Thailand Live Saturday 20 Jun 2015

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Alpine skiing-Violinist Mae has four-year ban annulled

LONDON (Reuters) - Pop violinist Vanessa Mae has overturned a four-year ban and been cleared of fixing Alpine skiing races but she was still ineligible to compete at the Sochi Winter Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834203-alpine-skiing-violinist-mae-has-four-year-ban-annulled/

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Handymen caught for spate of Phuket burglaries
Nattha Thepbamrung

Maj Gen Pachara Boonyasit, commander of the Phuket Provincial Police, holds up a crystal meth pipe in front of the suspects. Photo: Nattha Thepbamrung

PHUKET: Police presented to the press yesterday (June 19) two handymen facing charges of robbing seven houses and allegedly selling on the stolen items for cash and drugs.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834210-handymen-caught-for-spate-of-phuket-burglaries/

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Pub was tipped off before police raid

BANGKOK: -- A liquor pub in Phasicharoen district of Bangkok was tipped off by police to close just before a special team of police would arrive to check if it opens beyond permitted hours.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834212-pub-was-tipped-off-before-police-raid/

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No more negotiating with ‘trespassers’, warns lawyer in Chalong land dispute
Darawan Naknakhon

From left: V/gov Suthee, lawyer Mr Suthon Thaweesuwan; land owner Samran Saengyanuprab; associate Mr Sulak Kunarak and the chief of the Phuket provincial ombudsman.

PHUKET: A lawyer representing wealthy land owners in Chalong’s Moo 3 has affirmed that his clients will no longer negotiate with villagers illegally occupying their land, and will continue to press charges against villagers who refuse to vacate.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834251-no-more-negotiating-with-trespassers-warns-lawyer-in-chalong-land-dispute/

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Authorities step up forest reclamation in South & East

KRABI, 20 June 2015 (NNT) – The Natural Resources and Environment Minister has instructed authorities to step up the forest reclamation missions in the South and the East to stem the rampant encroachment.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834255-authorities-step-up-forest-reclamation-in-south-east/

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Mers patient gets better, can eat by himself

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Disease Control says the 75-year-old Mers-infected Omani patient under isolation care at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute (BIDI) can breathe and eat by himself while his sick son and brother are also getting better with no fever now.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834257-mers-patient-gets-better-can-eat-by-himself/

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Graft buster to summon suspects in fishy futsal court construction to hear charges

BANGKOK: -- The Nation Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will summon former politicians, senior education officials, and school directors to hear charges next week after its extensive investigation into the construction of futsal courts in several provinces have substantial grounds of corruption.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834258-graft-buster-to-summon-suspects-in-fishy-futsal-court-construction-to-hear-charges/

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PM: Govt. is urgently working on ways to combat droughts

BANGKOK, 20 June 2015 (NNT) - Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has reassured the public that his administration is urgently working on ways to fight the ongoing drought.

The Prime Minister said during his ‘Returning Happiness to the People’ program last night that the drought-triggered water shortage had ravaged farmlands in several provinces and looked imminent to intensify.

He attributed droughts to wide-ranging causes but identified climate change as the major one. The Prime Minister stated Thailand needs to embark on long-term preventive policy, reforestation and other forest conservation campaigns.

He also indicated the government has laid down the policy to combat droughts, such as building more reservoirs and renovating existing dams. Gen. Prayut stressed all of these schemes can only be achieved with transparency, urging related civil servants to refrain from corruptions and to think about the benefits of the nation and its people before their own.

-- NNT 2015-06-20

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Kim Kardashian's spot on public radio show angers listeners

CHICAGO (AP) — An appearance by Kim Kardashian on the National Public Radio show "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" has angered among some listeners.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834262-kim-kardashians-spot-on-public-radio-show-angers-listeners/

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Jewish family appeals ruling in Nazi-seized masterpiece

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Jewish family has appealed a federal California judge's ruling declaring that a museum in Spain is the rightful owner of a painting seized from a woman fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834265-jewish-family-appeals-ruling-in-nazi-seized-masterpiece/

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NRC to consider national strategic plan designation on Monday

BANGKOK, 20 June 2015 (NNT) – The National Reform Council (NLA) is set to scrutinize a report regarding the National Strategy Act in a meeting that will determine the long-term development plan of the nation on 23 June 2015.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834307-nrc-to-consider-national-strategic-plan-designation-on-monday/

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Tighter security protection enforced in Songkhla during Ramadan

SONGKHLA, 20 June 2015 (NNT) – Security officials in Songkhla province are now enforcing a tighter security protocol along the province’s border with officials from the southern border provinces to protect and facilitate the public during the Ramadan month.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834309-tighter-security-protection-enforced-in-songkhla-during-ramadan/

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Phuket police net Chinese skimmer gang

Phuket:- Four Chinese men were arrested in Phuket late Friday night after police found them allegedly using fake ATM cards to withdraw cash from an ATM machine in Patong area. Police seized over 200 fake ATM cards from the four suspects.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/834306-four-chinese-men-arrested-with-over-200-fake-atm-cards/

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Stricter MERS surveillance conducted at Chong Mek Border Check Point

UBON RATCHATHANI, 20 June 2015 (NNT) - Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Control Region 7, Ubon Ratchathani has assigned International Disease Control Station located at Chong Mek Border Check Point in Sirindhorn District to step up MERS surveillance after the first MERS case was confirmed in Thailand on Thursday.

The station is now strictly scanning persons coming from countries in risk of MERS outbreak, like the Middle East and South Korea. The official said any traveler with high temperature will be admitted to Sirindhorn Hospital for diagnosis. If the MERS test turns out negative, they will be allowed to go home but are still under health followups by the hospital.

Health officials at the Border Check Point are providing advice for people of how to prevent themselves from the deadly virus. The Director stressed that these steps are taken as preventive measures, reflecting that Thai officials are not complacent of the situation. People should not panic as the case in Thailand was still far from an outbreak.

The first MERS case was confirmed by the Public Health Ministry on Thursday. He was a 75-year-old foreign man who came to Thailand on 15 June. The man is now under the care of Bamrasnaradura Institute with a stable condition. 59 others who were in contact with him are being monitored.

-- NNT 2015-06-20

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