CIA director Gina Haspel's Thailand torture ties

 

When Gina Haspel was nominated as the next head of the CIA in March, it re-opened debate on a murky period of recent US history - the use of secretive overseas prisons to torture terror suspects.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036641-cia-director-gina-haspels-thailand-torture-ties/

 

Korn’s stepson arrested with small amount of cocaine in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Photo from Vorakorn Chatikavanij's Facebook page.
 

A stepson of former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij has been arrested in Bangkok, for alleged possession of a small amount of cocaine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036642-korn’s-stepson-arrested-with-small-amount-of-cocaine-in-bangkok/

 

Only one Patong bar staff failed the ‘purple pee test’

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Only one out of 47 bar staff tested in Patong was found with purple urine (when added to a reagent) in drugs tests conducted in a raid of the party zone last night (Thursday).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036643-only-one-patong-bar-staff-failed-the-‘purple-pee-test’/

 

US man's tears for his beautiful Thai fiancee: It should have been a wedding but drink driving made it a funeral

 

Pictures (4) Sanook

 

The story of the funeral held to look like a wedding has a powerful back story.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036644-us-mans-tears-for-his-beautiful-thai-fiancee-it-should-have-been-a-wedding-but-drink-driving-made-it-a-funeral/

 

63 foreigners arrested in nationwide crackdown

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Tourist Police

 

In a weekly nationwide search, 63 foreigners were arrested on Thursday night as tourist police joined forces with other police agencies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036647-63-foreigners-arrested-in-nationwide-crackdown/

 

Video: Carnage as tractor destroyed and sandwiched between two trucks

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Video footage from Chaiyaphum showed a tractor traveling in the middle of the road that was slammed into by a truck from the rear.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036648-video-carnage-as-tractor-destroyed-and-sandwiched-between-two-trucks/

 

Cops called as "coconut ghosts" fight in front of the police station

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

Pattaya News reported that a bunch of Thai prostitutes started fighting on Beach Road just opposite the police station at 2.30 am on Thursday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036649-cops-called-as-coconut-ghosts-fight-in-front-of-the-police-station/

WARNING: Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch [video]

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather than disguised by a process known as “hashing”.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/twitter-urges-users-change-passwords-glitch/28589/

‘Next generation’ flaws found on computer processors: magazine

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illutration/Files

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Researchers have found eight new flaws in computer central processing units that resemble the Meltdown and Spectre bugs revealed in January, a German computing magazine reported on Thursday.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/next-generation-flaws-found-computer-processors-magazine/28591/

VIDEO: Elon Musk wipes $2 BILLION off Tesla’s value after calling analyst ‘bonehead’

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Joe Skipper

 

Tesla shares, bonds drop as CEO Musk bites hand of Wall Street

 

(Reuters) – Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk’s refusal to answer “boring” Wall Street questions about finances sent the electric vehicle maker’s shares down as much as 7 percent on Thursday, jarring investors and raising concerns about its ability to raise money in the future.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/video-elon-musk-wipes-2-billion-off-teslas-value-calling-analyst-bonehead/28594/

 

Police hunt on for "ungrateful son" who murdered his father in Khon Kaen

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police are hunting a 37 year old Thai man after his father was found brutally murdered in the family kitchen in Ban Pheu sub-district of Nong Reua district, Khon Kaen.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036651-police-hunt-on-for-ungrateful-son-who-murdered-his-father-in-khon-kaen/

 

Rainy season is back, and so are Pattaya’s floods

PATTAYA:--Songkran is over and the rainy season has returned. And the usual flooding problems have come back with it.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036652-rainy-season-is-back-and-so-are-pattaya’s-floods/

 

Floating restaurants advised against dumping trash overboard

PATTAYA:--Three floating restaurants have been cautioned to make sure they properly dispose of their garbage following a video showing garbage stacked up on their sterns, with some slipping overboard.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036653-floating-restaurants-advised-against-dumping-trash-overboard/

 

The power of pointing! Farang Finger saves the day as Pattaya gets a clean up

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The authorities in Pattaya have been shamed into action by the power of the "Farang Finger".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036657-the-power-of-pointing-farang-finger-saves-the-day-as-pattaya-gets-a-clean-up/

 

Pattaya Beach restoration resumes, August completion promised

PATTAYA:--After a month’s delay, the rebuilding of Pattaya Beach is underway again with Mayor Anan Charoenchasri vowing the long-delayed project finally will be completed by August.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036655-pattaya-beach-restoration-resumes-august-completion-promised/

 

Gay couple arrested over Facebook luxury goods scam

By The Nation

 

 

A gay couple has been arrested for allegedly stealing an ID card which they used to set up a fake retail business selling luxury goods through a Facebook page without delivering the goods.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036660-gay-couple-arrested-over-facebook-luxury-goods-scam/

 

Two-pet limit enforced in Plutaluang

SATTAHIP:--Plutaluang has started enforcing a 26-year-old law, with fines up to 5,000 baht, barring sub-district residents from owning more than two unregistered pets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036656-two-pet-limit-enforced-in-plutaluang/

 

Police urge patience amid rainy-day officer shortage

PATTAYA:--Pattaya police were asking for patience after only 80 officers were available to assist motorists during heavy storm flooding.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036659-police-urge-patience-amid-rainy-day-officer-shortage/

 

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano erupts, forcing evacuations

 

An ash cloud rises above Kilauea Volcano after it erupted, on Hawaii's Big Island May 3, 2018, in this photo obtained from social media. Janice Wei/via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - The Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island came to life on Thursday, belching ash into the sky and spewing lava into a residential area where people were ordered to leave their homes, officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036666-hawaiis-kilauea-volcano-erupts-forcing-evacuations/

 

UK PM May avoids London wipeout in local elections

By William James

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip leave after voting in local government elections in London, May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, early results on Friday showed, although her Labour opponents did gain ground in the capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036667-uk-pm-may-avoids-london-wipeout-in-local-elections/

 

Duck-Eating Python Subdued After Epic Struggle

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

KRABI — That feeling when you get so big, one duck isn’t enough.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036668-duck-eating-python-subdued-after-epic-struggle/

 

Funeral in Udon Thani for Thai who’d worked illegally in South Korea

By Seksanti Kalayanawisut 
The Nation

 

 

Religious rites were held this week for Kriengkrai Eiayabut, who died in South Korea age 43 after living and working there illegally for 14 years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036669-funeral-in-udon-thani-for-thai-who’d-worked-illegally-in-south-korea/

 

Two charged with dealing drugs in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Citizens’ tips led to the roadside arrest of two suspected drug dealers in Bangkok’s Sai Mai district at 2am Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036671-two-charged-with-dealing-drugs-in-bangkok/

 

UPDATE:

 

Dozens Of Foreigners Arrested In School Raids Nationwide

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Sixty-seven foreigners were arrested in nationwide raids Thursday.

 

BANGKOK — More than 60 foreigners were arrested Thursday in another round of raids that took place in the capital and targeted dozens of schools nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036647-63-foreigners-arrested-in-nationwide-crackdown/?do=findComment&comment=12953031

 

Thaksin, Yingluck in Singapore: Source

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra are seen in a July 26, 2016, photo posted online by Yingluck. Photo: Yingluck Shinawatra / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister Yingluck Shinawatra are in Singapore through Saturday, a source close to Pheu Thai Party said today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036676-thaksin-yingluck-in-singapore-source/

 

Grief-stricken mom picks up son’s body from morgue after balcony collapse

By Kornkamon Aksorndech 
The Nation

 

 

A grief-stricken mother on Friday picked up the body of her son from the morgue at Police General Hospital after he was killed – and his three siblings seriously injured – early on Tuesday morning when a section of the balcony of their rented apartment in Bangkok collapsed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036679-grief-stricken-mom-picks-up-son’s-body-from-morgue-after-balcony-collapse/

 

Italy's 5-star leader calls for election on June 24

 

FILE PHOTO: Anti-establishment 5-Star Movement Luigi Di Maio smiles during a news conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, Italy, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo

 

ROME (Reuters) - The leader of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement dismissed proposals for a stop-gap government to reform the electoral law and repeated his call for a snap election in June, according to a newspaper interview on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036680-italys-5-star-leader-calls-for-election-on-june-24/

 

Swedish Academy says will postpone 2018 Nobel literature prize award

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Swedish Academy's annual meeting at the Old Stock Exchange building in Stockholm, Sweden December 20, 2017. TT News Agency/Jonas Ekstromer via REUTERS/File Photo

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036681-swedish-academy-says-will-postpone-2018-nobel-literature-prize-award/

 

Phuket Court denies bail in alleged property fraud case

The latest in the fraud case against the Emerald Development Group.

By The Thaiger

 

  

PHOTO: Emerald Development Group Facebook page

 

Bail has been denied at a hearing in the Phuket Provincial Court earlier today in the case of Sawit ‘Mai’ Ketroj who was arrested at Phuket International Airport on May 1 over a case involving alleged fraud related to the Emerald Development Group.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036683-phuket-court-denies-bail-in-alleged-property-fraud-case/

 

Five people in custody after bomb-making equipment and chemicals discovered

Investigating police are checking any links to the southern insurgency where bombs are used regularly.

By The Thaiger

 

  

Five people have been handed over to the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) this morning (Friday) linked to the discovery of 1800 bars of ‘Powergel’ in Pathum Thani last month. Powergel is routinely used as a mining explosive and comes in the form of bars.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036685-five-people-in-custody-after-bomb-making-equipment-and-chemicals-discovered/