Thailand Live Sunday 12 Jul 2015

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GLO beefs up price regulation scheme following reports of overpriced lottery

BANGKOK, 12 July 2015 (NNT) - The Government Lottery Office (GLO) has beefed up its survey of lottery retailers after reports of overpriced ticket sales.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839812-glo-beefs-up-price-regulation-scheme-following-reports-of-overpriced-lottery/

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Academic concerned drought may affect purchasing power

BANGKOK, 12 July 2015 (NNT) - Director of the Center for Economic and Business Forecasting Thanawat Phonwichai has suggested that the government help the drought-affected by giving them jobs in order to help prevent the country’s purchasing power from decreasing.

Mr. Thanawat on Sunday said the government could help the drought-affected by hiring them to dig wells or do other tasks to beat drought. Decreasing purchasing power could hurt the overall economy of the country, the academic added.

As for the economic problems of China and Greece, the director expressed his confidence that they would not affect the global economy. He therefore forecast that the Thai export sector would recover in the fourth quarter this year, resulting in better export growth and 2.7-2.9% GDP expansion.

-- NNT 2015-07-12

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TAT confident to hit next year’s tourism revenue target at THB800 bn

BANGKOK, 12 July 2015 (NNT) - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a project to stimulate tourism and announced its strategy to promote tourism in 2016. The TAT set a tourism revenue target for next year at 800 billion baht.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839813-tat-confident-to-hit-next-years-tourism-revenue-target-at-thb800-bn/

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Phuket man wanted for statutory rape arrested after smashing abusive step-dad's face with brick
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: A 25-year-old Phuket man wanted for statutory rape is in custody after defending his mother in a violent and bloody incident yesterday (July 11) in Thalang.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839815-phuket-man-wanted-for-statutory-rape-arrested-after-smashing-abusive-step-dads-face-with-brick/

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Thai embassies in four countries warned to brace for possible protests

BANGKOK: -- The Foreign Ministry has been instructed by the government to keep a close watch for possible protests against last week’s deportation off 109 Uighurs to China in countries where they are a high concentration of Uighurs.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839765-thai-missions-in-europe-on-alert-amid-imminent-protests-over-uighur-return/#entry9611374

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Nida Poll: most people disagree with protests against government and NCPO

BANGKOK: -- Most of the people polled by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) disagree with protests against the government by members of the general public or by student activists and academics.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839824-nida-poll-most-people-disagree-with-protests-against-government-and-ncpo/

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Crusading Phuketwan Website Shuts Down as Journalists Face Thai Court
By Lindsay Murdoch, South East Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

SYDNEY: Australian journalist Alan Morison has been forced to shut down his crusading news website in Thailand as he and a Thai colleague face trial on serious criminal charges on Tuesday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839825-crusading-phuketwan-website-shuts-down-as-journalists-face-thai-court/

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Mexico: Top drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman escapes

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's security commission says top drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has escaped from a maximum security prison for the second time.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839833-mexico-top-drug-lord-joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-escapes/

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Is Thai murder trial set to collapse?

KOH SAMUI: -- Families of British backpackers fly home as defence lawyers call for suspects to be acquitted over claims of missing evidence and crime-scene blunders

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838898-koh-tao-trial-opens-for-2-accused-of-killing-british-tourists/page-63?p=9611568#entry9611568

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Busted kratom dealers, protected-bird poachers face hefty fines, jail-time
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PHUKET: In six separate raids on Saturday (July 11) night, Thalang police made five arrests while seizing 7.6 kilos of the the mildly psychoactive plant Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), a bottle of kratom-infused drink and a total of 44 protected birds.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839850-busted-kratom-dealers-protected-bird-poachers-face-hefty-fines-jail-time/

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RT@AP: BREAKING: EU President Tusk says eurozone summit to last until Greece talks concluded, scraps EU summit.

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M.R. Pridiyathorn says economic stimulation scheme now will be a waste

BANGKOK: -- Implementation of economic stimulation programme under the current situation when the world is experiencing economic slump which has the tendency to drag on for 2-3 years will not work and will be a waste of budget, said Deputy Prime Minister M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula over the weekend.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839858-mr-pridiyathorn-says-economic-stimulation-scheme-now-will-be-a-waste/

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Alongkorn dismisses report of a national government after the next election

BANGKOK: -- A National Reform Council’s whip has brushed aside a report that some NRC members have proposed that a national government be formed by two major parties after the next election.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839859-alongkorn-dismisses-report-of-a-national-government-after-the-next-election/

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Security stepped up in Deep South ahead of the end of Ramadan

BANGKOK: -- Security in the Deep South has been stepped up ahead of the end of the fasting month of Ramadan next week while operators of Thai-owned stores and restaurants have been told to look out for suspected activities, objects or individuals.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839861-security-stepped-up-in-deep-south-ahead-of-the-end-of-ramadan/

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Sintu Phuket 1 barge captain found dead off coast of Trang
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: The identity of a bloated corpse retrieved off the coast of Trang last night (July 11) has been confirmed as the captain of the barge that sank off Koh Racha Yai early last Tuesday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/839911-sintu-phuket-1-barge-captain-found-dead-off-coast-of-trang/

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