THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 11 June 2020

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Operators of fake seafood restaurant get record prison sentence

By The Nation

 

 

The court handed down a total of 1,446 years in prison to two defendants – Apichart “Joab” Bawonbancharak and Prapatsorn Bawonbancha – for defrauding people by publicising false statements. The duo was each sentenced to a year in jail for each of the 723 offences. Their company, Laem Ket Infinite Co, was fined Bt5,000 per offence or a total of 3.615 million.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167932-operators-of-fake-seafood-restaurant-get-record-prison-sentence/

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Police complaint filed against woman who posed as nurse in photoshoot 

By The Nation

 

 

The Nurses Association of Thailand has decided to seek legal prosecution of a woman who claimed to be an alumna of Borommarajonani College of Nursing and dressed as a nurse for a pre-wedding photoshoot with a policeman.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167891-police-complaint-filed-against-woman-who-posed-as-nurse-in-photoshoot/

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Schools, colleges, theme parks set to reopen under 4th phase easing on June 15

By The Nation

 

 

Activities related to education and health will be allowed to restart under the fourth-phase easing of disease controls, expected to commence on June 15.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167911-schools-colleges-theme-parks-set-to-reopen-under-4th-phase-easing-on-june-15/

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Horse breeders demand answers

By The Nation

 

 

Representatives of Thai horse breeders filed a letter to Anwar Salae, chairman of the Commerce and Intellectual Property Committee, complaining about the death of more than 600 horses nationwide. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167924-horse-breeders-demand-answers/

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Controversy rages over appointment of anti-corruption commissioner

By THE NATION

 

Suchart Trakulkasemsuk

 

Among the hottest topics in Thai politics right now – second only to the fiery row within the Palang Pracharat Party – is undoubtedly the recent appointment of Suchart Trakulkasemsuk to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167956-controversy-rages-over-appointment-of-anti-corruption-commissioner/

 

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Open doors to foreign businesspeople, industry panel advises

By The Nation

 

 

In a move to help reboot the economy, the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking will propose that foreign businesspeople be allowed to enter Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167957-open-doors-to-foreign-businesspeople-industry-panel-advises/

 

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Govt needs to be ‘whipped like donkey’ over case of ‘disappeared’ activist: Rangsiman

By The Nation

 

 

Move Forward Party MP Rangsiman Rome brought up the abduction of pro-democracy activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit in Cambodia during Wednesday’s (June 10) session of the House of Representatives.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167958-govt-needs-to-be-‘whipped-like-donkey’-over-case-of-‘disappeared’-activist-rangsiman/

 

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Minister calls on MRT, Airport Rail Link to continue keeping fares low

By THE NATION

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has instructed some train operators to consider extending low fares beyond the end of this month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167959-minister-calls-on-mrt-airport-rail-link-to-continue-keeping-fares-low/

 

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ADB brings together experts to find formula for speedy recovery in Southeast Asia

By The Nation

 

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa

 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s president, Masatsugu Asakawa, has set up a panel of experts in the subjects of economics, finance and health to help ministers, central bank governors and other senior officials in Southeast Asia identify options that they can tap into to quickly bounce back after the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167960-adb-brings-together-experts-to-find-formula-for-speedy-recovery-in-southeast-asia/

 

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Another pro-govt member will ‘ruin credibility of anti-graft watchdog’: spokesman

By The Nation

 

Teerajchai Phunthumas

 

Teerajchai Phunthumas, National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) spokesman and Move Forward MP, has questioned Palang Pracharat Party’s move to propose a person to replace Julapan Nonsrichai, former MP of dissolved Future Forward Party, as an NACC member.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167956-controversy-rages-over-appointment-of-anti-corruption-commissioner/?do=findComment&comment=15506538

 

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Transport Ministry insists it will have land ready in time for CP to start building high-speed rail

 

Photo Credit: EEC Office

 

More land needs to be expropriated for the construction of a high-speed railway linking Bangkok’s two airports with U-Tapao airport in the East coast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167961-transport-ministry-insists-it-will-have-land-ready-in-time-for-cp-to-start-building-high-speed-rail/

 

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Thailand should join Asia-Pacific trade pact talks, business leaders say

 

A Thai national flag is seen as the Peninsula hotel lights up in tribute to the healthcare workers and people staying home to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand should take part in Asia-Pacific trade agreement talks in August to help to decide whether to join the pact, a group of leading Thai business associations said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167962-thailand should-join-asia-pacific-trade-pact-talks-business-leaders-say/

 

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Public Health Ministry to look into kickback allegations in hospitals

 

 

Thailand’s public health minister has promised to look into allegations that many of the Ministry’s 186 hospitals have received kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies for buying their products.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167964-public-health-ministry-to-look-into-kickback-allegations-in-hospitals/

 

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Pattaya firms donate roofs, sign to Banglamung police

By Boonlua Chatree

 

The Police Audit Commission and Yong Hua Steel Co. donated a new roof for the Banglamung Police Station parking lot after a storm ripped off the old one.

 

The Police Audit Commission and Yong Hua Steel Co. donated a new roof for the Banglamung Police Station parking lot after a storm ripped off the old one.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167965-pattaya-firms-donate-roofs-sign-to-banglamung-police/

 

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Broken Pattaya CCTV cameras hinder search for deadly hit-and-run driver

By Pattaya Mail

 

Broken Pattaya CCTV cameras are hindering police efforts to find a hit-and-run driver who killed a homeless woman in front of the Royal Garden Plaza at about 1:20 a.m. on June 9, well after the national curfew began.

 

Broken Pattaya CCTV cameras are hindering police efforts to find a hit-and-run driver who killed a homeless woman.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167966-broken-pattaya-cctv-cameras-hinder-search-for-deadly-hit-and-run-driver/

 

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PSU moves forward with new Phuket hospital, clinic to open in October

By The Phuket News

 

Assoc Prof Pun Thongchumnum PhD, PSU Phuket Campus Vice President, said the hospital was expected to open within three years, with 150 inpatient beds and serving some 600 outpatients a day. Photo: PSU Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Prince of Songkla University (PSU) Phuket campus is moving ahead with its Andaman International Health Center medical facility, with the hospital’s clinic currently scheduled to open in October.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167967-psu-moves-forward-with-new-phuket-hospital-clinic-to-open-in-october/

 

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New floodgate hoped to prevent flooding in Chalong

By The Phuket News

 

The new floodgate on the Klong Katha canal in Chalong is hoped to prevent flooding in the area. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Wongsakorn Nunchukan yesterday inspected the new floodgate installed on Klong Katha in Chalong as part of the current campaign to ensure all waterways across the island are clear of debris to prevent flooding during the rainy season.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167968-new-floodgate-hoped-to-prevent-flooding-in-chalong/

 

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Phuket fruit trader up in arms over B60k of unripe durian

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

Mr Kosit set out to return some of the durian to Trat province yesterday (June 9). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: A Phuket fruit trader has started the long journey from Phuket to Trat province, on the Cambodian border more than 1,100km away, to return a shipment of 636kg of unripe monthong durian that cost more than B61,340.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167969-phuket-fruit-trader-up-in-arms-over-b60k-of-unripe-durian/

 

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Explainer: Summer might slow coronavirus but is unlikely to stop it

By Kate Kelland, Manas Mishra and Christine Soares

 

FILE PHOTO: With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions eased, visitors enjoy the beach during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the unofficial start of summer, in Ocean City, Maryland, U.S., May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The arrival of warmer weather in the Northern Hemisphere raises the question of whether summer could slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Here is what science says.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167970-explainer-summer-might-slow-coronavirus-but-is-unlikely-to-stop-it/

 

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Thailand to allow drinking alcohol in restaurants June 15

 

Alcohol sales will be allowed in dine-in restaurants under restrictions and without sales promotion activities.

 

BANGKOK – The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has revealed a draft plan for the fourth phase of easing business lockdown to allow resumption of high-risk activities while bars, pubs, karaoke shops and massage parlours will remain closed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167911-schools-colleges-theme-parks-set-to-reopen-under-4th-phase-easing-on-june-15/?do=findComment&comment=15506612

 

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Retired judge calls effort to drop case against ex-Trump aide 'gross abuse' of power

By Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe

 

FILE PHOTO: Former national security adviser Michael Flynn exits a vehicle as he arrives for his sentencing hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A retired judge urged a federal court on Wednesday not to allow the Justice Department to dismiss its criminal case against President Donald Trump's former adviser Michael Flynn, citing evidence of a "gross abuse of prosecutorial power."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167973-retired-judge-calls-effort-to-drop-case-against-ex-trump-aide-gross-abuse-of-power/

 

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European tourist hotspots hope to lure Britons despite quarantine

By Catarina Demony

 

FILE PHOTO: An empty restaurant terrace is pictured amid concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, at the Vilamoura marina in Algarve region, Portugal, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Catarina Demony/File Photo

 

VILAMOURA, Portugal (Reuters) - With Britons still unsure if they can travel to holiday in Europe this summer, its restaurants, hotels and bars are increasingly anxious about losing their business.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167974-european-tourist-hotspots-hope-to-lure-britons-despite-quarantine/

 

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Pence says no rise in U.S. coronavirus cases seen yet due to protests

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence looks on during an event with community and faith leaders at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland, U.S., June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday there had been no sign yet of an increase in coronavirus cases from two weeks of nationwide protests over police misconduct and racism.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167975-pence-says-no-rise-in-us-coronavirus-cases-seen-yet-due-to-protests/

 

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Covid-19: Keep wearing masks - risks from asymptomatic young people on the rise

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Thai health ministry disease expert has warned the public that a high number of school students, students and younger people in the workplace have been found to have coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167979-covid-19-keep-wearing-masks-risks-from-asymptomatic-young-people-on-the-rise/

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After military opens door, Trump rejects removing names of Confederate leaders from U.S. bases

By Jeff Mason and Idrees Ali

 

FILE PHOTO: Sgt. First Class Erick Rodriguez stands guard at the entrance to Fort Hood Army base in Texas April 2, 2014. REUTERS/Erich Schlegel/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump ruled out renaming U.S. military bases that are named for Confederate leaders on Wednesday even as NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its races and Democrats sought the removal from Capitol Hill of statues of people representing the pro-slavery South in the 1860s Civil War.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167980-after-military-opens-door-trump-rejects-removing-names-of-confederate-leaders-from-us-bases/

 

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Thailand ranks 47th in world study: How safe do you feel about living in and visiting Thailand?

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai media has reported the findings of a study from Hong Kong that puts Thailand in 47th place of the safest countries in the world from Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167982-thailand-ranks-47th-in-world-study-how-safe-do-you-feel-about-living-in-and-visiting-thailand/

 

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Casino busted: It was blatantly operating near major store - shuttle from Pattaya brought gamblers

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A large scale casino was busted by protection agency personnel and DSI commandos yesterday in a depot in the shadow of a major shopping center in Rayong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167985-casino-busted-it-was-blatantly-operating-near-major-store-shuttle-from-pattaya-brought-gamblers/

 

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"Jack the Quack from Pattaya" rips off monks and villagers in Korat for 500,000 baht

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police are looking for a fraudster who claimed to be a cancer doctor at a hospital in Pattaya. 

 

Full  story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167997-jack-the-quack-from-pattaya-rips-off-monks-and-villagers-in-korat-for-500000-baht/

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Video: Lottery numbers galore after a large python slithers down Bangkok condo

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Facebook user gave the Thai public plenty of numbers to consider for the upcoming draw in the national lottery, reported Sanook. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167988-video-lottery-numbers-galore-after-a-large-python-slithers-down-bangkok-condo/

 

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BMTA to push for ThaiChana use by bus commuters from today

By THE NATION

 

 

Commuters travelling by bus in Bangkok have been urged to scan the QR code of the ThaiChana application to help improve scrutiny of Covid-19 cases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168006-bmta-to-push-for-thaichana-use-by-bus-commuters-from-today/