THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 16 Apr 2018

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Road accidents much higher than in 2017

By THE NATION

 

 

THE road death toll has reached 248, with 2,557 injured in 2,449 accidents during the first four days of the so-called seven dangerous Songkran days, the Road Safety Centre announced yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033875-road-accidents-much-higher-than-in-2017/

 

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A French man found dead in Patong hotel room

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

Police estimate that he'd died there at least 3 or 4 days before he was found.

 

 

A 73 year old French man, Claude Cadeau, was found dead in a Patong Hotel yesterday (Saturday). Police estimate that he’d died there at least 3 or 4 days before he was found.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033845-a-french-man-found-dead-in-patong-hotel-room/

 

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Man beaten unconscious in Nakhon Ratchasima regains consciousness, has severe brain concussion

 

 

A young man who sustained a severe brain concussion in a brawl during the Songkran celebration on Saturday in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Muang district has regained consciousness.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033844-man-beaten-unconscious-in-nakhon-ratchasima-regains-consciousness-has-severe-brain-concussion/

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Thai masseur accused of raping tourist

 

 

A 27-year-old Thai masseur was arrested early on Sunday for allegedly raping a Taiwanese tourist during an April 12 massage session at the shop in downtown Bangkok but the man claimed the sex was consensual and the customer even gave him a Bt100 tip.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033842-thai-masseur-accused-of-raping-tourist/

 

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248 people killed and 2,557 injured in road accidents during April 11-14 Songkran celebrations

 

 

The death toll from 2,449 road accidents in the past four days during April 11-14 rose to 248 and 2,557 injured, with 57 deaths and 626 injured in 603 accidents on April 14 alone, according to the statistics of the Centre for the Protection and Reduction of Road Accidents during Songkran festival.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033841-248-people-killed-and-2557-injured-in-road-accidents-during-april-11-14-songkran-celebrations/

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Blacktip reef sharks spotted

By THE THAIGER

 

 

THE CHIEF of Koh Hong National Park at Than Bok Khorani National Park has revealed that more than 10 blacktip reef sharks have recently been spotted hunting for small shellfish by several tourists at Koh Hong in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033876-koh-hong-national-park-blacktip-reef-sharks-spotted/

 

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Thailand worries over oil price spike

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

A journalist films the wreckage of a building described as part of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) compound in the Barzeh district, north of Damascus, during a press tour organised by the Syrian information ministry.//AFP PHOTO

 

Authorities keeping a close eye on economy, security following the strikes on Syria.

 

WHILE THE air strikes on Syria’s chemical weapons facilities would have a limited impact on the Thai stock market, the overall economy and other national interests, Thailand’s national security agency said yesterday that the country was on alert to prevent other, unexpected consequences. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033877-thailand-worries-over-oil-price-spike/

 

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Disgruntled emcee quits junta show

By PAWARAN CITES ‘WORKING ATTITUDES’ FOR EXIT

WASAMON AUDJARINT THE NATION

 

 

AN EMCEE of a junta-run famous TV programme said her resignation from the programme was due to “different working attitudes” while the junta government denied any involvement with the production.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033878-disgruntled-emcee-quits-junta-show/

 

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Group of anti-junta demonstrators to face prosecutor this week

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION 

 

 

WHILE THE government has claimed that human rights are a highlight of its national agenda, more than a hundred people have been charged in the past two months for exercising their right to freedom of expression by calling for an election to be held this year after almost four years of coup-installed rule.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033879-group-of-anti-junta-demonstrators-to-face-prosecutor-this-week/

 

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Political parties worried as too many holidays in April delay re-registration

By THE NATION

 

Nikorn Chamnong

 

POLITICIANS continued to express concerns over the membership re-registration process for political parties and said it would be difficult to complete the formalities by the end of this month, as required, due to the great number of public holidays.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033880-political-parties-worried-as-too-many-holidays-in-april-delay-re-registration/

 

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EDITORIAL

What kind of leaders should Thais have?

 

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Election has been wrongly and unfortunately focused

 

Ideology, if not properly promoted, can make a supposedly noble political exercise go astray. Such a danger is looming for the upcoming Thai election, where a divided nation is more preoccupied with partisanship and not the quality of leadership.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033881-what-kind-of-leaders-should-thais-have/

 

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Fight provoked by groping of friend

By KASEM CHANATHINAT 
THE NATION

 

 

SEVEN YOUNGSTERS arrested for assaulting a rival young man during a Songkran brawl in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Muang district on Saturday claim the victim was drunk and had groped a female friend of theirs before they attacked him, police said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033844-man-beaten-unconscious-in-nakhon-ratchasima-regains-consciousness-has-severe-brain-concussion/?do=findComment&comment=12895835

 

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Killer hill inspected by Transport Minister

By The Nation

 

 

Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith led a team to inspect the Doi Ruak hill area on Highway No 12 (Tak-Mae Sot) in the border province of Tak on Sunday, after three recent major crashes killed 27 people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033882-killer-hill-inspected-by-transport-minister/

 

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Lao man facing charges for allegedly transporting drugs to Thailand

By Nitisak Setthasaengsri 
The Nation

 

 

A 45-year-old Laotian man has been arrested for allegedly transporting 6,060 yaba pills in Bung Kan’s Muang district, said district chief Jamras Kangnoi on Sunday morning.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033883-bung-kan-lao-man-facing-charges-for-allegedly-transporting-drugs-to-thailand/

 

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Chao Phraya Boardwalk Plan Dead In The Water: Architects

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

  

Bangkok's Chao Phraya river in a 2010 photograph. Photo: rushdi13 / Flickr

 

BANGKOK — Opponents of a plan to pour concrete boardwalks along both sides of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok were celebrating a tentative win upon news the government had dropped the project.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033885-chao-phraya-boardwalk-plan-dead-in-the-water-architects/

 

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Phuket suffers first road death of Songkran holidays

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Prakob Wongmaneerung today (April 15) repeated the Phuket Governor's order to ensure car and motorbike rental operators were renting vehicles out only to people who are properly licensed to drive them. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Phuket suffered its first death of this year’s Songkran holidays with a motorbike accident yesterday (April 14), Day 4 of the Songkran Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033887-phuket-suffers-first-road-death-of-songkran-holidays/

 

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Four die in a pickup truck that smashed into a roadside tree

By Thai PBS

 

 

Three youths were killed and the fourth died later at a hospital after a pickup truck in which they were travelling lost control and crashed into a huge roadside tree in Phimai district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday(Apr 14).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033888-four-die-in-a-pickup-truck-that-smashed-into-a-roadside-tree-in-korat/

 

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380 drink drivers vow not to drink drive again before being taken to court

By Thai PBS

 

 

A total of 380 drink drivers took part in a vow-taking ceremony held at Bangpu police station on Sunday(Apr 15), with a promise that they will not ride a motorcycle or drive a car under the influence of alcohol.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033889-380-drink-drivers-vow-not-to-drink-drive-again-before-being-taken-to-court/

 

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Meechai believes new parties offer new alternative for voters

By Thai PBS

 

 

New political parties will offer more options for the voters, but whether they will succeed in attracting their votes or not will depend on their policy platforms and the quality of the new politicians, said Mr Meechai Ruchupan, chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033890-meechai-believes-new-parties-offer-new-alternative-for-voters/

 

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Nok Air’s flight from Ubon bound for BKK delayed at least five hours due to a plane’s tyre burst

By Thai PBS

 

 

Hundreds of passengers of Nok Air airline were stranded at Ubon Ratchathani airport for more than five hours after a tyre of the plane burst while taxing on the runway on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033891-nok-air’s-flight-from-ubon-bound-for-bkk-delayed-at-least-five-hours-due-to-a-plane’s-tyre-burst/

 

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Kalasin police superintendent removed for out of town during Songkran

By Thai PBS

 

 

Kalasin’s Muang district police superintendent has been ordered transferred to the provincial police operations centre after he was found to be out of the district during Songkran festival .

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033892-kalasin-police-superintendent-removed-for-out-of-town-during-songkran/

 

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PM stresses importance of family and love

 

 

BANGKOK, 16th April 2018 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has called on every family to be loving and spend quality time together this Songkran holiday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033893-pm-prayut-stresses-importance-of-family-and-love/

 

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Meechai confirms election will take place in Feb 2019

 

 

BANGKOK, 16th April 2018 (NNT) – The chief of the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) is convinced that Thai citizens will go to the polls in February 2019. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033894-meechai-confirms-election-will-take-place-in-feb-2019/

 

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Barbara Bush, wife of ex-President George H.W. Bush, in 'failing health'

 

FILE PHOTO - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush participates in the coin toss ahead of the start of Super Bowl LI between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons as former first lady Barbara Bush looks on in Houston , Texas, U.S., February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barbara Bush, the wife of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, is in "failing health" and has decided to no longer seek medical treatment, the office of the ex-president said in a statement from Houston on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033895-barbara-bush-wife-of-ex-president-george-hw-bush-in-failing-health/

 

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Trump bashes Comey as 'slippery' ahead of book release

 

A combination of file photos show U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. April 9, 2018 and former FBI Director James Comey on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria, Jonathan Ernst/File Photos

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump hurled a new set of insults on James Comey on Sunday, challenging accusations the former FBI director makes in a tell-all book that is due for release this week, and insisting that he never pressed Comey to be loyal to him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033896-trump-bashes-comey-as-slippery-ahead-of-book-release/

 

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Putin predicts global 'chaos' if West hits Syria again

By Jack Stubbs and Laila Bassam

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting dedicated to fire, that killed at least 64 people at a busy shopping mall, in Kemerovo, Russia March 27, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

 

MOSCOW/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs, as Washington prepared to increase pressure on Russia with new economic sanctions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033897-putin-predicts-global-chaos-if-west-hits-syria-again/

 

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President Trump's re-election campaign raised $10 million so far in 2018

By Ginger Gibson

 

U.S. President Donald Trump announces military strikes on Syria while delivering a statement from the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign raised $10 million in the first quarter of the year, leaving his re-election operation with $28 million in cash, his campaign disclosed on Sunday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033898-president-trumps-re-election-campaign-raised-10-million-so-far-in-2018/

 

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Canada's Trudeau ready to offer aid to ensure pipeline is built

By David Ljunggren

 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the Americas Business Summit in Lima, Peru April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Andres Stapff/File Photo

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday moved to end an escalating crisis over a Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd <KML.TO> oil pipeline, saying Ottawa was prepared to offer financial aid to ensure the project went ahead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033899-canadas-trudeau-ready-to-offer-aid-to-ensure-pipeline-is-built/

 

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Trump defends use of 'mission accomplished' phrase for Syria strike

 

U.S. President Donald Trump announces military strikes on Syria while delivering a statement from the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase "mission accomplished" over the U.S.-led missile strikes on Syrian targets after it was seized on by the media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033900-trump-defends-use-of-mission-accomplished-phrase-for-syria-strike/

 

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Manchester City confirmed as champions as rivals United lose

Martyn Herman

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester City - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - April 14, 2018 Manchester City's Vincent Kompany and teammates applaud the fans after the match REUTERS/David Klein

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A week later than they would have preferred Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions on Sunday as second-placed Manchester United suffered a shock 1-0 home defeat by bottom club West Bromwich Albion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033902-manchester-city-confirmed-as-champions-as-rivals-united-lose/