Thailand Live Sunday 10 May 2015

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Tourism Ministry Plans Nationwide Toilet-Cleaning Day

By Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK — Thailand’s Minister of Sports and Tourism says that cleaning public restrooms in major transport hubs across the country is a top priority for the agency this year.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....t-cleaning-day/

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NLA’s 1st Vice President calls for media neutrality in the interests of the people

BANGKOK, 10 May 2015 (NNT) - A vice president of the National Legislative Assembly has stressed that media and journalists must always remain neutral while performing their work, in the interests of the public.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....-of-the-people/

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MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH MIGRANTS
20 more face arrest over trafficking
THE SUNDAY NATION, AGENCIES

BANGKOK: -- Some 49 suspects allegedly involved in trafficking gangs; Padang Besar mayor's home searched; Koh Lipe man surrenders

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824043-20-more-face-arrest-over-trafficking/

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Their Majesties return to Hua Hin today
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- THEIR Majesties the King and Queen will leave Siriraj Hospital this afternoon for Klai Kangwon Palace in Hua Hin, the Royal Household Bureau announced yesterday.

The royal couple will rest and recuperate in an area with fresh air, the bureau said in a statement.

Members of the public were invited to greet Their Majesties along the roads where the royal motorcade will pass on its way to the palace in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.

Their Majesties are scheduled to leave the hospital at 2pm.

The signing of messages for Their Majesties at Siriraj Hospital will be cancelled from this morning onwards, the Royal Household Bureau said in its statement.

On Tuesday, the King had attended a ceremony to mark Coronation Day at the Grand Palace.

In March, Mahidol University president Dr Udom Kachintorn, who treated Their Majesties, said that the royal couple were healthy enough to be discharged from the hospital.

Meanwhile, Prachuap Khiri Khan Governor Veera Sriwattanatrakul yesterday invited local state officials to gather from 3pm along Phetkasem Road opposite the entrance to Klai Kangwon Palace. His invitation was in the form of letter marked "most urgent".

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Their-Majesties-return-to-Hua-Hin-today-30259719.html

-- The Nation 2015-05-10

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NATION ANALYSIS
PM can't skirt decision on referendum too long
SOMROUTAI SAPSOMBOON
NATION NEW AGENCY

BANGKOK: -- ISSUE LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED LATER THIS MONTH BY NCPO AND THE CABINET

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824044-pm-cant-skirt-decision-on-referendum-too-long/

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UPDATE:

'Growing calls for referendum on charter'
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- CALLS for a national referendum on the draft charter is growing, Surachai Liengboonlertchai, first vice president of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has said, noting that the current climate is ready for a plebiscite.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824044-pm-cant-skirt-decision-on-referendum-too-long/#entry9389790

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Big drug offensive planned
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- THE Office of the Narcotics Control Board will arrest up to 10 drug-network members a week and seize their assets as part of a nationwide offensive against drug networks, the ONCB secretary-general Permpong Chaovalit has said.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824045-big-drug-offensive-planned/

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Third house 'seized' from UFUN suspect
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- POLICE yesterday searched a third house in Bangkok belonging to a female suspect in UFUN Thailand's alleged pyramid scheme.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824046-third-house-seized-from-ufun-suspect/

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Ivory items, carcasses seized
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- Police and related agencies yesterday found illegal ivory items and wildlife carcasses at a four-storey apartment in Tambon Talad Kwan at Nonthaburi's Muang district.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824048-ivory-items-carcasses-seized/

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Man killed in South by pipe bombs he carried in bag
THE SUNDAY NATION

A man was killed in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Ron Pibul district yesterday afternoon when several pipe bombs inside a bag he was carrying exploded.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824049-man-killed-in-south-by-pipe-bombs-he-carried-in-bag/

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Paramilitary boss guns down two subordinates
THE SUNDAY NATION

PATTANI: -- Two paramilitary subordinates were killed when their supervisor, a Master Sergeant First Class, opened fire at them with an M16 rifle allegedly following a heated argument over suspicion of theft of grocery items in Pattani's Yaring district on Friday night, police said yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824050-paramilitary-boss-guns-down-two-subordinates/

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EDITORIAL
A culture of callousness
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Unless we as a society learn to share public spaces, there will be more tragedies like what recently befell some cyclists

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824051-a-culture-of-callousness/

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Three Trang natives arrested for auto theft in Phuket
Eakkapop Thongtub

Three Trang natives arrested.

PHUKET: Two men and one teenager from Trang were arrested on Friday (May 8) in Kathu for auto theft.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824052-three-trang-natives-arrested-for-auto-theft-in-phuket/

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the national police chief Somyot Pumpunmuang downplayed the Special Branch raid that occurred on Thursday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824030-pm-downplays-special-branch-raid/

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Putin takes swipe at US in Victory Day speech

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia showed off new machines of war, including a highly sophisticated tank, on Saturday in the annual Victory Day military parade through Red Square that marks the surrender of Nazi Germany and the Red Army's key role in the defeat.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824056-putin-takes-swipe-at-us-in-victory-day-speech/

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Hundreds march across Brooklyn Bridge for stricter gun laws
VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of men, women and children, including fashion designer Donna Karan, marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday demanding stricter gun laws and offering a litany of violent stories to show why such laws are needed.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824058-hundreds-march-across-brooklyn-bridge-for-stricter-gun-laws/

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Military plane crashes in Spain, killing 4 crew members
HAROLD HECKLE, Associated Press

MADRID (AP) — A military transport plane crashed near Seville airport in southwestern Spain on Saturday, killing four crew members and injuring two seriously, officials said.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824061-military-plane-crashes-in-spain-killing-4-crew-members/

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Bangkok: – Police have arrested two 16-year-old men and one 15-year-old boy involved in throwing a ping pong bomb at the bus stop in front of Big C on Ratchadamri Road.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824057-three-teenagers-arrested-for-throwing-ping-pong-bomb-at-ratchadamri/

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Phayao holds Cross Border Market to boost Thai-Lao trade

PHAYAO, 9 May 2015 (NNT) – The northern province of Phayao is holding a Cross Border Market at Chiangkhamwittayakhom School in Yuan Sub-district Chiang Kham District, in order to boost cross border trade ties between Thailand and Laos.

The market was opened today by Phayao’s deputy governor Suvicha Kaewmanee in a ceremony witnessed by high-level senior officials of Laos’ Udomchai Province.

The market is established in a Commerce Ministry campaign to boost border trade with the neighboring country, build business networks between young entrepreneurs of both sides and increase Thai market share in neighboring countries.

The event, which is closing on 10 May 2015, showcases a wide range of products from over fifty OTOP SMEs based in seventeen northern provinces, as well as products from the central provinces of Samut Sakhon, Singburi, Nonthaburi, Ayutthaya and also processed seafoods and jewelry from southern provinces.

In 2014, Thailand exported construction equipment, oils, and consumer products to Laos, worth THB200 million.

-- NNT 2015-05-09

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Miss Tiffany 2015 envied by women

Bangkok:- Launched more than one decade ago for gorgeous transvestites, Miss Tiffany beauty pageant has now become a big event of the year.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824054-miss-tiffany-2015-envied-by-women/

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Chumphon: – The combined team of military, police and local officials have rescued 46 migrant workers from Myanmar who were abandoned to fend for themselves at the forest reserve near Mueang district.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824055-some-46-abandoned-migrant-workers-rescued-in-chumphon/

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Vietnamese fishing trawler seized off Chon Buri
THE SUNDAY NATION

CHONBURI: -- The Royal Thai Navy Region 1 Fleet officers seized a Vietnamese fishing trawler and arrested its five members for entering Thai waters without permission in Chon Buri province.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824067-vietnamese-fishing-trawler-seized-off-chon-buri/

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Python bagged after blocking road passage near popular Phuket school
Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: It took the efforts of eight rescue volunteers to finally bag a four- to five-meter-long reticulated python that was obstructing passage to a street opposite the Bang Nieo School late last night.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824092-python-bagged-after-blocking-road-passage-near-popular-phuket-school/

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B.B. King's family loses bid for control of his affairs
KEN RITTER, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Blues legend B.B. King — his health failing at age 89 — is in the middle of a tug of war between some of his children and his longtime manager.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824095-bb-kings-family-loses-bid-for-control-of-his-affairs/

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RT@RichardBarrow: Last day for Mobile Expo at Queen Sirikit Convention Center in #Bangkok. Doors open at 10am. Advisable to go by MRT. https://t.co/oXe1Dj9YFE

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RT@KentBKK: Today at Boonbungfai Yasothon Rocket festival http://t.co/UULrWOuMgi

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RT@RT_com: African boy smuggled to Spain in suitcase http://t.co/CAVUpg1N7j http://t.co/XeXcPq62Hu

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Lampang:- What appeared to be a cheap trick by alleged black conmen from a South Asian country caused a cake vendor in Lampang to lose Bt910 in cash and two pieces of cake.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824096-cheap-trick-by-alleged-south-asian-conmen-work-in-lampang/

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Phetchaburi:- It started with Facebook users sharing a photo of a nice-looking police captain standing in front of her unit of traffic policemen.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/824103-police-captain-bee-graphic-case-of-facebook-photo-sharing-gone-wrong/

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Thousands flock to Siriraj Hospital as their Majesties return to Klai Kangwon Palace

BANGKOK, 10 May 2015 (NNT) – Thousands of Thai people flock to Siriraj Hospital to greet Their Majesties the King and Queen, who are scheduled to return to Klai Kangwon Palace this afternoon.

Huge numbers of well-wishers seem oblivious to the blazing sun, scrambling for a close look of their highly-revered monarch, waving flags carrying the emblem of His Majesty the King as a gesture of love for the royal family. Many of them have camped at the hospital since yesterday to secure the best view of Their Majesties.

Their Majesties the King and Queen have been in Siriraj Hospital since late last year for thorough medical checkups. Doctors are of the opinion that it is time Their Majesties returned to their favorite Klai Kangwon Palace in Hua Hin, where the atmosphere is conducive to relaxation and recuperation.

Well-wishers in other areas are expected to show up in great numbers along the route to welcome Their Majesties back home to the palace.

-- NNT 2015-05-10