Defence volunteer, villager shot dead in Pattani

By The Nation

 

Picture: MCOT

 

A defence volunteer and a villager were killed, and another villager injured, in a shooting at a Pattani market on Thursday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055224-defence-volunteer-villager-shot-dead-in-pattani/

 

BANGED UP IN PARADISE 

Boozy Brit tourist ignores 'do not touch' warnings at souvenir stall and ends up in Thai hellhole jail

Waleed Bradley puts the whole ordeal down to bad karma, remembering how he put giant MnMs in the ears of a Buddha statue

By Gerard du Cann

 

Waleed Bradley once crashed his new Porsche during a night out

 

FOUR hours before his flight home from Thailand, Belfast lad Waleed Bradley found himself sitting in a cell, facing four months in jail.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055231-boozy-brit-tourist-ignores-do-not-touch-warnings-at-souvenir-stall-and-ends-up-in-thai-hellhole-jail/

 

Chinese tourist killed by car after shopping in Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

A Chinese tourist was killed while crossing a highway in Chiang Mai after going shopping on Thursday night, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055232-chinese-tourist-killed-by-car-after-shopping-in-chiang-mai/

 

Panel rejects e-ticket system on city buses 

 

 

The inspection committee of Bangkok Mass Transit Authority has refused to accept the e-ticket system and the cash box to be installed in the city’s bus fleet claiming that the system does not work and is unstable.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055236-bmta-panel-rejects-e-ticket-system-on-city-buses /

 

Probe ordered into cutting of a royal Bodhi tree in Prachuab Khiri Khan

 

 

A fact-finding panel has been set up at the order of Prachuab Khiri Khan governor to probe the cutting down of a Bodhi tree at a temple in this southern province which was planted by the late King Bhumibol about 60 years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055238-probe-ordered-into-cutting-of-a-royal-bodhi-tree-in-prachuab-khiri-khan/

 

German tourist’s island death could be accident or suicide, say police

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police are unsure whether a German tourist found dead on Wednesday night on Koh Phi Phi fell from rocks or suicided.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055043-death-of-german-tourist-in-phi-phi-reaches-top-level-of-thai-police/?do=findComment&comment=13320573

 

Phoenix fails to rise

By The Thaiger

 

 

The attempt to bring the Phoenix up to surface has failed again due to ‘uncontrollable factors’.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055243-phuket-phoenix-fails-to-rise/

 

Darasamut Underpass to close for maintenance

By The Thaiger

 

 

The Phuket Highway Office has issued an announcement that says the Darasamut Underpass (adjacent to Central Festival) will be closed from 9am to 3pm on Wednesday (September 5).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055246-darasamut-underpass-to-close-for-maintenance/

 

15-tonne LPG tanker overturns in Prachin Buri, no explosion

By The Nation

 

Picture: Channel 3

 

No one was injured when a tanker with 15 tonnes of highly flammable LPG gas crashed into power poles and then flipped in the middle-road ditch in Prachin Buri early on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055253-15-tonne-lpg-tanker-overturns-in-prachin-buri-no-explosion/

 

Chonburi, army drill for airline emergency

CHONBURI:--Chonburi agencies and the army joined forces to practice emergency response to a plane crash in the ocean.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055249-chonburi-army-drill-for-airline-emergency/

 

Traffic cops crack down on Soi Paniadchang

Pattaya:--Pattaya traffic police got on the ball and began ticketing and towing cars illegally parked on Soi Paniadchang following residents’ public complaints.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055254-traffic-cops-crack-down-on-soi-paniadchang/

 

Mayor defends city hall unit in bribery scandal

PATTAYA:--Pattaya’s mayor defended a city hall unit embroiled in a bribery scandal, saying the Special Operations Unit plays a key role in keeping tourists safe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055252-mayor-defends-city-hall-unit-in-bribery-scandal/

 

Heavy fines vowed for late Takhiantia roadwork

PATTAYA:--Banglamung officials vowed to fine the contractor rebuilding Takhiantia-Wat Sangkapiew Road if it missed its second deadline.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055255-heavy-fines-vowed-for-late-takhiantia-roadwork/

 

Facebook garbage activists insert selves into Koh Larn trash crisis

PATTAYA:--A group of Facebook garbage activists visited Koh Larn to see the island’s trash crisis, offering to see if they could help.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055257-facebook-garbage-activists-insert-selves-into-koh-larn-trash-crisis/

 

Pattaya finally clears Yim Yom Beach of demolition debris

PATTAYA:--Pattaya finally cleaned up the mess it left behind after demolishing encroaching structures on Yim Yom Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055259-pattaya-finally-clears-yim-yom-beach-of-demolition-debris/

 

BHP educates Pattaya women on HPV, cervical cancer

PATTAYA:--Bangkok Hospital Pattaya educated Pattaya women about the risks of cervical cancer from the human papillomavirus.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055260-bhp-educates-pattaya-women-on-hpv-cervical-cancer/

 

Ex-con who learned to burglarize cars on YouTube busted in Pattaya

PATTAYA:--A convicted drug dealer who learned to break into cars on YouTube was arrested after allegedly taking more than 2 million baht left in a vehicle in South Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055261-ex-con-who-learned-to-burglarize-cars-on-youtube-busted-in-pattaya/

 

Sattahip slayings mastermind says victim betrayed him after 7-million-baht payment

SATTAHIP:--The confessed mastermind behind the killing of a former Phuket coyote dancer and her childhood friend at Sattahip’s Buddha Mountain says the teenager reneged on a promise to marry him after he gave her 7 million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055265-sattahip-slayings-mastermind-says-victim-betrayed-him-after-7-million-baht-payment/

 

Smoking ban to keep tourists from getting intoxicated at beaches

PATTAYA:--Bangkok, 28 August 2018 – The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) confirmed that the smoking prohibition at beaches which will reduce waste from cigarette filters and keep tourists from getting intoxicated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055262-smoking-ban-to-keep-tourists-from-getting-intoxicated-at-beaches/

 

Cambodian court sentences Australian filmmaker to six years in prison for espionage

Prak Chan Thul

 

Australian filmmaker James Ricketson shouts inside a prison truck as he leaves the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 31, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court sentenced an Australian filmmaker to six years in prison on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over an opposition party’s political rally.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055272-cambodian-court-sentences-australian-filmmaker-to-six-years-in-prison-for-espionage/

 

Mobile banking system makes ‘errors’, banks not explaining

By The Nation

 

 

The mobile banking service of several banks were found to be making errors on Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055274-mobile-banking-system-makes-‘errors’-banks-not-explaining/

 

Taxi motorcyclists ignore passengers to block Grab rival

By The Nation

 

video screenshot

 

The latest battle in the war between traditional motorcycle-taxis and the upstart Grab service appeared to end with no one getting a ride.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055277-taxi-motorcyclists-ignore-passengers-to-block-grab-rival/

 

JJ Green Market To Close Forever In 2 Weeks

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: JJ Green / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — After Sept. 13, not a single vendor will be found at a famous night market in the capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055295-jj-green-market-to-close-forever-in-2-weeks/

 

Tourist police say evidence does not support assault allegation on Koh Tao

 

 

BANGKOK, 31st August 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Commander of the Tourist Police has submitted findings from an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a British tourist on Koh Tao in Surat Thani province, to the Consulate of the United Kingdom in Thailand, indicating that the area said to be the scene of the crime would have been too heavily flooded to access at the time, and that legal action is to be taken against the administrator of the Facebook page where the story was posted. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055297-tourist-police-tell-british-embassy-evidence-does-not-support-assault-allegation-on-koh-tao/

 

Flood monitoring ad hoc center to adjust water release plan of major dams

 

 

THAILAND, 31st August 2018, (NNT) - The flood monitoring ad hoc center has announced that it will adjust the water release plans of both Vajiralongkorn and Srinagarind dams on September 4th. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055298-flood-monitoring-ad-hoc-center-to-adjust-water-release-plan-of-major-dams/

 

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Central bank: online shutdown resolved

By The Nation

 

The Bank of Thailand says most banks have now resumed online banking services after networks crashed on Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055274-mobile-banking-system-makes-‘errors’-banks-not-explaining/?do=findComment&comment=13321816

 

PM attending 4th BIMSTEC Summit

 

 

KATHMANDU, 31st August 2018 (NNT) – The Prime Minister is attending the fourth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Nepal, presenting Thailand’s view that the cooperation should set priorities so that it may strive towards stability, prosperity and sustainability. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055301-pm-prayut-attending-4th-bimstec-summit-in-nepal/

 

EU set to end switch between summer and winter time - Juncker

 

FILE PHOTO: A giant sculpture constructed with the faces of clocks is seen outside a Paris train station, March 27, 2009 on the weekend when France moves its clocks forward one hour early Sunday morning, marking daylight savings time. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union's chief executive said on Friday the bloc was set to end the practice of switching between summer and winter time after a survey found most EU citizens against the practice.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055305-eu-set-to-end-switch-between-summer-and-winter-time-juncker/

 

Whistleblower accepts job offer: govt

By The Nation

 

 

Welfare scam whistleblower Panida Yospanya has been employed by the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and will start work soon, according to government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055306-whistleblower-accepts-job-offer-govt/

 

Man arrested for alleged farm project scam

By The Nation

 

 

Police have arrested an alleged fraudster who claimed that his company was contracted by the United Nations to provide Bt1 million financial support to Thai farmers.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055318-man-arrested-for-alleged-farm-project-scam/