THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 6 September 2022

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New traffic law that requires all passengers in vehicles to wear seat belts

 

A new traffic law that requires all passengers in vehicles, including backseat passengers, to wear seat belts throughout the journey is put into effect yesterday, September 5th. This also includes the requirement of a kids car seat for children under six years old.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270989-new-traffic-law-that-requires-all-passengers-in-vehicles-to-wear-seat-belts/

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Charter Court to hold special meeting Thursday to consider Prayut’s 8-year term

 

 

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has scheduled a special meeting of the judges this Thursday, to discuss suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s eight-year term in the office.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270988-charter-court-to-hold-special-meeting-thursday-to-consider-prayut’s-8-year-term/

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Smallpox vaccine cannot prevent monkeypox infection – Thai Medical Sciences Department

 

 

The use of smallpox vaccine to inoculate humans against monkeypox does not work, because it does not generate the immunity required to prevent monkeypox infection, according to Dr. Supakit Sirilak, director-general of the Medical Sciences Department, yesterday (Monday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271008-smallpox-vaccine-cannot-prevent-monkeypox-infection-–-thai-medical-sciences-department/

 

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Sport tourism can be a boon for Prachuap Khiri Khan: TAT
By Online Reporter

 

 

Tourism officials aim to use sport tourism as a means to attract more tourists to visit Prachuap Khiri Khan.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271009-sport-tourism-can-be-a-boon-for-prachuap-khiri-khan-tat/

 

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Two American tourists and mahout injured after falling from elephant in Pattaya
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Pattaya – Two American tourists and a mahout have sustained injuries after they fell from an elephant at an elephant village in Pattaya Monday afternoon (September 5th).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271010-two-american-tourists-and-mahout-injured-after-falling-from-elephant-in-pattaya/

 

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6 Held For Looting 384-Room Luxury Hotel On Koh Samui
TNR Staff

 

KOH SAMUI police arrested six suspects on the charges of looting a 384-room luxury hotel that was newly-constructed and decorated before the Covid-19 pandemic hit then remained shut as tourism took a downturn, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Sept. 5).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271011-6-held-for-looting-384-room-luxury-hotel-on-koh-samui/

 

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Police Summon Mountain B Pub Electrician, To Charge Him With Negligence
TNR Staff 

 

ON THE one-month anniversary of Mountain B pub inferno that killed 23 people yesterday (Sept. 5) Chonburi police said they have issued a summons for the electrician who ran the power system from the start of construction in preparation to file a joint negligence charge, Amarin TV said.  

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271012-police-summon-mountain-b-pub-electrician-to-charge-him-with-negligence/

 

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Bangkok Starts Operation to Remove Water Hyacinth

 

 

BANGKOK  (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the military on Monday kicked off jointly operation to remove water hyacinth, blocking waterways in preparation for potential heavy rains.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271013-bangkok-starts-operation-to-remove-water-hyacinth/

 

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Extreme sports field at Phuket Gateway ready to use this week
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Phuket – An extreme sports field at the Phuket Gateway will be ready to use this Saturday (September 10th).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271014-extreme-sports-field-at-phuket-gateway-ready-to-use-this-week/

 

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World Sports News - Tuesday 6 September by Chili Radio
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271016-world-sports-news-tuesday-6-september-by-chili-radio/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday September 6 2022
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271021-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-tuesday-september-6-2022/

 

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Tuk-Tuk driver fined and sent for attitude adjustment training after ripping off tourist

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Sent for attitude adjustment training

 

A video posted to the Instagram site of singapore_incidents featured a couple from the island state having a ding-dong with a belligerent tuk-tuk driver on the streets of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271025-tuk-tuk-driver-fined-and-sent-for-attitude-adjustment-training-after-ripping-off-tourist/

 

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Cat burglar electrocuted after climbing up outside of Sukhumvit Road hotel - anti-theft wire got him

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that luck ran out for a cat burglar who was trying to steal from tourists staying at a hotel in Soi 5 on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271028-cat-burglar-electrocuted-after-climbing-up-outside-of-sukhumvit-road-hotel-anti-theft-wire-got-him/

 

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Drugged up man arrested for random stabbing murder of woman in south - panic attack blamed

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on developments after a 30 year old woman was stabbed to death in the south of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271029-drugged-up-man-arrested-for-random-stabbing-murder-of-woman-in-south-panic-attack-blamed/

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Second fire in a month at "Windmill" golf course - 21 million baht damage as 70 carts destroyed

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported with a video on a fire that occurred at Summit Windmill golf course in Bang Phli Yai, Samut Prakan, in the early hours of Monday morning. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271030-second-fire-in-a-month-at-windmill-golf-course-21-million-baht-damage-as-70-carts-destroyed/

 

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Prawit insists he has no power to reshuffle Cabinet
 

Acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan during an inspection tour in Krabi on Monday.

Acting Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan on Monday dismissed speculation of a possible Cabinet reshuffle.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271031-prawit-insists-he-has-no-power-to-reshuffle-cabinet/

 

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Opinion – Gen Prawit actions speak louder than his words as all indications are he aims to dethrone Gen Prayut from Premiership

By Erich Parpart

 

Questions are being asked whether Caretaker Prime Minister and reportedly the mastermind behind the 2014 coup – General Prawit Wongsuwon, has run out of use of General Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271032-opinion-–-gen-prawit-actions-speak-louder-than-his-words-as-all-indications-are-he-aims-to-dethrone-gen-prayut-from-premiership/

 

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Husband went to attack ex wife "because she was going to find a farang husband"

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Reconciliation failed

 

The thought that a Thai man's ex wife was going to find a "phua farang" (western husband) proved too much for a drunk guy in the north east, reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271033-husband-went-to-attack-ex-wife-because-she-was-going-to-find-a-farang-husband/

 

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Tim Newton Today - Sep 6: Airline passengers stranded, long Covid, Singapore and Thailand's economic woes

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271034-tim-newton-today-sep-6 airline-passengers-stranded-long-covid-singapore-and-thailands-economic-woes/

 

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Turtle washed up dead on Rayong beach - investigation into cause of death underway

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Cause (of death) urgently sought!

 

Daily News reported sad news from Mae Ramphung beach in Muang district of Rayong on Thailand's eastern seaboard after a turtle washed up dead.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271036-turtle-washed-up-dead-on-rayong-beach-investigation-into-cause-of-death-underway/

 

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Tattooed motorcyclist "going the wrong way" dies after collision with Yaris in Kanchanaburi

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that Tha Muang police in Kanchanaburi, western Thailand, were called after a collision between a motorcycle and a car on Route 323 at 7.40 pm yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271037-tattooed-motorcyclist-going-the-wrong-way-dies-after-collision-with-yaris-in-kanchanaburi/

 

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Ananda sees Thai property market starting to pick-up, announces launch of 6 new projects worth 21 billion Baht

By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich

 

Thailand’s property market has started to see recovery and many of the developers are starting to plan major project launches as economy starts to see recovery.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271043-ananda-sees-thai-property-market-starting-to-pick-up-announces-launch-of-6-new-projects-worth-21-billion-baht/

 

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"May I take this?" says hapless gold shop robber before running out with 300K necklace - public make arrest

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on a gold shop robbery that was soon resolved yesterday morning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271045-may-i-take-this-says-hapless-gold-shop-robber-before-running-out-with-300k-necklace-public-make-arrest/

 

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Cross border trade between Thailand and Myanmar showing signs of recovery since Singkhon crossing opened in August

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

A meeting chaired by Prachuap Khiri Khan governor Sathian Charoenrian discussed the problem of illegal migrants and improving cross border trade, reported Siam Rath.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271047-cross-border-trade-between-thailand-and-myanmar-showing-signs-of-recovery-since-singkhon-crossing-opened-in-august/

 

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Wall collapses on man's Honda - he's left to rue his good fortune amid his bad luck

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Fortune amid misfortune

 

A Honda driver told Sanook how he was just steps away from potential death after a wall collapsed on his car.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271048-wall-collapses-on-mans-honda-hes-left-to-rue-his-good-fortune-amid-his-bad-luck/

 

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Weed stealing brothers nabbed - they took three plants "to look after"

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded reported on developments after a man called Thanadol Srirasan, 42, went to the police with CCTV evidence after two men stole three of his marijuana plants from a soi in Phrapradeang, Samut Prakan.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271050-weed-stealing-brothers-nabbed-they-took-three-plants-to-look-after/

 

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Nurses find vital signs monitor still working after dead patient is taken away - could it herald a lottery win?!

 

Picture text: Just after taking a dead patient away, this is what nurses found

 

Siam Rath reported on a video going viral on TikTok that they said really made the hair on the back of your neck stand to attention.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271053-nurses-find-vital-signs-monitor-still-working-after-dead-patient-is-taken-away-could-it-herald-a-lottery-win/

 

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Prachuap aims to reduce road deaths by two thirds in the next five years
By Online Reporter

 

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Officials in Prachuap Khiri Khan have set an ambitious goal of reducing the number of road fatalities by approximately two thirds over the next five years.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271054-prachuap-aims-to-reduce-road-deaths-by-two-thirds-in-the-next-five-years/

 

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"What price a child?" Systems company tells ASEAN NOW few schools are interested despite multiple deaths in vans

 

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A sales manager at a company specializing in online management systems has told ASEAN NOW that few schools in Thailand have shelled out money to ensure that children are not left to die in vans parked at schools.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271056-what-price-a-child-systems-company-tells-asean-now-few-schools-are-interested-despite-multiple-deaths-in-vans/

 

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Pattaya dance teacher files report claiming foreign tourist inappropriately touched her while out for a stroll on Walking Street
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — A female dance teacher in Pattaya filed a report to police, claiming that a foreign tourist inappropriately touched her while on Walking Street.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271058-pattaya-dance-teacher-files-report-claiming-foreign-tourist-inappropriately-touched-her-while-out-for-a-stroll-on-walking-street/