Thailand Live Friday 22 Mar 2013

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Commerce Ministry: No corruption in government rice deals
By Digital Media



BANGKOK, March 22 – Thailand's Commerce Ministry today quashed allegations of corruption and gave a clean bill of correctness to the government’s rice trading activity during the last three years.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/627786-thai-commerce-ministry-no-corruption-in-government-rice-deals/

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Bt2tn borrowing bill debate on March 28-29
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Bt2 trillion borrowing bill to finance infrastructure investment will be debated in Parliament during March 28-29.

Deputy House Speaker Charoen Chankomol said on Friday that the government and the opposition will be given 12 hours each to voice their support and opposition.

The debate will start from 9.30am to 10pm and it will be broadcast live on Channel 11.


-- The Nation 2013-03-22

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POLITICS
Position of PM is not easily replaceable : Yingluck
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday frowned in puzzlement and said she was working too hard to pay attention to unwarranted speculation on her replacement.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/627791-position-of-prime-minister-is-not-easily-replaceable-yingluck/

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BANGKOK POLL
Bangkokians did not think Yaowapa would replace Yingluck
The Nation


File photo : Yaowapa

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/627791-position-of-prime-minister-is-not-easily-replaceable-yingluck/#entry6228976

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2,000 litre oil spill in Phuket waters
Nattha Thepbamrung



PHUKET: -- Around 2,000 litres of fuel has spilled into the harbour off Koh Sirae after a fishing boat sank last night (March 21), but officials say the spill is “under control”.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/627798-2000-litre-oil-spill-in-phuket-waters/

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1.52 million Bangkokians fail to cast votes during governor election

BANGKOK, 22 March 2013 (NNT) - According to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), an estimated 1.52 million people failed to exercise their voting rights in the March 3 gubernatorial election.

The BMA announced that non-voting Bangkok citizens who failed to notify district offices of their reasons by March 10 have had their six political rights revoked.

These rights include the right to oppose and apply to run in local elections including the post of village headman. They are also not allowed to be listed in any petition filed for a change to regulations enforced in their localities until their absence is rectified.

The areas with the highest rate of absence were Chatuchak and Bang Khen.

During the March 3 election, the poll registered the record number of voter turnout at 2.7 million or nearly 64 of the total Bangkok population.


-- NNT 2013-03-22

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PM urges shift towards high-end tourists

BANGKOK, 22 March 2013 (NNT) - The prime minister has urged the Tourism Authority of Thailand to attract more "high-end tourists" into the country.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/627804-yingluck-urges-t-a-t-to-attract-more-high-end-tourists-into-thailand/

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Drug trafficker gets life for running over policemen
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Criminal Court Friday sentenced a drug trafficker to life in prison for crashing his car into two policemen - killing one and seriously injuring the other - during a sting operation.

Alongkorn Rermprachathipatai, 26, was also ordered to pay Bt1.64 million in compensation to the dead policeman's parents. In addition, he was sentenced to seven years in jail and fined Bt375,000 for drug trafficking.

His commonlaw wife, Preeyanuch Puttikorn, was also given seven years in jail and fined Bt375,000 for drug trafficking. She was in the car when Alongkorn ran into a motorcycle being driven by Pol Corporal Sirawit Ruamjit and Pol Captain Taweesak Daoruang on January 11 last year on a road linking Bangkok and Nonthaburi.

-- The Nation 2013-03-22

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THAI-NEW ZEALAND RELATIONS
New Zealand PM greets Yingluck with Maori-styled greeting
The Nation

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/627551-yingluck-visiting-new-zealand-papua-new-guinea/page-3#entry6229422

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BREAKING
Fire kills 27 at Mae Hong Son refugee camp

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/627865-fire-kills-27-at-mae-hong-son-refugee-camp/

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