Thailand Live Tuesday 15 Dec 2015

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Another pedophile foreign teacher arrested in Thailand

Police today arrested a 67-year-old American national in Chiang Mai on a charge of possessing child pornography.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/878921-another-pedophile-teacher-arrested-for-child-molestation-and-pornography/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Cooling off: Typhoon Melor brings temperature drop to Thailand

BANGKOK:-- Temperatures are expected to drop across Thailand as Typhoon Melor heads away from the Philippines.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/878879-temperatures-expected-to-fall-in-north-northeast-with-slight-rain/?p=10195952

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Chinese deputy prime minister will be in Thailand for railway project talks
Thai PBS

BANGKOK -- China will send a deputy prime minister to hold talks on the joint development of the Nong Khai-Kaeng Khoi-Map Taphut railway project between Thailand and China, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said on Tuesday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/878956-chinese-deputy-prime-minister-will-be-in-thailand-for-railway-project-talks/

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PM orders shelving of GMO bill
Thai PBS

BANGKOK -- Amid mounting protests from farmers and environment groups, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on Tuesday ordered the shelving ofthe controversial biological safety bill or GMO farming bill on the ground that the bill is not necessary yet.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/878957-pm-orders-shelving-of-gmo-bill/

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Leader of red shirts who burnt Ubon city hall given life sentence
The Nation

BANGKOK -- THE Supreme Court Tuesday handed down a life sentence to the leader of red-shirt arsonists who set fire to Ubon Ratchathani City Hall duringthe crackdown on red shirts in May 2010.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/878959-leader-of-red-shirts-who-burnt-ubon-city-hall-given-life-sentence/

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Junta Approves 100 Billion Fund to Build Rails, Roads
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter

BANGKOK -- Billions of baht will be spent on roads and rail in a bid to boost the country’s weak economy, and to pay for it all the juntacabinet today approved the creation of an infrastructure fund worth 100 billion baht that will be open for public investment.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/878960-junta-approves-100-billion-fund-to-build-rails-roads/?p=10196453

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B100,000 of mislabelled cosmetics and food products seized in Phuket
The Phuket News


Officials raid the shop located on Wirat Hongyok Rd in Wichit today (Dec 15).

PHUKET -- Cosmetics and food products valued at around B100,000 were seized in Wichit today (Dec 15) after the Consumer Protection Policediscovered all the seized items were mislabelled.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/878961-b100000-of-mislabelled-cosmetics-and-food-products-seized-in-phuket-phuket-cosmetics-and-food-pro/

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