Myanmar: a “human rights disaster,” Thai authorities concerned about COVID outbreak: Human Rights Watch

 

An anti-coup protester walks past burning tires after activists launched a "garbage strike" against the military rule, in Yangon, Myanmar March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

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Thai fraudster allegedly swindled $9.7million out of lonely rich men

 

• Siriluck Fatima Chimmalee arrested in June 2020 over alleged romance scams

• She is also alleged to have run a money exchange scam targetting Thais

• Chimmalee faces 103 charges from alleged financial crimes worth $9.7million

• Represented herself in Supreme Court, denied bail, due to reappear April 9

 

By PETER VINCENT FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

 

Siriluck Fatima Chimmalee (pictured, right) was arrested in February 2020 in relation to an alleged money laundering and fraud syndicate. She faces 103 charges, including those related to an alleged romance scam she ran

 

A Thai woman alleged to have scammed $9.7million out of lonely men in a series of financial crimes has been denied bail - for the third time.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212091-thai-fraudster-allegedly-swindled-97million-out-of-lonely-rich-men/

City Hall Barred from Building Chao Phraya Promenades

 

 

BANGKOK, March 31 (TNA) - The Supreme Administrative Court prohibits the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration from constructing walkways on both banks of the Chao Phraya River.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212092-city-hall-barred-from-building-chao-phraya-promenades/

 

New Order to Be Issued for Food Delivery Men

 

 

BANGKOK, March 31 (TNA) - The Land Transport Department has been ordered to strictly regulate food delivery services by motorcyclists as they caused traffic accidents.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212093-new-order-to-be-issued-for-food-delivery-men/

 

Thai Hospital Receives Several Injured from Myanmar

 

 

BANGKOK, March 31 (TNA) - Seven people injured from violence in Myanmar on Tuesday were allowed to cross the border into Thailand to receive medical treatment, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212095-thai-hospital-receives-several-injured-from-myanmar/

 

No Refugee Center Set up for Myanmar People

 

 

BANGKOK, March 31 (TNA) - Thailand was taking care of Myanmar refugees temporarily and would not set up a refugee camp, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212097-no-refugee-center-set-up-for-myanmar-people/

 

Jodie Foster and the stalker who shot the president ‘to win her heart’

 

Jodie Foster in 1976’s ‘Taxi Driver’ (Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock)

 

Oh God, oh seriously, this is really starting to bother me,” said an 18-year-old Jodie Foster in 1981, on the phone with the man who had been stalking her.

 

Full Story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212111-jodie-foster-and-the-stalker-who-shot-the-president-‘to-win-her-heart’/

 

K-pop band BTS calls for end to rising anti-Asian racism

 

K-pop band BTS has called for an end to rising anti-Asian racism and reveal they have suffered racist abuse and mocked for the way they look

 

BTS have called for an end to Asian hate.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212112-k-pop-band-bts-calls-for-end-to-rising-anti-asian-racism/

 

Phuket Immigration: Extend COVID visas early to avoid rush

 

Photo: The Phuket News

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Immigration Office has called for all foreigners staying on 60-day ‘COVID visas’ to extend them early to avoid overloading the office with last-minute applications, as experienced last week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212115-phuket-immigration-extend-covid-visas-early-to-avoid-rush/

 

Phuket expats will be vaccinated, officials confirm

 

The new online form to register to receive a COVID vaccination was launched today (Mar 31). Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET:-- Expats throughout Phuket will be offered COVID vaccinations under the government’s mass-vaccination rollout now underway in Phuket, a leading Phuket official confirmed today (Mar 31).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212123-phuket-expats-will-be-vaccinated-officials-confirm/

 

Thailand to reopen in four phases beginning April 1st

 

 

The Thai government is considering easing quarantine requirements and restrictions on travel to Thailand, which will be split into four phases.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212051-it’s-official-thai-govt-approves-plans-to-re-open-to-foreign-tourists/?do=findComment&comment=16357776

 

Thai economy seen shrinking in Q1 due to virus outbreak

 

FILE PHOTO: Empty chairs are seen on a beach which is usually full of tourists, amid fear of coronavirus in Phuket, Thailand March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's tourism-reliant economy could contract in the first quarter from the preceding three months and the corresponding year earlier period due to the impact of a new coronavirus outbreak, the central bank said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212128-thai-economy-seen-shrinking-in-q1-due-to-virus-outbreak/

 

Different Quarantine Periods Considered for Arrivals

 

 

BANGKOK, March 31 (TNA) – A government committee has proposed different COVID-19 quarantine periods for arrivals for implementation from April 1 onwards.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212129-different-quarantine-periods-considered-for-arrivals/

 

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