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Video: Find this hit and run driver who hit motorcyclist in Chiang Mai

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Video footage from the San Dek intersection in Chiang Mai showed a white pick-up hit a stationary motor cycle. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090867-video-find-this-hit-and-run-driver-who-hit-motorcyclist-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Motorbike rider dies after colliding with ten wheeler truck in Thalang

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A male motorbike rider has died after colliding into the back of a ten wheeler truck in Thalang early this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090871-motorbike-rider-dies-after-colliding-with-ten-wheeler-truck-in-thalang/

 

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Chiang Mai kids "stealing mum and dad's money to bet online" says top cop

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A senior policeman in Chiang Mai has said that youth in Chiang Mai are increasingly being lured by advertising to bet at online parlors in the city. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090872-chiang-mai-kids-stealing-mum-and-dads-money-to-bet-online-says-top-cop/

 

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Blast at Chinese chemical plant kills 44, injures 640

 

Smoke billows from fire following an explosion at the pesticide plant owned by Tianjiayi Chemical, in Xiangshui county, Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China's Jiangsu province has killed 44 people and injured more than 600, state media said on Friday, the latest casualties in a series of industrial accidents that has angered the public.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090873-blast-at-chinese-chemical-plant-kills-44-injures-640/

 

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May gets two-week Brexit reprieve from impatient EU

By Gabriela Baczynska and Elizabeth Piper

 

European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker hold a joint news conference during a European Union (EU) leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders have given Prime Minister Theresa May two weeks' reprieve, until April 12, before Britain could lurch out of the EU if she fails to persuade lawmakers to back the withdrawal treaty she concluded with Brussels.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090875-may-gets-two-week brexit reprieve-from-impatient-eu/

 

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Big Joke: Now Lt-Gen brings tears of joy to the bereaved as he smashes funeral scam

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Top Cop Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn was pictured receiving the heartfelt thanks from villagers in Thailand's north-east after he helped to smash a fraudulent funeral cooperative. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090877-big-joke-now-lt-gen-brings-tears-of-joy-to-the-bereaved-as-he-smashes-funeral-scam/

 

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Chantaburi: Thai man beats wife to death with a pestle

 

Caption: "Pestle heralded death"

 

A Thai man who had lived with his wife for just four months was furious that she drank alcohol with her friends.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090880-chantaburi-thai-man-beats-wife-to-death-with-a-pestle/

 

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Pattaya: Cambodian massage staff arrested to "calm election trouble", top cop

 

Image: Mgr Online

 

The chief of the tourist police in Pattaya said that the arrest of 26 Cambodian men and women working at a massage parlor was part of measures to calm possible election day trouble. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090903-pattaya-cambodian-massage-staff-arrested-to-calm-election-trouble-top-cop/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Video: Find the cute thief responsible for stealing at least 10 iPhones in the north

 

 

CCTV footage showed a pretty female thief with long hair and glasses stealing an iPhone XS Max from a store in the Kad Suan Kaew shopping center in Chiang Mai. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090906-video-find-the-cute-thief-responsible-for-stealing-at-least-10-iphones-in-the-north/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Pattaya residents urged to vote Sunday

 

PATTAYA:--Central Pattaya residents urged their neighbors to get out and vote on March 24.

 

Yuparat Phuwong, secretary for the Democracy Development Election Center group, and Jirawat Plukjai, president of the Chumsai Community, led the March 19 march up and down Third Road.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090907-pattaya-residents-urged-to-vote-sunday/

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National Elections on Sunday

 

PATTAYA:--he first national elections since 2014 take place this Sunday, after which a new legislature will be formed and a new prime minister will be named. There will be a heavy law enforcement turnout to make sure the elections run smoothly and to quell any possible violence.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090905-national-elections-on-sunday/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Nong Plalai offers pet vaccinations

 

PATTAYA:--Nong Plalai provided rabies vaccinations for pets to prevent the spread of the disease across the subdistrict.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090901-nong-plalai-offers-pet-vaccinations/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Encroaching billboard removed

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya removed a large advertising billboard on Thepprasit Soi 11 following complaints from motorists that it partially blocked the road.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090897-encroaching-billboard-removed/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Wife calls cops on thieving, drunk husband

 

SATTAHIP:--A jilted Sattahip woman called the cops on her alcoholic husband after he took all her gold and dumped her.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090894-wife-calls-cops-on-thieving-drunk-husband/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Samae San ‘Soul Hunter’ carries 289th corpse

 

 

SATTAHIP:--Samae San’s so-called “Soul Hunter” carried his 289 body back to shore after an engineer died aboard an oil tanker anchored off the Sattahip District fishing town.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090888-samae-san-‘soul-hunter’-carries-289th-corpse/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Truck hauling gas cylinders overturns in Najomtien

 

 

PATTAYA:--Three people were injured when a six-wheeled truck carrying 70 gas cylinders overturned in Najomtien.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090893-truck-hauling-gas-cylinders-overturns-in-najomtien/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Public health workers hit Nirun Condo after dengue report

 

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya public-health officers sprayed pesticide and educated Nirun Condo residents after a case of dengue fever was reported there.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090892-public-health-workers-hit-nirun-condo-after-dengue-report/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

2 lost cyclists rescued from Takhiantia forest

 

CHONBURI:--Two Bangkok mountain bikers had to be rescued after getting lost in a Takhiantia forest.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090890-2-lost-cyclists-rescued-from-takhiantia-forest/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Big C complies with order to restore sidewalk

 

 

PATTAYA:--Retail giant Big C has been ordered to restore a sidewalk it demolished for an entrance to its new minimart on Third Road.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090887-big-c-complies-with-order-to-restore-sidewalk/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Convicts clean Nongprue Canal

 

 

PATTAYA:--Nongprue put prison inmates to work dredging a local flood-drainage canal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090886-convicts-clean-nongprue-canal/

 

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Former Yala police chief takes over at Pattaya’s top cop

 

 

PATTAYA:--Traffic and crime-suppression police greeted their new boss with flowers at Pattaya Police Station.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090904-former-yala-police-chief-takes-over-at-pattaya’s-top-cop/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Famous Muay Thai fighter dies in Thalang crash
By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

Phuket: A famous Muay Thai fighter has died in a road accident in Thalang after his motorbike collided with a 10 wheel truck in the early hours of this morning (Mar 22).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090915-famous-muay-thai-fighter-dies-in-thalang-crash/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

UPDATE: Rawai Ducati accident, Frenchman was wearing helmet

 

PHUKET: Capt Somkiet Sarasin of the Chalong Police has confirmed that the Frenchman riding the Ducati motorbike in the deadly accident in Rawai early Tuesday morning (Mar 19) was wearing a full-face helmet at the time of the incident.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090916-update-rawai-ducati-accident-frenchman-was-wearing-helmet/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Women detained in Loei raid, human trafficking suspected
By The Nation

 

 

Ten Lao women working at a restaurant in Loei province were rounded up in a raid on Thursday night, following a tip-off of alleged prostitution and human trafficking.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090920-women-detained-in-loei-raid-human-trafficking-suspected/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

'We are one' says PM Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence
By Tom Westbrook

 

 

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves after the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50 people killed by a lone gunman at two mosques a week ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090921-we-are-one-says-pm-ardern-as-new-zealand-mourns-with-prayers-silence/

 

 

 

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UPDATE:

 

Immigration’s tally of foreigners arrested hits 8,400

By KIttipong Maneerit 
The Nation

 

 

Another 490 foreigners were caught in the latest Immigration Police dragnet this week, which involved simultaneous raids at 229 locales around the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090847-hundreds-more-targeted-in-immigration-crackdown-on-illegal-foreigners-tally-tops-8000/?do=findComment&comment=13965154

 

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Free emergency water now deployed across Phuket

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PWA water trucks have started delivering emergency relief water supply to residents in Phuket left high and dry by the reduced mains water pressure. Photo: PWA

 

PHUKET: Residents across Phuket left high and dry without mains water supply due to reduced pressure can now call local authorities to have free emergency water delivered to their homes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090933-free-emergency-water-now-deployed-across-phuket/

 

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Mu Pa football team helps recover equipment from Tham Luang Caves

 

PHOTOS: The Chiang Rai PR Office

 

The 27 year old Coach Aek (left), and other members from the Mu Pa (Wild Boar) football squad, were on hand to help recover equipment from the Tham Luang Caves this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090934-mu-pa-football-team-helps-recover-equipment from-tham-luang-caves/

 

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King awards rescuers of Mu Pa football team

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: NNT/NBT

 

His Majesty the King has awarded 187 people, including 115 foreigners, with The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn for the rescue of the Mu Pa football team last July.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090937-king-awards-rescuers-of-mu-pa-football-team/

 

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Police hunting for driver who threatened others with a gun on Phuket road – VIDEO

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHOTO: Tiw Tiw

 

The Thalang Police are hunting for the driver who was threatening other motorists on Thepkrasattri Road by waving a gun around out of the driver’s window of his red sedan in Thalang this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1090941-police-hunting-for-driver-who-threatened-others-with-a-gun-on-phuket-road/