Thailand Live Tuesday 19 Aug 2014

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My criticism was not meant to ask PM to step down - Dr Mahathir
By Digital Content

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he had no intention to ask Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to resign but his criticism were merely meant to be a 'wake up call'.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753014-dr-mahathir-my-criticism-was-not-meant-to-ask-pm-to-step-down/

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Trang road commuters face five strict enforcements

TRANG, 19 August 2014(NNT)- Trang Provincial Police are implementing five strict law enforcement actions on commuters who violate traffic laws.

Pol.Gen. Charin Kopatta, the deputy commander of Trang provincial police has deployed police officers in a campaign to tackle traffic offenders.

The five main traffic offenders are drivers who dangerously cut across lanes and adjacent traffic at the foot of flyovers, drivers who fail to bring their vehicles to a complete stop at the prescribed distance from traffic lights, drivers who block traffic flow by parking in non-parking areas.

Police will immobilize the vehicle by using a Denver boot or a wheel clamp or by removing the vehicle from its illegal parking spot. The action is effective immediately to ensure road safety and to improve Thailand's image of undisciplined traffic flow, before integration into the AEC.

-- NNT 2014-08-19

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Woman falls onto BTS Mo Chit tracks
By Coconuts Bangkok

Photo: Plebabeple

BANGKOK: -- A woman fell onto the train tracks at BTS Mo Chit this morning.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753016-woman-falls-onto-bts-mo-chit-tracks/

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Properties of former drug buster impounded



BANGKOK: -- Soldiers from Surasakmontri army camp and police in Lampang province today searched two houses of a former Chiang Mai narcotics senior police officer and impounded them on suspicion that he earned these assets from the drug business.

Source: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/752942-chiang-mai-anti-drug-police-chief-arrested-in-chiang-rai-for-drug-delivery/page-2#entry8266096

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NDWC: Chiang Rai more flood-prone after earthquakes

BANGKOK, 19 August 2014 (NNT) - The National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) has warned residents in Chiang Rai to brace for possible floods following a series of earthquakes since May.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753025-chiang-rai-more-flood-prone-after-earthquakes-ndwc/

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Channel 3 reporter passes out in between railway tracks



BANGKOK: -- A Channel 3 female reporter and announcer passed out and fell in between the railway tracks while waiting to board the train at the BTS Morchit station this morning.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753016-woman-falls-onto-bts-mo-chit-tracks/#entry8266261

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Suspected Japanese father of surrogate babies fails to meet investigators

BANGKOK, 18 August 2014 (NNT) - The Japanese man suspected to be the father of at least 13 surrogate babies has failed to report himself to investigators after his lawyer earlier informed Thai authorities about the man’s plan to return to Thailand to meet the police on Monday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753030-suspected-japanese-father-of-surrogate-babies-fails-to-meet-thai-investigators/

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Police determined to suppress illegal street racing on highways

BANGKOK, 19 August 2014 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police are set to intensify suppression of illegal motorbike racing on highways in Bangkok and its vicinity from midnight onward and assess the outcome within the next 7 days.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753033-thai-police-determined-to-suppress-illegal-street-racing-on-highways/

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Nakhon Ratchasima managing public transport services to return happiness to people

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, 19 August 2014 (NNT) - Nakhon Ratchasima province has started to manage public transport services in the province to return happiness to the people by requesting cooperation from every sector. The authority plans to follow up in every district in September.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753036-korat-managing-public-transport-services-to-return-happiness-to-people/

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Japanese police nab 3 Thais over death of Japanese student
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Aug 19 -- Japanese police are questioning three Thai nationals involved in a car accident after the car they were travelling in hit two Japanese students, killing one of them and leaving the other in critical condition, according to the Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry (MFA).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/752752-three-thais-arrested-in-japan-for-reckless-driving/page-6?p=8266422#entry8266422

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Thai baby scandal: police test Japanese man's DNA

BANGKOK, August 19, 2014 (AFP) - Thai authorities said Tuesday that they were testing the DNA of a Japanese man at the centre of a "baby factory" scandal to determine if he is the biological father of the nine infants.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753030-suspected-japanese-father-of-surrogate-babies-fails-to-meet-thai-investigators/#entry8266711

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Anti-Graft Agency To Probe 2008 Crackdown on Yellowshirts
By Khaosod English


Yellowshirt demonstrators take cover as riot police fire tear gas to disperse them from the House of Parliament, 7 October 2008.

BANGKOK — Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is looking to file criminal charges against former Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat for the government crackdown on Yellowshirt demonstrators in 2008, the agency's chairman says.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753058-anti-graft-agency-to-probe-2008-crackdown-on-yellowshirts/

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Thailand frees 16 Cambodian traders to ease protest

BANGKOK: -- Thai border authorities on Tuesday freed 16 Cambodian traders who were earlier arrested on charge of smuggling counterfeit brand name merchandises into the Thai border last week.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753060-thailand-frees-16-cambodian-traders-to-ease-protest/

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Money laundering watchdog seized Bt10 billion in 15 years
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Aug 19 -- Thailand's Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) seized nearly Bt10 billion in assets suspected of money-laundering links and it will seek legal amendment to increase the range of money-laundering offences.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753061-money-laundering-watchdog-seized-bt10-billion-in-15-years/

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Junta’s legal affairs chief assures no amnesty for Thaksin in mind



BANGKOK: -- The chief for legal affairs of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Gen Phaibul Kumchaya says he never told the news media that the NCPO was contemplating a legislation to grant amnesty for the fugitive premier.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753061-money-laundering-watchdog-seized-bt10-billion-in-15-years/

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Former US President Bill Clinton Turns 68

MOSCOW, August 19 (RIA Novosti) - The 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton turns 68 on Tuesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753068-former-us-president-bill-clinton-turns-68/

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No Ebola-infected people have entered Thailand
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Aug 19 -- Airports of Thailand (AoT) have assured that no Ebola-infected travelers have reached the country through its airports.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753073-no-ebola-infected-people-have-entered-thailand/

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Boot camp programme for warring vocational students in Ayutthaya

BANGKOK: -- Representatives of students from four vocational colleges in Ayutthaya province which are infamous for frequent scuffles and other violent activities in the public will be put together for re-education to change their violent behavior at a boot camp in Nakhon Nayok.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753081-boot-camp-programme-for-warring-vocational-students-in-ayutthaya/

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EBOLA OUTBREAK
Foreign engineer, footballers in Phetchburi monitored

BANGKOK: -- The Phetchaburi provincial public health office is closely monitoring a foreign engineer and four African Phetchaburi FC footballers for Ebola disease.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753083-foreign-engineer-footballers-in-phetchburi-monitored-ebola-outbreak/

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Ministry of Education conducts research on tutoring

BANGKOK, 19 August 2014 (NNT) –The Plans and Strategy Office has been assigned by the Ministry of Education to conduct research on tutoring, to address problems.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753091-thai-education-ministry-conducts-research-on-tutoring/

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Junta Leader Nominated For Ice Bucket Challenge
By Khaosod English


Subot Leekpai, the host of an internet-based variety show VRZO, challenged Gen. Prayuth to join the "Ice Bucket Challenge" campaign in a video on 18 August 2014.

BANGKOK — The leader of Thailand’s military junta, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, has less than 24 hours to pour a bucket of ice over his head.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753097-gen-prayuth-nominated-for-ice-bucket-challenge/

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MOR CHIT STATION
Accident prompts BTS to look into screen option



BANGKOK: -- After a woman fell onto the tracks at Mor Chit BTS station on Tuesday, a top BTS executive said the company would look into putting up platform screens at all Skytrain stations.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Accident-prompts-BTS-to-look-into-screen-option-30241273.html

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Special Phuket committee to investigate Freedom Beach land titles
Suthicha Sirirat

There are no hotels, villas or apartments overlooking the sands of Freedom Beach. Just forest. So far...

PHUKET: -- The Land Department has set up a special committee to investigate the land ownership document of two plots of land totalling 65 rai, bordering on Freedom Beach and with a murky past going back to the beginning of World War II.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753106-special-phuket-committee-to-investigate-freedom-beach-land-titles/

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THAI ready to cancel flights to avoid Ebola virus
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Aug 19 -- Thailand's flag carrier airline, Thai Airways International, is not reducing service in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753110-thai-ready-to-cancel-flights-to-avoid-ebola-virus/

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Thailand urged to legislate commercial surrogacy controls
By Digital Content

BANGKOK, Aug 19 -- Thailand has been urged to quickly pass a law to control surrogacy; otherwise the country can be a hub of commercial surrogacy.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753112-thailand-urged-to-legislate-commercial-surrogacy-controls/

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BoT says there's no economic recession
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Aug 19 -- The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has asserted that the Thai economy is picking up and has not experienced any recession.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753113-bot-says-theres-no-economic-recession/

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Four injured in bike accident in Chaweng

Koh Samui: -- In the early hours of the 19th of August the police at Bophut police station contacted the rescue services after an accident took place on the lake road behind McDonalds’ in Chaweng.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753125-four-injured-in-bike-accident-in-chaweng/

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Kinky hospital-bathroom-sex tape invitation backfires

By Coconuts Bangkok


ABOVE: A dramatic re-enactment of the alleged incident.

BANGKOK: -- The internet’s calling for blood after a woman, nicknamed "Nong Bo", allegedly invited everyone on it to check out a steamy sex tape of her dangerous liaison in a hospital toilet.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/753128-kinky-hospital-bathroom-sex-tape-invitation-backfires/

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