Video: Attempted car jacking at gunpoint in Chiang Mai

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Thai man went on Facebook to report that a man drew a gun on him and tried to steal his car stopped at the lights just after midnight. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121641-video-attempted-car-jacking-at-gunpoint-in-chiang-mai/

Farang leopard owner "prowling" inside the house as reporters visit

 

Thai caption: Leopard as a "guard cat"

 

Reporters from 77kaoded went to the house in Na Jomtien in the Pattaya area where a Thai woman and her foreign husband are keeping a leopard. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121644-farang-leopard-owner-prowling-inside-the-house-as-reporters-visit/

 

Two burned in fire after gas delivery man didn't turn off the valve

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Two people were taken to hospital with burns after a fire at a town house in Bang Poo Mai, Samut Prakarn.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121646-two-burned-in-fire-after-gas-delivery-man-didnt-turn-off-the-valve/

 

Mae Hong Son to open new nature trek route with waterfalls to tourists

By The Nation

 

 

The Mae Hong Son Tourism Office is planning to launch a new trekking route to allow tourists to walk through a fertile forest to visit two beautiful waterfalls, an official said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121647-mae-hong-son-to-open-new-nature-trek-route-with-waterfalls-to-tourists/

 

Surat Thani: Woman survives after wrapping her car round a lamppost following pub visit

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media published a shocking picture of the aftermath of an accident in Surat Thani just after 2 am this morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121649-surat-thani-woman-survives-after-wrapping-her-car-round-a-lamppost-following-pub-visit/

 

Flyover at Pattanakarn Intersection to be closed for repairs

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will close the flyover at the Pattanakarn Intersection for one month for repairs later this year as the bridge is showing signs of erosion in the middle, officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121653-flyover-at-pattanakarn-intersection-to-be-closed-for-repairs/

 

Extending pub opening hours will just lead to more crime and mayhem - think again Phiphat! 

 

Picture: Drama-Addict

 

Top fan page Drama-Addict has come out against tourism minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn's plan to extend pub opening hours from 2 am to 4 am. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121656-extending-pub-opening-hours-will-just-lead-to-more-crime-and-mayhem-think-again-phiphat/

Tesco increases efforts to ensure sustainability

By THE NATION

 

 

Tesco Lotus is celebrating 25 years of operation in Thailand by turning its attention to driving sustainability through its “Little Helps Plan”, which sets out how the retailer will make a difference to the social and environmental challenges that matter most to customers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121661-tesco-lotus-increases-efforts-to-ensure-sustainability/

 

Flood wall reinforced along Yom River in Sukhothai to prevent flooding

 

 

Officials and volunteers in Thailand’s lower northern province of Sukhothai were mobilized Tuesday to install more sand bags to reinforce the flood wall along the Yom River, to prevent the overflowing river from flooding the municipal area.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121663-flood-wall-reinforced-along-yom-river-in-sukhothai-to-prevent-flooding/

 

Murder investigation opened as DSI interviews Karen activist’s relatives

By The Nation

 

File Photo: (Right) Pol Lt Colonel Chen Kanchanapat and (Left) Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn

 

A team from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Wednesday visited Pong Leuk-Bang Kloy village within Kaeng Krachan national park in Phetchaburi province to interview the relatives of the late Karen activist Polajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121668-murder-investigation-opened-as-dsi-interviews-karen-activist’s-relatives/

 

Lifeguard nabs snake swimming onto Phuket beach

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Nai Harn lifeguard Nara Ratnarak with the rat snake caught by hand. Photo: Morakot Suetrong

 

PHUKET: Lifeguards at Nai Harn Beach are urging people to beware any snakes seen in the water or on the beach after one was caught on the sand there on Monday (Sept 2).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121670-lifeguard-nabs-snake-swimming-onto-phuket-beach/

 

EXIM to support Thai businesses targeting India

By THE NATION

 

Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade

 

The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) stands ready to support Thai entrepreneurs' penetration of Indian market, Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, and the director of Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand), said on Wednesday (September 4).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121689-exim-to-support-thai-businesses-targeting-india/

 

Hong Kong leader to announce withdrawal of extradition bill - media report

 

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam holds a news conference in Hong Kong, China, August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is expected to announce later on Wednesday the formal withdrawal of a proposed extradition bill that sparked three months of protests in the Chinese-ruled city, the South China Morning Post reported, citing unnamed sources.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121690-hong kong leader-to-announce-withdrawal-of-extradition-bill-media-report/

 

Committee calls for action against strong baht to improve economic performance

By The Nation

 

 

The office of the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) is concerned by the performance of the Thai economy in the second half of 2019.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121692-committee-calls-for-action-against-strong-baht-to-improve-economic-performance/

 

Dual pricing: Retirees and expats may be charged more at Thai govt hospitals

 

File photo

 

Foreigners who receive medical treatment or services at a government hospital in Thailand may pay significantly more than Thai nationals and those from neighbouring countries under new guidelines. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121702-dual-pricing-retirees-and-expats-may-be-charged-more-at-thai-govt-hospitals/

 

FIFTY EIGHT Chinese nationals arrested for running share scam from Bangkok hotel

 

Picture: INN

 

Immigration police have announced the arrest of fifty eight Chinese nationals over their alleged involvement in a scam that defrauded investors in China.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121703-fifty-eight-chinese-nationals-arrested-for-running-share-scam-from-bangkok-hotel/

 

Thailand says economy slowing but no recession, stimulus to lift growth

By Kitiphong Thaichareon, Orathai Sriring

 

FILE PHOTO: Uttama Savanayana, the Palang Pracharat Party leader, talks to reporters during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s economy is just slowing but not in a recession yet and recently announced government stimulus measures should help lift growth to 3% this year, the country’s finance minister said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121730-thailand-says-economy-slowing-but-no-recession-stimulus-to-lift-growth/

 

Chuan allocates 15 hours for debate on PM’s incomplete oath on Sept 18

By THE NATION

 

 

House Speaker Chuan Leekpai said on September 4 that he has allocated 15 hours for the September 18 parliamentary debate on the prime minister’s incomplete oath-taking statement.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121731-chuan-allocates-15-hours-for-debate-on-pm’s-incomplete-oath-on-sept-18/

 

Iran to release seven crew members of detained British tanker

 

FILE PHOTO: Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, is seen at undisclosed place off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 22, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

 

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Iran will free seven crew members of the detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday, although the vessel’s owner said it had yet to receive any official confirmation of the release date.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121732-iran-to-release-seven-crew-members-of-detained-british-tanker/

 

Scottish court rules that PM Johnson's decision to suspend parliament is lawful

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament later this month until mid-October is lawful, a Scottish court ruled on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121733-scottish-court-rules-that-pm-johnsons-decision-to-suspend-parliament-is-lawful/

 

Brexit-worn Britain looks on track for recession - PMI

By Andy Bruce

 

FILE PHOTO: People walk through the Canary Wharf financial district of London, Britain, December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s economy is in serious danger of entering its first recession since the financial crisis as business confidence wilts in the Brexit chaos, a closely watched business survey showed on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121736-brexit-worn-britain-looks-on-track-for-recession-pmi/

 

Cancer overtakes heart disease as biggest rich-world killer

 

FILE PHOTO: A research associate takes out a clinical sample (cancer cell) from -150 degree C Ultra-low Temperature Freezer at the Bioresource Research Center of Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Tokyo, Japan July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world's biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist, researchers said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121737-cancer-overtakes-heart-disease-as-biggest-rich-world-killer/

 

Hong Kong leader kills bill but some say too little too late

By Farah Master, James Pomfret

 

A news conference of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam is televised in Hong Kong, China, September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a “highly vulnerable and dangerous” place and find solutions.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121690-hong kong leader-to-announce-withdrawal-of-extradition-bill-media-report/?do=findComment&comment=14536608

 

MP wants govt to resign if Parliament turns down proposed decree

By THE NATION

 

Sutin Klangsaeng: File photo

 

Pheu Thai MP Sutin Klangsaeng has called on the government to take responsibility and resign if an important decree proposed by it, which will be vetted from Wednesday, was not passed by Parliament.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121743-mp-wants-govt-to-resign-if-parliament-turns-down-proposed-decree/

 

Sondhi walks free after three years of 20-year jail term

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

Sondhi Limthongkul, the former leader of the yellow-shirt nationalist movement, has been released from prison after qualifying for a royal pardon.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121745-sondhi-walks-free-after-three-years-of-20-year-jail-term/

 

Eight nabbed in Chiang Mai on suspicion of drug trafficking

By Thanakorn Wongnang
The Nation

 

 

Police raided targeted locations in Chiang Mai’s Fang and Mae Ai districts to arrest eight drug suspects and seize 220 assets worth Bt150 million to see if they were sourced illegally.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121746-eight-nabbed-in-chiang-mai-on-suspicion-of-drug-trafficking/

 

Sir Cliff Richard: BBC pays £2m in final settlement after privacy case

By Mark Savage

 

Sir Cliff said news coverage of a police raid on his house was "devastating" / REUTERS

 

Sir Cliff Richard has reached a final settlement in his legal action against the BBC, and will receive a sum of around £2m towards his legal costs.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121747-sir-cliff-richard-bbc-pays-£2m-in-final-settlement-after-privacy-case/

 

Doctor Who writer Terrance Dicks dies aged 84 as tributes paid to 'magnificent storyteller'

By Bethany Minelle

 

Terrance Dicks wrote for the sci-fi TV series for 15 years. Pic: Stephen Dicks

 

Doctor Who writer and script editor Terrance Dicks has died aged 84.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121749-doctor-who-writer-terrance-dicks-dies-aged-84-as-tributes-paid-to-magnificent-storyteller/

 

Move over, dad! Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose takes centre stage at Venice Film Festival

By SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE

 

Model and actress Lily-Rose, 20, turned heads this week wearing a pink strapless Chanel dress and matching scarf

 

Johnny Depp is a familiar figure on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival, but now it’s his daughter stealing the limelight.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121750-move-over-dad-johnny-depps-daughter-lily-rose-takes-centre-stage-at-venice-film-festival/

 

Billy 'murder' probe to be finalised in three months: DSI

By The Nation

 

A group of indigenous people in Thailand on Wednesday thank Department of Special Investigation deputy chief Pol Lt-Colonel Korrawat Panprapakorn at the agency's head office in Bangkok for the investigation that led to confirmation of Karen activist Polajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen's death. (Nation/Rachanon Intharaksa)

 

The investigation into the alleged murder of Karen activist Polajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen should be concluded in three months, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Pol Colonel Paisit Wongmuang said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121752-billy-murder-probe-to-be-finalised-in-three-months-dsi/