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Thailand eases COVID-19 restrictions - but only for people who are vaccinated

 

File photo: REUTERS

 

Thailand will lift most coronavirus restrictions on retail and dining from next month and permit gatherings of up to 25 people in Bangkok and other high risk areas, its COVID-19 task force said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229007-thailand-eases-covid-19-restrictions-but-only-for-people-who-are-vaccinated/

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PM confirms police reforms ongoing

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister has confirmed that his government will continue to push police reforms and draft legislation against the torture and disappearing of suspects, following a heightened public outcry in light of the Pol Col Thitisan Uttanapol case.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229020-pm-confirms-police-reforms-ongoing/

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Killer cops’ case sheds light on rampant police abuse of suspects, reform unlikely – HRW

 

 

Thanks to social media and a whistle blower, who leaked the chilling video of a group of police officers torturing a drug suspect to death, has triggered yet another public outcry against the authorities and a media storm over this blatantly horrendous act and the denial of the suspect’s right to prove his innocence in the justice system, or even to say goodbye to his loved ones.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229024-killer-cops’-case-sheds-light-on-rampant-police-abuse-of-suspects-reform-unlikely-–-hrw/

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Lawyer who leaked Joe Ferrari tape sued for defamation

By Erich Parpart

 

 

A defamation complaint was filed on Friday against the lawyer who released the clip of Joe Ferrari murdering a drug suspect.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229063-lawyer-who-leaked-joe-ferrari-tape-sued-for-defamation/

 

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Rosewood Bangkok temporarily closes following Covid crisis

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

The Rosewood Bangkok hotel will suspend its services this weekend until further notice due to the pandemic, the hotel told Thai Enquirer on Friday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229064-rosewood-bangkok-temporarily-closes-following-covid-crisis/

 

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Thailand-South Korea stress post-pandemic cooperation

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand and South Korea have determined the tightening of economic and public health cooperation, in a visit to Thailand by the South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a time when post-pandemic recovery is a particular mutual interest.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229065-thailand-south-korea-stress-post-pandemic-cooperation/

 

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Thammasat University authorized to import Vaccines

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thammasat University has officially become the latest government entity authorized to import medicines related to COVID-19 prevention and treatment, including vaccines, as announced on the Government Gazette. The announcement effectively provides a new official channel to import COVID-19 vaccines into Thailand to manufacturers that are currently dealing with government entities only.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229066-thammasat-university-authorized-to-import-vaccines/

 

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Bio Asia Pacific 2021 to showcase Health Innovations

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - With the increasing demand for health products and services due to the pandemic, government agencies and private firms will be showcasing health innovations at Bio Asia Pacific 2021 virtual conference taking place online next week.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229067-bio-asia-pacific-2021-to-showcase-health-innovations/

 

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Drunk motorbike driver crashes in Si Racha, falls asleep on road uninjured, witnesses thought he was dead

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Si Racha – A reportedly intoxicated motorbike driver was woken up by a rescue worker on a road in Si Racha earlier this week, with local residents at first thinking the rider was deceased.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229068-drunk-motorbike-driver-crashes-in-si-racha-falls-asleep-on-road-uninjured-witnesses-thought-he-was-dead/

 

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Man killed in motorbike accident in Si Racha, spends eight days in tall grass near major road

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

PHOTO: Singthong Nammala / Top News

 

Si Racha – A “big bike” rider was found dead eight days later after an accident in Si Racha, having crashed into a forested area obscured from view only a few feet from a major road.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229069-man-killed-in-motorbike-accident-in-si-racha-spends-eight-days-in-tall-grass-near-major-road/

 

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Thailand reports 17,984 COVID-19 cases, 292 more deaths 

 

FILE PHOTO: A man uses his phone at an almost empty road which is usually crowded with people, as lockdown and travel restrictions are imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

Thailand on Saturday (August 28) reported 17,984 new COVID-19 cases, 20,535 recoveries and 292 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229077-thailand-reports-17984-covid-19-cases-292-more-deaths/

 

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Thailand red list: British tourists face huge costs in dash back to UK to beat hotel quarantine

By Amy Walker

 

Traveller says she will stay on in holiday hotspot because quarantine will ‘bankrupt’ her and sorting flight before Monday deadline is ‘almost impossible’

 

Fran Greene (right) with her partner Conor Lyons (left). The recent graduates are stuck in Phuket, Thailand, after the Government announced it would move the country to red list restrictions (Picture: Fran Greene)

 

British tourists have said they face huge costs and a desperate scramble to get home from Thailand before red list rules kick in on Monday – or risk becoming stuck in the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229084-thailand-red-list-british-tourists-face-huge-costs-in-dash-back-to-uk-to-beat-hotel-quarantine/

 

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KFC Thailand Is Now Serving ‘Meat Zero’ Vegan Fried Chicken

By Sally Ho

 

 

KFC has just made another move to expand its plant-based options, this time launching vegan fried chicken in Thailand. Partnering with Meat Zero, the Yum Brands-owned fast food chain will begin rolling out 100% plant-based fried chicken across its Green Stores in the country and possibly extend distribution in the coming months. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229085-kfc-thailand-is-now-serving-‘meat-zero’-vegan-fried-chicken/

 

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Restaurants told by Anutin: Once reopened there's no going back

 

Picture: Bangkok Business News

 

A leading restaurateur who met health minister and DPM Anutin Charnvirakul recently said they were told that once they were allowed to open again there was no going back to lockdown restrictions.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229087-restaurants-told-by-anutin-once-reopened-theres-no-going-back/

 

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Two career thieves on the run after escape from police station in Chanthaburi

 

 

Two career criminals in for theft of a motorcycle and receiving stolen goods have escaped from a cell at Makham police station in Chanthaburi in eastern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229089-two-career-thieves-on-the-run-after-escape-from-police-station-in-chanthaburi/

 

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Four members of drug money laundering family arrested in Kanchanaburi - 6 billion asset seizure target met

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The secretary of the Narcotics Control Board Wanchai Chaimongkhol told Daily News that his men in conjuction with Region 7 police, Kanchanaburi police and the Navy Special Warfare Command arrested four members of the same family on Ratchaburi warrants.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229091-four-members-of-drug-money-laundering-family-arrested-in-kanchanaburi-6-billion-asset-seizure-target-met/

 

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Registration opens for expats in Phuket to receive Pfizer

By The Phuket News

 

The announcement issued yesterday (Aug 27).

 

PHUKET: Expats in Phuket who have not yet received a COVID-19 vaccination have been invited to register to be vaccinated by either AstraZeneca, Sinovac or Pfizer.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229093-registration-opens-for-expats-in-phuket-to-receive-pfizer/

 

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Thailand plans to vaccinate 4 million students with Pfizer by October

 

 

Sanook reported from parliament after education ministerial aide Kanokwan Wilaiwan responded to a question from a Pheu Thai MP about vaccinating school children and getting students off online learning and back in the class again.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229094-thailand-plans-to-vaccinate-4-million-students-with-pfizer-by-october/

 

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Jo Ferrari latest: Bail opposed as former cop says he was only doing his job - he denies murder

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

The rich and now former cop known as Jo Ferrari or Chief Jo at the center of a case that has shocked Thailand was ordered held for the next 12 days along with six subordinates. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229096-jo-ferrari-latest-bail-opposed-as-former-cop-says-he-was-only-doing-his-job-he-denies-murder/

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Ganja oil and illegal cosmetics bust - two arrested and 42 million baht in assets seized

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Drug police and local officers in Samut Prakan busted a production and distribution point for marijuana oil and illegal cosmetics at a house on Srinakharin Road in Thepparak district on Friday. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229098-ganja-oil-and-illegal-cosmetics-bust-two-arrested-and-42-million-baht-in-assets-seized/

 

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Chiang Mai reopening: Restaurants (no alcohol), shopping and fitness centers lockdown measures eased from Wednesday

 

Picture Naew Na

 

The Covid-19 authorities in Chiang Mai have announced the easing of various lockdown measures in the northern Thai city from next Wednesday September 1st.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229103-chiang-mai-reopening-restaurants-no-alcohol-shopping-and-fitness-centers-lockdown-measures-eased-from-wednesday/

 

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Vietnam's economy will outstrip Thailand by 2050, Thai academic

 

 

A business forum looking at the post pandemic era and the role played by Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam pointed to Vietnam's economy outstripping Thailand by 2050.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229104-vietnams-economy-will-outstrip-thailand-by-2050-thai-academic/

 

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Bangkok to conduct mass screenings at 29 large wet markets in the capital

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will launch mass COVID-19 screening, using rapid antigen test kits (ATKs), targeting about 19,000 vendors and workers at 29 of the largest wet markets in the capital, in a bid to contain the spread of the contagion.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229106-bangkok-to-conduct-mass-screenings-at-29-large-wet-markets-in-the-capital/

 

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Thai PM issues warning about counterfeit banknotes

 

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PM's office spokesman Thanakorn Wanbungkhongchana said yesterday that Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha had issued a warning about a serious threat from counterfiet banknotes circulating from Surat Thani and thereafter in the south of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229108-thai-pm-issues-warning-about-counterfeit-banknotes/

 

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Bomb explodes on Bangkok bound freight train in Narathiwat province

 

 

A special train, bound for Bangkok from Su-ngai Kolok district of the southernmost province of Narathiwat, was hit by a bomb blast today (Saturday). The device is believed to have been hidden among boxes containing fruit in a freight car.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229139-bomb-explodes-on-bangkok-bound-freight-train-in-narathiwat-province/

 

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Field hospital gender separated after alleged sex scandal involving patients

 

 

Provincial health officials in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province have decided to separate a field hospital for COVID-19 patients, in Banag Pla sub-district of Bang Phli district, into male and female zones, after it was discovered that some patients were being accused of engaging in sexual activity and drug abuse.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229140-field-hospital-gender-separated-after-alleged-sex-scandal-involving-patients/

 

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The high-rolling career of ‘Joe Ferrari’, top cop in corruption spotlight

 

 

The public is watching closely to see if the scandal over a drug suspect shown tortured to death at a police station will trigger reforms or merely deepen the flaws of the Royal Thai Police.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229141-the-high-rolling-career-of-‘joe-ferrari’-top-cop-in-corruption-spotlight/

 

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Thais urged to adopt “Smart Control and Living with COVID-19” concept

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urged the public and private sectors and all Thais today (Saturday) to apply the 10-point “Smart Control and Living with COVID-19” concept, so the country can overcome the coronavirus crisis.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229142-thais-urged-to-adopt-“smart-control-and-living-with-covid-19”-concept/

 

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Record number of COVID-19 vaccinations in single day on Friday in Thailand

 

 

915,738 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Thailand on Friday, the highest number of inoculations given in a single day since mass vaccinations began in the country on February 28th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229143-record-number-of-covid-19-vaccinations-in-single-day-on-friday-in-thailand/

 

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China donates medical devices worth 50 million baht

 

 

China has agreed to provide medical equipment, including oxygen generators and fingertip oximeters, valued at 10 million yuan (about 50 million baht), to Thailand to help in the fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1229144-china-donates-medical-devices-worth-50-million-baht/