Family blame police in Nakhon Phanom after chase results in death of helmet-less son, 14

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The family of a 14 year boy who died after a police chase intend to sue the police in Nakhon Phanom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070503-family-blame-police-in-nakhon-phanom-after-chase-results-in-death-of-helmet-less-son-14/

 

Man collapses after stealing from donation box of ‘serpent king’ in Mukdahan

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A drunk thief thought he had been caught by the spirit of the great Naga, a mythical serpent, after he stole almost Bt30,000 from a donation box for the maintenance of a naga statue in Mukdahan Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070507-man-collapses-after-stealing-from-donation-box-of-‘serpent-king’-in-mukdahan/

 

Video: Deputy PM Prawit demands professors sort out college violence 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Yet more violence has erupted between rival gangs at Bangkok's vocational colleges. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070509-video-deputy-pm-prawit-demands-professors-sort-out-college-violence /

 

Fire engulfs tannery in Samut Prakan

By The Nation

 

Picture: Morning News BEC Tero

 

A major fire devastated a tannery in Samut Prakan early on Tuesday, damaging the factory building, tanning machines and leather stock worth about Bt5 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070511-fire-engulfs-tannery-in-samut-prakan/

 

Nigerian romance scammer arrested by Big Joke on four year overstay

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath's columnist Pluengpayak reported that Immigration Chief Maj-Gen Surachate Hakparn had arrested another romance scammer from Nigeria. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070512-nigerian-romance-scammer-arrested-by-big-joke-on-four-year-overstay/

 

Alibaba's Jack Ma is a Communist Party member, China state paper reveals

 

FILE PHOTO: Alibaba Group co-founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma attends the World Trade Organization (WTO) Forum "Trade 2030" in Geneva, Switzerland, October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Jack Ma, the head of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China's best-known capitalist, is a Communist Party member, the official Party newspaper said on Monday, debunking a public assumption the billionaire was politically unattached.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070514-alibabas-jack-ma-is-a-communist-party-member-china-state-paper-reveals/

 

Video: Drunk in the early morning; taxi driver claims he was a cop

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A video from downtown Ang Thong showed the arrest of a taxi driver who was threatening people with violence. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070518-video-drunk-in-the-early-morning-taxi-driver-claims-he-was-a-cop/

 

Russian tourist injured in motorbike fall down hill

By Tavee Adam

 

The Russian tourist, 50-year-old Sergey Shulgin, suffered a broken ankle and minor injuries to his left knee other parts of his body. Photo: Rawai Municipality rescue workers

 

PHUKET: A Russian man suffered minor injuries after his motorbike ran off the road on the Baan Krathing peninsular near Nai Harn yesterday morning (Nov 26).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070520-russian-tourist-injured-in-motorbike-fall-down-hill/

 

Scam victim "Nat" has lots of pretty new female friends after being ripped off by ugly woman

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a man who was ripped off by a scammer online now has a thousand new female friends on Facebook wanting to get to know him. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070521-scam-victim-nat-has-lots-of-pretty-new-female-friends-after-being-ripped-off-by-ugly-woman/

 

Skip Bags, Pack ‘Pinto’ For National Parks: Minister

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Left: A "pinto" tiffin carrier. Right: Tourism Minister Weerasak Kowsurat.

 

BANGKOK — Those planning a picnic or camping trip in Thailand’s national parks are being encouraged to bring their food in lunch boxes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070523-skip-bags-pack-‘pinto’-for-national-parks-minister/

 

Video: Pattaya ladyboy thief charged by the chief of the tourist police

 

 

A video on the Pattaya Online News site on Facebook showed the chief of the national tourist police in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070526-video-pattaya-ladyboy-thief-charged-by-the-chief-of-the-tourist-police/

 

400,000 baht shark net comes loose again: Hua Hin tourists still swimming 

 

Picture: Talknewsonline

 

Talknewsonline reported that an expensive shark net installed at Sai Noi Beach in Hua Hin had come loose for the second time.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070528-400000-baht-shark-net-comes-loose-again-hua-hin-tourists-still-swimming/

 

Big selloff of hotels in Chiang Mai - not lack of Chinese tourists but because of so many, official 

 

Pictures: Manager Online

 

A senior tourism official in Chiang Mai has said the reason people want to sell hotels in the city is not because there are so few Chinese tourists now.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070531-big-selloff-of-hotels-in-chiang-mai-not-lack-of-chinese-tourists-but-because-of-so-many-official /

 

Yala: Security beefed up in Betong after frequent attacks

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The district chief in the border town of Betong in Yala has announced increased security measures to counter continuing problems in separatist violence. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070535-yala-security-beefed-up-in-betong-after-frequent-attacks/

 

No reason for Erdogan not to meet with Saudi Crown Prince - minister

 

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends a news conference in Ankara, Turkey November 22, 2018. Cem Ozdel/Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview published on Tuesday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had asked for a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and that there was currently no reason not to meet him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070541-no-reason-for-erdogan-not-to-meet-with-saudi-crown-prince-minister/

 

Trump, Pence seek to rescue embattled Republican in Mississippi

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith speak to supporters during a Make America Great Again rally in Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S., November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

BILOXI, Miss. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence launched a rescue mission in Mississippi for a Republican candidate on the eve of a run-off election for the U.S. Senate, with Democrats hoping to win a seat in the state for the first time since 1982.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070542-trump-pence-seek-to-rescue-embattled-republican-in-mississippi/

 

Wildlife official killed by wild elephants in Chachoengsao

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A wildlife official in Chachoengsao was found dead on Tuesday morning with apparent evidence of having been kicked and dragged by wild elephants.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070544-wildlife-official-killed-by-wild-elephants-in-chachoengsao/

 

Korat woman rescued after night spent with her head stuck in home gate

By The Nation

 

Pictures: Nation TV

 

A woman was rescued early on Tuesday about nine hours after her head became stuck between iron bars in the gate of her Nakhon Ratchasima home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070545-korat-woman-rescued-after-night-spent-with-her-head-stuck-in-home-gate/

 

Biker faces charges for running into schoolgirl on Bangkok sidewalk

By The Nation

 

Photo credit: @EmaEmika

 

A motorcyclist allegedly hit and injured a schoolgirl on a Bangkok sidewalk on Monday afternoon, triggering outrage on social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070549-biker-faces-charges-for-running-into-schoolgirl-on-bangkok-sidewalk/

 

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Smiling Buffalo Seized By Police, Impounded As Evidence

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Tongkum is led off the truck that brought him from Chai Nat province Tuesday and into Bangkok’s Khan Na Yao Police Station.

 

CHAI NAT – An impoverished farmer in the central province of Chai Nat was in tears Tuesday morning when police arrived to confiscate the beloved buffalo he’d just purchased with the help of online donors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070431-smiling-buffalos-former-owner-mad-as-hell-about-crowdfunded-sale/?do=findComment&comment=13602285

 

Shubuya in Isaan? Udon Thani gets crosswalk makeover

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

UDON THANI — Travelers to Udon Thani City may be forgiven for momentarily thinking they’ve stepped out of Isaan and into the beating commercial heart of Tokyo.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070560-shubuya-in-isaan-udon-thani-gets-crosswalk-makeover/

 

Thaksin-Era ban on new bars renewed in 22 provinces

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Image: Nicolas Lannuzel / Flickr

 

BANGKOK — Twenty-two provinces were named in an updated list of areas where no new pubs, clubs or other entertainment venues can be opened, an official said Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070563-thaksin-era-ban-on-new-bars-renewed-in-22-provinces/

 

Nation police chief confident poaching case against Premchai, 3 others can be successfully prosecuted

By Suphot Kaewkasi 
The Nation

 

National Police commissioner Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, the first witness to testify in front of Thong Pha Phum Provincial Court on Tuesday over the high-profile black-panther poaching case against Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta and his three associates, has expressed confidence that the case will be successfully prosecuted.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070564-nation-police-chief-confident-poaching-case-against-premchai-3-others-can-be-successfully-prosecuted/

 

Hellboy Reboot Is ‘More Violent And Bloody’, Says Director Neil Marshall – Exclusive Image

by Ben Travis, Alex Godfrey

 

 

For a rock-fisted demon destined to bring about the apocalypse, the Hellboy of Guillermo Del Toro’s films, played by Ron Perlman, was a pretty chill guy – someone you wouldn’t mind grabbing a beer with, if you could penetrate his layers of sarcasm and emotional defences.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070566-hellboy-reboot-is-‘more-violent-and-bloody’-says-director-neil-marshall-–-exclusive-image/

 

Amanda Bynes opens up on battle with addiction after public meltdown

by Telegraph Reporters

 

Actress Amanda Bynes arrives for Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles in 2005 CREDIT:REUTERS

 

Amanda Bynes has opened up on her struggles with addiction following a public meltdown which saw her retire from acting.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070567-amanda-bynes-opens-up-on-battle-with-addiction-after-public-meltdown/

 

PlayStation and Nike launch their own trainers in new collaboration

BY CHRIS EDWARDS

 

INSTAGRAM / PLAYSTATION

 

Nike has revealed its very own PlayStation trainers inspired by the 1994 console.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070569-playstation-and-nike-launch-their-own-trainers-in-new-collaboration/

 

Face-slapped ‘Nat’ draws line under the matter after donating his compensation to charitable causes

By The Nation

 

 

 

Ayutthaya hotel receptionist Panita “Nat” Kochprapa, who was slapped in the face by a Nakhon Ratchasima businessman for prohibiting him from smoking in the hotel’s restaurant on November 6, said on Tuesday that he no longer wished to talk about the matter after having given the Bt40,000 in compensation money he had received to charitable causes.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070570-face-slapped-‘nat’-draws-line-under-the-matter-after-donating-his-compensation-to-charitable-causes/

 

Phuket light-rail budget jumps B594mn, to B40bn

By Chutharat Plerin

 

The estimated budget for the Phuket light-rail project has jumped by B594 million, to a total of B40 billion. Image: OTP

 

PHUKET:-- The estimated budget required for building the Phuket Light Rail system has jumped by more than B500 million, according to announcement issued by the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070576-phuket-light-rail-budget-jumps-b594mn-to-b40bn/

 

150+ politicos defect to new pro-Junta party

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Watanya Wongopasi, or "Madam Dear," left, accepts a party jacket Friday as she joins the Palang Pracharat party. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — More than 150 former MPs, senators, ministers and famous figures had joined pro-junta Palang Pracharat Party by the end of Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070577-150-politicos-defect-to-new-pro-junta-party/

 

Farmer who bought smiling buffalo charged with fraud, money laundering

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Tongkum and Surat Phaeoket. Photo: Smiling Buffalo, A Little Thing Called Happiness. “Surat Phaeoket & Tongkum / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — A farmer who crowdfunded the purchase of a buffalo he had bonded with was charged Tuesday afternoon with fraud, money laundering and violating the Computer Crime Act.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070431-smiling-buffalos-former-owner-mad-as-hell-about-crowdfunded-sale/?do=findComment&comment=13602949