Thai flags used again used to rattle the South

NARATHIWAT, Sept 10 - Thai flags were used again overnight to irritate and distract the authorities in the restive southern province of Narathiwat on Monday.

Police inspected a rubber plantation in Ra-ngae district this morning after being informed that three Thai flags were used to distract the authorities.

Police found three Thai flags hanging separately in three rubber trees, as well as suspicious mounds under the branches of the trees.

A bomb squad searched for explosive devices but found nothing buried there.

Police are looking for possible links the recent placement dummy and real explosives in many locations, together with Malaysian flags on August 31.

Last Thursday a Thai flag was draped on a roadside tree in Narathiwat with a half-kilogramme booby-trap rigged explosive, which experts defused. Soldiers seeing the booby-trap declined to respond to the bait. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-09-10

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Flash floodbrings seven districts to a standstill

The Nation

LAMPANG: -- Lampang has declared seven districts disaster zones following flash flooding on Sunday. Lampang governor Tawatchai Terdpaothai announced a disaster zone covering 81 sub-districts in the provincial seat, in Mae Mo, Mae Tha, Muang Pan, Wang Nuea, Ngao, and Chae Hom districts.

More than 15,000 residents from 6,000 households were affected by last week's natural disasters. Another 150 households and one school were impacted by flash floods on Saturday.

The two incidents are considered the most serious of the year, covering almost the entire province, and causing damage of at least Bt30 million.

-- The Nation 2012-09-10

Thailand: police bribe caught on video

Anti-corruption campaign sets up Bangkok cop for $12 bribe

Patrick Winn

BANGKOK: -- Back in July, when blogging about a volunteer cop filmed while kicking a couple off a speeding motorbike, I wrote that "police corruption is one of Thailand's most intractable problems.

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Rogue Journalists Pose As Cops to Extort Money

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Provincial officials prohibited from using office phones for private affairs

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Interior Ministry has instructed pronvincial govonors to prohibit officials from using office telephones, after it previously prohibited the officials not to logon to social media websites such as Facebook during the working hours.

The ministerial memo, signed by deputy permanent secretary Pracha Terat on August 31, cited the telephone bill expenses as reason and urged the supervisors of each office to control the telephone usage as appropriate. That is; to make a long-distant or international call, the caller official must write in the logbook details of the number and the mission; to make urgent long-distant calls for personal matter, the caller officials must be responsible for the expenses - both cases of which the callers' supervisors' permission must be obtained first.

-- The Nation 2012-09-10

Former actress Paowana's body found in pond

The Nation

NAKHON PATHOM: -- Former actress Paowana Chanachit aka "Pearl of Asia". She has been found dead in her Nakhon Pathom residence. She was 69.

Paowana reportedly died after falling into a pond at her Nakhon Pathom home. Police are still investigating he death.

-- The Nation 2012-09-10

Sukhothai still under water, 1.2 metre flood in provincial seat market; PM orders urgent assistance for victims /MCOT

Suvarnabhumi Airport will remain dry through rainy season

BANGKOK, 10 September 2012 (NNT)- Airports of Thailand (AoT) President Somchai Sawasdipol is confident that Suvarnabhumi International Airport and communities nearby will not be flooded this year.

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Body parts found in Pattaya Suburb

By Staff Reporter

PATTAYA: -- Police were called to a shop house rooftop on Monday to investigate the charred remains of a skeleton.

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PM orders urgent assistance for Sukhothai

BANGKOK, Sept 10 – Officials in the old capital of the Sukhothai kingdom were instructed Monday to urgently help flood-affected residents, and a flood prevention expert blamed the flood on a deteriorating wall, and not the flood management system.

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Female Police Captain involved in Chevrolet Showroom incident revealed as fake officer

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Pattaya Policeman struck by car at midnight

By Staff Reporter

PATTAYA: -- An off duty police officer was involved in a motorbike accident on the Sukhumvit in the arly hours of Monday

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Caged tigers found on Thai apartment block roof

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