THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 8 June 2020

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Pattaya SRRT’s new mantra – kill mosquitos before they kill us

By Warapun Jaikusol

 

  

SSR teams pour abate into drains to reduce the spread of common house mosquitoes.

 

The Public Health Department has mobilized to fog neighborhoods with pesticide, hand out abate and pamphlets, and remind people not to let their guard in the fight against Dengue fever.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167521-pattaya-srrt’s-new-mantra-–-kill-mosquitos-before-they-kill-us/

 

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Thailand’s tourism and MICE business will first reboot with low-risk countries

By The Thaiger

 

 

When Thailand’s international borders are prised open, sometime after July 1 this year (that’s the current date anyway), the first tourists and travellers are likely to come from a select group of fellow Asian nations who have had either low Covid-19 cases or been able to manage the number of cases to low, manageable levels.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167529-thailand’s-tourism-and-mice-business-will-first-reboot-with-low-risk-countries/

 

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Social media users warned after company fined 50k THB sharing beer photos on Facebook

 

Image: Siam Rath

 

A popular fan page on Facebook that talks about issues related to beer has warned the public that even posting a picture of a beer or a glass of wine you are having with your meal could be construed as advertising and promoting alcohol. Even if that alcohol was bought perfectly legally.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167531-social-media-users-warned-after-company-fined-50k-thb-sharing-beer-photos-on-facebook/

 

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Chulalongkorn University prof warns of second virus wave, advises govt to crack down on unsafe gatherings

By THE NATION

 

 

Chulalongkorn University professor of medicine Dr Thira Woratanarat criticised the unsafe gathering of people as a high-risk factor for contracting Covid-19 and suggested that the government take action against venues or places that allow such events to be organised.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167534-chulalongkorn-university-prof-warns-of-second-virus-wave-advises-govt-to-crack-down-on-unsafe-gatherings/

 

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Anti-alcohol organisations debunk rumour of Bt50,000 fine for posting beer photos or using the word “beer” online

By THE NATION

 

Chuwit Jantharot

 

The Prevention Network against Alcohol has debunked a rumour circulating on social media that anyone can be fined Bt50,000 for posting pictures of beer or using the word “beer” online.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167531-social-media-users-warned-after-company-fined-50k-thb-sharing-beer-photos-on-facebook/?do=findComment&comment=15496534

 

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TAT to discuss redirecting international bookings for domestic trips to boost tourism

By THE NATION

 

Yuthasak Supasorn

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will discuss with hotels, airlines and online travel agents the idea of swapping customers’ bookings for flights to foreign countries and accommodations there for domestic flights and accommodations instead.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167537-tat-to-discuss-redirecting-international-bookings-for-domestic-trips-to-boost-tourism/

 

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Ukrainian woman found dead in Koh Samui, police launch murder investigation

 

 Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that the decomposing and partially hidden remains of a foreign woman were found off a dirt road in the area of Ban Lamai, Koh Samui on Saturday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167539-ukrainian-woman-found-dead-in-koh-samui-police-launch-murder-investigation/

 

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Passenger charged double for "social distancing" bus ticket - then the bus is full!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A furious daughter of a woman who travelled by bus from Khon Kaen to Hua Hin said on Facebook that her mother was charged double for the fare. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167545-passenger-charged-double-for-social-distancing-bus-ticket-then-the-bus-is-full/

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Thailand reports seven more coronavirus cases, all in quarantine

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed seven new coronavirus infections and no new deaths on Monday, with the new cases found in quarantine, taking the country to two weeks without a local transmission.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167546-thailand reports-seven-more-coronavirus-cases-all-in-quarantine/

 

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Video: Cop falls head first through the roof after going up to adjust the Thai flag

 

Picture: Sanook

 

 Shocking CCTV footage showed the moment a senior policeman fell through the roof of a police station in the north of Thailand crashing head first onto the main steps. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167547-video-cop-falls-head-first-through-the-roof-after-going-up-to-adjust-the-thai-flag/

 

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Chiang Mai: Couple in miracle escape as roadside tree falls on their car

 

Picture: Sanook

 

An elderly man and his wife had a close brush with death after a large roadside tree fell on their Toyota in downtown Chiang Mai last night during a storm.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167548-chiang-mai-couple-in-miracle-escape-as-roadside-tree-falls-on-their-car/

 

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Over 1,000 Thais fed at local media base

By Barry Kenyon

 

  

Men, women and children began queuing at 5am for free meal bags given out at 9 am.

 

Lengthy queues started to form well before dawn on Soi Chaiyapruek Two to receive emergency food parcels being given out at the radio station Fabulous 103. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167550-pattaya-over-1000-thais-fed-at-local-media-base/

 

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Video: Father and son killed, 5 seriously injured as Pajero slams into vehicles at red light in Nakhon Sawan

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Shocking dash cam footage showed the moment when a Mitsubishi Pajero containing two well known local businessmen piled through traffic waiting at a crossroads on Route 1 in Nakhon Sawan on Saturday evening. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167558-video-father-and-son-killed-5-seriously-injured-as-pajero-slams-into-vehicles-at-red-light-in-nakhon-sawan/

 

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Thai security!: ATM machine held shut with a few rubber bands

 

 

Thai media reported that the Saensuk constabulary in the Bang Saen area of Chonburi were called after residents found the normally locked door leading to the money at an SCB ATM outside a convenience store was ajar. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167559-thai-security-atm-machine-held-shut-with-a-few-rubber-bands/

 

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Foreign tourists help the Thais clean up Bang Saen beach as a busy day beckons

 

Picture: Manager online

 

Manager reported that it was a busy day on popular Bang Saen in Chonburi yesterday but that was only half the story.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167566-foreign-tourists-help-the-thais-clean-up-bang-saen-beach-as-a-busy-day-beckons/

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Koh Chang: "No Covid here!" - Extra ferries as Thai tourists flood back for first weekend since lockdown eased

 

 

Thai media 77kaoded reported that it was a busy weekend in Koh Chang in Trat province during the first weekend since the coronavirus pandemic restrictions were eased last Monday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167568-koh-chang-no-covid-here-extra-ferries-as-thai-tourists-flood-back-for-first-weekend-since-lockdown-eased/

 

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Thailand Post restarts international delivery services

By THE NATION

 

 

Thailand Post has resumed four main international delivery services after lockdowns in some international destinations have been eased.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167571-thailand-post-restarts-international-delivery-services/

 

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Six years after coup, local elections still not in sight

By The Nation

 

 

Pressure is growing on the government to organise local elections, a year after the Prayut administration came to power.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167572-six-years-after-coup-local-elections-still-not-in-sight/

 

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Grandma, grandson die in Pathum Thani fire

By The Nation

 

 

The burnt corpses of a grandmother and grandson, holding each other, were found in the wreckage of their home in the complex of Pathum Thani’s Wat Bang Duea School.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167573-grandma-grandson-die-in-pathum-thani-fire/

 

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One more week to see if Covid-19 vaccine works on monkeys

By The Nation

 

 

The result of blood samples taken from 13 monkeys who have been injected with different doses of Covid-19 mRNA vaccine will be available in a week, Dr Kiat Ruxrungtham, chief of Chula VRC (Chula Centre of Excellence in Vaccine Research and Development), said on Sunday (June 7).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167577-one-more-week-to-see-if-covid-19-vaccine-works-on-monkeys/

 

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Bangkok bus service to be outsourced to private contractors for 7 years

By THE NATION

 

 

Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) will this month open bidding for private contractors to operate city bus services, aiming to halt losses within seven years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167578-bangkok-bus-service-to-be-outsourced-to-private-contractors-for-7-years/

 

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Tip-off from US child-protection site helps police zero in on rapist father

By The Nation

 

 

US-based whistleblowing website, CyberTipline Report, has helped Thai police arrest a man for allegedly raping his 12-year-old daughter and sharing clips of the act on Twitter.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167580-tip-off-from-us-child-protection-site-helps-police-zero-in-on-rapist-father/

 

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Domestic tourism set to explode as govt’s discount packages primed

By The Nation

 

 

Public interest in government discount measures to stimulate tourism is soaring as Thailand prepares to enter the fourth phase of lockdown relaxation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167582-domestic-tourism-set-to-explode-as-govt’s-discount-packages-primed/

 

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Thai Airways rehabilitation may take up to seven years, legal advisor says

 

FILE PHOTO: Thai Airways idle airplanes are seen parked on the tarmac of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The rehabilitation of flag carrier Thai Airways International Pcl <THAI.BK> may take up to seven years, the airline's legal advisor said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167586-thai-airways-rehabilitation-may-take-up-to-seven-years-legal-advisor-says/

 

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Man and woman put child’s life at risk for entertainment

By The Nation

 

 

A man and a woman, presumably the parents of a toddler that they took on a precarious motorbike ride, have been slammed by Thai netizens.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167589-man-and-woman-put-child’s-life-at-risk-for-entertainment-by the-nation/

 

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Thailand ‘State of Emergency’ may be extended

By Pattaya Mail

 

  

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.

 

BANGKOK – The state of emergency may be extended while schools and airports will reopen and there will be long holidays next month, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167592-thailand-‘state-of-emergency’-may-be-extended/

 

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Immigration hunting B280mn scam gang, Phuket victim loses B1.4mn

By The Phuket News

 

News of the scam gang was announced in Bangkok, with Immigration Bureau chief Lt Gen Somphong Chingduang present. Photo: Immigration Bureau

 

PHUKET:-- Immigration officers are hunting for a Thai woman and three Nigerians wanted for scamming people in at least four provinces, including Phuket, in a confidence racket that so far has amounted to B280 million being moved through an account used for receiving payments from their victims.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167611-immigration-hunting-b280mn-scam-gang-phuket-victim-loses-b14mn/

 

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New Zealand says coronavirus 'eliminated' and life can resume without restrictions

By Praveen Menon

 

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during an interview with Reuters in Wellington, New Zealand, December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yiming Woo/File Photo

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the coronavirus domestically and will lift all containment measures except for border controls, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, making it one of the first countries to do so.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167612-new-zealand-says-coronavirus-eliminated-and-life-can-resume-without-restrictions/

 

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‘English pilot’ romance scam shot down in Udon Thani

By The Nation

 

 

An English heartthrob turned out to be a crook after flirting with a Thai woman for several days and asking her to transfer Bt24,000 to his account.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167613-‘english-pilot’-romance-scam-shot-down-in-udon-thani/

 

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Police told to investigate ‘rape’ of Bangkok student by taxi driver

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Commissioner of Metropolitan Police Pol Maj Gen Ittipon Atchariyapradit has ordered several police stations to investigate the alleged rape of a student from one of Bangkok’s most prestigious universities, after the story went viral on Twitter.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167614-police-told-to-investigate-‘rape’-of-bangkok-student-by-taxi-driver/