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Tourist Police arrest illegal Thai tour guides
Phuket Gazette

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The Thai nationals did not have the proper certification to be working as tour guides in Phuket. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: -- Seven Thais working illegally as tour guides catering to Chinese tourists in Phuket were arrested in the wake of a mass protest on Monday demanding the government take action against illegal guides.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637127-phuket-tourist-police-arrest-illegal-thai-tour-guides/

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Phuket Police suspect American died of drug overdose
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A variety of sleeping pills were found in the room. Photo: Gazette file


PHUKET: -- A 29-year-old American woman found dead in her bed shortly after checking into a Phuket rental room is suspected of having suffered from a drug overdose, said Chalong Police.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637128-phuket-police-suspect-american-died-of-drug-overdose/

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CARTOON FURORE
PM files lawsuit against Chai
Anapat Deechuay,
Praphan Jindalertudomdee
The Nation

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Female MPs from Pheu Thai Party hold a press conference yesterday condemning Thai Rath cartoonist Chai Rachawat for his Facebook post about Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Cartoonist charged on three counts; Pheu Thai women MPs say he attacked womankind as a whole

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday had her lawyers file a defamation lawsuit against Thai Rath cartoonist Chai Rachawat for comparing her to a prostitute.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637037-yingluck-sues-thai-rath-cartoonist-for-defamation/page-2?p=6366777#entry6366777

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White elephant caught on camera in Phetchaburi
The Nation

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A suspected white elephant, right, is photographed by an infrared camera at an artificial salt-lick in a Phetchaburi forest earlier this week.

PHETCHABURI: -- Apparent images of a much-sought-after white elephant spotted earlier near Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi have been recorded by cameras set up in the jungle, leaving officials with a decision to make on whether to capture the rare, auspicious animal and place it in custodial care.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637131-white-elephant-caught-on-camera-in-phetchaburi/

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PATTANI ATTACK
Family of slain man urged to return home
The Nation

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PATTANI: -- Having lost his brother-in-law and nephew to a terror attack in Pattani on Wednesday, Buri Ram resident Sanit Thadthaisong is begging his sister to quit the violence-infested southern region and return home with her children.

Adding to his misery, the cash-strapped brother said he could not afford to travel the long distance between Buri Ram in the Northeast and Pattani in the South, preventing him from attending the funerals of both victims. He expressed his hope that Samrit Nualsai and her young children will leave Pattani and open a small grocery shop in Buri Ram.

Sanit, 66, has pleaded with authorities to assist the remaining members of the family of Samarn Iang-ma, who was slain along with his two-year-old son Jakkarin, while working on finding solutions to end the violence in the deep South.

Meanwhile, a network of women's groups issued an open letter calling on the Barisan Revolusi Nasional-Coordinate (BRN-C) to make its views on the gun attack - which killed six civilians - known via YouTube.

Network leader Soraya Jamjuree said that following the BRN's recent posting of demands via a video message on YouTube, it was only right that it should take or deny responsibility for the attack via a social network.

"An online statement will help justify BRN if it did not carry out the attack, but a lot of people now think that the attack had something to do with the ongoing peace dialogue, of which BRN is a part," she added.

Soraya said statistics show that more than 400 women have been killed, 1,400 wounded or disabled, and some 5,000 widowed by the insurgent violence, which has left approximately 5,000 people dead and tens of thousands wounded or disabled.

Defence Minister Sukampol Suwannathat has criticised the media for its extended coverage of the incident, saying that the locals were not "actually demoralised, as the questions they were asked during interviews were meant to suggest".

"The media should also condemn this attack and the violence," he commented.

"It is normal [to have] losses; it's a small problem that is being fixed, but don't use the word 'demoralisation'. Those facing the losses will be compensated under normal procedures," he added.

His statement prompted angry responses from journalists, including Channel 3 reporter Thapanee Ietsrichai, who said the media were doing their job and that Sukampol's statement was an act of intimidation and demeaning to the media, especially on World Press Freedom Day yesterday.

A group of Buddhists living in Yala yesterday distributed flyers to locals in urban areas condemning Wednesday's attack and calling for unity between Buddhists and Muslims and support for their efforts to build a long-term peace.

The National Human Rights Commission issued a statement condemning Wednesday's attack and those behind it.

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4 bid for water scheme
PONGPHON SARNSAMAK,
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THE NATION

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Two groups quit Bt350-bn mega- project; winners to be announced on June 4

BANGKOK: -- Bidding for the government's ambitious Bt350-billion water-management and flood-prevention mega-project officially kicked off yesterday with four groups of contractors handing in their final plans.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637133-4-bid-for-thai-govts-water-scheme-two-groups-quit-bt350-bn-mega-project/

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VENUS' VISION
Ambassador's Preah Vihear strategy music to the ears
Veena Thoopkrajae

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BANGKOK: -- Virachai Plasai, the man who carried the Thai flag at the International Court of Justice in The Hague during the Preah Vihear hearings, might have been a famous musician touring the world - or at least playing in a pub someplace - had he followed his teenage dream.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637134-ambassadors-preah-vihear-strategy-music-to-the-ears/

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Group hopes to boost numbers at anti-charter court rally
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Having rallied outside the Constitutional Court for 12 days now, the Pro-Democracy People's Radio Group led by Pongpisit Kongsena is calling for more people to join them this weekend.

Pongpisit said he expected at least 30,000 protesters to join the rally, adding that 100,000 signatures would be collected to impeach the charter court's judges by Wednesday as promised.

Spokesman Sornrak Malaithong said the group had followed up on its request to the Budget Bureau to block the judges' salaries, and if the bureau fails to respond by Wednesday, the group will launch an attack on it as well.

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Alleged YouTube victim yet to contact police
Patinya Iamtarn
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The woman at the centre of a sexual-extortion allegation against a police officer has failed to come forward and lodge an official complaint, a senior officer said yesterday.

The accused policeman has been suspended pending an investigation.

"We have invited [the alleged victim] to provide testimony, but she has not responded to date," deputy Metropolitan Police commissioner Maj-General Anuchai Lekbamrung said yesterday. In a widely seen YouTube video, Pol Senior Sgt-Major Worawit Nukoonkit, 42, who worked at the Din Daeng Police Station in Bangkok, is seen fleeing a man who complains loudly that Worawit had forced a woman to go to a hotel with him.

In response to the clip, a probe was launched and Worawit was suspended pending the outcome.

"But to date, no criminal punishment can be taken because the alleged victim has not come forward," Anuchai said.

In another high-profile case, a Laotian woman officially lodged a rape complaint against Pol Second Lieutenant Thatree Seubsamarn.

Thatree, who worked for Thong Lor Police Station in Bangkok, has also been suspended pending a probe.

Thatree has been on the run since the woman made her initial complaint.

"We have issued an arrest warrant for him," Anuchai said.

The 18-year-old Laotian said Thatree, who was moonlighting as a taxi driver, picked her up but instead of taking her to her destination, took her to a room and sexually assaulted her.

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Results of probe into bridge due in four days
The Nation
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A wooden suspension bridge across the Kok River in Chiang Rai was open as usual yesterday despite the recent collapse of a similar bridge in Ayutthaya.

AYUTTHAYA: -- It will take at least four more days to determine the cause of the April 29 collapse of a suspension bridge in Ayutthaya's Tha Rua district, which killed at least four people, local officials said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637139-results-of-probe-into-ayutthaya-bridge-collapse-due-in-four-days/

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PM, weekly TV programme, stresses speech in Mongolia was just about lessons learned from past, urges all parties help build strong democracy /MCOT

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Phuket Wake Park latest victim of illegal Russian raids
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- Following the arrest of 35 Russians found allegedly working illegally in Patong nightclubs last week (story here), three more Russians have been arrested at the tourist-popular Phuket Wake Park in Kathu.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637025-phuket-officials-pose-as-tourists-to-nab-russian-wake-park-owner/#entry6367245

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Burmese girl, 6, first dengue fatality on Phuket this year
Phuket Gazette

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A Phuket rescue worker stands in front of a Burmese rubber tapper hut. The Burmese girl, 6, died of dengue after staying just two weeks on the island. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- In the wake of a six-year-old Burmese girl dying from dengue fever after arriving on the island in April, the Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) is urging everyone to bolster efforts to remove possible breeding grounds for mosquitoes potentially carrying the disease.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637154-burmese-girl-6-first-dengue-fatality-on-phuket-this-year/

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40 elephants suspected illegal as raids strike tourism trekking companies
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- Officers from the regional Natural Resources and Environment Crime Suppression Division raided seven tour companies in Phang Nga this week following reports that the companies were in possession of illegal elephants.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637156-40-elephants-suspected-illegal-as-raids-strike-tourism-trekking-companies/

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No comment from Attorney General on attempt to drop terrorism cases from court
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BANGKOK, May 4 – The Office of Attorney General (OAG) has refused to comment on a report that the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) plans to withdraw court cases of terrorism against Red Shirt activists.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637137-thailands-d-s-i-unable-to-interfere-in-red-shirt-terrorism-case-panel/?p=6367606#entry6367606

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After five months, missing American Brett Bean calls home
Phuket Gazette

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Brett Bean’s mother offered a 50,000 baht reward for the safe return of her 31-year-old son, and flew to Phuket to lead the search. Photo: Kritsada

PHUKET: -- Brett Bean, the American expat whose disappearance last November gained extensive press coverage, has contacted his family after 155 days of unnerving silence, the Phuket Gazette has confirmed.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/637179-after-five-months-missing-american-brett-bean-calls-home/

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