THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 15 July 2019

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White caps & tight racing – Day two of the Multihull Solutions Regatta in Phuket

By The Thaiger

 

 

PHOTOS: Phuket Yacht Club

 

The racing multihull boats sailed two races on Sunday – the second day of racing in the annual Multihull Solutions Regatta off Chalong Bay in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111794-white-caps-tight-racing-–-day-two-of-the-multihull-solutions-regatta-in-phuket/

 

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U.S. launches small-scale immigration raids as families hide

By Andrew Hay

 

A general view of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, as communities brace for a reported wave of deportation raids across the U.S. by ICE officers, in Miramar, near Miami, Florida, U.S. July 14, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello

 

(Reuters) - U.S. authorities launched small-scale operations to arrest undocumented families over the weekend in a start to President Donald Trump's plan to deport thousands of immigrants.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111767-immigrants-in-hiding-but-no-sign-of-threatened-mass-us-raids/?do=findComment&comment=14348834

 

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Myanmar maid charged with stealing from Pakistani businesswoman

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Our picture today shows an unnamed Pakistani businesswoman pointing at the maid who repeatedly stole from her condo in Charoen Krung, Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111796-myanmar-maid-charged-with-stealing-from-pakistani-businesswoman/

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NCPO anti-corruption hotline receives over 5,000 complaints in past two years

 

   

BANGKOK, 15 July 2019 (NNT) - The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has received over 5,000 complaints about corruption in the past two years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111797-ncpo-anti-corruption-hotline-receives-over-5000-complaints-in-past-two-years/

 

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England win World Cup in Super Over drama to end 44-year wait

By Amlan Chakraborty

 

Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup Final - New Zealand v England - Lord's, London, Britain - July 14, 2019 England's Eoin Morgan is presented with the trophy by Britain's Prince Andrew after winning the world cup Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

 

LONDON (Reuters) - England ended their 44-year wait for a maiden 50-overs World Cup title by beating a gutsy New Zealand side on boundaries after a tied Super Over amidst heart-stopping drama on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111800-cricket-england-win-world-cup-in-super-over-drama-to-end-44-year-wait/

 

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Zambian arrested on overstay after animal cruelty gets him investigated

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Immigration and an animal welfare foundation were called after neighbors saw a Siberian Husky tied up on a balcony in Bang Na, south east of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111804-zambian-arrested-on-overstay-after-animal-cruelty-gets-him-investigated/

 

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Hua Hin City Under 15s Win SPS Mini League

 

 

The top Under 15 teams in town were in action at the SPS Mini League on Sunday morning. Hua Hin City emerged victorious with four wins out of four while Black Mountain Hua Hin Football Academy (BMHHFA) were the best of the rest.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111805-hua-hin-city-under-15s-win-sps-mini-league/

 

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Human skeleton found near housing estate in central Phuket

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The human skeleton was found about 150 metres from the Baan Ua Arthorn government housing estate in Moo 1, Srisoonthorn. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Police are investigating a human skeleton found in the jungle near a housing estate in Srisoonthorn, central Phuket, yesterday (July 14).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111809-human-skeleton-found-near-housing-estate-in-central-phuket/

 

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Massive haul of drugs seized in raids in Samut Sakhon and Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Police have seized more than six million methamphetamine pills, 600 kilograms of crystal meth or "ice", 44 bars of heroin weighing 15.4 kilograms, and 51 kilograms of ketamine in two separate drug busts in Samut Sakhon and in Bangkok, national police deputy commissioner Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan announced to the press at the Patrol and Special Operation Division office in Bangkok on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111813-massive-haul-of-drugs-seized-in-raids-in-samut-sakhon-and-bangkok/

 

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Kenyan teachers working in the north east among thousands arrested by immigration in July

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang and his teams at a press conference on Saturday announced the result of their work in keeping Thailand free of illegal and law breaking foreigners.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111814-kenyan-teachers-working-in-the-north-east-among-thousands-arrested-by-immigration-in-july/

 

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Probe into all-girl attack on classmate in Khon Kaen

By Kritmet Loho
The Nation

 

 

A Khon Kaen school director and teachers are investigating a July 10 incident in which Mathayom 3 female students daringly attacked their classmate during a dispute over debt collection in a classroom.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111816-probe-into-all-girl-attack-on-classmate-in-khon-kaen/

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Two escape injury as car splits in two, bursts into flames in Bangkok

 

Thai caption: Car split into two. 

 

PICTURES: Sanook

 

A Thai man and his girlfriend escaped totally uninjured after he lost control on the expressway slip road leading to Ngam Wong Wan Road and his car split into two and caught fire. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111822-two-escape-injury-as-car-splits-in-two-bursts-into-flames-in-bangkok/

 

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Video: Why a green light means proceed with the utmost caution

 

Thai caption: Not stopping at a red light!!!

 

Dash cam footage from a Bangkok intersection proves the old adage to take the greatest caution when going through a green light in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111823-video-why-a-green-light-means-proceed-with-the-utmost-caution/

 

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Red-shirt leader suggests opposition MPs shape up and focus on real issues

 

(Photo) Jatuporn Prompan’s Facebook page

 

Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan has urged opposition MPs to stop talking about the insignificant and focus on bread and butter issues which matter to the people, such as corruption and constitutional amendments.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111824-red-shirt-leader-jatuporn-suggests-opposition-mps-shape-up-and-focus-on-real-issues/

 

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Thai investment in prime London markets up on weak pound

By THE NATION

 

The residences at Mandarin Oriental in London

 

Average values across the prime London residential markets held their own in the second quarter of 2019 for the first time since the third quarter of 2015. While have prices continued to show falls on an annual basis, these have reduced to just -1.8%, less than half the level seen this time last year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111832-thai-investment-in-prime-london-markets-up-on-weak-pound/

 

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Rapping for the region

By Kitchana Lersakvanitchakul
THE NATION

 

Artists from South Korea’s Brand New Music and Thailand’s Wayfer Records pose with executives at 821 Sound Studio in South Korea.

 

With the music industry as sluggish in Thailand as it is in the rest of the world, several artists are turning to collaborations to make their sounds heard. And those partnerships between musicians of very different genres are serving to spark some new and very interesting ideas.

 

FUll story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111833-rapping-for-the-region/

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Pattaya: New "baht bus" man's iron fist - fines of 100 baht as "new dimension" in travel mooted

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

The new head of the song thaew's or baht buses in Pattaya told a meeting on Saturday about his fourteen point master plan for a "new dimension in quality service". 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111835-pattaya-new-baht-bus-mans-iron-fist-fines-of-100-baht-as-new-dimension-in-travel-mooted/

 

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Student killed by electrocution in Phuket public park under investigation

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Kajonkietsuksa School posted a notice expressing their deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mr Nour, who went by the nickname “Nikki”, a “7th generation student” at the school. Image: Kajonkietsuksa School

 

PHUKET: Police are investigating the death an 18-year-student who was killed by electrocution from touching a floodlight pole at a public basketball court at Suan Luang (King’s Park) on Saturday evening (July 13).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111836-student-killed-by-electrocution-in-phuket-public-park-under-investigation/

 

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"Iron Fist" Tawat defends his baht bus drivers slams Korean YouTuber after complaint

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

The leader of Pattaya's baht buses or song thaews has defended his drivers after a South Korean YouTuber says they are just a rip-off. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111872-iron-fist-tawat-defends-his-baht-bus-drivers-slams-korean-youtuber-after-complaint/

 

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PM vows to support changes to Constitution

By The Nation

 

Prayut Chan-o-cha, left, and Anupong Paochinda

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday he would support amending the Constitution, as well as any other laws deemed problematic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111880-pm-vows-to-support-changes-to-constitution/

 

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Politician sought after quartet arrested with large drugs haul

By Jessada Chantharak
The Nation

 

 

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Deep South-based politician at the Narathiwat Provincial Administration Organisation who was implicated by four drug suspects as the person who hired them to move 459 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111885-politician-sought-after-quartet-arrested-with-large-drugs-haul/

 

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Thai chicken exports boosted by Chinese demand

By The Nation

 

Photo by: The Nation

 

Thai exports of fresh and processed chicken totalled 390,000 tonnes in the first five months of 2019, up 15 per cent from the same period of last year, according to the Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111888-thai-chicken-exports-boosted-by-chinese-demand/

 

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Pattaya lets stray dogs remain on street after shots

PATTAYA:--Health Department workers rounded up a group of stray dogs, but only sterilized and vaccinated them before returning the mutts to the East Pattaya streets.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111884-pattaya-lets-stray-dogs-remain-on-street-after-shots/

 

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Forestry officials inspected coveted Sattahip hillside

PATTAYA:--Top Natural Resources and Environment Ministry officials toured a Sattahip hillside coveted for decades by private investors, as well as local residents who want to put up a shrine to an 18th century king.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111887-forestry-officials-inspected-coveted-sattahip-hillside/

 

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Threatened with machete, Sattahip wife turns it on husband

PATTAYA:--A Sattahip woman whose drunk husband threatened her with a machete snatched it away from him and slashed him across the arm and head.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111876-threatened-with-machete-sattahip-wife-turns-it-on-husband/

 

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Demolition order issued for illegal S. Pattaya bridge

PATTAYA:--Pattaya issued a demolition order for an illegal bridge across the South Pattaya flood-control canal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111883-demolition-order-issued-for-illegal-s-pattaya-bridge/

 

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Toddler locked in car

PATTAYA:--Paramedics rescued a toddler suffering from dengue fever who got locked inside his mother’s car.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111881-toddler-locked-in-car/

 

 

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Where to complain about hospital overpricing

By The Nation

 

 

The Ministry of Commerce’s Department of Internal Trade will establish a centre at the middle of next month to hear complaints about private hospitals overcharging patients.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111906-where-to-complain-about-hospital-overpricing/

 

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‘No debate’ in July 25 session, Prayut insists of policy unveiling

By The Nation

 

 

Apparently wary of possible opposition objections when he formally sets out government policy in a parliamentary session on July 25, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday warned that it would not be a no-confidence debate.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111907-‘no-debate’-in-july-25-session-prayut-insists-of-policy-unveiling/

 

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Kaeng Krachan National Park chief vows to settle conflict with locals after Unesco snub

By The Nation

 

 

The chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park has pledged to settle the conflict between ethnic Karen locals and the authorities, which has been blamed for the park’s failure to be listed as a world-heritage site by Unesco this year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111909-kaeng-krachan-national-park-chief-vows-to-settle-conflict-with-locals-after-unesco-snub/