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7 French people arrested over kidnapping of a French woman

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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Chalong Police and Kamala Police have arrested 7 French men and women, including 25 year old Idriss Sulliman, 25 year old Yann Kimulina, 21 year old Brahim Saifdine, 23 year old Mouhcin Wizkrane, 32 year old Yacine Maatoug, 21 year old Lydia Kouang Nlend and 19 year old Sahra Zerari, for kidnapping and physically abusing a 21 year old French woman.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028099-7-french-people-arrested-over-kidnapping-of-a-french-woman/

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Russians Claiming Dirt On Trump In Legal Limbo

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Aleksandr Kirillov and Anastasia Vashukevich in a March 25, 2017 photo. Image: Anastasia Vashukevich / Instagram

 

BANGKOK — No court date has been set for a Russian sex guru and Belarusian escort claiming to have compromising information about the US presidential election, police said Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028089-russians-claiming-dirt-on-trump-in-legal-limbo/

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Pol Gen Srivara unperturbed by hashtag campaign against him

 

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The deputy national police chief overseeing the illegal hunting case against Italian-Thai Development Plc boss Premchai Karnasuta said Wednesday (March 7) that he was not perturbed by the criticism and hashtag campaign against him.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028101-pol-gen-srivara-unperturbed-by-hashtag-campaign-against-him/

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Another kind Pattaya German - and this one sure loves even the mangiest of soi dogs!

 

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Picture: Sophon Cable

 

Germans are well known for their love of dogs.

 

Frederick the Great of Prussia once said that "the more I see of men, the better I like my dog". While writer Carl Zuckmayer believed that "a life without a dog is a mistake".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028125-another-kind-pattaya-german-and-this-one-sure-loves-even-the-mangiest-of-soi-dogs/

 

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Big Joke gets his man - Singaporean kidnapper rearrested in Bangkok

 

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Crime-buster cop Surachet Hakpal yesterday announced the arrest of a Singaporean national who fled Thailand while on bail for the kidnapping of an airline executive last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028126-big-joke-gets-his-man-singaporean-kidnapper-rearrested-in-bangkok/

 

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Court may decide constitutionality of Senate bill

By Prapasri Osathanon 
The Nation

 

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National Legislative Assembly president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai said on Wednesday that NLA members could sign a petition to the Constitutional Court to rule whether the Senate bill, if affirmed by the NLA on Thursday, is constitutional.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028128-court-may-decide-constitutionality-of-senate-bill/

 

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Paiboon seeks junta permission for party meeting

By The Nation

 

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Former reformer and founder of the People’s Reform Party, Paiboon Nititawan, has submitted a request to the junta for the party to proceed with a meeting. In doing so, he has become the first to ask for the junta’s permission in regard to administrative work for a new political party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028129-paiboon-seeks-junta-permission-for-party-meeting/

 

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Thaksin refuses to participate in telecoms case under new law

By THE NATION 

 

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FORMER PREMIER WILL NOT HAVE A LAWYER PRESENT IN ONE-SIDED ‘INQUISITORIAL’ TRIAL

 

FUGITIVE FORMER prime  minister Thaksin Shinawatra has decided not to fight a legal battle regarding a telecoms concession case against him because he disagreed with a new law that allowed trials in absentia, one of his lawyers said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028130-thaksin-refuses-to-participate-in-telecoms-case-under-new-law/

 

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Thanathorn’s popularity attracts scrutiny of junta after new party proposed

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION 

 

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AMID THE skyrocketing popularity of the young billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, notably expressed on social media after he announced his intention to set up a political party, the ruling junta plans to keep an eye on him and the “young generation” emerging as a third option in politics.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028102-junta-keeps-an-eye-on-young-political-movement/?do=findComment&comment=12777395

 

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Police conclude Premchai bribe offer after event re-enactment

By The Nation

 

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POLICE YESTERDAY performed a re-enactment of an incident in a room after a construction tycoon was arrested on poaching-related charges, and concluded that he allegedly offered a bribe in exchange for his release.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028132-police-conclude-premchai-bribe-offer-after-event-re-enactment/

 

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New ruling gives govt ‘upper hand’ in Klong Dan dispute

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
KESINEE TAENGKHIEW 
THE NATION 

 

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Wissanu confident of winning the case after verdict Nullifies damages.

 

THE CENTRAL Administrative Court’s nullification of an earlier ruling in connection with the corruption-ridden Klong Dan wastewater treatment scheme has given the government the upper hand over private firms behind the project that sought massive compensation from the state, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028133-new-ruling-gives-govt-‘upper-hand’-in-klong-dan-dispute/

 

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Generations of senior managers behind welfare fraud,claims ex-staffer

By The Nation

 

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The alleged embezzlement of state funds involving protection centres for the destitute in many provinces was part of a long-established, nationwide network linked to senior officials in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, a retired official said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028134-generations-of-senior-managers-behind-welfare-fraudclaims-ex-staffer/

 

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District official fined over ‘furious aunts’ case

By The Nation

 

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The director of the Prawet District Office was fined Bt5,000 on Wednesday for his failure to comply with the Central Administrative Court’s 2013 injunction regarding markets operating around the house of Bangkok’s so-called “furious aunts”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028135-district-official-fined-over-‘furious-aunts’-case/

 

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Report sees progress in fishing industry labour conditions

By The Nation

 

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Thailand’s fishing and seafood industry has made some progress in regard to labour conditions, according to a report funded by the European Union (EU).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028136-report-sees-progress-in-fishing-industry-labour-conditions/

 

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Art breathes life into black leopard campaign – despite repeated attempts at suppression

By MARISA CHIMPRABHA 
THE NATION

 

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A CAMPAIGN calling for the prosecution of a construction tycoon over his alleged killing of a black leopard and other protected animals has expanded, with people expressing their grief and anger in essays, poems, paintings and, in the latest development, street art.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028137-art-breathes-life-into-black-leopard-campaign-–-despite-repeated-attempts-at-suppression/

 

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Former Kanchanaburi police chief accused of tampering with Bt30m lottery investigation

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation 

 

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THE FORMER police chief of Kanchanaburi has been officially accused of tampering with an investigation regarding a Bt30-million lottery dispute.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028138-former-kanchanaburi-police-chief-accused-of-tampering-with-bt30m-lottery-investigation/

 

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Women championing human rights warn of threats and intimidation

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

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AT LEAST 60 human-rights defenders, most of whom are women, are facing judicial harassment cases in Thailand – a worrying fact highlighted on the occasion of the International Women’s Day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028139-women-championing-human-rights-warn-of-threats-and-intimidation/

 

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Somyot puts league match-fixers on notice

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

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Thai football chief Somyot Poompanmoung yesterday warned those involved in match-fixing to stop trying to manipulate the results of local league matches after being tipped off about an attempt to cheat last weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028140-somyot-puts-league-match-fixers-on-notice/

 

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EDITORIAL

The case for rich politicians

By The Nation

 

If a rookie has the right intentions, lofty financial status shouldn’t matter 

 

Almost 50 groups of citizens have applied with the Election Commission to form new political parties since last Friday. Some of them are veteran politicians, others younger aspirants ready to make their political debut.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028141-editorial-the-case-for-rich-politicians/

 

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OPINION

Tentacles of Turkey’s growing autocracy reach Thailand 

By Carleton Cole 
Special to The Nation

 

Turkish democracy developed too rapidly in the early years of this century,” says a Bangkok-based technology expert from Istanbul, who wishes to be known only as Erdem, as he is one of thousands of expat Turks around the world denied their civil rights by the autocratic regime of President Recep Erdogan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028142-tentacles-of-turkey’s-growing-autocracy-reach-thailand /

 

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Britain says former Russian spy poisoned with nerve agent

By Toby Melville

 

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SALISBURY, England (Reuters) - A nerve agent was used to deliberately poison a former Russian double agent and his daughter, Britain's top counter-terrorism officer said on Wednesday, in a case that threatens to further damage London's ties with Moscow.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028145-britain says-former-russian-spy-poisoned-with-nerve-agent/

 

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Former student indicted on 17 counts of murder in Florida school shooting

 

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FILE PHOTO: Nikolas Cruz appears in a police booking photo after being charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder following a Parkland school shooting, at Broward County Jail in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. February 15, 2018. Broward County Sheriff/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A Florida grand jury formally indicted Nikolas Cruz on Wednesday on 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first degree and 17 counts of attempted murder in the first degree for last month's shooting spree at a high school in Parkland, prosecutors said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028146-former-student-indicted-on-17-counts-of-murder-in-florida-school-shooting/

 

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South Korea envoys to leave for U.S., meet with top aide

 

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Chung Eui-yong, head of the presidential National Security Office, Suh Hoon, the chief of the South's National Intelligence Service, and other delegates arrive at a military airport in Seongnam, South Korea, March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Song Kyung-Seok/Pool

 

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two South Korean envoys will travel to the United States on Thursday to meet officials there, including National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, to discuss a meeting earlier this week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, officials in Seoul and Washington said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028147-south-korea-envoys-to-leave-for-us-meet-with-top-aide/

 

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Damascus intensifies Ghouta assault in bid to cut rebel enclave in half

By Tom Perry and Angus McDowall

 

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces bombarded eastern Ghouta anew on Wednesday in an effort to slice the rebel enclave in two, intensifying a campaign to deal the opposition its biggest defeat since 2016.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028148-damascus-intensifies-ghouta-assault-in-bid-to-cut-rebel-enclave-in-half/

 

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DPM Prawit defends Thai Niyom Yangyuen programme not a canvassing trick

By Thai PBS

 

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Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has brushed aside criticism that the presence of soldiers in rural areas under the Thai Niyom Yangyuen development programme was intended to canvass for votes from the grassroot people to pave way for the political future of the incumbent regime.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028149-dpm-prawit-defends-thai-niyom-yangyuen-programme-not-a-canvassing-trick/

 

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Four people seriously hurt in knife attacks in Vienna

 

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VIENNA (Reuters) - Four people were seriously wounded in two knife attacks in a district of the Austrian capital,Vienna, on Wednesday evening, but a motive or any connection between the assaults was unclear, a police spokesman said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028153-four-people-seriously-hurt-in-knife-attacks-in vienna/

 

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UK's May defends Saudi ties as crown prince gets royal welcome in London

By William James

 

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Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman arrived in London during his first official trip as crown prince where he's meeting Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Theresa May. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May defended Britain's links to security ally Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Queen Elizabeth for lunch on a high-profile visit that drew protests over Riyadh's human rights record.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028155-uks-may-defends-saudi-ties-as-crown-prince-gets-royal-welcome-in-london/

 

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California governor says Trump administration waging war against state

By Sharon Bernstein

 

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SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump's administration of declaring war on the most populous U.S. state, after the Justice Department sued to stop policies that protect illegal immigrants against deportation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028156-california-governor-says-trump-administration-waging-war-against-state/

 

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