THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 10 Apr 2018

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Videos: Israeli mafia rounded up after "shooting at shellfish" videos hit YouTube

 

 

Thai police have announced the arrest of several Israelis wanted in Thailand and abroad on weapons, murder and extortion charges.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032972-videos-israeli-mafia-rounded-up-after-shooting-at-shellfish-videos-hit-youtube/

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Thai husband held amid suspicions he knows more about Chinese wife's drowning death

 

 

Ban Ta Khun police in Surat Thani were called to a floating resort on the Chiaw Lan reservoir after divers located the body of a Chinese woman who was reported missing.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032981-thai-husband-held-amid-suspicions-he-knows-more-about-chinese-wifes-drowning-death/

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Ambulance story takes new twists as patent dies and defamation accusations fly

 

 

The story of the  red Suzuki Swift that would not get out of the way of an ambulance is becoming the drama of the month.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032991-ambulance-story-takes-new-twists-as-patent-dies-and-defamation-accusations-fly/

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Phuket gets eight booze-free, safe water-play zones for Songkran, Seven Days of Danger looms

The Phuket News

 

Bangla Rd in Patong again will be one of the eight alcohol-free safe water-play zones for Songkran. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket will have eight alcohol-free, safe water-play zones for celebrating Songkran this Friday (April 13), officials have confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032970-phuket-gets-eight-booze-free-safe-water-play-zones-for-songkran-seven-days-of-danger-looms/

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Watchdog opposes easing of licence payment terms for mobile operators

By SIRIVISH TOOMGUM 
THE NATION

 

 

AN ANTI-GRAFT watchdog yesterday asked the government not to grant controversial requests by two major mobile-phone network operators for easing of licence upfront payments.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033012-watchdog-opposes-easing-of-licence-payment-terms-for-mobile-operators/

 

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20-year strategy not part of plot to stay in power, says PM

By THE NATION 

 

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday called on all political sides to work together and help avoid interruptions to the country’s progress.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033013-20-year-strategy-not-part-of-plot-to-stay-in-power-says-pm-prayut/

 

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Abhisit protege plans new path for Democrats

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

 

“I’M NOT the political legacy of anyone, especially Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva,” Parit Wacharasindhu firmly told The Nation during a conversation at the Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033014-abhisit-protege-plans-new-path-for-democrats/

 

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Thanathorn queries on registration

By WASAMON AUDJARINT, 
KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

 

THE PROSPECTIVE Future Forward Party yesterday called for the ruling junta to allow the party to hold meetings as well as lift all orders that obstruct political activities.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033015-thanathorn-queries-on-registration/

 

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Houses in Doi Suthep ‘cannot be scrapped’

By The Nation

 

 

Office of the judiciary says it would be breaking the law if it called off the project or demolished buildings.

 

THE OFFICE of the Judiciary has cited “laws” as the reason why it cannot suspend construction of the controversial residences for court officials at the foot of Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep mountain or demolish some of those buildings despite growing calls from locals and environmentalists. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033016-houses-in-doi-suthep-‘cannot-be-scrapped’/

 

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Bright prospects for Thailand in next EU report on fishing industry

By THE NATION

 

 

THAILAND HAS a good chance of an improved rating in the European Union’s (EU) next report on the country’s efforts to reduce illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033017-bright-prospects-for-thailand-in-next-eu-report-on-fishing-industry/

 

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‘Death Island’ in the news again after rape claim by British woman

By THE NATION

 

 

KOH TAO off Surat Thani province is in the spotlight again after a British woman claimed a 26-year-old French man had raped her in a hotel on the island. The woman, whose name has been withheld, first alerted her mother in the UK to the alleged attack.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032895-french-cop-held-for-rape-of-british-teen-on-koh-tao/?do=findComment&comment=12878515

 

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Court hears first testimony from seven suspects in massage parlour case

By THE NATION

 

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RATCHADAPISEK Criminal Court in Bangkok yesterday heard testimony from seven suspects regarding alleged human trafficking and underage prostitution at the Victoria’s: The Secret Forever massage parlour, including its chief promoter who led a team of staff to woo customers, Boonsap “Pa Kob” Amornrattanasiri.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032912-court-hears-first-testimony-in-massage-parlour-case/?do=findComment&comment=12878519

 

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Cycle of fortune favours foreign rider again

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Vietnamese Nguyen Thi That of the World Cycling Centre team. / Nation Photo by Wanchai Krasisornkajit

 

Vietnamese Nguyen Thi That of the World Cycling Centre team won the second stage of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’ Cup Women’s Tour of Thailand after timing 2:46.05 hours in Khon Kaen on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033018-khon-kaen-cycle-of-fortune-favours-foreign-rider-again/

 

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OPINION

‘Love Destiny’ is more fantasy than nostalgia

By The Nation

 

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In its pursuit of ‘thainess’, the government seeks to restore long-discredited values

 

The phenomenon generated by the TV series “Buppesannivas” (“Love Destiny”) has included a fashion fad as Thais dress in period costumes. We believe this might be good for commerce, but it’s politically incorrect.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033019-‘love-destiny’-is-more-fantasy-than-nostalgia/

 

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Transport Ministry aims to cut road accident rate by 7 percent this Songkran

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Transport Ministry has set a target to reduce the number of road accidents during Songkran festival this year by 7 percent compared to the statistics for the same period last year, said Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisit on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033020-transport-ministry-aims-to-cut-road-accident-rate-by-7-percent-this-songkran/

 

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Songkran festival exodus begins at bus terminal

By Thai PBS

 

 

Bangkok’s northern bus terminal was packed with tens of thousands of Songkran revellers yesterday (Apr 9) as they began leaving the capital for homes prior to the long 5-day Songkran festival beginning April 12-16.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033021-songkran-festival-exodus-begins-at-bus-terminal/

 

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Overwhelmed Krabi Unable To Stop Vandal Tourists

By Jintamas Saksornchai

 

  

Children point Monday to marks left by guests on the edge of Emerald Pool in Krabi province. Photo: Matichon

 

KRABI — Another natural attraction in the southern province of Krabi has been found defiled, leading local officials to vow stepped up surveillance.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033022-overwhelmed-krabi-unable-to-stop-vandal-tourists/

 

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BLOODIED AND CHAINED 

Thailand zoo horror revealed in sickening snaps showing emaciated animals shackled in tiny cages

Brit photographer exposes what he dubs as ‘wildlife house of horrors’ at Pata and Phuket zoos while tourists

By Patrick Knox

 

This poor orangutan seems to have given up as it lay in a filthy cage with no stimulants or food to eat

 

THESE heartbreaking images of zoo animals caged after being exploited in sick shows are enough to shock anyone. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033023-thailand-zoo-horror-revealed-in-sickening-snaps-showing-emaciated-animals-shackled-in-tiny-cages/

 

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Patong hotel operators counter-sue military and former employee

"There’s a clear CCTV camera footage as evidence of unlawful detention."

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

The Patong Paragon Hotel operator, Wisit Iew-Wirotrit, together with his lawyer, Ananchai Chaiyadet and his lawyer team, visited Patong’s Police Station to issue litigation against the army officers and his former employee, both for criminal and civil charges, asking for 100 million Baht compensation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033024-patong-hotel-operators-counter-sue-military-and-former-employee/

 

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89-year-old nude model keeps posing with pride despite opposition from family

 

Wang Suzhong poses for painters during an art class.//Photo: VCG

 

Wang Suzhong, 89, is probably the most famous nude model among all the university art departments in Sichuan province, according to Global Times online.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033025-89-year-old-nude-model-keeps-posing-with-pride-despite-opposition-from-family/

 

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At least 27 killed as school bus plunges off Indian mountain road

 

Officials say at least 30 school children are dead in India after their bus fell into a gorge.

 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least 24 children and three adults were killed when a school bus plunged off a mountain road in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Monday, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033028-at-least-27-killed-as-school-bus-plunges-off-indian-mountain-road/

 

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FBI raids offices, home of Trump's personal lawyer: source

By Warren Strobel and John Walcott

 

FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen, personal attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to appear before Senate Intelligence Committee staff as the panel investigates alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday raided the offices and home of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, law enforcement sources said, in a dramatic new development in a series of probes involving close Trump associates.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033029-fbi-raids-offices-home-of-trumps-personal-lawyer-source/

 

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Zuckerberg ditches T-shirt, apologises for Facebook mistakes

By Dustin Volz and David Shepardson

 

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a meeting with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc <FB.O> Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg swapped his trademark T-shirt and jeans for a dark suit and a purple tie on Monday as he met U.S. lawmakers to apologise for the social network's misuse of its members' data and to head off possible regulation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033030-zuckerberg-ditches-t-shirt-apologises-for-facebook-mistakes/

 

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Trump says will meet with North Korean leader in May or early June

By Steve Holland and Christine Kim

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks as he paid an unofficial visit to Beijing, China, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 28, 2018. KCNA/via Reuters

 

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he planned to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month or in early June and hoped the discussions would ultimately lead to an end of the North's nuclear weapons program.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033031-trump-says-will-meet-with-north-korean-leader-in-may-or-early-june/

 

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Trump vows quick action on 'barbaric' Syria chemical attack

By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols

 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday promised quick, forceful action in response to a "barbaric" suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, appearing to suggest a potential military response.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033032-trump-vows-quick-action-on-barbaric-syria-chemical-attack/

 

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Australian media report China proposes military base in South Pacific

 

FILE PHOTO: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks during a news conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto (not pictured) in Budapest, Hungary, February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - China has approached Vanuatu about establishing a permanent military presence on the tiny Pacific island, Australia's Fairfax Media reported on Tuesday, a plan that would likely stoke regional tensions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033041-australian-media-report-china-proposes-military-base-in-south-pacific/

 

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Fossil Homo sapiens finger from Saudi desert is 90,000 years old

By Will Dunham

 

The single fossil finger bone of Homo sapiens - pictured from various angles - from the Al Wusta site, Saudi Arabia is pictured in this undated handout composite photo obtained by Reuters April 9, 2018. Ian Cartwright/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fossil finger bone dating back about 90,000 years that was unearthed in Saudi Arabia's Nefud Desert is pointing to what scientists are calling a new understanding of how our species came out of Africa en route to colonizing the world.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033042-fossil-homo-sapiens-finger-from-saudi-desert-is-90000-years-old/

 

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Six dead, 44 injured in yet more Burmese worker bus carnage

 

Pictures: Thai Rath

 

Six Burmese workers are dead and 44 injured - 28 seriously - after a double-decker bus crashed down a ravine in Tak province in Thailand's north west late last night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033043-six-dead-44-injured-in-yet-more-burmese-worker-bus-carnage/

 

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Road carnage: You're all breaking the law, campaigner tells Thais.

 

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Thais drivers and riders have been told in no uncertain terms to start obeying the law or face more road carnage.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033046-road-carnage-youre-all-breaking-the-law-campaigner-tells-thais/

 

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Merkel gathers bickering ministers to knuckle down to business

By Paul Carrel

 

FILE PHOTO - German Chancellor Angela Merkel leads her cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel will need to draw on all her experience to forge some team spirit among her new cabinet at a two-day retreat starting on Tuesday, with ministers already squabbling after just a month in office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033049-merkel-gathers-bickering-ministers-to-knuckle-down-to-business/