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Murder-suicide by gun-toting father-in-law in Bangkok

By Supachai Phetchthewee 
The Nation

 

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A 64-year-old man shot dead his daughter-in-law and seriously wounded his son and one-year-old grandson before killing himself in a wooded area behind their house in Bangkok’s Khlong Sam Wa area on Monday morning, Nimit Mai superintendent Pol Colonel Surapol Komnoi said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030797-murder-suicide-by-gun-toting-father-in-law-in-bangkok/

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Redshirt Leaders Indicted For 2009 Protest

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Soldiers deployed in a line to face off with Redshirt protesters on April 13, 2009, in Bangkok

 

BANGKOK — Prosecutors on Monday indicted nine Redshirt leaders on charges of insurrection for leading an anti-government protest nearly a decade ago.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030800-redshirt-leaders-indicted-for-2009-protest/

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Phuket Governor inspects tour boat piers for Songkran safety

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PHUKET:-- Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong yesterday (Mar 25) led a team of officers to conduct safety checks on ferries and other tourist boats operating out of Rassada Pier as part of the annual safety drive for the Thai New Year Songkran festival next month.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030806-phuket-governor-inspects-tour-boat-piers-for-songkran-safety/

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Corruption cases swamp govt schemes for the poor

By The Nation

 

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SENIOR OFFICIAL SACKED BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY MULTIPLE SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN SYSTEMIC GRAFT

 

THE EDUCATION Ministry sacked a senior official yesterday and plans to claim compensation from everyone involved in irregular disbursements from its Educational Fund for Life Development between 2007 and 2018, after more than Bt100 million was found to have been illicitly diverted during the period. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030835-corruption-cases-swamp-govt-schemes-for-the-poor/

 

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Southern Muslim politicians to set up ‘neutral’ new party

By THE NATION

 

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THE WADAH group of Muslim politicians, backed by local residents and former MPs in the three southernmost border provinces, has resolved to form a new political party to contest the next election, a member said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030741-muslim-politicians-in-deep-south-announce-new-party-‘pracha-chat’/?do=findComment&comment=12833113

 

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Lawsuits sought against 25 people for alleged share-price manipulation

By The Nation

 

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THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked the public prosecutor to file lawsuits against 25 people accused of manipulating the share prices of six listed securities, and demanded that the wrongdoers pay fines totalling Bt890.8 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030836-lawsuits-sought-against-25-people-for-alleged-share-price-manipulation/

 

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Wildlife damage in Premchai case ‘worth Bt12.75m’

By The Nation

 

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THE NATIONAL Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department has assessed the damage allegedly caused by construction magnate Premchai Karnasuta and three other suspects to the ecology of Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary to be worth Bt12.75 million, a source said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030837-wildlife-damage-in-premchai-case-‘worth-bt1275m’/

 

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Prawit threatens to prosecute activists for violating assembly law

By THE NATION

 

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AUTHORITIES YESTERDAY threatened to enforce the Public Assembly Act against pro-democracy demonstrators as their street rallies have become more frequent in recent weeks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030838-prawit-threatens-to-prosecute-activists-for-violating-assembly-law/

 

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Uber exit hands region to Grab

By THE NATION

 

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Tarin Thaniyavarn, country head of Grab Thailand

 

RIDE-HAILING company Grab is taking over US rival Uber Technologies’ operations in Southeast Asia in the largest deal of its kind in Southeast Asia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030788-grab-buys-uber’s-southeast-asia-business-ending-service-in-thailand-in-two-weeks-from-today/?do=findComment&comment=12833129

 

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Thai woman rescued from forced prostitution in Bahrain

By THE NATION

 

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A THAI WOMAN has been rescued from forced prostitution in Bahrain, a deputy chief of the police’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030753-thai-woman-rescued-from-forced-prostitution-in-bahrain/?do=findComment&comment=12833132

 

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Doctor’s bird-flu warning rejected

By The Nation

 

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Govt officials deny cover-up regarding recent animal deaths at Korat zoo

 

AUTHORITIES HAVE denied rumours that bird-flu infections were detected in Thailand last year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030654-korat-zoo-confirms-no-bird-flu-incidence-and-no-cover-up-at-the-zoo/

 

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Prawit insists firing of Somchai ‘not an emotional act’

By The Nation

 

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Junta number two General Prawit Wongsuwan insisted on Monday that the recent dismissal of an election commissioner had not been an emotional act, but one based on evidence that the person in question had made remarks that would cause confusion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030840-prawit-insists-firing-of-somchai-‘not-an-emotional-act’/

 

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Ma set to visit Thailand in April to announce Alibaba’s EEC investment plan: Uttama

By The Nation

 

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Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, will visit Thailand next month to announce the company’s investment plan in connection with the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) initiative, Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030841-ma-set-to-visit-thailand-in-april-to-announce-alibaba’s-eec-investment-plan-uttama/

 

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EDITORIAL

Thailand can ignore the Rohingya crisis no longer

By The Nation

 

With no current movement on any level, the country closest to Myanmar should be taking the lead
 

It’s time for Thailand to take up a leading role in helping ease the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Failure to do so now would only exacerbate an already grievous problem afflicting the Kingdom and the entire region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030842-thailand-can-ignore-the-rohingya-crisis-no-longer/

 

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Anti-graft organization demands updated reports on Gen Prawit’s wristwatches and Pol Gen Somyot’s 300 million baht “borrowed” money

By Thai PBS

 

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The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand on Monday submitted an open letter to the chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chairman Pol Gen Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit asking for a progress report about the investigation into two controversial cases concerning Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and former national police chief, Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030843-anti-graft-organization-demands-updated-reports-on-gen-prawit’s-wristwatches-and-pol-gen-somyot’s-300-million-baht-“borrowed”-money/

 

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Panel formed to find more details of fatal bus accident to bring extra charges against driver and bus operator

By Thai PBS

 

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Region 3 Provincial Police Bureau commissioner Pol Lt-Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapat has ordered the setting up of a police panel to interview witnesses and injured victims of the fatal road accident involving a double-decker bus to find out more details about the incident which may bring about additional charges against the bus driver.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030844-panel-formed-to-find-more-details-of-fatal-bus-accident-to-bring-extra-charges-against-driver-and-bus-operator/

 

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Civic groups to demand further suspension of housing project for judges in Chiang Mai

By Thai PBS

 

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Representatives of 15 civic groups in Chiang Mai will meet with commander of the 33rd army circle Maj-Gen Sathit Srisuwan tomorrow (Tuesday) asking him to extend the suspension of construction of the housing project for judges at the foot of Doi Suthep mountain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030845-civic-groups-to-demand-further-suspension-of-housing-project-for-judges-in-chiang-mai/

 

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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visits China: Bloomberg

By Ben Blanchard

 

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FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to people attending a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father, Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has visited China, Bloomberg reported on Monday citing three unnamed sources, in what would be his first known overseas trip since taking power in 2011 and ahead of a potential summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.


Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030847-north-korea-leader-kim-jong-un-visits-china-bloomberg/

 

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U.S., EU to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats over poisoning of double agent

By Michael Holden and Roberta Rampton

 

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LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in punishing the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed on Moscow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030810-trump-expels-60-russians-closes-seattle-consulate-after-uk-chemical-attack-officials/?do=findComment&comment=12833206

 

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Porn star sues Trump's personal lawyer for defamation

By Lisa Lambert and Makini Brice

 

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FILE PHOTO: Adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, poses for pictures at the end of her striptease show in Gossip Gentleman club in Long Island, New York, U.S., February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stormy Daniels sued Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen on Monday for defamation, according to court documents, escalating a legal battle between the American president and the porn star that the White House was struggling to contain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030848-porn-star-sues-trumps-personal-lawyer-for-defamation/

 

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Greece's Varoufakis promises to end debt bondage with new party

By George Georgiopoulos

 

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Former Greek Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis arrives for the presentation of his new party MeRA25, or European Realist Disobedience Front, in Athens, Greece, March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

 

ATHENS (Reuters) - Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's former finance minister who transfixed Europe with his unconventional style at the climax of the debt crisis, launched a new party on Monday promising to free his country from debt bondage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030849-greeces-varoufakis-promises-to-end-debt-bondage-with-new-party/

 

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Sisi to win Egyptian election but seeks high turnout

By Mahmoud Mourad, Ahmed Aboulenein and Eric Knecht

 

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People walk in front of banners with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during preparations for the presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, March 25, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

 

CAIRO/ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - Egyptians began voting on Monday in a presidential election that guarantees victory to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, running virtually unchallenged with all credible candidates intimidated or locked up.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030850-sisi-to-win-egyptian-election-but-seeks-high-turnout/

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Britain's Johnson: expulsions show international frustration with Russia

 

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FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, arrives at the BBC to appear on the Andrew Marr Show, in central London, Britain March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said coordinated expulsions of Russian diplomats announced on Monday showed that the use of nerve toxin on a former Russian spy on English soil had brought to a head international frustrations with Moscow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030851-britains-johnson-expulsions-show-international-frustration-with-russia/

 

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Future Betong airport runway to handle large aircraft

By Charoon Thongnual 
The Nation

 

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Ongoing construction of the Betong Airport on a 920-rai (147.2-hectare) plot of land in Yala’s Betong district has progressed by 35 per cent, and is slated for completion by the end of 2019.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030852-future-betong-airport-runway-to-handle-large-aircraft/

 

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Pattaya: Sex on the beach couple have left Thailand - cops go after video poster instead

 

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The couple who were filmed having sex on Dong Tan beach in broad daylight in Pattaya earlier this month have left Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030865-pattaya-sex-on-the-beach-couple-have-left-thailand-cops-go-after-video-poster-instead/

 

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Land Transport Dept to require transport companies to hire safety managers

 

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BANGKOK, 27 March 2018 (NNT) - The Department of Land Transport (DLT) will ban double-decker buses from certain routes due to safety concerns and is requiring all transport companies to hire safety managers by June this year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030881-land-transport-dept-to-require-transport-companies-to-hire-safety-managers/

 

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An accident waiting to happen: reclaim footpath before a "quality tourist" is mown down

 

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Calls have been made for the footpaths at the popular resort of Khao Lak in Phangnga to be cleared up after large scale encroachment by vendors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030892-khao-lak-an-accident-waiting-to-happen-reclaim-footpath-before-a-quality-tourist-is-mown-down/

 

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Military poised to help prevent road accidents this Songkran

 

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BANGKOK, 27 March 2018 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Armed Forces are cooperating with the national road safety facilitation committee to keep Songkran holidaymakers safe on the roads and to bring down casualty numbers across the country. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030906-military-poised-to-help-prevent-road-accidents-this-songkran/

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South Korea says watching Beijing 'very closely' amid reports of Kim visit

 

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Events are happening quickly on the Korean peninsula with planned summits between North and South Korea and the United States, a presidential official in Seoul said on Tuesday, amid reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in China.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030907-south-korea-says-watching-beijing-very-closely-amid-reports-of-kim-visit/

 

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