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Election Commission won’t give up registering candidates for Feb 2 polls
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BANGKOK, Dec 24 – The Election Commission (EC) will meet urgently this morning to review the registration process for election candidates but insisted it will continue its task despite obstruction by anti-government protesters.

Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, EC commissioner in charge of election administration, said the second day of registration for party-listed candidates for the February 2 general elections will be held at the Thai-Japanese Stadium, Din Daeng.

The registration is open as planned until Friday.

Protesters have blocked the registration building in the stadium compound since Sunday night, barring officials and the media from entering the property yesterday.

Officials in charge of the registration will meet at the EC office on Chaeng Wattana Road this morning and go to the Thai-Japanese stadium together to see if they will be allowed to enter the building. (MCOT online news)

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-- TNA 2013-12-24

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Poll agency unable to register candidates for second day; protesters still block entrances; negotiations fail, no protesters at Din Daeng police station /MCOT

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Protesters staying put at Bangkok Youth Center

BANGKOK, 20 December 2013 (NNT) – Anti-government protesters are reportedly staying put at Bangkok Youth Center. The center is currently playing host to the registration of electoral candidates for the party-list system.

The protesters who call themselves People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) have completely sealed off all entrances and exits to Bangkok Youth Center, generally known as Thai-Japanese Stadium, in a bid to bar all candidates from signing up for the general election.

It is reported that the protesters are likely stay there to cause disturbances until Friday when the registration period is over.

The Election Commission (EC) earlier announced that it would continue the registration process until this Friday as planned and would not relocate the venue despite obstruction from the protesters.

Meanwhile, The Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) urged the PDRC to cease all attempts to interrupt the registration, adding that such attempts were illegal and violators could face serious charges.

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Revenue Department to consider collecting taxes from tutorial schools

BANGKOK, 24 Dec 2013, (NNT) - The Revenue Department is considering collecting taxes from tutorial schools beginning next year.

Mr. Suttichai Sangkamanee, Revenue Department Director-General, on Monday made the announcement after a meeting on the 2014 tax collecting directions. According to him, the department is planning to expand the nation's tax base to include cram schools, which have been exempted from paying corporate income tax and personal income tax as well as value-added tax for quite a considerable amount of time.

It has been debated for long while whether or not the excemptions should be allowed to continue. The department expects to reach a conclusion by the end of 2014, he said.

If his department is to start collecting taxes from these schools, it will rely on the Education Ministry’s guidelines to determine the income level of each tutorial school and its size of operation to calculate the amount of tax a school has to pay annually.

He believed the move could be done without having to amend the law.

Mr. Suttichai pointed out that the reason cram schools have been exempted from taxes is that such schools in the past were aimed at promoting and improving students’ academic performances. However, he expressed his concerns over the quality of such tutorial schools of late, particularly questioning the effectiveness of having students learn from a video-tape-recorded lessons, which is widely used by several cram schools.

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Pattaya Health & Beauty Center raided by DSI and other agencies



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PATTAYA:--The Department of Special Investigations (DSI) led a raid on a Health & Beauty Center in Jomtien on Monday afternoon in search of unlicensed imported products,illegal foreign workers and any other illegalities they could find.



Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691512-100-million-bahts-worth-of-beauty-products-seized-and-22-russians-detained-in-dsi-raid/


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Suthep says EC performs ugly registration

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BANGKOK: -- The secretary-general of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) warned the new 5-member of Election Commission (EC) of facing election fraud charge over what he called “ugly” registration of party’s documents at police station instead of at the official registration venue at the Bangkok Youth Center (Thai-Japan).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691516-suthep-says-ec-performs-ugly-registration/

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A total of 27 provinces have been hit by a severe cold spell, affecting more than 13 million people in 3,885,962 households, the Interior Ministry reports. /Bangkok Post


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Thai capital's BTS Skytrain resumes service
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BANGKOK, Dec 24 - The Thai capital's BTS Skytrain elevated railway resumed service before noon after a 5-hour suspension due to technical glitch in the control system halted operations across the system for the first time in 14 years.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691478-technical-problem-leaves-bangkok-bts-in-rush-hour-meltdown/page-4?p=7200152#entry7200152

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Skytrain service of Asoke station goes down again
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BANGKOK: -- Skytrain service at Asoke station is still not resumed despite BTS’s announcement that all services were in place after the break-down early morning.

BTS is fixing the problem as there were some passengers trapped in a car when the function at Asoke station went down.

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-- The Nation 2013-12-24

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RT@RichardBarrow: After a complete shutdown of the BTS Skytrain in #Bangkok this morning, in the last hour they had a partial shutdown on the Sukhumwit Line.

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TDRI chief supports pre-election reforms

BANGKOK: -- Thailand Development Research Institute President Somkiat Tangkitvanich supports reforms before the election, saying any government has never been fully committed to reforms.

In the six-points proposal, he said that there was no progress from the reform council set up by the Yingluck government. Meanwhile, the Abhisit government also established two reform councils, but their suggestions have never been implemented.

"All this convinces the public that any government in power does not voluntarily support reforms," he said.

He also said that through the proposal for reforms, the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) may just want to create political vacuum, given that several proposals cannot be completed quickly and outside parties are shunned from taking part. The proecess to create "absolute democracy" contradicts the democratic doctrine.

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-- The Nation 2013-12-24

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RT@RichardBarrow: British Embassy in #Bangkok will be closed 25-26 Dec & 31 Dec-1 Jan. British nationals who need urgent assistance please call: 02-305 8333

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More foreigners arriving on Phuket to commit crime, police say
Prapaporn Jitmaneeyaphan

PHUKET: There is an increasing number of foreigners arriving in Phuket posing as tourists but with the intention to commit crimes on the island, says Phuket’s deputy police commander, Pol Col Peerayuth Garajedi.

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Gang leader Colombian Arturo Marin, kneeling, and Mexican Yesid Alexander, in the foreground, prepare to show how they cracked the Patong ATM.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691538-more-foreigners-arriving-on-phuket-to-commit-crime-police-say/

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Car Crash Kills 3 Anti-Govt Protesters

BANGKOK: -- A pick-up truck carrying anti-government protesters has crashed into a flyover bridge in Chumpon province, killing three.

The incident took place yesterday at 05.00, rescue workers said.

Police investigation suggests that a total of 9 people were on the vehicle when the accident took place, all of them anti-government protesters who were returning from the major rally organised by People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD) in Bangkok to their home province in Surat Thani.

Two people died at the scene and another victim died at hospital, police said. Other passengers were reportedly severely injured.

Police believe the driver, Mr. Niphon (surname not immediately known), was exhausted by the political rally he attended throughout the day, and dozed off behind the wheel on the highway, causing the vehicle to smash into a pillar of a flyover bridge.

Source: http://www.khaosod.co.th/en/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRNNE56ZzJPVEEwT1E9PQ==

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DSI seeks court action against key protesters
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BANGKOK, Dec 24 – Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will seek the Criminal Court’s approval to arrest and detain protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban and 37 followers should they fail to report as summoned, a senior official said today.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691540-dsi-seeks-court-action-against-suthep-and-37-followers/

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