Thailand Live Friday 15 May 2015

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Road traps against cyclists?

Phuket:- More than 100 shiny nails spread along a bicycle lane in the southern province of Phuket on Thursday morning. It remains unclear how these sharp items ended up on the spot.

“We counted them and their number went past 140,” Sukanya Sairaya told ASTV Manager.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825333-road-traps-against-cyclists/

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Mentally-ill twins commit patricide

Saraburi:- A pair of mentally ill twins have been detained by police after they allegedly cut off the head of their father in Saraburi’s Nong Khae district on Thursday.

Chatchai and Chiewcharn Dejrit, 32, were arrested at their house in the afternoon after their sister, Nueng, 44, learned of the patricide and alerted police.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825344-mentally-ill-twins-commit-patricide/

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Humanitarian organisations fail to help Rohingya migrants

Bangkok: – National police commissioner General Somyos Pumpanmuang yesterday lashed out at international humanitarian organisations for faulting Thailand and for failing to intervene and help Rohingya migrants.

Somyos said he deemed it unfair that humanitarian organisations kept on criticising the country while they did not provide any assistance to the illegal migrants.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825329-humanitarian-organisations-fail-to-help-rohingya-migrants/

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SOUTH CRISIS
Bomb attacks continue in Yala

YALA: -- Blasts continued rocking deep southern province of Yala on Friday morning after scores of them hit a total of 23 different areas in Muang district last night and injured 38 people. There is no reports of death.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825263-multiple-simultaneous-bomb-blasts-rock-downtown-yala/#entry9407276

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61-year-old Australian arrested for human trafficking says sex claims are a set-up
Lindsay Murdoch

Bangkok: -- An Australian accused of providing money, mobile telephones and free education to Filipino teenagers in exchange for sex, claims he has been set-up by a former girlfriend.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825354-61-year-old-australian-arrested-on-cebu-for-human-trafficking/

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Commerce Ministry will press charges against hospital operators overcharging foreigners

BANGKOK, 15 May 2015 (NNT) - The Commerce Ministry would press charges against hospital operators overcharging foreigners for their services.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825358-thai-commerce-min-will-press-charges-against-hospital-operators-overcharging-foreigners/

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Two Chinese, two Cambodians arrested for using fake credit cards

Nonthaburi:- Police arrested two Chinese men and two Cambodian men Thursday night for having allegedly used fake credit cards to make online purchases worth over Bt1 million.

Channel 3 reported Friday that the four suspects were arrested at 10 pm Thursday by Rattanathibet police who stormed the Much and More Success Company, which operates a language school on Soi Praschachuen in Noonthaburi’s Ratanathibet district.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825360-two-chinese-two-cambodians-arrested-for-using-fake-credit-cards/

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North Aceh to segregate men and women, force kids to study Koran



JAKARTA: -- Authorities in Indonesia’s North Aceh district are set to impose a new bylaw segregating men and women in all public places, as part of the enforcement of shariah practiced in Aceh province, according to The Jakarta Globe.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825361-north-aceh-to-segregate-men-and-women-force-kids-to-study-koran/

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Shunned migrant boat leaves Thai waters: governor
AFP

KOH LIPE, Thailand: -- A boat packed with desperate Rohingya migrants left Thai waters early Friday bound for Indonesia, authorities said, in line with the kingdom's policy of blocking entry to such vessels.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825364-shunned-migrant-boat-leaves-thai-waters-governor/

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SET up 0.72 points at opening /Bangkok Post

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Luangpor Khoon receives CPR, rushed to ICU
The Nation

KORAT: -- Much-revered monk Luangpor Khoon Parisuttho was rushed to the Maharaj Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital at 5 pm Friday after his condition deteriorated until he stopped breathing.

A medical team performed a CPR for him and brought his pulse back and pushed him on a respiratory machine before they rushed him to the intensive care unit of the hospital.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Luangpor-Khoon-receives-CPR-rushed-to-ICU-30260161.html


-- The Nation 2015-05-15

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Woman dies after downing 18 glasses of liquor



SINGAPORE: -- A 27-year-old hostess at a KTV lounge near Clarke Quay in Singapore died on Wednesday after consuming 18 glasses of hard liquor, The Straits Times reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825365-singapore-woman-dies-after-downing-18-glasses-of-liquor/

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Foreigners can own houses for 100 years in Vietnam



VIETNAM: -- Under a draft decree being proposed by the Ministry of Construction, foreigners can extend their property ownership in Vietnam after their 50-year ownership expires under the Housing Law, but not for more than an additional 50 years, Viet Nam News reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825366-foreigners-can-own-houses-for-100-years-in-vietnam/

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Foreigners flock to ancient Thai tattoo masters
AFP

BANGKOK: -- In a cramped Bangkok room filled with statues of deities and plumes of incense smoke, a master is at work.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825367-foreigners-flock-to-ancient-thai-tattoo-masters/

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'Kim’s brutality could threaten regime's security'
Song Sang-ho
The Korea Herald

SEOUL: -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s continued executions and purges of senior officials could foment angst and resentment among the country’s elite, and eventually threaten the security of his regime, analysts said Thursday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825371-kims-brutality-could-threaten-n-korean-regimes-security/

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37 Rohinyas and Bangladeshis face repatriation

SONGKHLA: -- A total of 37 Rohingya and Bangladeshi people who entered the country illegally will be repatriated back to their countries, according to local authorities in Songkhla.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825373-37-rohinyas-and-bangladeshis-face-repatriation/

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DoE intercepts 139 Thais attempting to work overseas illegally

BANGKOK, 15 May 2015 (NNT) - The Department of Employment (DoE) has intercepted 139 Thais at Suvarnabhumi International Airport that had been attempting to work overseas illegally.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825397-doe-intercepts-139-thais-attempting-to-work-overseas-illegally/

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Food poisoning cases expected to rise late this summer

BANGKOK, 15 May 2015 (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has encouraged people to eat only cooked and hot meals, as more patients with diarrhea are expected to increase by the end of summer.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825399-food-poisoning-cases-in-thailand-expected-to-rise-late-this-summer/

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Naked,'drunk' Finn sentenced to jail in Singapore

SINGAPORE: -- A 35-year-old Finnish tourist has been sentenced to four weeks in jail after acting violently against policemen in Singapore, as he was reported to be naked and looking drunk in a hotel lobby, writes Straits Times.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825403-nakeddrunk-finn-sentenced-to-jail-in-singapore/

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Myanmar 'unlikely to attend' migrant crisis meeting: president's office
AFP

BANGKOK: -- Myanmar may snub a regional meeting hosted by Thailand later this month aimed at easing the current Bay of Bengal migrant crisis, the president's office said Friday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825405-myanmar-unlikely-to-attend-migrant-crisis-meeting-hosted-by-thailand/

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Police Chief Denies Allegations of Diverting Funds

Thung Song police chief Somchai Suatortrakul defended himself on Thursday against allegations that he diverted funds designated for criminal investigations for his own personal use. The accusations were made by Suatortrakul’s subordinate, Pol Col Santirak Sanyapiboon.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825406-police-chief-denies-allegations-of-diverting-funds/

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Bomb threat interrupts Anuthida’s big moment in Germany
By Coconuts Bangkok



MANNHEIM, Germany: -- As Thailand leaned forward and tuned into a live stream of Germany’s Next Top Model to root for our Thai-born beauty Anuthida to win this morning, the show suddenly went off the air.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825409-bomb-threat-interrupts-thai-born-anuthidas-big-moment-in-germany/

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — 'King of the Blues' legend B.B. King dead in Las Vegas at age 89, his attorney says.

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Yingluck says she will appear at Supreme Court next week to prove her innocence



BANGKOK: -- Ex-Premier Yingluck Shinawatra said she would appear at the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders on May 19 to prove her innocence in the implementation of the rice-pledging scheme.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825423-yingluck-says-she-will-appear-at-supreme-court-next-week-to-prove-her-innocence/

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'King of the Blues' blues legend B.B. King dead at age 89
KEN RITTER, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Blues legend B.B. King has died in Las Vegas at age 89, his lawyer says.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825424-king-of-the-blues-blues-legend-bb-king-dead-at-age-89/

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's army says it has spotted the wreckage of missing US Marine helicopter in mountains .

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Another two meth dealers arrested in Phuket
Eakkapop Thongtub


Arnit, left, and Wttthawat with their drugs.

PHUKET: -- Two men were arrested in Rassada yesterday (May 14) for dealing drugs after information received from undercover agents.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825425-another-two-meth-dealers-arrested-in-phuket/

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Four rangers injured in ambush in Narathiwat
The Nation

NARATHIWAT: -- Muslim insurgents ambushed a patrol unit of eight rangers in Narathiwat's Sukhirin disrict at 11 am Friday, injuring four of them. Two of them were badly injured.

The rangers were patrolling the road and they were fired at when they came near the Ban Nam Thurien school. The two sides exchanged gunfire for about ten minutes before the insurgents retreated.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Four-rangers-injured-in-ambush-in-Narathiwat-30260170.html


-- The Nation 2015-05-15

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Plodprasop blasts NACC for pressing charge on Yingluck government over 2-billion baht compensation



BANGKOK: -- Pheu Thai party's acting deputy leader Plodprasop Suraswadi blasted the decision of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to formally charge ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra and her cabinet of malfeasance in office, saying he would conduct civil disobedience against its decision.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825432-plodprasop-blasts-nacc-for-pressing-charge-on-yingluck-govt-over-2-billion-baht-compensation/

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Prices of most commodities remain stable

BANGKOK, 15 May 2015 - (NNT), The Ministry of Commerce revealed that the price of most perishable items remained stable, while only chive and coriander have increased slightly.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/825434-prices-of-most-commodities-remain-stable-thai-commerce-min/