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A former senator's son has been arrested for running an online gambling network and its payment system. The 33-year-old was detained after raids in the capital. His father, an economist and former senator, has written extensively on gambling and corruption. A 39-year-old gambling website owner was also arrested. Police seized two desktops, a laptop, 14 mobile phones, 21 bank passbooks, 53 ATM cards, and four luxury cars worth over 400 million baht.


A House committee has urged the government to clarify misinformation about 265,000 rai of land in an eastern national park. Contrary to claims, the land is not virgin forest but houses a community with a temple, market, school, and healthcare facility. Over 900,000 people participated in public hearings, but their accuracy is in question due to possible misunderstandings about the land's condition. 


Police and hospital officials confirmed Cyanide poisoning was the cause of 6 deaths including the killer, A Vietnamese American named Sherine Chong, their bodies were found in a room in the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel on Tuesday, Traces of the rapid-acting, deadly chemical were found during autopsies of the bodies and on drinking glasses and a teapot in the hotel room.


Several million cubic metres of water escaped from the breached reservoir in north east Thailand yesterday, swamping some 10 thousand Rai of farmland
One man was reported missing. 


Around the region.


China’s foreign ministry says it has halted nuclear-arms-control talks with the United States,in a protest of Washington's arms sales to the democratically governed island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory.


The Chinese decision deals a potentially serious setback to global arms-control efforts, with Beijing joining Moscow in refusing to discuss with Washington measures to curb a nuclear-arms race.

 

Todays’ WEATHER 

Chiang Mai and the north: Thunderstorms 32C degrees celsius

Bangkok:   cloudy thundershowers 31

Pattaya: Cloudy,  rain and thunderstorms  30

Phuket and the south: cloudy with thundershowers  30

Hua Hin: Cloudy with showers, clearing, but returning later in the day.  31 

Much the same over the weekend

 

AQI: green which is good 
Green clear, yellow moderate, Orange High,  Red unhealthy.  


Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin  Today, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Wunderground.com
The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Windy.com. 

 

 

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