Chinese tourist in Pattaya dies after "chicken foot" gets stuck in his throat

 

Picture: Pattaya Eastern News

 

Sawang Boriboon rescue services were called to a restaurant at the end of Soi Bun Samphan 17 in Nong Prue after a Chinese tourist collapsed after getting something stuck in his throat. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059886-chinese-tourist-in-pattaya-dies-after-chicken-foot-gets-stuck-in-his-throat/

 

Phuket PEA announces Wichit and Patong electricity shut-offs

By The Phuket News

 

The power outage will affect Bangyai Rd (behind the BigC store) and Wichit Songkhram Rd from Central Phuket Floresta to Makro.

 

PHUKET: The Provincial Electrical Authority (PEA) Phuket office has announced scheduled blackouts in Wichit from 9am to 4:30pm tomorrow (Oct 3) and in Patong from 9am to 5pm on Thursday (Oct 4).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059887-phuket-pea-announces-wichit-and-patong-electricity-shut-offs/

 

Customs nab gold smugglers on Thai-Lao Friendship bridge

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai customs in Nong Khai announced that they had arrested two people on suspicion of smuggling gold bars into the country from Laos. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059890-nong-khai-ustoms-nab-gold-smugglers-on-thai-lao-friendship-bridge/

 

Tambon engineer known for ‘integrity’ gunned down in Nakhon Si Thammarat

By The Nation

 

Picture: Channel 3

 

The chief public works engineering officer of a tambon in Nakhon Si Thammarat was gunned down at his pomelo garden on Monday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059891-tambon-engineer-known-for-‘integrity’-gunned-down-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/

 

Thai parks authority extends closure of Maya Bay indefinitely

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The four month closure of Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi has failed to restore the beach area as anticipated. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059893-thai-parks-authority-extends-closure-of-maya-bay-indefinitely/

 

New Phuket Governor ready to serve the people

By The Phuket News

 

New Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana makes his pledge to the people of Phuket yesterday morning. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The new Governor of Phuket who arrived from Phitsanulok province yesterday has promised that he is ready to serve he people of Phuket and will try his best to solve the island’s complicated problems.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059894-new-phuket-governor-ready-to-serve-the-people/

 

House collapses on gran, 78, as fears expressed for her mentally handicapped daughter

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Seesuk police and rescue organisation Huk 31 rushed to a house in Srilakor district of Korat yesterday after two walls at a house collapsed. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059896-korat-house-collapses-on-gran-78-as-fears-expressed-for-her-mentally-handicapped-daughter/

 

Phuket police hunting for a suspect in alleged rape attack

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHOTOS: Sakkarin Somboon / Newshawk Phuket

 

Phuket police are hunting for a suspect in an alleged rape. Police are hoping someone can identify the published photo.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059897-phuket-police-hunting-for-a-suspect-in-alleged-rape-attack/

 

Government to open service centers for the disabled across Thailand

 

 

BANGKOK, 2nd October 2018 (NNT) — The government is planning to open a special service center for people with disabilities across Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059898-government-to-open-service-centers-for-the-disabled-across-thailand/

 

A job for Big Joke? Immigration bribes claim at Don Mueang in wake of attack on tourist

 

Thaivisa file photo

 

Chinese social media was abuzz with claims about what led to the assault on one of their nationals at Don Mueang airport. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059900-a-job-for-big-joke-immigration-bribes-claim-at-don-mueang-in-wake-of-attack-on-tourist/

 

Police clip shows working lights on van wreck even after battery removed

By The Nation

 

 

A policeman at a station in Angthong in the early hours of Monday posted a video clip of a van wreck that showed a flashing rotating light even after its battery had been removed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059906-police-clip-shows-working-lights-on-van-wreck-even-after-battery-removed/

 

Prisons To Allow Video Calls Between Inmates, Family

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

A March 2018 file photo of a Thai prison

 

BANGKOK — Officials are eyeing a popular messaging application to add video call services between inmates and visitors in prisons.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059907-prisons-to-allow-video-calls-between-inmates-family/

 

British tourist reported missing at Phuket’s Promthep Cape found safe

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

British national Bryan (right) was found 40 minutes after being reported missing. Photo:

 

PHUKET: A British tourist who was reported missing after getting separated from his friends at Promthep Cape yesterday was found safe and well 40 minutes after the report was filed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059908-british-tourist-reported-missing-at-phuket’s-promthep-cape-found-safe/

 

Govt, mining company violated rights of locals, claims report of 10 years of reprisals

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Fortify Rights has accused Thai authorities and a Thai gold mining company of violating the rights of local environmental defenders involved in opposing a gold mine in northeastern Thailand for more than a decade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059910-govt-mining-company-violated-rights-of-locals-claims-report-of-10-years-of-reprisals/

 

Putting on the dog - Thai ad agency employees bring pets to work

By Jiraporn Kuhakan and Panu Wongcha-um

 

Jirmas holds a dog as she works in an office of a digital advertising agency which promotes bring-your-dog-to-work in Bangkok, Thailand September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Nimo bounds out of a car in a rush to get to work at a Bangkok advertising agency, but Nimo is no ordinary employee.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059913-putting-on-the-dog-thai-ad-agency-employees-bring-pets-to-work/

 

Oversupply of drugs in Mekong, East Asia puts younger users at risk, U.N. says

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

FILE PHOTO: Thai narcotics officials put bags of methamphetamine pills into a bin during the 48th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Production and trafficking of illicit drugs have reached unprecedented levels in Southeast Asia's Mekong region and East Asia, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning that oversupply increases the risks for younger users.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059914-oversupply-of-drugs-in-mekong-east-asia-puts-younger-users-at-risk-un-says/

 

One dead in Phoenix boat salvage operations

By The Thaiger

 

 

The salvage operations for the ‘Phoenix’ have become mired in poor arrangements and unsuitable weather since operations began several months ago. Now, one person has died during the operations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059934-one-dead-in-phoenix-boat-salvage-operations/

 

Chinese "fake" guides slammed for telling compatriots rubbish about Thailand

 

 

Thailand is a Chinese colony, Thai women just sell their bodies to US servicemen and Thai families put their male children in "lady boy dancing schools" so they can get money.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059975-chinese-fake-guides-slammed-for-telling-compatriots-rubbish-about-thailand/

 

Serial Korean rapist hiding in Thailand first offender on Big Joke's radar

 

 

New commissioner of the immigration police Maj-Gen Surachate Hakpal gave a press conference in which he announced that a serial rapist hiding in Thailand for three years has been arrested. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059981-serial-korean-rapist-hiding-in-thailand-first-offender-on-big-jokes-radar/

 

NZ customs can now demand phone or laptop passwords

Changes to customs legislation now means passengers must hand over the password to their electronic devices if asked, or be slapped with a NZ$5,000 fine.

By Asha McLean

 

The New Zealand Customs Service this week received new powers at the country's borders, including the ability demand a password off a passenger to search their "electronic device".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059992-nz-customs-can-now-demand-phone-or-laptop-passwords/

 

Park chief warns of randy elephants

 

 

The head of the Kaeng Krachan national park in Phetchaburi has warned the public to take care after a video showed an elephant in musth.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059994-park-chief-warns-of-randy-elephants/

 

Dad smells petrol, gets kids out of car before fire erupts

By The Nation

 

Picture: Nation TV

 

A father and three children had a narrow escape when their car caught on fire while he drove them to school in Kamphaeng Phet on Tuesday morning.
 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059996-kamphaeng-phet-dad-smells-petrol-gets-kids-out-of-car-before-fire-erupts/

 

Tourism minister gets involved in Japanese tourist’s unsolved murder

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat on Tuesday promised the family of a Japanese tourist raped and murdered in Sukhothai in 2007 that he would coordinate with case investigators.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059998-tourism-minister-gets-involved-in-japanese-tourist’s-unsolved-murder/

 

Suspects In Chinese Tourist Murder Left Country: Police

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Rangers at the scene of Ton Nga Chang Waterfall on Sept. 20.

 

BANGKOK — Individuals who might be involved in the death of a Chinese tourist in southern Thailand have already left Thailand, police said Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1060001-suspects-in-chinese-tourist-murder-left-country-police/

 

Firebrand Ultra-Royalist Hiso Joins Democrat Party

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Left, Tanat Thanakitamnuay smiles while apprehended by police on May 16, 2014. Right, Tanat signs up for Democrat Party membership on Monday.

 

BANGKOK — A young hiso known for vitriolic comments against political opponents and leading protests that prompted the 2014 coup officially joined the Democrat Party Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1060002-firebrand-ultra-royalist-hiso-joins-democrat-party/

 

Landslide, flooding block Patong – Kamala road

By The Phuket News

 

Route 4233 (the Patong – Kamala road) was closed following a landslide and flooding. Photo: Patong Municipality

 

PHUKET: Motorists are advised to avoid using route 4233 (the Patong – Kamala road) following a landslide and flooding this morning (Oct 2).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1060003-landslide-flooding-block-patong-–-kamala-road/

 

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Mysterious case of ‘haunted van’ solved: a short circuit

By The Nation

 

The “mysterious case” of a van initially thought by a policeman to be haunted has been solved – its battery had not, in fact, been removed and rain had caused a short circuit that turned on the revolving lights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059906-police-clip-shows-working-lights-on-van-wreck-even-after-battery-removed/?do=findComment&comment=13420542

 

Bangkok officials declare Maya Bay a tourist no-go zone

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The official notice signed by the DNP in Bangkok on Sept 28. Photo: DNP

 

PHUKET:-- Officials from the Department of National Parks (DNP) in Bangkok have declared Maya bay, including Loh Samah Bay, a tourist no-go zone until the marine environment improves to their satisfaction.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059893-thai-parks-authority-extends-closure-of-maya-bay-indefinitely/?do=findComment&comment=13420815

 

Double entry, free visa mulled to boost falling Chinese tourism

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sept. 4, 2017, at the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China.

 

BANGKOK — The tourism minister said he was considering granting Chinese tourists a double entry visa into Thailand, hoping to increase their influx after numbers are set to drop for the first time ever.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1060016-double-entry-free-visa-mulled-to-boost-falling-chinese-tourism/

 

Tuk-tuk driver faces charges following violent incident at Chiang Mai airport

By The Nation

 

 

A tuk-tuk driver who led a blockade of a Grab taxi at Chiang Mai International Airport on Monday has no public-transport driving licence and will face several charges following the incident, which was exposed by a foreign visitor, police said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059883-video-welcome-to-chiang-mai-tourists-forced-to-leave-grabcar-as-tempers-flare/?do=findComment&comment=13420834