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Thailand Live Saturday 5 Mar 2011

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Thailand Live Saturday 5 March 2011

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Suthep: Police taking action against palm oil profiteering

BANGKOK (NNT) -- Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Security Affairs Suthep Thaugsuban has instructed the police to take stringent measures against anyone selling palm oil at more than 47 baht per liter.

Speaking in his capacity as chairperson of the national oil palm policy panel, Mr Suthep stated that no one should take advantage of others in time of hortage.

The deputy prime minister then voiced his confidence that there should be no more palm oil shortage after palm oil imports have been allowed and measures are taken to ensure fair distribution.

Mr Suthep announced that he will convene his panel again on 8 March in order to revise the measures and consider if the domestic output of oil palm is sufficient and more imports are necessary.

As for palm oil hoarding, the deputy prime minister said the Department of Special Investigation has been assigned to probe the issue.

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Police Cracks Down on Vendors Overpricing Palm Oil

Police officers have already begun arresting palm oil vendors for overpricing.

However, concerns about overpricing lingers as pink-capped oil bottles reach many remote provinces.

Police announced the arrest of seven palm oil vendors in the northeastern province of Nongkhai, for overpricing bottled palm oil.

Many of them have sold blue-capped palm oil for 50-60 baht per bottle and may face a fine of up to 140,000 baht and/or a jail term.

The Commerce Ministry has capped palm oil price at 47 baht per bottle.

The police said they have been informed about irregularities at several markets such as Phochai market and Chaiphorn market.

On the other hand, a 44 year old vendor asked for sympathy after she bought a stock of palm oil bottles at 47 baht per bottle and had to sell at 49 baht a bottle to make small profit.

Meanwhile, Surachai Dejsiri-udom, the owner of a grocery store, said he has received a total of 1,200 boxes of pink-capped palm oil bottles to be sold at 47 baht per bottle.

He said he will distribute the oil to other districts nearby and will impose no limit on buying per visit.

Still, he has voiced concern about overpricing by other dealers in remote areas where each oil bottle is said to be divided into several smaller plastic bags and are sold for 55 baht each.

In the central Phitsanulok province, a wholesale was selling pink-capped oil bottles at 47 baht after it recently obtained them yesterday morning.

The store believes the product will be sold out within one day.

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Court drops medicalschool admissions case

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The Central Administrative Court yesterday dropped a case against the Consortium of Thai Medical Schools (Costmes) over its decision to strip two prospective medical students of their right to sit its admissions tests.

Costmes did not allow Saranya Kannam and Sirikwan Charoensuksopon to sit the tests because they failed to include enough photographs with their applications. The organisation said it required five photos from each applicant but Saranya and Sirikwan provided just four.

To prevent photos from going missing during application delivery, Costmes had advised applicants to put four photos in a small plastic bag inside the envelope. The other photo had to be glued to the application form.

Costmes also announced that applicants should check their application status regularly via its website.

Evidence showed Saranya and Sirikwan failed to do as required regarding the photos.

The Central Administrative Court thus yesterday dismissed the case and ended any injunctions relating to it.

Saranya had been allowed to sit the test under an injunction but she was not among the successful applicants anyway.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) lodged the complaint on behalf of Saranya with the court.

"I will report the court's ruling to the NHRC, which will decide on March 9 as to whether to appeal against the verdict," NHRC representative Komsan Metheekul said.

Building Thailand chairman Amnuay Sunthornchote, who filed the complaint on behalf of Sirikwan, said he was planning to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court.

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Public prosecutors decide to drop charge against Philips Morris

Public prosecutors Friday decided to drop a tax avoidance charge against 14 executives of Philip Morris (Thailand).

The Department of Special Investigation asked the public prosecutors to arraign the 14 executives on charge of falsifying price declaration of Marlboro and L&M brands of cigarettes to avoid paying import taxes to the full rates.

The DSI alleged that Philip Morris had avoid paying excise taxes worth about Bt68 billion.

But Wongsakul Kittipromwong, the director of the Special Cases Department of the Attorney General Office, decided that the evidence was not strong enough to make a case against the 14 executives of the firm.

Wongsakul said he would inform the DSI director-general of the decision to drop the charge.

The opposition plans to censure the government for having allegedly interfered in the case to help the cigarette firm.

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Health Ministry asks for kidneys

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The Public Health Ministry is asking for kidney donations after it found that more than 30,000 people were living with endstage renal failure.

The ministry's permanent secretary, Dr Paijit Warachit, said endstage renal failure had become a publichealth burden and would continue to increase every year.

According to a study by the Nephrology Society of Thailand, 31,496 people were suffering from endstage renal failure in 2008 and 400 new cases of the disease were diagnosed.

In a bid to commemorate World Kidney Day, the ministry wants to persuade members of the public to donate a kidney. The ministry expects to collect 840 kidneys this year.

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Late revered monk to be bid a royal goodbye

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HRH Princess Chulabhorn Valayalaksana graciously took part in the funereal procession yesterday morning for the late muchrevered monk Luangta Maha Bua in Udon Thani. The monk died at the age of 97 in January.

The event, which attracted more than 50,000 witnesses, also included government officials, more than 3,000 monks, the late monk's two sisters and some of his relatives. Her Majesty the Queen will preside over the cremation ceremony at Wat Ban Tad today. The ritual will be televised live on Channel 11.

Since some 500,000 people are expected to show up to bid the revered monk a final farewell, more than 2,000 soldiers will be deployed to provide added safety.

After the cremation, the ashes will be distributed among various temples, with Wat Ban Tad getting a kilogram in a golden urn, which will be placed inside Luangta Maha Bua's dwelling unit.

Since the revered monk's death, donations from his disciples and followers were above Bt292 million as of Thursday. His disciples have also donated more than 73kg of gold.

Deputy Public Health Minister Dr Pansiri Kulanartsiri said yesterday that her ministry was planning to hand out facemasks at the funeral to help prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

"We will also provide handcleansing gel," she added.

According to Udon Thani public health chief Dr Sanchai Piyapongkul, a mobile medical team has been on standby at the temple since February 1 because thousands of devotees have been visiting to say goodbye to the late monk. So far, more than 60,000 people have called on them for services.

"On Friday alone, about 5,000 people used the service," he said, adding that more than 700 doctors and nurses were taking turns serving at the temple.

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Police beg protestors to disperse for the annual Red Cross Fair

BANGKOK (NNT) -- National Police Chief Police General Wichean Potphosri has urged all protestors to leave their camps before 15 March, 2011 to pave the way for the Red Cross Fair which is held every year on Ratchadamnoen and Phitsanulok roads.

According to Pol Gen Wichean, police are asking demonstrators to leave the premises on the legal basis as tents and booths need to be set up along the roads before 15 March, 2011. It is important that the protestors understand how important it is that they disperse for the time being and let the event organizer do their job.

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