Thailand Live Tuesday 29 Sep 2015

[Jonathan Fairfield]

3 farmers die after drinking strychnine poisoning rice wine in southern Cambodia

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) -- Three farmers had died and two others fell ill after they drank strychnine poisoning rice wine Sunday night in a pagoda in southern Cambodia's Kandal province, according to a police report released Monday.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859058-3-farmers-die-after-drinking-strychnine-poisoning-rice-wine-in-southern-cambodia/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

New economic freedoms rouse Myanmar's sleeping giant

Achara Deboonme

Last week, Myanmar officials wore big smiles at the official launch of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859121-new-economic-freedoms-rouse-myanmars-sleeping-giant/

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Thai police link suspect in bombing to previous explosions
GRANT PECK, Associated Press
NATTASUDA ANUSONDISAI, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Police on Monday gave their most detailed explanation yet of who they believe was behind last month's deadly bombing in Bangkok, for the first time publicly linking one of the suspects to previous blasts.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/858992-police-link-bomb-attack-to-uighurs-deep-south-and-thai-politics/page-2#entry9907422

[Jonathan Fairfield]

AirAsia announces three new U-tapao routes

AirAsia is launching new routes to three destinations, flying from U-tapao Airport to Macau, Singapore and Udon Thani at promotional fares after the success of the U-tapao-Nanning and U-tapao-Nanchang routes.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859135-airasia-announces-three-new-u-tapao-routes/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Body of "European" found in suitcase, Kep, Cambodia

The unidentified body of a male foreign national, stuffed into a suitcase with only the head sticking out, was found by local fishermen in Kep province yesterday morning after washing up on the side of a canal near a mangrove forest.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859127-body-of-european-found-in-suitcase-kep/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Taxi driver is accused of an English tourist's rape in Cambodia

Police in Kratie province on Sunday arrested a taxi driver accused of trying to rape an English tourist.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859131-taxi-driver-is-accused-of-an-english-tourists-rape-in-kratie/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Yingluck’s lawyer complains civil case was rushed against her

BANGKOK:-- Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s lawyer has complained against what he alleged as the hush-hush manner in which the government’s fact-finding committee has tried to wrap up the civil litigation against her for the alleged mishandling of the rice pledging scheme.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859139-yinglucks-lawyer-complains-civil-case-was-rushed-against-her/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Singapore should help solve haze issue, not just talk about it, says Jusuf Kalla

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that the Indonesian government welcomed any country, including Singapore, that wanted to help extinguish forest and land fires to remove the haze, reported The Jakarta Post.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859142-singapore-should-help-solve-haze-issue-not-just-talk-about-it-says-jusuf-kalla/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

PM discusses bilateral cooperation with Fiji at UN

BANGKOK, 29 September 2015 (NNT) - The Prime Minister General has discussed the possibility of furthering bilateral relations with his Fijian counterpart at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859150-pm-discusses-bilateral-cooperation-with-fiji-at-un/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Actor Paul Walker's daughter sues Porsche over fatal crash

ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Walker's daughter sued Porsche for wrongful death Monday, claiming the sports car that her father was in when he was killed suffered from numerous design defects.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859146-actor-paul-walkers-daughter-sues-porsche-over-fatal-crash/

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Exports fall 6.69% in August



BANGKOK: -- Thai exports continued to decline 6% in August becoming the eighth consecutive fall this year due mainly to the sluggish recovery of global economy.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859154-thai-exports-fall-669-in-august/

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Scramble to fill top jobs in House after Boehner exit
By ERICA WERNER

WASHINGTON (AP) — A chaotic scramble is on to fill the top GOP jobs in the House following Speaker John Boehner's surprise resignation. Now the same conservatives who pushed him out are maneuvering to yank the next leadership team to the right.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859157-scramble-to-fill-top-jobs-in-house-after-boehner-exit/

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Princess Sirindhorn retires from military academy after over 30 years of teaching



BANGKOK: -- Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn officially retires today as a special lecturer at the Chulachomklao Military Academy after having taught there for almost 30 years.

A farewell ceremony attended by Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Udomdej Sitabutr will be held today at the academy in Nakhon Nayok province.

Yesterday all 11 battalions under the 2nd Infantry Division rehearsed the honourary retirement ceremony for Princess Sirindhorn prior to formal ceremony today.

Princess Sirindhorn has always had a great ambition to become a teacher and has been teaching at the military academy for the past 33 years.

She was first accepted into the teaching position at academy in 1980, where the Princess had taught the subjects of Thai, Modern History, and East Asian History.

The princess has helped to lay down curricular and teaching plans, as well as improve the contents of the subjects in order to modernize and update them and make them become more suitable with the modern society.

Before attending teaching courses, the Princess would prepare contents that she has full knowledge of through her best effort of studying them.

And with her talents, diligence, and kindness in teaching and giving knowledge to her students, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn was promoted with the title of special commander of the academy in 2010, which made her students proud and happy.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/princess-sirindhorn-retires-from-military-academy-after-over-30-years-of-teaching

-- Thai PBS 2015-09-29

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Extreme rehab: Thai monastery making addicts vomit for a week to cure their drug addictions
ROHAN SMITH

SYDNEY: -- FORGET the twelve-step program. Forget cold turkey. In the mountains north of Bangkok, Australian meth addicts are drinking a toxic potion they say cures them for good.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859159-thai-monastery-making-addicts-vomit-for-a-week-to-cure-their-drug-addictions/

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BMTA might buy electric buses from local makers

BANGKOK, 29 September 2015 (NNT) – Electric buses for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) might be purchased from Thai bus makers instead of abroad, according to Deputy Minister of Transport Ormsin Chivapruck ( ออมสิน ชีวะพฤกษ์).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859160-bangkok-mta-might-buy-electric-buses-from-local-makers/

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Jet-skis to rule roost for high season
Phuket Gazette


Jet-skis will continue to be offered to tourists this high season, confirmed Governor Nisit. Photo: PR Dept

PHUKET: -- Jet-skis will continue to offer their services on Phuket beaches this high season, Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong confirmed yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859163-phuket-jet-skis-to-rule-roost-for-high-season/

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Soldier turns himself in after allegedly trafficking humans

BANGKOK, 29 September 2015 (NNT)-The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has seized assets worth nearly 60 million baht from human trafficking perpetrators in Satun province.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859164-soldier-turns-himself-in-after-allegedly-trafficking-humans/

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Militant group IS says it gunned down Italian in Bangladesh
JULHAS ALAM, Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for gunning down an Italian citizen on the street in the diplomatic quarter of Bangladesh's capital, according to an intelligence group monitoring jihadist threats.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859165-islamic-state-says-it-gunned-down-italian-in-bangladesh/

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Phuket police suspect leg cramp caused Russian man’s swimming pool drowning
Darawan Naknakhon


Police suspect leg cramp led to the death of the Russian man at his home in Rawai yesterday (Sept 28). Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: -- Police believe leg cramp was the critical factor in the death of a Russian man, believed drowned, at a house in Rawai yesterday (Sept 28).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859167-search-continues-for-missing-phuket-fisherman-swept-out-to-sea/

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Castro calls for end to US trade embargo



NEW YORK: -- Cuban leader Raul Castro has used his address at the UN to call for the US trade embargo, in place for more than five decades, to be lifted.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859189-castro-calls-for-end-to-us-trade-embargo/

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Putin says ‘differences can be resolved’ after meeting with Obama



NEW YORK: -- The first face-to-face meeting in almost a year has taken place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama. It happened on the side lines of the UN’s General Assembly and had been billed by some as the main event.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859114-us-is-ready-to-work-with-russia-and-iran-on-syria-but-says-assad-cant-stay-in-power/?p=9908528#entry9908528

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Yingluck sues attorney-general for malfeasance over hastily indicting her of corruption in rice scheme



BANGKOK: -- Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra today filed malfeasance and negligence of duty charges against the attorney-general and his three colleagues for what she claimed is unfair and unjustified inclusion of 60,000 pages of documents which she was never informed of and had chance to defend herself in the case in the Supreme Court which she was accused of malfeasance and corruption in the rice pledging scheme.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859139-yinglucks-lawyer-complains-civil-case-was-rushed-against-her/#entry9908616

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Obama adviser: ‘What’s happening to the Rohingya is an abomination’

By Coconuts Yangon September 29, 2015

In the latest example of the international community condemning Myanmar’s inaction on the Rohingya crisis, a senior adviser to US President Barack Obama has called the situation “an abomination”.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859193-obama-adviser-whats-happening-to-the-rohingya-is-an-abomination/

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New bus route 'Suvarnabhumi-BTS Udomsuk' starts next month
By Coconuts Bangkok


Photo: ​Donmueang Airport Thai

BANGKOK: -- A new bus route from Suvarnabhumi airport to Udomsuk BTS and Bang Na will roll out next month at a fixed fare of THB30.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859194-new-bus-route-suvarnabhumi-bts-udomsuk-starts-next-month/

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Special Report: PM Prayut Chan-o-cha’s visit to New York

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has reaffirmed that Thailand would move forward in accordance with its roadmap and reform plan announced earlier.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859202-special-report-pm-prayut-chan-o-chas-visit-to-new-york/

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Whitening Craze: Chlorine soap hits the market
By Coconuts Bangkok


Photo: Kraisorn Thongpliw, CL Soap

BANGKOK: -- For women who put vanity before health (and there are a lot of you), injecting a skin whitening substance into your bloodstream is so last year. Now Thai ladies can use a chlorine soap, which is a new whitening fad where women rub and scrub their skin with chlorine to keep it pale. Yes, chlorine.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859206-whitening-craze-chlorine-soap-hits-the-thai-market/

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Thailand's ousted PM files criminal case against opponents
NATTASUDA ANUSONDISAI, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was pushed from office more than a year ago, impeached and faces criminal charges, hit back at her opponents Tuesday with her own lawsuit.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859139-yinglucks-lawyer-complains-civil-case-was-rushed-against-her/#entry9908874

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Four British ISIL Figthers Placed on UN Sanctions List at UK's Request

According to media reports, four British nationals, fighting for the Islamic State (IS, or ISIL) militant group, have been added to the UN sanctions list

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859211-four-british-is-figthers-placed-on-un-sanctions-list-at-uks-request/

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DDPM: Provinces affected by Vamco now recovering

BANGKOK, 29 September 2015 (NNT)- The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has revealed that situations in 24 provinces previously affected by tropical storm Vamco have returned to normal.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859214-thai-provinces-affected-by-tropical-storm-vamco-now-recovering/

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Police identify Thai man as accomplice in Bangkok blasts



BANGKOK, 29 September 2015 (NNT)- Police are hunting for a Thai man believed to have supplied explosive materials to Ratchaprasong and Sathorn Pier bombers.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/859215-police-identify-thai-man-as-accomplice-in-bangkok-blasts/