Thailand Live Saturday 30 May 2015

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Employment Department hits back at fishing operators to improve working condition as solution to IUU fishing

BANGKOK, 29 May 2015 (NNT) - Director-General of the Employment Department Sumet Mahosot has hit back at operators of fishing trawlers to improve working conditions of their employees in order to end labor shortage.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....olution-to-iuu/

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Alcohol sales banned on Vesak Day

BANGKOK, 29 May 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Interior has instructed all agencies under its supervision to closely monitor entertainment venues, hotels and liquor shops across the country to make sure they abide by the alcohol-control law on Vesak Day.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....d-on-vesak-day/

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ROHINGYA
US search flights get nod
SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE
THE NATION May 30, 2015 1:00 am

BANGKOK: -- Myanmar rebukes UN agency, says it is not the sole source of boat people

THAILAND has granted permission to the United States to fly its planes over Thai territorial waters to search and rescue boat people in the Indian Ocean, Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn said yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829102-us-search-flights-get-nod/

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POLITICS
Probe panel recommends stripping Thaksin of police rank
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- THE Royal Thai Police is inching closer to stripping former premier Thaksin Shinawatra of his rank of police lieutenant colonel after a high-powered committee yesterday confirmed it had already forwarded that recommendation to the national police chief.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/828860-thaksin-may-lose-police-rank/page-4?p=9461749#entry9461749

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Police to update diplomats on investigation
THE NATION

Members of the media are invited for a demonstration of the military

BANGKOK: -- DIPLOMATS from 50 countries have been invited to a 10.30am briefing on Tuesday by the Royal Thai Police on the investigation into trafficking of Rohingya and other migrants.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829103-police-to-update-diplomats-on-investigation/

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CRIME
Man held for fraudulent use of credit cards, accessing codes
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- AN online advertiser, accused of stealing information from 59 credit cards to illegally access True Money card pass-codes and responsible for causing Bt1.8 million in damage, has been arrested by the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD).

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829104-man-held-for-fraudulent-use-of-credit-cards-accessing-codes/

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BOARD OF INVESTMENT
BoI upbeat after first four months
ERICH PARPART
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- THE BOARD of Investment has maintained its target of approving Bt350 billion worth of projects this year as the number of new requests in the first four months did not drop as previously expected.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829105-boi-upbeat-after-first-four-months/

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2008 CRACKDOWN
Somchai, ex-police chiefs deny charges
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- KEY members and former top officials of the former People's Power Party-led government have all denied charges made against them by the National Anti-Corruption Commission for their roles in a bloody and fatal crackdown on yellow-shirt protesters in October 2008.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829106-somchai-ex-police-chiefs-deny-charges/

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Police commandos raid ex-minister's home, who denies aides' role in crimes
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Many guns recovered after home of Chaiya Sasomsub searched; police chief says 'operation Pathom chedi' aims to uphold law

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829107-police-commandos-raid-ex-ministers-home-who-denies-aides-role-in-crimes/

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Campaign to clean up prisons kicks off
The Nation

The authorities conduct random tests for drugs on 200 of 2,809 inmates at Phuket provincial prison yesterday. All the tests came back negative.

BANGKOK: -- THE CORRECTIONS Department kicked off its Big Cleaning campaign by raiding the Pathum Thani prison and Bangkok's Klong Prem remand centre yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829108-campaign-to-clean-up-prisons-kicks-off/

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Assets of fugitive UFUN suspect seized
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- POLICE yesterday confiscated gold bars, ornaments and other valuables worth around Bt2 million from a bank safety deposit box that allegedly belonged to a suspect linked to the so-called UFUN pyramid scheme.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829109-assets-of-fugitive-ufun-suspect-seized/

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NACC seeks to seize Somsak's undeclared Bt16m house
THE NATION

FORMER MINISTER DECLARED 'UNUSUALLY WEALTHY'; CLAIMS VOTE NOT UNANIMOUS

THE ANTI-GRAFT agency has resolved to seek a Supreme Court ruling allowing it to seize a Bt16-million house owned by former education minister Somsak Prissananantakul that he failed to report when submitting his financial statements.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829110-nacc-seeks-to-seize-somsaks-undeclared-bt16m-house/

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Six injured in latest Narathiwat attack
Narong Nuansakul ,
Parez Lohasan
The Nation

FOUR soldiers and two students were injured by a bomb blast in Narathiwat province yesterday, prompting a local school to immediately suspend classes.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829111-six-injured-in-latest-narathiwat-attack/

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-- The Nation 2015-05-30

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Thaksin says he offered his compassion to the junta

BANGKOK: -- Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said the revoking of his Thai passports by the Foreign Ministry was not a big issue and he didn’t want the issue to be blown out of proportion.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829113-thaksin-says-he-offered-his-compassion-to-the-junta/

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Surat Thani:- A 18-year-old vocational school student and two men have been arrested in connection to the shooting and injuring of a 64-year-old Australian man last week.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829066-three-thais-arrested-in-connection-to-shooting-of-australian/

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Oil prices to go down 40 satang Saturday

BANGKOK: -- PTT Plc today announced price reduction for all oil by 40 satang, effective 5 am Saturday.
The new prices of benzene 95 will be 34.76 baht, Gasohol 95 29.00 baht, Gasohol 91 28.18 baht, E 20 26.78 baht, E 85 22.88 baht and Diesel 25.99 baht.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/oil-prices-to-go-down-40-satang-saturday

-- Thai PBS 2015-05-30

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PWO to receive 2.6 billion baht fund to buy palm oil from factories

BANGKOK: -- A 2.6 billion baht fund has been allocated to allow the Public Warehouse Organisation to implement the oil palm price stabilization scheme by buying 100,000 tonnes of raw palm oil from palm oil extraction factories.

PWO board chairwoman Mrs Chintana Chaiyawannakan said Friday that the PWO would, in the next step, issue an announcement inviting palm oil extraction factories to join the scheme which is scheduled to start in June.

A quota system will be set and the amount of palm oil that the PWO will purchase from the participating factories will be determined by the amount of oil palm produced in each respective province. The purchasing price is set at 26.20 baht per kilogramme oil palm oil.

Palm oil extraction refineries participating in the scheme are required to produce evidence of their purchase of oil palm seeds with 17 percent oil content at 4.20 baht per kg.

The palm oil purchased by the PWO will be kept in stocks and, afterward, will be sold to domestic refineries. There will be no export of palm oil because the price of palm oil abroad is lower than the price set by the PWO.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pwo-to-receive-2-6-billion-baht-fund-to-buy-palm-oil-from-factories

-- Thai PBS 2015-05-30

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SLOW RECOVERY
BOT says economy losing momentum, to cut growth forecast
Erich Parpart
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Bank of Thailand (BOT) said the "slow and fragile" economic recovery in April and the potential of a lower-than-expected growth in China might slow down Thailand's economic momentum, raising the possibility of the economic outlook for the second quarter only matching the first quarter.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829116-bot-says-economy-losing-momentum-to-cut-growth-forecast/

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Blatter wins re-election despite FIFA corruption scandal
GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer

ZURICH (AP) — In the end, nothing could stop Sepp Blatter.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829118-blatter-wins-re-election-despite-fifa-corruption-scandal/

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Washington removes Cuba from US list of terrorism sponsors
ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press
MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press

HAVANA (AP) — The Obama administration formally removed Cuba from the U.S. terrorism blacklist Friday, a decision hailed in Cuba as the healing of a decades-old wound and an important step toward normalizing relations between the Cold War foes.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829119-washington-removes-cuba-from-us-list-of-terrorism-sponsors/

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AP source: Hastert paid to conceal claims of sexual abuse
By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL TARM

CHICAGO (AP) — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert paid hush money to conceal claims that the Illinois Republican sexually molested someone decades ago, a person familiar with the allegations said Friday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829120-ap-source-hastert-paid-to-conceal-claims-of-sexual-abuse/

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Nigeria's new president pledges fight against Boko Haram
By MICHELLE FAUL

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's new president was sworn in on Friday and pledged to tackle Boko Haram "head on," asserting the fight against the Islamic extremists wouldn't be won until hundreds of schoolgirls abducted last year and other kidnapping victims were brought home alive.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829122-nigerias-new-president-pledges-fight-against-boko-haram/

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PM satisfied with Moody’s ratings update report

BANGKOK, 29 May 2015 (NNT) – The Prime Minister is satisfied with the rating report from Moody’s Investors Service, where Thailand received a BAA1 rating due to strong support from the government's financial position, says the government spokesman.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829123-pm-satisfied-with-moodys-ratings-update-report/

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Asia Migrant Crisis: Conclusion reached at a Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in Indian Ocean

BANGKOK, 29 May 2015 (NNT) - Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Norachit Sinhaseni, as a chairman of the Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean today, has announced the meeting's outcome seeking multilateral solutions to an "alarming level" of migration challenge in the region. A number of proposals and recommendations were adopted under the immediate, medium and sustainable terms.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829124-asia-migrant-crisis-conclusion-reached-at-a-special-meeting-on-irregular-migration-in-indian-ocean/

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Pattaya, Chon Buri:- An unidentified farang man was found drowned at the Pattaya beach late Friday night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829128-farang-drowns-in-pattaya-sea/

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The Most Corrupt Countries in the World

Corruption is prevalent in almost every country in the world– but some are more corrupt than others. This is a complete list of the most corrupt countries in the world, ranked in order of how corrupt the country's government is.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829136-the-most-corrupt-countries-in-the-world/

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Deputy PM Wissanu: No NRC extension proposal

BANGKOK, 30 May 2015 (NNT) - The government was not deliberating amending the interim constitution to extend the National Reform Council's (NRC) tenure if it votes against a draft charter, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Friday.

Mr Wissanu said the interim constitution would be amended so a public referendum could take place.

The deputy prime minister said he had never heard of the proposal regarding extending the NRC's term, which would allow members of the council to remain in office longer.

The cabinet meeting on Friday did not discuss the interim charter.

-- NNT 2015-05-30

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Yingluck, Surapong could face charges relating to Thaksin passports

BANGKOK, 30 May 2015 (NNT) - Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her then-foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul could face charges for giving ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra back his passports in 2011, according to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829143-yingluck-surapong-could-face-charges-relating-to-thaksin-passports/

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Truck Driver injured in East Pattaya Road Crash

PATTAYA:--Police and Medics rushed to the scene of a road crash which occurred on the notoriously dangerous Highway 36 on Friday evening.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/829147-truck-driver-injured-in-east-pattaya-road-crash/