THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 6 May 2022

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Video: Two injured in fighting between armed rival groups in Samut Chedi

 

77kaoded Thai Caption: Trouble in a housing estate

 

77kaoded yesterday reported pitched battles between rival groups involving about two dozen men armed with guns and knives in the Thassanee Housing estate in Samut Chedi, Samut Prakan.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258865-video-two-injured-in-fighting-between-armed-rival-groups-in-samut-chedi/

 

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Five wild elephants die after going for a bath and getting stuck

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na went to Kanchanaburi to investigate after a post on social media that five elephants had been found dead in a pond.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258867-five-wild-elephants-die-after-going-for-a-bath-and-getting-stuck/

 

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Lazada faces boycott in Thailand over controversial TikTok video, apologises

 

 

The #BanLazada hashtag has been top-trending on Thai Twitter since last night (Thursday), after a controversial influencer video, which was sanctioned by a company representing the popular online shopping application Lazada, caused outrage for allegedly bullying the disabled and being offensive to the monarchy.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258882-lazada-faces-boycott-in-thailand-over-controversial-tiktok-video-apologises/

 

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Senior official transferred pending probe on alleged trafficking case interference

 

 

The deputy director-general of the Department of Children and Youth has been transferred from the post, pending the outcome of an investigation into an allegation that he interfered with a police probe into a human trafficking ring, which was forcing underage girls into prostitution.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258884-senior-official-transferred-pending-probe-on-alleged-trafficking-case-interference/

 

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Commerce Minister Wants Reasonable Price of Bottled Palm Oil

 

 

NONTHABURI, May 6 (TNA) – The commerce minister admitted that the price of bottled palm oil soared and said he ordered the Department of Internal Trade to work out a reasonable price with stakeholders.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258886-commerce-minister-wants-reasonable-price-of-bottled-palm-oil/

 

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Why Do Thai Temples Have Chinese Paintings?

 

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While wandering the richly decorated halls of the most famous temples in Bangkok few visitors ever notice the framed paintings that hang above the windows and doors.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258888-why-do-thai-temples-have-chinese-paintings/

 

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Thai royalist groups rally to seek accountability from Lazada

 

 

Royalist groups rallied in front of the Lazada office in downtown Bangkok this afternoon (Friday), to demand accountability from the online shopping platform for a controversial video clip uploaded to TikTok, which is being deemed, by some, as offensive to the monarchy and bullying the disabled.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258882-lazada-faces-boycott-in-thailand-over-controversial-tiktok-video-apologises/?do=findComment&comment=17344489

 

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A joyful Eid al-Fitr festival in Phuket after the 2 years of pandemic

 

 

Muslims make up around 30% of the population in Phuket, where the migrant Malays originally settled. Islamic festivals are really famous on this resort island, especially the Eid al-Fitr festival, known as ‘the festival of breaking the fast’. 

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258904-a-joyful-eid-al-fitr-festival-in-phuket-after-the-2-years-of-pandemic/

 

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People Warned of Plasmodium Knowlesi Malaria

 

 

BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has warned people to protect themselves from Plasmodium knowlesi malaria and advised people to see a doctor if they developed symptoms after staying close to a monkey or returning from a forest.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258905-people-warned-of-plasmodium-knowlesi-malaria/

 

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Efforts to Solve Inbreeding among Irrawaddy Dolphins

 

 

BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) – Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa ordered the Department of Marines and Coastal Resources to solve inbreeding among Irrawaddy dolphins as there are only 14 of them left in the Songkhla Lake.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1258906-efforts-to-solve-inbreeding-among-irrawaddy-dolphins/

 

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