EC responsible for probing Thaksin’s alleged interference in Phue Thai: PM Prayut

 

 

Only the Election Commission can decide whether ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s influence on Pheu Thai Party is against the election law or not, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061833-ec-responsible-for-probing-thaksin’s-alleged-interference-in-phue-thai-pm-prayut/

Phuket Governor meets Chinese Vice Consul-General, ‘Phoenix’ salvage discussed

 

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana (left) and Vice Consul-General of the Phuket Chinese Consular Office. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The Governor of Phuket on Monday (Oct 8 ) met with the Vice Consul-General of the Phuket Chinese Consular Office to discuss a number of topics including the raising of the ‘Phoenix’ tour boat which sank on July 5 killing 47 Chinese tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061835-phuket-governor-meets-chinese-vice-consul-general-‘phoenix’-salvage-discussed/

 

341 people in Yala come down with measles

 

 

YALA, 11th October 2018 (NNT)-More than 300 people in Yala province have contracted measles and five have died from the disease since the outbreak began last month. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061837-341-people-in-yala-come-down-with-measles/

 

New Parliament To Open In May

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

The site of the new parliament, set to be completed in May.

 

BANGKOK — The newly constructed parliament will be ready in May, the speaker of the junta-appointed National Legislative Assembly said Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061842-new-parliament-to-open-in-may/

 

Storm hammers Pathum Thani

By Anan Wichitpracha, 
Pongsathat Rujiphuttanyaphat 
The Nation

 

 

A storm hammered Tambon Khlong Si of Pathum Thani's Khlong Luang district on Wednesday night, damaging the roofs on 20 homes, Moo 2 village headman Sudjai Thiamson said on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061850-storm-hammers-pathum-thani/

 

Student ‘Champ’ makes videos to tell world about love for HM the late King

 

 

“I want the world to know the reason why Thais wholeheartedly greatly love His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and why he has cemented his place in Thai hearts for ages.”

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061856-student-‘champ’-makes-videos-to-tell-world-about-love-for-hm-the-late-king/

 

Inmates escape from court after stealing prison transport truck

By The Nation 

 

 

Pol Colonel Narat Savettanan, director-general of the Corrections Department, urgently flew to the southern province of Chumphon on Thursday after three inmates stole a prison transport truck and escaped from Lang Suan Provincial Court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061864-inmates-escape-from-court-after-stealing-prison-transport-truck/

 

EC says parties need Junta's permission to accept donations

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

 

An undated photo of Police Col. Jarungvith Pumma. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — The Election Commission’s secretary general said Thursday that political parties would have to receive permission from the junta to accept public donations.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061911-ec-says-parties-need-juntas-permission-to-accept-donations/

 

Desperate City Hall Doubles Fine for Undeterred Sidewalk Motorists

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

A motorcycle taxi on a sidewalk in Bangkok. Photo: Thailand Footpath / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — City Hall on Thursday said the number of motorcycle jockeys on sidewalks is almost unchanged even after more than 3 million baht in fines were collected from them in the past three months.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061912-desperate-city-hall-doubles-fine-for-undeterred-sidewalk-motorists/

 

King Bhumibol Memorial Day brings long weekend

By The Phuket News

 

Many Thais will have a three-day weekend as the nation commemorates the second anniversary of the passing of the deeply revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Image: Class Act media Graphics

 

PHUKET:-- Many Thais will have a three-day weekend as the nation commemorates the second anniversary of the passing of the deeply revered late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama 9 of the Chakri dynasty, who reigned over the Kingdom for seven decades.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061913-king-bhumibol-memorial-day-brings-long-weekend/

 

‘Fake’ lawyer held after visa probe

By Khanathit Srihirundaj
The Nation

 

 

A 50-year-old Thai man wanted for fraud was arrested on Thursday in Nonthaburi's Muang district, Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn told a press conference in Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061914-‘fake’-lawyer-held-after-visa-probe/

 

97 foreigners held in visa crackdown

By Jitima Janphrom
The Nation
Khon Kaen

 

 

Ninety-seven foreigners had been arrested in the northeast for overstaying their visas or working illegally, Immigration Police acting regional director Maj General Natthawat Kandee told a press conference on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061915-97-foreigners-held-in-visa-crackdown/

 

Haruki Murakami: ‘You have to go through the darkness before you get to the light’

By Oliver Burkeman

 

Haruki Murakami rises at 4am to write for five or six hours before a six-mile run and a swim. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian

 

The day before we meet in Manhattan, a woman stopped Haruki Murakami in Central Park, where he had come for his late-morning run.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061917-haruki-murakami-‘you-have-to-go-through-the-darkness-before-you-get-to-the-light’/

 

Mini-Me actor Verne Troyer's death is ruled a suicide

 

Getty Images

 

Austin Powers actor Verne Troyer's death has been ruled a suicide by a coroner in Los Angeles.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061919-mini-me-actor-verne-troyers-death-is-ruled-a-suicide/

 

#MeToo: UK stars give £1m to sexual harassment victims

 

Getty Images / Actress Emma Watson has donated £1m

 

A fund set up by British celebrities in response to the #MeToo movement has given more than £1m to women's groups across the UK.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061920-metoo-uk-stars-give-£1m-to-sexual-harassment-victims/

 

Border police wounded in Narathiwat

By Narong Nuansakul
The Nation

 

 

Three border patrol police officers were injured in a gun attack by two suspected insurgents while returning towards their base in Narathiwat's Rusoh district on Thursday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061922-border-police-wounded-in-narathiwat/

 

Probe into Phoenix salvage death sinks

By The Phuket News

 

Divers work during the salvage effort to recover the sunken Phoenix tour boat. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- The investigation into the death of a diver working on the project to salvage the sunken Phoenix tour boat last week has stalled, with police accepting the official cause of death as a ‘lack of oxygen”.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061923-probe-into-phoenix-salvage-death-sinks/

 

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