THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 13 August 2022

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Search on for tourist wanted for illegal fishing in southern marine park

 

Thailand’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has ordered park officials to track down a western tourist who was seen, in a widely-shared online post, with a bunch of parrot fish he allegedly caught in the seas off Phi-Phi Leh Island in Hat Noppharat Thara – Mu Ko Phi National Park in the southern province of Krabi.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268712-search-on-for-tourist-wanted-for-illegal-fishing-in-southern-marine-park/

 

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28 Mountain B pub fire victims still in hospital, some still on ventilators

 

 

Twenty-eight victims of the Sattahip Mountain B pub fire on August 5th are still being treated in hospitals a week after the blaze, including 11 who are on ventilators, according to the Chon Buri provincial health office.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268715-28-mountain-b-pub-fire-victims-still-in-hospital-some-still-on-ventilators/

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Nightlife until 4 am as poll shows plans to move foreign tourism upmarket a ‘recipe for disaster’
by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connorin

 

Changes to the worldwide travel industry since 2020 are more like back to the future. Industry surveys show travellers are looking for tried and trusted holiday destinations.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268716-nightlife-until-4-am-as-poll-shows-plans-to-move-foreign-tourism-upmarket-a-‘recipe-for-disaster’/

 

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Two Dead After Volunteer Ranger Unleashes A Hail Gunfire At Pub
TNR Staff

 

The volunteer ranger after he was arrested, top, and police inspecting the scene of crime. Photo: Naewna

 

A VOLUNTEER ranger was arrested soon after unleashing a barrage of gunfire at the car park of a pub in southern Yala province killing two pubgoers and injuring one other person, Sanook.com said yesterday (August 12).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268717-two-dead-after-volunteer-ranger-unleashes-a-hail-gunfire-at-pub/

 

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Chadchart Zeroing In On Improving City Plan
TNR Staff

 

 

BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said in a live Facebook broadcast at 5.30 a.m. this morning (August 12) after jogging that improving the city plan is an important task with the capital’s colour-coded system determining land prices.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268718-chadchart-zeroing-in-on-improving-city-plan/

 

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Entertainment venues fire drill to be held on Bangla Road

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

FILE PHOTO

 

Phuket – An entertainment venue fire evacuation drill will be held at Illuzion night club on Bangla Road in Patong.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268719-entertainment-venues-fire-drill-to-be-held-on-bangla-road/

 

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Five drug suspects arrested in Phuket in two days with total of 3,373 methamphetamine pills
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Phuket – Five drugs suspects have been arrested in two days in Phuket with a total of 3,373 methamphetamine pills.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268721-five-drug-suspects-arrested-in-phuket-in-two-days-with-total-of-3373-methamphetamine-pills/

 

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Sri Lanka's ousted former president Rajapaksa arrives in Thailand
By Kocha Olarn, Irene Nasser and Rhea Mogul, CNN

 

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives at Bangkok's Don Mueang International airport on Thursday. 

(CNN)Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew by private jet from Singapore to Thailand on Thursday, according to a high-ranking police official with direct knowledge of his movements.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268722-sri-lankas-ousted-former-president-rajapaksa-arrives-in-thailand/

 

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Teen in NE needs hospital treatment after passing out next to his bong - he overdid it

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath publish a story - with a graphic picture -  about an 18 year old in Surin, NE Thailand, who lost consciousness after smoking ganja.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268732-teen-in-ne-needs-hospital-treatment-after-passing-out-next-to-his-bong-he-overdid-it/

 

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Thailand has strong fire-safety laws, so why do deadly nightclub blazes keep happening?

 

Mountain B nightclub after a deadly fire in Sattahip district in Thailand’s Chonburi province on August 5, 2022.

The Mountain B pub blaze that killed 16 people and injured dozens shows Thailand has failed to learn lessons from its history of deadly infernos.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268733-thailand-has-strong-fire-safety-laws-so-why-do-deadly-nightclub-blazes-keep-happening/

 

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Bad night for a Bangkok cabby - claims innocence after passenger transports 30KG of ICE in his cab

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a taxi driver said he had no idea what his passenger was carrying in his cab and even helped her load up two boxes.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268734-bad-night-for-a-bangkok-cabby-claims-innocence-after-passenger-transports-30kg-of-ice-in-his-cab/

 

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Defrocked: "Drunk as a skunk monk" had a craving for "lao khao" on his way home 

 

 

Police were called to a "laab" shop near the Chainat bus station in central Thailand yesterday where a monk was misbehaving himself.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268737-defrocked-drunk-as-a-skunk-monk-had-a-craving-for-lao-khao-on-his-way-home/

 

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Clunk Click Every Trip - Savile’s disgraced but these messages stayed with Rooster a lifetime

 

OPINION | by Rooster

 

 

News this week that the authorities in Thailand were finally going to make seatbelts in the rear of cars mandatory set Rooster off on one of those Wiki/YouTube hunts: Looking at Public Information Films from my UK childhood and many after I left my homeland.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268739-clunk click-every-trip-savile’s-disgraced-but-these-messages-stayed-with-rooster-a-lifetime/

 

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Video: Dramatic moment as man on pontoon washed away in floods hits electrical wires

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Tha Wangpha, Nan - Dramatic moment

 

Daily News reported that the effects of tropical storm Mulan continued to affect Thailand yesterday with heavy rain.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268741-video-dramatic-moment-as-man-on-pontoon-washed-away-in-floods-hits-electrical-wires/

 

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Hardscrabble lottery vendors hit by digital revolution

 

A lottery vendor waits patiently for buyers in Bangkok.

 

Small lottery vendors across the country are now dreading the expansion of digital lottery tickets – which are sold not just through major private electronic platforms but also on the popular Paotang application.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268742-hardscrabble-lottery-vendors-hit-by-digital-revolution/

 

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Singaporean driver dies, four Singaporean passengers injured after sedan crashes into a bus injuring one Korean and two Thais in Phuket

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Kata, Phuket – A Singaporean driver died while four Singaporean passengers have sustained various injuries.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268743-singaporean-driver-dies-four-singaporean-passengers-injured-after-sedan-crashes-into-a-bus-injuring-one-korean-and-two-thais-in-phuket/

 

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NE wife whacks good for nothing, lazy, drunk husband 30 times with a pestle - that'll teach him!

Daily News Thai Caption: Pestle Power!

 

Siam Ruam Jai Pu-In rescue services told Daily News that they were called to a house outside a village in Nong Kong sub-district of Buriram, NE Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268746-ne-wife-whacks-good-for-nothing-lazy-drunk-husband-30-times-with-a-pestle-thatll-teach-him/

 

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Safe robber boasts of his 100K windfall on TikTok - he's arrested within a day

 

Picture: Daily News

 

It took just a day for police in Chonburi to crack a safe robbing case - with more than a little help from the thief.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268747-safe-robber-boasts-of-his-100k-windfall-on-tiktok-hes-arrested-within-a-day/

 

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"Mystery death" in Ratchaburi partially explained: Husband charged

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath followed up on the death of a woman outside her house in the Chom Bung police jurisdiction of Ratchaburi, central Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268748-mystery-death-in-ratchaburi-partially-explained-husband-charged/

 

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Mother's Day in Thailand: Sukhothai gran aged 105 still in good health

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported from Sawankhaloke district in Sukhothai in northern Thailand on the occasion of Mother's Day in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268751-mothers-day-in-thailand-sukhothai-gran-aged-105-still-in-good-health/

 

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