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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 6 August 2025
Python Crashes Through Ceiling in Attempt to Eat Pet Cats Picture courtesy of Khaosod. A dramatic incident unfolded in a residential home after a 5-metre-long python fell through the ceiling of a cat room in an apparent attempt to prey on a group of pedigree Scottish Fold cats. Full story:https://aseannow.com/topic/1368903-python-crashes-through-ceiling-in-attempt-to-eat-pet-cats/ -
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Crime 2 Foreign Nationals Face Prison Over Altered Visa Stamps
Picture courtesy of Daily News. Two men have been arrested by immigration authorities for attempting to alter and forge visa stamps in a bid to extend their stay in Thailand illegally. The suspects now face up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to 200,000 baht under immigration and criminal law. The arrests were announced by Pol. Maj. Gen. Prasat Khemaprasit, Commander of Immigration Division 1, following an operation led by Pol. Col. Thawatchai Nongbua, Pol. Col. Pholasit Suttiaj, and other investigators from the Division 1 investigative team. The suspects, Mr. Tsai, a 40-year-old Taiwanese national and Mr. Zhang 39, a Chinese national, were apprehended at the Immigration Division 1 Service Centre on the sixth floor of the One Bangkok shopping mall on Witthayu Road, Pathum Wan district. Mr. Tsai faces charges of forging official immigration stamps, while Mr. Zhang is charged with using forged immigration documents, both serious offences under the law. The arrests followed an attempt in early July by Mr. Tsai to help Mr. Zhang apply for a visa extension to work as a skilled technician at a well-known company. However, an initial check revealed discrepancies in Mr. Zhang’s passport, specifically, an altered entry stamp originally marked “Tourist Visa 60 Days” which had been manually changed to read “NON-IB,” a type of business visa. Authorities advised the pair that the passport alteration rendered the visa ineligible for extension. Despite this, they returned to the service centre on 24 July and submitted the same document. Officers noticed suspicious markings and signs of tampering, including erasures and handwritten amendments, prompting further investigation and the eventual arrests. Mr. Zhang denied altering the stamp himself, claiming Mr. Tsai had made the changes before submitting the passport. Mr. Tsai later confessed during questioning. Both men were charged and handed over to the Investigation Division of the Immigration Bureau for legal proceedings. Immigration authorities reminded the public that tampering with passport stamps or using forged immigration documents is a serious criminal offence in Thailand. The penalties range from 1 to 10 years in prison and fines between 20,000 and 200,000 baht. The Immigration Bureau urges anyone with information on similar offences to contact their hotline. Adapted by Asean Now from Daily News 2025-08-06 -
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I have that Pneumonia feeling again
Travelling to the nearest other hospital about 100km today to check on my condition. Seems to be a bit better with the antibiotics. -
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Ukraine A Deadly Mistake: Overuse of Tourniquets Is Crippling Ukraine
A Deadly Mistake: How Overuse of Tourniquets Is Crippling Ukraine’s Soldiers Tourniquets, once hailed as a revolutionary life-saving tool on the battlefield, are now being blamed for a tragic surge in preventable amputations and deaths among Ukrainian soldiers. According to leading military surgeons, widespread misuse of the device in Ukraine has created a “cult-like” dependence that is leaving thousands of young men permanently disabled. Captain Rom A Stevens, a retired senior US Navy medical officer who has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and East Africa, estimates that of the roughly 100,000 amputations performed on Ukrainian soldiers since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, as many as 75,000 could have been avoided. “I’ve seen tourniquets that have been left on for days, often for injuries that could have been stopped by other methods. Then [the patient] has to have their limb amputated because the tissue has died,” he told The Telegraph. Tourniquets are tight bands used to stop catastrophic bleeding by cutting off blood flow, a last resort intended for life-threatening injuries. If applied correctly and for a short time, they can be invaluable. But left in place for longer than two hours, they begin to starve tissue of oxygen, resulting in irreversible damage and ultimately amputation. In the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where tourniquets became standard issue for Western forces in the 2000s, wounded soldiers could typically be evacuated by helicopter to surgical care within an hour. If a tourniquet turned out to be unnecessary, it could be quickly removed with no lasting harm. Ukraine presents a very different battlefield. With the skies thick with enemy drones and helicopters largely grounded, soldiers must be transported by land, often over long distances. These delays can extend well past the critical safe window for tourniquet use. According to Captain Stevens, the consequences are not limited to lost limbs. He noted a growing number of young Ukrainian men now requiring dialysis because, after a tourniquet is left on too long, the removal releases toxins from the dead tissue into the bloodstream, overwhelming the kidneys. Stevens, who has been volunteering in hospitals in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, and L’viv since the start of the invasion, said, “It has left a generation of men traumatised by unnecessary amputations.” Captain Stevens was involved in creating the U.S. military’s own guidelines on tourniquet use and now regrets that they didn’t stress enough the importance of determining whether one is truly necessary before applying it. He believes the success of tourniquets in previous conflicts has blinded many to their risks. “Their successful use in wars where rapid evacuation was possible has led to a ‘cult-like’ dependence on a tool that should be used much more sparingly,” he warned. Backing up his concerns is a 2022 study by Dr Vladyslav Yatsun, a Ukrainian military vascular surgeon, who found that just 24.6 percent of wounded soldiers arriving at hospitals with tourniquets had injuries that actually required them. “In all other cases, the use of pressure bandages was more appropriate,” the study concluded. As the war grinds on and casualty numbers rise, experts are calling for an urgent re-education of frontline medics and soldiers on when and how to use tourniquets. Without it, thousands more may face avoidable amputations, lifelong disability, and death—not from enemy fire, but from a well-intended device misused in the chaos of war. Adapted by ASEAN Now from Source Daily Telegraph 2025-08-06 -
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UK Police Commissioner: Minister Tried to Silence Me Over Riots
Police Commissioner Claims Minister Tried to Silence Her Over Riots and Immigration Link A senior police figure has alleged that a government minister pressured her to retract a statement linking last summer’s riots to mass immigration. Donna Jones, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, says the intervention came shortly after she publicly suggested that “mass uncontrolled immigration” was among the causes of the unrest following the Southport attacks. Jones said she received a call from a newly appointed minister, whose identity she chose not to reveal. According to her, the minister insisted: “You and I both know this has nothing to do with immigration,” and urged her to take down her statement. She refused, telling the minister they were wrong. “Last summer I issued a statement urging the government to address the root causes of why people are protesting,” Jones said. “After I put my statement out, on the same day, a Labour government minister called me and asked me to retract my statement saying it was misleading the public and causing community tensions. I told them that they were wrong and it was absolutely why people were protesting.” The commissioner warned that unless the government addresses the issue of immigration more decisively, the UK could see a deterioration in law and order. “Those are not scenes we ever want to see again,” she said. “These protests will continue to happen unless the government takes serious and tangible action to stop the flow of immigration into the UK.” Jones also expressed concern over the frequency of anti-migrant demonstrations and their potential to escalate. “With more protests planned for August, and no sign of an imminent solution from the home secretary or the prime minister, I fear parts of the country risk falling into a state of lawlessness,” she said. “People continue to be concerned about the number of people arriving on our shores daily and the impact this is having on local services. Community stability is a valid concern. And those who are not concerned are rightly anxious about the unrest on their streets. This won’t stop until people’s fears are addressed.” In addition to concerns over community unrest, she warned that the police are at breaking point. “Policing is stretched to the limit,” she said, noting that forces are expected to maintain public order, meet neighbourhood policing targets and cut knife crime and violence against women and girls — all at once. Jones, who is also the Conservative candidate for mayor of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, made her original remarks while chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. Her comments were met with strong criticism, including from former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal, who called them “totally unacceptable” and said she appeared to be “justifying rioting and criminality that police officers are bravely having to deal with right now.” In response to the backlash, Jones issued a second statement, reiterating her support for the police and condemning illegal behaviour, but she refused to withdraw her original claims. “While I do not justify any violence, there is value in understanding the views of those attending rallies who feel strongly but don’t cause disorder,” she said. “I’ve spoken to people from both sides of the spectrum and the only way to stem the tide of violent disorder is to acknowledge what is causing it.” She also reported that protests had been consistently taking place in her region, including three in one weekend and a continuous weekly protest at a hotel in Portsmouth housing migrants since last summer. The Home Office has been contacted for comment. Adapted by ASEAN Now from Source The Times 2025-08-06 -
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UK M&S Apologises over transgender employee in the lingerie section
M&S Apologises After Trans Employee Causes Lingerie Department Controversy Marks & Spencer has issued an apology to a mother whose teenage daughter reportedly felt "distressed" after being approached by a transgender employee in the lingerie section of one of its stores. The incident, which took place in March, has reignited debate over the balance between inclusivity and customer comfort in retail spaces. The mother, who has chosen to remain anonymous, described the event as upsetting for her 14-year-old daughter, who had been visiting the store to be fitted for a bra. She claimed that while the transgender shop assistant was “polite”, the situation was nonetheless “completely inappropriate.” “Imagine her horror, then, when the person to approach us and ask if we needed help was a transgender ‘woman’, i.e., a biological male,” she wrote in a formal complaint to the company. “This is obviously the case: he is at least 6ft 2in tall... My daughter recoiled, so I politely declined the offer and we left immediately. She was visibly upset and said she felt ‘freaked out’.” In response, a customer service representative from M&S wrote the following day, offering an apology. “Thank you for reaching out to us and sharing your experience,” the company said in an email. “We deeply regret the distress your daughter felt during her visit to our store. We understand how important this milestone is for her, and we are truly sorry that it did not go as you had hoped.” The retailer further stated that it takes such concerns “very seriously” and promised to ensure that during any future visits, the daughter would “receive assistance from a female colleague.” The company added, “We want to make this experience as comfortable and positive as possible for her. Please let us know when you plan to visit again, and we will make the necessary arrangements.” The mother, however, did not find the response adequate. She argued that M&S’s reply “fell significantly short of the response that was required to satisfy me that M&S takes seriously the safety and dignity of women and girls.” While she acknowledged that the retailer admitted “this colleague is not female,” she said that alone was “not sufficient to offer just my daughter the protection of not being approached by him.” She requested a formal policy ensuring that transgender staff would not approach young women in the lingerie department. It is understood that the employee in question works across multiple departments and is not involved in bra fittings. The situation unfolded just weeks before a landmark ruling from the UK Supreme Court, which affirmed that under equality law, “sex” refers specifically to biological sex. The ruling clarified that transgender women can be legally excluded from women-only spaces. Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns at the human rights organisation Sex Matters, weighed in on the incident, criticising the retailer’s handling of the situation. “This is what happens when a business centres the feelings of men who identify as women, even at the expense of their own customers. It is entirely inappropriate for a man to approach a teenage girl in a lingerie department. Being dressed in women’s clothes doesn’t change that. It’s extraordinary that a man would regard himself as entitled to do such a thing; most men know how unwelcome that would be,” she said. “M&S needs to rethink its priorities and remember that women and girls have rights too, and that this man should not be permitted to hang around in the women’s underwear department as a matter of common decency,” McAnena added. In a statement, a spokesperson for M&S said: “We want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for our colleagues and customers. We have written to this customer and explained that our colleagues typically work across all departments in our stores and customers can always ask to speak to the colleague they feel most comfortable with.” Adapted by ASEAN Now from Source The Telegraph 2025-08-06
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