Thailand Live Wednesday 2 Sep 2015

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Tech Tips: Windows 10 privacy settings worth checking

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft’s new Windows 10 system offers more personalization than before, but it also collects more data than people might be used to on PCs, from contacts and appointments to their physical location and even Wi-Fi passwords.

Read more: http://tech.thaivisa.com/tech-tips-windows-10-privacy-settings-worth-checking/13159/

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Fire at plastic beads warehouses in Chachoengsao affects residents

CHACHOENGSAO, 02 September 2015, (NNT) - Residents living near the plastic beads warehouse that caught fire in Chachoengsao Province this week, have complained of a stench emanating from the scene of the blaze. They have also implored provincial public health officials to check their physical condition.

The fire was reported early on the morning of August 31st at the plastic beads warehouses of PVJ Plastic Co., Ltd. in Ban Pho District. Although the flames have been put out, the presence of toxic smog can still be felt in the nearby area. The fumes have started having a negative effect on the local people's health. Several have suffered from severed cases of vomiting and skin rashes. The residents are requesting assistance from the local health officials.

Meanwhile, a school located within a kilometer of the fire scene has temporarily shutdown after the smog reached its perimeter and caused illnesses among the staff and students.

Officials are still investigating the cause of the blaze.


-- NNT 2015-09-02

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NLA in preparation for 36th AIPA in Kuala Lumpur

BANGKOK, 2 September 2015 (NNT) – The National Legislative Assembly continues to prepare its delegation for the upcoming regional gathering of parliamentarians in Kuala Lumpur.

NLA member Air Chief Marshal Chalee Chanruang, who will lead the Thai delegation to attend the 36th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), chaired a meeting with representatives from the NLA and related agencies to discuss the content of the information which will be presented at the meeting.

The 36th AIPA is scheduled to take place during September 6 and 10 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where members of parliament of 10 Southeast Asian countries will convene the forum.

At the center of the upcoming meeting is the discussion about the building of awareness and cooperation among countries within the ASEAN Community, with people at the center of everything.

The Thai delegation also plans to join in the discussion about the women’s affairs of AIPA and take part in the deliberation of various issues in order to achieve a joint resolution from all 10 participating countries, which range from trade and industrial cooperation to the protection of rights and the development of the quality of life of the elderly as well as the promotion of tertiary education.


-- NNT 2015-09-02

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OBEC: Switching to new model of school time utilization 70-80% complete

BANGKOK, 2 September 2015 (NNT) – Switching to the new model of classes scheduling is 70-80% complete, according to the Office of the Basic Education Commission.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852857-obec-switching-to-new-model-of-school-time-utilization-70-80-complete/

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MOTS: Effects of bombing to be short-lived



BANGKOK, 2 September 2015, (NNT) - Minister of Tourism and Sports Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul is confident that the bombing at the Ratchaprasong Intersection on July 17th will only affect tourism temporarily.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852871-thai-tourism-ministry-effects-of-bombing-to-be-short-lived/

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SET down 1.08 points at opening /Bangkok Post

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Missouri executes man for 15-year-old girl's 1989 killing
JIM SALTER, Associated Press

BONNE TERRE, Missouri (AP) — A man who spent nearly 25 years on Missouri's death row was executed Tuesday for the kidnapping, rape and stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852873-missouri-executes-man-for-15-year-old-girls-1989-killing/

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Nearly 15,000 to be relocated for Vietnam’s biggest airport



VIETNAM: -- More than VND13.1 trillion (US$573.62 million) will be needed for site clearance for Long Thanh Airport, which will be the biggest in Vietnam, a local news website reported Monday, according to a report by Thanh Nien News.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852874-nearly-15000-to-be-relocated-for-vietnams-biggest-airport/

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Bali cops admit Aussie buck’s party ‘extortion’

INDONESIA: -- BALI’S deputy police chief says some officers have made admissions about the alleged extortion of a group of Australian men whose bucks’ party was raided on the resort island.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852881-bali-cops-admit-aussie-bucks-party-extortion/

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Tsunami drill in Phuket Town this weekend
The Phuket News


The mass-evacuation disaster drill will be held in Phuket Town from 8am to midday.

PHUKET: -- Residents and tourists have been urged not to panic if they hear the tsunami-warning evacuation sirens at Saphan Hin this Saturday morning (Sept 5) as disaster officials will be staging a mass evacuation drill in the area.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852882-tsunami-drill-in-phuket-town-this-weekend/

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USOC endorses Los Angeles for 2024 Olympics bid
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee on Tuesday named Los Angeles as its candidate for the 2024 Games, replacing Boston's soured bid and marking a comeback for LA's dream of becoming a three-time Olympic host.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852884-usoc-endorses-los-angeles-for-2024-olympics-bid/

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Police in Illinois hunt for 3 suspects after officer killed
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER

FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Police in helicopters, with dogs and armed with rifles conducted a massive manhunt in northern Illinois into Tuesday night after an officer was fatally shot while pursuing a group of men.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852886-police-in-illinois-hunt-for-3-suspects-after-officer-killed/

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North Korea denies it apologized over mine blast
By HYUNG-JIN KIM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea insisted on Tuesday that its recent expression of "regret" over a mine explosion that maimed two South Korean soldiers was not an apology, as Seoul claims it was.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852888-north-korea-denies-it-apologized-over-mine-blast/

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Heavy rain forecast in North, Northeast, East, Central Plains

BANGKOK, 2 September 2015 (NNT) - Heavy rain has been forecast in the North and Northeast of the country, as a monsoon trough moves across the regions toward the Gulf of Tonkin.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852889-heavy-rain-forecast-in-north-isaan-east-central-plains/

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Govt urges public not to rush to conclusions regarding Ratchaprasong bombing

BANGKOK, 2 September 2015 (NNT) - The Prime Minister’s Office has asked the public not to assume the foreigner arrested near the Thai-Cambodian border is responsible for the Ratchaprasong bombing, until the investigation is complete.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852890-govt-urges-public-not-to-rush-to-conclusions-regarding-ratchaprasong-bombing/

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PM says he will sign approval to strip Thaksin of police rank



BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he has received a formal proposal from the Royal Thai Police that stripped the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of his police rank.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852675-thai-police-says-removal-of-thaksins-police-rank-underway/page-2#entry9806546

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Supporters of Iran deal near key vote total to back up Obama
By ERICA WERNER

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of the Iran nuclear deal are on the cusp of clinching the necessary Senate votes to keep the contested agreement alive and hand President Barack Obama a major foreign policy victory, in spite of furious opposition.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852892-supporters-of-iran-deal-near-key-vote-total-to-back-up-obama/

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Prosecutor: 2nd video emerges of deadly shooting by deputies
SETH ROBBINS, Associated Press
DAVID WARREN, Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A second video has emerged that gives authorities a "very clear view" of a confrontation between deputies and a Texas man who had his hands raised before he was shot and killed, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852601-video-appears-to-show-texas-deputies-shot-man-with-hands-up/#entry9806604

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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - Soyuz craft carrying Russian, Dane and Kazakh blasts off for International Space Station.

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Min of Transport: Railway Dept slated for 2016

BANGKOK, 2 September 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Transport expects to establish the Department of Railway Transport in 2016, a new body tasked with supervising state railway service providers.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852896-thai-transport-min-railway-dept-slated-for-2016/

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Police probe Dr Mahathir over Bersih rally
Allison Lai
The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: -- The Malaysia police want Dr Mahathir Mohamad to give a statement over his presence at the Bersih 4 rally over the weekend.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852899-malaysia-police-probe-dr-mahathir-over-bersih-rally/

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Owners of rented houses, rooms ordered to report foreign occupants
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The situation monitoring centre of the National Council for Peace and Order announce on TVs at noon Wednesday that owners of rented rooms and houses must report to authorities when they have foreign occupants.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852900-owners-of-rented-houses-rooms-ordered-to-report-foreign-occupants/

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Somyot signs order to strip Thaksin of police rank
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Somyot Pumpanmuang said Wednesday that he has signed an order to strip former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of his police lieutenant colonel rank.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852675-thai-police-says-removal-of-thaksins-police-rank-underway/page-2?p=9806966#entry9806966

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Zaw Lin accused of Koh Tao murders takes the stand as the defense present their case



KOH SAMUI: -- Zaw Lin, one of the two migrant workers charged with the Koh Tao murders took the stand in Koh Samui Provincial court today, 2nd September 2015, a day later than expected. After twelve days of prosecution evidence one further day was required for the testimony of a senior police officer who took the stand on the 1st of September in a hearing that did not close until 1.02am.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/849310-koh-tao-murder-trial-reconvenes-in-koh-samui/page-97?p=9806990#entry9806990

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Man arrested at border is involved in two bombings in Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Lt Gen Prawut Thavoirnsiri said before noon today that the suspect who was arrested at Aranyaprathet border yesterday was involved in two bomb explosions in Bangkok.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852922-man-arrested-at-border-is-involved-in-two-bombings-in-bangkok/

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Thai police: Suspect's prints match those on bomb material
NATTASUDA ANUSONADISAI, Associated Press
JOCELYN GECKER, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police said Wednesday that the fingerprints of a foreign man arrested at Thailand's border with Cambodia match those found on a bottle containing bomb-making material, as the investigation into last month's deadly bombing in Bangkok gathered steam.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852922-man-arrested-at-border-is-involved-in-two-bombings-in-bangkok/#entry9807031

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Gen Prem urges Thais to stop admiring, respecting corrupted people



BANGKOK: -- Privy Council chairman Gen Prem Tinsulanonda says corruption has embarrassed the country and obstructed its growth.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852924-prem-urges-thais-to-stop-admiring-respecting-corrupted-people/

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NRC’s Thirayuth says new charter does well to tackle country’s problems

BANGKOK, 2 September 2015 (NNT) - Thirayuth Lorlertratna of the National Reform Council (NRC) said he believes the draft constitution contains provisions that will solve the country’s problems.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852926-nrcs-thirayuth-says-new-charter-does-well-to-tackle-countrys-problems/

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BANGKOK BOMB BLAST
Second suspect's fingerprints match bomb-making materials : police
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The fingerprints of a foreign man arrested on Tuesday over the deadly Bangkok blast match those found on bomb-making items discovered at a flat over the weekend in Nong Chok district.

Full story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/852922-man-arrested-at-border-is-involved-in-two-bombings-in-bangkok/#entry9807097

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PM visits Mae Sot to observe SEZ development

TAK, 2 September 2015 (NNT) - Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has visited Tak province today to observe the development of Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

The Prime Minister has also been scheduled to preside over the meeting between representatives from both public and private sectors at the Mae Sot Trade Fair. He will then travel to Mae Sot Customs Office, which is adjacent to the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, to observe their daily operations.

General Prayut is lastly scheduled to visit Mae Sot Estate Cooperative Limited and meet local residents. The premier is expected to return to Bangkok at 18:00 hrs.

Tak Chamber of Commerce President Somsak Kaweerat expressed his gratitude toward the Prime Minister for turning the border area into a zone of economic interest.

Mr. Somsak asked that General Prayut continue to personally follow-up on the development of SEZs, as there are a few issues that require urgent attention. He also suggested that a blueprint of the Mae Sot economic zone be made to attract potential investors.


-- NNT 2015-09-02