THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 22 Mar 2018

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Police to ban water splashing on all main and secondary roads during Songkran

 

 

The Royal Thai Police will impose a total ban on water splashing on main and secondary roads throughout the country during the seven-day Songkran festival  from April 11-17 to ensure road safety for revelers and other motorists.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030109-breaking-police-to-ban-water-splashing-on-all-main-and-secondary-roads-during-songkran/

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Uninsured British man on way to extend his visa loses leg after horrific motorbike accident

 

 

A young British man has suffered life changing injuries and is in a serious condition in hospital following an horrific motorbike accident in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030108-uninsured-british-man-on-way-to-extend-his-visa-loses-leg-after-horrific-motorbike-accident/

 

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Walking Street attackers tell their side of the story as Pattaya police dish out 2,500 baht fine

 

 

The men who attacked a foreigner outside Linda Beer Bar in Walking Street have been arrested and have told their side of the story to Pattaya station chief Apichai Krobpetch.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030107-walking-street-attackers-tell-their-side-of-the-story-as-pattaya-police-dish-out-2500-baht-fine/

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Despicable foreign tourist! Why a Thai's eyes almost "popped out of their sockets"!

 

 

Thai Rath were having a field day blaming a western tourist for posing on a ledge at Thailand's holiest site.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030114-despicable-foreign-tourist-why-a-thais-eyes-almost-popped-out-of-their-sockets/

 

 

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Somchai accepts sacking, but says he is now free to speak out

By THE NATION

 

 

SACKED Election Commission (EC) member Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, once seen as an ally of the junta, has accepted his termination completely and is not planning to appeal it. However, he has also signalled that he is now free to comment more broadly on politics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030133-somchai-accepts-sacking-but-says-he-is-now-free-to-speak-out/

 

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Democracy advocate Sombat launches ‘Troll’ party

By THE NATION

 

 

PRO-DEMOCRACY activist Sombat Boonngamanong yesterday submitted to the Election Commission (EC) documents regarding pre-registration of a new party he named as “Krian”, or “clean-cut” in English, while expressing his opposition to an “outsider” prime minister.“outsider” prime minister.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030134-democracy-advocate-sombat-launches-‘troll’-party/

 

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US scandal shows big data manipulation likely in next Thai election: analysts

By ASINA PORNWASIN 
THE NATION 

 

 

IT IS highly likely that Thailand will see the use of voter profiling through social media in the next general election, experts have predicted.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030135-us-scandal-shows-big-data-manipulation-likely-in-next-thai-election-analysts/

 

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BREAKING

 

At least 16 killed and many injured in Korat road accident Wednesday night

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

 

At least 16 people were killed on Wednesday evening when their double-deck coach crashed with a 18-wheel truck before slamming into roadside shops in in Nakhon Ratchasima's Wang Nam Khieo district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030137-at-least-16-killed-and-many-injured-in-korat-road-accident/

 

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Ministry probes claim of conflict of interest in rabies vaccines

By The Nation

 

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FORMER OFFICIAL’S WIFE OWNS SUPPLIER FIRM BUT IT'S NOT LINKED TO SUBSTANDARD VACCINE

 

THE AGRICULTURE and Cooperatives Ministry will set up a committee to investigate reports that conflicts of interest have plagued its procurement of anti-rabies vaccines. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030138-ministry-probes-claim-of-conflict-of-interest-in-rabies-vaccines/

 

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‘Authorities have misled people’ about health peril of air pollution

By PATINYA SRISUPAMART 
THE NATION

 

 

A MEDICAL specialist has brought home the human cost of the air-pollution problem plaguing Thailand, stating yesterday that the mortality rate increased by 0.3 per cent for every 10 micrograms of small dust particles measuring 10 microns (PM10) in the air.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030139-‘authorities-have-misled-people’-about-health-peril-of-air-pollution/

 

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Academics call for ban on use of paraquat herbicide

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Academics and experts discuss the impact of the paraquat herbicide on people’s health at a public seminar at the National Health Commission Office yesterday.

 

ACADEMICS yesterday urged the government to ban the chemical paraquat in Thailand as it has been scientifically linked to sickness, food contamination and problems with child development.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030140-academics-call-for-ban-on-use-of-paraquat-herbicide/

 

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Police gather evidence for civil lawsuit against tycoon

By THE NATION

 

 

PUBLIC PROSECUTORS have suggested that police collect evidence to file a civil suit against a high-profile construction tycoon for allegedly damaging the ecology and environment in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, where he had allegedly been poaching.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030141-police-gather-evidence-for-civil-lawsuit-against-tycoon/

 

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‘Prem killed a cat!’ Viral video reflects cultural phenomenon

By THE NATION

 

 

AFTER GRAFFITI murals of slain black leopards seized the public’s attention, satire has become the new subversive symbolism highlighting injustice linked to the wildlife poaching case involving construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030081-satirical-video-clip-of-premchai’s-poaching-case-goes-viral/?do=findComment&comment=12818715

 

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EDITORIAL:

Once bitten, twice shy

By The Nation

 

Widespread ignorance about rabies is helping spread the disease, abetted by a flawed and restrictive law

 

The country’s sixth death caused by rabies this year was reported on Tuesday. The victim was a 14-year-old girl in northeastern Buri Ram province. Just as sadly, the latest victim’s mother blamed the girl’s untimely death on ignorance about rabies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030142-editorial-once-bitten-twice-shy/

 

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At least 16 killed in fatal bus-truck collision in Wang Nam Khiao district

By Thai PBS

 

 

At least 16 people were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a collision between a tour bus and an 18-wheel trailer truck on Nakhon Ratchasima-Kabin Buri road in Wang Nam Khiao district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Wednesday night (March 21).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030137-at-least-16-killed-and-many-injured-in-korat-road-accident/?do=findComment&comment=12818728

 

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Man admits he mistakenly shot dead a young boxer

By Thai PBS

 

 

A man who allegedly shot dead a 16-year old Thai boxer told the police after his arrest that he mistook the victim as a rival whom he engaged in fist fight at a recent temple fair in Nong Harn district of Udon Thani.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030143-udon-thani-man-admits-he-mistakenly-shot-dead-a-young-boxer/

 

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Vaping could get you ten years in a Thai prison

It’s not a new law, with the import of electronic cigarettes and shisha being banned back in October 2014, but most tourists don’t know about the three year old laws.

By Tanutam Thawan

 

 

Vaping, the popular alternative to smoking cigarettes, might be OK where you come from, but in Thailand sucking on your favourite ‘vape’, or even bringing them into the country, could put put you in a Thai prison for ten years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030144-vaping-could-get-you-ten-years-in-a-thai-prison/

 

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Phuket gives away more than 12,000 shirts to public drivers

"This will give a better image of the island's public transportation and of the drivers as well."

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Phuket Vice Governor, Sanit Srivihok, chaired a give-away ceremony this morning (March 21), aiming to encourage public transport drivers to dress more professionally.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030145-phuket-gives-away-more-than-12000-shirts-to-public-drivers/

 

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2nd Slow Down Samui Campaign

 

 

Thailand is consistently one of the most dangerous places to drive in the world, and the roads of Samui specifically hold countless dangers to all motorists that use our roads.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030146-2nd-slow-down-samui-campaign/

 

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Chinese Tourists Just Can't Get Enough of Thailand

By Supunnabul Suwannakij

 

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-- February arrivals from China surge past 1 million to record

-- More than 10 million are expected for the whole of 2018

 

Tourism is the gift that keeps on giving in Thailand, thanks especially to China.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030147-chinese-tourists-just-cant-get-enough-of-thailand/

 

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Texas bombing suspect blows self up on roadside as police close in

By Jon Herskovitz

 

A journalist is apprehended as law enforcement personnel investigate a home linked to the bomber in Pflugerville, Texas, U.S., March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

 

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - Experts removed explosive device components on Wednesday from the home of a Texas man who police say carried out a three-week bombing spree that came to an end earlier in the day when he blew himself up as police closed in on his vehicle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030149-texas-bombing-suspect-blows-self-up-on-roadside-as-police-close-in/

 

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Militants free scores of abducted Nigerian schoolgirls after month in captivity

By Ola Lanre and Abraham Achirga

 

Some of the newly-released Dapchi schoolgirls are pictured in Jumbam village, Yobe State, Nigeria March 21, 2018. REUTERS/REUTERS/Ola Lanre

 

DAPCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist militants freed scores of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls on Wednesday, driving them back into the town where they had been captured a month ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030150-militants-free-scores-of-abducted-nigerian-schoolgirls-after-month-in-captivity/

 

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French civil servants, rail staff strike in test for Macron

By Ingrid Melander and Caroline Pailliez

 

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron attends an international meeting in Paris, France, December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Teachers, hospital nurses, train conductors and airline controllers will walk off the job and take to the streets across France on Thursday in a test of public anger with President Emmanuel Macron's reform drive.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030151-french-civil-servants-rail-staff-strike-in-test-for-macron/

 

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French judges place Sarkozy under formal investigation in Libyan probe

 

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy enters his car as he leaves his house in Paris, France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Judges in France placed former French president Nicolas Sarkozy under formal investigation on Wednesday over allegations of illegal campaign financing, a judicial source said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030153-french-judges-place sarkozy under-formal-investigation-in-libyan-probe/

 

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May to seek EU condemnation of Russia over nerve agent attack

By Robin Emmott and Elizabeth Piper

 

Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, speaks at the Conservative Party’s Spring Forum in central London, Britain March 17, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Pool

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May will seek on Thursday to persuade EU leaders to condemn Russia over what London says was a nerve agent attack in England directed by Moscow but she must overcome resistance within the bloc from Russia's allies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030154-may-to-seek-eu-condemnation-of-russia-over-nerve-agent-attack/

 

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Pattaya police promise action against Thai lady boys, Thai media

 

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Thai TV said that Pattaya police were promising to take action to stop lady boys from attacking tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030159-pattaya-police-promise-action-against-thai-lady-boys-thai-media/

 

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More than half of women are victims of sexual assault by drunken Songkran men, claims report

 

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A report submitted to the Thai Interior Ministry claims that more than half of all women are subjected to sexual molestation by drunk men at Songkran.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030160-more-than-half-of-women-are-victims-of-sexual-assault-by-drunken-songkran-men-claims-report/

 

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U.S. Congress unveils $1.3 trillion spending bill as shutdown looms

By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker

 

The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2018. REUTERS/ Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress late on Wednesday unveiled a $1.3 trillion (£917.7 billion) bill to fund the government through September, which includes an additional $80 billion in national defence spending but fails to fund some of President Donald Trump's immigration initiatives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030161-us-congress-unveils-13-trillion-spending-bill-as-shutdown-looms/

 

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Video: Pattaya will be Thailand's "Miami"

 

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An upbeat video produced by Thai media Manager said that Pattaya is set to be Thailand's Miami.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030163-video-pattaya-will-be-thailands-miami/

 

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Devolved UK parliaments pass bills to keep current powers after Brexit

By Elisabeth O'Leary

 

FILE PHOTO: First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones and Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attend a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee, chaired by British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street in London March 14, 2018. Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

 

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain's devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales on Wednesday approved bills that aim to keep their current powers unchanged after Brexit, a backstop in case a dispute with Prime Minister Theresa May's government drags on.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030164-devolved-uk-parliaments-pass-bills-to-keep-current-powers-after-brexit/