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Thailand Live Tuesday 23 Aug 2011

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13 injured in Pattani bomb attack

By The Nation

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One Buddhist novice, three civilians and nine troops were injured when insurgents detonated a bomb to ambush troops while protecting monks for morning alms collection.

The bomb exploded at 7:15 am on the Paknam Road in Tambon Sabarang in Muang district.

Police said insurgents hid a homemade bomb, which was believed to weigh about 5 kilograms, inside a cooking gas cylinder and put the tank inside a vending cart left unattended at the roadside.

The insurgents detonated the bomb when the unit of troops arrived at the spot in a truck the help the monks transfer the collected back to the temple.

Two troops were severely injured. They were identified as Private Sathit Chanlao, 22, and Private Khaokhom Paibod, 22. Sathit suffered cuts on his head and body and while Khaokhom suffered cuts on his lets and body.

A novice, Jiranuwat Nilsuwan, 21, from the Lakmuang Temple, was slightly injured by suffering a cut on his left thigh.

The three injured civilians were identified as Prom na Rangsi, 46, Wandee Sae Nguan, 50, and Rosayati Makasem, 25.

The bomb impact also shattered glasses of some 20 houses nearby and damaged three motorcycles.

The injured troops came from Battalion 304 of the Pattani Taskforce 23.

Actually, a forward unit of troops from the battalion has checked the part of the road and gave a green light for monks to collect alms at the spot.

But after the forward unit has left the spot and monks were blessing the alms givers, an insurgent apparently sneaked in and left the bomb in the vending cart. The bomb was detonated when the troops in charge of transporting the collected alms arrived in a truck.The monks were standing about 15 metres away, police said.

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-- The Nation 2011-08-23

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Chuwit plays video clip of gambling den during policy debate

Chuwit Kamolvisi, the leader of the Loving Thailand Party, Tuesday played a video clip of what appeared to be a big gambling den during a policy debate.

Chuwit attacked that the new government lacked a policy to address the urgent problem of social vice and he played a video clip to back up his claim.

He said the clip was secretly recorded from a den, which he said is located about 200 metres away from a police station and is near two schools and is located on a main road.

He said the clip was recorded just on August 10.

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-- The Nation 2011-08-23

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Interior Minister Denies Targeting Red-shirt Villages

The interior minister denies he plans to eradicate pro red-shirt communities in Thailand.

Meanwhile, the minister says he has not decided to resign as Pheu Thai's party-list MP.

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Yongyuth Vichaidit denied he intends to eradicate pro-red shirt communities in Thailand.

The term red villages are often used by the Thai media to refer to local communities that choose to show their support for the red-shirt movement by putting red flags or other red objects in front of their houses.

The interior minister said setting up any community group is allowed as long as it does not violate the law.

He reiterated that the Pheu Thai Party is determined to enforce the law and allow the Thai public the rights and freedom that are guaranteed by the Constitution.

Meanwhile, Yongyuth said he has not decided to resign as Pheu Thai's party-list MP.

He added that the decision whether to give up the MP post will depend on each minister.

Earlier, a news report said that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ordered Pheu Thai Cabinet ministers to vacate their seats as party-list MPs to allow those in lower party-list ranks to become members of the House.

Deputy Transport Minister Chat Kuldilok has decided to resign as party-list MP.

His resignation will be effective on August 25.

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-- Tan Network 2011-08-23

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PATTAYA NEWS

Three teenagers arrested and two Stolen Bikes recovered by Pattaya Police:

Heavily Pregnant passenger ecapes injury in central Pattaya road crash:

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EC gives red card to Boonjong retroactively

The Election Commission Tuesday ruled to disqualify last year's by-election outcome in Nakhon Ratchasima on ground for campaign violations involving Bhum Jai Thai MP Boonjong Wongtrairat.

"By a majority decision of three-to-two votes, the EC issued a red card for Boonjong," EC member Somchai Juengprasert said.

Somchai said the investigative report concluded that Boonjong was involving in throwing a party for kamnan and village headmen to sway votes, a campaigning offence.

Under the elections law, the EC is obliged to forward its ruling for a judicial review by the Superme Court's Election Cases Division.

Should the high court endorse the red card, Boonjong's by-election victory would be cancelled. Furthermore his red card will trigger a separate judicial review by the Constitution Court to determine whether there is ground for party dissolution.

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-- The Nation 2011-08-23

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Free swine flu vaccinations for high risk groups

BANGKOK, 23 August 2011 (NNT)-Public Health Minister Mr. Wittaya Buranasiri said 2.5 million doses of swine flu vaccines would be injected for the high risk groups by the end of this month.

During the policy statement today, Mr. Wittaya and his deputy, Mr. Torphong Chaiyasarn, led a team of nurses from Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute to the House of Parliament to vaccinate MPs, Senators and other staff.

The purpose is to prevent the outbreak given the manifestation of the flu during the rainy season. According to the Bureau of Epidemiology of the Department of Disease Control, 21,398 have reportedly contracted the swine flu since the beginning of this year and 4 were dead.

The vaccinations are of those type B and A (H3N2) and will be injected to doctors and the elderly who are at risk of contracting the swine flu. The elderly with lung diseases, asthma, heart disease, stroke and kidney failure are highly vulnerable to the flu. 1.7 million doses have already been injected so far and more are expected to be carried out until the end of this month.

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Chatt resigns as party-list MP

Deputy Transport Minister Chatt Kuldiloke Tuesday resigned his legislative position as a partylist MP.

Chatt said his resignation, which would become effective this Thursday, would pave the way for the runnerup candidate to fill the seat.

"It's my personal decision [to quit] and I don't mean to set a precedent for anyone to follow. I shall devote my attention to my jobs in the government" Chatt said.

He added that he was not sure if other ministers would also resign. Some of them have debating skills that can prove useful during a parliamentary debate.

Chatt is the first Pheu Thai partylist MP to resign his legislative position. Danuporn Punnakanta will be next in line to be a partylist MP.

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-- The Nation 2011-08-23

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