Thailand Live Saturday 26 Apr 2014

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UPDATE:

Virgin Australia drunk passenger arrested

A drunk passenger on a Virgin Australia aircraft bound for Bali attempted to break into the cockpit, forcing the pilot to declare the incident as a hijacking to air traffic controllers at NgurahRai International Airport before the plane landed in Bali on Friday afternoon.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721374-drunk-passenger-sparks-flight-drama-on-virgin-australia-plane-on-way-to-bali/#entry7739085

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Homemade bomb kills three police officers

Three police officers died and 15 others injured when a bomb exploded during a fishing competition in Saiburi district of Pattani on Friday night.

The bomb attack came as security authorities earlier warned of possible violence ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Krusae mosque massacre in Pattani, one of the bloodiest events in the violence plagued southern border provinces.

The coming Monday is the 10th anniversary of the Krusae massacre in Pattani’s Muang district where 32 militants were killed.

Killed in the explosion last night were Pol Lance Corporals Charnyuth Kaenpet, Surasit Charoenpon and Apirak Saefu.

About 15 others, including five border police, were injured, Saiburi police said.

Police said the 15-kilo cooking gas tank bomb was triggered to explode by mobile phone call.

The explosion caused a 50 centimetre deep and 80 centimetre wife crater on the road.

They are looking into CCTV cameras to hunt down the culprits.

This coming Monday is the 10th anniversary of the Krusae massacre in Pattani’s Muang district.

The Krusae incident sparked the revival of a long-dormant insurgency movement and a decade of continuing violence that has taken nearly 6,000 lives.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/homemade-bomb-kills-three-police-officers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=homemade-bomb-kills-three-police-officers

-- Thai PBS 2014-04-26

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RT@RichardBarrow: I met this man who carries spare Thai flags when he travels around #Thailand. He replaces any torn ones he finds pic.twitter.com/mTkgNGVGZb

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Muslim NGOs hold protest against Obama’s visit

A group of Muslim non-governmental organisations led by the Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisation (Mapim) marched from the Tabung Haji building here to the US Embassy Friday to protest President Barack Obama's visit this weekend.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721579-muslim-ngos-hold-protest-against-obamas-visit/

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Police arrest suspect for French tourist murder
Phuket Gazette -

Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Peerayut Karajedee (right) followed leads provided by the resort's CCTV cameras. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: Chalong Police have arrested at least one Myanmar national in connection with the killing of French tourist Fabrice Boigeol, 37, who was found slain in his rented Phuket bungalow on April 18.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721583-police-arrest-suspect-for-french-tourist-murder/

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Yingluck to meet EC Wednesday

BANGKOK: -- Election Commission chairman Supachai Somcharoen on Saturday said caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had accepted the invitation to meet EC commissioners on April 30 regarding on election date.

He said he was ready to meet Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday. Abhisit is seeking way out of political crisis. Supachai said he hopes Democrat party will join next general election.

-- The Nation 2014-04-26

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Dr M defends MAS and blames Boeing for MH370’s disappearance
BY EILEEN NG

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Boeing is to be blamed for MH370's disappearance as the company is responsible for manufacturing the aircraft. – The Malaysian Insider pic, April 26, 2014.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has blamed aircraft manufacturer Boeing for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 and said the company should explain how it could have produced a plane with communications and tracking systems that were so easily disabled.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721587-dr-m-defends-mas-and-blames-boeing-for-mh370s-disappearance/

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Russian attacks tourist in bout of road rage
Phuket Gazette -


Evgenii Baturin (2nd from left), 27, was arrested and charged for the assault of Australian tourist Mark Fuller. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: A Russian national has been charged to attacking an Australian tourist walking down the street with his family on Wednesday night.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721588-russian-attacks-tourist-in-bout-of-road-rage/

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Sakonthee Pattiyakul, PDRC leader, arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport
By Digital Content

SAMUT PRAKAN, April 26 -- Sakonthee Pattiyakul, a co-leader of the anti-government protest of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) was arrested on Friday night by Immigration at Suvarnabhumi Airport as he was returning form South Korea.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721566-pdrc-leader-sakoltee-arrested-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/#entry7739691

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Graft buster indicts Sam for asset concealment

BANGKOK: -- The National Anti Corruption Commission (NACC) has indicted former Pheu Thai party-list MP Yuranunt Pamornmontri, also a former Thai actor and singer, for deliberately concealing his assets worth 17 million baht while assuming the MP status in August 2011.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721606-graft-buster-indicts-sam-for-asset-concealment/

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RT@RichardBarrow: Thailand International Film Destination Festival 2014 this weekend at Siam Paragon in #Bangkok. Free tickets: thailandfilmdestination.com/schedule

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Vandals remove 200 railroad spikes from track in Songkhla's Thepha disrtrict, repairs completed, services in 3 southern provinces resumed /MCOT

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RT@tukky_nt: Court granted bail for PDRC leader Sakoltee w/ Bt600,000 deposit but he was not allowed from leaving country unless permission granted.

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Kerry just delivered final warning to Russia

US Secretary of State John Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry has issued a stern and final warning to Russia to help de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine or face more sanctions.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721614-kerry-just-delivered-final-warning-to-russia/

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RT@Biz_TheNation: Court released a #PDRC leader Sakontee on Bt600,000 bail, hours after he was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport. He still faces treason charge

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King releases fishes into sea

His Majesty the King on Thursday traveled from Klai Kangwon Palace in Hua Hin to Rim Thale Noi sea beach near the palace's Plab Pla Kaoliem pavilion to release a number of fishes including milkfish, blue-spotted grouper, coral grouper and tiger grouper into the Gulf of Thailand.

The King released the fishes after he granted an audience to the director-general of the Fisheries Department and his team to report to the progress of a royally initiated project to promote milkfish aquaculture.

Fisheries Department director-general Niwat Suthi-mechaikul gave a briefing as well as VDO presentation to His Majesty the King on the propagation, farming and development of milkfish, known locally as Pla Nuan Chan, following a royal advice to encourage local people to raise the fish as a supplementary occupation to increase their income.

Milkfish, or Chanos Chanos in scientific name, is native to tropical sea and the Pacific Ocean. It is an important seafood in many countries like the Philippines and China because of its fast-growing quality, persistence to disease and good taste. As the fish feeds on both plankton and algae, its farming requires lower investment than meat-eating fish.

In Thailand, the fish is mostly found off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Phetchaburi and Trat. His Majesty the King first observed milkfish aquaculture at a fishery station in Prachuap Khiri Khan in 1965. He found that the fish grew well even in ponds with low salinity and fetched a good price. He then used personal money to buy a number of milkfish for release into Khao Tao Reservoir in Hua Hin, but at that time milkfish farming was not popular as locals understood that the fish spawned only in marine water. During the past several decades, the Fisheries Department had therefore conducted continuously an experiment to propagate the fish in response to the royal determination to promote milkfish aquaculture.

In 2005 the department met a success in breeding the milkfish on a commercial basis through breed improvement. It was able to accelerate the fish to give out-of-season spawning, conduct artificial insemination and raise the survival rate of the fry.
At present, milkfish farming has become more popular, mostly in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
Milkfish aquaculture usually takes 8 months before harvesting. It requires an investment of about 25 to 30 baht for a kilo of fish and yields up to 70 baht per kilo upon their sale.

And because milkfish is notorious for being much bonier than other food fish, the Fisheries Department has publicized the technique widely practiced in the Philippines.

Milkfish processing has also been encouraged by the department to boost the popularity and add value to the product. The Department’s effort has led to the establishment of the milkfish processing community enterprise of Ban Khlong Wan under the royal initiative in Prachuap Khiri Khan.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/king-releases-fishes-sea/

-- Thai PBS 2014-04-26

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Gov makes appearance during Patong elections

The Phuket News

Gov makes appearance during Patong elections

PHUKET: With the mayoral elections taking place in Patong today (April 26) Governor Maitri Inthusut visited several polling stations and said he has not heard of any complaints from either side about vote rigging.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721621-gov-makes-appearance-during-patong-elections/

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Sakoltee released on bail

BANGKOK: -- The Criminal Court on Saturday granted bail for PDRC leader Sakoltee Phattiyakul after he deposited assets worth Bt600,000 as a guarantee.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721566-pdrc-leader-sakoltee-arrested-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/page-2#entry7740222

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Phuket Pride Week’s Grand Parade to block beach road on Sunday
Phuket Gazette -

Past Grand Parades have been crowd-pleasers. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: Phuket Pride Week 2014 will go out with a bang on Sunday with its Grand Parade – the highlight of the eight-day event – marching down Patong’s beachfront road.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721623-phuket-pride-weeks-grand-parade-to-block-beach-road-on-sunday/

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Report: Van Gaal agrees deal to become Manchester United manager

London - Louis van Gaal has agreed upon a deal to become the next manager of Manchester United, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Saturday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721626-report-van-gaal-agrees-deal-to-become-manchester-united-manager/

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Chiang Rai police arrest two ethnic Hmong tribespeople with 1.2 million meth pills, 5 kg of crystal meth hidden in fertilizer sacks /MCOT

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May likely to be hottest month: Meteorological Department

BANGKOK, 26 April 2014 (NNT) —From the beginning of May to the middle of the month is likely to be the hottest part of the year, according to the Thai Meteorological Department.

“Though April 27 is expected to be the hottest day due to the sun being at its most direct point over Thailand, the coming thunderstorms and strong winds from now till April 30 are likely to blow away the hot weather,” said Songkran Agsorn, Deputy Director-General for Technical Services.

The weather is forecast to be sizzling hot till mid-May and then start to cool down and go into the rainy season, starting in the South.

The public is warned to closely monitor weather forecast news and prepare for summer storms between April 26 and 30.

-- NNT 2014-04-26

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Durian in Uttaradit wilts in prolonged summer heat

BANGKOK, 26 April 2014 (NNT) – The intense and prolonged summer heat has ruined a large swathe of durian plantations in Uttaradit and robbed the durian growers of their flavorsome fruit.

Durian trees in Uttaradit reportedly either didn't bear fruit, bore fruit that cannot be eaten, or bore fruit that was spoilt. Some durian trees are also dying, as their leaves turn brown because of the severe heat.

Local farmers said that summer arrived sooner than normal this year, and has also lasted for a long time. This forced the durian trees to let their flowers and new fruit wilt away to preserve precious water within the trunk. The damage in the province's main durian cultivating districts is estimated at 100 million baht.

Local growers said they still hoped for rain to fall soon, so the durian trees might start to flower and fruit again.

-- NNT 2014-04-26

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CAPO comes nearer to using special forces to arrest PDRC leaders

BANGKOK, 26 April 2014 (NNT) – The Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) is considering using special forces to arrest People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leaders, should violence again emerge during political demonstrations.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721631-capo-comes-nearer-to-using-special-forces-to-arrest-pdrc-leaders/

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NCCD urges all sectors to urgently arrest drug dealers

BANGKOK, 26 April 2014 (NNT) - The Director of the National Command Centre for Combating Drugs (NCCD) Chalerm Yubamrung, reveals that recently drug smuggling through the North has been slowing, while increasing through Northeastern borders.

Therefore, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board and the Narcotics Suppression Bureau are urging the identification and arrest of all drug dealers.

Moreover, the Director of the CAPO, Chalerm is urging all police officials to tighten security levels because the drug problem has a major impact on national stability.

-- NNT 2014-04-26

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Body recovery from sunken S. Korean ferry suspended

JINDO, South Korea - Concerns are growing among anguished families that the bodies of those who died in the sinking of a South Korean ferry may never be found, as search teams suspended work Saturday because of bad weather.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/719186-ferry-carrying-470-passengers-sinking-off-south-korea/page-3?p=7740658#entry7740658

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RT@RichardBarrow: Ratchaprasong intersection (4 แยกราชประสงค์) in 1967 pic.twitter.com/2EUqXI3MT9

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Well-wishers bless King and Queen at Rajapracha Samakhom Pavilion

Prachuap Khiri Khan, 26 April 2014 (NNT) —Members of the public continue to gather at Rajapracha Samakhom Pavilion to bless His Majesty King Bhumibol and Her Majesty Queen Sirikit on the auspicious occasion of their 64th wedding anniversary.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721635-well-wishers-bless-king-and-queen-at-rajapracha-samakhom-pavilion/

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Arrest made in case of slain Frenchman

Maung Myo, 25, was arrested for the killing of Fabrice Boigeol, 37, on April 18.

PHUKET: One arrest has been made in connection to the murder of 37-year-old French national Fabrice Boigeol who was found dead inside his bungalow on Soi Saiyuan in Rawai on April 18.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721583-police-arrest-suspect-for-french-tourist-murder/#entry7740538

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46.58 percent say the election should take place asap; others indifferent: Dusit Poll

BANGKOK, 26 April 2014 (NNT) - Dusit Poll conducted a nationwide survey between April 23-25 to determine people's opinions on the outcome of negotiations between the Election Commission and political parties, which produced options for a new general election date on one of three days: 20 July, 17 August or 14 September 2014.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/721638-4658-percent-say-the-election-should-take-place-asap;-others-indifferent-dusit-poll/