Thailand Live Tuesday 4 Nov 2014

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Government and state enterprise offices requested to fly flags at half-mast for passing of Zambian president

BANGKOK, 4 November 2014 (NNT) – All government and state enterprise offices have been requested to fly the Thai flag at half-mast for the passing of the Zambian president.

The Secretariat of the Cabinet has sent the request to all concerned offices on Monday, following last week’s passing of Zambian President Michael Sata.

President Sata passed away at the age of 77, while receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed illness on October 28 in London.

The Secretariat of the Cabinet said that the flying of the flag at half-mast is intended to remember President Sata and to express condolences for his passing because of the long and cordial relations between Thailand and the Republic of Zambia.

Flags at all state and state enterprise offices will remain at half-mast for three days, from Tuesday to Thursday.


-- NNT 2014-11-04

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Tony Blair hopes there is an election in Thailand next year

BANGKOK: -- Former British prime minister Tony Blair expressed hope that there would be an election in Thailand next year so that democracy can be restored.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773652-tony-blair-hopes-there-is-an-election-in-thailand-next-year/

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Koh Tao Murder: Rights Agency Threatens Legal Action Against Police

By Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK – A top human rights official has threatened to prosecute Thai police if they refuse to explain the alleged torture of two Burmese men accused of murdering a pair of British tourists.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773643-koh-tao-murder-rights-agency-threatens-legal-action-against-police/

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Thai PM affirms support for US and ASEAN investors
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Nov 4 -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha promised to facilitate US and ASEAN investor business

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773709-thai-pm-affirms-support-for-us-and-asean-investors/

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Thailand weighing up police conscription
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP |

BANGKOK: -- Thailand is mulling the re-introduction of police conscription, a spokesman said Monday, as the much-maligned and poorly paid force looks to boost its ranks by several thousand each year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773710-thailand-weighing-up-police-conscription/

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Moves to remove police from Koh Tao murder probe
Chanikarn Phumhiran,
Piyanut Tumnukasetchai
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- THE NATIONAL Human Rights Commission will discuss next week what action should be taken after police again failed to answer a summons related to the much-publicised murders on Koh Tao.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773643-koh-tao-murder-rights-agency-threatens-legal-action-against-police/page-2#entry8624716

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'NEW MEASURES' AGAINST PROTESTERS
No rallies over impeachment, Prayut warns
The Nation

PM threatens 'new measures' against protesters over Yingluck case

BANGKOK: -- In his toughest warning, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha told political pressure groups yesterday not to break the law by staging rallies over the impeachment case involving former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for her failure to stop corruption in the rice-pledging scheme.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773711-no-rallies-over-impeachment-prayut-warns/

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Bt7.8-bn for far South development
The Nation


At the start of the new semester yesterday, students from first to sixth grades study in a makeshift tent classroom at Ban Manangyong School in Pattani

New centre to manage spending; Prayut orders adjustments to army operations

BANGKOK: -- A HUGE budget has been approved for development projects in the deep South in the hope of winning the hearts of the local Muslim population as the latest effort to subdue the decade-long insurgency.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773713-bt78-bn-for-far-south-development/

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PM vows to allocate land to the poor
Janjira Pongrai,
Anapat Deechuay,
Wasu Vipoosanapat
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-ocha has promised to deliver "happiness" as New Year gifts to low-income people.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773714-pm-prayut-vows-to-allocate-land-to-the-poor/

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Plans for people power spelled out
The Nation


The People

Council for Reform says they want to propose ideas for new constitution

BANGKOK: -- The newly established People's Council for Reform has set its key agenda to tackle social inequality and increase people's power by having the council included in the new constitution to act as another branch to check and balance power.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773715-thai-politics-plans-for-people-power-spelled-out/

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Make Thailand trading HQ, hub for Asean: Pridiyathorn
Erich Parpart
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Thailand's way forward is to become a major trading nation within Asean, Deputy Prime Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula said yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773716-make-thailand-trading-hq-hub-for-asean-pridiyathorn/

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STREETWISE
Thailand adapts well to disasters, but mitigation?
Achara Deboonme

BANGKOK: -- Adaptation and mitigation" is a phrase we are hearing more and more often following natural disasters linked with climate change.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773717-thailand-adapts-well-to-disasters-but-mitigation/

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EDITORIAL
No shortcut across Thai-Cambodian minefield
The Nation

Only a clear agreement on border demarcation will defuse anger over Preah Vihear Temple dispute

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made a minor misstep in the minefield of Thai-Cambodian relations on the eve of his official visit to our neighbour last week.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773718-no-shortcut-across-thai-cambodian-minefield/

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Pattaya Government Officials investigate 9 year old Firework Incident



PATTAYA: -- Following the news that a 9 year old boy was seriously injured by a firework he had purchased from a store on Sunday Night in Central Pattaya, Local Government Officials began their investigation into the incident by visiting the scene of the accident.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773719-pattaya-government-officials-investigate-9-year-old-firework-incident/

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THAI flight skids off runway at Khon Kaen airport
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- Thai Airways' Flight TG47, scheduled to fly from Khon Kaen to Bangkok, skidded off the runway before it took off shortly after 8 pm Monday. No injuries were reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773720-thai-flight-skids-off-runway-at-khon-kaen-airport/

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Chinese pair arrested over big pyramid fraud
Kampanart Laong
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- TWO CHINESE suspects have been arrested in Thailand on suspicion that they have taken more than Bt4 billion from victims through frauds.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773721-chinese-pair-arrested-in-bangkok-over-big-pyramid-fraud/

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Kitty rescued from Lat Phrao flattening by top national cop
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- A panicked kitty owes one of its nine lives to national police chief Somyod Pumpanmuang today after the sharp-eyed commander spotted it scramble under a moving vehicle.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773722-kitty-rescued-from-lat-phrao-flattening-by-top-national-cop/

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Phuket guides demand action against illegal competition
Nattha Thepbamrung


Krich Thepbamrung (left) makes a point to Santi Pawai.

PHUKET: -- Local tour guides gathered at Provincial Hall this morning (November 3) to file a letter of complaint about the lack of progress by authorities to stop foreign tour guides operating illegally on the island.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773723-phuket-guides-demand-action-against-illegal-competition/

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British schoolboy jailed for stabbing teacher to death in class
Reuters

LONDON - A teenage British schoolboy was jailed for at least 20 years on Monday after pleading guilty to stabbing to death a teacher he said he hated in front of horrified pupils during a lesson at a college in northern England.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773724-british-schoolboy-jailed-for-stabbing-teacher-to-death-in-class/

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Russian tourist dies after jet-ski crash in Phuket
Eakkapop Thongtub

The jet-ski was retrieved basically undamaged.

PHUKET: Strong waves were blamed for the death this afternoon (November 3) of a Russian tourist who crashed a jet ski off Patong Beach.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773734-russian-tourist-dies-after-jet-ski-crash-in-phuket/

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One World Trade Center open for business

NEW YORK: -- More than 13 years after the original towers were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, New York's World Trade Center has re-opened for business.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773726-new-york-one-world-trade-center-open-for-business/

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Steel bar makers ask Industry Ministry not to certify alloy steel bars

BANGKOK, 04 November 2014 (NNT) – Domestic makers of steel bars met Minister of Industry Chakramon Phasukvanich on Monday to voice their concern over the importation of steel bars from China, arguing that some of the items did not meet the standard for safety.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773739-steel-bar-makers-ask-thai-industry-ministry-not-to-certify-alloy-steel-bars/

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Chiang Mai air traffic control sets up restricted zones for flying lantern release

CHIANG MAI, 04 November 2014 (NNT) – The air traffic control center in Chiang Mai has specified zones for the release of flying lanterns during the Loi Krathong festival in the northern province to prevent the flying objects from jeopardizing aircraft safety.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773745-chiang-mai-air-traffic-control-sets-up-restricted-zones-for-flying-lantern-release/

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Thai stock index opens on Tuesday at 1,583.88, gains 4.70 points /MCOT

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Eight injured in home-made firework explosion in Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- Eight youths, all males, were injured when an explosion occurred while they were making fireworks at a house in Bangkok's Nong Chok district Monday night.

Police said the accident happened at 9:50 pm. The injured persons, whose age range from16 to 19 years old, were assembling fireworks in the backyard when the explosion occurred.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Eight-injured-in-home-made-firework-explosion-in-B-30246920.html


-- The Nation 2014-11-04

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'Pretty' stripped and beaten by cop boyfriend for cheating
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- A commercial model sought help from the Paveena Foundation yesterday afternoon after her boyfriend attempted to rape her and ejected her naked from his room for talking to another man.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773750-thai-pretty-stripped-and-beaten-by-cop-boyfriend-for-cheating/

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U.S. firms keen to expand business in Thailand



BANGKOK: -- Leading U.S. firms have expressed interest to expand their investment in Thailand as the government is stepping up efforts to fight corruption and bolster the economy, Government spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarp said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773752-us-firms-keen-to-expand-business-in-thailand/

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THAI Airbus skids off runway in Khon Kaen



BANGKOK: -- Thai Airways International’s Airbus A330 with 246 passengers on board skidded off the runway in Khon Kaen while it was taxing to take off Monday night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773720-thai-flight-skids-off-runway-at-khon-kaen-airport/page-2#entry8625710

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Brit arrested in Phuket with ganja and ice
Eakkapop Thongtub


Smedley (left) and Prasit with their mind-altering substances.

PHUKET: -- A British man was among seven people arrested for drug possession yesterday (November 3) as part of a police drive against drugs in the run-up to the Loy Kratong Festival.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773756-brit-arrested-in-phuket-with-ganja-and-ice/

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Israel invites Thai workers to return in wake of Gaza violence

BANGKOK, 4 November 2014 (NNT) – The Ministry of Labor has revealed that Israel is seeking cooperation from the Thai government in sending workers back to the country after violence along the Israel-Gaza border has eased off.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/773760-israel-invites-thai-workers-to-return-in-wake-of-gaza-violence/