Thailand Live Wednesday 10 Sep 2014

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Sihasak: India poised to forge closer cooperation with Thailand

BANGKOK, 10 September 2014 (NNT) – Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Sihasak Phuangketkeow has confirmed India understands the political situation in Thailand and still highly values its cooperation with the Kingdom.

During his visit to the Indian capital of New Delhi to attend a forum of Thai-Indian foreign affairs permanent secretaries, Mr Sihasak stated that he had an opportunity to meet with Mrs Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs of India. He said the minister extended her congratulations to Gen Tanasak Patimapragorn on his recent appointment as the new Foreign Affairs Minister of Thailand. She also affirmed her country’s awareness of the Thai political situation and the fact that related problems should be dealt with internally.

According to Mr Sihasak, India continues to give importance to Thailand for its roles as a friendly nation and an active member of ASEAN. Moreover, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has been invited to make an official visit to India whenever is convenient for both sides.

Meanwhile, Mr Sihasak also discussed a wide range of bilateral cooperation with his Indian counterpart Anil Wadhwa. Among the issues brought up were the expansion of military, technological and economic cooperation, establishment of a Thai-Indian free trade agreement and construction of a road linking the two countries via Myanmar.


-- NNT 2014-09-10

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Weather bureau assurance: Thailand need not worry about flooding

BANGKOK, 10 September 2014 (NNT) - The Meteorological Department is certain that there should be no worry about severe flooding in the near term.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759111-weather-bureau-assurance-thailand-need-not-worry-about-flooding/

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Downstream provinces face further flooding
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- Though flooding in Phitsanulok's Phrom Piram district has started subsiding, residents were warned of another deluge in the next two to three days.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759112-downstream-provinces-face-further-flooding/

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Shigeta 'wants 20 babies to run his empire'
The Nation



Lawyer for rich japanese man meets police to explain client's motives

BANGKOK: -- THE JAPANESE man at the centre of a surrogacy scandal has fathered 12 babies through Thai surrogates because he wants children to take care of his many family businesses, his lawyer has told Thai police.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759113-surrocacy-shigeta-wants-20-babies-to-run-his-empire/

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Thailand must take climate threat seriously: experts
Wasu Vipoosanapat
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- THE GOVERNMENT has been urged to put "climate change" on the national agenda in order to boost the country's credibility in future international climate talks.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759114-thailand-must-take-climate-threat-seriously-experts/

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Royal model woven into govt policy
The Nation



One-year mission to be spelt out on Friday

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayuth Chan-ocha's government has mapped out policies for his one-year mission emphasising the King's sufficiency philosophy, the junta's guidelines and demands from the people, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said after a special Cabinet meeting yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759115-royal-model-woven-into-thai-govt-policy/

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Thai touch as Prayuth Cabinet meets
Kris Bhromsuthi
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha arrived at Government House yesterday to join his Cabinet in a "special" meeting for the first time. He seemed cheerful as he smiled and joked with reporters waiting for him, who also appeared to be very positive.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759117-thai-touch-as-prayuth-cabinet-meets/

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NBTC
Channel rule change may land NBTC in court
Watchiranont Thongtep
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Leading cable and satellite-TV operators could file a lawsuit against a draft rule intended to rearrange the channel numbers of digital terrestrial-TV channels on their platforms, as they deem the proposed change to be unfair.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759119-channel-rule-change-may-land-nbtc-in-court/

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TOT
Core businesses stay focus of TOT's turnaround plan
Usanee Mongkolporn
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- TOT's turnaround plan will focus on four existing businesses - fibre-optic broadband Internet, 3G wireless broadband, Wi-Fi and Internet calling.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759121-core-businesses-stay-focus-of-tots-turnaround-plan/

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EDITORIAL
Regulator must stand up to rogue Channel 3
The Nation

Transition to era of digital TV is in the national interest

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759123-regulator-must-stand-up-to-rogue-channel-3-thai-editorial/

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STOPPAGE TIME
Channel 3 debacle for dummies (by a dummy)
Tulsathit Taptim

BANGKOK: -- If the TV Channel 3 controversy first sounded to you like a nightmarish calculus course, it was the same here. But like most things in life, we can't forever escape its grip.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759125-channel-3-debacle-for-dummies-by-a-dummy/

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Pattaya Immigration arrest 23 illegal workers at Karaoke Bar



PATTAYA: -- In the early hours of Tuesday, Immigration Officers based in Pattaya, conducted an undercover operation at a Karaoke Bar in Sriracha District which was alleged to be employing foreign workers who were not in possession of work permits.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759126-pattaya-immigration-arrest-23-illegal-workers-at-karaoke-bar/

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Two seriously injured in another Pattaya Highway 7 Overpass Crash



PATTAYA: -- In yet another serious road crash on the overpass leading to Highway 7 in Central Pattaya, the driver and passenger on a motorbike were seriously injured following a collision with a pick-up.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759127-two-seriously-injured-in-another-pattaya-highway-7-overpass-crash/

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Dad kills son, hides body, says it was 'self-defence'
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- A 62-year-old man confessed to police Sunday he killed his mentally-ill son in self-defence before going to great lengths to hide what he’d done.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759129-dad-kills-thai-son-hides-body-says-it-was-self-defence/

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Monk's 'death wish puts followers at risk'
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A RENOWNED monk's self-imposed death could be considered a suicide, which would subject his followers to criminal proceedings for allegedly not taking steps to stop him, Medical Council chairman Dr Somsak Lohlekha said yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759130-thai-monks-death-wish-puts-followers-at-risk/

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Ovec to look into fatal initiation trip
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The director of the Pathum Thani Technical College will face a disciplinary probe related to his alleged failure to prevent an unsupervised initiation trip, which saw one of the college students succumb to respiratory and blood-circulation failure.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759131-ovec-to-look-into-fatal-initiation-trip-pathum-thani/

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Truck full of pangolins crashes
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- A vehicle transporting 133 live pangolins, six carcasses and 100 sacks of pangolin scales, worth Bt12 million in total, overturned in Chumphon's Lang Suan district yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759132-truck-full-of-pangolins-crashes-in-chumphon/

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Malaysia mulls toll for Thai vehicles entering country

The Star/ANN - The Malaysian Government is studying the possibility of imposing a Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) for vehicles entering Malaysia from Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759133-malaysia-mulls-toll-for-thai-vehicles-entering-country/

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Committee put together to close loopholes in Yingluck case
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Sansern Poljiak, secretary-general of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), will lead a 10-member team to work with public prosecutors on the anti-graft agency's case against former PM Yingluck Shinawatra over the rice pledging scheme, which supposedly lacked evidence.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759134-committee-put-together-to-close-loopholes-in-yingluck-case/

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BURNING ISSUE
OAG decision on rice-scheme case may prove to be fair
Jintana Panyaarvudh

BANGKOK: -- The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG)'s decision to put former PM Yingluck Shinawatra's prosecution on hold has raised much criticism. Yingluck is facing charges of dereliction of duty for failing to act on corruption in her government's rice-pledging scheme.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759135-oag-decision-on-thai-rice-scheme-case-may-prove-to-be-fair/

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Illegally-parked damaged cars will be towed away starting September 15



BANGKOK: -- Starting on September 15, all damaged cars which are parked on the streets in Bangkok will be towed away to secondary roads or lanes in order to open more space on the main roads for traffic, said Pol Maj-Gen Adul Narongsak, deputy commissioner of Metropolitan Police Bureau in charge of traffic.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759136-illegally-parked-damaged-cars-in-bangkok-will-be-towed-away-starting-sept-15/

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Thai junta launches raids in search of 'addicts' for rehab

BANGKOK, September 10, 2014 (AFP) - Thai authorities launched anti-drug raids across Bangkok Tuesday sending scores of "addicts" to rehabilitation centres after conducting door-to-door urine tests, police said, in the latest junta crackdown on law and order.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/758918-mass-arrest-of-drug-addicts-in-bangkok/page-4#entry8366440

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Obama briefs Congress leaders on fight with IS

WASHINGTON: -- President Barack Obama has briefed Congressional leaders on his plans for an expanded military campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759138-obama-briefs-congress-on-is-fight/

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Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found

(BBC) -- One of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Canada's prime minister says.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759139-fabled-franklin-arctic-ship-found/

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Melchert-Dinkel guilty in Drybrough and Kajouji suicides

(BBC) -- A former US nurse who admitted to going online to encourage people to commit suicide has been convicted again following a four-year legal battle.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759140-us-man-convicted-over-web-suicides/

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Syria crisis: Blast kills leader of Ahrar al-Sham group

RAM HAMDAN: -- Hassan Abboud, the leader of the Syrian Islamist insurgents Ahrar al-Sham has been killed with other top commanders in a bomb blast at a meeting.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759141-blast-kills-syria-islamist-leader/

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Royal interest in the plight of children orphaned by floods

BANGKOK, 10 September 2014 (NNT) - His Majesty the King yesterday designated Thanpuying Vilawan Viranuwat, an executive member of the Rajaprajanugroh Foundation under the Royal Patronage, to visit children orphaned by floods during 2002-2011 in Ayutthaya Province.

Thanpuying Wilawan on the day visited eight orphaned people at their respective homes in Bang Sai and Sena Districts. These people have been assisted by the Rajaprajanugroh Foundation since their parents died in the floods, and the visit was aimed at monitoring their living conditions. They are mostly school students with three studying at the university level.

Rajaprajanugroh Foundation has been established by His Majesty the King to provide assistance to people who have suffered from natural disasters as well as other causes of hardship nationwide. The assistance mostly comes in the form of educational support, and construction and repairs of houses and schools affected by natural disasters.

Each year the foundation also hands out a lot of scholarships to underprivileged children throughout the country to allow them to grow up in a quality life.


-- NNT 2014-09-10

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IS women take up jihad cause on social media and in the streets


An image of Samra Kesinovic on Interpol, where she is reported missing. Source: Supplied

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759164-is-women-take-up-jihad-cause-on-social-media-and-in-the-streets/

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Jim Laurita, from Maine, crushed to death by elephants at sanctuary, Hope Elephants

KNOX COUNTY, ME: -- A CO-FOUNDER of an elephant sanctuary in the US has died after being crushed by the animals he fought so hard to save.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759166-man-crushed-to-death-by-elephants-at-us-sanctuary/

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Fire ravages famous school in Nan province

NAN, 10 September 2014 (NNT) - A fire broke out last night in two buildings inside a famous school in Nan province. The school’s name has not been disclosed to the public, however.

The fire has originated from the Srisawat Academic building and the four-storey Kanchanapisek library, which had a lot of tables and chairs as the perfect fuel to start the fire and cause it to spread quickly.

Firefighters have deployed four trucks to the scene and it took more than one hour for them to extinguish the blaze. As of now, the authorities are still unable to estimate the damage.

They have, however, stated that the fire may have resulted from an electrical short circuit.


-- NNT 2014-09-10