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Sri Lanka to lift social media ban - minister

By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal

 

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A computer screen shows an inaccessible Facebook page after the Sri Lankan government decided to shut down social messaging networks, in Colombo. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

 

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is likely to lift a ban on social media networks this week, a government minister said on Tuesday, almost a week after blocking access to prevent the spread of communal violence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029082-sri-lanka-to-lift-social-media-ban-minister/

 

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Stopped By Police In Thailand? What You Should Do.

By Khaosod English

 

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Forensic police search a crime scene on Monday.

 

By Yutthachai Sangsirisap and Robert Virasin

 

There are many stories about bad police planting evidence or fake police shaking down the innocent. What to do if someone claiming to be a police officer wants to search your person or belongings?

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029084-stopped-by-police-in-thailand-what-you-should-do/

 

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NACC welcomes court ruling on commissioners’ qualifications

By The Nation

 

National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) president Pol General Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit on Wednesday dismissed concerns that the recent charter court ruling over the NACC commissioners’ qualifications would trigger a new controversy, saying it would rather pave the way for a smooth working process in the future.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029085-nacc-welcomes-court-ruling-on-commissioners’-qualifications/

 

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Man Kills Fellow Hmong Hunter After ‘Mistaking him for a Chicken’

by CityNews

 

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CityNews – A Hmong villager, aged 62, has been arrested and charged with murder after he confessed to shooting at another Hmong villager hunting in the jungle when he mistook him for a wild chicken.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029098-man-kills-fellow-hmong-hunter-after-‘mistaking-him-for-a-chicken’/

 

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Passenger complains of dangerously overcrowded Airport Rail Link

 

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A passenger, who is a daily commuter on Bangkok’s Airport Rail Link has said the service is now so overcrowded people’s safety is at risk.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029099-passenger-complains-of-dangerously-overcrowded-airport-rail-link/

 

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Buddha Issara Reunites With Suthep At Court

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Suthep Thaugsuban greets Buddha Issara on Wednesday at the court

 

BANGKOK — An activist monk who helped lead street protests that paved way for the 2014 military coup was indicted on a charge of insurrection along with other activists Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029102-buddha-issara-reunites-with-suthep-at-court/

 

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Light and sound extravaganza for Phuket’s heroines

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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PHUKET:-- Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong presided over the opening night of the light and sound show and historical play held by Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (PPAO, or OrBorJor) together with Phuket Province and relevant agencies at Thalang Historical Park at 7:30pm yesterday (Mar 13).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029107-light-and-sound-extravaganza-for-phuket’s-heroines/

 

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Vietnam bar owner said to have arranged meeting of suspects in Kim Jong Nam killing

Reuters Staff

 

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FILE PHOTO - Kim Jong Nam arrives at Beijing airport in Beijing, China, in this photo taken by Kyodo February 11, 2007. Picture taken February 11, 2007. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS/File Picture.

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Vietnamese bar owner was asked to act in a video prank show by a man wanted for the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean leader’s half-brother, but declined the offer, a Malaysian court heard on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029108-vietnam-bar-owner-said-to-have-arranged-meeting-of-suspects-in-kim-jong-nam-killing/

 

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Britain to expel 23 Russian diplomats, freeze Russian state assets

Reuters Staff

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029109-britain-to-expel-23-russian-diplomats-freeze-russian-state-assets/

 

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Quick police work leads to arrest of suspects in Uthai Thani gold shop robbery - one is a Qatari man.

 

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Police in Pattaya announced the arrest of a Qatari national and his female Thai accomplice for the vicious robbery at an Uthai Thani gold shop on Monday evening.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029111-quick-police-work-leads-to-arrest-of-suspects-in-uthai-thani-gold-shop-robbery-one-is-a-qatari-man/

 

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"Special forces" and "Thetsakit" to enforce 2,000 baht Pattaya smoking ban fines from April

 

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Pattaya City council have announced that what they called special forces will team up with infamous thetsakit (municipal officers) to fine people caught throwing cigarette butts on Jomtien's Dong Tan beach.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029112-special-forces-and-thetsakit-to-enforce-2000-baht-pattaya-smoking-ban-fines-from-april/

 

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Mama Mae! 5.5 meter, 100 kilo python nabbed in South Thailand - but it's not a record

 

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Snake catchers in Thung Yai district of Nakorn Sri Thammarat caught a monster python, it was announced yesterday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029113-mama-mae-55-meter-100-kilo-python-nabbed-in-south-thailand-but-its-not-a-record/

 

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Video: Not exactly what the authorities had in mind when they demanded helmet use.....

 

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A video doing the rounds of Thai social media showed a motorcycle taxi rider beating the living daylights out of a colleague at the rank with a helmet and his feet.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029115-video-not-exactly-what-the-authorities-had-in-mind-when-they-demanded-helmet-use/

 

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