Thailand Live Friday 18 Jul 2014

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Nearly 2,000 sacks of rice missing from Ayutthaya warehouse

AYUTTHAYA, 18 July 2014, (NNT) - About 2,000 sacks of rice have gone missing from a warehouse in Ayutthaya Province.

Upon inspection of Baan Praek Rice Storage in Baan Praek District of Ayutthaya, which houses 140,314 sacks of rice bran collected during the 2013-2014 season, government's rice inspectors found traces at the top of the rice stacks indicating that some sacks of rice had been moved.

Later on in the day, the inspecting team inspected PP&P Warehouse in Phachee District and found that 1,725 sacks, out of the 75,335 bags of 5% broken rice rice stored in the warehouse, were missing from the stockpile.


-- NNT 2014-07-18

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THAI adjusts all European route fights to avoid Ukrainian airspace after Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crashes /MCOT

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Prajin not certain whether Yingluck can leave kingdom

BANGKOK: -- Deputy junta chief ACM Prajin Juntong said Friday that he is now not certain whether former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra can leave the kingdom after the anti-graft agency decided to charge her in court.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743827-prajin-not-certain-whether-yingluck-can-leave-thailand/

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Typhoon Rammasun intensifies in the region

BANGKOK, 18 July 2014 (NNT) – An intensifying Typhoon Rammasun, with wind speeds reaching up to 160 mph, is heading toward southeastern China.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743862-typhoon-rammasun-intensifies-in-the-region-typhoon/

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NCPO deputy says Yingluck’s travel permission uncertain



BANGKOK: -- The deputy head of National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) says he is uncertain if the former prime minister will be allowed to leave the country after she was ruled guilty in the controversial rice-pledging scheme by the graft buster.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743827-prajin-not-certain-whether-yingluck-can-leave-thailand/#entry8117636

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Phuket hilltop encroachers flee as officers close in
Eakkapop Thongtub


Officials at the house with the rifle and other gear left behind by the encroachers.

PHUKET: -- Provincial police, including officers from Region 8 in Surat Thani, and forest rangers yesterday (July 17) raided a site in the hills above Kamala.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743888-phuket-hilltop-encroachers-flee-as-officers-close-in/

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Passersby sing Thai song for American road victim

CHIANG MAI: -- A 34-year-old American citizen was killed as she tried to cross a highway with a friend in Chiang Mai shortly after midnight Friday and was hit by a speeding car.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743891-passersby-sing-thai-song-for-american-road-victim-chiang-mai/

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UKRAINE CRASH
THAI reroutes Europe flights to avoid Ukraine airspace
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) announced Friday that it has rerouted THAI flights to and from Europe to avoid Ukraine airspace.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743897-thai-reroutes-europe-flights-to-avoid-ukraine-airspace/

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PTT to hoard LNG after global prices plummet

BANGKOK, 18 July 2014 (NNT) - The PTT Public Company Limited has its eye on purchasing liquefied natural gas (LNG), since the global price is now lower than in Myanmar.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743899-ptt-to-hoard-lng-after-global-prices-plummet/

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Yala beefs up security during last ten days of Ramadan

YALA, 18 July 2014 (NNT) -- Yala police chief has instructed his officers to be on alert during the last ten days of the holy fasting month in light of a warning of possible assaults.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743900-yala-beefs-up-security-during-last-ten-days-of-ramadan/

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More foreign firms allowed to do business in Thailand
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, July 18 -- Thailand has granted 39 more international companies to launch their businesses in the country, bringing the total number of foreign firms allowed to operate their businesses here to 225 in the first seven months of this year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743904-more-foreign-firms-allowed-to-do-business-in-thailand/

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Foreign investors confident in Thailand
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, July 18 -- Ninety-eight per cent of foreign investors are still confident in Thailand and are eyeing possible expansion of their investments, according to a recent survey by the Board of Investment of Thailand (BoI).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743905-foreign-investors-confident-in-thailand/

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NACC unable to prevent former Prime Minister Yingluck from leaving the country

BANGKOK, 18 July 2014 (NNT) - The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has firmly declared that it does not have the power to prevent former premier Yingluck Shinawatra from leaving the country.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743907-nacc-unable-to-prevent-former-prime-minister-yingluck-from-leaving-the-country/

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No Thai passengers believed on MH 17 Flight

BANGKOK, 18 July 2014 (NNT) - The Foreign Affairs Ministry has indicated that there were no Thai passengers on board the MH 17 Malaysia Airlines aircraft that crashed on July 17th.

MH-17 was a scheduled international flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was brought down by an unknown ground missile believed fired from within Eastern Ukraine, and resulting in the deaths of all 298 passengers aboard.

Sek Wannamethee, the Director-General of the Department of Information and Foreign Affairs, was able to report that the identities of all passengers and crew were still being investigated.

He stated that to date, the Thai Embassy in the Netherlands has reported that there were no Thai passengers among the casualties. However, of the 298 deaths, there were still 47 whose nationalities had not yet been identified.


-- NNT 2014-07-18

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NACC reveals assets of former cabinet ministers

BANGKOK: -- The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) today revealed the assets of former cabinet ministers of the Yingluck government with former deputy prime minister Pongthep Thepkanchana coming on top with 2.9 billion baht in assets.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743912-nacc-reveals-assets-of-former-cabinet-ministers/

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UPDATE:

MH17 CRASH
Difficult to identify aircraft in hostile airspace
Akil Yunus
The Star

It is difficult for militant groups to determine if an aircraft flying over hostile airspace is of a civilian or military nature.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743739-mh17-malaysia-airlines-plane-shot-down-near-ukraine-border/page-14?p=8118090#entry8118090

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Black box found at plane crash site in Ukraine: emergency workers

GRABOVE, Ukraine - Rescue workers at the crash site of Malaysian airliner MH17 in eastern Ukraine told an AFP reporter Friday that they had found one of the black boxes from the passenger liner.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743739-mh17-malaysia-airlines-plane-shot-down-near-ukraine-border/page-15?p=8118125#entry8118125

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NACC says it has no authority to bar Yingluck from going abroad, will ask Attorney General next week to prosecute her on rice pledging scheme case /MCOT

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NCPO order NBTC to delay telecommunications frequency reassignment for one year /MCOT

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US chides Russia over Ukraine plane crash

WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday that Russia's support for separatists in Ukraine created the conditions in which a Malaysian airliner was apparently shot down with the loss of nearly 300 people.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743910-us-chides-russia-over-ukraine-plane-crash/

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Redshirt Leader Denies Connection With Fatal Grenade Attacks
By Khaosod English


Four men in the connection with the 23 February grenade attack on anti-government protesters reenact the crime, 15 July 2014.

BANGKOK — The leader of a Redshirt security unit has disputed an allegation that he was behind the deadly grenade attack on rival anti-government protesters in Bangkok earlier this year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743919-red-shirt-leader-denies-connection-with-fatal-grenade-sttacks/

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BoT urges businesses to trade in yuan with China
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BANGKOK, July 18 -- The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is supporting the idea that Thai businesses trade with China in China’s currency, the yuan, as it could help them lowering these forex risks and simultaneously assist them in expanding their business, according to Chantavarn Sucharitakul, assistant to the BoT governor.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743920-bank-of-thailand-bot-urges-businesses-to-trade-in-yuan-with-china/

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Military junta suspends 4G spectrum auction



BANGKOK: -- The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on Friday issued an order suspending the planned auction of the fourth generation or 4G mobile phone spectrum for one year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743922-ncpo-suspends-4g-spectrum-auction/

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ThaiPost apologizes, investigates case of the iPhone, rock swap
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- When Piyanut Senamitr tore into the package containing an iPhone 4S shipped earlier this month, she might have wondered if her sister was pranking her. For inside the box she found a lovely … stone.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743925-thaipost-apologizes-investigates-case-of-the-iphone-rock-swap/

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Ousted Thai PM Yingluck vows not to flee

BANGKOK, July 18, 2014 (AFP) - Thailand's deposed former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday ruled out going into self-exile to avoid possible criminal charges, after the country's junta gave her permission to travel overseas.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743928-ousted-thai-pm-yingluck-vows-not-to-flee/

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A male truck driver was arrested with 37 kilos of crystal methamphetamine and 23 kilos of heroin worth 300 million baht in Phitsanulok on his way to Ayutthaya. /Bangkok Post

Foreign Ministry: No Thais reported on board Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that crashed in Ukraine /MCOT

Bank of Thailand suggests Thai businesses trade w/ China in yuan currency to forex risks and expanding their business /The Nation

98 pct of foreign investors are still confident in Thailand; may raise their investments, the Board of Investment said /The Nation

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Foreign Ministry: No Thais reported on board Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that crashed in Ukraine /MCOT

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Vietnam presents Thai Air Force with MiG-21bis fighter
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BANGKOK, July 18 -- The Vietnamese Air Force on Friday presented a MiG-21bis fighter aircraft to the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), aimed at strengthening military relations between the two neighbouring countries.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743935-vietnam-presents-thai-air-force-with-mig-21bis-fighter/

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Thai agencies revising labour law to deal with human trafficking
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, July 18 -- Thailand's labour law is now being revised by several concerned government agencies and upon completion it could guarantee customers overseas that there is neither child labour, forced labour nor human trafficking in Thailand, said Ms Puntarik Smiti, deputy permanent secretary for labour.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743937-thai-agencies-revising-labour-law-to-deal-with-human-trafficking/

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Thaivisa.com agrees new media partnership with the Samui Times

KOH SAMUI:-- Thaivisa.com is pleased to announce it has reached an exclusive agreement with the Samui Times.

Find out more here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743943-thaivisacom-agrees-new-media-partnership-with-the-samui-times/

-- 2014-07-18