THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 8 April 2023

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British man arrested for 'human trafficking' raid at bar in Thai resort

 

A British national and a Thai woman have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in Thai 'Sin City' Pattaya. Englishman William R. and local woman Jaranya D., 31, were detained by police chiefs. The Brit was seen being led into the police station in what appeared to be handcuffs (pictured) @ViralPress

A British national and a Thai woman have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in Thailand's seedy 'Sin City' resort of Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291517-british-man-arrested-for-human-trafficking-raid-at-bar-in-thai-resort-as-dozens-of-women-are-loaded-into-police-truck/

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Tyson Fury in Bangkok for One Night Only!

 

 

WBC Heavyweight boxing champion of the world Tyson Fury will be in Bangkok on the 8th June to be the main event for a Gala Dinner at the Millennium Hilton Hotel.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291199-tyson-fury-in-bangkok-for-one-night-only/

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Government Approves CAAT Plan to Tackle Soaring Ticket Prices

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport has been instructed to address the issue of skyrocketing plane tickets in the short and long term, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) formulating a five-point strategy to solve the problems impeding the tourism industry’s recovery.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291505-government-approves-caat-plan-to-tackle-soaring-ticket-prices/

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Thai Woman Attacked by Ex-Girlfriend’s New Partner in Pattaya Near Walking Street
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — A Thai woman in Pattaya claimed her ex-girlfriend’s new partner broke her nose with a motorcycle helmet and almost made her lose an eye.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291538-thai-woman-attacked-by-ex-girlfriend’s-new-partner-in-pattaya-near-walking-street/

 

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Homeless Pattaya Man Stabs His Alleged Bully at Wat Chai Temple Fair
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — A Thai vagabond stabbed his alleged bully who was also homeless in front of the Wat Chai Mongkhon temple last night, April 6th. The victim survived the attack but suffered serious injuries.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291539-homeless-pattaya-man-stabs-his-alleged-bully-at-wat-chai-temple-fair/

 

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Ukrainian Woman Arrested After Spray Painting Famous Viewpoint in Phuket
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Wichit, Phuket – A Ukrainian woman was arrested after she spray painted anti-Russia statements on rocks and benches at a famous viewpoint in Wichit.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291540-ukrainian-woman-arrested-after-spray-painting-famous-viewpoint-in-phuket/

 

 

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Drug Trafficking Duo Flee Leaving Their Wives Behind To Take The Rap
by TNR Staff

 

The two women arrested for drug trafficking and the large amount of drugs found at their house. Photos: Matichon

 

TWO MAJOR drug traffickers managed to escape a police raid on their house in Nakhon Pathom leaving their respective wives behind.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291541-drug-trafficking-duo-flee-leaving-their-wives-behind-to-take-the-rap/

 

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Srettha eyes top job and defends ฿10k spending wallet for over 16s just unveiled by Pheu Thai
by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor

 

Pheu Thai Party nominee for Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin this week gave an interview to the Thai Matichon publishing group in which he defended the party’s latest economic policy announcement of a digital wallet valued at ฿10,000 for all Thai nationals over 16 if the party comes to power after the next General Election, a stimulus that he suggested will be repeated on an ongoing basis to boost GDP and money in circulation within local economies. Mr Srettha also revealed that Pheu Thai will announce its main nominee for the top job on the same day as the General Election, May 14th next.

On Monday 14th, the day of the General Election, Pheu Thai’s national executive will meet to select its primary nominee to be put before parliament for election as Thailand’s next Prime Minister.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291542-srettha-eyes-top-job-and-defends-฿10k-spending-wallet-for-over-16s-just-unveiled-by-pheu-thai/

 

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Almost 4,800 Running For Constituency Seats, Nearly 1,900 In Party-Listed Mode
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

 

A TOTAL OF 4,781 PEOPLE have applied to run for MP in constituency-based mode whilst 1,899 others have applied to compete for MP in party-listed mode for the May 14 general election.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291543-almost-4800-running-for-constituency-seats-nearly-1900-in-party-listed-mode/

 

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Bangkok celebrates 241st anniversary from 21-25 April 2023

TAT Newsroom 

 

To mark the founding of Krung Rattanakosin (Bangkok) with a series of events and activities that honour and commemorate the benevolence of King Rama I and all the kings of the Chakri Dynasty.

The Ministry of Culture has announced a series of events and activities to celebrate the 241st anniversary of the establishment of Krung Rattanakosin or Krung Thep Mahanakhon (Bangkok), from 21-25 April 2023 at museums, temples and key landmarks in Rattanakosin Island or Bangkok’s Old Town.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291544-bangkok-celebrates-241st-anniversary-from-21-25-april-2023/

 

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Customs arrests passenger smuggling cocaine worth 14.4M baht at Suvarnabhumi Airport

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Thai Customs officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport conducted a successful operation on April 6th, 2023 at 1:50 pm under the AITF (Airport Interdiction Task Force), which includes officers from the Narcotics Control Board, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, the National Security Center, and the Immigration Bureau. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291545-customs-arrests-passenger-smuggling-cocaine-worth-144m-baht-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

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Indian national arrested for overstaying his visa by 1,200 days

 

 

Chaiyaphum - Thai immigration, together with the police in the district of Kaset Sombun, Chaiyaphum, have arrested a foreigner for overstaying his visa.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291552-indian-national-arrested-for-overstaying-his-visa-by-1200-days/

 

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Thailand drafts bill to decriminalize its billion-dollar sex trade

By Zsombor Peter

 

FILE - Dancers wearing face shields dance inside a bar at Patpong nightlife district in Bangkok, July 9, 2020.

 

BANGKOK — From the rows of massage parlors, pulsing night clubs and rowdy bars of Thailand’s gaudy red-light districts, the country’s billion-dollar sex trade operates all but in the open.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291554-thailand-drafts-bill-to-decriminalize-its-billion-dollar-sex-trade/

 

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Aimée Kwan, the only British-Thai actress in John Wick Chapter 4

 

Image Courtesy: Aimée Kwan

 

“It’s really easy to say as an actor or as somebody in the industry that it’s always been a dream to do something like this and it genuinely has been. To be able to be part of a blockbuster film, where you can see the reactions from everywhere. That to me is the most exciting thing.”

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291555-aimée-kwan-the-only-british-thai-actress-in-john-wick-chapter-4/

 

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59 Chinese Christian asylum seekers exiled in Thailand leave for US
The members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church fled in 2019 fled due to alleged religious persecution.

By  Nontarat Phaicharoen and Uayporn Satitpanyapan for BenarNews


Chinese nationals, who are members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, also known as the Mayflower Church, leave Pattaya Provincial Court in Pattaya, Thailand, on March 31, 2023.

 

Dozens of Chinese Christian asylum seekers who fled alleged religious persecution in their homeland left Thailand for the United States after being released from Thai custody for an immigration violation, police and United Nations officials said Friday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291556-59-chinese-christian-asylum-seekers-exiled-in-thailand-leave-for-us/

 

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Nonthaburi Market Crackdown: Unauthorized Marijuana Vendors Arrested for Illegal Sale of  Cannabis Flowers and Buds

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

In a recent crackdown on the illegal sale of marijuana flowers and buds, several vendors were arrested in the well-known market in Nonthaburi.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291559-nonthaburi-market-crackdown-unauthorized-marijuana-vendors-arrested-for-illegal-sale-of-cannabis-flowers-and-buds/

 

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Horror on the motorway! Minibus collision results in 4 fatalities, including a pregnant woman, 9 people injured

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Tragedy struck on Motorway Route 7 in Chonburi Province on April 8, 2023, when a minibus carrying foreign workers collided with the back of a trailer, resulting in four fatalities, including a pregnant woman, and leaving nine others injured.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291561-horror-on-the-motorway-minibus-collision-results-in-4-fatalities-including-a-pregnant-woman-9-people-injured/

 

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Phuket police arrest Ukrainian woman for spray painting slogans at viewpoint
by Tara Abhasakun

 

Russian woman spray painted slogan, photo by PR Phuket.

Phuket police yesterday morning arrested a Ukrainian woman for spray painting slogans critical of Russia at a popular viewpoint.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291540-ukrainian-woman-arrested-after-spray-painting-famous-viewpoint-in-phuket/?do=findComment&comment=18004911

 

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Chuwit resumes solo campaign against Bhumjaithai’s cannabis policy

 

 

Self-styled whistle blower Chuwit Kamolvisit has resumed his campaign against the Bhumjaithai party’s cannabis policy, after the Civil Court yesterday (Friday) lifted the injunction barring him from such campaigning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291435-chuwit-vows-to-continue-his-crusade-against-the-bhumjaithai-party-and-marijuana-despite-order/?do=findComment&comment=18004923

 

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British man and Thai woman arrested for human trafficking in Pattaya – VIDEO

By Peter Roche

 

Two individuals, a British man and a Thai woman, have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291517-british-man-arrested-for-human-trafficking-raid-at-bar-in-thai-resort-as-dozens-of-women-are-loaded-into-police-truck/?do=findComment&comment=18004941

 

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Official says 1,000 Myanmar refugees voluntarily returned home from Thailand
by Tara Abhasakun

 

Deputy Governor Surapol said the refugees 'voluntarily' returned home.

After thousands of refugees fled Myanmar to Thailand due to the latest outbreak of violence, the deputy governor of Tak province, Surapol Wongsukphisarn, said yesterday that around 1,000 refugees had voluntarily returned home.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291566-official-says-1000-myanmar-refugees-voluntarily-returned-home-from-thailand/

 

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Working from home continues in Chiang Mai on Saturday and Sunday

 

 

The work from home measure, introduced by the Chiang Mai provincial administration yesterday Friday), will continue until Sunday, as the PM2.5 pollution problem in the province has not improved.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291568-working-from-home-continues-in-chiang-mai-on-saturday-and-sunday/

 

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Thailand Live Monday 10 April 2023
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