UPDATE:

 

Body of missing Burmese man found in reservoir in Chalong

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

The body of a Burmese man, who had been missing since Sunday night, has been found.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086235-burmese-man-missing-in-dam-in-chalong/?do=findComment&comment=13882825

 

University student dead after fall from apartment balcony in Pathum Thani

By The Nation

 

Picture: Facebook

 

A first-year student was killed when she fell from a room on the eighth floor of an apartment building in Pathum Thani early on Monday.
 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086464-university-student-dead-after-fall-from-apartment-balcony-in-pathum-thani/

 

50 rescued off burning ferry in Langkawi

 

 

LANGKAWI: More than 50 passengers of a Kuala Perlis-bound ferry were rescued when the vessel caught fire minutes after it departed from the Kuah terminal here.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086469-video-50-rescued-off-burning-ferry-in-langkawi/

 

Radio Thailand marks 89th anniversary

 

   

BANGKOK, 26th February 2019 (NNT) – Radio Thailand, operated by the Government Public Relations Department (PRD), organized an event to mark its 89th anniversary of Thai radio broadcasting and commemorate the benevolence of His Royal Highness Prince Purachatra Jayakara, who is considered the Father of the Thai Radio Broadcasting.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086471-radio-thailand-marks-89th-anniversary/

 

Saudi boy forges documents to escape family to Thailand

Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief

Gulf News

 

File photo

 

Manama: A 14-year-old Saudi boy who forged a document to fly to Thailand has been reunited with his family.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086481-saudi-boy-forges-documents-to-escape-family-to-thailand/

 

People injured after car smashes into parked motorbikes on Pattaya Beach Road

 

Picture: We Love Pattaya

 

A number of people required hospital treatment after a car smashed into a row of motorbikes parked on Pattaya Beach Road.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086486-people-injured-after-car-smashes-into-parked-motorbikes-on-pattaya-beach-road/

 

Wheelchair-bound man travels roads from Chiang Mai to Narathiwat raising funds for southern hospitals

By The Nation

 

 

A wheelchair user has embarked on a trip from Chiang Mai to Phitsanulok to raise funds for three hospitals in the southern border provinces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086491-wheelchair-bound-man-travels-roads-from-chiang-mai-to-narathiwat-raising-funds-for-southern-hospitals/

 

Thai woman gives birth, abandons baby in toilet of Chiang Mai police station

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police are trying to locate a woman who they say gave birth and then abandoned the baby in toilets of Chiang Mai police station.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086492-thai-woman-gives-birth-abandons-baby-in-toilet-of-chiang-mai-police-station/

 

Man who stabbed girlfriend in her genitals because ‘she put a spell on him’ charged with murder

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A man who claimed he stabbed his girlfriend to death because she had put a black magic spell on him has been charged with her murder.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086493-man-who-stabbed-girlfriend-in-her-genitals-because-‘she-put-a-spell-on-him’-charged-with-murder/

 

School-assault alleged leader blames alcohol for violence in tearful apology

By The Nation

 

 

The man accused of leading last Sunday’s assault on students and teachers sitting an exam next to a monk ordination ceremony has, in a tearful apology, cited alcohol for playing a role in his actions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086514-school-assault-alleged-leader-blames-alcohol-for-violence-in-tearful-apology/

 

Rice bill ‘postponed indefinitely’ as champion predicts next attempt will be more difficult

By The Nation 
Piyaporn Wongruang

 

 

A controversial rice bill has been “postponed indefinitely” from deliberation by parliament, the key drafter Kittisak Rattanawaraha announced shortly after the National Legislative Assembly began deliberating the seven laws scheduled for today, including the rice bill.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086515-rice-bill-‘postponed-indefinitely’-as-champion-predicts-next-attempt-will-be-more-difficult/

 

India says carried out air strike on 'terror camps' inside Pakistan

By Drazen Jorgic and Sanjeev Miglani

 

India's Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale speaks during a media briefing in New Delhi, India, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

 

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian jets crossed into Pakistani territory on Tuesday, conducting what one minister said was an air strike on "terror camps", dramatically escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours who have fought three wars against each other.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086523-india says-carried-out-air-strike-on-terror-camps-inside-pakistan/

 

Tour guide who can’t speak Thai arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport – VIDEO

By The Thaiger

 

 

A tour guide, with a license but who can’t speak Thai, has been arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086528-tour-guide-who-can’t-speak-thai-arrested-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

Authorities crack down on unlicensed Koh Samui hostels

By The Nation

 

 

The authorities on Tuesday shut down 16 hostels on Koh Samui in Surat Thani province for operating without licences.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086536-authorities-crack-down-on-unlicensed-koh-samui-hostels/

 

Rape inquiry dropped against French film mogul Luc Besson

by Luc Besson

 

Producer Luc Besson called the claims ‘fantasist accusations’. Photograph: Stefanie Loos/AFP/Getty Images

 

French prosecutors have dropped an investigation into claims that the film mogul Luc Besson raped his former girlfriend, his lawyers said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086548-rape-inquiry-dropped-against-french-film-mogul-luc-besson/

 

The Irishman: first teaser trailer manages to excite with zero footage

by Kirsten Howard

 

 

"I heard you paint houses?" "Yes, I do."

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086549-the-irishman-first-teaser-trailer-manages-to-excite-with-zero-footage/ 

Melissa McCarthy arrived at the Vanity Fair Oscars party wearing matching ADIDAS TRACKSUITS

By DANIELLE ZOELLNER

 

Iconic: Melissa and her husband arrived to the Vanity Fair after party on Sunday wearing matching Adidas tracksuits for the glamorous events 

 

The internet went wild on Sunday after Melissa McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone arrived to the Vanity Fair after party wearing matching Adidas tracksuits. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086550-melissa-mccarthy arrived-at-the-vanity-fair-oscars-party-wearing-matching-adidas-tracksuits/

 

Dutch fugitive wanted in his country for alleged human trafficking arrested in Chon Buri

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

A 68-year-old man from the Netherlands, wanted for transnational human-trafficking crimes and who had been laying low in Thailand over the past decade, has been arrested in Chon Buri province, Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Surachet Hakpal told a press conference on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086552-dutch-fugitive-wanted-in-his-country-for-alleged-human-trafficking-arrested-in-chon-buri/

 

One ranger killed, another injured in Yala bomb ambush

By The Nation

 

 

Insurgents detonated a home-made roadside bomb in an ambush of a patrol unit of rangers in Yala’s Bannang Sata district on Tuesday morning, killing one ranger and injuring another, police said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086553-one-ranger-killed-another-injured-in-yala-bomb-ambush/

 

Using religion in election campaigns not against the law: EC

By The Nation

 

Paiboon's Facebook

 

The Election Commission (EC) ruled on Tuesday that it is acceptable to use religion while campaigning for the upcoming general election. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086554-using-religion-in-election-campaigns-not-against-the-law-ec/

 

Owners of 39 ‘abandoned’ Bangkok buildings told to secure premises to prevent vice and crime

By The Nation

 

 

The owners of 39 “abandoned” buildings at 25 property development projects across the capital have been told to add lights, properly seal off the partially constructed buildings with fencing, and employ guards to patrol the compounds.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086557-owners-of-39-‘abandoned’-bangkok-buildings-told-to-secure-premises-to-prevent-vice-and-crime/

 

Officials turn to ozone to help clear Bang Tao canal wastewater stench

By Waranya Prompinpiras

 

Hopes are high that the small ozone water-treatment machine will have the desired effect. Photo: MaAnn Samran

 

PHUKET:-- Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) has installed an ozone water-treatment machine along the Bang Tao Canal to help treat the dirty water there, which has turned black with pollution and is causing a foul stench along its course to the southern end of Bang Tao Beach.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086571-officials-turn-to-ozone-to-help-clear-bang-tao-canal-wastewater-stench/

 

Grab taxi driver arrested for stealing bag from store

By The Nation

 

 

A Grab taxi driver was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stealing a purse from a bag shop owner at a night shopping mall in Chiang Mai province.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086573-grab-taxi-driver-arrested-for-stealing-bag-from-store/

 

Udon Thani officials inspect storm damage after lemon-sized hailstones hit 700 homes

By Seksanti Kalayanawisut 
The Nation

 

 

Udon Thani provincial authorities on Tuesday inspected around 700 homes in Mueang, Phen, Ban Phue, Si That and Kumphawapi districts that were damaged in a hailstorm on Monday night.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086575-udon-thani-officials-inspect-storm-damage-after-lemon-sized-hailstones-hit-700-homes/

 

36 year old American man found dead in Chiang Mai hostel

 

 

A 36 year old American man has been found dead at a hostel in Chiang Mai.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086576-36-year-old-american-man-found-dead-in-chiang-mai-hostel/

 

BMW Group Thailand sets delivery records for all three brands

By The Nation

 

Christian Wiedmann, president of BMW Group Thailand

 

BMW Group Thailand is celebrating another historic achievement after recording a 20-per-cent, year-on-year growth rate in deliveries for 2018, and retaining the top spot across the global BMW Group network for the second consecutive year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086577-bmw-group-thailand-sets-delivery-records-for-all-three-brands/

 

11 Russians among 15 foreigners facing deportation for working illegally

By The Phuket News

 

All 15 now face deportation and being blacklisted from re-entering Thailand. Photo: Phuket Tourist Police

 

PHUKET:-- Eleven Russians are among 15 foreigners who are facing deportation after being arrested for working illegally at an outlet in Chalong that specialises in traditional Thai herbs and medicines and targets Russian-speaking customers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086580-11-russians-among-15-foreigners-facing-deportation-for-working-illegally/

 

Man arrested for alleged extortion and sex blackmail of 200 women

By The Nation

 

 

A man in Phitsanulok province was arrested on Monday for allegedly luring some 200 women to videotape sex on phones and later extorting money from them.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086581-man-arrested-for-alleged-extortion-and-sex-blackmail-of-200-women/

 

German man, 74, arrested for murdering teenage Thai wife after almost 10 years on the run

 

 

A 74 year old German who is suspected of stabbing his teenage wife to death has been arrested after almost a decade on the run.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086582-german-man-74-arrested-for-murdering-teenage-thai-wife-after-almost-10-years-on-the-run/

 

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Thailand Live Wednesday 27 Feb 2019 
https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086607-thailand-live-wednesday-27-feb-2019/