Thailand Live Thursday 29 Aug 2013

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Phuket kratom plantation cleared
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- Police yesterday afternoon raided a property in Patong, on Phuket's west coast, and cut down about 20 kratom trees.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664261-phuket-kratom-plantation-cleared-by-chainsaw-wielding-police/

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Damascus preparing for Western military strike: people flee country, military commands relocated

DAMASCUS: -- While it seems that the only issue left to be settled by Western leaders is the timing of the military strike on Syria, people in Damascus are preparing. Syrians prefer to stay inside their homes or flee for neighboring Lebanon. The military are being evacuated.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664272-damascus-preparing-for-western-military-strike-people-flee-country-military-commands-relocated/

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Singapore urged to scrap caning after graffiti sentencing

NEW YORK: -- Singapore was Thursday urged to scrap corporal punishment after a security guard was sentenced to three months in jail and three strokes of the cane for spray-painting the word "Democracy" on a war memorial.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664274-singapore-urged-to-scrap-caning-after-graffiti-sentencing/

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Cameron backs down on urgent Syria strikes
David Cameron backed down and agreed to delay a military attack on Syria following a growing revolt over the UK's rushed response to the crisis on Wednesday night
By Peter Dominiczak, Tim Ross and Robert Winnett

LONDON: -- The Prime Minister has now said he will wait for a report by United Nations weapons inspectors before seeking the approval of MPs for “direct British involvement” in the Syrian intervention.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664293-cameron-backs-down-on-urgent-syria-strikes/

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Mor Chit bus terminal to move out of Chatuchak next yr to pave way for Red Line mass transit system depot construction /The Nation

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Man Dressed Up As Policeman 'To Please His Girlfriend'

BANGKOK: -- A man has been arrested in Pathumthani Province for disguising himself as a police officer.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664304-man-dressed-up-as-policeman-to-please-his-girlfriend/

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Sisters Arrested For Selling 'Counterfeit' Gold

BANGKOK: -- Police have arrested a pair of sisters in Nakhon Ratchasima Province on charge of selling counterfeit gold.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664306-sisters-arrested-for-selling-counterfeit-gold/

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Deputy PM Pracha affirms no use of force against rubber protesters
By English News



BANGKOK, Aug 29 -- Deputy Prime Minister Pracha Promnok reasserted today that the government will not use force to disperse the rubber growers protesting in the South, saying security agencies have measures in hand to handle the mass rally on September 3.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664317-thai-deputy-pm-pracha-affirms-no-use-of-force-against-rubber-protesters/

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Phuket News: Boy, 11, caught stealing from reggae shop in Patong
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- Police took an 11-year-old boy into custody yesterday (August 28) after he was caught red-handed stealing from a shop in Patong.

Pramuk Muenpho, owner of the Reggae Shop, called Kathu police at 2 am, after setting a trap for thieves who had already stolen items from the shop three times before.

He explained that he and some friends left the shop, opposite Loma Park, wide open and then hid in the back.

When the boy arrived and took a waist pouch from the shop, they grabbed him and held him until police arrived.

The boy admitted the theft. He told police that he had come to Patong with two friends on a motorbike. When he was caught, they rode away.

The boy was taken to Kathu Police Station so that his parents could be contacted while Mr Pramuk made a written statement about the theft.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/boy-11-caught-stealing-from-reggae-shop-in-patong-41641.php#news-alert


-- Phuket News 2013-08-29

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Thai FM hopes ASEAN, China special meet to boost trade
By English News



BEIJING, Aug 29 - Thai Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said today he hoped the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China will strengthen their economic cooperation and trade.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664322-thai-fm-surapong-hopes-asean-china-special-meet-to-boost-trade/

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Democrats agree to meet with national reform coordinator Banharn
Pimnara Pradubwit
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The opposition Democrat Party has agreed to hold talks with the premier's representative on political reform, party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.

"I'm ready to talk with Banharn [silpa-archa] if he contacts me. I will tell him the root cause of the problems which, in fact, have come from the government itself. And the government has to end the conflicts," Abhisit said.

Former PM and chief advisor of Chart Thai Pattana Party Banharn Silpa-archa was assigned by Yingluck Shinnawatra on Sunday to be responsible for the national reform council. He will now serve as the coordinator of the national reform initiative, responsible for pushing for the creation of a roadmap for politics, economy and society.


-- The Nation 2013-08-29

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RT @felix85: A very interesting move by Russia just now, saying will send an anti-submarine ship and a missile cruiser to the Med.

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RT @tulsathit: Reporter 1: Is Yingluck in Parliament today?

Reporter 2: Let me check with the Chinese Embassy.

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Thai Chamber of Commerce worries baht flucuation will affect imports, exports; hopes to see stable exchange rate /MCOT

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PM clarifies to Parliament that her foreign trips are aimed at strengthening trade, orders transport ministry to encourage domestic rubber consumption /MCOT

RT @tulsathit: Seems like Yingluck has told Parliament, IN PERSON, why she has rarely been in Parliament in person.

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SET index closed at 1292.53, up 16.77; Bt/USD32.06; GBP49.62; AUD28.60; EUR42.47; CAD30.39; HKD4.13; SGD24.96; JPY32.54

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Thai business woman jailed in UK for running Ponzi Scheme

IPSWICH: -- THAI BUSINESS WOMAN JAILED IN UK FOR RUNNING PONZI SCHEME – For the hundreds of thousands, estimated 300,000 to 400,000, foreign expatriates living in Thailand the news of a Thai running an illegal business in order to fleece honest people will not come as much of a surprise.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664371-thai-business-woman-jailed-in-uk-for-running-ponzi-scheme/

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Star Tour to fly directly from Oslo to Krabi this winter
BY SINE NEUCHS THOMSEN

OSLO: -- From December The Norwegian travel agency Star Tour will offer flights from Oslo to the southern part of Thailand, they said in a press release.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664373-star-tour-to-fly-directly-from-oslo-to-krabi-this-winter/

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Phuket expats corralled by new immigration rule for passports
Phuket Gazette


Lt Col Napat Niesen is hoping to avoid complications later with foreigners whose passports will expire within the coming year. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- Officers at Phuket Immigration are calling for all foreigners whose passports are set to expire within the coming year to ensure they are issued new passports and apply – and are issued – new long-term permits-to-stay* before their current permits expire.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664376-phuket-expats-corralled-by-new-immigration-rule-for-passports/

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Ubon Ratchathani: Masked gang hit gold shop for B33m

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664380-ubon-ratchathani-masked-gang-hit-gold-shop-for-b33m/

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RT@veen_NT: Kim Jong-un's ex-lover 'executed by firing squad' telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…

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Thailand Live Friday 30 Aug 2013

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