Name of new Phuket police chief confirmed
Saran Mitrarat


Lt Gen Panya Mamen moves upstairs to Assistant Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok.

PHUKET: -- Pol Maj Gen Patchara Boonyasit has been confirmed as the new Phuket police chief.

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Thailand mulls ID wristbands, curfews for tourists

THAILAND: -- Thailand’s tourism minister said on Tuesday that identification wristbands would be distributed to tourists following the murder of two British backpackers earlier this month that has raised fresh concerns over tourist safety.

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Court sentences to death railway staff who killed and threw a girl from train

BANGKOK: -- Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced to death a man who killed and threw a 13-year-old girl from a train in July.

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The Hua Hin Provincial Court today sentenced a 22-year-old outsourced employee of the State Railway of Thailand to death after he was found guilty of rape and murder of a 13-year-old student on the sleeper train on July 5.

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Death Sentence For Convicted Train Rapist & Murderer

By Khaosod Eng.

PRACHUAP KIRI KHAN — A Thai court has sentenced to death the state railway employee found guilty of raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl on a moving train two months ago.

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PM Prayut to visit Myanmar Oct 9-10
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Sept 30 -- Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will visit Myanmar on Oct 9 and 10, and join the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Italy in mid-month.

Government spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarp said the prime minister's foreign affairs staff are preparing Gen Prayut's trip to Myanmar on Oct 9 and 10, and the following trip to Milan Oct 16 and 17 for ASEM, an economic meeting between ASEAN and Europe.

The spokesman said that the prime minister, having accepted invitations to visit both countries, is having his foreign affairs staff finalize travel details with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other concerned agencies.

The ASEM meeting will be a venue for Gen Prayut to meet leaders of other countries following thelllll coup in Thailand on May 22.

Gen Prayut heads the coup council, the National Council for Peace and Order.

If questions on the political or other situations in Thailand are posed, Gen Prayut will respond and present the facts there. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-09-30

Apple software update protects Macs from 'Bash' bug

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple on Monday issued a software update to protect Macintosh computers from being bitten by a recently discovered "Bash" bug seen as a threat to Internet-linked devices.

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Thailand tourists may be issued with identification wristbands, minister says
Proposed scheme would help track drunk or lost visitors, as industry reacts to murder of two British backpackers
Reuters in Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- Identification wristbands may be distributed to tourists in Thailand, the country’s tourism minister says.

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United Nations lukewarm on Tony Abbott's Cambodia solution
Lindsay Murdoch
South-East Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media

BANGKOK: -- The United Nations has no plans to boost its presence in Cambodia despite the Abbott government's claim it is working "closely" with the agency in a controversial plan to resettle refugees there.

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19-year-old student bids car license number for Bt25 million

BANGKOK: -- A 19-year-old student of Assumption University has won the bidding of the car license plate number of 1 Kor Kor 1111 1

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Thailand murder: Tourists will be forced to wear identification wristbands, electronic tracking proposed

SYDNEY: -- TOURISTS will be forced to wear identification wristbands and could be electronically tracked on Thailand’s islands after the brutal slaying of two British backpackers.

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Train derails in Kanchanaburi

BANGKOK: -- A third-class train derailed as it was running from Nong Pradook station to Nam Tok station in Kanchanaburi province Tuesday morning.

The derailment happened at 7.30am to train No 485 while it was running in between Kilometre markers 131 and 132.

The train with six bogies shook strongly while it was near Wangyen station forcing the driver to lower its speed immediately. However it was too late as the train ran out of the tracks and flipped over.

There was no injury to the 12 passengers in the train.

Train officials there was no damage to the locomotive and the bogies but it would take one day to put them back on the tracks again.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/train-derails-kanchanaburi/


-- Thai PBS 2014-09-30

Thailand to organize first ever World Egg Day

BANGKOK, 30 September 2014 (NNT) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will organize the World Egg Day for the first time in Thailand to encourage Thai people to eat chicken eggs according to sex and age. The event is scheduled for 10-14 October in Bangkok.

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Army C-in-C Gen Prayut passes baton to successor
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Sept 30 -- Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the prime minister and chief of the National Council for Peace and Order, retired as commander in chief of the Thai army today.

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Thai business operators urged to be ready for AEC
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Sept 30 -- The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) encouraged Thai business operators to prepare for a new environment under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

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National Disaster Warning Center warns of flash floods in foothills

BANGKOK, 30 September 2014 (NNT)-The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has revealed that Thailand is experiencing scattered showers and heavy rain in some areas. Many areas are warned against flash floods and landslides.

The Director General of the National Disaster Warning Center, Somsak Khaosuwan said that authorities are urged to keep special watch in Tak, Sukhothai, Kampaengphet, Kanchanaburi, Uthaithani and areas near mountains and hills in Chachoengsao and Chonburi.

However, the rainfall is good for Thailand, which needs to retain water for the dry season. The water level in the reservoirs and dams in Thailand is still low and there will be no impact affecting the Chaophraya River.


-- NNT 2014-09-30

Video Captures Epic Collision Between Laden Containerships in the Suez
BY ROB ALMEIDA

SUEZ CANAL: -- Something went terribly wrong today aboard Hapag-Lloyd’s containership Colombo Express when it lost control and slammed into the Maersk Tanjong today. Both vessels were heading south through the Suez Canal.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/764672-video-captures-epic-collision-between-laden-containerships-in-the-suez/

Man's 'other woman' falls to death in Bangkok under mysterious circumstances
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- An extramarital affair came to a tragic end yesterday when a man's mistress fell to her death under suspicious circumstances.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/764697-mans-other-woman-falls-to-death-in-bangkok-under-mysterious-circumstances/

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Thailand to give tourists 'safety' wristbands
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP |

Thailand on Tuesday announced plans to give tourists wristbands carrying their personal details, as the kingdom falls under intense scrutiny over visitor safety following the murder of two British holidaymakers.

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Tourist from Leeds sexually assaulted after urinating at Oktoberfest Munich

SYDNEY: -- A MALE tourist has been sexually assaulted after going to urinate in bushes at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/764704-tourist-from-leeds-sexually-assaulted-after-urinating-at-oktoberfest-munich/

NLA rejects NACC's impeachment case against Somsak and Nikhom



BANGKOK: -- The National Legislative Assembly has rejected the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s case to impeach former parliament president Somsak Kiatsuranont and former Senate speaker Nikhom Wairachpanich.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/764705-nla-rejects-naccs-impeachment-case-against-somsak-and-nikhom/

Finance minister: Thai economy might grow less than 2% this year

BANGKOK, 30 September 2014 (NNT) - Finance Minister Sommai Phasi has admitted that this year’s economic growth might not reach 2% due to the political problems at the beginning of the year and the global economic slowdown. The minister however forecast that next year’s growth could rise to 4.5% thanks to the government’s continuous economic stimulus measures.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/764709-finance-minister-thai-economy-might-grow-less-than-2-this-year/

Man says police beat him after he declines to be witness in Koh Tao murder cases
by taweporn

KOH TAO: -- Thai man said he was beaten up by police after he turned down the police’ offer to give him reward money if he agreed to be a witness in the murder case of of the two British tourists in Thailand’s touristic island of Koh Tao, southern Surat Thani province, according to ASTV-Manager online.

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