THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 7 February 2023

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For more information:  https://aseannow.com/topic/1285685-sale-position-with-asean-now-available/

 

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Toy Elephant Auction – Turning Tim Newton’s crazy shirts into ‘Seeds of Change’

 

 

Phuket-GO, in association with the ‘Tim Newton Today‘ YouTube channel and Living Waters Phuket, are going to raise money for the Seeds of Change charity situated on Koh Sirae, Phuket.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285431-toy-elephant-auction-–-turning-tim-newton’s-crazy-shirts-into-‘seeds-of-change’/

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For more information: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285687-one-off-best-ever-advertising-offer/

 

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Thai Public Health Minister Highly Praised by Chinese Tourists in Recent Exclusive Interview

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s recent exclusive interview with Chinese media outlet CCTV has been viewed by more than 490 million times on cctvplus.com.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285656-thai-public-health-minister-highly-praised-by-chinese-tourists-in-recent-exclusive-interview/

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110 Thai immigration police officers charged in visa scandal

 

 

More than 100 immigration police officers, including three generals, have been found to have issued visas illegally to foreign visitors, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief, said today (Monday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285688-110-thai-immigration-police-officers-charged-in-visa-scandal/

 

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Woman arrested with equipment for forging visas

 

 

Thai immigration police arrested a woman and seized several items of equipment used for making counterfeit visas today (Monday), in a raid on a condo in Bangkok’s Khannayao district.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285689-woman-arrested-with-equipment-for-forging-visas/

 

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The Customs Department has issued a new policy to facilitate the opening of the country. Do not search for tourists using brand-name products

by THE STANDARD TEAM

 

 

Phanthong Loykulnan, Deputy Director General of the Customs Department, revealed that the Customs Department has now issued a policy to facilitate tourists in welcoming the country open. They will not search the tourists who enter the country. even if there is a high-value item

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285690-the-customs-department-has-issued-a-new-policy-to-facilitate-the-opening-of-the-country-do-not-search-for-tourists-using-brand-name-products/

 

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Thaksin To Be Put Behind Bars Upon Return: Nipit

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Top photo: Matichon

 

FORMER PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN Shinawatra will almost certainly be put behind bars and get under the judicial process if he returns home from self-exile overseas, confirmed former MP Nipit Intarasombat over the weekend.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285691-thaksin-to-be-put-behind-bars-upon-return-nipit/

 

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Russia insists American Boeing aircraft flying to Thailand are safely maintained despite blowout
by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

(Left) Photos of the plane’s engine after it appeared to explode on Saturday afternoon while attempting to take off at Phuket International Airport. (Right) The head of the Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport, Alexander Neradko, has insisted that American-made aircraft operated by Russian airlines are safe and well-maintained despite sanctions imposed by Washington and other states worldwide due to the ongoing Russian war with Ukraine.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285692-russia-insists-american-boeing-aircraft-flying-to-thailand-are-safely-maintained-despite-blowout/

 

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Nine Swedish Tourists Survive after Boat Capsizes in Krabi, Thailand
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Krabi – Nine Swedish tourists have survived after a long-tailed boat capsized in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285693-nine-swedish-tourists-survive-after-boat-capsizes-in-krabi-thailand/

 

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Chinese Tourist Allegedly Slashed by Tour Operator in Phuket
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

PHOTO: MGR Online

 

Phuket – A Chinese tourist has allegedly been injured after being slashed by a tour operator in Kata.

 

Full story:  https://aseannow.com/topic/1285694-chinese-tourist-allegedly-slashed-by-tour-operator-in-phuket/

 

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Navy chief goes north: Visits seismic station, hands out gifts to mark 100 year passing of "Father of Thai Navy"

 

 

Thai Rath reported on a visit by the commander in chief of the Royal Thai Navy to the north of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285705-navy-chief-goes-north-visits-seismic-station-hands-out-gifts-to-mark-100-year-passing-of-father-of-thai-navy/

 

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Former phu yai ban killed on motorcycle - he changed lanes suddenly and was crushed by oncoming vehicles

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on the death of a former phu yai ban or local official in Nakhon Nayok province in central Thailand yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285706-former-phu-yai-ban-killed-on-motorcycle-he-changed-lanes-suddenly-and-was-crushed-by-oncoming-vehicles/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday 7 February 2023

 

 

Todays news stories: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285707-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-tuesday-7-february-2023/

 

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Trucker cut out of steel carrying 22-wheel truck after it overturns at bend in Rayong

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Hurtling through the bend

Daily News reported on an accident of a 22 wheel truck carrying steel that overturned in Rayong, eastern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285708-trucker-cut-out-of-steel-carrying-22-wheel-truck-after-it-overturns-at-bend-in-rayong/

 

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Student, 16, lost 500K from bank account in one day - she never used banking app or had call center contact

 

Daily News Thai Caption: 500K went missing

 

Daily News reported that a 16 year old secondary school student in southern Thailand went to the press after an investigation into a mysterious set of withdrawals from her bank account went cold.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285710-student-16-lost-500k-from-bank-account-in-one-day-she-never-used-banking-app-or-had-call-center-contact/

 

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Where is alleged gambling kingpin Benz Daemon's Lambo? Netizens smell a rat as "Macau 888" suspects disappear

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Oui - can't find the car

 

Police from Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau have failed to locate a missing 40 million baht Lamborghini belonging to alleged gambling kingpin Chaiwat, better known as Benz Daemon.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285712-where-is-alleged-gambling-kingpin-benz-daemons-lambo-netizens-smell-a-rat-as-macau-888-suspects-disappear/

 

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Conflicts between Russian and Ukrainian tourists, high speed train update : Tim Newton Today - Feb 7

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285713-conflicts-between-russian-and-ukrainian-tourists-high-speed-train-update-tim-newton-today-feb-7/

 

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Car ablaze in NE: Police suggest mystery owner may have been abducted and murdered

 

 

Muang Udon Thani police were alerted by rescue services at 9.30 pm last night after local people in the road leading to Khum Phasuk in Udon Thani, NE Thailand, reported seeing a car ablaze.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285715-car-ablaze-in-ne-police-suggest-mystery-owner-may-have-been-abducted-and-murdered/

 

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Parking dispute: Neighbor shot dead after he goes for older man with an axe

 

77kaoded Thai Caption: Shot and killed

 

Pak Kret police and rescue services in Nonthaburi responded after a man was shot dead following a dispute over parking and access.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285718-parking-dispute-neighbor-shot-dead-after-he-goes-for-older-man-with-an-axe/

 

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Whistleblower Chuwit checks police operations - all above board, calls on govt to increase cops' wages

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Thailand's Whisteblower in Chief Chuwit Kamolwisit went to check up on a police roadblock in the Klong Toey area of the Thai capital on Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285719-whistleblower-chuwit-checks-police-operations-all-above-board-calls-on-govt-to-increase-cops-wages/

 

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Tourist Police help stranded motorist - media toning down anti-RTP rhetoric

 

Daily News Thai Caption: The people's police

 

The Royal Thai Police have taken a monumental pounding in recent weeks so it was probably inevitable that the Thai media were softening their stance a little, suggests ASEAN NOW.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285725-tourist-police-help-stranded-motorist-media-toning-down-anti-rtp-rhetoric/

 

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First Chinese tour group in 3 years arrives in Phuket

By Peter Roche

Facebook/Phuket International Airport - HKT

Phuket tourism officials have welcomed the first Chinese tour group to visit the island in 3 years. The Phuket Express reports that the group touched down at Phuket International Airport at 3.15pm yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285727-first-chinese-tour-group-in-3-years-arrives-in-phuket/

 

 

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Phuket tour company has licence suspended, faces substantial fine after attacking Chinese tourist

By Peter Roche

 

PHOTO: www.isranews.org

A Phuket tour company has had its licence suspended for 6 months and could be fined up to 500,000 baht after one of its employees attacked a Chinese tourist with a knife. The attack was the result of a row over a deposit payment for a trip to the Similan Islands.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285694-chinese-tourist-allegedly-slashed-by-tour-operator-in-phuket/?do=findComment&comment=17887017

 

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Thai foodies up in arms as popular curry named one of the worst dishes in the world

By Peter Roche

 

PHOTO: Flickr/Kidsada Manchinda

Horror! A Thai food listed as one of the ‘worst’ culinary servings in the world!!

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285730-thai-foodies-up-in-arms-as-popular-curry-named-one-of-the-worst-dishes-in-the-world/

 

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Chinese Tourist Jumps to Death from 27th Floor of Hotel in Pattaya
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

Pattaya — A Chinese tourist plunged to his death from a Pattaya hotel at 6:16 AM this morning, February 7th. The victim left a suicide note, saying “Sorry, I Suicide. Goodbye everybody, All of you can throw away my stuff (the victim’s name) 6/Feb/2023.”

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285732-chinese-tourist-jumps-to-death-from-27th-floor-of-hotel-in-pattaya/

 

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Search for missing baby in Nakhon Pathom resumes for the third day

 

 

Officials from the Mirror Foundation, police and local officials, supported by a sniffer dog, continue their search for an 8-month-old baby boy, who has been missing from home in the Bang Len district of Nakhon Pathom Province since Sunday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285733-search-for-missing-baby-in-nakhon-pathom-resumes-for-the-third-day/

 

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19-month-old girl, trapped in groundwater well for over 17 hours, rescued

 

 

Rescuers have successfully pulled a 19-month-old Myanmar girl from a 15-metre deep groundwater hole, where she had been trapped for over 17 hours.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285754-19-month-old-girl-trapped-in-groundwater-well-for-over-17-hours-rescued/

 

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Thailand records 621 approved surrogacy cases in seven years

 

 

Altogether 621 surrogacy cases have been approved in Thailand in the seven years since surrogacy services were legalised in the country, according to Dr. Sura Visetsak, director-general of the Health Service Support Department.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285755-thailand-records-621-approved-surrogacy-cases-in-seven-years/

 

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Parliament Backs Media Ethics Bill

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Members of Parliament have given their backing to a bill aimed at promoting media ethics and professional standards. The bill was proposed by the Cabinet in the first reading this week, and was deliberated by a joint sitting of MPs and senators.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1285757-parliament-backs-media-ethics-bill/