THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 27 Sep 2018

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Car and bike parking charges from today in Khao San and Nana

 

 

Thai Rath reported that vehicles of all kinds would henceforth be charged for parking on 66 roads in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059071-car-and-bike-parking-charges-from-today-in-khao-san-and-nana/

 

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Chula physics teacher hailed as thoroughly modern dad!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook called a physics teacher a "4.0 dad" and "lovely" after pictures showed him teaching students while his two year old daughter was strapped to his chest. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059075-chula-physics-teacher-hailed-as-thoroughly-modern-dad/

 

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Damage limitation! Hospital in Rayong scurries after woman dumped from stretcher

 

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A Rayong hospital has apologized to a woman - and given her a free room - after she was shown on video being dumped from a mobile stretcher. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059080-damage-limitation-hospital-in-rayong-scurries-after-woman-dumped-from-stretcher/

 

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BMA governor inspects delayed Pattanakarn tunnel project

By The Nation

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration governor Aswin Kwanmuang on Wednesday inspected the long-delayed vehicle tunnel project on Pattanakarn Road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059084-bma-governor-inspects-delayed-pattanakarn-tunnel-project/

 

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Two sisters killed, parents injured, in Bangkok townhouse fire

By The Nation

 

Photos from rescuers with call signs of Nua 10-26 and Kamrop 51

 

Two teenage sisters died of smoke inhalation while their parents survived a fire in their townhouse in Bangkok's Nong Chok district early on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059086-two-sisters-killed-parents-injured-in-bangkok-townhouse-fire/

 

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Big Joke warns about "paak waan" foreigners as Thai woman conned out of 6 million baht

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The deputy commissioner of the Thai Tourist Police has warned his compatriots about foreigners who flatter females and con them out of money in romance scams. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059089-big-joke-warns-about-paak-waan-foreigners-as-thai-woman-conned-out-of-6-million-baht/

 

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Heavy drinkers and teetotalers alike may have heightened dementia risk

By Lisa Rapaport

 

A glass of wine is pictured in Baulers, Belgium July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

(Reuters Health) - Middle-aged adults who avoid alcohol altogether, and those who consume the equivalent of seven glasses of wine or more a week are both more likely than light drinkers to develop dementia in their later years, a long-term study suggests.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059092-heavy-drinkers-and-teetotalers-alike-may-have-heightened-dementia-risk/

 

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Motorists beware: BMA starts collecting parking fees on 66 roads

By The Nation

 

File photo: Phra Arthit Road

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) started collecting parking fees on 66 roads throughout the capital on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059071-car-and-bike-parking-charges-from-today-in-khao-san-and-nana/?do=findComment&comment=13404622

 

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Southern train service resume after derailment

By The Nation

 

Picture: Workpoint News 

 

Southern train services resumed early on Thursday after an engine and a carriage of a derailed train were removed from a track in Songkhla, railway officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059095-southern-train-service-resume-after-derailment/

 

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Assistant village head killed in drive-by shooting in Pattani

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Post

 

An assistant village head was killed in a drive-by shooting by insurgents in Pattani's Yarang district on Wednesday night, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059097-assistant-village-head-killed-in-drive-by-shooting-in-pattani/

 

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Police hunting for Phuket coffee shop thief

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Phuket police are hunting for a thief who has broken into a coffee shop in Thalang this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059099-police-hunting-for-phuket-coffee-shop-thief/

 

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Wearing helmets mandatory for both drivers and passengers

 

 

BANGKOK, 27 September 2018 (NNT) - Traffic police have been instructed to enforce traffic regulations rigorously across Bangkok to ensure motorcycle drivers and their passengers wear helmets while on the road. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059101-bangkok-wearing-helmets-mandatory-for-both-drivers-and-passengers/

 

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Chiang Mai teen saved from suicidal bridge jump

By The Nation

 

Picture: TNA

 

A deputy police commander in Chiang Mai grabbed a suicidal 12th-grader just as she was about to leap from a highway flyover on Wednesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059102-chiang-mai-teen-saved-from-suicidal-bridge-jump/

 

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Warning issued after 30 tourists stung by jellyfish at Patong Beach

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Some 30 tourists have been stung by jellyfish at Patong Beach this month.Photos: Phuket Lifeguard Service

 

PHUKET: Lifeguards stationed at Patong Beach have today (Sept 27) issued a warning for tourists to be aware of jellyfish at the beach after more than 30 tourists have reported being stung by jellyfish this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059103-warning-issued-after-30-tourists-stung-by-jellyfish-at-patong-beach/

 

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Family row blamed for murder of wealthy Briton and wife in Thailand

Relatives of Alan Hogg and Nott Suddaen say she was murdered after the relationship with her brother soured beyond repair

Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Phrae

 

The tension had been building for months, maybe years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059044-alan-hogg-hitman-laughs-as-cops-are-shown-where-brit-millionaire-and-his-thai-wife-were-buried-by-her-own-brother/?do=findComment&comment=13404877

 

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BOT raises free transfer limit for online banking users

 

 

BANGKOK, 27 September 2018 (NNT) – The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has resolved to increase the limit on free money transfers for users of internet banking to 700,000 baht per transaction. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059106-bot-raises-free-transfer-limit-for-online-banking-users/

 

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Pheu Thai Readies Backup Party In Case It’s Dissolved

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

An emblem of Pheu Tham Party features the letter ธ, which transliterates to T, with the Democracy Monument in the middle.

 

BANGKOK — Pheu Thai is reported to be moving key members to a surrogate party, just in case it gets disbanded by the junta and banned from politics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059108-pheu-thai-readies-backup-party-in-case-it’s-dissolved/

 

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Prayuth Upset By Prediction He’ll Lose Power In Election

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

“Sanoh should go and rest," junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha takes a snide at Pheu Thai Party elder Sanoh Thienthong.

 

BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha has lashed out at a senior politician who suggested he will fail to hang onto power after elections promised for February.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059043-pm-prayut-loses-his-cool-and-hits-back-at-sanoh-thienthong/?do=findComment&comment=13404974

 

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Former Mae Hong Son border police commander gets suspended jail term for forcing underage girl into prostitution

By The Nation

 

The former commander of a border patrol police company in Mae Hong Son has been given a suspended jail term and a small fine for forcing a girl under 18 into prostitution, according to the victim's mother.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059113-former-mae-hong-son-border-police-commander-gets-suspended-jail-term-for-forcing-underage-girl-into-prostitution/

 

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Phuket expat sets house on fire, attempts to climb wind turbine in suicide bid

By Chutharat Plerin

 

The men is believed to have set is own house on fire. Photo: Rawai Municipality

 

PHUKET: A foreign man is being held by authorities after he allegedly set his house on fire in Rawai this morning (Sept 27) then tried to climb the wind turbine near Phromthep Cape in an apparent bid to jump from the top of the structure.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059115-phuket-expat-sets-house-on-fire-attempts-to-climb-wind-turbine-in-suicide-bid/

 

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Police hunt Thai couple photographed having sex in supermarket

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police are hunting for a Thai couple who were photographed having sex in a famous supermarket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059117-police-hunt-thai-couple-photographed-having-sex-in-supermarket/

 

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Three killed, four injured as pickup crashes into tree in Rayong

By The Nation

 

Picture: TNA

 

Three people were killed and four others, all members of the same Buri Ram family, were injured when a pickup truck crashed into a ditch in the middle of a Rayong road and hit a tree.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059129-three-killed-four-injured-as-pickup-crashes-into-tree-in-rayong/

 

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Woman falls to death from 31st floor of Bangkok condo

By The Nation

 

 

A woman was killed when she plunged from her 31st floor apartment in a Bangkok condominium building on Thursday morning in what is believed to be a suicide, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059132-woman-falls-to-death-from-31st-floor-of-bangkok-condo/

 

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Bangkok top destination in the world last year: Mastercard’s Index

 

 

Bangkok was the world’s top destination last year, three years in a row, with 20.05 million people visiting the capital in 2017 and a 9.6% growth in number of visitors is predicted for this year, according to Mastercard’s Global Destinations Cities Index.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059134-bangkok-top-destination-in-the-world-last-year-mastercard’s-index/

 

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Australian man found hanged in Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

File photo: Chiang Mai Police station

 

An Australian man is believed to have hanged himself from a tree on a roadside in Chiang Mai's Hang Dong district on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059135-australian-man-found-hanged-in-chiang-mai/

 

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388 suspected TB cases found among inmates in Phitsanulok prisons

By The Nation

 

 

Some 388 inmates at two prisons in Phitsanulok were found to have signs of tuberculosis, public health officials found after they performed lung x-rays.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059137-388-suspected-tb-cases-found-among-inmates-in-phitsanulok-prisons/

 

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Tourists asked not to feed pigeons at Tha Pae Gate

 

 

CHIANG MAI, 27 September 2018 (NNT) - Tourists in Chiang Mai have been warned not to feed pigeons at Tha Pae Gate or face a maximum fine of 25,000 baht as the birds could carry diseases dangerous to humans. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059146-tourists-asked-not-to-feed-pigeons-at-tha-pae-gate/

 

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Teachers want police to investigate OTEP for possible fraud

 

 

BANGKOK, 27th September 2018 (NNT)-A group of 100 teachers has urged the Crime Suppression Division to investigate the Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Educational Personnel (OTEP) for possible fraud. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059147-teachers-want-police-to-investigate-otep-for-possible-fraud/

 

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Billionaire Owner of Staples Center to Build Stadiums in Bangkok

By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Suttinee Yuvejwattana

 

>> Philip Anschutz’s AEG linking up with Thailand’s Mall Group

>> Joint venture to invest $309 million in two venues in capital

 

Superstars like Taylor Swift are going to find it easier to play concerts in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059148-billionaire-owner-of-staples-center-to-build-stadiums-in-bangkok/

 

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Pattaya gambling raid nets unexpected evidence - sex drugs

 

Image: STV Pattaya

 

Pattaya police conducting a raid on a noisy gambling den were surprised to turn up some unexpected evidence. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059162-pattaya-gambling-raid-nets-unexpected-evidence-sex-drugs/