Thailand Live Thursday 14 Jun 2012

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Thailand Live Thursday 14 June 2012

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Prosecutor indicts Thaksin in state bank loan scandal

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NACC: Deputy PM Yongyuth found guilty in Alpine case

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Appeals Court accepts Thaksin's libel suit against Kaewsun

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Blank screens for True-V subscribers but suspicion lingers over UEFA call

Watchiranont Thongtep,

Usanee Mongkolporn

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- TrueVisions subscribers will suffer blank screens throughout the Euro 2012 tournament following the Union of European Football Associations (Uefa)'s refusal to re-broadcast, but the matter is far from over for consumers and the broadcasting regulator.

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Envoy rues state of Thai-Saudi ties

Nuthatai Chotechuang

Nation Channel

Nabil Ashri still optimistic as his term ends, but calls for govt to be 'more serious' about tackling unsolved cases

BANGKOK: - After 21 years and 17 Thai governments, nothing significant has changed as far as troubled Thai-Saudi relations are concerned.

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Bangkok offers the least expensive four-star accommodation of world cities: Survey

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AoT denies Suvarnabhumi runway repairs cause flight delays

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Anudith denies forcing panel to okay first lot of tablets

SAOWANEE NIMPANPAYUNGWONG,

WANNAPA KHAOPA

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Some tablets were found to have a problem with the drag-and-drop function during inspection of the first batch of 2,000 units, a source from the Education Ministry said yesterday.

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FLOOD-PREVENTION WORK

Officials warned not to block run-off

JEERAPONG PRASERTPONKRANG,

THANATPONG KONGSAI

THE NATION

Efforts by provincial chiefs last year created problems, Yingluck says

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned relevant authorities yesterday against blocking volumes of water on the shared borders of provinces.

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THAI TALK

How you can win all the battles but still lose the war

Suthichai Yoon

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is supposed to run both the government and the ruling Pheu Thai Party. But she seems to try to portray an aura of being "above politics", even as the country is plagued by one political crisis after another. And in every one of the showdowns, her party is directly involved.

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EDITORIAL

Seeing only the dark side of the free economy

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- As non-coverage of the European football championship proves, private media outlets are doing all they can to protect their own interests at the expense of paying customers

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Thailand to urge US to lift sanctions on Myanmar: Surapong

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Reds still want vote on charter change bill

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The red shirts would like the government to continue a third hearing in parliament on the controversial charter amendment bill. But its leaders say ties remain firm with Pheu Thai Party, which opted on Tuesday not to contest an injunction by the Constitution Court to suspend debate on the bill.

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Students linked to drug network

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Two recently graduated Bangkok students have been arrested with 806,000 yaba tablets, and 1.5 kilograms of "ice" in their possession, Metropolitan Police Area 9 chief Ratsadakorn Yingyong said yesterday.

The police investigation was a follow up from last year's bust of a Taiwanese drug-dealing network, in which Karan Saeheng, in his 20s, was identified as a major dealer.

Police said Karan was apprehended driving a brand-new Benz sports car and transporting 6,000 yaba tablets. Police also arrested his accomplice Sitthi Sitthiwattana, 26, who had the key to a rented house in Bang Khunthien where they stored the narcotics. Upon raiding the house, police allegedly found another 800,000 yaba tablets, ice and three luxurious cars.

Acting Metropolitan Police Bureau Chief Kamronwit Thoopkrachang said the suspects reportedly confessed to obtaining the drugs from a Taiwanese network leader called Chen.

-- The Nation 2012-06-14

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People lured via Facebook to take police test

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- People were lured via Facebook to sit the police entrance exam on behalf of others and many were provided with fake identity cards, police spokesman Piya Uthayo said yesterday.

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BURNING ISSUE

Govt must think before handing out posts

Piyanart Srivalo

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- For almost a year, the powers that be turned a blind eye to the antics of a certain deputy government spokesperson.

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Bail fund set up for jailed reds

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Justice Ministry is set to secure a Bt43-million fund to be used as bail for 54 red-shirt protestors imprisoned since May 2010.

The first set of requests would be made from June 20 to various courts whose orders placed the group under custody, said ministry spokesman Ruenruedee Suwannamongkhol.

Doctors' certificates would also be sought to certify that 10 of the detainees were mentally unstable, mostly from stress that they developed after being arrested. All 54 red shirts in jail will be considered for release regardless of any lese majeste charges they might face.

-- The Nation 2012-06-14

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Voluntary Bt30 collection to start

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Collection of the Bt30 per treatment fee under the National Health Security Office welfare scheme will begin on a voluntary basis on August 1, despite critics saying this might offend the beneficiaries.

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AoT denies Suvarnabhumi runway repairs cause flight delays

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RT @RichardBarrow: Schedule of Euro2012 tonight Thai time: Italy vs. Croatia at 11pm on CH.3 | Spain vs. Ireland at 1:45am on CH.3

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Health Ministry offices nationwide on foot-&-mouth alert

BANGKOK, 14 June 2012 (NNT) - The Health Ministry has instructed all of its offices across the country to be on high alert against the spread of the foot-and-mouth disease.

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Thai PM asked the Army to speed up dredging canal to make room for future upstream water

SINGBURI, 14 June 2012 (NNT) - The prime minister has asked the Royal Thai Army to speedily complete the dredging of a canal in central Thailand to make room for future upstream water.

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New luggage scanners, bomb detectors installed at Suvarnabhumi Airport

BANGKOK, 14 June 2012 (NNT) - The Airports of Thailand (AoT) is ready to open its new luggage checking system on the east side of Suvarnabhumi Airport's passenger terminal in order to accelerate the immigration process.

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RT @ASEAN_NEWSROOM: Bangkok police have arrested nearly 500 people on gambling charges since the Euro 2012 kicked off last week (DPA)

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RT @Reuters: Magnitude 4.1 earthquake shakes Southern California http://reut.rs/KvkTyS

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Thai Chamber of Commerce urged government to help SME operators from rising cost

BANGKOK, 14 June 2012 (NNT) – The Thai Chamber of Commerce is urging the government to offer more helps to SME business operators, who are facing immense pressure from the new minimum wage rule.

Thai Chamber of Commerce Vice Chairman Bhumindr Harinsuit said that the government’s implementation of the 300-baht minimum wage policy has put SME business operators across the country in a difficult position.

The new minimum wage rule has been declared in 7 provinces since April 1st, and will be in effect in the rest of the provinces on January 1st, 2013.

Mr. Bhumindr is now asking the government to soon come up with new measures to ease the problems faced by SME entrepreneurs.

Meanwhile, the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce’s Economic and Business Forecasting Center Director Thanavath Pholvichai has commented that the business sector has been most worried about the current political situation in the country, as it can boost or shake business confidence, which is essential to the promotion of trade and investment.

He also noted that while big businesses will be able to adjust themselves to deal with a higher minimum wage policy, SME operators will only have to shoulder heavier burden without benefiting from the new rule.

-- NNT 2012-06-14

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Vietnamese kidnapper escapes during crime reenactment in Sai Mai

By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- A member of a Vietnamese gang suspected of kidnapping people in Bangkok and holding them for ransom escaped from police during a crime reenactment on Soi Phahonyothin 54/4 on June 12.

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Body recovered in Phuket search for Joshua Shane

Phuket Gazette

Lt Jeerayuth Onthong of the Phuket Marine Police said his officers had yet to officially confirm whether the recovered body is that of missing American student Joshua Shane. Photo: Chutharat Plerin

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