Thailand Live Wednesday 24 Jun 2015

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Woman arrested for allegedly starting false coup rumors
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A woman in Samut Prakan has been arrested for having allegedly starting false coup rumors on Facebook. Police spokesman Pol Lt Gen Prawut Thawornsiri said Chayapha Chokepornbussri has been arrested by the Technology Crime Suppression Division.

Prawut said the woman also faced lese majesty charges.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Woman-arrested-for-allegedly-starting-false-coup-r-30263022.html


-- The Nation 2015-06-24

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Student activists defy military order



BANGKOK: -- Seven Dao Din student activists, who are wanted by police for violating the rally ban, turned up in front of the Pathumwan police station at 1:09 pm Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/835380-student-activists-defy-military-order/

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch court orders government to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020.

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Bangkok minimum wage is under study, committee to discuss new rate on Jul 6

BANGKOK, 24 June 2015 (NNT) – The Bangkok Minimum Wage Subcommittee has reached criteria for use in the consideration of a new wage rate to be decided on July 6, according to Deputy Permanent Secretary for Labour Arak Prommanee, chairman of the Subcommitee.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/835383-bangkok-minimum-wage-is-under-study-committee-to-discuss-new-rate-on-jul-6/

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Two Taiwanese men arrested for attempting to smuggle 12 kgs of 'ice'
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Narcotics Suppression Division police Wednesday arrested two Taiwanese men for allegedly attempting to smuggle 12 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine to Aukland, New Zealand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/835384-two-taiwanese-men-arrested-for-attempting-to-smuggle-12-kgs-of-ice/

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Dutch court orders carbon emissions cut to protect citizens
MIKE CORDER, Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court ordered the government to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020 in a groundbreaking ruling Wednesday that activists hope will set a worldwide precedent.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/835388-dutch-court-orders-carbon-emissions-cut-to-protect-citizens/

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Inquiry Ordered on BKK Airport for Allegedly Failing to Spot Ex-Cop's Handgun
By Khaosod English

BANGKOK – Bangkok’s largest international airport is under investigation for potentially allowing a former police commander to carry a handgun past a security checkpoint last week.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/835302-aot-to-investigate-how-handgun-sneaked-through-security-check-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/page-2#entry9548061

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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan official says at least 749 people killed in heat wave as temperatures begin to drop.

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JAPAN
Thai Embassy in Tokyo assigns officials to assist Camronwit

BANGKOK: -- The Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent officials to assist former Thai metropolitan police chief Police Lieutenant General Khamronwit Thoopkrajang, who was arrested at Japan's Narita International Airport on Tuesday evening for carrying a pistol.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/835213-former-bangkok-police-chief-arrested-with-gun-in-japanese-airport/page-8?p=9548134#entry9548134

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SET index closed 1,518.26 up 15.03; Bt/USD33.63; GBP52.72; AUD25.66; EUR37.36; CAD27.06; HKD4.31; SGD24.85; JPY26.98

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PARIS (AP) - French president convenes meeting of top legislators to discuss NSA spying revelations .

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Cabinet meeting focuses on assistance measures for drought-hit farmers

BANGKOK, 24 June 2015 (NNT) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha on Wednesday presided over the cabinet meeting, which focused on the growing crisis of drought in many parts of the country.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment reported during the meeting that the ministry’s request for an additional budget of 84 million baht to assist drought-hit farmers has been approved. Part of the budget will be used to drill up to 500 extra groundwater wells to secure more water for farming.

There are at present 380 existing wells. With the digging of the new wells, around 200 billion cubic meters of water can be supplied to farmers in need. The drilling is set to be completed in July.

The Agriculture Ministry will meanwhile hold talks with the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) to ask for farmers’ cooperation in delaying their off-season harvesting, to encourage farmers to grow less water-reliant crops and to postpone farmers’ debt payment during the drought period.

-- NNT 2015-06-24

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Irrigation Dept tightens water distribution to cope with drought in the Chao Phraya basin

BANGKOK, 24 June 2015 (NNT) – The Irrigation Department has resoved to decrease water distribution to the Chao Phraya Basin, home of nearly one million rai of agricultural land, says Deputy Director-General of the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) Suthep Noipairoj.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/835425-irrigation-dept-tightens-water-distribution-to-cope-with-drought-in-the-chao-phraya-basin/

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Thai Buddhists to help anti-Muslim Myanmar monks set up radio station

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Buddhists have offered to help a network of hardline anti-Muslim Myanmar monks set up a radio station to spread their message across a nation where sectarian hatred is on the rise.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/835438-thai-buddhists-to-help-anti-muslim-myanmar-monks-set-up-radio-station/

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Police Block Anti-Coup Activists from Filing Charges Against Them

By Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK — Nearly one hundred police officers barricaded a police station today to prevent pro-democracy activists from filing a legal complaint against officers who they say abused them during a crackdown on their rally last month.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/835468-police-block-anti-coup-activists-from-filing-charges-against-them/

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Thailand Live Thursday 25 Jun 2015

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