Malaysia drops murder charge against Indonesian woman in Kim Jong Nam case

 

Indonesian Siti Aisyah, who is on trial for the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, arrives at the Shah Alam High Court on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - An Indonesian woman accused in the 2017 killing of the North Korean leader's half-brother was released from custody on Monday after a Malaysian court dropped a murder charge against her.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088761-malaysia-drops-murder-charge-against-indonesian-woman-in-kim-jong-nam-case/

 

Inside job: Developments in case of 91 year old man who had 5 million baht taken from bank account

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on the case of a 91 year old orchard land owner in Chumpon who had 5 million baht taken from one of his accounts. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088762-inside-job-developments-in-case-of-91-year-old-man-who-had-5-million-baht-taken-from-bank-account/

 

Video: Hunt on for serial burglar targeting Chiang Mai universities

 

 

Police are hunting a serial burglar who they believe is responsible for three burglaries at three separate universities in Chiang Mai in the last week. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088764-video-hunt-on-for-serial-burglar-targeting-chiang-mai-universities/

 

Australia's ruling coalition loses 50th straight Newspoll

 

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during the INPEX Gala Dinner in Darwin, Australia November 16, 2018. David Moir/Pool via REUTERS/Files

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's conservative government is heading for defeat in a looming election, a widely watched opinion poll showed on Monday, after disappointing news on the economy tarnished the credibility of Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088765-australias-ruling-coalition-loses-50th-straight-newspoll/

 

Video: No jail for driver who resisted clamping in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that Dusit Court in Bangkok had fined a Honda City driver 8,500 baht for four offences related to an incident caught on video last Wednesday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088770-video-no-jail-for-driver-who-resisted-clamping-in-bangkok/

 

Video: What to do with a drunk driver? Take his keys!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police in Pathum Thani north of Bangkok had no trouble making an arrest after a member of the public relieved a drunk driver of his car keys. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088772-video-what-to-do-with-a-drunk-driver-take-his-keys/

 

Thailand a harder sell for repeat travellers, but local experiences offer bright spots

By Yixin Ng

 

European agents are increasingly finding Thailand (Krabi pictured) a harder sell, as DIY travel gains favour

 

Long a top Asian destination for Europe’s travellers, Thailand today is not the easy sell it once was for tour operators and travel agents, who are finding that they have to dig deep to have a shot at attracting repeat clients with the “been there, done that” mindset.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088775-thailand-a-harder-sell-for-repeat-travellers-but-local-experiences-offer-bright-spots/

 

Brexit fallout on UK finance intensifies: think tank

By Huw Jones

 

FILE PHOTO: Rain clouds pass over Canary Wharf financial financial district in London, Britain July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 275 financial firms are moving a combined $1.2 trillion in assets and funds and thousands of staff from Britain to the European Union in readiness for Brexit at a cost of up to $4 billion, a report from a think tank said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088777-brexit-fallout-on-uk-finance-intensifies-think-tank/

 

Wealthy entrepreneur arrested over ‘deadly’ weight-loss remedies

By Khanathit Srihirundaj 
The Nation 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The wealthy operator of a business selling weight-loss products was arrested on Monday morning as part of an extensive police operation and charged with possession of controlled substances.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088779-wealthy-entrepreneur-arrested-over-‘deadly’-weight-loss-remedies/

The Ten rules for the Thai election! No booze is just one of them

 

 

Sanook published ten rules to be followed for the upcoming general election on March 24th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088780-the-ten-rules-for-the-thai-election-no-booze-is-just-one-of-them/

 

Czech tourist taken to hospital after collision with motorcycle in Pattaya

 

Picture: The Pattaya News

 

Police and rescue services were called after a pedestrian from the Czech Republic was involved in a collision with a motorcycle in Soi Bua Khao in Central Pattaya earlier this morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088782-czech-tourist-taken-to-hospital-after-collision-with-motorcycle-in-pattaya/

 

Suthep asks whether Abhisit is siding with Thaksin

 

 

Ruam Palang Prachachart Thai party founder Suthep Thuagsuban has hit out at Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva by asking whether the latter, to fulfil his ambition to be the next prime minister, has taken sides with fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088783-suthep-asks-whether-abhisit-is-siding-with-thaksin/

 

Hunt a frog, wear a shackle

By The Nation

 

 

Among the convicted criminals having to wear electronic monitoring (EM) devices on their wrist, ankle or elsewhere so the authorities can keep track of them are hunters caught poaching the nearly extinct giant Asian river frog.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088785-hunt-a-frog-wear-a-shackle/

 

Video: Popular British YouTuber in Thailand diagnosed with cancer but has no insurance

 

 

"Get insurance before 60 - I thought I was invincible" says Pattaya's "Kev in Thailand"

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088796-video-popular-british-youtuber-in-thailand-diagnosed-with-cancer-but-has-no-insurance/

 

The always faithful ferry

By Kitchana Lersakvanitchakul 
THE NATION

 

One of two major ferryboat services plying Thai waters, Seatran Ferry has been in business for 30 years.

 

Among the Gulf islands, book passage with Seatran, which has been riding the waves for 30 years

 

It’s not so much fear of flying over open water that puts bums on the seats of ferryboats to get from Surat Thani to Koh Samui and back. It’s all about the bloody convenience and, well sure, the vastly cheaper fare.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088805-seatran-the-always-faithful-ferry/

 

SilkAir to add another Singapore/Phuket flight on this popular route

By The Nation

 

 

SilkAir prepares for the holiday season with the launch of a sixth daily service between Singapore and Phuket effective May 24.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088807-silkair-to-add-another-singaporephuket-flight-on-this-popular-route/

 

Urgent : Parked rescue ambulance spooks Bangkok family

By The Nation

 

Photo : Nirun's facebook

 

A rescue worker with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation was upset this week to find a handwritten note on the windshield of his ambulance asking him to park elsewhere because the homeowners there were frightened by its presence.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088819-urgent-parked-rescue-ambulance-spooks-bangkok-family/

 

Future Forward deputy meets with police over 3-minute fake post

By The Nation

 

Lt General Pongsakorn//Rachanon //Photo by Rachanon Intharagsa

 

A deputy leader of Future Forward Party on Monday met with police to acknowledge a charge against him for allegedly violating the Computer Crime Act by sharing a photo that was later found to be fake.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088827-future-forward-deputy-meets-with-police-over-3-minute-fake-post/

 

Phalang Pracharat candidate files complaint against Facebook user

By Suriya Patatayoh 
The Nation

 

Photo : Puttipong and Patcharin talk to reporters after filing complaint with technology police//Rachanon Intharagsa

 

A Palang Pracharat party candidate on Friday filed a complaint with technology police against a Facebook user who, she claimed, had posted a photo that could cause misunderstanding among the public.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088828-phalang-pracharat-candidate-files-complaint-against-facebook-user/

 

Brand new pickup smashes parked cars and power pole

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Despite the extent of the crash, the four passengers escaped with minor injuries, while the driver was unharmed. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Four people have escaped with minor injuries with the driver unharmed after her brand new pickup truck lost control and smashed into a power pole and two parked cars in Thalang last night (Mar 10).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088830-brand-new-pickup-smashes-parked-cars-and-power-pole/

 

Demolition order for illegal balcony at luxury villas in Ao Sane

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHOTO: Chatchanon Na Thalang

 

A demolition order has been issued for an illegally constructed balcony, which also leads to a pool and spa, at the controversial villas being constructed overlooking Ao Sane beach near Nat Harn.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088831-demolition-order-for-illegal-balcony-at-luxury-villas-in-ao-sane/

 

German tourist bitten by snake in Krabi temple

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A female tourist has been rushed to hospital after she was bitten by snake at the Tiger Cave Temple in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088834-german-tourist-bitten-by-snake-in-krabi-temple/

 

Man arrested over brutal murder of nurse in Ayutthaya

By Samrit Jiamcharoenpornkul 
The Nation

 

 

A man was arrested on Monday over the murder of a 48-year-old uniformed nurse, whose body with multiple stab wounds to the chest and a slit throat was found on Sunday morning in a sedan abandoned on a roadside near Ayutthaya’s Phachi Hospital where she worked, a source at Phachi police station said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088838-man-arrested-over-brutal-murder-of-nurse-in-ayutthaya/

 

North sees return of dangerous levels of PM2.5 particles

By Kriangkrai Rattana, 
Panwich Yoodee 
The Nation 

 

Chiang Mai International airport

 

Many northern provinces on Monday were suffering from dangerous levels of PM2.5 dust particles, including Tambon Wiang Phang Kham in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district with the day’s peak of 117 micrograms per cubic metre (mcg) of air, more than double the Thai safety limit of 50mcg.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088869-north-sees-return-of-dangerous-levels-of-pm25-particles/

 

Five suspects now in custody over Feb 2 killing of 34-year-old man

By Teerapol Khumsuk 
The Nation

 

 

Police have taken into custody five suspects out of the eight people allegedly involved in the murder last month of a 34-year-old Thai man, whose body was buried in a wooded area behind a school in Chacheongsao’s Ban Pho district.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088879-five-suspects-now-in-custody-over-feb-2-killing-of-34-year-old-man/

 

‘No security fears in Phuket,’ says island’s Army chief

By The Phuket News

 

Soldier patrol Bangla Rd, Patong. Photo: Royal Thai Army Region 4

 

PHUKET:-- Col Santi Sakuntanark, the commanding officer of the Royal Thai Army contingent stationed in Phuket, has assured that Phuket is believed to not be a target following the bomb attacks in Satun and Phattalung yesterday (Mar 10).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088882-‘no-security-fears-in-phuket’-says-island’s-army-chief/

 

Prodigy frontman Keith Flint hanged himself at home, inquest hears

by Gareth Davies

 

Prodigy frontman Keith Flint CREDIT: MONIKA FLUECKIGER/KEYSTONE

 

The Prodigy's iconic frontman Keith Flint hanged himself in his own home, an inquest has heard. The 49-year-old was found dead at his house in the Essex hamlet of North End on March 4.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088892-prodigy-frontman-keith-flint-hanged-himself-at-home-inquest-hears/

 

Jed Allan dead: Beverley Hills 90210 actor dies just days after Luke Perry

By Sam Elliott

 

Jed Allan has died less than a week after Luke Perry's massive stroke

 

American soap legend Jed Allan has died aged 84, his son has announced.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088893-jed-allan-dead-beverley-hills-90210-actor-dies-just-days-after-luke-perry/

 

Bowie's 1971 Starman demo to be auctioned

 

David Bowie made the recording in 1971 with Mick Ronson

 

A demo recording of David Bowie's hit song Starman will be auctioned on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088894-bowies-1971-starman-demo-to-be-auctioned/

 

Pattaya YouTuber with cancer: Thanks Go Fund Me appeals, says he's cutting down cigarettes and putting off marriage

 

 

The Pattaya based expat who warned people to take out travel insurance has thanked two separate people for starting Go Fund Me appeals for his treatment.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088904-pattaya-youtuber-with-cancer-thanks-go-fund-me-appeals-says-hes-cutting-down-cigarettes-and-putting-off-marriage/