Pheu Thai call for government action to prevent shooting incidents

 

 

Thailand's Pheu Thai political party expressed their collective sadness at yesterday's massacre in the NE of Thailand, reported INN.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274004-pheu-thai-call-for-government-action-to-prevent-shooting-incidents/

 

Thai Flags Lowered to Half Mast as Thailand Mourns Nursery Victims
 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 7 (TNA) – The Thai national flag at Government House is flown at half-mast on Friday as Thailand mourns the victims of the mass shooting at the nursery in Nong Bua Lamphu yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274005-thai-flags-lowered-to-half-mast-as-thailand-mourns-nursery-victims/

 

Thailand has the highest number of privately owned guns in ASEAN

 

 

Out of ten ASEAN member countries, Thailand has the highest number of guns in the possession of private individuals, with 10,342,000 guns being recorded in 2017, according to the Small Arms Survey (SAS).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274035-thailand-has-the-highest-number-of-privately-owned-guns-in-asean/

 

Police chief confirms no traces of drug found in gunman

 

 

An initial autopsy found no traces of drug in the body of the ex-policeman who went on a shooting spree that killed at least 38 people in the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lam Phu on Thursday, according to the national police chief.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274036-police-chief-confirms-no-traces-of-drug-found-in-gunman/

 

Soft power being used to attract tourists to cultural tourism routes in 5 regions

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Traditionally associated with the social dimension of affairs, the Ministry of Culture is increasing its role in the economic dimension by leveraging soft power. Cultural, art, and food highlights of Thailand are being used to spur forth tourism activities and to elevate Thailand into a world-class cultural tourism destination.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274037-soft-power-being-used-to-attract-tourists-to-cultural-tourism-routes-in-5-regions/

 

Police Gun Control to Be Tightened after Massacre

 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 7 (TNA) – The national police chief said he will discuss with the Interior Ministry control on police’s firearms after the massacre by a former policeman and the police would work out its own measures related to the weapons of present and former police.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274038-police-gun-control-to-be-tightened-after-massacre/

 

Water experts’ meeting endorses BMA’s urgent water drainage system for eastern Bangkok

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s (BMA) urgent project to improve drainage and to build a concrete flood wall from Nong Bon Canal to Makham Thet Canal, to link with Prawet Burirom Canal, has been approved at a meeting of the water resource management subcommittee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274039-water-experts’-meeting-endorses-bma’s-urgent-water-drainage-system-for-eastern-bangkok/

 

Rising Chao Phraya River Expected from Oct 8

 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 7 (TNA) – The National Water Command Centre warned people along the Chao Phraya River of rising water levels due to runoff from the North and high tides.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274040-rising-chao-phraya-river-expected-from-oct-8/

 

135 tonnes of smuggled frozen pork and chicken seized in Samut Sakhon

 

 

Thai customs and livestock development officials, as well as police from the Consumer Protection Division, seized about 100 tonnes of frozen pork, worth about 21 million baht, and 35 tonnes of frozen chicken legs, worth another 700,000 baht, in a raid today (Friday) on a cold storage facility in Muang district of Samut Sakhon province.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274070-135-tonnes-of-smuggled-frozen-pork-and-chicken-seized-in-samut-sakhon/

 

Interior Min to review gun owners’ qualifications in response to Nong Bua Lamphu shooting

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - High-level officials of the Ministry of Interior have met to discuss lessons learned from Thursday’s mass shooting in Nong Bua Lamphu. The officials have ordered a review of weapons owners’ qualifications and a revocation of permits issued to disqualified gun owners.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274071-interior-min-to-review-gun-owners’-qualifications-in-response-to-nong-bua-lamphu-shooting/

 

Cabinet endorses alien protection status screening criteria in principle

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Cabinet has endorsed, in principle, the criteria for screening aliens who are requesting protected status. This will benefit people who are unable or unwilling to return to their countries of origin due to potential harm.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274072-cabinet-endorses-alien-protection-status-screening-criteria-in-principle/

 

PM meets mass shooting victims’ families

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister today met with the families of victims of yesterday’s mass shooting in Nong Bua Lamphu province. The PM has pledged that the government will do its best to care for the families while granting them the first sets of financial aid.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274073-pm-meets-mass-shooting-victims’-families/

 

World community expresses condolences over Nong Bua Lamphu mass shooting

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The international community has expressed its deep condolences to families who lost loved ones in yesterday’s (6 October) mass shooting in Nong Bua Lamphu. Foreign leaders also condemned the shooting which killed 38 people, most of whom were children. The international community expressed its support for Thailand as the country mourns the tragedy.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1274074-world-community-expresses-condolences-over-nong-bua-lamphu-mass-shooting/

 

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