THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 18 May 2018

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An audience with former Arsenal and England legend Paul Merson in Bangkok!

 

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Father of balcony fall kids goes to police claiming wife's negligence and obstruction

 

 

The Swiss father of the four mixed race children who fell from a fourth floor Ramkhamhaeng balcony has gone to police to press for charges of negligence causing an accident against the mother of his children.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038732-father-of-balcony-fall-kids-goes-to-police-claiming-wifes-negligence-and-obstruction/

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Ambulance trapped again! When are the government, police, courts - someone - going to do something!

 

 

Frustrated posters on Facebook are fed up with reading stories about selfish drivers refusing to pull over for ambulances.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038733-ambulance-trapped-again-when-are-the-government-police-courts-someone-going-to-do-something/

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Pheu Thai risks charges over public criticism of junta

By THE NATION

 

 

THE National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) yesterday pursued legal cases against the Pheu Thai Party after the party read out a statement blaming the ruling junta for failing to properly govern the country in its nearly four years in power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038727-pheu-thai-event-on-junta-failures-draws-prosecution-threat/?do=findComment&comment=12995098

 

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Politicians rail against 20-year national plan

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION 

 

 

Junta drafted strategy picked apart as victims of ‘Black May’ remembered
 

POLITICIANS FROM leading parties warned yesterday that the junta-led national strategy and reform plans could obstruct the work of future governments.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038754-politicians-rail-against-20-year-national-plan/

 

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Thai narcotics control board may allow marijuana cultivation for medical use

By The Nation

 

ONCB secretary-general Sirinya Sitdhichai

 

THE OFFICE of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has hinted at the possibility of allowing people to grow marijuana for medical use.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038755-thai-narcotics-control-board-may-allow-marijuana-cultivation-for-medical-use/

 

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Potash mining protesters face intimidation charge

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

FILE photo

 

LOCALS LEADING a protest against potash mining by a Chinese company in Sakon Nakhon province will face an additional charge of intimidation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038756-potash-mining-protesters-face-intimidation-charge/

 

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Army denies issuing order to shoot down drones in South

By THE NATION

 

 

THE FOURTH Army Region has denied there is a standing order for aerial drones to be shot down in the southern border provinces but it pointed out there were rules governing drone flights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038652-drone-shoot-down-policy-imposed-in-deep-south/?do=findComment&comment=12995130

 

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Senior monk ‘moved Bt25m temple funds to paper firm’

By The Nation

 

 

THE ongoing probe into the embezzlement of temple funds has suggested that a senior monk allegedly transferred Bt25 million to a paper company controlled by a woman with links to the military.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038757-senior-monk-‘moved-bt25m-temple-funds-to-paper-firm’/

 

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Nissan’s Leaf launch date blowing in the wind

By Kingsley Wijayasinha 
The Nation 

 

NMT president Barthes: Nissan wants to achieve double-digit market share in Thailand.

 

SIX months have gone by since Nissan announced that it will sell the Leaf EV electric car in Thailand, but the company has yet to finalise the official launch period for the new model.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038758-nissan’s-leaf-launch-date-blowing-in-the-wind/

 

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EU rap a result of ‘flawed policies’

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation 

 

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Despite efforts in meeting IUU fishing standards, the government has failed on several fronts, say groups

 

CONTINUING MAJOR flaws in the protection of the rights of workers and sustainable fishing policies has kept Thailand on the European Union’s “yellow flag” watch list for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, according to experts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038759-eu-rap-a-result-of-‘flawed-policies’/

 

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CEO of Emerald Property Group back in jail

Fraud charges relate to the Emerald Kalim Patong Nirvana, Emerald City Life Condo Patong, Emerald Terrace, Patong, Emerald Ao Nang Condo in Krabi and The Emerald, Central.

By The Thaiger & The Nation

 

 

The CEO of Emerald Development Group, Khun ‘Mai’ Sawit Ketroj, was in jail last night pending another bail hearing after ‘absconding from Court’ (not reporting to Court under the conditions of his previous bail).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038760-ceo-of-emerald-property-group-back-in-jail/

 

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40 Ugandan women rescued in Thailand

Written by OUR REPORTER

 

'Saada' the said grandmother of human trafficking of Ugandan girls 

 

Over 40 Ugandan women have been rescued from a human trafficking racket in a Wednesday sweep in Thailand by Thai authorities. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038762-40-ugandan-women-rescued-in-thailand/

 

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EDITORIAL

The problem with disruptive digital upstarts

By The Nation

 

Thailand doesn’t yet have a way of taxing or regulating online travel agencies
 

Digital and related technologies have been disrupting many sectors of the Thai economy, triggering long-term consequences in the areas of taxation and the way people do their jobs, among others. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038763-editorial-the-problem-with-disruptive-digital-upstarts/

 

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Cabinet proposes center for maintaining national interests at sea

 

 

BANGKOK, 18th May 2018 (NNT) - The Cabinet has proposed the setting up of a center to maintain national interests at sea and coordinate efforts between related agencies. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038764-thai-cabinet-proposes-center-for-maintaining-national-interests-at-sea/

 

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Trump says 'animals' comment refers to criminals, Mexico protests

By James Oliphant and Anthony Esposito

 

President Trump said he was referring to MS-13 gangs when he used the term "animals" to describe some illegal immigrants.

 

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was referring to criminal gangs when he called some illegal immigrants "animals," a term the Mexican government labelled as unacceptable and which drew rebukes on social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038767-trump-says-animals-comment-refers-to-criminals-mexico-protests/

 

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Trump doubts success in rebalancing U.S.-China trade as talks get underway

By David Lawder and Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday that China had become "very spoiled" on trade with the United States and cast doubt on the success of his efforts to rebalance the relationship with Beijing as high-stakes U.S.-China negotiations opened in Washington.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038768-trump-doubts-success-in-rebalancing-us-china-trade-as-talks-get-underway/

 

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Venezuela's Maduro gets support from Erdogan, Maradona ahead of vote

By Alexandra Ulmer and Corina Pons

 

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he addresses supporters during his closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

 

CARACAS/BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's diplomatically-isolated president got a show of support from his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan and Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona on Thursday ahead of a weekend election widely decried as unfair.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038769-venezuelas-maduro-gets-support-from-erdogan-maradona-ahead-of-vote/

 

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Mueller outlines scope of Russia probe in court filing

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

FILE PHOTO: FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Federal Bureau of Investigation oversight on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., June 13, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office on Thursday gave a federal court a classified memo describing the extent of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and other related crimes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038770-mueller-outlines-scope-of-russia-probe-in-court-filing/

 

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Protest camps quiet as Gazans fast and fill sandbags

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

 

A Palestinian man reads the Koran inside a tent during the holy month of Ramadan, at a protest camp near the Israel-Gaza border in the central Gaza Strip May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

 

GAZA (Reuters) - Young men filled sandbags to prepare for future protests at encampments along Gaza's Israeli border on Thursday, though tents were mostly empty as Palestinians joined Muslims around the world observing the daylight fast at the start of Ramadan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038771-protest-camps-quiet-as-gazans-fast-and-fill-sandbags/

 

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U.S. Senate confirms Haspel to be first woman CIA director

By Patricia Zengerle

 

FILE PHOTO: Acting CIA Director Gina Haspel prepares to testify at her Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency's past use of waterboarding and other brutal interrogation techniques.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038772-us-senate-confirms-haspel-to-be-first-woman cia director/

 

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"I was just helping the cops out" says motorcycle taxi guy who kicked tourist in the face

 

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The motorcycle taxi rider who kicked the German tourist in the face has told Thai media that he was helping out the cops.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038782-i-was-just-helping-the-cops-out-says-motorcycle-taxi-guy-who-kicked-tourist-in-the-face/

 

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Parliament set to cut Bt8bn IT budget

By The Nation

 

NLA president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai inspects construction of the new parliament building.

 

The Bt8-billion budget to install IT equipment in the newly constructed parliament building must reportedly be decreased after the Cabinet refused to approve it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038783-parliament-set-to-cut-bt8bn-it-budget/

 

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Hundreds of designer handbags, jewellery, cash seized from former Malaysian PM's condo

 

FILE PHOTO: Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak prays before he attends the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) 72th anniversary celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police seized 284 boxes containing designer handbags and dozens of bags filled with cash and jewellery from a private residence linked to former prime minister Najib Razak on Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038785-hundreds-of-designer-handbags-jewellery-cash-seized-from-former-malaysian-pms-condo/

 

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Thai tour buses were used to traffic Rohingya refugees, says Big Joke

 

Picture: Thai Tourist Police

 

The Tourist Police Bureau and the Department of Land Transport has raided two tour bus companies in the Bangkok area.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038789-thai-tour-buses-were-used-to-traffic-rohingya-refugees-says-big-joke/

 

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Busy day for Big Joke as he says 300 Indians face trouble for marrying Thais to stay in Thailand

 

Picture: Thai Tourist Police

 

Deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal has said that 300 Indians have illegally married Thai women in order to stay in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038792-busy-day-for-big-joke-as-he-says-300-indians-face-trouble-for-marrying-thais-to-stay-in-thailand/

 

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Find this little blond girl and her mother - Tourist Police make appeal online

 

Picture: Thai Tourist Police

 

The Tourist Police Bureau have appealed for public help in locating a little blond foreign girl and her mother.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038793-find-this-little-blond-girl-and-her-mother-tourist-police-make-appeal-online/

 

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Manhunt launched for injured young man for allegedly killing rival in Khon Kaen

By The Nation

 

 

Police are hunting for a young man after he allegedly shot dead his rival in downtown Khon Kaen late on Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038795-manhunt-launched-for-injured-young-man-for-allegedly-killing-rival-in-khon-kaen/

 

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Little fighter is a Little Einstein - four year old Thai joins Mensa

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A four year old Thai girl has been accepted into the society of brain-boxes - Mensa.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038796-little-fighter-is-a-little-einstein-four-year-old-thai-joins-mensa/