Thailand Live Saturday 11 Jul 2015

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One killed, five injured in Songkhla bombing
The Nation

SONGKHLA: -- One person was killed and five others were injured when a homemade bomb was detonated beside a police booth behind a hotel at the Padang Bezar market in Song Khla's Sadao district Friday evening.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....ngkhla-bombing/

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Prayuth likens Uighur refugees to breeding animals
By Todd Ruiz

BANGKOK: -- Speaking to the media about the deportation of Uighur Muslims to China yesterday, Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha likened them to animals Thailand was best being rid of before they bred “three litters of offspring.”

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....eeding-animals/

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Omar Sharif, of "Doctor Zhivago," "Lawrence of Arabia," dies
SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press
GREG KATZ, Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born actor with the dark, soulful eyes who soared to international stardom in movie epics, "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," died Friday. He was 83.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....of-arabia-dies/

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KOH TAO MURDER
Forensic evidence not 'lost': police chief
THE NATION

KOK SAMUI: -- National police chief says officer 'misunderstood; case enters third day

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838898-koh-tao-trial-opens-for-2-accused-of-killing-british-tourists/page-45?p=9606928#entry9606928

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UIGHURS
Thai team to check on Uighurs
THE NATION

Barbed wires are erected around the immigration detention building in Songkhla that is holding 23 illegal Uighur migrants from China, as part of increased security.

BANGKOK: -- NSC plans China trip to inspect migrants' well-being; group deported 'under PM's deal with li'

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839583-thai-team-to-check-on-uighurs/

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UPDATE:

DEPORTATION OF UIGHURS
Muslim groups demand explanation from government
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- MUSLIM GROUPS in Thailand demanded yesterday that the more than 50 Uighur migrants still in the country must not be sent back to face persecution in China, while urging the government to clarify the legal basis for its earlier deportation of about 100 Uighurs.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839583-thai-team-to-check-on-uighurs/#entry9606943

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How far is going too far on social media?

ASINA PORNWASIN
@lekasina July 11, 2015 1:00 am

BANGKOK: -- A HOT TOPIC this week online proved that social-media etiquette and journalistic ethics should be a top priority in Thailand.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839584-how-far-is-going-too-far-on-social-media/

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AFTERMATH
Embassies ordered to ensure safety of Thai expatriates
THE NATION,

BANGKOK: -- THE Foreign Ministry has instructed Thai embassies and consulates around the world to ensure safety for Thai nationals, following the attack on a Thai consulate in Turkey three days ago.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839585-embassies-ordered-to-ensure-safety-of-thai-expatriates/

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FORMER CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER
Decision soon on Camronwit
The Nation

TOKYO: -- JAPANESE PUBLIC prosecutors are likely to announce on Monday if they will pursue legal proceedings against Lt-General Camronwit Toopgrajank, a former Metropolitan Police chief, for carrying a gun into Tokyo's Narita Airport.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839586-decision-soon-on-camronwit/

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Motorbike used in tycoon's murder found
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- POLICE have located the motorcycle used by the team who killed former night-entertainment tycoon Somyot Suthangkool.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839588-motorbike-used-in-tycoons-murder-found/

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Govt 'should respect right to criticise'
PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- ACADEMICS SAY INTERIM CHARTER ALLOWS PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SPEAK

ACADEMICS have called on the government to respect people's rights under Section 4 of the interim charter and give citizens the freedom to criticise government policies that affect communities.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839589-govt-should-respect-right-to-criticise/

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EC awaits green light on draft charter
WIRAJ SRIPONG
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- THE National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)'s announcement No 7/2557, prohibiting public gatherings of more than five people, has become a challenge for the Election Commission as it has to organise a referendum on the new constitution.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839590-ec-awaits-green-light-on-draft-charter/

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Abhisit backs multi-party television debate on reform
PIMNARA PRADUBWIT,
WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- DEMOCRAT PARTY leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday supported a debate involving different parties, including Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839591-abhisit-backs-multi-party-television-debate-on-reform/

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TAKING IN LOCAL TRADITIONS
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Cambodian Foreign Minister and Deputy PM Hor Namhong checks out a stall at a market alongside Klong Padung Krungkasem Canal near Government House yesterday after meeting Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

The Cambodian minister is on a three-day visit to strengthen bilateral ties and will attend a ceremony at which 16 Cambodian artefacts will be handed over by Thailand today.

These artefacts are among the 43 that were confiscated from smugglers by Thai authorities in 1999. Thailand returned seven of these to Cambodia in 2009. During his visit, the two countries are also set to announce the upgrading of a border checkpoint between Cambodia's Preah Vihear province and Thailand's Ubon Ratchathani province to an international checkpoint. The Cambodian minister flies back tomorrow.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/TAKING-IN-LOCAL-TRADITIONS-30264242.html

-- The Nation 2015-07-11

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Life outside is like life inside prison, says freed student activist
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Academics and supporters of the 14 anti-coup student activists, who were released from detention on Wednesday, held a traditional blessing ceremony at Thammasat University late Friday afternoon.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839592-life-outside-is-like-life-inside-prison-says-freed-student-activist/

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Woman admits to spreading false rumours
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- A 45-YEAR-old member of the red-shirt movement, who was arrested on Thursday, confessed yesterday to spreading false rumours about Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, but added that she had no intention to destabilise the state. She said she had invoked her rights as a Thai citizen to criticise the premier.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839593-woman-admits-to-spreading-false-rumours/

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EDITORIAL
Spread of the Internet into rural areas is a GAME-CHANGER

BANGKOK: -- AS MORE UPCOUNTRY THAIS MOVE ONLINE, A MAJOR BUSINESS RETHINK IS INEVITABLE

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839594-spread-of-the-internet-into-rural-areas-is-a-game-changer/

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VENUS'S VISION
Ten reasons why Thailand actually should buy the subs

BANGKOK: -- Unless, like thousands of Thais, you've been too preoccupied by the break-up of singer Phakin "Tono" Kumvilaisak and actress Pattaratida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong, you will know that the government is poised to buy three submarines from China for Bt36 billion.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839595-ten-reasons-why-thailand-actually-should-buy-the-subs/

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Selling alcoholic drinks near education institutions facing ban now

BANGKOK: -- The National Alcoholic Drinks Policy Board today decided to impose ban on the selling of alcoholic drinks around the vicinity of 300 meters from education institutions .

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839599-selling-alcoholic-drinks-near-education-institutions-facing-ban-now/

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Five injured in a bomb explosion near a karaoke bar in Su-ngai Kolok



Five employees of a karaoke bar in Su-ngai Kolok of Narathiwat were injured by shrapnels of a third bomb explosion after two hand grenades were lobbed into two restaurants by an assailant suspected to be militant.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839616-five-injured-in-a-bomb-explosion-near-a-karaoke-bar-in-su-ngai-kolok/

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DOAE to request THB900m budget to relieve post-Sep drought

BANGKOK, 10 July 2015 (NNT) - Director-General of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE) Olarn Pitak has revealed his office will request a THB900m budget for use in encouraging economomical use of water in the agricultural sector, at the Cabinet meeting next week.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839600-doae-to-request-thb900m-budget-to-relieve-post-sep-drought/

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Confederate flag taken down in South Carolina after 54 years
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — South Carolina pulled the Confederate flag from its place of honor at the Statehouse on Friday, marking a milestone in how America commemorates the war that tore the United States apart 150 years ago.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839601-confederate-flag-taken-down-in-south-carolina-after-54-years/

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FBI: Church suspect shouldn't have been able to get gun
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man charged in the Charleston, South Carolina, church massacre should not have been allowed to purchase the weapon used in the attack that killed nine people, FBI Director James Comey said Friday. He outlined the "heartbreaking" missed opportunities and background check flaws that allowed the transaction to take place.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839602-fbi-church-suspect-shouldnt-have-been-able-to-get-gun/

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Govt to provide forums for reform discussions: Prayut
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday said the government will provide forums for all parties, including students and academics, to partake in discussions about reforms.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839607-govt-to-provide-forums-for-reform-discussions-prayut/

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UPDATE:

Death toll of Songkhla's bomb attack rises to two
The Nation

SONGKHLA: --Two karaoke bar female workers were killed and four other women injured when Muslim insurgents detonated a bomb hidden inside a motorcycle parked in front of the bar at 8:10 pm Friday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839616-five-injured-in-a-bomb-explosion-near-a-karaoke-bar-in-su-ngai-kolok/#entry9607391

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THAI cancels flights to and from Shanghai
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Thai Airways International announced that its TG664 Bangkok-Shanghai and TG665 Shanghai-Bangkok Saturday will be cancelled because Typhoon Chan-Hom is approaching Shanghai.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/THAI-cancels-flights-to-and-from-Shanghai-30264264.html

-- The Nation 2015-07-11

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Dead Generals, Crony’s Wife Removed From US Blacklist
By THE IRRAWADDY

RANGOON — The US Treasury Department on Thursday lifted sanctions on two deceased former generals and the wife of Burmese tycoon Tay Za, while maintaining his blacklisted status as a Specially Designated National (SDN).

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839623-dead-generals-cronys-wife-removed-from-us-blacklist/

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Burma Ratifies Chemical Weapons Treaty
By NOBEL ZAW / THE IRRAWADDY

RANGOON — Burma has ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, more than two decades after becoming a state signatory.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839624-burma-ratifies-chemical-weapons-treaty/

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RT@RichardBarrow: Monument of King Ramkhamhaeng the Great in Sukhothai Historical Park. This was the capital of #Thailand 700 years ago http://t.co/5YVQrVMEPu

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RT@melgoh: PM Najib : "we are not pointing fingers but we believe we are closer to finding who is responsible for #MH17's downing" @ChannelNewsAsia