Thailand Live Monday 12 November 2012

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Bangkok high-rises, North shaken by major earthquake in Myanmar

The Nation

13 dead in Myanmar but no Thai casualties or damage reported

BANGKOK: -- A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar at 8.12am yesterday morning, shaking Thailand's North and rattling skyscrapers in the capital.

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'Green' light for condos?

Chularat Saengpassa,

Pongphon Sarnsamak

The Nation

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Plan to simplify environmental approval for condo projects pleases developers

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Fishermen fear chevron port project will ruin livelihoods

Pongphon Sarnsamak

The Nation

Nakhon Si Thammarat

NAKHON SI TAMMARAT: -- Local villagers and fishermen have called on the government to revoke plans to allow the US oil company Chevron to build a deep-sea port and chemical storage site at Tha Sa La in Nakhon Si Thammarat in the south. They say construction of the port and storage site will affect fish resources that generate healthy returns.

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HRH urges end to political conflict

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn yesterday urged all people involved in Thai politics to resolve their differences before they deter the development of the entire system.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Developers welcome proposed streamlining

SOMLUCK SRIMALEE

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Condominium developers have welcomed a proposed amendment in environmental regulations, expecting that the clearer process would slash land costs by 5-7 per cent a year.

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PAD gives its supporters ok to join Pitak Siam rally on 24th

The Nation

BANGKOK: The yellow-shirt movement yesterday gave the green light for its supporters to join Pitak Siam's anti-government rally at the Royal Plaza on November 24.

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Residents battle Bangkok developer

Chularat Saengpassa,

Pongphon Sarnsamak,

Somluck Srimalee

BANGKOK: -- Living near the construction site of the Aspire Condominium project in the Soi Chinnakhet community, Santipat Prombutr and his neighbours have a number of reasons to complain.

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Warrants sought for two over Songkhla mayor's killing

The Nation

SONGKHLA: -- Police plan to seek arrest warrants for two men suspected of involvement in the shooting death of Songkhla Municipality Mayor Peera Tantiserani, Songkhla provincial deputy police chief Pol Colonel Ithipol Atchariyapradit said yesterday.

Ithipol said police also planned to search a location in a nearby province, saying the suspected gunmen do not live in Songkhla province.

Another man, Paisal Nupan, 47, is already in detention at Songkhla District Police Station and has been denied bail.

He has denied involvement in the murder, claiming he is

a victim of political harassment.

Police said Paisal is a close aide of Uthit Choochuay, Songkhla Provincial Administrative Organisation president.

Uthit is the elder brother of Kitti Choochuay, outside whose radio station a vehicle believed to have been used in the crime was found parked after the incident.

Paisal was interrogated by police for over three hours on Saturday night and denied all charges.

He refused to take a DNA test. Police said they were confident they have a solid case, having found Paisal's fingerprints on a water bottle and documents found in the vehicle believed to have been used in the crime.

Police said they also have circumstantial evidence against Paisal and believe that he drove the vehicle for the gunmen who shot Peera dead.

Supporters of Peera yesterday mourned his death outside Songkhla Forum, on the spot where he was killed.

They placed flowers and condolence messages in front of the site.

-- The Nation 2012-11-12

Bodies in sea off Surat Thani

The Nation

SURAT THANI: -- Fishermen in the southern province of Surat Thani spotted four bodies floating in the sea off Chaiya district yesterday morning, police said.

Marine police and local rescue officials conducted a search in Bandon Bay off Laem Pho Cape of Chaiya and managed to pull a body out of the sea at 1pm.

Police said the body appeared to be an Asian, 30 to 35 years of age and about 160 to 165 cm tall.

The body had a wound on the throat and had a tattoo of the sun on the back of his right hand with the words "Red dragon" in English.

Rough sea and heavy rain caused police and rescue workers to stop searching in the afternoon.

-- The Nation 2012-11-12

Yingluck Shinawatra to meet Queen on Britain trip

By David Eimer

Yingluck, file photo. Source: wikimedia

BANGKOK: -- Yingluck Shinawatra, the Thai prime minister, will meet the Queen on her official visit to the UK this week, as she attempts to burnish her monarchist credentials within her deeply divided homeland.

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Review of tax allowances urged

SUPHANNEE POOTPISUT

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- The Revenue Department has proposed a review of tax allowances offered to savers as the department is under a lot of pressure to collect more tax to make up for the drop in revenue resulting from a big cut in the corporate tax rate.

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Thaivisa member story:

Highway 304 Notorious Mountain

This weekend claimed more statistics as both a Volvo Truck and a Pattaya bound Bus ended up running off the road and rolling, no fatalities were recorded.

More images/source: http://www.wecreate....rious-mountain/

Tourists reunited with their stolen goods left in nightclub during bathroom break

By Staff Reporter

PATTAYA: -- Syrian Tourist Robs Disc Girls in Pattaya Nightclub

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Man Hides From Thug Who Murders His Mother

A criminal nicknamed White King invaded a house to shoot a man he had a dispute with. But instead the Thai thug shot and killed the man’s 63-year-old mother as she lay in her bed in the darkened bedroom. Police are hunting for the murderer.

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RT @RichardBarrow: Two Thai youths, who did a Gangnam Style dance at a temple fair, were shot by a teenager apparently irritated by their dance (Bangkok Post)

Thai stock index opens on Monday at 1,294.52, up 3.69 points /MCOT

'Gangnam Style' leads to gunplay again in Thailand

BANGKOK: -- Psy’s global K-pop megahit Gangnam Style is making the news in Thailand again – for all the wrong reasons.

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Kanchanapisek Road outbound closed as authorities use water cannon to clear nitric acid leak from truck accident /MCOT

US sends team to inspect Government House security system before US president's visit Sunday /MCOT

Thai students win 2 gold medals at World Robotic Olympiad

By English News

MALAYSIA, Nov 12 - Thai students clinched two gold, one silver, and one bronze medals at the World Robotic Olympiad 2012, held in Kuala Lumpur.

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RT @RichardBarrow: Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra will leave for the UK at 3.15pm today for a 4-day visit (Bangkok Post)

RT @RichardBarrow: Commart Comtech 2012 starts this Thur at Queen Sirikit (QSNCC) and runs until 18 Nov. Good for computers and gadgets.

Press Releases : The Official Visit to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of Ms.Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand 13 - 14 November 2012

http://www.thaivisa....25#entry5836638

Burst water main topples power pole in Phuket

Phuket Gazette

Power lines were strewn across the ground after the utility pole came crashing down onto a house yesterday afternoon. Photo: Thawit Bilabdullar

Locals told police that construction workers digging a ditch for new water pipes broke a water main, and that the leaking water eroded the ground around the pole and caused it to fall over. Photo: Thawit Bilabdullar

PHUKET: -- A power pole that fell onto a house and injured a man in Phuket yesterday was unstable due to the water erosion caused by a burst water pipe, locals told the police.

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Rosewood smugglers arrested in border province of Nong Khai

By Digital Media

NONG KHAI, Nov 12 – Four alleged smugglers, two Thais and two Lao nationals, were arrested in Thailand’s northeastern province of Nong Khai with exotic Siamese Rosewood in two pickup trucks.

Provincial forest protection unit head Rasamee Nanthan in Nong Khai and local police confiscated three planks of Siamese rosewood 40 centimetres wide, 13 cm thick and two metres long each, worth more than Bt400,000 in total.

Called payung locally, Siamese Rosewood is known scientifically as Dalbergia cochinchinensis and its trade is carefully monitored.

Four smugglers confessed they were transporting the wood to cross the Mekong River to sell. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-11-12

Thai authorities arrest 112 Rohingya after boat washes ashore in Phang Nga

Phuket Gazette –

The Rohingya refugees were rounded up by police and handed over to Phang Nga Immigration. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: Heavy seas on Saturday forced a boat loaded with 112 Rohingya, attempting the perilous journey to Malaysia, to land north of Phuket on Tai Muang beach in Phang Nga, where they were promptly arrested by the authorities.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/597511-thai-authorities-arrest-112-rohingya-after-boat-washes-ashore-in-phang-nga/#entry5837082

Rice pledging scheme vehemently criticised again

BANGKOK, Nov 12 – Public dissent against the highly-criticised rice pledging scheme has escalated with noted public figures issuing fresh warnings, charging the government with running the country into serious debt.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/597513-rice-pledging-scheme-vehemently-criticised-again/#entry5837100

RT@RichardBarrow: Thai Travel News: River Kwai Bridge Week confirmed for 7-16 December 2012 bit.ly/TsqEgz