Thailand Live Saturday 29 Sep 2012

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Thailand Live Saturday 29 September 2012

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FLOODS

Rain highest in 100 years, BMA claims

Anupan Chantana,

Patinya Iamtarn,

Anan Wijitpracha,

Boonleu Promprathankul

The Nation

Phaholyothin road in Pathum Thani

Meteorological Dept disagrees with city administration's rainfall figures

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday insisted that rainfall in the capital this month has been the highest in 100 years.

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Swedish man found dead at guesthouse in Chiang Mai

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Woman Killed In Gunfight At Rock Concert in Ayutthaya

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Yongyuth Resigns As Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister

The Nation

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, flanked by his colleagues and red-shirt leaders from the ruling Pheu Thai Party, talks to reporters about his decision to bow out of the Cabinet, at Saket Worawihan Temple yesterday.

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Bt20 fare for Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link routes to start Sunday

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As expected, only big three apply for 3G spectrum auction; Tantawan rejected

Usanee Mongkolporn

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- It's clear now that the big three in the cellular service industry will be the only bidders for the long-awaited 2.1-gigahertz spectrum on October 16. The spectrum will be used for third-generation wireless broadband.

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Yingluck calls for regional unity in UN speech

Piyanart Srivalo

The Nation

NEW YORK: -- In her speech at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra voiced support for Myanmar's reforms and called on the international community to help the country move forward.

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Independent tests sought in Dr case

The Nation

PHETCHABURI: -- Not convinced by a police claim that skeletal remains found on a police doctor's ranch in Phetchaburi do not include those of a missing married couple reportedly involved in a dispute with the man, relatives of the couple yesterday asked well-known forensic scientist Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunan to verify the results of police autopsies.

The director of the Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) said yesterday that relatives of Samart Numjui and Orasa Kerdsab had asked her to verify the results of a police autopsy performed on three sets of remains.

Police said the remains did not include those of the couple, who have been missing for three years.

Pornthip said the relatives' request was understandable, because the autopsy was performed by the police's Institute of Forensic Medicine (IFM) in a case involving a police doctor, Pol Colonel Dr Suphat Laohawatthana.

Suphat has been charged with several offences relating to firearms and hiding corpses after the discoveries made at his home.

Pol Lt-General Jongjate Owjanephong, the director of the Police General Hospital, which supervises the IFM, insisted that the police autopsy found no DNA links between the remains and relatives of the missing couple.

He said the relatives were welcome to seek a new autopsy independent of the police.

However, police would not submit the results of their autopsy to the CIFS, he said. "The IFM is not obliged to submit its work to anyone other than to police investigators in charge of the case."

Pornthip said the CIFS was the main agency responsible for identifying abandoned or unclaimed bodies.

She urged an end to inter-agency conflicts, saying the Justice Ministry's policy of assigning the CIFS to identify unclaimed bodies should be implemented in a serious manner, "otherwise the CIFS should be abolished."

-- The Nation 2012-09-29

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BOT expected to lower growth forecast

SARUN KIJVASIN

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- The Bank of Thailand is likely to revise downward its economic growth forecast due to the weakening global economy that has continued to dampen merchandise exports although domestic consumption and tourism are still expanding.

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Vendors close shops in South out of fear of 'punishment'

The Nation

Soldiers tell stallowners at Pimonchai Market in Yala district to be confident about their safety as many shops in Pattani and Narathiwat closed down yesterday after they received leaflets threatening them with punishment if they did not follow Muslim regulations.

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Suvarnabhumi Airport facelift starts next month

BANGKOK, Sept 29 – Suvarnabhumi Airport hopes to see great improvement in immigration checks, baggage claims and internet service soon to cope with the increasing passenger load next year, airport director Somchai Sawasdeepon said yesterday.

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Thaksin confidant entered politics after rising to top of bureaucracy

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Yongyuth Wichaidit, who has just left the Cabinet, was known to be one of the most trusted ministers of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother, former prime minister Thaksin.

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Court rejects Ratchaprasong lawsuit

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Civil Court yesterday rejected a lawsuit filed by Ratchaprasong business operators against the Army, the Defence Ministry and eight red-shirt leaders demanding compensation of Bt300 million for damages caused by riots on May 19, 2010.

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Asa retires from palace duties

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Asa Sarasin, 64, has retired as secretary-general of the Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary after serving for 12 years.

He will be succeeded by one of the deputies, Kris Kanchanakunchorn, making him the sixth person in that post during His Majesty's reign. The promotion takes effect on Monday.

Asa is known for being good at his job and serving His Majesty in an exemplary manner. His several initiatives and commitment to the Office's missions have earned it a good governance status.

A career diplomat for most of his life, Asa entered politics as foreign minister in 1992, under Anand Panyarachun's government. He held the position for two terms before serving one year as deputy secretary-general at the Office and then becoming the chief in 2000.

-- The Nation 2012-09-29

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Bangkok Police Delivers Baby In Traffic Jam

BANGKOK: -- Traffic in Bangkok can be so bad that many women in labor can't make it to the hospital in time.

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Airports of Thailand to hike Suvarnabhumi Airport passenger-service charges

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Disk drive shipments rebound from Thai floods

By Lucas Mearian

BANGKOK:-- A year after a flooding disaster in Thailand took out a large portion of hard disk drive production, the industry has fully recovered with shipments to the computer market expected to hit a record level this year.

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TELL IT AS IT IS

Bangkok after the rain: The return of the Venice of the East

Pornpimol Kanchanalak

Special for The Nation

BANGKOK: -- This new city of canals is in full view on most afternoons and evenings these days. It is adorned with bright lights, silvery and red, along the waterways. The city and its surrounding metropolitan area is home to 14 million inhabitants, or 22.2 per cent of the country's population. As a nation of car lovers, the city of Bangkok alone boasted by last October 6.8 million registered vehicles.

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Fox News broadcasts suicide on live television

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RT @191Thailand: Coach carrying factory workers crashed into a tree this morning in Bang Pa In. Driver was killed & 20 passengers injured

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Thailand makes plans for Formula One race

By: Quentin Spurring

BANGKOK: -- Thailand is the latest nation to make a pitch for a Formula One Grand Prix. The government there has confirmed it is aiming to stage a street race under lights in the capital as early as 2014. However, public officials indicated that ministers had not yet agreed to pay the fees that have been proposed by Formula One, and also that the government might need a majority of the citizens of Bangkok to vote in favor in a public referendum.

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Mild quake in Chiang Mai, Kanchanaburi (Bangkok Post)

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RT @tulsathit: RT @suthichai: Ratio of liquor-milk consumption in Thailand is 3 litres to 1 litres. (Milk 1 litre of course)

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Yala couple shot by two assailants on motorcycle while they were riding motorcycle to market; wife killed, husband wounded /MCOT

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AirAsia move to axe Phuket-Bali, Ubon flights sparks ire from 'stranded' travellers

Phuket Gazette

Now everyone can fly, but not from Phuket to Bali or Ubon Ratchthani. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- Low cost carrier AirAsia’s decision to cease operations from Phuket to Bali and Ubon Ratchthani has sparked a storm of angry comments directed at AirAsia’s call center by passengers feeling that they have been left stranded.

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2.9 magnitude quake at Kanchanaburi's Thong Pha Phum district Friday night has no effect on Sri Nakarin Dam, Vachiralongkorn Dam: Officials /MCOT

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THAI confident six new Airbus 380 aircraft will help generate 10% more income; targets Bt220 billion revenue /MCOT

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PM concludes trip to US

BANGKOK, Sept 29 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has concluded 4-day trip to the United States and returned to Bangkok on Saturday.

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