Thai ID for 2,500 baht, driving license 3,500 - forger arrested in Lampang

 

Image: Daily News

 

The Metropolitan police have announced the arrest of a forger who produced a large variety of Thai documents and IDs over a period of ten years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052388-thai-id-for-2500-baht-driving-license-3500-forger-arrested-in-lampang/ 

 

 

Student, 17, throws himself off school balcony because mum didn't show for Mother's Day ceremony

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Thai media reported that a 17 year old boy at a Sisaket school jumped five floors to his death on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052389-student-17-throws-himself-off-school-balcony-because-mum-didnt-show-for-mothers-day-ceremony/

Video: The camera doesn't lie! Driver tells cops the jogger cut in front of him

 

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CCTV footage from Bangkok showed the moment when an innocent old man was walking down a quiet soi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052391-video-the-camera-doesnt-lie-driver-tells-cops-the-jogger-cut-in-front-of-him/

Dumped Thai dad didn't want his kids to miss out on Mother's Day - so he did this!

 

Image: Sanook

 

A Thai dad didn't want his two young children that he cares for to miss out on Mother's Day at their kindergarten.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052392-dumped-thai-dad-didnt-want-his-kids-to-miss-out-on-mothers-day-so-he-did-this/

New twists in disgruntled Bangkok resident story - he asks where 1 million in fees has gone?

 

 

There have been new twists in the story of a Bangkok man who was caught on CCTV spreading litter and damaging cones at a Ramkhamhaeng housing estate. The man did a jig to mock the estate's juristic person with the story garnering a huge interest among the Thai population.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052393-new-twists-in-disgruntled-bangkok-resident-story-he-asks-where-1-million-in-fees-has-gone/

 

Yet more Thai taxi driver honesty! 120,000 baht returned to Kuwaiti family

 

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A Kuwaiti family in Thailand have good reason to thank the legendary honesty of the Thais after a taxi driver returned 120,000 baht in foreign currency yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052394-yet-more-thai-taxi-driver-honesty-120000-baht-returned-to-kuwaiti-family/

Woman who stabbed four children at prestigious Bangkok school now out of prison

 

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In a feature story Thai Rath took its readers back to a fateful Friday in Thai history when a crazed knife woman attacked four innocent children at a prestigious Bangkok school. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052397-woman-who-stabbed-four-children-at-prestigious-bangkok-school-now-out-of-prison/

Yet more free Thai legal advice! Employers face jail if they dock workers who arrive late.

 

 

In what seems to be great news for workers who arrive late at work a leading online lawyer has said that employers face jail for docking workers salaries. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052400-yet-more-free-thai-legal-advice-employers-face-jail-if-they-dock-workers-who-arrive-late/

 

Video: Mutts from hell! Should they be put down or just taken to the temple!

 

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A Facebook poster uploaded videos of her naughty mutts wondering what should be done about them. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052403-video-mutts-from-hell-should-they-be-put-down-or-just-taken-to-the-temple/

'Stolen' plane closes Seattle airport before crashing into sea

 

 

All flights were grounded at Seattle-Tacoma international airport in the US when a passenger plane took off without permission.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052405-stolen-plane-closes-seattle-airport-before-crashing-into-sea/

 

8 provinces warned to brace for flash flood and landslide

 

 

Eight provinces in the northeast, eastern and southern regions have been warned by the National Water Resources Office to brace for flash food and landslides due to accumulated rainfalls for the past seven days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052407-8-provinces-warned-to-brace-for-flash-flood-and-landslide/

 

Samut Sakhon pub raided, 123 test positive for drugs

By The Nation

 

 

Officials from the Provincial Administration Department joined forces with other agencies to raid a pub in Samut Sakhon and found 123 pub goers tested positive to drug use.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052408-samut-sakhon-pub-raided-123-test-positive-for-drugs/

 

Government, public support pours in for abandoned Korat grandma

By The Nation

 

Government agencies and members of the pubic have stepped in to help a grandmother, 75, abandoned to care for her 9-year-old grandson by her son five years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052409-government-public-support-pours-in-for-abandoned-korat-grandma/

 

Taxi driver returns found diamond ring to owner

By The Nation

 

A taxi driver has returned a diamond ring worth Bt390,000 lost and found in Pathum Thani’s Thanyaburi district to its owner.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052410-taxi-driver-returns-found-diamond-ring-to-owner/

 

Drive-by shooting kills mother, daughter in Narathiwat

By The Nation

 

A mother and a daughter were killed in a drive-by shooting by suspected insurgents in restive Narathiwat province on Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052411-drive-by-shooting-kills-mother-daughter-in-narathiwat/

 

Swiss man arrested on embassy claim of 600,000-franc insurance cheat 

 

 

A Swiss man was arrested at a Chon Buri resort early on Saturday as requested by the Swiss government for having allegedly cheated an insurance firm in his motherland of 600,000 francs or about Bt20 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052420-swiss-man-arrested-in-chonburi-accused-of-cheating-insurance-firm-out-of-600000-francs/

 

Former cycling champion Ullrich detained after attack on prostitute

 

FILE PHOTO: Former German cyclist and Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich addresses the media after a trial at the regional court in the northern Swiss town of Weinfelden, Switzerland, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police on Friday briefly detained former cyclist and Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich for attacking and injuring a 31-year old prostitute in a Frankfurt luxury hotel, a police spokeswoman said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052440-former-cycling-champion-ullrich-detained-after-attack-on-prostitute/

'Cold War' opens largest Sarajevo film festival

By Daria Sito-Sucic

 

71st Cannes Film Festival - Photocall for the film Cold War (Zimna wojna) in competition - Cannes, France, May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - "Cold War", by Oscar-winning Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, will open the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) on Friday, the largest film competition and industry platform in a region stretching from Vienna to Istanbul.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052441-cold-war-opens-largest-sarajevo-film-festival/

 

'Asian August' comes to Hollywood, but will it last?

By Jill Serjeant

 

FILE PHOTO: Author Kevin Kwan (R) and cast members Henry Golding and Constance Wu pose at the premiere for "Crazy Rich Asians" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Phil Yu is excited. The Los Angeles-based blogger saw an advance screening months ago of "Crazy Rich Asians" and now the first Hollywood movie in 25 years with an all-Asian cast is about to arrive in theaters along with two other predominantly Asian films.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052442-asian-august-comes-to-hollywood-but-will-it-last/

 

'Insatiable' TV cast rejects fat-shaming jibes but reviews are harsh

 

'Insatiable' TV cast rejects fat-shaming jibes at the world premiere in Hollywood but reviews are harsh. Rollo Ross reports.

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The cast of "Insatiable" defended their new television show against accusations of fat-shaming, but unusually harsh reviews suggest the U.S. series has more to worry about than the debate around weight and popularity.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052443-insatiable-tv-cast-rejects-fat-shaming-jibes-but-reviews-are-harsh/

 

The collapse of Phuket’s lifeguards

 

The lifeguard tower at Kamala Beach and the lifeguard watch-station tent at Nai Yang Beach have collapsed, destroyed by waves, as any official support for Phuket’s lifeguards continues to be absent. Photos: Supplied
 

PHUKET: The collapse of Phuket’s lifeguards’ ability to protect swimmers came literally this week with two lifeguard watch-points succumbing to the angry sea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052445-the-collapse-of-phuket’s-lifeguards/

Phuket bank robber surrenders

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Wanted bank robber Sombut Poonprasart, 27, from Phuket, has surrendered to police. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: The man robbed the Government Housing Bank branch in Pa Khlok at gunpoint yesterday (Aug 10) is in custody after surrendering to police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052446-phuket-bank-robber-surrenders/

 

Ranger shot dead by alleged insurgents in Pattani

By The Nation

 

Insurgents are believed to have shot dead a ranger on Saturday morning while he crossed the road from his post to turn off an electric lamp at a sheltered bus stop in restive Pattani.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052447-ranger-shot-dead-by-alleged-insurgents-in-pattani/

 

Courts to move disputed residences from Doi Suthep to Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

 

The Judicial Administration Commission has decided to use a land plot in Chiang Rai to build the Appeals Court Region 5 office and residences for judges and officials, and to this bring an end to the Doi Suthep row.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052448-courts-to-move-disputed-residences-from-doi-suthep-to-chiang-rai/

 

Dying fashion model begs potential saviour for stem cell donation

By The Nation

 

The family of a fashion model, who is dying of leukemia, made a Facebook post on Saturday begging a possible donor match to change his mind and donate his stem cells to save the model’s life.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052449-dying-fashion-model-begs-potential-saviour-for-stem-cell-donation/

 

Earthquake damage on Lombok reaches US$138 million

 

A mosque damaged by an earthquake at Bayan in Lombok, Indonesia.

 

The damage and losses caused by last week’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), and Bali have been estimated to reach more than US$138 million, according to Indonesia’s national disaster agency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052450-earthquake-damage-on-lombok-reaches-us138-million/

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