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Chuwong’s death probe is slowly divulged

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BANGKOK: -- As the probe into the unusual death of billionaire construction contractor Chuwong Sae Tang five months ago is moving slowly, his family yesterday went to the Medical Council of Thailand to follow up the review of the autopsy report which it said would be clue to the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police to get closer into the actual cause of death.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864819-chuwongs-death-probe-is-slowly-divulged/

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Teen slain during Vegetarian Festival celebrations
Phuket Gazette

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At the scene, police found the body of 15-year-old Thanakij and the shells to seven rounds of ammunition. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: -- A teen was gunned down and three bystanders injured by stray bullets during the explosive final festivities of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival early this morning.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864810-15-year-old-dies-in-phuket-vegetarian-festival-shoot-out/?p=9991529

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Popular British International School access road temporarily opened
Phuket Gazette

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The project should be complete within one month. Photo: Woranut Pechdee

PHUKET: -- Access to Soi Koh Kaew 33 from Thepkrasatri Road, a popular road alongside the Isuzu showroom and the Phuket Gazette office that leads to the British International School, has been 'temporarily' re-opened.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864830-popular-british-international-school-access-road-temporarily-opened/

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Billions of Baht Later, Doubts Persist About Bangkok CCTV
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter

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The 2011 discovery of this fake security camera, the details of which were posted online to the popular Pantip forum, resulted in the admission that upward of 500 such fake cameras had been installed in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — When Miruntee Katethip went to city hall and asked to see security camera footage of the day her house in western Bangkok was robbed this past March, she was told only five of 26 cameras in the area worked correctly.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864844-billions-of-baht-later-doubts-persist-about-bangkok-cctv/

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EU calls mini summit over Balkans struggle to cope with refugee crisis

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BRUSSELS: -- Refugees arrived at the Austrian border station at Spielfeld, tired and hungry on Wednesday night. Around 3,000, mostly young men but there were also families with children. Some were housed in heated tents for the night others were taken to temporary shelters across Austria.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864851-eu-calls-mini-summit-over-balkans-struggle-to-cope-with-refugee-crisis/

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VN disabled couples get dream wedding
Viet Nam News/ANN

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Special day: Forty couples with disabilities were married in a group wedding held in HCM City on Tuesday. /VNS

Ho Chi Minh City - Nguyen Hoang Linh and Truong Thi Diem Phuong, a visually impaired couple from Binh Duong Province, had their dream wedding after 17 years of living together. The couple work as lottery vendors and have two children.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864854-vn-disabled-couples-get-dream-wedding/

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New evictions of Arab families part of battle for Jerusalem
By KARIN LAUB

JERUSALEM (AP) — On a recent morning, at a time of soaring Israeli-Palestinian tensions and massive police deployment in Jerusalem, security forces nonetheless found time to carry out an eviction order: Troops sealed off parts of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan and removed two families from their apartments to allow the entry of Jews named by a court as the rightful owners.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864855-new-evictions-of-arab-families-part-of-battle-for-jerusalem/

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Authorities seize over 2.9 million pieces of pirated goods this year

BANGKOK, 22 October 2015 (NNT) - Director-General of Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property Nuntawan Sakuntanaga has disclosed that the Royal Thai Police, the Customs Department and the Department of Special Investigations together conducted 5,913 arrests and confiscated 2.9 million pieces of pirated goods during the months of January and August.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864858-thai-authorities-seize-over-29-million-pieces-of-pirated-goods-this-year/

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Increased security for Phuket during high season
Suthicha Sirirat

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Police Region 8 Commander Pol Lt General Tesa Siriwato. Photo by Suthicha Sirirat

PHUKET: -- The commander of Police Region 8 has announced that the island’s security will be increased for the coming high season and has requested that businesses around the island also increase there own security to ensure tourists are as safe as possible at all times.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864861-increased-security-for-phuket-during-high-season/

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Donald Trump’s Tax Plan May Carry a Hefty Price Tag
BY JACOB MASLOW

On paper, Donald Trump’s tax plan is very attractive. But ultimately, to deliver on his promises, Trump might have to add about $9 trillion in debt over 10 years. His tax proposal would reduce revenues by $900 billion per year. The accumulated debts will mostly be attributed to Trump’s plan to impose deep cuts to the income tax rate for most people in the United States.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864865-donald-trumps-tax-plan-may-carry-a-hefty-price-tag/

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Pheu Thai issues statement in defence of Ms Yingluck over rice pledging scheme

BANGKOK: -- The statement said, in essence, that the rice pledging scheme was the party’s flagship policy intended for the betterment of the livelihood of 3.7 million of farming households or 23 percent of the population.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864866-pheu-thai-issues-statement-in-defence-of-ms-yingluck-over-rice-pledging-scheme/

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Foreigner urinates at Veg Fest offering table
Phuket Gazette

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Officers brought the man to the Phuket Town Police Station to sober up. Photo: Isaac Stone Simonelli

PHUKET: -- Police nabbed a foreigner found urinating behind a Phuket Vegetarian Festival offerings table in the middle of the explosive festivities near Surin Circle last night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864906-foreigner-urinates-at-veg-fest-offering-table/

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Officers investigate land encroachment at prime Phuket locations
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- An investigation by Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) officers into four plots of land will dig to the root of the issue and reveal any officials neglecting their duties or acting illegally, says NED Region 5 Deputy Commander Montri Pancharoen.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864908-officers-investigate-land-encroachment-at-prime-phuket-locations/

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Consumer Protection Board awards entrepreneurs for call-center services

BANGKOK, 22 October 2015 (NNT) -- A total of 44 private entrepreneurs have been awarded plaques of honor for their effectual call-center services.


Prime Minister's Office Minister M.L. Panadda Diskul granted the plaques of honor to those entrepreneurs during the opening ceremony over which he presided for the Call-Center Development Project which promotes the services of call centers such as the receiving of consumers' complaints and assisting in solving their problems. By so doing, the consumer needs not lodge an appeal to the Office of Consumer Protection Board (OCPB).

The minister expressed his admiration for the awarded entrepreneurs who could effectively provide call-center services and help find solutions to the customers' problems. He called on other businesspersons and private firms to follow suit.

However, the awarded entrepreneurs must meet the OCPB criteria to the extent that they have a clear management strategy, effective human resource management, efficient equipment for call-center services, servicing process and the ability to measure, analyze, review and improve their services on continual basis.

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