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Crackdown on illegal hotels, land encroachment on Koh Phi Phi

By The Thaiger

 

 

Officials are investigating the construction of 34 villas and a big swimming pool on about 40 rai of land on Koh Phi Phi Don. Officials are also taking action regarding implementation of the Immigration Act whilst checking hotels and hostels on the island.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041680-crackdown-on-illegal-hotels-land-encroachment-on-koh-phi-phi/

‘My stepfather did this to me’, says raped, autistic 11-year-old

By NATTHANANT SIRISANTIWORAKUL 
THE NATION

 

 

THE SAMUT SAKHON Provincial Court on Wednesday approved an arrest warrant for a 40-year-old Thai man accused of assaulting and raping his 11-year-old autistic stepdaughter, who was rushed by a taxi driver on Tuesday night to a hospital in an unconscious and bleeding state.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041692-‘my-stepfather-did-this-to-me’-says-raped-autistic-11-year-old/

NLA to put 2019 budget under the scanner

By THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

THE National Legislative Assembly (NLA) will today deliberate the junta government’s fifth annual budget proposal, which earmarks total spending of Bt3 trillion for the 2019 fiscal year that begins on October 1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041713-nla-to-put-2019-budget-under-the-scanner/

 

Government exhibits offer the public a look at 20-year national strategy

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Minister to PM's Office Kobsak Pootrakool (L) touches hand with a 95-year-old woman during an opening ceremony of Future Thailand national strategy exhibition at Central World department store Wednesday.

 

The legally binding national strategy, which plots the path ahead for the country for the next 20 years, was formally launched yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041714-government-exhibits-offer-the-public-a-look-at-20-year-national-strategy/

 

Court to hear case against Thaksin over TPI rehabilitation

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

FUGITIVE FORMER prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will face another lawsuit for the alleged wrongful exercise of his powers in the Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) rehabilitation case in 2003.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041715-court-to-hear-case-against-thaksin-over-tpi-rehabilitation/

 

Ban on political activity to stay despite court’s legislation approval

By THE NATION

 

File Photo

 

THE BAN on political activities will remain in place despite all the legislation crucial for the election having already been approved by the Constitutional Court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041716-ban-on-political-activity-to-stay-despite-court’s-legislation-approval/

 

Lure of cash from e-waste threatens public health

By THE NATION

 

A resident of Tambon Khok Sa-ard in Kalasin’s Khong Chai district separates electronic garbage at his home, which is common practice of many scavenger families in this |sub-district’s 12 villages.

 

Authorities warn of health danger in Kalasin, Ubon Ratchathani and Buri Ram.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041717-lure-of-cash-from-e-waste-threatens-public-health/

 

Police await monk’s extradition, train sights on five who helped him flee

By THE NATION

 

 

POLICE are seeking five people suspected of helping a senior monk flee the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041718-police-await-monk’s-extradition-train-sights-on-five-who-helped-him-flee/

 

Lahu activist was killed by soldier, Chiang Mai court rules

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA, 
NISANART KANGWANWONG 
THE NATION

 

Chaiyapoom Pasae

 

ONE YEAR after the death of teenage Lahu activist Chaiyapoom Pasae at a military checkpoint, the Chiang Mai Provincial Court yesterday concluded that he had died at the hands of a soldier but did not rule on whether the extrajudicial killing was illegal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041719-lahu-activist-was-killed-by-soldier-chiang-mai-court-rules/

 

UPDATE:

 

Fighting trafficking an uphill battle: PM

By PUANGCHOMPOO PRASERT 
THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha with award winners who played a part in combating human trafficking on Anti-Human Trafficking Day 2018.

 

Prayut claims huge successes with over 3,000 rescued in the past four years.
 

THE government has rescued more than 3,000 human-trafficking victims during the past four years, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday while announcing the success of his government’s efforts on Anti-Human Trafficking Day 2018.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041632-thai-govt-reiterates-commitment-to-crackdown-on-human-trafficking/

 

Thai castaways stranded all across Indonesian archipelago

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

File photo

 

HUNDREDS OF workers from fishing fleets in Thailand and neighbouring countries remain stranded on remote Indonesian islands, while almost all of those rescued have received no compensation for their imprisonment and hard labour, the fisheries worker union reports.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041720-thai-castaways-stranded-all-across-indonesian-archipelago/

 

UPDATE:

 

TV station mulls legal action

By The Nation

 

 

Spring News Television says it is mulling legal action against MCOT Plc over a business rift after the latter announced it would stop transmissions from the middle of this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041644-springnews-channel-to-go-off-the-air-on-june-16/?do=findComment&comment=13053311

 

Could be a long wait for fugitive ex-monk

By The Nation

 

 

Germany might well grant asylum to Chamnong Iam-intra, accused of embezzling a fortune while in robes

 

A former senior Buddhist monk wanted by police for allegedly laundering millions in embezzled state funds is reportedly seeking asylum in Germany after managing to flee Thailand.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041721-could-be-a-long-wait-for-fugitive-ex-monk/

 

PM accuses the media of trying to undermine his premiership

By Thai PBS

 

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday vented his frustration at the media, accusing them without naming names of attempting to destroy the “honor” of Thai premiership.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041723-pm-accuses-the-media-of-trying-to-undermine-his-premiership/

 

Student Loans Fund to sue 120,000 borrowers for defaults

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Office of Student Loans Fund is considering suing 120,000 borrowers who have defaulted their loan repayments averaging 100,000 baht each this year, said Mr Chainarong Katchapanan, the loan manager.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041724-student-loans-fund-to-sue 120000 borrowers-for-defaults/

 

Trump commutes sentence after appeal by Kim Kardashian

By James Oliphant and Jan Wolfe

 

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian arrives for meetings at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the life sentence of a woman for a first-time drug offence whose cause was taken up by celebrity Kim Kardashian West, and he is prepared to use his constitutional clemency powers to give relief to dozens more convicts, a White House source said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041725-trump-commutes-sentence-after-appeal-by-kim-kardashian/

 

U.S. first lady Melania Trump makes first public appearance in weeks

 

U.S. first lady Melania Trump appears with President Donald Trump at a public event for the first time in almost a month during a hurricane response briefing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington, U.S., June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Melania Trump reappeared in front of the cameras on Wednesday for the first time since May 10, travelling with her husband President Donald Trump to a hurricane briefing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041726-us-first-lady-melania-trump-makes-first-public-appearance-in-weeks/

 

Plastic waste in Antarctica reveals scale of global pollution - Greenpeace

By Alister Doyle

 

Greenpeace activist Grant Oakes shows a water sample collected using a manta trawl in Neko Harbour, Antarctica, February 16, 2018. Picture taken February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

 

OSLO (Reuters) - Plastic waste and toxic chemicals found in remote parts of the Antarctic this year add to evidence that pollution is spreading to the ends of the Earth, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041727-plastic-waste-in-antarctica-reveals-scale-of-global-pollution-greenpeace/

 

Republican House Speaker says Trump shouldn't pardon himself

By Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan

 

U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks to reporters at an enrollment ceremony for several House bills on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump should not pardon himself, becoming the second Republican leader in Congress to balk at the president's assertion that he had "absolute" power to do so.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041728-republican-house-speaker-paul-ryan-says-trump-shouldnt-pardon-himself/

 

Chinese couple stayed two days - but this is how they left the room

 

Pictures (2): Sanook

 

A landlord in Phuket went on Facebook to show the state of his room after a Chinese couple had stayed for two days.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041730-chinese-couple-stayed-two-days-but-this-is-how-they-left-the-room/

 

Putin, on living standards drive, to fix Russians' problems on live TV

By Andrew Osborn

 

FILE PHOTO - Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during a joint news conference with Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna, Austria June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin, on a living standards drive at the start of a new presidential term, is expected to try to fix Russians' everyday problems on live TV later on Thursday, handing out real-time orders to regional governors and government ministers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041731-putin-on-living-standards-drive-to-fix-russians-problems-on-live-tv/

 

Bolton takes back seat, but remains looming North Korea summit presence

By Matt Spetalnick and David Brunnstrom

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump receives a briefing from senior military leadership accompanied by his new National Security Adviser John Bolton at the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just weeks after John Bolton’s hardline rhetoric infuriated North Korea and nearly derailed a planned summit between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, the U.S. national security adviser appears to have taken a back seat to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for the historic meeting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041733-bolton-takes-back-seat-but-remains-looming-north-korea-summit-presence/

 

Taxi driver takes unconscious ten year old to hospital - she had been raped

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on a disturbing story after a taxi driver took an unconscious ten year old girl to hospital in the Samut Sakhon area outside Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041734-taxi-driver-takes-unconscious-ten-year-old-to-hospital-she-had-been-raped/

 

Rescuers tirelessly search for 200 missing near Guatemala volcano

By Sofia Menchu

 

Soldiers search for remains at an area affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano at El Rodeo in Escuintla, Guatemala June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Fabricio Alonzo

 

SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala (Reuters) - Rescuers scoured a lava and ash ravaged landscape in Guatemala for a third straight day on Wednesday in search of survivors and victims of Fuego volcano's calamitous eruption, which has left an estimated 85 people dead and some 200 missing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041735-rescuers-tirelessly-search-for-200-missing-near-guatemala-volcano/

 

PM to meet political parties this month

By Thai PBS

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he planned to meet with political parties some time this month after the Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that the amendments of Sections 140 and 141 of the Political Party Act by Order No.53/2560 issued on Dec 22 last year by Prime Minister Prayut Chano-cha in his capacity as chairman of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) did not violate the 2017 constitution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041737-pm-prayut-to-meet-political-parties-this-month/

 

India, Thailand to kick off military exercise this August

 

In the series of joint bilateral exercises between India and Thailand, both nations have once again come together to foster the spirit of friendship and enhance the strategic military relationship to the next level.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041740-india-thailand-to-kick-off-military-exercise-this-august/

 

Pattaya crime crackdown ahead of Fireworks Festival turns out to be a damp squib

 

Pictures (2): Sophon Cable 

 

Pattaya's finest along with the military and protection agencies were out of bed early on Wednesday as they were addressed by station chief Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch before being sent out on their crime busting duties.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041742-pattaya-crime-crackdown-ahead-of-fireworks-festival-turns-out-to-be-a-damp-squib/

 

The roller-coaster ride leading to historic Trump-Kim summit

 

A view of Sentosa island and the skyline of the central business district in Singapore. T REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, have pursued different approaches in the run-up to next week's summit between the U.S. president and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041743-the-roller-coaster-ride-leading-to-historic-trump-kim-summit/

 

"I can't stand it any more" - Pattaya girl's last words as she leaps to her death

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a 27 year old woman was found dead in the car park of a condo building in Soi Khao Talo on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041744-i-cant-stand-it-any-more-pattaya-girls-last-words-as-she-leaps-to-her-death/