Thailand Live Friday 21 Aug 2015

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Police chief says bomb aimed to discredit govt
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Somyot Pumpanmuang reiterated Friday that the bomb at the Erawan shrine was not linked to international terrorists but it was aimed to discredit the government.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850130-police-chief-says-bangkok-bomb-aimed-to-discredit-govt/

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American newspaper mistakes Thailand for Taiwan
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- The San Jose Mercury News, one of the most important newspapers in California, was left with egg on its face after it printed a headline declaring that the Bangkok bombing happened in Taiwan.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850135-american-newspaper-mistakes-thailand-for-taiwan/

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PM asks public to refrain circulating messages with political objectives

BANGKOK, 20 August 2015 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has expressed his thanks to the Thai public's encouraging messages, while asking people to refrain from sending messages with political motives during this time, a Government spokesman says.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850109-ncpo-ponders-actions-against-false-messages-in-social-media/#entry9761308

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Two missing snorkellers found safe off Phuket
Darawan Naknakhon


Marine police get ready to continue their search this morning.

PHUKET: -- Two tourists who went missing during a snorkelling trip to Koh Racha Noi yesterday evening (August 20) were plucked from the sea by a Malaysian cargo boat earlier today (August 21).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850148-two-missing-snorkellers-found-safe-off-phuket/

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BANGKOK BLAST
Foreigners with passing resemblance to Bangkok bomber under spotlight

BANGKOK - Swedish national Marcus Westberg was typing on his laptop when Thai police came knocking -- one of a handful of foreigners questioned because of their similar looks to the primary Bangkok bomb suspect.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850150-foreigners-with-passing-resemblance-to-bangkok-bomber-under-spotlight/

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BANGKOK BLAST
Chinese tourists head to Thailand despite bombing fears

BANGKOK - Busloads of visitors from China flocked to Bangkok's glittering Grand Palace on Friday but, days after a bomb at another of the city's popular attractions killed five Chinese tourists, Thailand's biggest spending holidaymakers are rattled.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850151-bangkok-blast-chinese-tourists-head-to-thailand-despite-bombing-fears/

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Police Refute 'The Times' Report Naming Suspect


A composite sketched released Tuesday of the suspected Bangkok bomber.

BANGKOK — Police have denied a news report earlier today claiming two witnesses who said they interacted with the suspected Bangkok bomber had positively identified him in a passport photo shown to them by authorities.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850176-police-refute-the-times-report-naming-suspect/

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Min of Science gears up for 3-region innovation fair

BANGKOK, 21 August 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Science and Technology will be holding a major innovation fair to showcase innovations and masterpieces of three regions in a move to promote technology transfer for commercial purposes.

Science and Technology Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj said the Science Park Promotion Agency and Regional Science Parks would co-organize the three-region exhibition. The event will take place in the North, Northeast and South during August-October.

In the North, the fair will be held at Chiangmai Hall, Central Airport Plaza, in Chiangmai between August 29 and 30. The highlights include model technologies for rice moisture reduction and pest control.

In the Northeast, the exhibition will be held at Suranaree University of Technology during September 17-18. Must-see innovations include a comprehensive waste management system and the new chicken breeds developed from the native species.

Down South, the event will take place at Hatyai Hall, Central Festival Hatyai in Songkhla Province between October 30 and 31. Rubber and halal food processing technologies and medical innovations will be the focal points.

The Ministry of Science and Technology hopes that the three-region fair will attract more than a thousand private operators, academics, students and general visitors in each region.

-- NNT 2015-08-21

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Home-alone 9 year old escapes kitchen fire at East Pattaya house

PATTAYA: -- A 9 year old boy was left alone in his Mother’s home and was lucky to escape with his life after a fire took-hold in the kitchen, which is located next to the young boy’s bedroom, where he was sleeping at the time.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850197-home-alone-9-year-old-escapes-kitchen-fire-at-east-pattaya-house/

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Brit caught up in attempted bag snatch in Central Pattaya

PATTAYA: -- In the early hours of Friday a British National along with his Thai girlfriend were caught-up in an attempted bag snatch with both sustaining injuries.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850199-brit-caught-up-in-attempted-bag-snatch-in-central-pattaya/

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Thai police used roti vendors as translators
By Michael Sainsbury

KOH SAMUI: -- Thai police used two Muslim Rohingya translators with a very poor grasp of the Thai language to interrogate two Rakhine men accused of murdering British backpackers, it was revealed in court yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/849310-koh-tao-murder-trial-reconvenes-in-koh-samui/page-15?p=9762483#entry9762483

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