THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 9 June 2020

[webfact]

UPDATE:

 

Skies may open to tourists end of June, though country may remain under state of emergency

By The Nation

 

Bangkok’s popular tourist attraction, the Grand Palace, reopened to visitors on June 7. 

 

Though Thailand is gradually preparing to reopen its doors to international flights, the state of emergency may not be lifted by the end of this month, senior officials said on Monday (June 8). 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167592-thailand-‘state-of-emergency’-may-be-extended/?do=findComment&comment=15498991

[webfact]

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/

[webfact]

‘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/

[webfact]

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/

[webfact]

Department of Land Transport: New Normal Driving License Test

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - The Department of Land Transport or DLT has reopened its service providing driving license tests. However, on this the first day, the atmosphere was quiet. The process of obtaining a driving license application involves observing public health measures. The department limits the number of applicants in the building at any one time, and the first served are those applicants who booked a place earlier.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167615-department-of-land-transport-new-normal-driving-license-test/

 

[webfact]

Beauty queen speaks up about missing activist

By THE NATION

 

 

Thai-Swedish model and beauty queen Maria Lynn Ehren (or Maria Poonlertlarp) took on the cause of exiled political activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, who went missing in Phnom Penh on June 4, by frankly airing her opinions on Instagram on Monday (June 8).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167643-beauty-queen-speaks-up-about-missing-activist/

 

[webfact]

Pridiyathorn and Predee tipped to be handed key Cabinet posts

By The Nation

 

 

Energy Minister is said to be among posts being fiercely fought over by Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP) members. after a leadership reshuffle last week signalled an end to the Cabinet tenures of Somkid Jatusripitak, Uttama Savanayana, Sontirat Sontijirawong and Suwit Mesinsee.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167645-pridiyathorn-and-predee-tipped-to-be-handed-key-cabinet-posts/

 

[webfact]

Thammanat shoots down farmers’ tourism move

By The Nation

 

Thammanat Prompao

 

Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao has expressed disagreement with a move by the Marketing Organisation for Farmers (MOF) to request Bt14.5 billion to stimulate Thai tourism.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167646-thammanat-shoots-down-farmers’-tourism-move/

 

[webfact]

Innovative fruit packaging in bid to boost export, online sales

By The Nation

 

 

The packaging centre for the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TPC) has come up with three new packages for fresh fruit – a box that keeps out the odour of durian, a corrugated box for transporting ripe mango and a smart label indicating the level of sulphur residue on packed longan fruit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167647-innovative-fruit-packaging-in-bid-to-boost-export-online-sales/

 

[webfact]

Pressure grows for independent body to scrutinise Bt1 trillion recovery spending

 

File photo

 

In an attempt to prevent corruption, pressure is mounting on the government from all sides of society to set up independent ad hoc committees to scrutinise its spending of the Bt1 trillion loan allocated for helping the economy recover from the virus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167648-pressure-grows-for-independent-body-to-scrutinise-bt1-trillion-recovery-spending/

 

[webfact]

Decision on reopening of Thailand’s national parks expected this Friday

 

 

Thailand’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister,Woravuth Silpa-archa, will meet with senior officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation this Friday to decide which national parks can be fully or partially reopened to the public.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167649-decision-on-reopening-of-thailand’s-national-parks-expected-this-friday/

[webfact]

Transgender students officially recognized at Thammasat U.

 

 

Thailand’s Thammasat University has taken a big step in the recognition and promotion of the rights of transgender students on campus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167650-transgender-students-officially-recognized-at-thammasat-u/

 

[webfact]

Thai man breaks up giant snake brawl outside Pattaya

By Patcharapol Panrak

 

  

Handlers managed to capture the kind cobra to take to a safer place.

 

A Bang Saray man called in backup after he broke up a deadly battle between a python and cobra outside his house.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167651-thai-man-breaks-up-giant-snake-brawl-outside-pattaya/

 

[webfact]

Phuket’s Wal Brown bestowed Order of Australia Medal

By The Phuket News

 

Wal Brown OAM. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: Long-term Phuket expat Wal brown has been bestowed the order of Australia national award for his service to the community.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167652-phuket’s-wal-brown-bestowed-order-of-australia-medal/

 

[webfact]

B2.9bn to restart grassroots businesses

By The Phuket News

 

Governor Phakaphong explained that all projects will be vetted by local administration organisations before being submitted to a provincial committee for approval. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: A total of B2.9 billion is to be spent on revitalizing the local economy through 103 projects to help businesses restart in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Phuket Governor has announced.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167653-phuket-b29bn-to-restart-grassroots-businesses/

 

[webfact]

WHO says pandemic 'far from over' as daily cases hit record high

By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge

 

FILE PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - New coronavirus cases had their biggest daily increase ever as the pandemic worsens globally and has yet to peak in central America, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, urging countries to press on with efforts to contains the virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167654-who-says-pandemic-far-from-over-as-daily-cases-hit-record-high/

 

[webfact]

Trump campaign rallies to start up again in next two weeks

By Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: A handful of Trump supporters and other demonstrators gather for a protest against Delaware Governor John Carney’s use of the National Guard in contact tracing during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to start holding campaign rallies again in the next two weeks, a Trump campaign official said on Monday, ending a three-month hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167658-trump-campaign-rallies-to-start-up-again-in-next-two-weeks/

 

[webfact]

Biden faces balancing act as activists call to 'defund the police'

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Joseph Ax

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event about the U.S. economy at Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware, U.S. June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden opposes "defunding the police," his campaign said on Monday, declining to embrace a rallying cry that has gained support among progressive activists and protesters demonstrating against police brutality.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167659-biden-faces-balancing-act-as-activists-call-to-defund-the-police/

 

[webfact]

Lawyers for UK's Prince Andrew hit back at U.S. authorities over Epstein inquiry

By Mark Hosenball and Michael Holden

 

Horse Racing - Royal Ascot - Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Britain - June 20, 2019 Britain's Prince Andrew arrives by horse and carriage on ladies day REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files

 

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Britain's Prince Andrew on Monday hit back at claims that he was not cooperating with U.S. prosecutors investigating the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting they were seeking publicity rather than his help.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167660-lawyers-for-uks-prince-andrew-hit-back-at-us-authorities-over epstein inquiry/

 

[webfact]

Resumption of 108 train services on track

By THE NATION

 

 

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will resume 108 inter-provincial train services nationwide from June 11 under the government’s third phase of lockdown relaxation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167661-resumption-of-108-train-services-on-track/

 

[webfact]

Koh Samui murder: Police interview British fitness trainer seen arguing with Ukrainian victim

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Further details have emerged in a murder enquiry after a 32 year old Ukrainian woman was found dead in a wooded area of Maret, Koh Samui at the weekend. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167665-koh-samui-murder-police-interview-british-fitness-trainer-seen-arguing-with-ukrainian-victim/

 

[webfact]

Domestic tourism stimulus: 3,000 baht gift card and possible "cashback" for Thais may start in July

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a post Covid-19 stimulus scheme to boost domestic tourism was coming in July.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167666-domestic-tourism-stimulus-3000-baht-gift-card-and-possible-cashback-for-thais-may-start-in-july/

 

[webfact]

UPDATE:

 

THAI should take no more than seven years to recover

By The Nation

 

 

Once the creditors are listed and classified within two months after the rehab plan is established, Thai Airways International (THAI)’s rehabilitation should be completed within seven years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167586-thai-airways-rehabilitation-may-take-up-to-seven-years-legal-advisor-says/?do=findComment&comment=15499459

 

[webfact]

Thai woman stabs her boyfriend after he grabbed her throat - he is pronounced dead at Bangkok condo

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police were called to Building A of an eight story condominium in Pahonyothin Road Soi 67 early yesterday morning after a fight between a couple left a 32 year old fitness trainer dead.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167668-thai-woman-stabs-her-boyfriend-after-he-grabbed-her-throat-he-is-pronounced-dead-at-bangkok-condo/

 

[webfact]

Bail raised to $1.25 million for former police officer in George Floyd death

 

FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin poses for an undated booking photograph taken after he was transferred from a county jail to a Minnesota Department of Corrections state facility. Minnesota Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Bail for the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering African American George Floyd, whose death ignited two weeks of protests, was raised by $250,000 to $1.25 million at a hearing on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167676-bail-raised-to-125-million-for-former-police-officer-in-george-floyd-death/

 

[webfact]

Thai travel bubbles are bursting out all over

By Barry Kenyon

 

  

What will future tourists look like?

 

It seems a great idea to reconnect countries which have had a good level of success in controlling the coronavirus pandemic domestically. Such travel bubbles or tunnels could in theory be used to kickstart commerce and tourism between partner countries. But no deal has yet seen the light of day.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167679-thai-travel-bubbles-are-bursting-out-all-over/

 

[webfact]

Peeping tom was peeping at "tom" - police called but 50 year old neighbor stays inside

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

Thai media reported that a "tomboy" who works for the Bang Bua Thong municipality called the police after she caught her 50 year old next door neighbor spying on her.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167680-peeping-tom-was-peeping-at-tom-police-called-but-50-year-old-neighbor-stays-inside/

 

[webfact]

Samut Prakarn man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting underage daughters

By THE NATION

 

 

Police have tracked down and arrested a father accused by his teen daughters of sexually assaulting them and are now interrogating him.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167681-samut-prakarn-man-arrested-for-allegedly-sexually-assaulting-underage-daughters/

 

[webfact]

Russian arrested in Patong for tour-ticket fraud

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Leonid L. was arrested in front of a condo building in Patong yesterday afternoon (June 8). Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET: A Russian man has been arrested in Patong for selling fake tour vouchers to Russian nationals to the tune of more than B100,000, Patong Police have reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167682-russian-arrested-in-patong-for-tour-ticket-fraud/

 

[webfact]

Popular dog poisoned outside Si Racha 7-Eleven - dog hater suspected!

 

 

Rescue services were called after a popular stray dog that lived outside a 7-Eleven in Surasak sub-district of Si Racha started convulsing and foaming at the mouth. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167684-popular-dog-poisoned-outside-si-racha-7-eleven-dog-hater-suspected/