Thailand Live Sunday 28 Apr 2013

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Charter court judges face pressure
The Nation on Sunday April 28, 2013 1:00 am

House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont

BANGKOK: -- Calls for the removal of the Constitutional Court judges are growing on two fronts - an ongoing pressure campaign by the red shirts, and legal proceedings to be launched by MPs and senators.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635743-charter-court-judges-face-pressure/

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Prisons chief vows crackdown after inmate has photo posted on Facebook
The Nation on Sunday

A Facebook account shows photos of an inmate in Phitsanulok prison.

A Phitsanulok prisoner who managed to have a picture of himself in chains posted on Facebook after transmitting it via a cell-phone - a prohibited item for inmates - will be punished along with those who supplied the device, Corrections Department chief Suchart Wong-anantachai vowed.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635747-prisons-chief-vows-crackdown-after-inmate-has-photo-posted-on-facebook/

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The market should decide baht value: Govt
The Nation on Sunday April 28, 2013 1:00 am

Kittiratt

BANGKOK: -- Kittiratt says blocking fund flows not the solution; wins praise from Korn

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635749-the-market-should-decide-baht-value-govt/

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'Hospitals must treat all patients'
Jeerapong Prasertphonkrang
The Nation on Sunday

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday insisted that private hospitals must provide emergency medical treatment to save the lives of critically ill patients.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635750-hospitals-must-treat-all-patients-says-yingluck/

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Govt prohibits live bird imports at border checkpoints
Pongphon Sarnsamak
The Nation on Sunday

BANGKOK: -- The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has ordered its officials at border check-points across the country not to allow people to bring live birds into the Kingdom, in a bid to prevent the spread of the H7N9 bird-flu virus.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635751-govt-prohibits-live-bird-imports-at-border-checkpoints/

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DSI says PCC forged documents for Bt579 million
Piyanut Tumnukasetchai
The Nation on Sunday

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has reportedly discovered that PCC Development and Construction Co (PCC) - the company at centre of the police station construction scandal - forged documents to show constrution progress, enabling it to make cash withdrawals on 53 occasions from the Government Savings Bank, amounting to Bt579 million.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635759-dsi-says-pcc-forged-documents-for-bt579-million/

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Insurgents hurt making bomb
The Nation on Sunday

Explosion scene in Pattani.

Police say suspects were planning to attack security officials in Narathiwat

Three or four suspected insurgents were injured in Narathiwat's Tak Bai district yesterday when a bomb they were making detonated prematurely, police said. Meanwhile, Pattani's Sai Buri district saw a defence volunteer slain in a shooting, and two other defence volunteers slightly hurt by a roadside bomb.

Following the 10.45am report of an explosion in Tambon Jehe forest, Tak Bai police and a bomb squad rushed to the scene and found pieces of an exploded 25kg homemade bomb in a gas cylinder, along with splatterings of blood.

First Lieutenant Narasak Baikhaikhom, who alerted officials to the bomb, told police he and his patrol team were travelling along Tak Bai-Taba road near Tambon Jehe Municipality, when they heard a loud explosion in the forest. Police suspect a group of three to four insurgents were making the bomb to attack security officers in Tak Bai, but detonated the device by mistake. Although there were signs the bomb-makers were injured by the blast, they managed to flee before authorities arrived.

In Pattani at 8.30am, Thai authorities inspected a scene in Tambon Manang Dalam where defence volunteer Muhammad Saifu Aldultoreb, 32, was fatally gunned down while travelling to work at Sai Buri district office. Two gunmen, who then fled the scene on a motorbike, reportedly shot him twice in the head at close range.

At 9.30am, a bomb went off on a bridge in Tambon Pase Yawor slightly injuring two paramilitary volunteers in their 20s who were on patrol. This occurred several kilometres from the shooting in Tambon Manang Dalam, so officers were dispatched to probe the bomb scene. Police said they suspect the same insurgent sympathisers carried out the shooting and bombing. In another incident, a drive-by shooting in Pattani's Nong Chik district on Friday night seriously injured local woman, Patimoh Jehsorhor, 42.

In Yala's Yaha district, following a gunfight in Tambon Patae on Friday afternoon that led to the extrajudicial killing of three suspected insurgents and the seizure of seven guns and 10 communication radios and cell phones, Yala police chief Police Major General Peera Boonliang said the suspects were found to have prior convictions. He said suspect Boonya Daleng's DNA sample matched that found at the scene of a failed attack on a marine base in Narathiwat's Bacho district in February. The second suspect, Budeeman Mayi, was wanted for a village shooting in Bannang Sata district last year, while the third man, Adultoloh Saha, was wanted for killing and decapitating two paratroopers in Bannang Sata in 2009, he said.

Peera also said that among the four to five insurgents who escaped on Friday, was operative Abdulloh Tapohoh - wanted for the April 5 bombing that killed Yala deputy governor Issara Thongthawat and provincial civil defence chief Chaowalit Chairuerk. A royally sponsored cremation for Issara took place yesterday at Wat Mahathat in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Meanwhile, the Nakhon Si Thammarat kamnan and village headmen's association said they had raised Bt670,000 of the Bt1 million reward for anyone who could provide key information about the killers of Issara and Chawalit. Issara's driver, Satorpa Jehloh, who was seriously injured in the same incident, was moved out of ICU yesterday. However, doctors at Yala Hospital, where he is being treated, said he would be closely monitored.

In related news, in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Pran Buri district, national police chief Adul Saengsingkaew yesterday presented 1,982 new non-commissioned police, who will be deployed to the restive region on May 1.

-- The Nation 2013-04-28

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SUSTAINABILITY
Seven Thai firms awarded
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- University of Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Business+ magazine announced this year's Thai Top Company Awards, recognising firms that have set a good example in social responsibility and inspired others for economic sustainability.

The winners are: PTT Exploration and Production, Samitivej Hospital, Siam Commercial Bank, Advanced Info Service, Toyota Motor Thailand and Bangkok Airways. IRPC won votes from the magazine's readers as "CSR of the Year" in recognition of its continued social contribution.

"It is our effort to benchmark corporate success, through the reliable and accountable criteria," said Saowanee Thairungroj, the university's rector.

The entries are evaluated in terms of management efficiency. "This is to inspire Thai companies to improve their competitiveness, which will raise Thailand's profile in the international arena particularly in light of the Asean Economic Community."

-- The Nation 2013-04-28

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EDITORIAL
Same-sex union bill no cause for celebration
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Lesbians, gays and others seek equal treatment under the law, not special favours and condescension

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635761-same-sex-union-bill-no-cause-for-celebration/

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Press freedom still not living up to the law, seminar told
Pravit Rojanaphruk
The Nation on Sunday

BANGKOK: -- Although Myanmar's press freedom has flourished over the past two years, with criticism of wrongdoers now fair game, any criticism of the country's top leaders is still a taboo, said Aye Chan Naing, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB).

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635762-press-freedom-still-not-living-up-to-the-law-seminar-told/

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RT@191Thailand: Phuket Bangkok Bus Crashes North of Phuket: Two Killed, 42 Injured

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Monorail in Chiang Mai Zoo strands over ten tourists 10 metres high for over 1 hour; zoo official says accident due to electrical glitch /MCOT

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Phuket Opinion: Plenty to do, if you can get there
Phuket Gazette -

Phuket almost has it all when it comes to entertainment, but there is still no reasonable public transportation options to get locals or tourists to the 'playgrounds'. Image: Gazette Graphics

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635777-phuket-opinion-plenty-to-do-if-you-can-get-there/

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More than 100 illegally harvested Siamese rosewood logs worth Bt3 mln seized in Nakhon Panom, 2 Laotian suspects nabbed /MCOT

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Peace talk with BRN thrown into limbo
Don Pathan
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Self-proclaimed Barisan Revolusi Nasional-Coordinate "liaison" officer, Hasan Taib, made a public statement through a video broadcast, demanding that Thailand unconditionally release all prisoners locked up on insurgency-related charges, and permit Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, non-governmental organisation, and Asean members to take part in the peace process.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635799-peace-talks-with-b-r-n-thrown-into-limbo/

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Over 100 Siamese rosewood logs worth Bt3 mln seized in Nakhon Panom
By Digital Media

NAKHON PANOM, April 28 – More than 100 Siamese rosewood logs, bound for China, were confiscated, and two Laotian suspects were arrested in this northeastern province.

The Mekong River operation unit in Nakhon Panom intercepted an attempted smuggling of this lot of Siamese rosewood worth around three million baht at the border in Ban Paeng district.

Two Laotian suspects confessed to being hired for Bt5,000 each to deliver the logs, each about two-three metres long, across the Mekong River with the final destination reportedly China. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2013-04-28

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Thai -Cambodian trade in 2012 grew 40% year-on-year, both sides target to maintain 30% growth until 2015 :Thai Commerce Ministry /MCOT

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Thai PM presides over signing of 3 MoUs including on science and technology cooperation during her three-day visit to Mongolia /MCOT

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RT@veen_NT: A policeman from Din Daeng station arrested a woman and took her to an apt room , trying to rape her.

RT@veen_NT:​ The woman victim sent msg via BB to her bro, he then came to help but the "cop" fled the scene with help from another 2 police.

RT@veen_NT:​ Ironically, the bro of woman 'suspect' shouted to others people. "Please help catch that cop.. he is a thief.."

RT@veen_NT:​ The 3 policemen are confirmed to be REAL police by its Din Daeng station.

RT@veen_NT:​ The woman was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and the officer took her to a room, citing that he had to search her body.

RT@veen_NT:​ If you read Thai, the story on Din Daeng police news.mthai.com/general-news/2…

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Phuket Opinion: Speak up for public transport
Phuket Gazette -

The Chief Transport Technician of the Phuket Land Transport Office, Jaturong Kaewkasi, encourages Phuket residents to work together with the transport office in order to reduce traffic jams. Photo: Saran Mitrarat

Jaturong Kaewkasi, a 41-year-old native of Pattani, has been the Chief Transport Technician of the Phuket Land Transport Office for one year. He has a master’s degree in Social Development from Yala Rajabhat University and before coming to Phuket worked as a transport technician in Bangkok. Here, he talks about how to convince people to use buses in order to reduce traffic problems in Phuket.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635824-phuket-opinion-speak-up-for-public-transport/

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RT@KentBKK: Cutting the cake to celebrate the 110th birthday of the British Club Bangkok! pic.twitter.com/kcrz62t3u4

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Monk impersonator run out of town
Phuket Gazette -

KHORAT: A shambolic fake monk recently attracted the suspicions of local people in Nakhon Ratchasima Province – and the attention of the police – by trying to collect alms in the afternoon.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/635831-monk-impersonator-run-out-of-town/

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RT@RichardBarrow: Schedule of football matches on Thai TV on Sunday night pic.twitter.com/0h80eFC7G8

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RT@191Thailand: Vehicles in river after a bridge collapsed in Ayutthaya. First reports say 3 dead and many injured.

RT@191Thailand: 6:15pm News coming in of a bridge collapsing in Ayutthaya. Injuries and deaths reported. Numbers not confirmed yet.

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RT@191Thailand: Picture of bridge that collapsed this evening across Pa Sak River in Ayutthaya (Facebook via @mark_isaak) pic.twitter.com/wHniOKPtTc

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RT@191Thailand: 6:55pm Thai media reporting five bodies recovered after bridge collapsed in Ayutthaya. Search & rescue still continuing.

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RT@191Thailand: Picture of the bridge collapse in Ayutthaya - RT @thetigernutch: ภาพจากที่เกิดเหตุสะพานทรุด pic.twitter.com/XERyTf5r5j

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5 dead in Ayutthaya bridge collapse

A suspension bridge over Pa Sak River in Ayutthaya collapsed Sunday evening, crushing five people to death underneath a pillar on one side, while wounding 15 others.

The collapse also sent a large number of pedestrians and motorcyclists into the water, but there were no casualties. The Bicentenary Bridge, 20 metres above the water, has been regularly used. The bridge is believed to have collapsed after the slings broke.

-- The Nation 2013-04-28

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