THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 14 July 2020

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Chiang Mai: Thai caddy wants half a million baht after foreigner hit her in the eye with a ball

 

 

A caddy at a course in Chiang Mai went with a course director to the Mae Ping police yesterday after she was left with blurred vision.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172687-chiang-mai-thai-caddy-wants-half-a-million-baht-after-foreigner-hit-her-in-the-eye-with-a-ball/

 

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SET falls almost 10 points over possible fresh wave of Covid-19 infections

By THE NATION

 

 

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index fell 9.21 points, or 0.69 per cent, to 1,333.16 in morning trade today (July 14).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172691-set-falls-almost-10-points-over-possible-fresh-wave-of-covid-19-infections/

 

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SCBS forecasts 27% drop in share values of SET-listed companies

By The Nation

 

 

SCB Securities (SCBS) has cut its forecasts for the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index and listed companies’ shares this year due to numerous negative internal and external factors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172692-scbs-forecasts-27-drop-in-share-values-of-set-listed-companies/

 

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Temporary visa service center opens in Muang Thong Thani

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that the temporary visa service center for foreigners in the Muang Thong Thani housing estate in the northern Bangkok area was opened for business yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172699-temporary-visa-service-center-opens-in-muang-thong-thani/

 

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Residents of condo where infected Sudanese girl lived ordered to take Covid-19 test

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has ordered health checks for residents of a Bangkok condominium in which a 9-year-old Sudanese girl infected with Covid-19 stayed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172677-covid-19-infected-sudanese-girl-should-have-been-under-embassy-care-she-was-in-downtown-bangkok-condo/?do=findComment&comment=15614055

 

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Pack of soi dogs rounded up on Jomtien beach

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Locals concerned about a pack of stray dogs a dozen strong on a vacant plot next to Jomtien beach contacted a Pattaya police patrol.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172703-pack-of-soi-dogs-rounded-up-on-jomtien-beach/

 

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Broker Helps Client Get Full Hospital Bill Paid

 

 

Recently a Pattaya based insurance broker managed to reverse a decision by an international insurer to obtain for their client full payment of their treatment.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172694-broker-helps-client-get-full-hospital-bill-paid/

 

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Udon: It's raining gold and money! Lottery millionairess scatters wealth from the heavens!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

An Udon woman who won 90 million baht in the lottery a couple of years ago celebrated her 48th birthday with a distribution of 300,000  baht in gold and twenty baht notes. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172709-udon-its-raining-gold-and-money-lottery-millionairess-scatters-wealth-from-the-heavens/

 

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Almost 400 at risk of Covid-19 after infected Egyptian soldier visited Rayong department store

By The Nation

 

 

Almost 400 people carry the risk of contracting Covid-19 after an Egyptian soldier infected with the virus and his group visited a Rayong department store, according to the Thai Chana platform.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172710-almost-400-at-risk-of-covid-19-after-infected-egyptian-soldier-visited-rayong-department-store/

 

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Seven returnees test positive to Covid-19

By The Nation

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

There are seven confirmed Covid-19 cases in state quarantine without any deaths over a 24-hour period, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Tuesday (July 14), the 50th day without a domestic case since May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172711-seven-returnees-test-positive-to-covid-19/

 

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Foreigners in Thailand eagerly await clarification regarding visa amnesty

 

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Foreigners in Thailand are eagerly awaiting clarification from the Thai government as to whether the current visa amnesty will be extended.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172713-foreigners-in-thailand-eagerly-await-clarification-regarding-visa-amnesty/

 

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Accident or Murder? Mystery surrounds death of Thai man in Cha-Am

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook were asking "Was it an accident or was it murder?" after a man was found dead behind the wheel of a pick up by a large tree on the Cha-Am to Pranburi bypass heading south yesterday at 5.40pm . 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172715-accident-or-murder-mystery-surrounds-death-of-thai-man-in-cha-am/

 

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Woman arrested after German tourist drugged and robbed in Hua Hin

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Manager reported that a team of Crime Suppression Division investigators served a warrant on a 46 year old Thai woman who drugged and robbed a German tourist in Hua Hin earlier in the year. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172723-woman-arrested-after-german-tourist-drugged-and-robbed-in-hua-hin/

 

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Pheu Thai chief strategist demands answers about lax control over Egyptian military mission

 

Photo from Sudarat Keyuraphan’s Facebook

 

The opposition Pheu Thai Party’s chief strategist, Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, has accused the Government of lowering its guard when it allowed an Egyptian military mission to enter and stay in Thailand without being monitored or quarantined. A member of the mission was later found to be infected with COVID-19, after the group had already left the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172727-pheu-thai-chief-strategist-demands-answers-about-lax-control-over-egyptian-military-mission/

 

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All flights from Egypt to be barred from landing in Thailand

 

 

All flights from Egypt will be barred from landing in Thailand, following an incident last week when members of an Egyptian military mission defied Thai regulations by not confining themselves to their hotel in Rayong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172730-all-flights-from-egypt-to-be-barred-from-landing-in-thailand/

 

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French envoy commends Thailand for curbing virus in Bastille Day message

By THE NATION

 

Jacques Lapouge

 

In a recorded message released to mark Bastille Day on Tuesday (July 14), French Ambassador to Thailand Jacques Lapouge said national day celebrations this year had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 situation, even though the annual parade is still being held in France.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172734-french-envoy-commends-thailand-for-curbing-virus-in-bastille-day-message/

 

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Bumrungrad denies govt claim it treated 2 Covid patients

By The Nation

 

 

Bumrungrad International Hospital has denied a report from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) that two Covid-19 patients sought treatment at the Bangkok-based hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172736-bumrungrad-denies-govt-claim-it-treated-2-covid-patients/

 

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Six Myanmar men held over alleged murder

By THE NATION

 

 

Samut Prakan police said the six have been charged of killing another Myanmar man, aged 19, adding that they have also found the foot-long knife that was used.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172741-six-myanmar-men-held-over-alleged-murder/

 

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CCSA spokesman apologises over case of infected Egyptian soldier, reports full timeline

By The Nation

 

 

With the case of an infected Egyptian soldier in Rayong causing consternation and criticism, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, the spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), apologised today (July 14) for the “flaw” and “mistake” regarding who should be quarantined, as he reported the full timeline of the case:

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172742-ccsa-spokesman-apologises-over-case-of-infected-egyptian-soldier-reports-full-timeline/

 

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Rayong hotel shuts doors for 14 days after Egyptian guest tests positive

By THE NATION

 

 

D Varee Diva Central Rayong Hotel on Tuesday (July 14) announced on its Facebook page (@DVareeRayong) that it will employ three measures in response to the incident where a 43-year-old Egyptian soldier tested positive for Covid-19 after he and 30 other Egyptian soldiers and military staff stayed at the hotel from July 8 to 11.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172745-rayong-hotel-shuts-doors-for-14-days-after-egyptian-guest-tests-positive/

 

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Army officer killed in Pattani blast

By The Nation

 

 

An Army officer was killed in a bomb blast in Pattani province this morning (July 14), leading provincial chief of the special task force Maj-General Piyapong Wongchan to issue orders blocking roads and passages in the vicinity to prevent another incident.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172746-army-officer-killed-in-pattani-blast/

 

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When visiting a mall can get risky

By The Nation

 

 

People who are at risk of contracting Covid-19 because they visited Rayong’s Passione shopping mall on July 10 undergo tests on Tuesday (July 14).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172759-when-visiting-a-mall-can-get-risky/

 

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CCSA reveals timeline of ambassador’s daughter who arrived with Covid

By The Nation

 

 

The 9-year-old daughter of the Sudanese ambassador who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Thailand on Thursday (July 10) was not taken shopping in Bangkok on the same day, as rumoured.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172760-ccsa-reveals-timeline-of-ambassador’s-daughter-who-arrived-with-covid/

 

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Govt condemned for putting people’s lives at risk for comfort of ‘privileged’ foreigners

By The Nation

 

 

Thai social media on Tuesday (July 14) was filled with messages slamming the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), the Army and the government for allowing Covid-19 patients to enter the country just because they are privileged.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172761-govt-condemned-for-putting-people’s-lives-at-risk-for-comfort-of-‘privileged’-foreigners/

 

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Eight-year-old boy electrocuted to death in school

By The Nation

 

 

A young student at Lampang’s Chumchonbanmai School succumbed to injuries on Monday (July 13) after being electrocuted by a high-voltage Internet connection box that had been installed in the campus by government authorities.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172763-eight-year-old-boy-electrocuted-to-death-in-school/

 

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Body of man swept off rocks found near Freedom Beach

By The Phuket News

 

Search and rescue workers bring the body ashore earlier today (July 14). Photo: Patong Municipality Fire Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Search teams this afternoon located and recovered the body of the Myanmar man who was swept off rocks by a large wave at Paradise beach on Sunday (July 12).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172766-body-of-man-swept-off-rocks-found-near-freedom-beach/

 

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Thailand changes entry rules after new COVID-19 cases spark second wave fear

By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government tightened regulations for the entry of foreigners on Tuesday, after two new imported coronavirus cases with possible exposure to the public raised concern about a second wave of infections.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172769-thailand-changes-entry-rules-after-new-covid-19-cases-spark-second-wave-fear/

 

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Thai economic recovery slows but zero pct policy rate unlikely

By Kitiphong Thaichareon and Orathai Sriring

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's central bank is seen at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economic activity may not return to levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic until 2022, but the country's record-low policy interest rate of 0.50% is unlikely to go to zero percent, the central bank said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172771-thai-economic-recovery-slows-but-zero-pct-policy-rate-unlikely/

 

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Thailand gears up for motor show as pandemic restrictions ease

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

A model leans against a Isuzu vehicle during the media day of the 41st Bangkok International Motor Show after the Thai government eased measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's capital on Tuesday prepared to host its twice-postponed annual auto show, with organizers saying it would showcase the country's success in containing the coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172774-thailand-gears-up-for-motor-show-as-pandemic-restrictions-ease/

 

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UK has 100,000 modern slaves but most go undetected, study says

By Kieran Guilbert

 

Pedestrians walk along the Southbank in view of skyscrapers in the financial district in London, Britain February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson - RC2H2F9CINW2

 

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain is home to at least 100,000 modern slaves according to a new study, 10 times more than the official estimate, as activists warned 90% of victims may be going undetected.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172775-uk-has-100000-modern-slaves-but-most-go-undetected-study-says/