THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 8 May 2018

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Phuket coral given new life re-attachment project

By Salinee Prap

The Nation

 

 

A new approach to preserving coral reefs in Phuket province is being tried as the government involves businesses and private citizens in the task.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037130-phuket-coral-given-new-life-re-attachment-project/

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Activist In Legal Fight To Register 'Troll' Political Party

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Activist and junta critic Sombat Boonngam-anong at a polling station in 2016 in Bangkok's Khlong Toei district.

 

BANGKOK — A court on Monday told a pro-democracy activist to appeal against the Election Commission’s refusal to register his political party before seeking a court injunction.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037136-activist-in-legal-fight-to-register-troll-political-party/

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Avengers-Themed Comic Parodies Thai Politics

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — “Hear me, and rejoice. You have been blessed with the presence of the prime minister.”

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037129-avengers-themed-comic-parodies-thai-politics/

 

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Siemens touts gas turbine edge for Thailand

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH 
THE NATION

 

Assembly of a gas turbine at Siemens gas turbine plant in Berlin.

 

GERMAN technology powerhouse Siemens is keen on supplying its cutting edge HL-class gas turbine to customers in Thailand to meet the country’s aim of upgrading to high-efficiency energy with low cost.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037169-siemens-touts-gas-turbine-edge-for-thailand/

 

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Pheu Thai politicians risk political death penalty

By POLITICAL DESK 
THE NATION

 

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THAKSIN SHINAWATRA, who is widely regarded as the Pheu Thai Party’s patriarch, and its politicians seem to be risking their political lives by playing with a law that prohibits outside influence on political parties.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037125-visiting-thaksin-could-see-pheu-thai-disbanded/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-12963882

 

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Prayut wins Newin’s support

By THE NATION

 

 

JUNTA LEADER FACES FRESH CRITICISM FOR ‘WOOING’ KINGMAKER IN BURI RAM

 

JUNTA LEADER General Prayut Chan-o-cha faces fresh criticism for attempting to woo old-guard politicians to support a pro-military party, during his latest trip to the Northeast that began yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037170-prayut-wins-newin’s-support/

 

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Anti-corruption body sues Thaksin for abuse of power

 

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THE NATIONAL Counter-Corruption Commission (NCCC) has filed a new lawsuit against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra for an alleged abuse of his power while in office, dating back to his 2003 authorisation for the Finance Ministry to administer the Thai Petrochemical Industry’s (TPI) rehabilitation plan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037171-anti-corruption-body-sues-thaksin-for-abuse-of-power/

 

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Probes into cosmetics, supplements put actress in spotlight

By The Nation

 

 

AS SIX FOOD supplement products now face airtime suspension pending probes, and a famous actress’s product is under scrutiny for exaggeration, police yesterday searched the office of a company whose Bangkok market’s premises were last week subject to five raids related to suspected illegal cosmetics and food supplement products and whose ex-cop advisor allegedly tried to stop the police operation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037172-probes-into-cosmetics-supplements-put-actress-in-spotlight/

 

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Premchai’s sisters surrender over alleged Loei land encroachment

By KHANATHIT SRIHIRUNDAJ, 
BOONCHU SRITRAIPHOP 
THE NATION 

 

 

THREE SISTERS of construction tycoon Premchai Karnasutra, who is facing legal action over alleged poaching, turned themselves in to police yesterday to face charges of forest encroachment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037173-premchai’s-sisters-surrender-over-alleged-loei-land-encroachment/

 

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Tycoon, wife and close aide deny African-ivory charges

By The Nation

 

 

PREMCHAI KARNASUTA, the embattled CEO of the Italian-Thai Development company, accompanied by his wife Kanitha and her close aide Wandee Sompoom, reported to a judge at Bangkok’s Ratchadapisek Criminal Court yesterday morning to deny a charge of illegal possession of African ivory tusks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037174-tycoon-wife-and-close-aide-deny-african-ivory-charges/

 

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P-Move activists plead for food and shelter

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

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LAND RIGHTS protesters yesterday asked the authorities to provide material support, since many have become sick and are now facing food and water shortages after living outdoors on the streets of Bangkok for six days and nights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037175-p-move-activists-plead-for-food-and-shelter/

 

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Talks advance over Doi Suthep

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation 

 

Representatives of Chiang Mai citizen groups and related agencies discuss a frameฌwork to solve the controversy over the housing project for judges at Doi Suthep Mountain.

 

Two committees start talks to resolve details over judges’ residences

 

CHIANG MAI citizen networks have announced what they see as the first step towards ending the controversy over the judges’ residence project at Doi Suthep Mountain, as two joint committees have been set up to look at the issues of healing the “scar on the face of Doi Suthep” and settle the legal issues of demolition of state property.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037176-talks-advance-over-doi-suthep/

 

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Satun under rabies spotlight as suspect cow put down

By The Nation

 

 

LIVESTOCK officials have euthanised a cow that had just given birth out of suspicion that it might have caught rabies. Raised in a pen in Satun’s Muang district, the cow was bitten by a stray dog late last month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037177-satun-under-rabies-spotlight-as-suspect-cow-put-down/

 

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Private-sector optimism sets in

By The Nation

 

Suphan

 

THE country’s peak private-sector advisory grouping is sticking with its estimates for the economy to grow as much as 4.5 per cent alongside an increase in exports of up to 8 per cent for this year after economic gauges in the first quarter pointed to sustained momentum.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037178-thailand-private-sector-optimism-sets-in/

 

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EDITORIAL

Doi Suthep will need more time to recover

By The Nation

 

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Unanswered questions mar a deal that might otherwise have soothed critics of the judges’ housing estate

 

If Sunday’s decision regarding the controversial residential estate for judges on Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai proves to be final, it will represent a lesson learned  – that forestry resource management is badly in need of revision.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037179-doi-suthep-will-need-more-time-to-recover/

 

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Buriram gears up for MotoGP 2018 on Oct 5-7

 

 

BURIRAM, 8th May 2018 (NNT) - Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat has confirmed that Buriram province will host MotoGP 2018 from October 5th - 7th this year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037180-buriram-gears-up-for-motogp-2018-on-oct-5-7/

 

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Call by Italian president for 'neutral' government hits opposition

By Gavin Jones and Crispian Balmer

 

Italian President Sergio Mattarella leaves after speaking to the media during the second day of consultations at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy, April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

 

ROME (Reuters) - President Sergio Mattarella called on Monday for Italy's bickering parties to rally behind a "neutral government", saying the only alternative would be a swift re-vote after March's inconclusive election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037181-call-by-italian-president-for-neutral-government-hits-opposition/

 

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Trump defends CIA nominee, calls on her to 'win'

 

Nominee to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel arrives for meetings with Senators on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 7, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his pick to run the CIA after sources said she had sought to withdraw from the nomination over concerns about her involvement in the agency's interrogation programme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037182-trump-defends-cia-nominee-calls-on-her-to-win/

 

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U.S. says it will separate families crossing border illegally

By Jennifer McEntee and Mica Rosenberg

 

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a visit to the U.S. Mexico border wall for a press conference with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Thomas D. Homan, discussing immigration enforcement actions of the Trump Administration near San Diego, California, U.S. May 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

SAN DIEGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration will increase criminal prosecutions of parents entering the United States illegally and place their children in protective custody, stepping up efforts to tighten immigration enforcement, U.S. officials said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037183-us-says-it-will-separate-families-crossing-border-illegally/

 

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NRA names Oliver North, known for Reagan-era scandal, as president

 

US Marine Corps Lt. Col. (Ret.) Oliver North speaks at an NRA convention in Dallas, Texas, U.S. May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

(Reuters) - The National Rifle Association on Monday named as its next president retired U.S. Marine ColonelOliver North, a conservative commentator best known for his central role in the 1980s Iran-Contra affair.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037184-nra-names-oliver-north-known-for-reagan-era-scandal-as-president/

 

 

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U.S. pastor denies terrorism charges in Turkish court

By Ezgi Erkoyun

 

Jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson's wife Norine Brunson leaves Aliaga Prison and Courthouse complex in Izmir, Turkey May 7, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - A U.S. pastor denied terrorism and spying charges in a Turkish court on Monday and called them "shameful and disgusting", in a prosecution that has been condemned by U.S. President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037185-us-pastor-denies-terrorism-charges-in-turkish-court/

 

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Trump to announce decision on Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday

By Steve Holland and Parisa Hafezi

 

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for the launch of first lady Melania Trump's "Be Best" initiative in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 7, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he would announce a decision on Tuesday about the future of an international nuclear agreement with Iran, as Tehran hinted it might stay in the 2015 accord even if Washington pulls out.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037186-trump-to-announce-decision-on-iran-nuclear-deal-on-tuesday/

 

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Buffett bashes bitcoin as thriving on mystique, favors stocks

Jonathan Stempel, Jennifer Ablan

 

Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, pauses while playing bridge as part of the company annual meeting weekend in Omaha, Nebraska U.S. May 6, 2018. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Monday said buyers of bitcoin, which he has characterized as “rat poison squared,” thrive on the hope they’ll find other people who will pay more for it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037193-buffett-bashes-bitcoin-as-thriving-on-mystique-favors-stocks/

 

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Bitcoin drop tied to CME futures listing, Fed paper shows

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture, February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Reuters) - Bitcoin’s drop in value from its December 2017 peak of $19,511 was tied directly to the listing of futures contracts tied to the cryptocurrency’s value, new research published by the San Francisco Federal Reserve showed Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037195-bitcoin-drop-tied-to-cme-futures-listing-fed-paper-shows/

 

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New York state attorney general denies report of abusing women

 

FILE PHOTO - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks during a news conference to discuss the civil rights lawsuit filed against The Weinstein Companies and Harvey Weinstein in New York, U.S., February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

(Reuters) - New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Monday in response to an article in the New Yorker magazine in which four women were quoted as saying he physically abused them that he has "not assaulted anyone," and Governor Andrew Cuomo later called for him to resign and said he would begin an investigation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037200-new-york-state-attorney-general-denies-report-of-abusing-women/

 

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Trains collide in southern Germany, at least two dead - media

 

Firefighters and paramedics work at the scene where two trains collided in Aichach near Augsburg, Germany May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A goods train and a passenger train collided in southern Germany on Monday, rail operator Deutsche Bahn said, and local media reported two people were killed.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037205-trains-collide-in-southern-germany-at-least-two-dead-media/

 

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American pimp arrested in northern Thailand was running Burmese sex ring on Facebook

 

Pictures (2): Daily News 

 

A 66 year old American man has been arrested in Chiang Rai after a sting operation found he was helping to run a human trafficking operation offering Burmese girls for sex.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037206-american-pimp-arrested-in-northern-thailand-was-running-burmese-sex-ring-on-facebook/

 

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Big Joke saves the day again! Busts Chinese tourists who claimed Tuk-Tuk attack for insurance fraud

 

Pictures (3): Daily News

 

Three Chinese tourists from Hong Kong thought they were on a winner when they came to Thailand with a good insurance policy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037209-big-joke-saves-the-day-again-busts-chinese-tourists-who-claimed-tuk-tuk-attack-for-insurance-fraud/

 

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Heartthrob Thai actor attacked at Siam Square parking lot

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A famous Thai model and actor who was attacked at the parking lot of Siam Square One has been able to give police a good description of his young male attacker.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037215-heartthrob-thai-actor-attacked-at-siam-square-parking-lot/

 

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Step granddad says he raped nine year old "whenever he felt like it"

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Thai man has admitted raping his nine year old step-granddaughter more times than he can remember over a two year period.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037218-step-granddad-says-he-raped-nine-year-old-whenever-he-felt-like-it/