Thailand Live Wednesday 14 Jul 2010

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Phuket pressure drop: No water in Patong tomorrow

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Suspected drug dealer caught by Sattahip Navy Narcotics Team

Three men arrested following attempted theft of transformers in South Pattaya

National Police Seminar held in Pattaya

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Standard for traditional Chinese medical clinics to be enforced next year

BANGKOK (NNT) -- The Public Health Ministry is drafting operation standard, as regulations for traditional Chinese medical clinics, expected to be enforced within next year.

Public Health Deputy Minister Phansiri Kulanartsiri stated that the Ministry was accelerating measures to control the standard of traditional Chinese medical clinics around the country. Draft standard for those clinics has been drawn up such as the clinic must have medical tools as denoted in the common medical operating standard; medical supplies and instruments as well as sufficient medicines; proportion of beds to facilitator in a clinic providing massage and acupuncture is 10:1.

The draft standard will be proposed to the professional committee of traditional Chinese medicine for further consideration, expected to be enforced within next year.

The Ministry, moreover, is preparing to push forward traditional Chinese medicine into the national health security system which includes Chinese herbs and massage. Patients’ privilege on expense claim will also be considered for their optional medical treatment.

-- NNT 2010-07-14

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Police Investigate Democrat Attorney's Abduction

The regional police chief has traveled to the crime scene to follow up on the kidnapping case of a local Democrat Party attorney in Petchaburi.

Police have drawn up a list of possible motives, including a conflict with “men in uniform” and personal disputes.

Provincial Police Bureau 7 Commissioner Police Lieutenant General Pongsan Jiam-on visited the home of Petchaburi's Democrat legal adviser Kitjiwat Prabdapichaiyothin to investigate his abduction.

According to witness accounts, four men assaulted Kitjiwat and took him into a bronze Toyota Vios on July 3.

Police also found out that many homes near the crime scene belong to Naresuan Camp police officers but the kidnappers boldly abducted the victim in broad daylight.

Pongsan stated that the abductors disguised as policemen and physically abused Kitjiwat before forcing him into the car. Police disclosed that Kitjiwat had many conflicts with many groups, including “men in uniform.”

Pongsan added that investigators are reviewing security camera footage to hunt down the perpetrators.

-- Tan Network 2010-07-14

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Ad Carabao, 'Parn' give free concert in Phuket today

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Thailand has the highest number of meth-amphetamine addicts, according to Department of Medical Services. /via RT @tulsathit: RT @Urisara_NT

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SET index closed at 819.54, up 2.19; Bt/USD31.94; GBP48.41; AUD27.90; EUR40.47; CAD30.66; HKD4.06; SGD23.09; JPY35.61

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12 youths remain jailed under emergency decree

BANGKOK: -- Thailand's Juvenile Observation and Protection Department on Wednesday said 12 youths are still detained for violating the emergency decree imposed during the country's political chaos in May.

Director-General Thawatchai Thaikiew said there were 164 youths arrested and detained for violating the emergency decree and committing arson.

Among them were 12 girls and 152 boys from 14 provinces, most of whom were arrested for gathering in groups of more than five people, which is prohibited under the emergency decree. These youths joined the protest with their parents.

Mr Thawatchai said 152 of them were later bailed out, while the remaining 12 are still detained while under the jurisdiction of the courts.

The 12 youths remaining incarcerated are locked up because their parents refused to bail them out. They claimed that their children had disobeyed them but were instead were susceptible to other influences, so they wanted them to be trained and cared for by the department, he said, adding that incarceration at a detention home and refusing bail must in every case be examined by the court, which could otherwise allow a temporary release to young wrongdoers not deserving an apprehension.

Mr Thawatchai on Wednesday visited youths who participated in the anti-government protest of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and charged for violating the emergency decree, at two detention homes in the capital.

Six youths are in custody at both places, one of whom is a 14-year-old boy charged with committing arson in Bangkok's Din Daeng. The boy is left at one of the detention home, for authorities could not get through to his parents, but only to his cousins who joined the Red-Shirt protest with their gang from Pattaya. Five children are detained in Nonthaburi, and the other youth is in Ubon Ratchathani.

Concerning collecting data on the youngsters' motivation to commit crimes, the director-general said the department has begun doing so but the information cannot yet be disclosed publicly, as it is evidence for the cases of the alleged youthful wrongdoers.

Those violating the emergency decree by assembling in groups of more than five persons or inciting violence in areas the decree is imposed are to be

punished with no more than a 2-year imprisonment, or a fine of no more than Bt40,000 (about US$1,200), or both. (MCOT online news).

-- TNA 2010-07-14

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SMS trial against PM, Finance Minister to be ruled tomorrow

BANGKOK (NNT) -- The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will tomorrow make a ruling on the case against the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister involving irregularities in the delivery of SMS messages to people.

NACC Secretary-General Apinan Israngura Na Ayuthaya revealed that, during the commission’s meeting tomorrow, there would be a consideration of the SMS case against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij. He added that over 100 other political cases would be examined as well and expected the progress of all cases to be announced by 16.00 hrs.

Earlier, the opposition Pheu Thai Party filed a complaint with the NACC, seeking removal of Mr Abhisit and Mr Korn for their abuse of power in asking three major mobile phone operators to send text messages to the public after taking office in 2008. The party claimed that the move was a violation of the NACC Act.

-- NNT 2010-07-14

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US confirms support for reconciliation plan, rejects UDD’s petition

BANGKOK (NNT) -- The US Embassy has refused to accept a letter filed by the anti-government group for the US’s reconsideration of its support for the Thai Government’s reconciliation roadmap.

The letter was today presented to the US Embassy to Thailand by Mr Somyos Prueksakasemsuk, leader of the 24 June Democracy Group and the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), as well as 20 other supporters. The group called for the US House of Representatives to review its previous resolution in support of the national reconciliation plan introduced by Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, reasoning that the Thai Government did not comply with the proposed plan since the Emergency Decree was still maintained in 19 provinces, including Bangkok.

The US Embassy’s rejection of the UDD’s petition came after the group breached the rules and regulations by staging a rowdy protest outside the embassy compound with banners and reenactment of the military crackdown.

Earlier, PM Abhisit revealed that foreign governments and international organizations expressed their strong support for the Thai Government's roadmap to national reconciliation. The US Congress also passed a resolution to support Thailand’s implementation of the peace plan through non-violent means.

-- NNT 2010-07-14

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Bangkok grabs World’s Best Award 2010 for best city

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to be continued

Thailand Live Thursday 15 July 2010

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