THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 22 May 2018

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Transport Min meets to discuss ride fare hikes

 

 

BANGKOK, 22 May 2018, (NNT) - Today, Thailand's Transport Ministry held an emergency meeting to discuss public transportation fare hikes, following a recent petition filed by public transport operators. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039340-thai-transport-min-meets-to-discuss-ride-fare-hikes/

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Police with shields vow to block march of pro-poll group

By The Nation

 

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul announces in front of Government House that police will not allow protesters to leave the Thammasat University.

 

Ten companies of crowd-control police sent to keep security around Thammasat University are carrying only shields and no batons or firearms.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039341-police-with-shields-vow-to-block-march-of-pro-poll-group/

 

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"Docile" Pitbull saga ends with a "wai" as owner fined 5,000 baht for neglect

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The owner of two pitbull dogs who were let out and attacked a neighbor's dog has been fined 5,000 baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039342-docile-pitbull-saga-ends-with-a-wai-as-owner-fined-5000-baht-for-neglect/

 

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Turkey's Erdogan says nuclear-armed states 'threatening the world'

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during an iftar dinner in Ankara, Turkey May 21, 2018. Murat Kula/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused countries with nuclear weapons of "threatening the world", and criticised the United States's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039343-turkeys-erdogan-says-nuclear-armed-states-threatening-the-world/

 

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Egg a day tied to lower risk of heart disease

Lisa Rapaport

 

An employee of an organic supermarket poses for the photographer with an egg from an organic farm in Berlin, Germany, February 25, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Files

 

(Reuters Health) - People who eat an egg just about every day may have a lower risk of heart attack and stroke than individuals who don’t eat eggs at all, a large Chinese study suggests.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039345-egg-a-day-tied-to-lower-risk-of-heart-disease/

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You cannot leave university compound, police tell protesters

By The Nation

 

Protesters forming procession inside Thammasat University Tuesday morning.

 

Police used a sound truck to order demonstrators in the Thammasat University compound to disperse immediately.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039341-police-with-shields-vow-to-block-march-of-pro-poll-group/?do=findComment&comment=13008021

 

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Police set up barricades in front of Thammasat

By The Nation

 

 

Police placed metal barricades and formed lines behind them on a road in front of Thammasat University in an attempt to block protesters from marching to Government House.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039341-police-with-shields-vow-to-block-march-of-pro-poll-group/?do=findComment&comment=13008041

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Microsoft, Google find fresh flaw in chips, but risk is low

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illutration/Files

 

(Reuters) – Cyber security researchers have found a new security flaw that affects a broad swath of modern computing chips and is related to the Spectre and Meltdown chip flaws that emerged in January.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-google-find-fresh-flaw-chips-risk-low/28840/

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Barack and Michelle Obama to produce content for Netflix

BY REUTERS ON 2018-05-22APPS & SOFTWARE, INTERNET

 

REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Files

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama have entered into a multi-year agreement with Netflix Inc to produce films and series, the online streaming company said on Monday.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/barack-michelle-obama-produce-content-netflix/28842/

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One man, three boys arrested with crystal meth and hundred of methamphetamine pills

On the same day police also arrested 14 year old ‘Ton’, 14 year old ‘Guy’ and 12 year old 'Tem'.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

A team of the Phuket City Police led by Capt Teerasak Narasri have arrested 29 year old Anucha ‘X’ Damyang. Police sized 0.39 grams of crystal methamphetamine. He was charged with possession of Category 1 drug.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039350-one-man-three-boys-arrested-with-crystal-meth-and-hundred-of-methamphetamine-pills/

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Protesters stopped outside Thammasat University

By The Nation

 

 

Protesters demanding election were blocked by police just about 100 metres outside Thammasat University on Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039341-police-with-shields-vow-to-block-march-of-pro-poll-group/?do=findComment&comment=13008141

 

 

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Thai protesters march in Bangkok, police set up barriers

By Panu Wongcha-um and Aukkarapon Niyomyat

 

Anti-government protesters gather during a protest to demand that the military government hold a general election by November, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters began marching in Bangkok on Tuesday from a university in the Thai capital to Government House to demand that the military government hold a general election by November.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039341-police-with-shields-vow-to-block-march-of-pro-poll-group/?do=findComment&comment=13008173

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Foreign media head to North Korea in sign nuclear shutdown will go ahead

By Martin Quin Pollard

 

CNN's Will Ripley arrives at Beijing aiport to board a plane to North Korea in Beijing, China, May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - A group of roughly two dozen journalists from Western and Chinese news organisations departed for North Korea on Tuesday to witness the closure of its nuclear test site, an indication that the shut-down will go ahead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039356-foreign-media-head-to-north-korea-in-sign-nuclear-shutdown-will-go-ahead/

 

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Abandoned newborn baby girl saved in Yasothon

By The Nation

 

A newborn baby girl was found inside a tied fertilizer bag in Yasothon province on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039358-abandoned-newborn-baby-girl-saved-in-yasothon/

 

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Australia far-right party rejects proposed tax cut, adding to PM's woes

By Colin Packham

 

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) address the media following their talks in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's far-right One Nation party said on Tuesday it will not support the government's proposed corporate tax cut, all but ending Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's hope for a policy victory ahead of a series of by-elections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039361-australia-far-right-party-rejects-proposed-tax-cut-adding-to-pms-woes/

 

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Phuket’s haphazard lifeguard coverage flamed, comprehensive plan blanked

The Phuket News

 

Daren Jenner presents the plan for comprehensive lifeguard coverage at all Phuket’s major tourist beaches to Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong at the Governor’s House last Monday (May 14).

 

PHUKET: The continuing fragmented state of lifeguard coverage at Phuket’s beaches has come under harsh criticism for failing to provide a framework that will ensure killed lifeguards will remain on our beaches, while a comprehensive plan to have trained, professional lifeguards patrolling Phuket’s beaches has fallen on deaf ears.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039366-phuket’s-haphazard-lifeguard-coverage-flamed-comprehensive-plan-blanked/

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Vendors outside Bangkok malls given deadline to clear out

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Monday gave about 100 street vendors another 14 days to continue selling their wares in front of Central Lat Phrao and The One malls, after which they must remove their stalls so pedestrians can use the footpaths unimpeded.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039368-vendors-outside-bangkok-malls-given-deadline-to-clear-out/

 

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Malaysia's anti-graft chief says was threatened while probing 1MDB

By Rozanna Latiff

 

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak arrives to give a statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Putrajaya, Malaysia May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The head of Malaysia's anti-graft commission gave an emotional account on Tuesday of how he was harassed and threatened in 2015 while investigating the 1MDB state fund, and said that on one occasion a bullet was sent to his home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039372-malaysias-anti-graft-chief-says-was-threatened-while-probing-1mdb/

 

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China to Australia: Remove 'coloured glasses' to get ties back on track

 

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks to her counterpart of China, Wang Yi, as Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas watches as they gather to pose for an official photo at the G20 Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

 

BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia should remove its "coloured glasses" to get relations back on track with major trading partner China, the Chinese government's top diplomat Wang Yi has told his Australian counterpart on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Argentina.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039375-china-to-australia-remove-coloured-glasses-to-get-ties-back-on-track/

 

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Ministries pool efforts to give 90,000 students citizenship

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Education Ministry has asked the Interior Ministry to swiftly endorse the granting of Thai citizenship to more than 90,000 students in government-run schools around the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039376-ministries-pool-efforts-to-give-90000-students-citizenship/

 

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Security tight at Government House, though Prayut has his fans

By The Nation

 

 

Security was tightened at Government House on Tuesday as demonstrators – who are demanding that an election be held sooner than planned – vowed to march there.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039377-security-tight-at-government-house-though-prayut-has-his-fans/

 

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Officials inspect alleged land encroachment in Kamala and Rawai

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Officials from the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), led by deputy secretary-general Lt Col Korntip Daroj, have inspected two alleged land encroachments – one in Kamala and one in Rawai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039378-officials-inspect-alleged-land-encroachment-in-kamala-and-rawai/

 

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Police in South closing in on culprits behind Sunday bombing spree

By The Nation

 

Police in Songkhla plan to seen an arrest warrant for a suspected insurgency sympathiser captured by a CCTV camera amid the coordinated sabotage attacks that rocked four southern border provinces on Sunday night, a source at Saba Yoi Police Station said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039379-police-in-south-closing-in-on-culprits-behind-sunday-bombing-spree/

 

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Election demonstrators ready to camp out for second night

By The Nation 

 

 

Demonstrators threatened on Tuesday to spend another night in front of Thammasat University after a two-hour standoff with police that blocked them from marching to Government House.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039341-police-with-shields-vow-to-block-march-of-pro-poll-group/?do=findComment&comment=13008544

 

 

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Police ordered to pay Bt6.5m compensation over death of cadets

By The Nation

 

The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has been ordered to pay Bt6.5 million in compensation to the families of two police cadets who died during a practice parachute jump in 2014 after their parachutes failed to open.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039385-police-ordered-to-pay-bt65m-compensation-over-death-of-cadets/

 

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"Ja New" faints but makes a complete recovery during protest

 

 

A leader of demonstrators rallying in front of Thammasat University on Tuesday fainted during a brief confrontation with police.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039387-ja-new-faints-but-makes-a-complete-recovery-during-protest/

 

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Protesters Skirt Police Blockade, Head For Government House

By Khaosod English

 

Arnon Nampha leads protesters on a march to Government House

 

BANGKOK — About 100 protesters broke free from their main encampment and marched on the regime’s seat of power Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of the military coup.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039388-protesters-skirt-police-blockade-head-for-government-house/

 

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Prayuth Spends Coupversary With Stars Of Military-Themed Soap

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

A promotional poster for “Nai Roi Soi Dao: Soi Dao Ma Roi Baa” (Cadet Who Aims For the Stars: Putting Stars on My Shoulders)

 

BANGKOK — The junta leader met with actors from a little-watched military-sponsored soap about soldiers on the anniversary of his 2014 coup d’etat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039377-security-tight-at-government-house-though-prayut-has-his-fans/?do=findComment&comment=13008925

 

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Thai PM reiterates no vote until 'early 2019', as protesters gather

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during a news conference after a weekly cabinet meeting at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, January 9, 2018. Picture taken January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/FIle Photo

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039388-protesters-skirt-police-blockade-head-for-government-house/?do=findComment&comment=13008943

 

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UK PM May joins families to remember Manchester pop concert victims

 

Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, speaks on science and the Industrial Strategy at Jodrell Bank in Macclesfield, Britain May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Staples/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will join Prince William at a memorial service in Manchester on Tuesday to remember the 22 victims of a suicide bombing on a pop concert a year ago, Britain's deadliest attack for more than a decade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039389-uk-pm-may-joins-families-to-remember-manchester-pop-concert-victims/