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Thailand Live Tuesday 31 Aug 2010

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Ongart pushing forward media protection law

BANGKOK (NNT) -- Prime Minister’s Office Minister Ongart Klampaiboon has announced that he is ready to forge ahead with the media rights protection bill draft.

Mr Ongart disclosed that he had received and then forwarded the bill draft to his colleague Satit Wonghnongtaey, another Prime Minister’s Office Minister. He expected the bill, now being considered by the house subcommittee, would be forwarded to the Cabinet soon.

The Minister further explained that the media rights protection bill draft would protect of the press members in line with the Constitution. He assured that the bill draft had been completed and that it would be presented to Parliament for consideration before the end this Parliamentary session.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva pledged with media party at the media party on Monday night that the Government would speedily forge ahead with the bill draft proposal and approval, as it was part of the Government’s media reform policy.

The bill draft, however, has been criticized by some of the media members that it allows the Government to meddle with the work of the media instead of providing them with protection.

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Bomb Attack at NBT, Police Rush to Crime Scene

A bomb attack took place at NBT (National Broadcasting Services of Thailand) at around 1.30 P.M. No one was injured while several cars have been damaged by the bomb attack.

Police have rushed to the bomb site.

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-- Tan Network 2010-08-31

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Urgent: M79 grenade fired at Channel 11

An assailant fired an M79 grenade at the NBT station Tuesday afternoon.

The grenade landed at the parking area at 1:25 pm.

A news vehicle was damaged but no one was injured.

INN reported that the grenade appeared to have been fired from the Don Mueng Tollway.

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-- The Nation 2010-08-31

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Somchai Wongsawat: Thaksin called me on Sunday to wish me a Happy Birthday. /via @tulsathit

Somchai: Thaksin sounded healthy and he wasn't residing near Thailand as alleged by Abhisit /via @tulsathit

Somchai: The Shinawatras had no reason to cover it up if Thaksin was really ill /via @tulsathit

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Prosecutors Revoking 2nd Case against Bout

The Office of the Attorney General's Foreign Cases Division has begun a process to withdraw a second case against suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout as requested by the United States, assuring the procedure will not take long.

Director of the Office of the Attorney General's Foreign Cases Division, Sirisak Tiyapun, disclosed that his office has received a request from the United States to revoke a second case against Russian national Viktor Bout, wanted by the US for arms trafficking. Bout has been charged in Thailand for money laundering and fraud.

A panel of Sirisak's office is currently mulling the request with the director saying consideration may take several days due to the sensitive nature of the case. He assured, however, that the process is being expedited.

Sirisak said details of the case will only be made available to the media once the deliberation is complete.

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Serial Thief caught following South Pattaya robbery

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Body of Baby girl found at Pattaya rubbish dump

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Three drug addicted thieves caught red-handed at Jomtien Apartment complex

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Suspected drug courier for imprisoned drug dealer caught by Pattaya Police

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DSI asks prosecutors to charge 7 Sunshine Empire pyramid scheme suspects

Department of Special Investigation (DSI) submitted to public prosecutor and presented seven suspects in the case of Sunshine Empire (Thailand) Co Ltd's pyramid scheme, selling health products and 4G cell phones.

The suspects were accused of duping 130 people of some Bt98.8 million.

DSI Special Criminal Case Office chief, Pol Col Piyawat Kingket, said Tuesday that DSI investigation found that the direct-sale firm lured public members by faulty ads on sunshineempire.com that the company, located at Bangkok's Exchange Tower Building and headquartered at Singapore, offered two investment plans; Bronze Merchant priced at Bt6,300 and Silver Merchant at Bt27,900. It promised that if an investor got other two persons to invest, he would get 100 points or Bt3,600 in commission fee per pair. If the two persons went on to get other two pairs, the profit would grow, the firm said, however firm limited the commission payment to only one pair per day.

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-- The Nation 2010-08-31

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Thai Govt pledges to deal with Bout case honestly

BANGKOK (NNT) -- The controversial case of suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Anatolyevich Bout will be dealt with in a straightforward manner in line with Thai law, according to Deputy Prime Minister overseeing security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban.

Mr Suthep believed both the US and Russia would understand and accpept the court's decision. The comment came after Mr Bout’s lawyer lodged a letter asking the Government not to extradite the Russian suspect to the US in his concern over unfair trial.

Asked about the government’s suggestion for the US and Russia to hold bilateral negotiations regarding Mr Bout's case, the Deputy Prime Minister responded that the Thai Government would not need to consult any side about the issue as it had the authority to make decisions.

Mr Suthep believed that Mr Bout's case would be settled by the Thai court within the extradition timeframe of three months as specified.

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Highlight of our news meeting 2day was a pic, shown by Noppdol, in which Thaksin shakes hand w/ Nelson Mandela, purportedly a few days ago. /via @tulsathit

Last tweet by Thaksin was on July 29. Latest news, according to Noppadol, TS has just met Nelson Mendela. /via @veen_NT

The said Thaksin-Mandela photo http://bit.ly/bpPNmy /via @tulsathit

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Thaksin still healthy: Somchai

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is healthy but does not want to be linked with political issues, his brother-in-law Somchai Wongsawat said Tuesday.

Somchai, also a former premier, said Thaksin made a phone call to greet him on Sunday. However, Thaksin was not somewhere near Thailand and he was healthy.

"Thaksin has no signs of illness. His voice is still clear and he is healthy. If he is really sick, the Shinawatra family has no reason to conceal that. If Thaksin has some sickness, it must be mentally as he misses his home and his kids. Although (Khunyong Pojaman Na Pombejra) is his ex-wife, he still misses her," Somchai said.

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-- The Nation 2010-08-31

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