Supreme Court’s two selections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026808-‘no-conflict’-with-nla-despite-rejection-of-court’s-ec-candidates/

 

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A huge wave of new parties to take first steps to contest poll

By ATTAYUTH BOOTSRIPOOM 
THE NATION

 

File photo : Suthep Thaugsuban

 

MORE THAN 100 new political parties are expected to launch next month after registration opens on Friday. It will be the first time since the military coup in May 2014 that political activities will be officially allowed.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026809-a-huge-wave-of-new-parties-to-take-first-steps-to-contest-poll/

 

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‘We Walk’ case postponed due to police inaction

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

 

A Prosecution decision on the case against eight “We Walk” activists has been delayed, because police have not interrogated witnesses from the defendants’ side included in the case’s docket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026769-‘we-walk’-case-postponed-because-prosecutors-not-ready/?do=findComment&comment=12749398

 

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Health Ministry seeks extra Bt5 billion for state-run hospitals

By The Nation

 

Public Health Minister Dr Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn

 

The Public Health Ministry on Tuesday will ask the Cabinet to grant an additional budget of at least Bt5 billion for state-run hospitals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026810-health-ministry-seeks-extra-bt5-billion-for-state-run-hospitals/

 

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Graft fears over poor fund

By The Nation

 

 

Further corruption cases expected as centres for destitute caught in scandal
 

THE ONGOING investigation in a controversial case ignited by a university student in northeastern Mahasarakham province has suggested a significant amount of state funds intended for destitute people could have been diverted into the hands of corrupt officials – rather than to the intended recipients – across the country. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026811-graft-fears-over-poor-fund/

 

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Stress led to suicide of controversial police general

By KITTIPONG MANEERIT 
THE NATION

 

Wanchak Bunnag, one of former deputy national police commissioner Pol General Salang Bunnag’s sons, holds a portrait of his father as he follows a monk out of the Institute of Forensic Medicine yesterday.

 

STRESS AND depression overwhelmed a former deputy national police commissioner, who had fought against a one-metre wide, double-track train project for four decades and jumped to his death on Sunday, according to his relatives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026812-stress-led-to-suicide-of-controversial-police-general/

 

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Premchai probe ‘biased to help him’

By THE NATION

 

Wittawat Banleng, and other students from Kasetsart University’s Faculty of Forestry, |yesterday visit the government’s public complaint centre in Bangkok.

 

Students, environmentalists warn failure to speedily prosecute tycoon may be conspiracy
 

STUDENTS AND environmentalists are calling for swift legal action against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta and his three companions, who are accused of illegal hunting in Kanchanaburi’s Thung Yai Naresuan Sanctuary. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026813-premchai-probe-‘biased-to-help-him’/

 

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Pickup-smashing sisters postpone reporting to police

By Kornkamon Aksorndej 
The Nation

 

File photo : Sangyoktrakul sisters' press conference

 

Prawet police have agreed to a request by two sisters to postpone their reporting to face charges over their much-publicised axe and spade attack on a pickup that had parked in front of their gate last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026815-pickup-smashing-sisters-postpone-reporting-to-bangkok-police/

 

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On your bikes for a tour of Samui

By The Nation

 

 

Cyclists of all ages are invited to take part in the “Pan Yok Khrua Tour Ko Samui Talui Ko Taen” family rally being organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) over the Chakri Day weekend from April 6-8.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026816-on-your-bikes-for-a-tour-of-samui/

 

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An insult to anxious voters

By The Nation

 

Amid a string of election delays, Premier Prayut decides to consult only the immediate stakeholders on the date

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seems utterly senseless in his continuing efforts to delay the election, most recently proposing to consult some – but not all – of the people and parties with a stake in the outcome about setting a date for the poll.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026817-editorial-an-insult-to-anxious-voters/

 

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Woman seeks help for underaged daughter allegedly raped by her teacher

By Thai PBS

 

 

A woman lodged a complaint with the Buriram provincial justice office on Monday seeking its help after she felt suspicious that the police in Nang Rong district might drag their feet in treating a rape case she filed against a school teacher for allegedly sexually abusing her underaged daughter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026818-buriram-woman-seeks-help-for-underaged-daughter-allegedly-raped-by-her-teacher/

 

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Top Ten Things NOT to do in Thailand – the basics

Thailand has a complex culture that you will not fully understand during your first visit, or second, or maybe ever. Here's a few basics to get you started.

By Tim Newton

 

  

Thailand is a wonderful place, full of new adventures, different cultures and a surprise around every corner. You better believe it. Thailand is unique in the region with very little overt western influence throughout its history and a proud culture that puts the needs of its people first, ahead of appeasing westerners. Most of this is a mystery to be discovered but sometimes you’ll just mess it all up by not knowing the basics. Here’s Thai culture DOs and DON’Ts Lesson One.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026819-top-ten-things-not-to-do-in-thailand-–-the-basics/

 

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'Don't worry about the NRA,' Trump tells U.S. governors

By Roberta Rampton

 

Florida Governor Rick Scott and U.S. President Donald Trump cross paths during a discussion about school shootings with state governors from around the country at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to discuss gun legislation with lawmakers this week, the White House said Monday, and he told governors not to worry about the National Rifle Association as they mull responses to the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026820-dont-worry-about-the-nra-trump-tells-us-governors/

 

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Russia orders daily truce for evacuations from Syria's eastern Ghouta

By Angus McDowall and Jack Stubbs

 

Man with a child are seen in hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 25, 2018. Picture taken February 25, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

 

BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it would establish an evacuation corridor and implement a five-hour daily truce to allow people to leave Syria's eastern Ghouta, after a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire across the entire country.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026822-putin-orders-daily-truce-for-evacuations-from-syrias-eastern-ghouta/

 

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Delta, United Airlines become latest companies to cut NRA ties

By Gina Cherelus

 

FILE PHOTO - Delta planes line up at their gates while on the tarmac of Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah September 28, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines and United Airlines on Saturday became the latest major corporations to sever marketing ties with the National Rifle Association as the fallout from last week's massacre at a Florida high school took its toll on the gun advocacy group.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026824-delta-united-airlines-become-latest-companies-to-cut-nra-ties/

 

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German court to rule on city bans for diesel cars

 

An exhaust pipe of a car is pictured on a street in a Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's top administrative court will decide on Tuesday whether cities in Europe's biggest auto market can ban diesel cars, potentially wiping hundreds of million of euros off the value of up to 12 million vehicles.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026825-german-court-to-rule-on-city-bans-for-diesel-cars/

 

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Saudi reshuffles top military posts, adds a woman deputy minister

 

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud performs the traditional Ardha sword dance as part of the activities of Janadriyah Culture festival, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 20, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman reshuffled some of the kingdom's top military officers and several deputy ministers on Monday in a broad shakeup seen as elevating younger officials in key economic and security areas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026827-saudi reshuffles-top-military-posts-adds-a-woman-deputy-minister/

 

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Tax cuts offer Republicans a Trump-free campaign option

By Kim Palmer

 

U.S. Senator Rob Portman answers question about the effect of Tax Cuts & Jobs Act during his tour of Ohio in Zanesville, Ohio, U.S., February 23, 2018. Picture takes on February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Palmer

 

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - As Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman spoke to small-business owners over the weekend in his home state of Ohio, he hammered on a major election-year theme for Republicans - that tax cuts are helping the little guy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026828-tax-cuts-offer-republicans-a-trump-free-campaign-option/

 

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Britain is facing serious far-right terrorism threat, top UK officer says

By Michael Holden

 

FILE PHOTO: The then assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Mark Rowley answers journalists questions after reading a statement regarding the latest security arrangements in Britain following attacks in Tunisia and France, outside New Scotland Yard in London, Britain June 27, 2015. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain faces a new and significant threat from organised far-right terrorism, the UK's most senior counter-terrorism officer said on Monday as he revealed police had foiled four plots by right-wing extremists in the last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026829-britain-is-facing-serious-far-right-terrorism-threat-top-uk-officer-says/

 

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump over 'Dreamers' immigrants

By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, U.S., November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to President Donald Trump, requiring his administration to maintain protections he has sought to end for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026832-us-supreme-court-rejects-trump-over-dreamers-immigrants/

 

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U.S. federal judge rejects challenge to marijuana prohibition

By Brendan Pierson

 

FILE PHOTO - A thriving marijuana plant is seen at a grow operation in Denver, Colorado December 31, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the United States' longstanding prohibition of marijuana on the grounds that the ban was unconstitutional, with the judge finding that the issue could not be decided by the court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026833-us-federal-judge-rejects-challenge-to-marijuana-prohibition/

 

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EEC committee approves high speed rail links to major airports

 

 

BANGKOK, 27 February 2018 (NNT) – Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Development Policy Committee has approved high speed rail links to three airports. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026837-eec-committee-approves-high-speed-rail-links-to-major-airports/

 

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NCPO yet to meet on political activities ban

 

 

BANGKOK, 27 February 2018, (NNT) - According to the deputy premier for public security, Thailand's National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has yet to convene a meeting to lift the ban on political activities. The move is necessary for the registration of new political parties to start next month. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026838-ncpo-yet-to-meet-on-political-activities-ban/

 

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Govt prepared to meet with EU delegates in April

 

BANGKOK, 27 February 2018 (NNT) – The government is making preparations for a planned visit by a delegation of the European Union during 4-11 April 2018. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026839-thai-govt-prepared-to-meet-with-eu-delegates-in-april/

 

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Young mother charged with murder after pushing her son in the klong

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A 21 year old Samut Prakarn woman has been charged with murder by police after she admitted pushing her two year old son into a canal in Bang Bua Thong yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026840-young-mother-charged-with-murder-after-pushing-her-son-in-the-klong/

 

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Five Thai men and women charged after clambering on the ruins at Ayutthaya

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Two women and three men aged between 27 and 34 who took an action picture clambering on the ruins of Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya have answered police charges.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026844-five-thai-men-and-women-charged-after-clambering-on-the-ruins-at-ayutthaya/