Thailand Live Sunday 12 Jul 2015

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Funds needed by the MWRN to bring British crime scene and forensic experts over to Samui for the Koh Tao murder trial

KOH SAMUI: -- The Migrant Workers Rights Network (MWRN) is looking for support in order to raise funds urgently required to fly UK based crime scene investigators and forensic experts to Samui to appear as witnesses in September.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....95#entry9609595

[Lite Beer]

NRC calls meeting on political party and tax reform next week

BANGKOK, 11 July 2015 (NNT) – The National Reform Council (NRC) President has called a meeting on 13-14 July to discuss the reforms on the steps for taking the authoritative positions, the political party system, and the tax structure.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....form-next-week/

[Lite Beer]

Robbie Williams cancels Bangkok concert
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Robbie Williams has cancelled his concert in Bangkok at the end of September, Live Nation BEC-Tero (LNBT) announced Saturday.

The concert was initially scheduled to be held at Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani on September 30.

Fans will be refunded, LNBT announced.

Source: http://www.nationmul...t-30264290.html

-- The Nation 2015-07-11

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INSURGENCY
Six killed in latest attacks in South
THE SUNDAY NATION

Police bomb experts yesterday collect evidence following a fatal bomb attack in Songkhla

YALA: -- SUSPECTED INSURGENTS HIT EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THREE PROVINCES WITH BOMBS AND ARSON

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839764-six-killed-in-latest-attacks-in-south/

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Thai missions in Europe on alert amid imminent protests over Uighur return
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- THAI EXPATRIATES in Europe have been warned to take extra precautions, as Thai embassies there brace for more protests over Thailand's deportation of Uighur asylum-seekers.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839765-thai-missions-in-europe-on-alert-amid-imminent-protests-over-uighur-return/

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ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE
Pridiyathorn strikes note of optimism
ERICH PARPART
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- CONFIDENT THAI ECONOMY CAN WEATHER THE CRISES IN CHINA, GREECE AND THE DROUGHT

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839767-pridiyathorn-strikes-note-of-optimism/

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Problem of illegal tour guides lingers amid boom in Chinese tourist numbers
THE SUNDAY NATION

Some 100 Thai tour guides rally in Pattaya last month to demand that police arrest illegal foreign tour guides working in Chon Buri.

BANGKOK: -- THE issue of foreigners illegally operating tour services persists at major tourist provinces such as Chon Buri and Phuket, and is believed to stem from expansion of the tourism industry.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839769-problem-of-illegal-tour-guides-lingers-amid-boom-in-chinese-tourist-numbers/

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Academic blames military for weakening democracy
KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- THE MILITARY is the primary cause of the retreat of democracy in Thailand and Southeast Asia, and the extensive power obtained by coup-makers encourages more putsches in the future, a Thai studies scholar says.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839770-academic-blames-military-for-weakening-democracy/

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Suspects arrested for murder of former night-cafe boss
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- Police have arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the June 29 murder of former night-entertainment tycoon Somyot Suthangkool, Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Lt-General Sriwara Rangsipramanakul said yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839771-suspects-arrested-for-murder-of-former-night-cafe-boss/

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UPDATE:

Pair who 'robbed stores and waied staff' held
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- Two alleged armed robbers who "waied" staff after robbing 7-Eleven convenience stores in Bangkok on Friday night were arrested yesterday morning.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839663-two-robbers-holding-up-seven-7-eleven-stores-in-one-night-were-arrested/#entry9610444

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Bangkok community's members drug-tested
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- The Office of the Narcotics Control Board and related agencies yesterday dispatched officials to provide voluntary-based drug tests at a community in Bangkok's Hua Mark area and advised drug abusers to get into rehabilitation programmes.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839772-bangkok-communitys-members-drug-tested/

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Nong Bua Lamphu in desperate search for water
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- The Nong Bua Lamphu waterworks office has found alternative supplies of raw water in response to a low tap-water supply.

Office manager Surachat Janthra yesterday said his office started to filter raw water from the Nong Bua pond at 2,600 cubic metres per day to combine with the pumping of water from two underground wells.

The move is to support the tap water demand of some 5,600 households in the Muang Nong Bua Lamphu Municipality.

Two other wells are there as back-up, Surachat said.

The area's original water source is Tambon Nong Bua's Huai Lao Yang Reservoir, which has a capacity of 2.2 million cubic metres.

Surachat said the reservoir had only a 10-day supply left.

In Nakhon Ratchasima's Kham Thale Sor district, water trucks were dispatched yesterday to provide water for residents in four villages in Tambon Phan Dung who had reportedly lived without tap water for almost a month.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Nong-Bua-Lamphu-in-desperate-search-for-water-30264287.html

-- The Nation 2015-07-12

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Laotian arrested with dog carcasses
THE SUNDAY NATION

NONG KHAI: -- Marine Border Police patrolling on the Mekong River arrested a Laotian woman and seized two sacks of dog carcasses in Nong Khai's Sangkhom district early yesterday morning.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839773-laotian-arrested-with-dog-carcasses/

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'No need for PM to debate on TV show'
THE SUNDAY NATION

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha does not need to appear on a television programme to discuss political reconciliation as suggested by Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, Deputy Government Spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839774-no-need-for-pm-to-debate-on-tv-show/

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EDITORIAL
Decision to send Uighurs back lacked human empathy
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- In its desire to please China, the military government has brought the country international condemnation, and risked the lives of those returned:

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839775-decision-to-send-uighurs-back-lacked-human-empathy/

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Artificial rainmaking a success, but rain volume still not enough to end drought, BRRAA admits

BANGKOK, 11 July 2015 (NNT) – Director-General of the Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation (BRRAA) Warawut Khantiyanan has admitted that the amount of rain in several parts of Thailand during the past week

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839776-artificial-rainmaking-a-success-but-rain-volume-still-not-enough-to-end-drought-brraa-admits/

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DPM insists current global economic crisis yield small effect to Thailand

BANGKOK, 11 July 2015 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister has stated that the Greece debt crisis and China stock meltdown will only cause a minor effect to the Thai economy, noting that the deportation of Uighurs back to China will also not affect the nation's economy.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839777-dpm-insists-current-global-economic-crisis-yield-small-effect-to-thailand/

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Phuket officials inspect area of sunken cargo ship
Eakkapop Thongtub

Thanet Mannoy, Director of Marine and Coastal Resource Centre 5 and Chaimonkol Yammaroonpattana from the Phuket Marine Biological centre

PHUKET: Marine and Coastal Resource Centre officials yesterday took a boat out to survey the area surrounding the sunken Cambodian cargo ship ' Sinaran Andaman'.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839778-phuket-officials-inspect-area-of-sunken-cargo-ship/

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Walking away from Cosby: Deserters keep adding up
The Associated Press

The sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby had already severely damaged his career even before The Associated Press revealed this week that he admitted under oath in 2005 to obtaining quaaludes to give to young women he wanted to have sex with. But now even the hangers-on are walking away.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839779-walking-away-from-cosby-deserters-keep-adding-up/

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Greek talks with skeptical creditors to resume in morning
By PAN PYLAS and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG

BRUSSELS (AP) — Bailout discussions between the Greek finance minister and his skeptical counterparts in the 19-country eurozone will resume Sunday after breaking up following more than eight hours of talks without any apparent breakthrough that will secure the country's future in the euro.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839780-greek-talks-with-skeptical-creditors-to-resume-in-morning/

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Airstrikes pierce new Yemen truce following ground fighting
AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A new truce in Yemen was pierced within an hour as Saudi-led airstrikes hit targets in the capital Sanaa and the southwestern city of Taiz following reports of ground movement and fighting, security officials said.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839784-airstrikes-pierce-new-yemen-truce-following-ground-fighting/

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Myanmar opposition to run in November polls despite doubts

KHIN MAUNG WIN, Associated Press

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — The Myanmar opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi announced Saturday it will contest the general election on Nov. 8 despite misgivings about transparency, in an effort to challenge the ruling military-backed party.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839783-myanmar-opposition-to-run-in-november-polls-despite-doubts/

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Evidence questions unresolved in Thai tourist murder trial
THANYARAT DOKSONE, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — After three days of testimony in the murder trial of two Burmese migrants accused of killing two young British tourists on a Thai resort island, confusion remains over the disposition of key evidence.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838898-koh-tao-trial-opens-for-2-accused-of-killing-british-tourists/page-59?p=9610555#entry9610555

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Fury as 'evil' British paedophile jailed in Cambodia will be flown home at taxpayer's expense

BY MATTHEW DRAKE

PHNOM PENH:-- A British ­paedophile jailed in Cambodia for ­sexually abusing three young ­brothers will be flown back here at the taxpayer’s expense.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839785-fury-as-evil-british-paedophile-jailed-in-cambodia-will-be-flown-home-at-taxpayers-expense/

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Myawaddy border trade reopens

RANGOON: -- The Myawaddy trade border was reopened yesterday as the trading had stopped over the previous week due to the continued clashes that occurred between rebels and the military along the Kawkareik–Myawady road on July 5 and 6.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839788-myawaddy-border-trade-reopens/

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Unidentified corpse found decomposing in Thalang rubber plantation
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: Police have yet to identify the corpse of an Asian man, thought to be Thai, found last night in the middle of a Thalang rubber plantation.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839800-unidentified-corpse-found-decomposing-in-thalang-rubber-plantation/

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Opinion: Enforce laws; stop deaths

PHUKET: -- In the space of just four days this past week five people have died on Phuket’s roads. The standard of driving on the island has been much discussed over the years, and sadly ignored by authorities.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839801-opinion-enforce-laws;-stop-deaths/

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China: Uighurs deported from Thailand wanted to join jihad

BEIJING (AP) — China's official news agency said that 109 ethnic Uighurs who Thailand deported to China amid international criticism that the refugees could face persecution had been on their way to Turkey, Syria or Iraq to help wage holy war:

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839810-china-uighurs-deported-from-thailand-wanted-to-join-jihad/

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Govt hands antiques back to Cambodia

BANGKOK, 12 July 2015 (NNT) - The government has handed several pieces of antiques back to the Cambodian counterpart.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn and Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong co-signed a memorandum of understanding on the delivery of the antiques.

The ancient items belong to Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom. They were discovered and confiscated by Thai excise authorities during an inspection at a sea port in 2000. The cabinet in January this year decided to return them to the Cambodian government after the bilateral procedure was completed. Theft of antiques has been rampant in Cambodia during the past decades.

Gen Tanasak said the Cambodian government voiced appreciation for the Thai government’s return of the invaluable artefacts and also expressed gratitude to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn for granting scholarships to many Cambodian students.

-- NNT 2015-07-12