THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 5 Jul 2018

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Pakistani on 1,239 day overstay tops the latest crackdown list

 

 

The Thai Tourist Police Bureau have announced the latest results of their latest crackdown on illegal foreigners.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046332-pakistani-on-1239-day-overstay-tops-the-latest-crackdown-list/

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Wife follows husband to short time hotel - shoots his mistress

 

 

A Chiang Mai woman found her husband in bed with his mistress in a San Sai short time hotel.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046333-wife-follows-husband-to-short-time-hotel-shoots-his-mistress/

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Diving the top option to evacuate 13 despite risk

By The Nation

 

Army doctor Colonel Pak Loharachun on Wednesday prepares inside the cave to treat minor wounds sustained by the football team members.

 

Rescuers do not want to delay their exit due to upcoming rains and the possibility of more flooding in cave.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046320-trapped-thai-team-gets-dive-lessons-as-rescuers-plan-for-extraction/?do=findComment&comment=13140604

 

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Thaksin faces fifth arrest warrant after failing to appear

By The Nation

 

File photo: Thaksin Shinawatra

 

Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra now faces a fifth arrest warrant after he failed to appear before the Supreme Court on Wednesday for the trial in a corruption case stemming from his government’s policy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046309-another-warrant-issued-for-thaksin’s-arrest/?do=findComment&comment=13140612

 

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Governor played key role in mission

By THE NATION

 

 

CHIANG RAI Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn

 

Multifaceted provincial chief brought topnotch leadership skills to operation

 

CHIANG RAI Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn has emerged as one of the knights in shining armour during the mission to save 13 lives inside a flooded cave.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046368-chiang-rai-governor-played-key-role-in-tham-luang-cave-rescue-mission/

 

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Beer heiress loses bid for financial aid to fight treason charge

By THE NATION

 

Chitpas Kridakorn

 

THE JUSTICE Ministry has set aside a request for financial assistance from beer heiress and politician Chitpas Kridakorn to contest a treason charge after she failed to verify her suitability within the given time.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046369-beer-heiress-loses-bid-for-financial-aid-to-fight-treason-charge/

 

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Malaysian man who married Thai girl, 11, must face trial: rights expert

By THE NATION

 

 

THE MARRIAGE of a Malaysian man to an 11-year-old Thai girl in Narathiwat province has clearly violated various Thai laws, a former UN committee member on the Rights of the Child said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046370-malaysian-man-who-married-thai-girl-11-must-face-trial-rights-expert/ 

 

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Kingpin in rescue operation being transferred as Phayao governor

By THE NATION

 

Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn

 

THE ROYAL Gazette yesterday announced the transfer of Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn, who led the mission to rescue 13 footballers trapped in a cave, to the new post of governor of Phayao province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046368-chiang-rai-governor-played-key-role-in-tham-luang-cave-rescue-mission/?do=findComment&comment=13140626

 

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Art centre to offer broad programmes to wide audience

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation

 

From left: Bangkok Art and Culture Art Centre director Pawit Mahasarinand, Panya Vijinthanasarn, BACC Foundation vice-chairperson and Sansern Milindasuta Chairman of BACC executive committee. Nation/Phatarawadee Phataranawik

 

The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) Foundation is preparing to negotiate with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to continue its management control of the centre, but will still require funding support from city hall, the foundation committee said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046371-bangkok-art-centre-to-offer-broad-programmes-to-wide-audience/

 

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Top students spill success secrets

By THE NATION

 

 

Nine students, who shared their secrets on how to score top marks in the Thai University Central Admission System (TCAS), also said that the newly implemented TCAS was stressful and suggested that the Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) should make adjustments.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046372-top-students-spill-success-secrets/

 

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Strong sales expected as auto show gets under way

By KINGSLEY WIJAYASINHA 
THE NATION

 

 

ORGANISERS of the Bangkok International Auto Salon (BIAS) expect brisk sales of automobiles, motorcycles, tuning parts and accessories at this year's event, which kicked off yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046373-strong-sales-expected-as-bangkok-auto-show-gets-under-way/

 

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ADB loan to boost highways

By THE NATION

 

Minister of Finance Apisak Tantivorawong (left) and ADB Director General for Southeast Asia Ramesh Subramaniam (right). Courtesy of ADB

 

THAILAND has gained a US$99.4 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help upgrade some of the country’s highways and improve road safety in the Northeast.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046374-adb-loan-to-boost-thailands-highways/

 

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How to get the election results you want

By The Nation

 

 

Politicians who take voters for granted while they play the post-election numbers game should be resisted

 

Politicians have been complaining that the junta is taking advantage of other political players ahead of the next general election. They accuse certain senior government figures of encouraging – behind the scenes – a group of veterans led by Suriya Juengrungruangkit and Somsak Thepsuthin to woo former MPs into their fold.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046375-how-to-get-the-election-results-you-want/

 

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Outside The Cave, Meet Those Giving All For Strangers

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Volunteers help public workers put sand and dry soil Sunday on top of the muddy road leading to Luang Khun Nam Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai province.

 

CHIANG RAI — They might not risk their lives diving deep into black waters, but the uncelebrated efforts of a small army of volunteers have fed, sheltered and soothed those on the front line.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046376-outside-the-cave-meet-those-giving-all-for-strangers/

 

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31 army frogmen to join SEAL team in extraction mission

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Army today sent a team of 31 frogmen from the special force and the 21st Infantry Regiment to assist the Navy SEAL team in the mission to extract the 13 survivors out of the flooded cave.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046377-tham-luang-cave-31-army-frogmen-to-join-seal-team-in-extraction-mission/

 

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Survivors to be extracted one by one: Chiang Rai governor

By Thai PBS

 

 

As rescue teams are weighing options on how to take the 13 survivors out of Tham Luang cave, outgoing Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn today floated the possibility of the boys being extracted one at a time as it would be difficult for them to be brought out together at the same time.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046320-trapped-thai-team-gets-dive-lessons-as-rescuers-plan-for-extraction/?do=findComment&comment=13140659

 

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NLA to mull pay rises for officials of independent bodies

By Thai PBS

 

 

The National Legislative Assembly is set to debate next week five bills proposed by the government to raise the salaries of officials of the court and other independent organizations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046378-nla-to-mull-pay-rises-for-officials-of-independent-bodies/

 

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UK counter-terrorism chief says two people in Wiltshire poisoned with Novichok nerve agent

Reuters Staff

 

Police officers guard outside a branch of Boots pharmacy, which has been cordoned off after two people were hospitalised and police declared a 'major incident', in Amesbury, Wiltshire, Britain, July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

AMESBURY, England (Reuters) - Britain’s counter-terrorism chief said on Wednesday that two people who are critically ill in hospital in Wiltshire were exposed to the Novichok nerve agent

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046379-uk-counter-terrorism-chief-says-two-people-in-wiltshire-poisoned-with-novichok-nerve-agent/

 

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Iran threatens to cut cooperation with nuclear body after Trump move

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the Innovation and Industry Forum during an official visit in Bern, Switzerland, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran could reduce its co-operation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, President Hassan Rouhani told the body's head on Wednesday, after he warned U.S. President Donald Trump of "consequences" of fresh sanctions against Iranian oil sales.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046380-iran-threatens-to-cut-cooperation-with-nuclear-body-after-trump-move/

 

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Polish-EU tensions flare again as new law requires judges to quit

By Marcin Goclowski and Pawel Sobczak

 

Supreme Court President Malgorzata Gersdorf walks to the Supreme Court building, next to supporters, in Warsaw, Poland July 4, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Maciej Jazwiecki via REUTERS

 

WARSAW (Reuters) - A long-running dispute between Poland and the European Union over democratic values escalated on Wednesday when new legislation came into force that requires about a third of judges at the Supreme Court to retire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046381-polish-eu-tensions-flare-again-as-new-law-requires-judges-to-quit/

 

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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom can be extradited to U.S. - New Zealand court

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom arrives for a court hearing in Auckland, New Zealand, September 24, 2015. REUTERS/Nigel Marple

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that internet entrepreneur and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom could be extradited to the United States to face racketeering and criminal copyright charges.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046387-megaupload-founder-kim-dotcom-can-be-extradited-to-us-new-zealand-court/

 

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EU lawmakers back plan for European Investment Bank work in Iran

By Robin Emmott and Alissa de Carbonnel

 

FILE PHOTO: Members of the European Parliament attend a plenary session of the European institution in Strasbourg October 20, 2008. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers gave approval on Wednesday for the European Investment Bank (EIB) to do business in Iran, overcoming a blocking attempt and keeping alive plans to save the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran that Washington has abandoned.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046389-eu-lawmakers-back-plan-for-european-investment-bank-work-in-iran/

 

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Fifth rubber tapper injured in Yala bomb attack in eight days

By The Nation

 

Another Buddhist rubber tapper was seriously injured in the early hours of Thursday morning when he stepped on a landmine in Yala, becoming the fifth victim of attacks by Muslim insurgents since June 28 in this restive southern border province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046330-yala-rubber-tappers-injured-in-bombs/?do=findComment&comment=13141057

 

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Rescuers ponder how to extract boys from flooded Thai cave as more rain due

By Panu Wongcha-um

 

Rescue personnel work at the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to local media, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand July 4, 2018. Thai Navy Seal/Handout via REUTERS

 

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Rescuers in Thailand were no closer on Thursday to deciding when and how to extract 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave complex, where they were found this week, pale and weak but otherwise in good health, after nine days lost underground.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046401-rescuers-ponder-how-to-extract-boys-from-flooded-thai-cave-as-more-rain-due/

 

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Man arrested for stealing Hindi god statue in Thalang

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A Thai man has been arrested after stealing a Hindi god statue in Thalang yesterday (July 4).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046403-man-arrested-for-stealing-hindi-god-statue-in-thalang/

 

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Asian black bear killed in Prachin Buri

By The Nation

 

Photos from Facebook page of Thap Lan Park

 

An Asian black bear that fell victim to a hit-and-run accident was found dead on a notorious highway in Prachin Buri’s Kabin Buri district Thursday morning, park officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046404-asian-black-bear-killed-in-prachin-buri/

 

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Murder suspect arrested one day before 20-year case expires

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

A Trang murder suspect was arrested in Satun on Wednesday, just 24 hours before the statute of limitations on a 20-year-old murder case was due to expire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046406-trang-murder-suspect-arrested-one-day-before-20-year-case-expires/

 

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U.S. senator warns against further Turkish incursions in Syria

By Ahmed Aboulenein

 

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during a news conference at the United States embassy in Baghdad, Iraq July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Aboulenein

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Turkey could find itself in a quagmire if it deepens its involvement in Syria's multi-sided civil war, a U.S. senator said on Wednesday after meeting President Tayyip Erdogan this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046408-us-senator-warns-against-further-turkish-incursions-in-syria/

 

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Mexico's president-elect does not rule out medical opium sales: aide

By Frank Jack Daniel

 

 

Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on during a news conference after a meeting with the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) in Mexico City, Mexico July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is not closed to the idea of selling opium for pharmaceutical use, a senior aide said on Wednesday, a sign of the deep changes the next government is considering in the war on drugs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046412-mexicos-president-elect-does-not-rule-out-medical-opium-sales-aide/

 

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More generators and pumps donated to Luang cave rescue operation

 

CHIANG RAI, 5th July 2018 (NNT) – Private sector organizations have sponsored power generators and water pumps for the Luang Cave rescue operation, hoping to expedite the retrieval of Moo Pa Academy youth football team. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046401-rescuers-ponder-how-to-extract-boys-from-flooded-thai-cave-as-more-rain-due/?do=findComment&comment=13141316