Thailand Live Wednesday 2 Dec 2015

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‘Purple Drank’ robbers charged over attack on dad and daughter
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Two young men have been charged over the robbery and physical assault of a father and daughter while they were walking home in Bangkok’s Suan Luang district last week after CCTV footage of the attack went viral.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875401-robbers-charged-over-attack-on-dad-and-daughter-in-bangkok/

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No booze ban on HM The King's birthday
The Phuket News



PHUKET: -- There will be no ban on the sale of alcohol for HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 88th birthday celebrations on December 5 or the “substitution” public holiday on December 7, Phuket Police have confirmed.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875411-no-booze-ban-on-hm-the-kings-birthday/

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Trooping the Colour march to honour the King tomorrow



BANGKOK: -- The Royal Thai Armed Forces will perform the Trooping the Colour traditional march of the Royal Guards tomorrow at 3.30 pm in honor of His Majesty the King’s 88 birthday anniversary on December 5.

The Trooping the Colour march will be held at Sanam Luang from 5.30 pm – 6.00 pm.

Traffic around the area will be closed from 3.30 till 6 pm on Sanamchai, Charoenkrung, Taiwang, Phra Phiphit, Na Phralarn, Rajadamnern Nai, Na Phra That, and Phra Arthit roads.

The Armed Forces had held two rehearsals of the traditional march on November 27 and 30 with the supreme commander presiding over the ceremony at Sanam Luang.

According to NNT reported, more than 2,000 soldiers from three armed forces joined the rehearsal on November 30.

The march was led by mounted cavalry from the King’s Guard, 2nd Cavalry Division.

Soldiers had marched from the Territorial Defense Command Headquarters to Sanam Luang during the rehearsal.

The Supreme Commander later presented a traditional Thai tray with flower decorations to the image of His Majesty the King before taking an oath.

Source: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875411-no-booze-ban-on-hm-the-kings-birthday/

-- Thai PBS 2015-12-02

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Drunk Driver Kills Cop by Crashing into a Motorbike at a Red Light
by CityNews

CityNews – At around 4am on December 1, a car driven by a drunk man crashed into a police man’s motorcycle stopped at a red light at the Khuang Singh intersection, resulting in fatal injuries.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875412-drunk-driver-kills-cop-by-crashing-into-a-motorbike-at-a-red-light-in-chiang-mai/

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Chris Brown cancels Down Under tour after visa troubles
NICK PERRY, Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chris Brown canceled plans for a Down Under tour Wednesday after Australian authorities earlier warned the troubled R&B singer they were likely to refuse him a visa because of his criminal conviction for assaulting pop star Rihanna.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875413-chris-brown-cancels-down-under-tour-after-visa-troubles/

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Climate change is a danger to health says WHO



GENEVA: -- As the leaders of 150 countries meet in Paris for a key conference on climate change, the World Health Organization has warned that diseases such as malaria and water borne diarrhoea are sensitive to global warming.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875414-climate-change-is-a-danger-to-health-says-who/

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Protesters urge UK lawmakers not to back a ‘bomb Syria’ vote



LONDON: -- Thousands of anti-war protesters gathered outside parliament in London on the eve of a vote by lawmakers over extending airstrikes against ISIL targets into Syria.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875415-protesters-urge-uk-lawmakers-not-to-back-a-bomb-syria-vote/

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ISIL forced to fight on several fronts in Iraq



PARIS: -- French mirage fighter jets have once again been in action against ISIL militant targets this time in Iraq. According to French military authorities the planes took off from a base in Jordon for an explosives assembly site in Al Qaim 400 km north of Baghdad.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875416-isil-forced-to-fight-on-several-fronts-in-iraq/

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Four arrested in Italy and Kosovo after ‘threats to Pope’



PARIS: -- Four people have been arrested in Italy and Kosovo on suspicion of being part of a jihadist cell that spread Islamist propaganda and threatened Pope Francis.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875417-four-arrested-in-italy-and-kosovo-after-threats-to-pope/

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Sino-Thai MoC of railway project indefinitely postponed
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Thai government has indefinitely postponed the signing of memorandum of cooperation for the Sino-Thai railway project after China refused to honour its agreement to buy rubber sheets from the government's stockpile, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said Tuesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875381-thailand-puts-on-hold-signing-railway-development-project-with-china/#entry10144349

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David Cameron tells Tory MPs: Ignore the 'terrorist sympathisers' and vote for Syrian bombing
By Peter Dominiczak and Ben Riley-Smith

Prime Minister urges Conservatives not to 'sit on your hands' while Labour MPs are left in tears over 'bullying' tactics ahead of air strikes vote

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875418-cameron-tells-tory-mps-ignore-the-terrorist-sympathisers-and-vote-for-syrian-bombing/

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500 more tuk-tuk taxis to ply Bangkok streets next year



BANGKOK: -- More than 500 new tuk-tuk taxis will ply the streets of Bangkok next year after the Department of Land Transport opens registration of this popular motor tricycle taxis beginning December 1-30.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875419-500-more-tuk-tuk-taxis-to-ply-bangkok-streets-next-year/

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Bar Owners Ask Authorities to Extend Closing Hours to 2am
CityNews



CityNews – On December 1, ten representatives and entrepreneurs from bars and restaurants in Chiang Mai, led by Apinya Wairatpani, submitted documents to Chiang Mai Governor asking for closing hours to be pushed back to 2am like the rest of the country.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875421-chiang-mai-bar-owners-ask-authorities-to-extend-closing-hours-to-2am/

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Ex-Democrat asks the NLA to investigate the Imboon programme

BANGKOK: -- Former Democrat party list MP Watchara Petthong has asked the National Legislative Assembly to investigate two assemblymen whom he accused of suspected corruption in the Imboon programme.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875423-ex-democrat-asks-the-nla-to-investigate-the-imboon-programme/

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Late WWII US veteran is 1st soldier honored for saving Jews
ARON HELLER, Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875427-late-wwii-us-veteran-is-1st-soldier-honored-for-saving-jews/

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Body of abducted Australian biker found in Thailand

(BBC)The body of an Australian who was formerly a Hells Angels gang member has been found in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875324-abducted-former-hells-angels-member-wayne-rodney-schneider-found-dead/page-9?p=10144514#entry10144514

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Model behaviour: Foreign hotties support illegal model crackdown
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- A bevy of beautiful models posing and flaunting their most valuable assets - their work permits - were the highlight at a conference yesterday announcing a clampdown on illegal foreign models in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875453-model-behaviour-foreign-hotties-support-illegal-model-crackdown/

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Thaivisa Video News 2 December



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Is China behind massive Australian cyber-attack?
BY LARRY BANKS

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology suffered a massive cyber-attack that may have leaked national security information. The attack is being blamed on China, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875466-is-china-behind-massive-australian-cyber-attack/

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Tesco security guard, 19, hands in B400k found in toilet
Eakkapop Thongtub


Somkiet Jaturabandit (left) was very happy to get his pouch and B400,000 back from 19-year-old security guard Nattapong Rittidech. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- A 19-year-old security guard has been rewarded for handing in a pouch containing B400,000 cash that he found on top of a urinal stall in the men’s room at the Tesco Lotus in Samkong on his first day of work at the shopping centre.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875468-tesco-security-guard-19-hands-in-b400k-found-in-toilet/

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BREAKING

Two arrests made in Australian ex-biker Murder case



PATTAYA: -- Further developments in the Australian ex-biker murder case were announced by Police on Wednesday afternoon, which includes the arrest of an American suspect who was about to leave Thailand through a land border crossing, and the wife of the initial Australian suspect.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875476-two-arrests-made-in-australian-ex-biker-murder-case/

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David Guetta headlines Bangkoks EDM Output Festival
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK-- Only four months after its first party in Bangkok, Output Festival is back again, this time with superstar DJ David Guetta headlining the show.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875483-david-guetta-headlines-bangkoks-edm-output-festival/

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Three alleged lese majeste offenders escape out of the country

BANGKOK:-- A former army specialist and two former Crime Suppression Division police officers wanted on lese majeste charges are believed to have escaped out of the country.

Spokesman of the National Police Office Pol Maj-Gen Detnarong Sutthicharnbancha told a press conference on Wednesday that Maj-Gen Suchart Prommai, Pol Col Pairote Rojanakachorn and Pol Lt-Col Thammawat Hirunlekha, both attached to the 2nd subdivision of the CSD were believed to have escaped out of the country.

However, a police team had been dispatched to hunt them down by the order of Pol Lt-Gen Thitirath Nongharnpitak, commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau and police were confident that the three fugitives and another army officer, Colonel Kachachart Boondee who was stripped of his army’s rank, would be arrested.

Meanwhile, it was reported that a few more army officers, including an army major-general, were under investigation for alleged involvement in misusing the name of the monarchy for personal gains.

Regarding former Special Branch commissioner, Pol Lt-Gen Roy Ingkhapairote, who was moved to an inactive post at the operations centre of the National Police Office, the spokesman said that no probe team was set up to investigate the former because he was not implicated of any wrongdoing.

CSD commander Pol Maj-Gen Akradej Pimonsri was also transferred for his failure to restrain his men. Whether the two officers will be reinstated or not depends on the national police chief, said the spokesman.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/three-alleged-lese-majeste-offenders-escape-out-of-the-country

-- Thai PBS 2015-12-02

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Silom Walking Street: Sunday Market is New Again
By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee
Staff Reporter


Silom Walking Street in a March 2015 photo. Photo: @Willythuan / Twitter

BANGKOK -- Hundreds of vendors will converge on Silom Road for the return of a walking street market next month.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875496-silom-walking-street-sunday-market-is-new-again/

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Supreme Court not allow Yingluck to leave kingdom
By: The Nation

Thailand --The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders has rejected a request by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to travel to Europe at the invitation of European Parliament members.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875520-supreme-court-not-allow-yingluck-to-leave-kingdom/

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"Fair, transparent" probe into park concluded by new year, say investigators

By: The Nation

BANGKOK -- The Defence Ministry fact-finding team investigating alleged irregularities involving the Army's Rajabhakti Park project will complete its work before the year-end, according to its head.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875521-fair-transparent-probe-into-park-concluded-by-new-year-say-investigators/

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PM says General Udomdej should be allowed to use own judgement to decide his fate in government

BANGKOK -- Deputy Defence Minister Udomdej Seetabutr should be allowed to use his discretion to decide whether to resign or to stay on, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said on Wednesday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875524-pm-says-general-udomdej-should-be-allowed-to-use-own-judgement-to-decide-his-fate-in-government/

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Decision Soon on Future of BTS Saphan Taksin

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen

Staff Reporter

The platform of BTS Saphan Taksin in 2004 photo. Photo: Tom Page / Flickr

BANGKOK A moving walkway to whisk commuters nearly a kilometer from BTS Surasak to the Chao Phraya River is one option in a long-delayed plan to rebuild or remove the 16-year-old temporary Skytrain station located at Saphan Taksin.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875529-decision-soon-on-future-of-bts-saphan-taksin/

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Safe sex in the city: Thousand of 'condom points' installed in Bangkok

By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK -- A total of 1,131 "condom points" have been added throughout Bangkok to offer residents free tools to practice safe sex and prevent HIV.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875530-safe-sex-in-the-city-thousand-of-condom-points-installed-in-bangkok/

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Un-Nooh! Thai snooker player misses maximum break and US$66,000 prize

By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK -- What's worse than fluffing a maximum break in snooker on the very last ball? Discovering that mistake just cost you US$66,000.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875534-un-nooh-thai-snooker-player-misses-maximum-break-and-us66000-prize/