THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 1 April 2023

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Six Thai police officers indicted for extorting money from Taiwanese actress

 

Six police officers attached to Bangkok’s Huai Khwang police station, accused of extorting money from a Taiwanese actress in exchange for dropping a charge of possessing an e-cigarette were, today (Friday), indicted by public prosecutors in the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290842-six-thai-police-officers-indicted-for-extorting-money-from-taiwanese-actress/

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Thai Central Bank tightens up measures to protect bank customers

 

 

Bank customers who want to transfer more than 50,000 baht electronically from their bank accounts are required to have their faces scanned to confirm their banking transactions, under a new set of measures imposed by the Bank of Thailand to protect bank customers from online thieves.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290844-thai-central-bank-tightens-up-measures-to-protect-bank-customers/

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Coming Soon to the AN ChatGPT System - You will be amazed!

 

File photo: ChatGPT

 

Members will soon be able to change preferences to auto-answer topics with realistic, automated replies that consider previous posting history.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290855-coming-soon-to-the-an-chatgpt-system-you-will-be-amazed/

 

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Somsak Denies Jail Term Privileges Prepared For Homecoming Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

 

FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER Somsak Thepsuthin today (Mar.31) categorically denied he had looked to provide privileges for a self-exiled Thaksin Shinawatra who earlier offered to put himself behind bars upon his planned homecoming.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290856-somsak-denies-jail-term-privileges-prepared-for-homecoming-thaksin/

 

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Thais Got 17 Million Scam Calls In 2022, 45% Phone Numbers Leaked
by TNR Staff 

 

 

THE total number of scam calls made to Thais last year jumped by 165% to 17 million while over 45% of phone numbers in this country, or 13.5 million, had been leaked, according to Gogolook, the Taiwan-based developer of caller identification app Whoscall, Naewna newspaper said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290857-thais-got-17-million-scam-calls-in-2022-45-phone-numbers-leaked/

 

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32 Chinese Christian asylum seekers arrested by Pattaya police for visa overstays on Friday
by Joseph O' Connor

 

Some of the 63 Chinese nationals detained by Nong Prue police, in Pattaya, on Friday, as they emerged from the police station. They were transported into the custody of the Pattaya Provincial Court holding centre after being charged with visa overstaying in the kingdom which they entered in 2022.

A group of 63 Chinese nationals including children aligned with a Christian group known as the Mayflower Church, fled China in 2019 and entered Thailand first in 2022 having spent time on the South Korean island of Jeju where hopes of obtaining asylum faded amid alleged harassment orchestrated by the Chinese state.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290858-32-chinese-christian-asylum-seekers-arrested-by-pattaya-police-for-visa-overstays-on-friday/

 

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Thai monk celebrates his birthday throwing money from the sky

 

 

A Thai Buddhist monk ascended into the air on a crane and threw 150,000 baht cash to attendees of his birthday party at a temple in Surin province in northeast Thailand on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290859-thai-monk-celebrates-his-birthday-throwing-money-from-the-sky/

 

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British Man in Phuket Dies After Being Stung by A Bee
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

FILE PHOTO: PobPad

Rawai, Phuket – A British man has tragically died after being stung by a bee in Rawai.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290867-british-man-in-phuket-dies-after-being-stung-by-a-bee/

 

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Unidentified Foreign Motorbike Rider Dies After Colliding with a Garbage Truck in Karon, Phuket
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

PHOTO: Bank Pongpan Nakwanit

Karon – A foreign rider died after their motorbike crashed into a garbage truck in Karon.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290870-unidentified-foreign-motorbike-rider-dies-after-colliding-with-a-garbage-truck-in-karon-phuket/

 

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Restaurants, Beach beds, and Umbrellas Found Encroaching on Beach in Thalang, Phuket
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Thalang – Restaurants, beach beds, and umbrellas were found by Thaland officials to be encroaching on Lay Phang Beach in Cherng Talay.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290872-restaurants-beach-beds-and-umbrellas-found-encroaching-on-beach-in-thalang-phuket/

 

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Security Guard Attacked by Contractors at Housing Estate in Phuket
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Phuket – A security guard was attacked by contractors at a housing estate in Koh Kaew, which was caught on CCTV.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290873-security-guard-attacked-by-contractors-at-housing-estate-in-phuket/

 

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Rooster Reports 11: "Win-win": Cash-strapped Rooster becomes a motorcycle taxi rider to raise standards, end corruption

 

 

Full report: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290876-rooster-reports-11-win-win-cash-strapped-rooster-becomes-a-motorcycle-taxi-rider-to-raise-standards-end-corruption/

 

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UPDATE: Three Foreigners Fighting at Patong Restaurant Fined 2,000 Baht Each
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Patong – Three foreigners who were involved in fighting at a bar/restaurant in Patong have been fined 2,000 baht each.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290878-update-three-foreigners-fighting-at-patong-restaurant-fined-2000-baht-each/

 

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Why foreign policy takes a backseat for Thai political parties

By Thai PBS World’ Regional Desk

 

 

Thailand’s major political parties have been paying lip service to foreign policy and its great importance to Thailand, but not many of them are highlighting their policies as part of their party platforms in the 2023 election campaign.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290881-why-foreign-policy-takes-a-backseat-for-thai-political-parties/

 

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Thailand's economy to grow 3.6 pct in 2023: World Bank
Source: Xinhua | Editor: huaxia

 

   
BANGKOK,  (Xinhua) -- The World Bank expected Thailand's economy to grow 3.6 percent year on year in 2023, accelerating from 2.6 percent in 2022, supported by domestic consumption, tourism recovery and pent-up demand in China.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290888-thailands-economy-to-grow-36-pct-in-2023-world-bank/

 

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Thailand’s wild, wooly and booming weed experiment
 

Pot shops have sprouted far and wide across the kingdom after sweeping decriminalization policy that may or may not last

 

By PETER WARR

 

Thailand medical marijuana industry is growing apace. Photo: Twitter

 

In June 2022, the Thai government took the bold step of decriminalizing the production, sale and personal use of cannabis. Huge consequences have followed, and other Asian countries should take notice.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290890-thailand’s-wild-wooly-and-booming-weed-experiment/

 

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Thai forest fires worsen pollution that’s left 2 million ill

 

A forest fire in Nakhon Nayok province, northeast of Bangkok, on Thursday | THAI NEWS PIX / VIA AFP-JIJI

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Raging forest fires in northern Thailand are threatening to worsen the country’s air pollution, which has sent nearly 2 million people to hospitals with respiratory illnesses since the beginning of the year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290891-thai-forest-fires-worsen-pollution-that’s-left-2-million-ill/

 

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Early morning carnage! Six family members dead as van collides head on with 18 wheel truck in south

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Six family members dead!

 

Daily News reported that six family members traveling to a family function in the south from Bangkok were killed when their van collided head on with an 18 wheel truck.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290893-early-morning-carnage-six-family-members-dead-as-van-collides-head-on-with-18-wheel-truck-in-south/

 

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One fire-fighting volunteer dies in Chiang Mai’s Khun Khan National Park

 

 

A fire-fighting volunteer was found dead, apparently from suffocation, in Khun Khan National Park in Chiang Mai province yesterday (Friday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290895-one-fire-fighting-volunteer-dies-in-chiang-mai’s-khun-khan-national-park/

 

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Swedish conman charged for overstaying his visa
by Miabell Mallikka

 

Police has arrested a Swedish man who overstayed his visa in by over seven years in Chon Buri, Thailand. He is also accused of defrauding local Thai people for money.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290897-swedish-conman-charged-for-overstaying-his-visa/

 

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45 day visa waiver finished, back to 30 days on arrival

By Peter Roche

 

Thai visa waiver of 30 days

Without either confirmation or a change of mind, the 6 month tourist promotion, extending the tourist visa waiver from 30 to 45 days, and the visa-on-arrival from 15 to 30 days, has finished.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290901-45-day-visa-waiver-finished-back-to-30-days-on-arrival/

 

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