Thailand Live Wednesday 26 Aug 2015

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UPDATE:

Ex-KTB top executives Suchai and Viroj given 18 years jailterm



BANGKOK: -- Former top executives of state-owned Krung Thai Bank Suchai Chaovisit and Viroj Nualkhae were today (Wednesday) sentenced to 18 years imprisonment each by the Supreme Court’s criminal division for political office holders for their role in dishonestly extending 9,900 million baht in loans to companies affiliated with Krisda Maha Nakorn Plc.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851280-18-year-prison-sentence-to-suchai-viroj/?p=9779203#entry9779203

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Berserk elephant kills mahout, runs away with Chinese tourists on its back

CHIANG MAI: -- A bull elephant went berserk, killing its mahout and running away with a Chinese family on its back.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851296-berserk-elephant-kills-mahout-runs-away-with-chinese-tourists-on-its-back/

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Thai police say Bangkok bomb substance looks like TNT
By NATTASUDA ANUSONADISAI

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai explosives experts say substance from the bomb that blew up in downtown Bangkok last week looks like TNT, although police still have not received chemical test results, the national police spokesman said Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851301-thai-police-say-bangkok-bomb-substance-looks-like-tnt/

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Phuket to host full-scale search and rescue exercise
Tanyaluk Sakoot


The full-scale search-and-rescue exercise will be held off Phuket's Deep Sea port this weekend (August 29-30). Photo: Mariner Thai News

PHUKET: -- The Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command will host Thailand’s annual Search And Rescue Exercise (SAREX 2015) in Phuket this weekend (August 28-29) with a full-scale simulation using helicopters off Phuket’s Deep Sea Port.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851302-phuket-to-host-full-scale-search-and-rescue-exercise/

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MOTS gears up tourists confidence reaffirmation

BANGKOK, 26 August 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MOTS) is set to stimulate confidence among international tourists, revealing that subsidies for victims have already reached all casualties, the MOTS Minister says.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851307-mots-gears-up-tourists-confidence-reaffirmation/

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Poll indicates discrimination among Thais against the HIV-positive

BANGKOK, 26 August 2015 (NNT) - Discrimination and stigma remain among Thais against people living with HIV while many Thais do not know about free-of-charge HIV antibody test and treatment, according to a Department of Disease Control Poll revealed on Tuesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851308-poll-indicates-discrimination-among-thais-against-the-hiv-positive/

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12 Men Rescued from Pig Farm Slavery
By Khaosod English


A group of Laotian men who were among 12 kept as slaves on a pig farm west of Bangkok in Nakhon Pathom province until their rescue by security forces after two escaped Saturday.

NAKHON PATHOM — A dozen men have been rescued from slavery at a pig farm west of the Thai capital, military officials said today, prompting police officials to hand out administrative slaps on the wrist to five officers for failing to combat trafficking.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851315-12-men-rescued-from-pig-farm-slavery/

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Rumors start about Facebook opening Thailand office in September
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Rumors about Facebook opening an office in Thailand spread like wildfire after the company posted another Bangkok-based job listing on Friday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851317-rumors-start-about-facebook-opening-thailand-office-in-september/

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US businesses' shrinking optimism towards Thailand
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- US businesses' satisfaction with the business climate in Thailand has decreased across 14 out of the 16 indicators of the business environment, according to a survey.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851320-us-businesses-shrinking-optimism-towards-thailand/

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14-year old female students dies after being assaulted by her seniors about a month ago

BANGKOK: -- A 14-year old female student who was badly gang-assaulted by her seniors and later hospitalized since late July has succumbed to her death at her hospital bed Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851321-14-year-old-female-students-dies-after-being-assaulted-by-her-seniors-about-a-month-ago/

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Hong Kong appeals to Thai government over detention of HK journalist
Shadow Li
China Daily
Asia News Network
Hong Kong

HONG KONG: -- Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Tuesday expressed concerns over a Hong Kong photo journalist's arrest in Thailand for carrying a bulletproof vest and a helmet while covering the aftermath of the blast in the heart of its capital city.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851326-hong-kong-appeals-to-thai-government-over-detention-of-hk-journalist/

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Police say man killed grandson he reported missing
The Nation

A Phetchabun resident allegedly confessed to killing his two-year-old grandson before filing a missing persons complaint to conceal the crime.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851333-police-say-man-killed-grandson-he-reported-missing/

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We deserve better than Thai police’s bumbling bombing investigation
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- To reassure nervous tourists after Thailand’s worst terrorist attack in memory, Police Chief Somyot Poompanmoung went straight to the beating heart of Bangkok’s lucrative tourism industry and made an announcement.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851359-we-deserve-better-than-thai-polices-bumbling-bombing-investigation/

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Prayuth Fumes at Politicians Critical of Charter

By Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK — Junta chairman and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said politicians have no right to criticize the new constitution being drafted under the junta’s oversight.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851362-prayuth-fumes-at-politicians-critical-of-charter/

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RT@AP: BREAKING: General manager of TV station: 2 crew members shot, killed on air in central Virginia.

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Manager: 2 US TV station workers fatally shot on air

MONETA, Virginia (AP) — The general manager of a TV station in Virginia says two crew members were fatally shot on air in central Virginia.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851374-us-tv-reporter-and-cameraman-fatally-shot-during-live-report-in-virginia/

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UPDATE:

The Latest: Video shows shooting of 2 TV station employees

MONETA, Va. (AP) — The latest on the fatal on-air shooting of two TV station employees in central Virginia (all times local):

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851374-us-tv-reporter-and-cameraman-fatally-shot-during-live-report-in-virginia/#entry9780528

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to continue:

Thailand Live Thursday 27 Aug 2015

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/851409-thailand-live-thursday-27-aug-2015/