THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 17 Sep 2018

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Lao man arrested for alleged murder of Thai grandmother, child

By The Nation

 

 

A Lao welder was arrested in Mukdahan Sunday night while waiting to cross the Mekong after fleeing Samut Prakan where he allegedly robbed and killed a grocery store owner and her granddaughter earlier in the day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057590-samut-prakan-burglary-turns-into-double-homicide/?do=findComment&comment=13371964

 

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China tells Taiwan to stop all mainland spying and sabotage

 

A double rainbow is seen behind Taiwanese flag during the National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused Taiwan's spy agencies on Sunday of stepping up efforts to steal intelligence with the aim of "infiltration" and "sabotage", and warned the island against further damaging already strained cross-strait ties.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057623-china-tells-taiwan-to-stop-all-mainland-spying-and-sabotage/

 

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Nabbed! Vicious Laotian murderer of granny and grandchild in Bangkok

 

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Immigration police in Mukdahan have announced the arrest of a 22 year old Laotian man for the brutal slayings of a grandmother and her twelve year old grandchild in Prapadaeng on Saturday night. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057590-samut-prakan-burglary-turns-into-double-homicide/?do=findComment&comment=13372125

 

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Bus driver charged with reckless driving in Patong bus incident

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHOTOS: Kusoldharm Foundation

 

A tour bus driver has been charged with reckless driving after steering his tour bus, carrying 23 Vietnamese tourists, through the roadside barriers on the side of the road yesterday (September 16).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057599-tour-bus-brakes-fail-on-patong-hill/?do=findComment&comment=13372145

 

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780kg of kratom seized at Phuket Checkpoint in separate incidents

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Three people have been arrested with a total of 780 kilograms of kratom. That’s a LOT of kratom leaves!

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057626-780kg-of-kratom-seized-at-phuket-checkpoint-in-separate-incidents/

 

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Mystery man plunges four floors to his death at Ngam Wong Wan department store

 

Picture: Sanook

 

An man without ID fell four floors to his death at a Ngam Wong Wan department store yesterday afternoon around 4pm. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057628-mystery-man-plunges-four-floors-to-his-death-at-ngam-wong-wan-department-store/

 

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U.S. State Department revokes PLO ambassador family visas - envoy

By Yara Bayoumy

 

A tattered flag flies over the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office two days after President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton announced that the State Department would close the PLO office in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States revoked visas for the family of the Palestine Liberation Organization ambassador, the envoy said on Sunday, the latest development in the worsening relations between the Trump administration and Palestinian leadership.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057631-us-state-department-revokes-plo-ambassador-family-visas-envoy/

 

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Elderly man drowns in Prachin Buri

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

A 74-year-old man drowned on Sunday evening while marking the boundary of his flooded fishpond in Prachin Buri’s Ban Sang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057632-elderly-man-drowns-in-prachin-buri/

 

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Wealthy farmer robbed of 2.5 million baht after he went to be ordained

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A cassava farmer suffered a burglary at his house after he went into the monkhood in July.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057634-korat-wealthy-farmer-robbed-of-25-million-baht-after-he-went-to-be-ordained/

 

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PHOTOS: Student 19, crowned Miss Thailand World 2018

 

 

Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan was crowned Miss Thailand World 2018 at the pageant held in Bangkok on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057636-photos-student-19-crowned-miss-thailand-world-2018/

 

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Two kidnappers arrested after holding Chinese businessman in Pattaya

 

Picture: INN

 

The deputy commissioner of the Bangkok metropolitan police announced the arrest of a Chinese man and a Thai who abducted a Chinese businessman for ransom and held him in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057637-two-kidnappers-arrested-after-holding-chinese-businessman-in-pattaya/

 

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"Lovely" farang to the rescue! Dog saved from becoming dinner by Westerner

 

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A video posted to a site on Facebook showed an unnamed western man saving a dog from the chop at a butchers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057641-lovely-farang-to-the-rescue-dog-saved-from-becoming-dinner-by-westerner/

 

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Woman faints, briefly disrupts services at Morchit station

By The Nation

 

Photo from Facebook page “What’s happening to BTS today”

 

A woman fainted as a BTS train was approaching the Morchit station this morning, falling and hit the train as it came into the station and causing services to be temporarily disrupted.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057643-woman-faints-briefly-disrupts-services-at-bts-morchit-station/

 

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Phuket mops up after storm lashes island, plunges businesses into darkness

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

A video posted by Aroon Solos shows the howling winds breaking large panes of glass on the catwalk joining the two Central Phuket shopping mall buildings. Screengrab: Aroon Solos

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) this morning reported that they had not received any reports of damage to houses or structures from yesterday’s battering by strong winds and driving rain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057644-phuket-mops-up-after-storm-lashes-island-plunges-businesses-into-darkness/

 

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Australia to start powerful public inquiry into aged-care sector

By Lidia Kelly

 

    

FILE PHOTO: The new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends a news conference in Canberra, Australia August 24, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will begin a public inquiry, or Royal Commission, into the country's aged-care sector as a spike in cases of elderly abuse creates a "disturbing trend", Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057645-australia-to-start-powerful-public-inquiry-into-aged-care-sector/

 

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Herbal ‘doctor’ ramps up production line

By The Nation

 

 

Saengchai “Mor Saeng” Haelerttrakul, who gained fame and drew scepticism with an herbal “cure” for cancer, is ready to begin distributing his food supplements as M-herbs – both for free and for sale.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057649-herbal-‘doctor’-ramps-up-production-line/

 

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Four Satun districts declared flood disaster zones

By The Nation

 

FILE//Google maps

 

Four districts of Satun province have been declared flood disaster zones to ensure speedy aid for victims.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057650-four-satun-districts-declared-flood-disaster-zones/

 

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Central apologises for damage to the new overpass walkway

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHOTOS: Newshawk Phuket

 

The management of the Central shopping centre has apologised to Phuketians following a storm that battered part of the new building yesterday (September 16). Sunday afternoon wind and rain storms caused damage on some of the fixings to the new overpass structure. No one was injured.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057644-phuket-mops-up-after-storm-lashes-island-plunges-businesses-into-darkness/?do=findComment&comment=13372599

 

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Thailand To Feel Tropical Storm ‘Mangkhut’s Side Effects: Officials

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

A child floats in floodwaters Sunday in a bucket in Satun province.

 

BANGKOK — Although Thailand won’t directly cross paths with tropical storm Mangkhut, the country will suffer inundations from the southwestern monsoons it creates.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057658-thailand-to-feel-tropical-storm-‘mangkhut’s-side-effects-officials/

 

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Buddhist amulets worn by 70 per cent of Thais, survey finds

By The Nation

 

 

More than 70 per cent of Thais wear Buddha amulets, a Suan Dusit Poll has revealed, whether as a matter of faith or worship, belief in its protective power or as a gift from respected seniors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057660-buddhist-amulets-worn-by-70-per-cent-of-thais-survey-finds/

 

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Prayuth Wants Prompt Prosecution Of Dead Elephant’s Owner

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Body of the elephant was brought to wild life officials in Samut Prakan on Saturday.

 

BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha urged officials to find out who was responsible for a young elephant that died while being forced to beg on the street, a government spokesman said Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057662-prayuth-wants-prompt-prosecution-of-dead-elephant’s-owner/

 

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Poll finds most voters welcome easing of political ban but wary of conflicts

 

 

A new poll suggests that although most people agree with the National Council for Peace and Order’s decision to ease political restrictions, they believe that the country should move gradually toward election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057663-poll-finds-most-voters-welcome-easing-of-political-ban-but-wary-of-conflicts/

 

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One To Go air tragedy: Remembering the dead eleven years on

 

 

Facebook news site "The People Speak (Phuket) remembered the anniversary of the crash of One To Go at Phuket eleven years ago on Sunday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057666-one-to-go-air-tragedy-remembering-the-dead-eleven-years-on/

 

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Comic video: Thai police tell the public: Don't try to be funny!

 

Picture: INN

 

The national police have failed to see the funny side of a married couple who went online to have a laugh.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057670-comic-video-thai-police-tell-the-public-dont-try-to-be-funny/

 

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Thai police charge founder of new party over Facebook speech

 

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, founder of Thailand's Future Forward Party sits at Technology Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, Thailand September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police on Monday charged the founder and two members of a new political party opposed to military rule with violating a computer crime law, an offence that could result in a five-year jail sentence, a fine of 100,000 baht (2,340 pounds) or both.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057671-thai-police-charge-founder-of-new-party-over-facebook-speech/

 

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Political parties told to go step by step in prelude to election

 

 

The National Council for Peace and Order has lifted restrictions on political activities but is apparently not in a hurry to allow full-fledged election campaigning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057672-political-parties-told-to-go-step-by-step-in-prelude-to-election/

 

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One body found, seven still missing after Mae Hong Son refugee camp hit by mudslide

By The Nation

 

 

Rescuers found the body of a two-year-old girl buried under mud in a refugee camp in Mae Hong Son’s Sop Moei district, which had been hit by a landslide Sunday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057675-one-body-found-seven-still-missing-after-mae-hong-son-refugee-camp-hit-by-mudslide/

 

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Canadians will be able to use consular services at the Australian Consulate in Phuket

video: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057676-canadians-will-be-able-to-use-consular-services-at-the-australian-consulate-in-phuket/

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Go Eco Phuket clean-up nets a ton of rubbish at Coral Island

By The Phuket News

 

The Go Eco Phuket underwater clean-up at Koh Hei (Coral Island) on Saturday (Sept 15) netted more than 1,000kg of garbage. Photo: Go Eco Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- A mass underwater and beach clean-up by Go Eco Phuket, local tour operators, students and officials on Saturday (Sept 15) saw literally a ton of rubbish removed from the popular dive sites around Koh Hei (Coral Island) alone.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057689-go-eco-phuket-clean-up-nets-a-ton-of-rubbish-at-coral-island/

 

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223 monkeys caught in Phuket mass-sterilisation Round 2, 162 sterilised so far

By Chutharat Plerin

 

A total of 162 monkeys have been sterilised so far. Photo: Phuket Provinical Office

 

PHUKET:-- The Director of the Khao Phra Thaew Natural and Wildlife Education Centre, Pongchart Chouehorm, has confirmed that a total of 223 monkeys have caught at Toh Sai Hill for sterilisation in ‘Round 2’ of the wild monkey mass-sterilisation with 162 having already been sterilised.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057690-223-monkeys-caught-in-phuket-mass-sterilisation-round-2-162-sterilised-so-far/