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Thailand Live Monday 11 Mar 2013

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Phuket Sydictive party boss to sue complainants

Nattha Thepbamrung

PHUKET: -- Jirat “Champ” Petnunthawong, MD of Sydictive Element, which staged the controversial New Year’s party on Patong Beach, has announced that he will bring civil and criminal defamation suits against complainants who held a press conference last Wednesday (March 6) in Bangkok.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625105-phuket-sydictive-party-boss-to-sue-complainants/

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Thailand must stop ivory trade or face severe sanctions: CITES

BANGKOK, 11 March 2013 (NNT) - A senior CITES official has warned that Thailand, and other countries of what he calls the "Gang of Eight", must stop ivory trade, or face severe sanctions.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625110-thailand-must-stop-ivory-trade-or-face-severe-sanctions-c-i-t-e-s/

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Pattaya Police Uncover Elderly Swiss Drug Dealer

PATTAYA:--A 61-year-old Swiss man was arrested in a South Pattaya rental room for selling ya-ice and ganja. He was caught after one of the addicts he sold drugs to named him as the drug dealer. After his arrest, the Swiss man denied selling drugs, and said he only bought them for his personal use.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625141-pattaya-police-uncover-elderly-swiss-drug-dealer/

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Abundant fruit supply may cause prices to dip
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CHANTHABURI, March 11 - The fruit harvest in this eastern province has risen substantially this year due to good weather conditions, which may cause fluctuations in market prices.

Chanthaburi Provincial Agricultural Extension Office assistant chief Piya Pokket said durian, rambutan, mangosteen and long kong are already on the market, for it is their harvest season.

According to the abundant yield, durian has increased by more than 10,000 tonnes compared to the same period last year, making it 217,000 tonnes this year.

The mangosteen harvest was 82,000 tonnes this year, 13,000 tonnes higher than last year, while long kong yielded 49,000 tonnes, an increase of 5,000 tonnes year-on-year.

Rambutan was the only fruit with the same harvest yield as last year at 140,000 tonnes.

Mr Piya admitted the higher supply of fruit in the province may cause fruit prices to drop, so his organisation plans to ask the government for a Bt70 million budget to help subsidise fruit farmers in the area.

Fruit prices tend to fall during May and June, when fruit supply in Chanthaburi is particularly high. He said mangosteen is the most worrying fruit in terms of the falling prices. (MCOT online news)

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Poor response to Parliamentary amnesty move

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BANGKOK, March 11 – A parliamentary attempt by the lower house to seek amnesty for those involved in Bangkok’s 2010 political upheavals was shunned by opponents who failed to show up for talks today.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/624828-opposition-not-interested-in-debate-on-amnesty-bills/#entry6193096

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Koh Lanta villagers seek media help to end dumping 'health issue'
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PHUKET: Villagers in Koh Lanta, east of Phuket, have appealed to the Krabi Press Club to help resolve health problems caused by the recent burning of rubbish at a landfill which they say local authorities have ignored.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625145-koh-lanta-villagers-seek-media-help-to-end-dumping-health-issue/

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Fisheries Dept: Thailand not against listing of shark on protection list

BANGKOK, 11 March 2013 (NNT) - The Fisheries Department has denied claims that Thailand is signaling complete opposition to the listing of several shark species under CITES, saying that relevant agencies need time to conduct further studies into possible impact of the listing.

Director-General Wimol Chantharothai said details of the proposal by CITES members need to be carefully studied prior to the listing, as local fishermen and fish breeding programmes in the country could be severely affected. He added that Thailand already enforces laws and regulations to preserve marine fish species such as banning fishing in a 4.5km area from the shore and imposing a three-month fishing ban during the breeding season.

The United States, Brazil, Ecuador, and more than 30 other countries have proposed to list several shark and ray species under CITES, which will help control the largely unregulated international trade in these species and their products. Many shark and ray species are threatened with extinction as a result of directed fishing and unintentional catch.

Government delegates are set to discuss and consider the adoption of the proposed listing on Monday and Tuesday. In order to be adopted, the proposals will need approval from two-thirds of the governments voting.

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Human right lawyer's wife demands action by DSI

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Reacting to the Department of Special Investigation's activity in processing "political cases", Angkhana Neelapaijit, wife of human rights lawyer Somchai who was abducted by police officers in 2004, has written an open letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra calling for progress in her husband's case.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625151-wife-of-abducted-human-rights-lawyer-demands-action-by-thailands-d-s-i/

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Belgian royal couple to visit Thailand to enhance trade, investment cooperation
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BANGKOK, March 11 – Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium will lead a 200-member delegation to Thailand next week in an official visit aiming to foster trade and investment between the two countries.

The crown prince and his wife, Princess Mathilde, will be in the kingdom from Sunday through Friday March 17-22 as royal guests of Their Majesties the King and Queen. They are scheduled for an audience with Their Majesties on March 22.

Among senior Belgian officials who will accompany the crown prince are Didier Reynders, vice premier and foreign minister, Kris Peeters, minister-president of Flanders, and Jean-Claude Marcourt, vice-minister-president and minister of economy.

The royal entourage will include 170 businessmen from 105 companies in the western European country who are keen on cooperating with Thailand on alternative and clean energy, health service and medical supplies, agro-industry and food, infrastructure and logistics.

Crown Prince Philippe is honorary chairman of the Belgian Foreign Trade Board. He is scheduled to visit Map Ta Phut industrial estate in the eastern province of Rayong where several major Belgian industries are located, and also to see the industrial breeding of marine life in Phetchaburi. (MCOT online news)

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Amnesty talks continue though core factions refuse to join
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BANGKOK, March 11 – A parley to seek amnesty for political offenders proceeded at the Thai Parliament today despite a refusal by half of the invited groups to join the “reconciliation talks.”

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625039-reconciliation-pheu-thai-gives-its-backing-to-charoens-mission/#entry6193606

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Yala bomb attack kills one, injures two
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YALA: -- A volunteer ranger was killed and two were wounded Monday when a M26 grenade hidden under the driver's seat exploded while their pickup truck was travelling on a road in Yala's Raman district.

Manat Satsue, 27, Vichit Chomwichian, 28, and Chatmongkol Thongthammachart, 27, were sent to Yala Hospital, where Manat died.

The three men were returning from a garage where the vehicle had been repaired.

In Bangkok, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung said former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohammad had allowed a delegation of 15 officials led by Chalerm to meet him in Langkawi on March 28.

The BRN group that had held peace talks with Pol Lt General Paradorn Pattanathabut, secretary-general of the National Security Council, was the "real" force behind the insurgency in the South, he said.

"The Malaysian prime minister also insists that they are the real one. If not, why would he want to host the meeting and why would the Malaysian supreme commander and other Malaysian top security officials want to take part in the meeting? If Malaysia refuses to harbour insurgents, we'll benefit,'' he said.

Seeking reconciliation in the troubled South was not a pipedream, he said.

"We dream of establishing peace through negotiations and reducing conflicts but critics are envious of us and do nothing. The government has treaded on the right path,'' he said.

It was proper for the military to represent the Thai side in negotiating with the rebels since they have been working in the area and know it the best. The government has to listen to them, he said.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has given him a clear order to inspect the restive region following the escalation in violence and he has no choice but obey.

"If I don't go to the South, I will definitely be sacked,'' he said.

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Government unlikely to push forward with amnesty law
Attayuth Bootsripoom
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The government is expected to drag its feet on the call to enact an amnesty law for fear of confrontations between red-shirt and yellow-shirts.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625195-government-unlikely-to-push-forward-with-amnesty-law-thai-analysis/

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Photographer offers B100,000 reward for return of life’s work
Phuket Gazette -

PHUKET: A professional travel photographer and boutique resort owner in Phuket is offering a 100,000-baht reward for any information leading to the return of his MacBook and backup hard drive – which contain his life’s work.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625250-photographer-offers-b100000-reward-for-return-of-lifes-work/

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