Pattaya Police Threaten Harsher Traffic Law Enforcement During Songkran
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — Pattaya Police came out to warn that they will tighten up enforcement on traffic laws during the Seven Dangerous Days campaign of Songkran festival from April 11th-17th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291805-pattaya-police-threaten-harsher-traffic-law-enforcement-during-songkran/

 

Alleged army hacker suspended from duty

 

 

The Royal Thai Army has already ordered the suspension from duty of Sgt-Maj (second class) Khemarat, an alleged hacker who claims to have gained access to the personal data of about 55 million Thai people. They are trying to trace his whereabouts.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291817-alleged-army-hacker-suspended-from-duty/

 

Bus services increased to accommodate 100,000 passengers in next 48 hours

 

 

The state-run Transport Company has increased bus and passenger van trips to about 4,500 by making available an additional 700 vehicles to accommodate up to 100,000 passengers expected to use public transport today (Tuesday) and tomorrow for travel before the Songkran Day on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291818-bus-services-increased-to-accommodate-100000-passengers-in-next-48-hours/

 

EC asks Pheu Thai to explain source of 10,000-baht giveaway policy funding

 

 

Thailand’s Election Commission has officially asked the Pheu Thai Party to clarify the source or sources of the funding required to implement its manifesto policy to distribute 10,000 baht to the e-wallets of each Thai citizen who is 16 or older if it is in government after the May 14th general election.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291819-ec-asks-pheu-thai-to-explain-source-of-10000-baht-giveaway-policy-funding/

 

Songkran Travelers Warned to Avoid Drinking and Driving

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Court of Justice has urged drivers to refrain from drinking before getting behind the wheel during the upcoming Songkran festival, in light of the increase in accidents caused by drunk driving over the past two years.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291820-songkran-travelers-warned-to-avoid-drinking-and-driving/

 

Thais stock up on Songkran super soakers, preparing for battle

 

PHOTO: Flickr/heart_of_au

 

Market vendors are reporting a surge in plastic water gun sales as both Thais and tourists prepare themselves for the looming Songkran water battles, officially the first since pre-pandemic days (although last year there was plenty of unofficial Songkran water celebrations).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291821-thais-stock-up-on-songkran-super-soakers-preparing-for-battle/

 

Thailand considers legalising sex work with new bill

 

 

Thailand’s billion-dollar sex trade operates in plain sight, with massage parlours, nightclubs and girlie bars pulsing with activity in the country’s red-light districts – Nana, Soi Cowboy, Walking Street, Soi 6, Patpong, Bangla Road, etc. While technically illegal, a new Thai government-led plan aims to change that.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291822-thailand-considers-legalising-sex-work-with-new-bill/

 

Unveiling the dark side of sex doll collecting: Thai man’s spooky encounters with his new doll

 

Photo via Facebook/ ไดอารี่สุดกาวของพ่อค้าร้านน้ำ

 

A Thai sex doll collector took to Facebook to share some spooky stories that would not look out of place in a horror movie after he bought a new doll from a stranger online.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291823-unveiling-the-dark-side-of-sex-doll-collecting-thai-man’s-spooky-encounters-with-his-new-doll/

 

Pattaya Police Ready to Protect Tourists During Songkran and Wan Lai

 

 

Pattaya Police are currently mobilizing all units to ensure the safety of lives and property of the public and tourists during the Songkran Festival and Wan Lai aka the Big Day on April 19th.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291825-pattaya-police-ready-to-protect-tourists-during-songkran-and-wan-lai/

 

Two Phuket taxi drivers have licences suspended following brawl

 

PHOTO: Facebook/ปชส. จังหวัดภูเก็ต

 

Two Phuket taxi drivers who got into a physical fight over customers have had their licences suspended for 180 days. The drivers, who have been named as Chayakorn Chaitisuk and Noppadon Changlek got into an altercation on Patak Road in Karon last Thursday. The altercation included the brandishing of a tyre spanner as a weapon.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291654-phuket-taxi-drivers-face-legal-action-after-fighting-over-customers/?do=findComment&comment=18011614

 

Police bust gang of thieves targetting foreigners in northeast Thailand

 

Photo via Banmuang

 

Police announced the results of their investigation into a gang of thieves targetting foreigners with families all over the Isaan region this afternoon in front of the Provincial Police Region 3 Headquarters in Nakhon Ratchasima province in northeast Thailand. Police seized stolen assets worth an accumulative three million baht.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291827-police-bust-gang-of-thieves-targetting-foreigners-in-northeast-thailand/

 

Repeat offender arrested in Bangkok after drugging woman, swindling over 1 million baht

 

Photo via Facebook/ กองบัญชาการตำรวจสืบสวนสอบสวนอาชญากรรมทางเทคโนโลยี บช.สอท. - CCIB

 

The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau arrested a Thai man at a shopping mall in the Sukhumvit neighbourhood of Bangkok yesterday after he allegedly drugged and swindled over 1 million baht from a woman. He was twice arrested on the same charge last year.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291828-repeat-offender-arrested-in-bangkok-after-drugging-woman-swindling-over-1-million-baht/

 

Splash into Songkran! Silom Road to remain open for water fights in Bangkok

 

Photo by toastal via Flickr

 

Bang Rak District Office officially announced that Silom Road, a popular destination for water fights in Bangkok during Songkran, will remain open this year. Locals and tourists can take part in the water fights on the streets and sidewalks of each Soi.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291829-splash-into-songkran-silom-road-to-remain-open-for-water-fights-in-bangkok/

 

Pepsi Introduces Bottles Made from Recycled Plastic

 

 

BANGKOK, April 11 (TNA) – Pepsi will switch to 100% recycled plastic for its 550ml bottles, which will be available in the market within this month.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291838-pepsi-introduces-bottles-made-from-recycled-plastic/

 

Man sets fire to wife’s house and threatens to kill her family

 

Photo via Facebook/ วัลลภ อำพร

 

A Thai man driven by jealousy, set fire to the house of his wife in Nakhon Pathom province near Bangkok after she left him and travelled to another province with her family. The man also allegedly threatened to kill his family and carried a gun with him at all times.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291840-man-sets-fire-to-wife’s-house-and-threatens-to-kill-her-family/

 

Thai man’s Emerald Buddha Songkran office party outfit is ‘inappropriate,’ monk says

 

 

A Thai man won 5000 baht for ‘best outfit’ at his office’s Songkran party in Udon Thani province yesterday, but a senior Buddhist monk says that dressing like the Emerald Buddha is “inappropriate.”

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291841-thai-man’s-emerald-buddha-songkran-office-party-outfit-is-‘inappropriate’-monk-says/

 

Assets worth ฿31m seized from drug gang in multiple recent raids

 

 

Thai anti-narcotics officers, police and soldiers have seized assets, worth about 31 million baht, in raids on eight locations in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Nonthaburi and Nakhon Nayok provinces, which are allegedly linked to a now closed narcotics trafficking network.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291851-assets-worth-฿31m-seized-from-drug-gang-in-multiple-recent-raids/

 

Cardi B Arrives in Thailand for Rolling Loud Music Festival in Pattaya

 

PHOTO: MGRONLINE

 

Cardi B recently arrived in Thailand to prep for the upcoming biggest hip-hop concert of the year – Rolling Loud Thailand – slated for April 13th to 15th right in Pattaya.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291853-cardi-b-arrives-in-thailand-for-rolling-loud-music-festival-in-pattaya/

 

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