Koh Samui: German tourist and wife robbed at knife point - released convicts probed

 

Picture: ONB news

 

Police on the holiday island of Koh Samui believe that a man who stabbed a German tourist and stole gold from his Thai wife may have been recently released in an amnesty. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105020-koh-samui-german-tourist-and-wife-robbed-at-knife-point-released-convicts-probed/

 

Russian used pen to change his visa stamp after "losing track of the time" with Thai girlfriend

 

Picture: Naewna

 

A Russian man who was caught on overstay at the Klong Leuk border checkpoint to Cambodia told immigration he changed a stamp with his own pen. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105023-russian-used-pen-to-change-his-visa-stamp-after-losing-track-of-the-time-with-thai-girlfriend/

A matter of national security: Sex toys and e-cigs rounded up in Bangkok

 

Picture: TNA

 

Members of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) were out in force in the Nana area of Bangkok in a vital series of raids to protect the kingdom's security.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105025-a-matter-of-national-security-sex-toys-and-e-cigs-rounded-up-in-bangkok/

 

Video: Hospital violence again - Nurse attacked by Thai man angry at having to wait 

 

Caption: What's my queue number?

 

A video being widely viewed on Thai social media showed a Thai man attacking a nurse and other patients who came to her aid. He engaged in a foul mouthed rant with staff. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105027-video-hospital-violence-again-nurse-attacked-by-thai-man-angry-at-having-to-wait/

 

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19 year old dies after big bike accident in Kathu, Phuket

By The Thaiger

PHOTOS: เทศกิจ 201(กะทู้) อุทิศ 5811 / อาสาของประชาชน

 

 

A 19 year old was pronounced dead at Vachira Phuket Hospital after being seriously injured in a sports bike (Honda CB 650cc) accident in Kathu.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1104993-teen-seriously-injured-in-kathu-motorbike-crash/?do=findComment&comment=14220429

 

Biden reverses position on federal funding for abortion

 

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden tours the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S., June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

(Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Thursday he no longer supported a ban on the use of federal funds for most abortions, reversing course after sharp criticism from abortion-rights proponents.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105029-biden-reverses-position-on-federal-funding-for-abortion/

 

Video: Large police and army contingent inspect Walking Street - no prostitution found!

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

Pattaya's finest have once again been unable to find any evidence of prostitution in Thailand's most famous red light district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105034-video-large-police-and-army-contingent-inspect-walking-street-no-prostitution-found/

 

Trees damage cars and a house in Phuket

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Trees have been brought down by heavy rain and local wind squalls around the Cape Phromthep, Chalong and Kata areas, where cars and a house have been damaged.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105038-trees-damage-cars-and-a-house-in-phuket/

 

 

Mother leaves her FIFTH child in the trash: The boy was one too many to look after

 

Caption: The fifth child was just too much

 

A 29 year old Thai woman has been arrested after she went with her son on a motorcycle to some bins and left her newborn baby boy in a bag. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105039-mother-leaves-her-fifth-child-in-the-trash-the-boy-was-one-too-many-to-look-after/

 

Pet hospital donates net-shooting gun to police

PATTAYA:--Nernplabwan Pet Hospital donated an old net gun to Nongprue police for capturing criminals more dangerous than wild animals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105044-pet-hospital-donates-net-shooting-gun-to-police/

 

Pattaya sets 218 million baht for flood control

PATTAYA:--The Pattaya City Council approved 218 million baht for 10 projects to fix flooding problems in the city.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105045-pattaya-sets-218-million-baht-for-flood-control/

 

Grab driver who went on TV loses his job after complaint from customer

 

Picture: Manager online

 

The issue of a Grab delivery driver who lost his job after appearing on TV following a customer complaint has been widely discussed in the Thai media. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105048-grab-driver-who-went-on-tv-loses-his-job-after-complaint-from-customer/

 

Laguna Phuket Marathon road closures and info

By The Thaiger

 

 

Laguna Phuket Marathon will take place this coming weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 8 & 9 at Laguna Phuket in Cherng Talay. The forecast for the weekend is for some more rain so we urge people to be extra careful around the area with the runners also using the roads in and around the Laguna area.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105049-laguna-phuket-marathon-road-closures-and-info/

 

Video: Drama at the klong as woman grabs hammer to help save boy

 

Caption: I've got a hammer na phee!

 

A video posted to Facebook showed a pick-up flowing away down a klong. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105051-video-drama-at-the-klong-as-woman-grabs-hammer-to-help-save-boy/

 

Disaster officials warn of flood, landslide dangers in Thalang

By The Phuket News

 

Officials have warned of potential flooding and landslides in Thalang.

 

PHUKET: Officials have warned of potential flooding and landslides in Thalang after heavy rain fell on the area in the north of Phuket for 16 hours last night (June 6).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105055-disaster-officials-warn-of-flood-landslide-dangers-in-thalang/

 

RID predicts less rain this year

 

   

BANGKOK, 7 June 2019 (NNT) - The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) expects that the amount of rainfall this year will be less than that of last year by some three percent. It has now prepared a storage plan to supply water in the next dry season.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105057-rid-predicts-less-rain-this-year/

 

Procurer of 14-year-old sought in Samut Prakan

By The Nation

 

 

Police in Samut Prakan are hunting for a woman who procured a 14-year-old girl to have sex with a 43-year-old man on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105058-procurer-of-14-year-old-sought-in-samut-prakan/

Bhumjaithai Party rests assured over allocation of cabinet seats

 

   

BANGKOK, 7 June 2019 (NNT) - The Palang Pracharath Party leadership said yesterday the allocation of cabinet seats has not been finished as yet while the Democrat Party and Bhumjaithai Party leaderships appeared to rest assured that every cabinet seat will remain unchanged as earlier agreed upon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105067-bhumjaithai-party-rests-assured-over-allocation-of-cabinet-seats/

 

‘Ice’ mules on the run for mere hours

By The Nation

 

 

Two men suspected of evading a police checkpoint in Phrae on Thursday in an SUV full of crystal methamphetamine (“ice”) were arrested that night as they purchased tickets for a Bangkok-bound train.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105081-‘ice’-mules-on-the-run-for-mere-hours/

 

Found weapons cache used during unrest, police say

 

 

A cache of weapons found hidden in Si Sa Ket’s Kukhan district had been used dozens of times during the 2010-2014 political demonstrations, a senior forensic police officer said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105084-si-sa-ket-found-weapons-cache-used-during-unrest-police-say/

MPs to get training on Parliamentary rules

By The NationKanitha Thepjorn 
The Nation

 

 

House Speaker Chuan Leekpai is planning to organise training on the rules and regulations of Parliament for veteran and new MPs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105085-mps-to-get-training-on-parliamentary-rules/

 

One injured in Krabi crash between police pickup and Samui-Phuket bus

By The Thaiger

PHOTOS: กู้ชีพ กู้ภัย อ่าวลึก / ทันข่าว กระบี่

 

 

One person has sustained injuries following an accident in Krabi between a police pickup truck and a Samui-Phuket bus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105086-one-injured-in-krabi-crash-between-police-pickup-and-samui-phuket-bus/

 

Is Airbnb taking over the Thai hotel industry?

By The Thaiger

 

 

Airbnb is posing a less significant threat to hotels in Thailand than expected, but its influence in the longer term should not be underestimated, according to real estate company JLL

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105090-is-airbnb-taking-over-the-thai-hotel-industry/

 

Thai villagers face greater threat under new national parks law

By Rina Chandran

 

People gather to place krathongs (floating baskets) into a pond at a public park during the Loy Krathong festival in Bangkok, Thailand, November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC11A4AE8B90

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thailand's new national parks will impose stricter penalties to further limit the rights of Thai farmers and indigenous people, land rights activists and analysts said on Friday, after a series of convictions highlighted their vulnerability.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105096-thai-villagers-face-greater-threat-under-new-national-parks-law/

 

Two Chinese tourists found dead in Chiang Mai hotel

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Chiang Mai police are investigating the deaths of two Chinese tourists who were found in the same room at a five-star hotel on Chang Khlan Road in Chiang Mai's Muang district on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105104-two-chinese-tourists-found-dead-in-chiang-mai-hotel-police-suspect-murder-suicide/

 

New government in place by Thursday, sources say

By The Nation

 

file photo

 

Thailand's new government is expected to be established next Thursday, sources in the Phalang Pracharat Party said, amid continuing uncertainty over Cabinet portfolios.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105110-new-government-in-place-by-thursday-sources-say/

Thanathorn cites unfair rules after premier election vote

By The Nation

 

Thanathorn

 

The pro-democracy camp was robbed of election victory due to unfair rules and Thais should be aware that the election is “just one step in a journey to democracy”, Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105111-thanathorn-cites-unfair-rules-after-premier-election-vote/

 

Exclusive: Facebook suspends app pre-installs on Huawei phones

By Katie Paul

 

FILE PHOTO: Huawei P30 handset is displayed in a phone shop at a shopping centre in Bangkok, Thailand May 22, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep its business afloat in the face of a U.S. ban on its purchase of American parts and software.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105113-exclusive-facebook-suspends-app-pre-installs-on-huawei-phones/

 

Immigration Police focus on law-breaking foreigners

By Kornkamon Aksorndech 
The Nation

 

 

Thai Immigration Police Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingdoung on Friday highlighted four recent cases to illustrate the agency's success against law-breaking foreigners.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105114-immigration-police-focus-on-law-breaking-foreigners/

 

Mother, son killed by drunk driver in Chachoengsao

By The Nation

 

 

A 23-year-old Chachoengsao man who was planning to enter the monkhood next month was killed alongside his mother early Friday morning, the victims of a drink driver.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1105116-mother-son-killed-by-drunk-driver-in-chachoengsao/