THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 1 Jun 2019

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Drinking can be deadly

By Nation Graphic

 

 

Up to 3 million people worldwide die from the effects of alcohol annually.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104000-drinking-can-be-deadly/

 

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43 arrested in crackdown on road racing

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok police arrested 43 motorcyclists and seized 26 motorcycles on Friday that were found to have been illegally modified for road racing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104003-43-arrested-in-crackdown-on-road-racing/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

U.S. won't 'tiptoe' around China with Asia stability at threat - defence chief

By Idrees Ali

 

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States will no longer "tiptoe" around Chinese behaviour in Asia, with stability in the region at threat on issues ranging from the South China Sea to Taiwan, acting U.S. Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103996-us-wont-tiptoe-around-china-with-asia-stability-at-threat-defence-chief/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

UK PM candidate Sajid Javid ready for Brexit without deal - The Telegraph

 

 

(Reuters) - British interior minister Sajid Javid, who is running in the leadership race to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, would be prepared to take Britain out of the European Union without a deal, The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103998-uk-pm-candidate-sajid-javid-ready-for-brexit-without-deal-the-telegraph/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Assange suffering psychological torture, would face "show trial" in U.S. - U.N. expert

By Stephanie Nebehay

 

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has suffered psychological torture from a defamation campaign and should not be extradited to the United States where he would face a "politicised show trial", a U.N. human rights investigator said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104001-assange-suffering-psychological-torture-would-face-show-trial-in-us-un-expert/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Dutch hostage in Philippines killed while trying to escape from militants

 

 

MANILA (Reuters) - A Dutch photographer held hostage by Islamic State-linked militants in the Philippines since 2012 was killed on Friday by his captors when he tried to escape during a firefight on a remote southern island, the military said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103999-dutch-hostage-in-philippines-killed-while-trying-to-escape-from-militants/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Saybie, believed to be world's tiniest baby ever to survive, goes home

By Brendan O'Brien

 

 

(Reuters) - An infant girl who weighed about the same as a large apple when she was born five months ago and is believed to be the world's tiniest baby ever to survive has gone home from a San Diego hospital. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104002-saybie-believed-to-be-worlds-tiniest-baby-ever-to-survive-goes-home/

 

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Muslim teacher shot dead by insurgents in Pattani

By The Nation

 

 

A female Muslim teacher was killed in a drive-by shooting by insurgents while she was riding a motorcycle with her ranger husband in Pattani’s Yarang district on Friday night, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104004-muslim-teacher-shot-dead-by-insurgents-in-pattani/

 

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17 injured when bus plunges off mountain road in Phrae

By The Nation

 

 

Seventeen passengers were injured when a Chiang Mai to Phrae bus crashed off a mountain road in Phrae’s Long district on Friday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104005-17-injured-when-bus-plunges-off-mountain-road-in-phrae/

 

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155 patrons arrested at two Pattaya pubs for drug abuse

By The Nation

 

More than 150 customers tested positive for drug abuse after police and Interior Ministry officials raided two Pattaya pubs early on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104008-155-patrons-arrested-at-two-pattaya-pubs-for-drug-abuse/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Dengue fever: Thirty deaths in Thailand this year and worse still to come - Ubon sets up "war room"

 

 

Thai Rath reported that there had been thirty deaths in Thailand this year from Dengue fever that is caused by mosquitoes. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104018-dengue-fever-thirty-deaths-in-thailand-this-year-and-worse-still-to-come-ubon-sets-up-war-room/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thai agent who ripped off foreigners in rental scam arrested - losses of 2.5 million baht

 

Image: Thailand Tourist Police

 

The Tourist Police Bureau reported that a Thai woman who acted as a thieving rental agent has been arrested in Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104032-thai-agent-who-ripped-off-foreigners-in-rental-scam-arrested-losses-of-25-million-baht/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Immigration chief: Blacklisted Russian who came back as Romanian will be deported again

 

 

The chief of the Immigration Bureau Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang has formally announced the arrest of a Russian man who was blacklisted and deported and who then changed his name and went back to Koh Phangan as a Romanian.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104029-immigration-chief-blacklisted-russian-who-came-back-as-romanian-will-be-deported-again/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Video: Find the Pattaya farang lobster thief - there's a reward too!

 

 

CCTV footage posted by the daughter of the owner of a seafood restaurant in Pattaya showed what the owner thought was a foreign man stealing lobsters and shrimps they had bought at the market. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104027-video-foreigner-caught-on-camera-stealing-20000-baht-lobster-from-pattaya-restaurant/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Police move to scrap cash rewards for traffic fines

By The Nation 

 

 

The Royal Thai Police are considering stopping cash rewards for traffic police for collected traffic fines and will instead give them an overtime allowance, a senior police officer said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104040-police-move-to-scrap-cash-rewards-for-traffic-fines/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Retired policeman with five wives murdered in Nakhon Pathom

By The Nation

 

Image: Screenshot: Channel 3

 

A retired policeman was murdered in a rented room he stayed with one of his five wives in Nakhon Pathom’s Muang district on Friday night, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104041-retired-policeman-with-five-wives-murdered-in-nakhon-pathom/

 

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Murder for 50,000 baht: Thai wife's elder brother wanted British expat’s money

 

Image: Alan Hogg and wife Nott Suddaen in happier times taking delivery of a White Ford Ranger.

 

A court in Phrae was told that a Thai brother paid a man 50,000 baht to help him arrange the murder of his own sister and a wealthy Scottish businessman last year. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104047-murder-for-50000-baht-thai-wifes-elder-brother-wanted-british-expat’s-money/

 

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Elton John slams Russian cuts to 'Rocketman' gay scenes

 

FILE PHOTO: Elton John and his husband David Furnish attend the UK premiere of the Elton John biopic 'Rocketman' in London, Britain, May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Elton John on Friday criticized Russia's reported censorship of gay sex scenes in the new movie musical based on his life, "Rocketman," calling the decision "cruelly unaccepting of the love between two people."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104081-elton-john-slams-russian-cuts-to-rocketman-gay-scenes/

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R. Kelly charged with new felony sex assault, abuse counts - Chicago Sun Times report

By Brendan O'Brien

 

FILE PHOTO: Grammy-winning R&B star R. Kelly appears in court for a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 22, 2019. E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly was charged on Thursday with 11 new felony counts of sexual assault and abuse that could, if he is convicted, send the R & B singer to prison for 30 years, the Chicago Sun Times reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104084-r-kelly-charged-with-new-felony-sex-assault-abuse-counts-chicago-sun-times-report/

 

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Country star Kenny Rogers dismisses 'wild misinformation' about his health

 

FILE PHOTO: Kenny Rogers poses backstage after accepting the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement award at the 47th Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee Nov . 6, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Henderson/File Photo

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country singer Kenny Rogers on Friday dismissed "wild misinformation and speculation" about his health and said he planned on "sticking around" for years to come.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104086-country-star-kenny-rogers-dismisses-wild-misinformation-about-his-health/

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Former Arsenal and Sevilla player Reyes dies in car accident

 

FILE PHOTO: Football - Sevilla Training - UEFA Europa League Final Preview - National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland - 26/5/15 Sevilla's Jose Antonio Reyes during training Reuters / Carl Recine/File Photo

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Former Sevilla and Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a traffic accident, aged 35, several of his former clubs said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104087-former-arsenal-and-sevilla-player-reyes-dies-in-car-accident/

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Football: Abandoned final a hefty blow to African football

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - African Champions League - Esperance Sportive v Wydad Casablanca, Olympique de Rades Stadium, Rades, Tunisia - June 1, 2019 Esperance's Moez ben Cherifia celebrates with the trophy after winning the CAF Champions League REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - African football’s image took another hefty blow on Friday when the final of the continent’s top club competition was abandoned after Wydad Casablanca of Morocco walked off to protest a refereeing decision.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104088-football-abandoned-final-a-hefty-blow-to-african-football/

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