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Supercar "worth millions" engulfed in flames on expressway near Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a yellow supercar that they said was worth tens of millions of baht burst into flames on the Bang Plee - Suksawat expressway around 10.40 on Sunday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149867-supercar-worth-millions-engulfed-in-flames-on-expressway-near-bangkok/

 

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Ex-deputy commerce minister Banyin arrested for alleged murder of judge’s brother

By THE NATION

 

 

Former deputy commerce minister Pol Lt-Colonel Banyin Tangpakorn has been arrested for alleged involvement along with three accomplices in the suspected murder of a brother of a judge of the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149871-ex-deputy-commerce-minister-banyin-arrested-for-alleged-murder-of-judge’s-brother/

 

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Teesside football coach, 32, fights for life in Thai hospital against severe lung infection

Mark Mckeown, from Hemlington, has been placed into an induced coma after falling ill with pneumonia in Thailand

By Jade McElwee

 

 

A Teesside man is fighting for his life in a Thai hopsital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149873-british-football-coach-32-fights-for-life-in-thai-hospital-against-severe-lung-infection/

 

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Interior ministry issues clarification on "cuddly toy claw machines" ban

 

Thai caption: Claw crane cuddly toy machines "Constitute Gambling"

 

Thailand's interior ministry has contacted provincial authorities to offer guidance on which cuddly toy claw machines are good, and which ones are bad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149874-interior-ministry-issues-clarification-on-cuddly-toy-claw-machines-ban/

 

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Future Forward accusations of PM’s role in 1MDB ‘groundless’

By THE NATION

 

Narumon Pinyosinwat

 

The government has rejected as “groundles” the recent accusation by the dissolved Future Forward Party of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha being involved in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), one of the biggest financial scams in Malaysia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149875-future-forward-accusations-of-pm’s-role-in-1mdb-‘groundless’/

 

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Like mother like daughter: Tarot reading fraudsters hit the jackpot before arrest in 7 million baht con

 

Picture: INN

 

A mother and her daughter who opened a tarot reading shop at a market in Roi-Et in north eastern Thailand hit the jackpot when a woman who had just experienced the death of her mother dropped in to have her fortune told.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149876-like-mother-like-daughter-tarot-reading-fraudsters-hit-the-jackpot-before-arrest-in-7-million-baht-con/

 

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India set to dazzle Trump with pomp and circumstance as trade rows fester

By Sanjeev Miglani and Steve Holland

 

People ride their motorbikes past a hoarding with the images of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump installed next to decorated trees alongside a road ahead of Trump's visit, in Ahmedabad, India, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave

 

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will be accorded the biggest public reception given to any foreign leader in years during his visit to India beginning on Monday, officials say, one that could help paper over the two countries' growing friction over trade.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149878-india-set-to-dazzle-trump-with-pomp-and-circumstance-as-trade-rows-fester/

 

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Video: Hunt on for person causing punctures in Ao Nang, Krabi

 

Thai caption: Watch out for these things on the road

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Someone has been trying to cause flat tires in the popular tourist area of Ao Nang, Krabi in southern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149881-video-hunt-on-for-person-causing-punctures-in-ao-nang-krabi/

 

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Hua Hin Airport expansion to help transform sleepy resort into a truly international tourist destination

 

 

Often considered a quieter alternative to the likes of Pattaya, Phuket or Chiang Mai, the days of Hua Hin being known as a more laid back destination may be about to end.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149883-hua-hin-airport-expansion-to-help-transform-sleepy-resort-into-a-truly-international-tourist-destination/

 

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Covid-19: Outbreak at Bangkok shopping center - and government cover up - just more fake news

 

Thai caption: Fake News!

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media reported that an outbreak of coronavirus or Covid-19 at a well known shopping center in the Rama 9 area and allegations of a government cover-up were just more fake news.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149886-covid-19-outbreak-at-bangkok-shopping-center-and-government-cover-up-just-more-fake-news/

 

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17 children rescued from Patong human-trafficking gang

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The children were rescued from four locations in Patong where they were being kept. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A series of raids by police have safely taken into protection 17 children held by a human-trafficking operation in Patong, which saw children who did not bring home enough money being beaten with a coat hanger.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149887-17-children-rescued-from-patong-human-trafficking-gang/

 

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Activist accuses AOT of dodging compensation payments to residents around Suvarnabhumi

By The Nation

 

 

A public rights activist has criticised Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT), the operator of Suvarnabhumi Airport, for avoiding paying compensation to aggrieved locals since the airport started operation in 2004.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149888-activist-accuses-aot-of-dodging-compensation-payments-to-residents-around-suvarnabhumi/

 

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Chiang Mai and the virus: Rod daeng driver feels the pinch from Covid-19 and immigration say less than 100 Chinese arrived!

 

 

CM108.com published an interview with a driver of a "rod daeng" (red song thaew) in the city relating how his income has dropped dramatically since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149890-chiang-mai-and-the-virus-rod-daeng-driver-feels-the-pinch-from-covid-19-and-immigration-say-less-than-100-chinese-arrived/

 

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60 percent coronavirus patients in Thailand have already made a full recovery

 

FILE PHOTO: A health worker uses an infrared thermometer to check the temperature of a tourist who arrives at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport, Thailand, January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Panumas Sanguanwong

 

As other countries deal with new outbreaks of the coronavirus, 60 percent of those who were found to have the virus in Thailand have already made a full recovery.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149893-60-percent-coronavirus-patients-in-thailand-have-already-made-a-full-recovery/

 

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Law professors oppose Constitutional Court’s dissolution of Future Forward

 

 

Thirty-six law professors, at the Faculty of Law of Thammasat University, have issued a statement voicing their disagreement with the Constitutional Court’s decision to disband the Future Forward party, and to ban its executive committee from politics for ten years, for accepting a 191.2 million baht loan from its then leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149894-law-professors-oppose-constitutional-court’s-dissolution-of-future-forward/

 

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Travel agencies mull way out of crisis as Thais cancel overseas tour plans

By THE NATION

 

 

The travel industry is facing a crisis as increasing numbers of Thai customers cancel planned trips to popular destinations like Japan and South Korea because of the increase in the number of new Covid-19 patients, Charoen Wangananont, vice president of Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA) said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149898-travel-agencies-mull-way-out-of-crisis-as-thais-cancel-overseas-tour-plans/

 

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Dialysis fees, drugs coverage to be extended to include private hospitals

By THE NATION

 

Wilawan Phayanoi

 

The Comptroller General’s Department plans to extend the coverage of dialysis fees and drugs at private hospitals for government officials and family members with chronic kidney disease starting June 1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149918-dialysis-fees-drugs-coverage-to-be-extended-to-include-private-hospitals/

 

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Thai security affairs adviser lashes out at US response to dissolution of Future Forward

By The Nation

 

Panitan Wattanayagorn

 

The adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister on Security Affairs, Panitan Wattanayagorn, has slammed the US Embassy’s criticism of the dissolution of the Future Forward Party as a “disenfranchising” of six million voters.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149921-thai-security-affairs-adviser-lashes-out-at-us-response-to-dissolution-of-future-forward/

 

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British expat seriously injured after knife fight with Thai wife

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A British man and his Thai wife suffered multiple knife wounds after becoming involved in a violent altercation with one another at their apartment in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149923-british-expat-seriously-injured-after-knife-fight-with-thai-wife/

 

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Economic council sees effects of Covid-19 outbreak easing in second quarter

By THE NATION

 

 

The gradual improvement in the global economy and expansion of domestic demand are among four supporting factors for the Thai economy despite negative factors, the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said. The economic drive from the government’s measures and last year’s economic low-extension are the other two factors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149931-economic-council-sees-effects-of-covid-19-outbreak-easing-in-second-quarter/

 

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Govt to ‘seriously’ crack down on people burning forest land

By THE NATION

 

 

The government will seriously prosecute people who set fires in forests no matter whoever they are or whatever their intentions, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa stated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149932-govt-to-‘seriously’-crack-down-on-people-burning-forest-land/

 

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Ex-senator Ruangkrai writes to US ambassador over court ruling

By The Nation

 

Ruangkrai Leekitwattana

 

Former senator Ruangkrai Leekitwattana sent a letter to US Ambassador to Thailand Michael G DeSombre dated February 24 explaining the Act on Establishment of the Constitution Court was not officially issued.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149937-ex-senator-ruangkrai-writes-to-us-ambassador-over-court-ruling/

 

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ECT urged to pursue legal actions against FWP leader, execs

By THE NATION

 

 

Srisuwan Janya, an activist and secretary-general of the Society for Defence of the Thai Constitutions, submitted a letter to the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) on Monday (February 24) urging it to pursue legal actions against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and 16 executives of the recently dissolved Future Forward Party (FWP) for violation of 2017 Organic Law on Political Parties.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149938-ect-urged-to-pursue-legal-actions-against-fwp-leader-execs/

 

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Thais rank 2nd for time spent on mobile phones, 5th for overall Internet usage

By The Nation

 

 

Thais ranked second globally for time spent on their mobile phones and fifth for the amount of time spent on the Internet, according to a report by “socially led creative agency” We Are Social. Filipinos were ranked number one for overall Web usage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149940-thais-rank-2nd-for-time-spent-on-mobile-phones-5th-for-overall-internet-usage/

 

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Fear of coronavirus pandemic grows but China eases curbs as new infections fall

By Ryan Woo, Hyonhee Shin

 

People wearing face masks walk along a street, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Fears of a coronavirus pandemic grew on Monday after sharp rises in new cases reported in Iran, Italy and South Korea but China relaxed restrictions on movements in several places including Beijing as its rates of new infections eased.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149953-fear-of-coronavirus-pandemic-grows-but-china-eases-curbs-as-new-infections-fall/

 

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UK employers urge Johnson not to sacrifice services in EU deal

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

The Confederation of British Industry urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to secure a post-Brexit deal that will not leave out service industries, such as finance, something many employers fear if London and Brussels stick to their guns.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149954-uk-employers-urge-johnson-not-to-sacrifice-services-in-eu-deal/

 

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More UK spending? Higher taxes look inevitable - think-tank

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain, February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s new finance minister Rishi Sunak will have to raise taxes rather than rely on tweaks to budget rules if he wants to really ramp up spending in a first post-Brexit budget next month, the Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149957-more-uk-spending-higher-taxes-look-inevitable-think-tank/

 

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Govt denies data about COVID-19 concealed, calls on people to not believe fake news

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - News about factory workers in Pathum Thani and a department store employee in the Phloenchit area of Bangkok being infected with COVID-19 has been found by the Ministry of Public Health to be fake news.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149886-covid-19-outbreak-at-bangkok-shopping-center-and-government-cover-up-just-more-fake-news/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-15092400

 

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Coronvirus cases stay at 35, says Public Health Ministry

By The Nation

 

File Photo

 

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection remained at 35 as of Monday morning (February 24), of whom 21 had fully recovered and have returned home while 14 are still under observation. Of those still in hospitals,most are expected to be free of the virus, awaiting results of the lab tests.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149961-coronvirus-cases-stay-at-35-says-public-health-ministry/

 

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Customs seizes over 100,000 masks

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The Customs Department has seized 100,000 masks and will take action against companies exporting around 400 pieces multiple times to avoid the law, deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said this afternoon (February 24). 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149962-customs-seizes-over-100000-masks/