Thailand Live Sunday 19 Apr 2015

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Thailand's top cop: graft-buster or junta hatchet man?
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP

BANGKOK: -- Thailand's top cop says his task is to revive trust in a graft-tainted force, but observers believe his real brief is to be a hatchet man for a junta trying to tame the police -- and their patron, billionaire ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818483-thailands-top-cop-graft-buster-or-junta-hatchet-man/

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Bangkok:- A 52-year-old white South African man has been arrested for allegedly selling ‘ice’ drug, ecstasy and ketamine pills as well as cocaine and sedative pills to patrons of gay bars in Patpong and Silom areas.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818480-white-south-african-man-arrested-for-selling-drug-in-bangkok/

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Activist Sombat suspends packed rice sale

BANGKOK: -- Activist Sombat Boonngamanong, editor of online Laijud magazine, announced on his Facebook wall Saturday that he decided to stop selling his 5-kilogramme packs of Laijud brand jasmine rice for a while to upgrade his product quality.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818178-activist-defends-rice-venture-as-just-making-a-living/page-2#entry9319146

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Used car dealer in Yala detained by troops over Samui bombing

BANGKOK: - - Army officers Sunday took a used car dealer in Yala to be detained as an Army camp for questioning whether he was involved with the CentralFestival Samui car bomb attack or not.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818265-national-police-chief-says-samui-car-bomb-gang-implicates-a-former-influential-politician/page-3#entry9319157

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NACC seizes assets of ex-DSI chief

BANGKOK, 19 April 2015 (NNT) – The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) seizes assets worth 40 million baht of former director-general of the Department of Special Investigation Tharit Phengdit on grounds of unusual wealth.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818485-nacc-seizes-assets-of-ex-dsi-chief/

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Phuket woman arrested for theft eight years after incident
Eakkapop Thongtub

Crime suppression police arrested Khawnjit on Wednesday.

PHUKET: A 34-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday (April 15) for a theft she committed in 2007.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818487-phuket-woman-arrested-for-theft-eight-years-after-incident/

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Another tropical storm to hit Thailand from 21-24 Apr

BANGKOK, 19 April 2015 (NNT) – Hot and very hot weather conditions are forecast for 21-24 April 2015 in Thailand with a tropical storm in the northern, northeaster, central and eastern regions.

The Meteorological Department on Sunday reported that a low pressure system in the upper part of Thailand would result in hot and very hot weather in many areas across the country. Another moderately strong high pressure system from China is expected to move over the upper part of the country where the weather is hot, leading to a tropical storm in the four regions.

Thunderstorms, gusty winds and hail will likely hit some areas in the affected regions. The department warns people of the danger caused by strong winds and advises them to stay away from large trees, billboards and unstable constructions

-- NNT 2015-04-19

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Deputy PM satisfied with government projects
Darawan Naknakhon

Deputy Prime Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula.

PHUKET: Deputy Prime Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula held a meeting on Friday (April 17) at Phuket Provincial hall to discuss the progress of government projects across five southern provinces: Phuket, Krabi, Trang, Phang Nag and Ranong.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818502-deputy-pm-satisfied-with-government-projects/

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Koh Samui, Surat Thani:- The Surat Thani provincial governor Sunday issued an ultimatum for the Samui Municipality to hire a new firm to dispose over 200,000 tons of accumulated garbage by Saturday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818489-samui-municipality-given-ultimatum-to-handle-garbage/

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Employment Dept warns job hunters of fraud

BANGKOK, 19 April 2015 (NNT) – The Department of Employment has instructed all of its provincial offices to caution job seekers wanting to work overseas to beware of fraud, as reports of illegal employment agents have recently been on the rise.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818518-employment-dept-warns-job-hunters-of-fraud/

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DDC provides free-of-charge Diphtheria shot

BANGKOK, 19 April 2015 (NNT) - The Department of Disease Control has urged people between 20 to 50 years of age, considered a vulnerable group, to get a free Diphtheria vaccine at government's clinics throughout the country, until the end of April.

A 45-year-old Diphtheria patient was reportedly found in Mae Hong Son Province last week, according to the Department.

There were 16 cases of patients with Diphtheria, four of whom died, reported in 2014, .

According to the data, people between 20-50 are in an at-risk group, having inadequate immunity to prevent them from the disease.

For more information, please contact the Department's hot-line 1422.

-- NNT 2015-04-19

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RT @BreakingNews: Hundreds feared dead after boat carrying as many as 700 migrants capsizes in the Mediterranean - @TheTimesofMalta http://bit.ly/1H1GTNw

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Search under way for 700 migrants lost at sea south of Italy

ROME (AP) — A major air and sea search and rescue operation is under way south of the Italian island of Lampedusa after a migrant ship capsized.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818528-search-under-way-for-700-migrants-lost-at-sea-south-of-italy/

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Prayuth Disciplines Soldier for Arguing With Traffic Cops

Bt Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK - Junta chairman and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has ordered the army to punish a soldier who was filmed arguing with traffic police officers.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818531-prayuth-disciplines-soldier-for-arguing-with-traffic-cops/

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Loei:- A 95-year-old mother who can barely move had to stay with the body of her son for about six days after the son died of his chronic illness, police said.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818530-95-year-old-mother-stays-with-sons-body-six-days/

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NACC freezes Tarit's Bt40.9 million worth of assets
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The National Anti-Corruption Commission has frozen Bt40.9 million worth of assets of former Department of Special Investigation chief Tarit Pengdith on suspicion it had been accumulated unlawfully, the NACC announced Sunday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818485-nacc-seizes-assets-of-ex-dsi-chief/page-2#entry9319808

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Tarit confident he can defend assets
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Tarit Pengdith, an advisor attached to the PM's Office and former chief of Department of Special Investigation, expressed confidence Sunday that he will be able to defend his assets after the National Anti-Corruption Commission froze it.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818485-nacc-seizes-assets-of-ex-dsi-chief/page-2#entry9319831

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Khon Kaen’s Bangsaen 2 packed with heat-stricken tourists

KHON KAEN, 19 April 2015 (NNT) – Residents and tourists in Khon Kaen province have spent the weekend flocking to Ubolratana Dam to escape the scorching weather.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818541-khon-kaens-bangsaen-2-packed-with-heat-stricken-tourists/

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Most Thais satisfied with "Peace" under Prayut govt

BANGKOK, 19 April 2015 (NNT) - Most Thai people are satisfied with the government’s success in keeping the country peaceful with no political turmoil. The government’s anti-corruption policy also rates well, according to the result of a Suan Dusit Poll revealed on Sunday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818542-most-thais-satisfied-with-peace-under-prayut-govt/

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Forest Department has plan to seize back 5.1 million rai of rubber plantations

BANGKOK: -- The Forest Department has targeted to reclaim 400,000 rai of land in national forest reserves which have been encroached and transformed into rubber plantations this year, said the department head Mr Thirapat Prayoonsit.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818543-forest-department-has-plan-to-seize-back-51-million-rai-of-rubber-plantations/

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