Thailand Live Thursday 1 Nov 2012

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Thailand Live Thursday 1 November 2012

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New parks chief cuts entry fees

JANJIRA PONGRAI,

SOMJIT RUNGJAMRUSRASSAMEE

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Admission fees to 29 national parks have been significantly reduced thanks to an order signed by new Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) chief Rerngchai Prayoonvej.

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NEW YEAR EVE INFERNO

BMA told to pay Bt3.4m over Santika

PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI,

THANATPONG KONGSAI

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- The Central Administrative Court yesterday ordered the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to pay Bt3.4 million in partial compensation to the parents of 12 victims of the New Year's 2009 Santika nightclub fire.

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Court rejects case against doctor

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Criminal Court yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by businessman Suthep Laohawattana against his younger brother, former police doctor Suphat, accusing him of perjury and presenting false evidence in a hearing about the custody of their 96-year-old mother Thanim.

Suthep's attorney Songpol Arthornthurasuk said they will appeal.

The court rejected the case citing the lack of proper details about Suphat's behaviour, saying the charges were not legitimate.

Suthep claimed that Suphat, while seeking a court order to become Thanim's custodian, had told the Central Juvenile and Family Court on May 11 that Suthep was mired in debt and had failed in his business and hence wanted to take charge of their mother and her assets.

-- The Nation 2012-11-01

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SOUTH INSURGENCY

Victims worried about rehab scheme

THE NATION

They fear insurgents with no remorse may go back to their violent ways

BANGKOK: -- Many victims in the South say that Article 21 of the Internal Security Act, which offers wrongdoers a chance to turn over a new leaf, might be a waste of time because there is no guarantee that the criminals will not return to their old ways.

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SUPERSTORM SANDY

Kittiratt looks to reconstruction in US for economic boost

THE NATION

Workers start picking up the pieces at New York subway. Photo by EPA

BANGKOK: -- Thailand is hopeful that post-storm investment in the United States in the wake of Hurricane Sandy will spur growth in the country and give a lift to the fragile global economy, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said yesterday.

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THAI TALK

An unholy triangle: party, Cabinet and popular front

Suthichai Yoon

The Nation

Charupong Ruangsuwan

BANGKOK: -- The new Cabinet line-up, the third in slightly over a year, doesn't promise a big shake-up in terms of delivering an elevated performance.

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EDITORIAL

Is there genuine desire for peace in the deep South?

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- None of the actors involved - the government, the insurgents, or international observers like the OIC - seem wholly committed to ending the ongoing insurgency.

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Thai prostitution network dismantled in Switzerland: police

GENEVA, Nov 1, 2012 (AFP) - Swiss police said Wednesday they had dismantled a network that imported Thai women and men and forced them to work as prostitutes in several Swiss cities.

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English Pattaya Condo Manager accused of contaminating water supply with bleach

PATTAYA:--For the second time in 24 hours, the Pattaya Pat Condominium in Soi Nokow, Central Pattaya is in the news and this time Police are looking for the English manager of the condominium who is accused of putting bleach in the water tanks which provide the water for the complex, despite protests by residents.

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Australian dies in his Central Pattaya apartment

PATTAYA:--A 63 year old Australian man collapsed and died in his Central Pattaya apartment on Tuesday in front of his wife. Police and rescue services were called to the Pattaya Pat Condo apartments in Soi Nokow, Central Pattaya and to the apartment of Mr. Robert William Greenfield who lives with his Thai Wife Khun Somjit aged 47.

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Workers triumph after setting up cooperative

Pravit Rojanaphruk

The Nation

SAMUT PRAKAN: -- For three years now, the cooperative set up by workers who were dismissed by bra-maker Triumph is not just thriving, but is also successful in supporting other workers' rights.

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Med students draw up code of conduct

PUANGCHOMPOO PRASERT

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- For the first time, deans from 19 medical schools signing in to the Thailand Medical Expo will today recognise a code of conduct for Thai medical students.

Medical Council of Thailand president Dr Amnat Kusalanant said - as chairman of the event - the code of conduct had three main best practices.

First, students should adhere to the benefit of their fellow human beings, be moral and avoid any personal benefits that would ruin their reputations as medical students, their institutions and their medical ethics.

Second, their best practice towards patients - in which they respect patients' rights and dignity and treat them properly as if they were their teachers.

Third, their best practice towards others - that they respect the dignity of their teachers, senior medical students, friends, junior medical students and personnel at every level.

The code of conduct was created by medical students from the 19 institutions as a guide for good practice by medical students. The code would help foster the students to become good doctors, Amnat said.

The expo is being held at Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre until tomorrow.

Awards will be presented to outstanding doctors today, including Khajornsak Silapaphochakul from Prince of Songkla University, Witthaya Chartbunchachai from Khon Kaen Hospital and Suphamit Chunsutthiwat from the Department of Disease Control.

Visitors to the event will be offered free health check-ups. Souvenirs will be given to event attendees aged over 90, whose longevity showed they had taken good care of their health.

Medical technologies are being showcased.

Advice on beauty surgery will be offered to interested visitors. There are also seminars and discussions on health, such as snoring as a sign of health threat, Thai plastic surgery and safe sex.

-- The Nation 2012-11-01

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SEMINAR

Country must be ready for labour changes under AEC

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Academics yesterday voiced concern about the impact of Asean's economic integration on employment in Thailand, as businesses become freer to move to other Southeast Asian nations with better investment environments.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

New Pheu Thai chief says he'll work to bring Thaksin home

Satien Viriyapanpongsa,

Somroutai Sapsomboon,

Kornchanok Raksaseri

The Nation

Wants to see ex-PM back before govt's term ends; calls case 'political'

BANGKOK: -- Bringing fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra back to the country within this government's term is one of Charupong Ruangsuwan's missions as Pheu Thai leader, the newly elected party chief conceded to The Nation during an exclusive interview yesterday.

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Phuket bank robber escapes with B2.7mn in 60 seconds

Phuket Gazette

The robber threatened the teller with a homemade handgun, then made off with 2.7 million baht in less than a minute. Image: KBank CCTV

PHUKET: -- An armed man clad in a black jacket and wearing a motorbike helmet robbed the Kasikornbank branch near SuperCheap, just north of Phuket Town this afternoon, making off with 2.7 million baht.

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Phuket's 100% helmet use campaign to ride on

Phuket Gazette

Phuket rescue workers attend to a man suffering a head injury sustained in a motorbike accident. More than 15 people die each month in motorbike accidents in Phuket, most them were not wearing helmets. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- More than 15 people die each month in road accidents in Phuket, with most of those fatalities being motorbike riders not wearing helmets.

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BURNING ISSUE

Noted orators join Cabinet ahead of debate

Piyanart Srivalo

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- It seems Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fortified her Cabinet defences ahead of the censure onslaught expected late this month.

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Irishman found floating face-down in his Swimming Pool at South Pattaya Estate

PATTATA:--An Irish National was found dead in his swimming pool on Wednesday afternoon. Police were alerted by staff from a Pool Cleaning Company who had gone to the house of Mr. Sean Muire Burgess aged 58 from the Republic of Ireland, located at the Golden Mountain Villa 2 Estate in Soi 5 off the Pratamnuk Road in South Pattaya just after 5pm.

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Thai stock index opens on Thursday at 1,297.04, down 1.83 points /MCOT

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Obama Likely to Win another Presidential Term - Survey

WASHINGTON, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - With the US presidential election just five days away, a survey from the American polling company Gallup shows that President Barack Obama is likely to win his second presidential term.

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Two suspected insurgents killed clash with Yala police

By Digital Media

YALA, Nov 1 – Two suspected insurgents, including a local leader, were killed here yesterday, shot dead in a security operation in which two police officers were wounded in this southern province.

More than 100 police officers raided an remote area of Raman district after receiving a tip that suspected insurgent leader Mana Masaejuenarong, age 35, was hiding there, plotting a new attack.

After one hour of gunfire between officials and insurgents at an unnumbered house in rural Raman, Abdulrorse Dengsamae, 56, surrendered to the police.

The two suspects killed were identified as the reported leader, Mr Mana, and Usaman Waree. An M16 assault rifle and a 9mm pistol were found near their bodies.

Mr Mana was a Narathiwat native with outstanding arrest warrants issued for security cases.

He was alleged to have been involved in many insurgent attacks, including the killing of three Army Rangers, and wounding other a number of soldiers in shooting attacks.

The wounded police officers, both shot in the leg, are hospitalised and in stable condition. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-11-01

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Cheats, thugs will not be tolerated, Governor assures Phuket honorary consuls

Phuket Gazette

Governor Maitri (right) met the 12 honorary consuls to discuss all matters directly affecting foreign nationals living in or visiting Phuket. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo

PHUKET: -- Governor Maitri Inthusut has assured the honorary consuls resident in Phuket that the provincial administration will do its utmost to rid the island of cheats and thugs targeting or attacking tourists.

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Government Whip asserts PM set to clarify issues in censure debate but won t stay at Parliament for whole session; 2 days debate sufficient /MCOT

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Boy among six gunned down in Thai south

BANGKOK, Nov 1, 2012 (AFP) - An 11-year-old boy was among six people killed in a spate of shootings in Thailand's restive south, police said Thursday, as a violence continues to roil the Muslim-majority area.

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Anti-gov't group leader to report to police

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BANGKOK, Nov 1 - The main leader of the anti-government Pitak Siam group Gen Boonlert Kaewprasit said Wednesday he stands ready to report to the authorities if he receives the summons issued in his name on charges of inciting rebellion and coup.

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Chinese tourist dies in Phuket after speedboat accident

Phuket Gazette

The efforts by staff at Phuket International Hospital could not save the life of Chinese tourist Kang Xiao Xue. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: A 24-year-old Chinese woman died in Phuket International Hospital this morning after being involved in a heavy collision between two speedboats off Koh Khai island in Phang Nga Bay yesterday.

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B100k reward offered for Phuket bank robber

Phuket Gazette

Phuket Provincial Police Commander Choti Chavaviwat said his investigators believe the suspect had ‘inside assistance’ in carrying out the robbery. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: -- Police are offering a 100,000-baht reward for any information that leads to the arrest of the man who robbed a Kasikornbank (KBank) branch on the north side of Phuket Town yesterday.

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SOUTH CRISIS

Rifle recovered in Yala raid belongs to sergeant killed in July

The Nation

Police escort Abdulrorse Dengsamae, 56, a suspected insurgent, after he surrendered on Wednesday.//Photo : Nakarin Shinworakomon

YALA: -- An assault rifle seized during a police raid in a remote area of Yala on Wednesday belonged a police sergeant who was killed in an ambush in this deep south province in July, a police investigator source said Thursday.

The raid in Raman district resulted in deaths of two suspected insurgents, Mana Masaejuenarong, 35 and Usaman Waree, 26. Police seized the M4 rifle and two 9mm handguns from the scene. Two police officers were wounded during the raid.

The source said examination of the rifle, identified by the number A 0249726, belonged to Pol Sgt Wichanon Nampakdee, one of five policemen killed in an attack while patrolling and providing safety for teachers of a school in Tambon Wangpaya, Raman district on July 25.

Mana was a Narathiwat native with outstanding arrest warrants issued for security cases.

He was alleged to have been involved in many insurgent attacks, including the killing of three Army Rangers, and wounding a number of soldiers in shooting attacks.

The Wednesday raid took place after receiving a tip that Mana was hiding there, plotting a new attack.

After an hour of gunfire between officials and insurgents at an unnumbered house in rural Raman, Abdulrorse Dengsamae, 56, surrendered to the police.

-- The Nation 2012-11-01