THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 11 July 2019

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Foreign tourist cries foul over ‘fine’ for riding on expressway in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

A foreign tourist who drove his motorcycle on an expressway was fined Bt1,000, prompting him to cry foul of what he believed to be a rip off by Thai cops.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111033-foreign-tourist-cries-foul-over-‘fine’-for-riding-on-expressway-in-bangkok/

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Thailand rice exports hit by strong baht, unlikely to meet 2019 goal

 

FILE PHOTO: A rice mill worker holds rice that fallen onto the ground in Udon Thani, Thailand, September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/Files

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's rice exports fell by 12% in the first half of 2019 hurt by a strong baht, and will likely fall short of this year's target of 9.5 million tonnes, an exporter group said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111066-thailand rice-exports-hit-by-strong-baht-unlikely-to-meet-2019-goal/

 

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Junta pressed to compensate evicted forest-dwellers after reclamation policy revoked

By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

Human rights defenders on Wednesday demanded that the government offer remedial action for victims of the National Council for Peace and Order’s forest reclamation policy, after the problematic conservation policy was revoked by the latest NCPO order.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111040-junta-pressed-to-compensate-evicted-forest-dwellers-after-reclamation-policy-revoked/

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Concrete pieces from Ari BTS station in Bangkok fall on road below

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Isara Ariyachaipanich

 

Concrete panelling has fallen from the Ari skytrain station. Luckily there was no one injured.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110998-concrete-pieces-from-ari-bts-station-in-bangkok-fall-on-road-below/

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PM Prayut doubles as Defence Minister in new Cabinet

By The Nation

 

 

The appointment of new Cabinet members headed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been endorsed by His Majesty the King.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111067-pm-prayut-doubles-as-defence-minister-in-new-cabinet/

 

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Customs Department reports successful crackdown

By Supachai Phetchthewee
The Nation

 

 

The Customs Department reported success in its crackdown on import tax evasion and the smuggling of banned items in June, leading to 1,798 cases worth Bt514 million in damages, which are now being prosecuted, department spokesman Chaiyuth Khamkhun announced at a press conference on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111068-customs-department-reports-successful-crackdown/

 

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Public cooperation sought to contain worrying dengue outbreak

By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

With Thailand facing its worst dengue outbreak in half a decade, people of all ages have been advised to protect themselves from mosquito bites and control the Aedes aegypti mosquito population.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111069-thailand-facing-its-worst-dengue-outbreak-in-half-a-decade/

 

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Ethanol firm faces 5.7m baht compensation bill for death of 44 Rahu stingrays

 

 

Thailand’s Fisheries and Pollution Control departments are demanding almost six million baht in compensation from an ethanol production company for illegally discharging industrial waste into the Mae Klong River in the central provinces of Ratchaburi and Samut Songkram, killing 44 giant Rahu stingrays and several other types of fish and animals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111070-ethanol-firm-faces-57m-baht-compensation-bill-for-death-of-44-rahu-stingrays/

 

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Gen Chaicharn denies police asked Ja New to stop political activities in exchange for protection

 

(Photo) Ministry of Justice’s website

 

Deputy Defence Minister Chaicharn Changmongkol has dismissed as misleading media reports that police had set the condition, that political activist Sirawith Seritiwat, alias Ja New, must stop his political activities, if he is to be accorded police protection.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111071-gen-chaicharn-denies-police-asked-ja-new-to-stop-political-activities-in-exchange-for-protection/

 

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PM urges open bidding for Phuket light-rail project

By The Phuket News

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urged open, universal bidding for the Phuket light-rail project during his visit to Phuket on Monday (July 8). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has stressed the importance of making the bidding for the planned light-rail project in Phuket as universal as possible, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority said today (July 10).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111072-pm-urges-open-bidding-for-phuket-light-rail-project/

 

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Former Kamala officials to be charged for corruption

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The NACC has requested corruption charges be filed against five former Kamala OrBorTor members, including a former OrBorTor president, for swindling more than B3.2 million out of a construction project to build canal retaining walls and a road. Photo: Kamala OrBorTor

 

PHUKET: The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has submitted a request to the Office of the Attorney General to file corruption charges against five former members of the Kamala Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), including former president Charun Sararak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111073-former-kamala-officials-to-be-charged-for-corruption/

 

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Chon Buri ‘drug courier’ nabbed with haul worth Bt2.8m

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Police arrested a suspected drug courier in Chon Buri’s Sri Racha district on Wednesday and confiscated narcotics worth Bt2.85 million, including 229,800 pills of methamphetamine. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111074-chon-buri-‘drug-courier’-nabbed-with-haul-worth-bt28m/

 

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Thailand's cooling car sales may shift economy into lower gear

By Orathai Sriring and Satawasin Staporncharnchai

 

Visitors try out a Toyota Camry car at Bangkok Auto Salon 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Efforts by Thailand's central bank to talk down a spike in auto loans amid wider concerns about household debt have sent a chill across the country's car dealers, which are struggling to source finance for new customers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111078-thailands-cooling-car-sales-may-shift-economy-into-lower-gear/

 

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Europe should brace for U.S. tariffs on several fronts: German official

By Andrea Shalal

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and European Union flags are pictured during the visit of Vice President Mike Pence to the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European Union member states should brace for U.S. tariffs on several fronts in the months ahead, a senior German official warned late on Tuesday, just hours before Washington launched a probe of a planned French digital tax that could trigger future tariffs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111080-europe-should-brace-for-us-tariffs-on-several-fronts-german-official/

 

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'World should know,' migrant tells U.S. Congress of toddler's death

By Bryan Pietsch

 

Yazmin Juarez, mother of 19-month-old Mariee, who died after detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), testifies before a House Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services hearing titled, "Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border" in Washington, U.S. July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Guatemalan asylum seeker left some members of a U.S. House panel visibly shaken on Wednesday with the story of her daughter's death, saying the toddler had contracted a deadly lung infection during a 20-day detention near the U.S. border with Mexico.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111081-world-should-know-migrant-tells-us-congress-of-toddlers-death/

 

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UK's Labour Party spars with BBC over charges of anti-Semitism

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the launch of Labour's European election campaign in Kent, Britain, May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn's office interfered in independent party discipline processes aimed at rooting out anti-Semitism, the BBC said on Wednesday, a claim that the Labour Party sharply rejected.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111082-uks-labour-party-spars-with-bbc-over-charges-of-anti-semitism/

 

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U.S. Justice Department trying to quash Mueller team testimony

By David Morgan and Richard Cowan

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is trying to prevent two former members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team from testifying behind closed doors in Congress next week, when Mueller will testify before lawmakers, according to people familiar with the matter.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111084-us-justice-department-trying-to-quash-mueller-team-testimony/

 

 

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Trump accuses Iran of secret nuclear enrichment, says sanctions to be cranked up "substantially"

By Doina Chiacu and Francois Murphy

 

A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON/VIENNA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump accused Iran on Wednesday of secretly enriching uranium for a long time and said U.S. sanctions would be increased "substantially" soon, as the U.N. nuclear watchdog held an emergency meeting on Tehran's breach of a nuclear deal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111085-trump-accuses iran of-secret-nuclear-enrichment-says-sanctions-to-be-cranked-up-substantially/

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Defending Thidapa draw confidence from breakthrough win

By The Nation

 

Jasmine Suwannapura

 

In her 121st start on the LPGA Tour, Thailand’s Jasmine Suwannapura finally found the winner’s circle at the 2018 Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111087-defending-thidapa-draw-confidence-from-breakthrough-win/

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Pheu Thai-Future Forward ties will be tested

 

(Photo) Twitter @_nnungchv

 

Political breakups normally don’t occur while the parties concerned are in the opposition bloc. There may be signs, though, and the case in point is the relationship between the Pheu Thai and Future Forward parties.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111090-pheu-thai-future-forward-ties-will-be-tested/

 

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Entertainment tourism: Pattaya for Europeans is over - 30% down this year, official

 

Picture: Sophon TV

 

A leading tourism official has confirmed what many Pattaya residents have suspected for a long time. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111095-entertainment-tourism-pattaya-for-europeans-is-over-30-down-this-year-official/

 

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THAI CEO warns air hostesses to remain politically neutral 

By The Nation

 

Sumeth

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111098-thai-ceo-warns-air-hostesses-to-remain-politically-neutral /

 

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Thai man given death sentence for horrific rape/murder of German tourist

 

Thai Caption: Death Penalty

 

A 23 year old Thai man has been given the death sentence by the Chonburi court for the brutal rape and murder of a 27 year old German tourist on the island of Koh Si Chang in April. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111100-thai-man-given-death-sentence-for-horrific-rapemurder-of-german-tourist/

 

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Dog dragged behind car in south Thailand - motorcyclist hits corpse and winds up in hospital

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A video posed by "Jo Ruangrat" on Facebook showed an Isuzu MU-X car dragging a dog along a road in the Tha Chang area of Surat Thani in southern Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111106-dog-dragged-behind-car-in-south-thailand-motorcyclist-hits-corpse-and-winds-up-in-hospital/

 

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Rubber farmers call for ‘urgent action’ to shore up prices 

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Rubber farmer leaders in the southern provinces have called on the new agriculture minister to speed up measures to shore up falling rubber sheet and latex prices.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111111-rubber-farmers-call-for-‘urgent-action’-to-shore-up-prices /

 

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National airline tops business students’ wish list: survey

By The Nation

 

 

Thai business/commerce students chose Thai Airways International as the number 1 on the Universum's 2019 list of 100 Most Attractive Employers followed by Google and PPT respectively. PPT, Siam Cement Group and Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand meanwhile remained the top three in the view of Thai engineering students.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111112-national-airline-tops-business-students’-wish-list-survey/

 

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Swedish "YouTuber" was not fined on expressway say RTP as investigation begins

 

Thai caption: Caption: He wasn't fined

 

Police in Bangkok have hit back at a Swedish motorcycle rider on a world tour who said he was fined 1,000 baht for riding on the expressway. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111113-swedish-youtuber-was-not-fined-on-expressway-say-rtp-as-investigation-begins/

 

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Stepfather held, mother hunted after brutal assault of five year old child

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police in Samut Prakarn said they had arrested a 26 year old man after neighbors reported that a five year old child was viciously assaulted at a construction camp in Phrapradaeng south of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111114-stepfather-held-mother-hunted-after-brutal-assault-of-five-year-old-child/

 

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Unidentified woman with bruises, burns found in locked room 

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

An unidentified woman whose body was covered in bruises and cigarette burns was found dead inside a boarding house room in Ayutthaya’s Bang Pa-in district late Wednesday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111119-unidentified-woman-with-bruises-burns-found-in-locked-room-in-ayutthaya/

 

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Murder charge for 18 year old mother who put her newborn in a bin bag

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police in Amnat Charoen have filed murder charges against an 18 year student after she gave birth in the toilets of a clinic and put her baby in a bin bag and dumped it in trash.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111123-amnat-charoen-murder-charge-for-18-year-old-mother-who-put-her-newborn-in-a-bin-bag/