THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 11 May 2018

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It's that man again! Big Joke in Ubon busting an underage sex website

 

 

The Tourist Police Bureau reported that crime buster Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal was in Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand's north east on Thursday busting an under age sex website.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037627-its-that-man-again-big-joke-in-ubon-busting-an-underage-sex-website/

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Long jail terms handed down to principal defendants in Karaoke girl's murder and mutilation

 

 

Sanook reported that the provincial court in Khon Kaen had read judgment on the four female and one male defendants in the murder of karaoke girl Warisara "Em" Klinjui, 22.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037635-long-jail-terms-handed-down-to-principal-defendants-in-karaoke-girls-murder-and-mutilation/

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Rescue teams step up search for Russian woman missing on Koh Samui

 

 

Specialist search and rescue teams have been drafted in to help try and locate a Russian woman missing on Koh Samui.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037610-rescue-teams-step-up-search-for-russian-woman-missing-on-koh-samui/

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Probe against Suthep in police stations case 90 per cent complete: NACC

By THE NATION

 

 

THE ANTI-GRAFT agency’s investigation into alleged irregularities linked to former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban in the construction of police stations all over the country is 90 per cent complete, a senior official said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037659-probe-against-suthep-in-police-stations-case-90-per-cent-complete-nacc/

 

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Pair escape life sentences

By JITIMA JANPHROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

‘MURDER BABES’ JAILED BUT FAMILY OF SLAIN WARISARA PLAN APPEAL FOR HEAVIER PUNISHMENT

 

TWO WOMEN dubbed the “Murder Babes” by media were yesterday handed decades-long prison sentences for the grisly killing of rival Warisara Klinjui last May.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037635-long-jail-terms-handed-down-to-principal-defendants-in-karaoke-girls-murder-and-mutilation/?do=findComment&comment=12973754

 

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Return of Mahathir unlikely to alter the course of Thai peace process

By THE NATION

 

Mara Patani group when they held a press conference in August 2015

 

THE RETURN of Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister in Malaysia should not significantly alter the ongoing peace dialogue between the Thai government and insurgent groups from the deep South, an academic said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037661-return-of-mahathir-unlikely-to-alter-the-course-of-thai-peace-process/

 

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Chang and Eng’s descendants arrive for birthday celebrations

By PHATARAWADEE PHATARANAWIK 
THE NATION 
SAMUT SONGKHRAM 

 

Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa

 

DOZENS of descendants of Chang and Eng Bunker yesterday arrived in the hometown of the famous Siamese conjoined twins to celebrate the anniversary of their birth today in Samut Songkhram province more than two centuries ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037662-chang-and-eng’s-descendants-arrive-for-birthday-celebrations/

 

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Army scraps plan for rehabilitation of insurgents as villagers protest

By The Nation

 

Photo by Charoon Thongnual

 

A SENIOR Army officer yesterday cancelled a plan to establish a new village for former insurgents in tambon Sukhirin, in Narathiwat’s Sukhirin district, amid opposition by the local residents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037663-army-scraps-plan-for-rehabilitation-of-insurgents-as-villagers-protest/

 

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Treasury Department surveys controversial Doi Suthep site

By PATHINYA SRISUPAMART, 
NATTHAPAT PHROMKAEW 
THE NATION 

 

 

MOVES TO reclaim Doi Suthep’s forest made further progress yesterday as the Treasury Department stepped in to survey the controversial housing project at the foot of the mountain in Chiang Mai province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037612-land-survey-of-judicial-houses-complete/?do=findComment&comment=12973771

 

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Teen sensation leads Thai charge for Queen Sirikit Cup

By LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION

 

Atthaya Thitikul

 

TEEN PRODIGY Atthaya Thitikul is breathing down the neck of Filipina leader Yuka Saso after shooting the lowest score in round two of the 40th Queen Sirikit Cup at the Thana City Country Club on Bangkok’s outskirts yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037664-teen-sensation-leads-thai-charge-for-queen-sirikit-cup/

 

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Running on land and sea

By THE NATION

 

 

The Laguna Phuket Marathon, the brainchild of Go Adventure and one of the best known international marathons, will be take place on June 9 and 10 starting at the Laguna Phuket resort on Bang Tao Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037665-laguna-phuket-marathon-2018-running-on-land-and-sea/

 

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Plan for medical marijuana farm in Bangkok unveiled

By The Nation

 

 

THE Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has announced it is taking a key role in Thailand’s plan to use marijuana for medical purposes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037666-plan-for-medical-marijuana-farm-in-bangkok-unveiled/

 

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P-Move optimistic after Government House talks

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

LAND RIGHTS protesters said yesterday that they are satisfied with the government’s measures to solve their problems, as the Cabinet had heeded their demands and ordered related ministries to push mitigation measures.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037667-p-move-optimistic-after-government-house-talks/

 

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Prayut is taking unfair advantage

By The Nation

 

 

In ‘election mode’, the premier appears overly eager to spread public funds where he needs allies
 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s just-completed “working trip” to Buri Ram has further fuelled speculation about his political ambitions and possible return to power after the election. The atmosphere resembled that of a campaign stop at the 32,000-seat stadium where Buriram United Football Club is based and where General Prayut gave a well-received speech. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037668-prayut-is-taking-unfair-advantage/

 

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Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior to anchor in Songkhla

 

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BANGKOK, 11th May 2018 (NNT) - The Rainbow Warrior ship, owned by international environmental organization Greenpeace, will sail to the Gulf of Thailand and anchor near Samila Beach in Songkhla province from May 16th to 20th, 2018. Many activities will be arranged to accentuate the mission of the ship's first visit to Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037669-greenpeace’s-rainbow-warrior-to-anchor-in-songkhla/

 

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WAS HE KILLED? 

Friends of Brit who plunged from Thai balcony while going through bitter divorce believe he was MURDERED

Ex-British Steel worker John Toms  from Neath, Wales, allegedly burned through his life savings and 'ran up £100K debts' to give wife Thanyaporn Donsakul cash and gifts

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By Jon Lockett

 

Former British Steel engineer John Toms, 68, was going through a bitter divorce when he was found dead next to a swimming pool in Pattaya, last Wednesday// VIRAL PRESS

 

FRIENDS of the retired British engineer who plunged to his death from an 18th floor room in Thailand believe he may have been murdered.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037670-was-he-killed friends-of-brit-who-plunged-from-thai-balcony-while-going-through-bitter-divorce-believe-he-was-murdered/

 

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Trumps seeks 'very meaningful' summit in Singapore with North Korea

By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick

 

President Donald Trump announces via Twitter that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on June 12 in Singapore. Justin Mitchell reports.

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had high hopes of "doing something very meaningful" to curtail North Korea's nuclear ambitions at a summit in Singapore next month, after Pyongyang smoothed the way for talks by freeing three American prisoners.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037672-trump-kim-jong-un-summit-set-for-singapore-on-12-june/

 

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Mahathir, 92, sworn in as Malaysia's seventh prime minister

By Liz Lee and Rozanna Latiff

 

Mahathir Mohamad is sworn in as Malaysia's seventh prime minister by Sultan Muhammad V at the palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 10, 2018. Bernama/Rosli Awang via REUTERS

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as Malaysia's seventh prime minister on Thursday after a stunning election comeback, defeating the coalition that has ruled the nation for six decades since independence from Britain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037673-mahathir-92-sworn-in-as malaysias-seventh-prime-minister/

 

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Trump White House axes Nasa research into greenhouse gas cuts

 

President Donald Trump's administration has quietly axed US space agency Nasa's monitoring system into greenhouse gases, a US journal has revealed.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037674-trump-white-house-axes-nasa-research-into-greenhouse-gas-cuts/

 

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SpaceX postpones first commercial launch of updated Falcon 9 rocket

By Joey Roulette

 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A last-minute technical glitch prompted SpaceX on Thursday to postpone for at least 24 hours the first commercial flight of its updated Falcon 9 rocket, a launch vehicle tailored for eventual crewed missions into orbit.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037675-spacex-postpones-first-commercial-launch-of-updated-falcon-9-rocket/

 

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'This is taking an awfully long time!', says scientist before assisted suicide

By Marina Depetris

 

David Goodall, 104, arrives to hold a news conference a day before he intends to take his own life in assisted suicide, in Basel, Switzerland May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

 

BASEL (Reuters) - A 104-year-old Australian scientist killed himself in Switzerland on Thursday by lethal injection in an assisted suicide he hoped would trigger more lenient euthanasia laws in his home country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037596-australian-scientist-104-plans-to-kill-himself-with-swiss-option/?do=findComment&comment=12973868

 

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Video: Pattaya lady boy gets a face full of durian after claiming it was overripe

 

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Tempers flared at a South Pattaya durian shop yesterday after a customer went to return what they said was overripe fruit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037677-video-pattaya-lady-boy-gets-a-face-full-of-durian-after-claiming-it-was-overripe/

 

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Chinese tourists stock trading in Ubon were doing nothing wrong - because there is no Thai law to cover it

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that the hands of the Thai authorities in Ubon Ratchathani were tied in the arrest of 166 Chinese nationals doing online stock trading in a "mansion" in the north eastern Thai city.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037678-chinese-tourists-stock-trading-in-ubon-were-doing-nothing-wrong-because-there-is-no-thai-law-to-cover-it/

 

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Police extortion or illegal motorcycle activity? Thais discuss "YouLike" clip

 

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A video clip posted on the YouLike site on Facebook showed a police officer upended as he attempted to make a stop of two people on a motorcycle at an intersection.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037680-police-extortion-or-illegal-motorcycle-activity-thais-discuss-youlike-clip/

 

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Traffic chaos expected at Don Mueang airport this weekend - allow three hours

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Passengers using Don Mueang airport this weekend have been advised to allow three hours to complete formalities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037681-traffic-chaos-expected-at-don-mueang-airport-this-weekend-allow-three-hours/

 

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Golden State Killer charged with four more murders

 

FILE PHOTO: Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who authorities said was identified by DNA evidence as the serial predator dubbed the Golden State Killer, appears at his arraignment in California Superior court in Sacramento, California, U.S., April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A retired police officer, who investigators believe is the "Golden State Killer," was charged on Thursday with four more counts of murder in Santa Barbara, California.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037682-golden-state-killer-charged-with-four-more-murders/

 

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Grab Bike vs Win...... doesn't the passenger have the right to pay 28 baht instead of 120?

 

 

A passenger who ordered Grab Bike instead of the registered "Win" motorcycle rank service outside her office has posed a pertinent question online:

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037684-grab-bike-vs-win-doesnt-the-passenger-have-the-right-to-pay-28-baht-instead-of-120/

 

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African gems dealer shot twice in Chantaburi - but the bullets bounce off!

 

 

CCTV from outside a housing estate in Chantaburi in Thailand's east showed the moment when an African man was shot at by the driver of a car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037685-african-gems-dealer-shot-twice-in-chantaburi-but-the-bullets-bounce-off/

 

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Police search for truck battery thief in Krabi

"The thief came after 5pm and I'd already left from work"

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

A condominium general manager in Ao Nang Kanchit Chotkosit says, “We’ve discovered that on Tuesday (May 8) a thief stole two batteries from water trucks which were parked inside the condominium compound. Those two batteries cost more than ten thousand baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037690-police-search-for-truck-battery-thief-in-krabi/

 

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Thai gamblers arrested playing "Pok Deng" in a house in a pineapple plantation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Local authorities and the military in Prachuap Khiri Khan raided a house in a pineapple plantation where they detained 36 gamblers playing the Thai card game Pok Deng.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037697-prachuap-khiri-khan-thai-gamblers-arrested-playing-pok-deng-in-a-house-in-a-pineapple-plantation/