Thai teacher whacks 11 year old 28 times in front of the school chums, claims mum

 

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A Thai mother in Ang Thong has gone to the media for justice after she claimed that her 11 year old grade five daughter had been assaulted 28 times in front of 100 other students.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056659-thai-teacher-whacks-11-year-old-28-times-in-front-of-the-school-chums-claims-mum/

 

Cave film starts shooting in November

By The Thaiger

 

 

A Thai film telling the story of the Tham Luang cave rescue is due to begin rolling cameras in November. It’s working title is ‘Nang Non’ in Thai (The Cave in English)

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056661-tham-luang-cave-rescue-film-starts-shooting-in-november/

 

Thai woman orders a 37K brand name bag online - gets a plastic bottle instead

 

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INN reported that a 25 year old Khon Kaen woman went to police to say that she had ordered a 37,000 baht second hand brand name bag online.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056663-thai-woman-orders-a-37k-brand-name-bag-online-gets-a-plastic-bottle-instead/

 

European liberals seek alliance with France's Macron for European elections

 

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron attends a joint news conference with Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte at Bourglinster castle in Luxembourg September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

PARIS (Reuters) - The leader of the liberal group in the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt said on Sunday he is seeking an alliance with French President Emmanuel Macron's political party for the European elections in May in a bid to counter populists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056665-european-liberals-seek-alliance-with-frances-macron-for-european-elections/

 

Late night Walking Street fracas caught on camera

 

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Footage shared to social media shows a foreign man being restrained by security staff on Walking Street on Saturday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056666-late-night-walking-street-fracas-caught-on-camera/

 

National police chief taking an interest after mystery corpse found minus genitalia

 

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The national police spokesman has expressed concern after a 50-60 year old unidentified man was found floating in the Chao Phraya river under the Phra Nang Klao bridge in Nonthaburi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056667-national-police-chief-taking-an-interest-after-mystery-corpse-found-minus-genitalia/

 

Trump administration to take tough stance against International Criminal Court

By Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a Republican Party fundraiser in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S., September 7, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday will adopt an aggressive posture against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, threatening sanctions against its judges if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Americans in Afghanistan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056672-trump-administration-to-take-tough-stance-against-international-criminal-court/

 

Thai woman saves cat from five meter long python

 

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A 63 year old Pathum Thani resident attacked a five meter long python with a stick after it tried to eat her pet cat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056673-thai-woman-saves-cat-from-five-meter-long-python/

 

Heavy rains predicted in several parts of country

By The Nation

 

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The Meteorological Department Monday warned residents of several northern, northeastern, central and eastern provinces to brace themselves for heavy rains during the day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056675-heavy-rains-predicted-in-several-parts-of-country/

 

Girl, 10, in for appendicitis found to have been raped by stepfather

 

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The stepfather of a ten year old girl is in custody after admitting to multiple rapes.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056677-chanthaburi-girl-10-in-for-appendicitis-found-to-have-been-raped-by-stepfather/

 

RID asks farmers in 22 provinces to hold off on planting new crops

 

 

BANGKOK, 10th September 2018 (NNT) – The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has told 22 provinces along the Chao Phraya River to hold off on planting any more rice crops in 2018 as the land may be needed for water retention from this month onward. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056678-rid-asks-farmers-in-22-provinces-to-hold-off-on-planting-new-crops/

 

Injured sea turtle found washed up on Phuket beach
By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The sea turtle was found washed up on Kamala Beach yesterday afternoon with one of its flippers slashed. Photo: Kamala Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) rescue team

 

A rescue team from the Kamala Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) received notice of the injured sea turtle at 12:45pm yesterday (Sept 9).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056679-injured-sea-turtle-found-washed-up-on-phuket-beach/

 

"Guitar King" collides with Thai woman on way to gig at Walking Street

 

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A well known old Thai guitarist who goes by the name of "Guitar King" was involved with a collision with a pedestrian in South Pattaya on Saturday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056681-guitar-king-collides-with-thai-woman-on-way-to-gig-at-walking-street/

 

Bogus Thai guide arrested at Buddha Mountain

 

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A patrol of the Pattaya tourist police arrested a Yala man on Sunday with fake guide ID.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056682-bogus-thai-guide-arrested-at-buddha-mountain/

 

Lotto Seller Arrested Over Fake 90m Baht Tickets

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

NAKHON PATHOM — A lottery ticket seller turned himself in Monday for forging tickets with winning numbers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056686-lotto-seller-arrested-over-fake-90m-baht-tickets/

 

One killed, eight injured in Korat van accident

By The Nation

 

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A van driver was killed and his eight passengers were severely injured in Nakhon Ratchasima early on Monday when the vehicle swerved off the road and flipped.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056691-one-killed-eight-injured-in-korat-van-accident/

 

Wanted: Patong police volunteers, foreign language required

By The Phuket News

 

The notice calling for applicants, now posted at Patong Police Station, does not ask for international language skills. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: Patong Police are now accepting applications for the new contingent of volunteers to assist police officers in communicating with tourists, and are seeking people with international language skills despite the public notice calling for applicants omitting that fact.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056693-wanted-patong-police-volunteers-foreign-language-required/

 

Bangkok man found dead in pickup with burned-out charcoal stove

By The Nation

 

 

A man was found dead inside his pickup truck in Bangkok on Monday morning, a charcoal stove in the seat behind him suggesting it may have been a suicide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056696-bangkok-man-found-dead-in-pickup-with-burned-out-charcoal-stove/

 

Champion of the stateless, Tuenjai Deetes up for UN award

By The Nation

 

Tuenjai Deetes speaks to formerly stateless women of the Lisu hilltribe. Photo/ UNHCR/Rachapon Riansiri

 

Tuenjai Deetes, a life-long campaigner for the rights of stateless people in Thailand, has been named this year’s UNHCR Nansen Award Finalist for Asia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056704-champion-of-the-stateless-tuenjai-deetes-up-for-un-award/

 

The new Central Floresta is open

By The Thaiger

 

0.40am Monday, September 10, 2018.

 

The new, highly-anticipated (by locals) Central Foresta opens it doors for the first time. Opposite the ‘old’ Central Festival, located at the Darasamuth Intersection, the new Central Floresta creates a ‘central’ shopping destination for the island to match anything in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056706-the-new-central-floresta-is-open/

 

Man killed by train in Chachoengsao remains unidentified

By The Nation

 

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An unidentified man was found killed by a train in Muang Chachoengsao on Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056708-man-killed-by-train-in-chachoengsao-remains-unidentified/

 

Abhisit Faces Party Leadership Challenge After Proposing Primary

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Democrat Party Chairman Abhisit Vejjajivva

 

BANGKOK — The Democrat Party will schedule a primary to select party leadership in November if the junta relaxes its restrictions and allows it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056711-abhisit-faces-party-leadership-challenge-after-proposing-primary/

 

Concerns due to heavy rain remain despite floods easing

 

 

NONG KHAI, 10th September 2018 (NNT) – The Temporary Crisis Center has maintained a call for caution against flooding in many provinces nationwide, despite the flood crises in 10 provinces gradually resolving. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056712-concerns-due-to-heavy-rain-remain-despite-floods-easing/

 

Mekong flood waters receding gradually

 

 

NONG KHAI, 10th September 2018 (NNT) - Officials have reported that several areas in close proximity to the Mekong River are still coping with inundations, despite the fact that the excess water is slowly receding. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056715-mekong-flood-waters-receding-gradually/

 

UPDATE:

 

Phuket licence plate auction raises over B22mn

By The Phuket News

 

The auction, held at Metropole Hotel in Phuket Town on Saturday (Sept ? and Sunday (Sept 9), raised B22,968,132. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: An auction of special licence plates held over the weekend raised almost B23 million for the national Road Safety Fund, which stages road-safety campaigns and provides support for victims of road accidents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056505-phuket-lucky-licence-plate-auction-opens-with-8899-sold-for-b180k/?do=findComment&comment=13352383

 

Phayao police arrest suspects, seize drug haul after dramatic chase

By Nopporn Thathan 
The Nation

 

 

A dramatic vehicle chase in Phayao’s Dok Khamtai district on Sunday night resulted in police seizing 500,000 methamphetamine pills, a large amount of crystal meth, or “ice”, and ketamine from an ambulance that a drug-trafficking gang had used as a transportation cover-up for their operation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056718-phayao-police-arrest-suspects-seize-drug-haul-after-dramatic-chase/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai Suicides Inflamed By Urbanization, Social Stigmas

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Harshil Shah / Flickr

 

BANGKOK — A man was found dead in his car Monday morning in Bangkok days after a well-known model jumped to her death just across town in two more cases of suicide as a global call for increased awareness goes out.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056619-prevent-suicides-–-connect-communicate-care/?do=findComment&comment=13352519

 

Thai woman plays dead to avoid being raped

 

 

A Thai woman has revealed how she pretended to be dead in order to avoid being raped by a man who broke into her home in Sisaket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056723-thai-woman-plays-dead-to-avoid-being-raped/

Alleged Koh Tao rape victim in her first interview accuses police of suppressing truth 

The Nation

 

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IN HER first media interview, a 19-year-old British teenager has stuck to her claim that she was drugged, robbed and raped during her vacation on Koh Tao in June and accused authorities of trying to suppress the truth. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056726-alleged-koh-tao-rape-victim-in-her-first-interview-accuses-police-of-suppressing-truth /

 

Thai Smile adds QR code payment system for passengers

By The Nation

 

 

Thai Smile is the first airline in the country offering passengers the opportunity to use a QR code payment system.  The new payment feature is available at all of its 13 service centres nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056727-thai-smile-adds-qr-code-payment-system-for-passengers/