The Year of the Pig ends! Immigration police announce latest arrests for passport violations

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thai media Naew Na once again trumpeted the success of the country's biometrics system in keeping the nation safe from undesirable foreigners. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142586-the-year-of-the-pig-ends-immigration-police-announce-latest-arrests-for-passport-violations/

 

New Banglamung police chief’s crackdown on bag-snatch robberies paying off

 

PATTAYA:--Banglamung police closed the first two of a rash of snatch-and-run robberies after the district’s new police chief created a task force to stem the rising tide of crime.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142587-new-banglamung-police-chief’s-crackdown-on-bag-snatch-robberies-paying-off/

 

Tourist injured in MC accident on oil slick road

 

 

PATTAYA:--A motorcyclist was injured when he skidded on oil spilled from a truck in South Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142588-tourist-injured-in-mc-accident-on-oil-slick-road/

 

Video: Thieving tourists strike again! Brazen foreigners look innocent - but they are not!

 

 

A Koh Phi Phi shopkeeper has once again hit out at foreigners stealing from his clothes shop. Four foreigners have tried to steal stuff from him in the last two months alone. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142595-video-thieving-tourists-strike-again-brazen-foreigners-look-innocent-but-they-are-not/

 

Thai husband and wife thieves: Airport couple stole iPad left on plane - but location device was their downfall

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The chief of Thailand's tourist police and Suvarnabhumi officials gave details at a press conference yesterday following the arrest of a husband and wife for theft at the airport. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142599-thai-husband-and-wife-thieves-airport-couple-stole-ipad-left-on-plane-but-location-device-was-their-downfall/

 

Yikes! Monkey with a gun at popular tourist spot creates a stir

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Police were called to a popular tourist site in Chonburi after a food seller spotted a monkey brandishing a gun!

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142604-yikes-monkey-with-a-gun-at-popular-tourist-spot-creates-a-stir/

 

Leaked audio tape: Big Joke criticizes RTP chief as shooting and alleged corruption fallout comes to a boil

 

File photo

 

A senior Royal Thai police spokesman has admitted that an audio tape leaked to social media is a conversation between the RTP commander and Pol Gen Wirachai Songmetta.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142611-leaked-audio-tape-big-joke-criticizes-rtp-chief-as-shooting-and-alleged-corruption-fallout-comes-to-a-boil/

 

Like father like son: Incredible story of wealthy Bangkok crime family takes new turn

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The arrest of a 40 year old Thai man called Ice in Bangkok is just the latest chapter in a gruesome and shocking story of a millionaire family of market owners gone horribly wrong. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142624-like-father-like-son-incredible-story-of-wealthy-bangkok-crime-family-takes-new-turn/

 

Thai man denies giving wife's cancer donation money to a prostitute - but he has drunk some!

 

Thai caption: He was just coming round (from his hangover)

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reporters followed up on a story that began by pulling at the heartstrings of Thai netizens but then took a decidedly different turn. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142637-thai-man-denies-giving-wifes-cancer-donation-money-to-a-prostitute-but-he-has-drunk-some/

 

Korat: Thai man arrested on attempted murder charge eight years after shooting in Bangkok

 

Picture: INN

 

Thai police arrested a 45 year old man at a market in Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday just over 8 years after he allegedly shot at a group of men eating at a restaurant in Bang Na, south east of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142640-korat-thai-man-arrested-on-attempted-murder-charge-eight-years-after-shooting-in-bangkok/

 

Top court rules in CP team’s favour for airport project

 

 

The Supreme Administrative Court on Friday (January 10) reversed a lower court’s ruling and declared a consortium led by the Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) a valid bidder for the Bt290-billion development of the U-tapao and Eastern Airport City project.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142642-top-court-rules-in-cp-team’s-favour-for-airport-project/

 

Phuket officials dodge confirmation of woman’s death during ‘Seven Days’ campaign for New Year

By The Phuket News

 

The DDPM report on the final day of the campaign reported zeros deaths on Phuket roads from Dec 27 to Jan 2. Image: DDPM

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket did suffer one death during the “Seven Days of Danger” road-safety campaign for the New Year holidays, The Phuket News has confirmed, but the death will not be added to the official tally until the end of the month.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142662-phuket-officials-dodge-confirmation-of-woman’s-death-during-‘seven-days’-campaign-for-new-year/

 

Songkhla Zoo chimp can do without plastic, thanks

 

 

If Jon the chimpanzee understands that it’s better to use canvas bags than plastic ones, a lot more humans ought to be catching on.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142663-songkhla-zoo-chimp-can-do-without-plastic-thanks/

 

Australia urges quarter of a million to flee as winds fan huge bushfires

by Martin Petty, Swati Pandey

 

Cows stand in the field with bushfire burning in the background, in Kangaroo Island, Australia January 9, 2020 in this still image obtained from social media. PAUL STANTON - PAUL'S PLACE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared military backup as authorities said the next few hours could be “very, very challenging” even as rain poured down in some parts.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142665-australia-urges-quarter-of-a-million-to-flee-as-winds-fan-huge-bushfires/

 

Iran wants to handle black box data after plane crash blamed on missile

by Alexander Cornwell, Parisa Hafezi

 

FILE PHOTO: Security officers and Red Crescent workers are seen at the site where the Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed after take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner that crashed, killing all 176 people aboard, after Canada and others said the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by mistake.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142666-iran-wants-to-handle-black-box-data-after-plane-crash-blamed-on-missile/

 

Trump sends North Korea's Kim birthday greetings

By Sangmi Cha

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sent a happy birthday message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s national security adviser Chung Eui-Yong said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142668-trump-sends-north-koreas-kim-birthday-greetings/

 

British woman faces jail for posing as a boy to lure girls into sex

 

Gemma Watts, a British woman who pledged guilty for posing as a teenage boy to sexually groom young girls, is pictured in this handout photo obtained January 9, 2020. Metropolitan Police/Handout via REUTERS

 

WINCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A young British woman who posed as a teenage boy to deceive potentially dozens of young girls into having sexual contact with her will be sentenced on Friday and may face a jail term.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142669-british-woman-faces-jail-for-posing-as-a-boy-to-lure-girls-into-sex/

 

Four escaped Rohingya back in custody

By THE NATION

 

 

Four of the Rohingya migrants who escaped from a Songkhla detention centre earlier this week have been captured, the superintendent of the province’s Immigration Bureau reported on Friday (January 10).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142670-four-escaped-rohingya-back-in-custody/

 

Doctor Strange Sequel: Director Scott Derrickson Leaves The Film

By James White

 

 

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has chugged along successfully for more than a decade now, but it has hit the occasional directorial speed bump, most notably when Edgar Wright left Ant-Man.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142672-doctor-strange-sequel-director-scott-derrickson-leaves-the-film/

 

Ricky Gervais cuts a glum figure as he steps out in London after hitting back at criticism of his scathing Golden Globes monologue

By SEAN O'GRADY

 

Low-key: Ricky Gervais, 58, was putting the recent furor that followed his fifth turn as host of the Golden Globes behind him as he stepped out in London on Thursday

 

He recently hit back at critics of his controversial Golden Globes monologue with a scathing tweet.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142673-ricky-gervais-cuts-a-glum-figure-as-he-steps-out-in-london-after-hitting-back-at-criticism-of-his-scathing-golden-globes-monologue/

 

Adele's 'three simple changes' that sparked incredible '7st' weight loss

By Frances Kindon

 

Adele is believed to have lost 3st (Image: thehotteainc_/Instagram)

 

After adopting a healthier lifestyle - primarily for the sake of her voice - Adele has reportedly lost a dramatic 100lbs.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142674-adeles-three-simple-changes-that-sparked-incredible-7st-weight-loss/

 

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