THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 26 July 2019

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More info: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113734-monday-curry-night-at-the-kiwi-pub/

 

 

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Nigerian suspect nabbed as police unravel Phuket ‘romance scam’

By Kornkamon Aksorndech
The Nation

 

 

A 38-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly operating bank accounts and arranging money transactions as part of a so-called “romance scam”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113962-nigerian-suspect-nabbed-as-police-unravel-phuket-‘romance-scam’/

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Phuket police to call in experts to help identify body of foreigner found offshore

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The man’s body was brought ashore at Karon Noi late on the afternoon of July 10. Photo: Phi Phi Na Krab

 

PHUKET:-- The Karon Police Chief will request official assistance from forensic science missing persons experts in the hope of identifying the body of the foreign man who was found 500 metres offshore from Karon Noi two weeks ago.

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Chiang Mai airport uses CCTV clip to demonstrate danger of battery packs

By The Nation

 

Captured from Facebook.com/chiangmaiairport/

 

Chiang Mai International Airport used an incident captured on CCTV of a tourist’s power bank catching fire as an example as to why such devices cannot be included in checked-in luggage.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114004-chiang-mai-airport-uses-cctv-clip-to-demonstrate-danger-of-battery-packs/

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Missing Mekong waters rouse suspicions of China

By Panu Wongcha-um

 

A fisherman scoops water out of his boat on the Mekong River in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand July 24, 2019. Picture taken July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BAN NONG CHAN, Thailand (Reuters) - By this time of year, the Mekong River should have been rising steadily with the monsoon rains, bringing fishermen a bounty of fat fish.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114030-missing-mekong-waters-rouse-suspicions-of-china/

 

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Baht speculation curbed but Thailand still open to long-term foreign investment: BOT

By The Nation

 

 

The Bank of Thailand (BOT)’s latest measure to manage the inflow of foreign money should not affect long-term foreign investment in the country, BOT director of economic analysis Pornpen Sodsrichai said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114031-baht-speculation-curbed-but-thailand-still-open-to-long-term-foreign-investment-bot/

 

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Bt400 minimum daily wage worries SMEs, business chamber says

By THE NATION

 

Kalin

 

Most companies oppose the government’s plan to raise the minimum daily wage nationwide to Bt400 as it will hurt small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to the Thai Chamber of Commerce.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114032-bt400-minimum-daily-wage-worries-smes-business-chamber-says/

 

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Afternoon policy debate focuses on economy, forest reclamation and crops prices

The Nation

 

By Silapakorn Sangsinchai

 

Future Forward Party co-founder Piyabutr Saengkanokkul didn’t mince his words on the first day of parliamentary debate on the new government’s policies.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114034-afternoon-policy-debate-focuses-on-economy-forest-reclamation-and-crops-prices/

 

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Proposal to cut electric train fare to 15-baht flat rate is nothing new

 

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob’s proposal to cut electric train fares to a 15 baht flat rate is just old wine in a new bottle to woo Bangkok voters. The same idea has suggested by almost every previous government since the Thaksin administration, more than a decade ago. It was always dropped as an idea because it could not be implemented without a heavy government subsidy, the source of which would be taxes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114035-proposal-to-cut-electric-train-fare-to-15-baht-flat-rate-is-nothing-new/

 

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THAI cabin crew reminded not to engage in smuggling

 

 

Thai Airways International has reminded its flight attendants to refrain from engaging in smuggling activities or they face dismissal if caught.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114037-thai-cabin-crew-reminded-not-to-engage-in-smuggling/

 

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PM told to read out of the text of policy statement verbatim

 

 

Instead of issuing or barking orders in a manner familiar to him during his military career and as head of the military junta and its government, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha found himself having to take instructions from other people when he delivered the government’s policy statement in parliament this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114038-pm-told-to-read-out-of-the-text-of-policy-statement-verbatim/

 

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Opposition leader says he does not trust prime minister or his government

 

 

Pheu Thai party leader Sompong Amornvivat said in parliament Thursday that he does not trust Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his old economic team to solve the country’s pressing problems because they have failed to do so over the past five years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113972-‘no-faith’-in-prayut’s-economic-team-opposition-leader-tells-opening-policy-debate/?do=findComment&comment=14390826

 

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Finance Minister to sue for alleged slander relating to Krung Thai loan controversy

 

 

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana has instructed his legal advisors to take action against five individuals for allegedly discrediting him in connection with the state-run Krung Thai Bank’s controversial loan granted to the Krisda Mahanakorn Group over a decade ago, said Palang Pracharat deputy spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114040-finance-minister-to-sue-for-alleged-slander-relating-to-krung-thai-loan-controversy/

 

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Egyptian embassy silent on diplomatic links of Phuket roti vendor attack victim

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Police at the scene of the attack last Friday (July 19). Photo: Chalong Police

 

PHUKET: The Egyptian embassy in Bangkok today (July 25) declined to confirm or deny whether the Egyptian man struck in the neck with a meat cleaver by an enraged roti (pancake) street vendor in Phuket last Friday night is the son an Egyptian diplomat.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114041-egyptian-embassy-silent-on-diplomatic-links-of-phuket-roti-vendor-attack-victim/

 

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Phuket police crackdown nets over 20,000 meth pills and weapons

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: khaophuket.com

 

Police have nabbed drug dealers in Phuket with more than 20,000 methamphetamine pills plus other drugs and weapons.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114042-phuket-police-crackdown-nets-over-20000-meth-pills-and-weapons/

 

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U.S. Justice Department resumes use of death penalty, schedules five executions

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump cheer as he floats the idea of using the death penalty against drug dealers during his remarks on the U.S. opioid crisis, at Manchester Community College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1B110DF510/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades-long dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114043-us-justice-department-resumes use-of-death-penalty-schedules-five-executions/

 

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Climate records fall as Europe bakes in heatwave

 

Holidaymakers are seen on the South Beach,Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain. July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden

 

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Soaring temperatures broke records in Germany, France, Britain and the Netherlands on Thursday, as a heatwave gripped Europe for the second time in a month in what scientists said were becoming more frequent events as the planet heats up.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114049-climate-records-fall-as-europe-bakes-in-heatwave/

 

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Britain begins escorting all UK vessels through Hormuz Strait

By Andrew MacAskill and Jonathan Saul

 

FILE PHOTO: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has started sending a warship to accompany all British-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a change in policy announced on Thursday after the government previously said it did not have resources to do so.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114050-britain-begins-escorting-all-uk-vessels-through-hormuz-strait/

 

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McAfee detained in Dominican Republic, released after 4 days

 

FILE PHOTO: John McAfee, co-founder of McAfee Crypto Team and CEO of Luxcore and founder of McAfee Antivirus, speaks during an interview in Havana, Cuba, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

 

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - John McAfee, the eccentric creator of eponymous antivirus computer software, and an entourage were detained by Dominican immigration authorities for entering the country with a cache of firearms and ammunition, the Public Ministry said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114051-mcafee-detained-in-dominican-republic-released-after-4-days/

 

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North Korea's Kim says missile launch a warning to South Korean 'warmongers'

By Joyce Lee and Josh Smith

 

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) at Far East Federal University on Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019. Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the demonstration of a "new-type tactical guided weapon" on Thursday as a warning to South Korean "warmongers" to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, state media said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114053-north-koreas-kim-says-missile-launch-a-warning-to-south-korean-warmongers/

 

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Armed men steal $40 million of gold, metals from Brazil airport

By Leonardo Benassatto and Marcelo Rochabrun

 

A cameraman records pickup trucks with livery resembling Brazil's federal police inside the DEIC (State Criminal Investigation Department), which were used by thieves during the theft at Guarulhos airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

 

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Armed men stole $40 million (£32 million) of gold and other precious metals on Thursday from a Sao Paulo cargo terminal at South America's busiest airport, taking two hostages, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114055-armed-men-steal-40-million-of-gold-metals-from-brazil-airport/

 

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Somkid touts achievement of last government 

By Somluck Srimalee

 

 

The government will continue to promote investment in the Eastern Economic Corridor for economic growth, said deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak at a parliamentary debate on the new administration's policies on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114056-somkid-touts-achievement-of-last-government/

 

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Blacklisted and in custody! Lying, overstaying tourists arrested at Suvarnabhumi 

 

Picture: Tourist Police Bureau

 

The Tourist Police Bureau became suspicious after a man from Russia and his Kazakh wife went to them to say that an airline had refused to fly them to Phuket as they were not in possession of their passports. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114060-blacklisted-and-in-custody-lying-overstaying-tourists-arrested-at-suvarnabhumi/

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Wissanu defends Prayut, stresses ‘state employee’ not the same as ‘state authority’

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam defended Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha during the first day of the policy debate on Thursday after an opposition MP said Prayut was not qualified to contest the post of prime minister.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114061-wissanu-defends-prayut-stresses-‘state-employee’-not-the-same-as-‘state-authority’/

 

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Turkish man arrested for making fake "Kamagra" jelly

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police in Bangkok have arrested a Turkish man for making thousands of sachets of the sex drug "Kamagra" jelly. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114067-turkish-man-arrested-for-making-fake-kamagra-jelly/

 

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Thai embassy in Russia searches for missing ex-mother-in-law of energy minister

By The Nation

 

 

 

The Thai embassy in Moscow announced that it is searching for ex-mother-in-law of Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong who reportedly went missing after visiting a church in the Russian capital. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114069-thai-embassy-in-moscow-searches-for-missing-ex-mother-in-law-of-energy-minister-sontirat/

 

 

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Big Oud: I'm promoting tourism and friendly relations - and my address reporting app is easy!

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Acting immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong "Big Oud" Chingduang addressed a large seminar gathered for training about reporting foreigners at addresses within 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114070-big-oud-im-promoting-tourism-and-friendly-relations-and-my-address-reporting-app-is-easy/

 

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Confession saves Chinese man from death penalty in murder of Thai garment trader

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

A Chinese man was given the death sentence yesterday for the murder of clothing trader Araya Sapsuwan, 70, in February. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114073-confession-saves-chinese-man-from-death-penalty-in-murder-of-thai-garment-trader/

 

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Thirteen year old girl shot as angry neighbor went to confront thief

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A 61 year old Sukhothai man gave himself up to police yesterday after he said he accidentally shot a neighbor's 13 year old sister in the head. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114078-thirteen-year-old-girl-shot-as-angry-neighbor-went-to-confront-thief/

 

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Video: Foreigner robbed of 800,000 baht on his first day back in Isaan village

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A 32 year old man from the United States had a terrible first day back in his Thai wife's village when thieves made off with cash and valuables worth 800,000 baht. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114081-video-foreigner-robbed-of-800000-baht-on-his-first-day-back-in-isaan-village/