THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 13 Nov 2018

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A Gala Dinner with Frank Bruno in Hua Hin

 

A Gala Dinner with Frank Bruno Ex-Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. Bruno fought some of the best fighters from the modern era which included twice with Mike Tyson. 

 

Info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068236-a-gala-dinner-with-frank-bruno-in-hua-hin/

 

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More ‘wind and waves’ – Phoenix still at the bottom of the Andaman Sea

By The Thaiger

 

 

The Phoenix, the boat that sank on July 5 off Phuket’s south west coast, causing the drowning of 47 Chinese tourists, remains 45 metres underwater as the new salvage team have little more success than the original salvage team who threw in the towel a week ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068240-more-‘wind-and-waves’-–-phoenix-still-at-the-bottom-of-the-andaman-sea/

 

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Burmese man stabbed friend to death in Phuket Town

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A Burmese man has stabbed another Myanmar national to death in Phuket Town last night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068241-burmese-man-stabbed-friend-to-death-in-phuket-town/

 

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Northern California officials fear record wildfire death toll could rise

By Sharon Bernstein

 

A home destroyed by the Woolsey Fire is seen in Thousand Oaks, California, U.S. November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

 

PARADISE, Calif. (Reuters) - Emergency teams searched on Monday for more than 200 people listed as missing in the deadliest northern California wildfire on record as officials voiced concerns the casualty toll will climb higher and crews battled for a fifth day to suppress the flames.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068242-northern-california-officials-fear-record-wildfire-death-toll-could-rise/

 

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Video: Motorcycle taxi for 800 baht? "Win" rider gets panned by his own on Facebook

 

Picture: Kapook

 

A video of a Bangkok motorcycle taxi rider asking 800 baht for a fare brought a hail of criticism online. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068272-video-motorcycle-taxi-for-800-baht-win-rider-gets-panned-by-his-own-on-facebook/

 

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Two survive after a six wheeler overturns near the Sarasin Bridge

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Two people have survived after a six wheeler truck, carrying goods on the way to Patong, has overturned in the far north of the island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068278-two-survive-after-a-six-wheeler-overturns-near-the-sarasin-bridge/

 

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Every tourist’s worst nightmare: Old Chiang Mai zipline footage goes viral - again

 

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Video footage capturing the terrifying moment a foreign tourist was left dangling from a zipline in Thailand after the instructor forgot to attach his harness has gone viral on social media - again.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068285-every-tourist’s-worst-nightmare-old-chiang-mai-zipline-footage-goes-viral-again/

 

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Do you know this woman? The Thai tech police want to lock her up for five years!

 

Picture: TNA

 

Thailand's technology cops are appealing for information after a picture of a naked woman was posted online on a Chonburi bridge. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068295-do-you-know-this-woman-the-thai-tech-police-want-to-lock-her-up-for-five-years/

 

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Two alleged mules arrested in Bueng Kan, pills and crystal seized

By The Nation

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Two young motorcyclists were arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly 14,000 meth pills and 720 grams of "ice" from the Mekong riverbank into Bueng Kan early on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068296-two-alleged-mules-arrested-in-bueng-kan-pills-and-crystal-seized/

 

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Video: In cold blood: Cop shoots neighbor dead because of loud bike exhaust

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A senior traffic cop chased and shot a neighbor four times in Phuttamonthon Sai 4 last night. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068297-video-in-cold-blood-cop-shoots-neighbor-dead-because-of-loud-bike-exhaust/

 

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Israel-Gaza border ignites after botched incursion; 4 dead

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams

 

Flames rise after a rocket attack in Sderot, near the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, November 12, 2018. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen

 

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militants on Monday carried out their most intensive shelling of Israel since the 2014 Gaza war in retaliation for a botched cross-border commando raid, drawing Israeli air strikes against Hamas' television station and other targets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068299-israel-gaza-border-ignites-after-botched-incursion-4-dead/

 

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Video: Tuesday News From Thailand - 13th November 2018 fabulous TV Pattaya

 

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068301-tuesday-news-from-thailand-13th-november-2018-fabulous-tv-pattaya/

 

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Getting tough: Bangkok governor says time is up for soi dogs

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Bangkok's governor has called time on the capital's soi dogs. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068302-getting-tough-bangkok-governor-says-time-is-up-for-soi-dogs/

 

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Couple, son killed in Chiang Mai house fire

By The Nation

 

 

A couple and their two-year-old son were killed when their house in Chiang Mai was engulfed in a fire early Tuesday, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068304-couple-son-killed-in-chiang-mai-house-fire/

 

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The pros and cons of Pheu Thai’s “satellite” strategy

 

 

On the one hand, it is brilliant for Pheu Thai to “branch out” in a bid to get more House of Representatives seats under the new electoral rules.  “Associates” of the party can deliver it a sizeable number of MPs without having to win a single constituency competition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068313-the-pros-and-cons-of-pheu-thai’s-“satellite”-strategy/

 

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Bangkok Uni professor sacked after ripping off dozens on English language courses in the UK

 

 

The head of the English department at Bangkok University has been sacked after she sought investment in English programs in the UK. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068321-bangkok-uni-professor-sacked-after-ripping-off-dozens-on-english-language-courses-in-the-uk/

 

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Female Thai "ice" smuggler given 17 years in Indonesian jail

 

Picture: TNA

 

TNA reported that a twenty two year old Thai woman had been given a jail term of 17 years after she smuggled 1.16 kilos of methamphetamine into Indonesia through the Ahmad Yani airport in Semarang, central Java. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068326-female-thai-ice-smuggler-given-17-years-in-indonesian-jail/

 

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 Video: Bullying the poor or upholding the law? Fruit seller smashes her own cart in Bangkok 

 

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A video posted to Facebook showed a female fruit seller being arrested by tessakit (municipal authority) workers in the Lat Prao area of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068339-video-bullying-the-poor-or-upholding-the-law-fruit-seller-smashes-her-own-cart-in-bangkok/

 

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Court gives Canadian vandal 100K fine - but what about "Scouser Lee"?

 

 

Canadian media reported that their 22 year old national who spray-painted the historic Tha Pae gate in Chiang Mai in mid October has been let off with a fine. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068390-court-gives-canadian-vandal-100k-fine-but-what-about-scouser-lee/

 

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Video: Stop children doing Muay Thai now: Young boxer dies from brain hemorrhage

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a boy knocked out in a Thai boxing bout has died in hospital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068397-video-stop-children-doing-muay-thai-now-young-boxer-dies-from-brain-hemorrhage/

 

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Video: Punch drunk- sozzled motorcyclist does a dance for the cops in Chiang Mai

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

A video posted online by the Thai police was billed as a warning to the public not to drink and drive. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068399-video-punch-drunk-sozzled-motorcyclist-does-a-dance-for-the-cops-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Raid hits three unlicensed hog slaughterhouses in Nakhon Pathom

By The Nation

 

Picture: Channel 7

 

Livestock Development officials and Army troops raided three unlicensed pig slaughterhouses in Nakhon Pathom and arrested their owners early on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068401-raid-hits-three-unlicensed-hog-slaughterhouses-in-nakhon-pathom/

 

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Search resumes for body of Malaysian drug suspect in Narathiwat river

By The Nation

 

Picture: Channel 3

 

Thai and Malaysian officials have jointly resumed a search for the body of a Malaysian drug suspect who jumped into the Sungai Kolok River to escape an arrest on Monday night after a small amount of drugs were found on him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068402-search-resumes-for-body-of-malaysian-drug-suspect-in-narathiwat-river/

 

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Drug suspect ‘rescued’ after jumping into Phatthalung canal

By The Nation

 

 

A drug suspect jumped into a canal in Phatthalung province to try to escape arrest but had to be rescued by police on Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068403-drug-suspect-‘rescued’-after-jumping-into-phatthalung-canal/

 

 

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Hospital Says Acid-Burn Victim Only Scalded With Hot Water

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Chorlada Tarawan’s family mourns Tuesday in Khon Kaen, where her body has been taken for funerary rites.

 

BANGKOK — The hospital that allegedly refused to treat a woman fatally burned in an acid attack now says she asked to leave the hospital voluntarily just before her death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068151-lawyer-seeks-action-against-hospital-for-‘lack-of-morality’-after-woman-dies-following-acid-attack/?do=findComment&comment=13559470

 

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Two arrested with 10 kilograms of crystal meth in Krabi

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Border Patrol Police have arrested two drug suspects with a colossal 10 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (usually measured in grams), and 121 methamphetamine pills this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068408-two-arrested-with-10-kilograms-of-crystal-meth-in-krabi/

 

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Thais urged to watch the sky for Leonid meteor shower

By The Nation

 

File photo: Leonids in Chiang Mai

 

Stargazing Thais can stay up late on November 17 to watch a spectacular show of the Leonid meteor shower.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068410-thais-urged-to-watch-the-sky-for-leonid-meteor-shower/

 

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Two eastern Bangkok underpasses to open next month to ease jams

By The Nation

 

File photo: Pattanakarn-Ramkhamhaeng-Thavornthat tunnel

 

Two underpasses will be opened early next month to alleviate traffic congestion in eastern Bangkok, says Bangkok Metropolitan Administration deputy governor Jakkraphan Phiewngam.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068412-two-eastern-bangkok-underpasses-to-open-next-month-to-ease-jams/

 

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Wissanu sees no justification for election to be postponed…at least for now

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said this morning that at least for now  he sees no justification for the election scheduled for February 24 to be postponed despite the fact that the on-going mapping of election constituencies by the Election Commission is reported to be still in progress. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068414-wissanu-sees-no-justification-for-election-to-be-postponed…at-least-for-now/

 

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Husband faces detention, while taxi driver testifies about acid-splashed wife’s death

By The Nation

 

 

Police on Tuesday brought Kamtan Singhanart, 50, to apply to the Thon Buri Court’s order for a 12-day detention after he was accusedof splashing acid on his now-dead wife Chorladda Tharawan’s face before fleeing on November 9.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068429-husband-faces-detention-while-taxi-driver-testifies-about-acid-splashed-wife’s-death/