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Thais warned: Tampering with the electricity meter can get you a criminal conviction

 

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Electricity users have been warned - tampering with the meter can mean you wind up in court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056249-thais-warned-tampering-with-the-electricity-meter-can-get-you-a-criminal-conviction/

 

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BMA plans to raise garbage collection fee from Bt20 to Bt80 per month

By The Nation

 

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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plans to raise the garbage collection fee from Bt20 a month to B80, governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056251-bma-plans-to-raise-garbage-collection-fee-from-bt20-to-bt80-per-month/

 

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Deaths of two Thai students in Seattle ruled a murder suicide

By The Nation

 

 

A Medical Examiner's Office in Seattle has ruled the deaths of two Thai female post graduate students who were roommates as suicide murder, reported Seattle Times on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056214-mystery-killings-in-us-leave-thai-families-distraught/?do=findComment&comment=13342433

 

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Watch out for this thief with bogus questionnaire - he'll pinch your phone

 

 

A Thai woman went on Facebook with CCTV images to warn the public after a thief tricked her younger sister and stole her phone.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056252-watch-out-for-this-thief-with-bogus-questionnaire-hell-pinch-your-phone/

 

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Pattaya tells Lan Po vendors to drop foam boxes

PATTAYA:--Pattaya City Hall is taking its “no plastic, no foam” campaign on the road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056255-pattaya-tells-lan-po-vendors-to-drop-foam-boxes/

 

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Schools, restaurants told to stop using foam boxes

PATTAYA:--Schools, restaurants and government workers were told to cut use of plastic and foam containers and adapt cloth bags and other biodegradable materials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056256-schools-restaurants-told-to-stop-using-foam-boxes/

 

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3 young Sattahip runaways found

Three missing sixth graders are back home after running away from home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056257-3-young-sattahip-runaways-found/

 

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Inmates clean Pattaya sewers

PATTAYA:--Inmates from Pattaya Remand Prison were drafted to scrape out clogged sewers on Jomtien Second Road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056258-inmates-clean-pattaya-sewers/

 

 

 

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Video: Pick-up escapes police despite shots being fired

 

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Police in the south of Thailand who fired repeatedly at a fleeing pick-up failed to stop it escaping.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056262-video-pick-up-escapes-police-despite-shots-being-fired/

 

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Lovesick car thief thwarted by GPS

PATTAYA:--A lovesick car thief who planned to drive a stolen Nissan to see his Issan girlfriend was busted when police followed the car’s GPS tracker to Najomtien.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056260-lovesick-car-thief-thwarted-by-gps/

 

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Misplaced traffic sign increases congestion

A sign erected pointing motorists to an alternate route to prevent congestion is causing traffic problems of its own.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056261-misplaced-traffic-sign-increases-congestion/

 

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Pattaya adds ‘no smoking’ signs, ashtrays to Dongtan Beach

PATTAYA:--Pattaya is increasing signage and public relations to salvage its smoking ban on Dongtan Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056264-pattaya-adds-‘no-smoking’-signs-ashtrays-to-dongtan-beach/

 

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North Road power-line burying to finish in December

Pattaya:--Work to submerge all power and utility cables above North Road will be completed in December, Pattaya officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056268-north-road-power-line-burying-to-finish-in-december/

 

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PEA upgrades Jomtien power grid

Pattaya:--The Provincial Electricity Authority upgraded the power system on Sukhumvit Soi 54.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056269-pea-upgrades-jomtien-power-grid/

 

 

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Seven arrested in Ayutthaya after gun and knife attack on minivan in broad daylight

 

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Police have arrested seven young men on charges of attempted murder after many shots were fired on a minivan plying the Bangkok to Ayutthaya route on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056275-seven-arrested-in-ayutthaya-after-gun-and-knife-attack-on-minivan-in-broad-daylight/

 

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Black plastic food trays pose no danger, health agency says

By The Nation

 

 

Thais have no reason to worry about health risks from the black plastic food trays commonly used here, the government’s Department of Medical Sciences says.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056278-black-plastic-food-trays-pose-no-danger-health-agency-says/

 

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Soldiers Raid Homes For Black Shirts, Abduct 2 Women: Watchdog

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Black T-shirts with red-and-white emblem reportedly bought by the two women. Image: Thai Lawyer for Human Rights.

 

BANGKOK — Soldiers have detained two women without charge after searching their homes for T-shirts they had purchased, and one remained unreachable Friday, a civil rights group said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056282-soldiers-raid-homes-for-black-shirts-abduct-2-women-watchdog/

 

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Video: Seconds out Round 100! Taxi drivers fighting in the street AGAIN

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Someone put music usually associated with Thai boxing on a video that showed warring taxi drivers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056283-video-seconds-out-round-100-taxi-drivers-fighting-in-the-street-again/

 

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"Yes I suggested she put betel-juice in her eye, but I never forced her", says salesman

 

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A salesman at a herbal remedy store in Khon Kaen has admitted that he sold betel nut juice intended for oral consumption to a woman two months ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056284-yes-i-suggested-she-put-betel-juice-in-her-eye-but-i-never-forced-her-says-salesman/

 

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Video: Ladyboys in early morning punch up in Phuket

 

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A video clip shared on Facebook showed ladyboys fighting this morning in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056289-video-ladyboys-in-early-morning-punch-up-in-phuket/

 

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'Benz Racing' jailed for money laundering

By The Nation

 

File photo: Akarakit “Benz Racing” Worarojcharoendet

 

Motorcycle racer Akarakit “Benz Racing” Worarojcharoendet was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for money laundering.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056292-benz-racing-jailed-for-money-laundering/

 

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Bruised student found dead in her Bangkok room

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A 19-year-old student was found dead in her bedroom in Bangkok's Thon Buri district on Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056293-bruised-student-found-dead-in-her-bangkok-room/

 

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Clean The Beach Bootcamp heads to Surin Beach for World Clean Up Day

By Tanutam Thawan

 

 

On Saturday, September 15, the Clean The Beach Boot Camp crew (CBBC) will be heading to Surin Beach to take part in another of their regular clean-ups.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056295-clean-the-beach-bootcamp-heads-to-surin-beach-for-world-clean-up-day/

 

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Guns blazing in Chiang Mai, huge drug haul seized

By The Nation

 

 

Border Patrol police engaged in a shootout with drug traffickers in Chiang Mai on Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056297-guns-blazing-in-chiang-mai-huge-drug-haul-seized/

 

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Child rape suspect not Grab driver: firm

By The Nation

 

 

Grab Thailand on Friday denied that a man who has been arrested for allegedly raping a passenger was one of its drivers, saying he used another man's Grab account.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056300-child-rape-suspect-not-grab-driver-firm/

 

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PM tells youths southern unrest cannot be resolved through politics alone

 

 

BANGKOK, 7 September 2018 (NNT) – Thailand's Prime Minister has remarked to youths from the nation’s far south that his government has no intention of using violence to quell the region’s unrest, noting politics are, however, not the entire solution to the issue but rather development and a peaceful mindset. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056302-pm-prayut-tells-youths-southern-unrest-cannot-be-resolved-through-politics-alone/

 

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Victims lose Bt40m in FB gold scam

By The Nation

 

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Around 30 people on Friday filed complaints with police that they were deceived into transferring over Bt40 million to a woman who promised to sell them bargain gold ornaments.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056305-victims-lose-bt40m-in-fb-gold-scam/

 

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Row over spectrum set to hit 1m DTAC subscribers

By SIRIVISH TOOMGUM 
THE NATION 

 

 

MORE THAN 1 million mobile-phone subscribers of Total Access Communication (DTAC) group could experience service disruption if the company fails to get approval from the telecom regulatory body for its plan to allow DTAC continued use of the 850MHz band after its concession ends on September 15.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056308-row-over-spectrum-set-to-hit-1m-dtac-subscribers/

 

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Nakhon Ratchasima school struggles with two teachers

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

Image: Sanook

 

Ban Tha Kwai School in Nakhon Ratchasima's Pimai district has only two teachers for its 38 children, who range from preschool to year 6.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056310-nakhon-ratchasima-school-struggles-with-two-teachers/

 

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Jeff Goldblum Stuns Commuters With Impromptu Jazz Piano Performance

By Mike Wood

 

 

Jeff Goldblum is an A-Lister with a difference.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056316-jeff-goldblum-stuns-commuters-with-impromptu-jazz-piano-performance/