Thailand Live Saturday 23 Jan 2016

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Human rights in Thailand: Andy Hall's legal battle to defend migrant workers

BANGKOK:-- Andy Hall is waiting for his meditation class to begin in a Bangkok hospital as we talk over Skype, and our conversation is occasionally interrupted by fast-talking Thai voices.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888956-human-rights-in-thailand-andy-halls-legal-battle-to-defend-migrant-workers/

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Public forums on new charter to be held by CDC in Jan, Feb

Thammarat Thadaphrom

BANGKOK, 23 January 2016 (NNT) - The Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) will be visiting people in different regions of Thailand, starting this month.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888959-public-forums-on-new-charter-to-be-held-by-cdc-in-jan-feb/

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CDC says it did not give more power to independent organizations

Thammarat Thadaphrom

BANGKOK, 23 January 2016 (NNT) - The Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) said independent organizations do not have the power to intervene in administrative affairs.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888962-cdc-says-it-did-not-give-more-power-to-independent-organizations/

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PM Gen Prayut asks all to take part in reform

Thammarat Thadaphrom

BANGKOK, 23 January 2016 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has asked all sides to take part in the reform process while pointing out that it will take a long time for Thailand to achieve stability, prosperity, and sustainability.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888964-pm-gen-prayut-asks-all-to-take-part-in-reform/

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NLA voices support for CDC’s decision to have Constitutional Court resolve political crisis

Thammarat Thadaphrom

BANGKOK, 23 January 2016 (NNT) - The first vice president of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) believes it is a good thing that the new constitution allows the Constitutional Court to be the one solving political crisis.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888967-nla-voices-support-for-cdcs-decision-to-have-constitutional-court-resolve-political-crisis/

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Vietnam first surrogacy baby delivered

HANOI: Doctors at the National Ob-gyn Hospital in Hanoi performed a C-section Friday morning to deliver the first baby conceived under the country’s new surrogacy laws, Thanh Nien News reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888969-vietnam-first-surrogacy-baby-delivered/?p=10342279

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Quarry collapse claims 5 lives in central Vietnam

THANH HOA: Five people were killed, another seriously injured and two others trapped in a quarry collapse in the central province of Thanh Hoa on Friday, Thanh Nien News reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888970-quarry-collapse-claims-5-lives-in-central-vietnam/

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Neighbours rescue crippled woman from Phuket blaze

Darawan Naknakhon

Firefighters took 30 minutes to extinguish the blaze. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: Neighbours rescued a crippled woman from a burning house in Rassada late yesterday afternoon (Jan 22) as flames engulfed the home, north of Phuket Town.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888972-neighbours-rescue-crippled-woman-from-phuket-blaze/

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PM urges banks to ease loan terms for SMEs

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday asked for the cooperation of commercial banks to consider approving more loans for new SMEs or start-up E to facilitate greater investment by small businesses.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888975-pm-urges-banks-to-ease-loan-terms-for-smes/?p=10342468

[Jonathan Fairfield]

The world’s first levitating cinematic theatre complex to open in Pattaya



PATTAYA:-- A new state of the art cinematic theatre complex is set to open in Pattaya.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888976-the-worlds-first-levitating-cinematic-theatre-complex-to-open-in-pattaya/

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Business operators urged to lower prices of consumer goods

BANGKOK: Business operators of consumer products and major shopping centres will be called for a meeting with the Internal Trade Department early next month in a bid to ask them reduce prices of goods in conformity with oil price reductions.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888979-business-operators-urged-to-lower-prices-of-consumer-goods/?p=10342501

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Court Warns Against Sharing Videos of Raging Judge

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

Judge Chidchanok Paensuwan is parodied in this t-shirt sold at an online shop. Photo: “We Sell Everything in the Universe” / Facebook

BANGKOK — Those sharing videos of a mentally-ill judge going on a rampage may face prosecution, according to a court spokesman.

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Kanchanaburi Resort Files Charge Against Fake Khaosod Site

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

Image of the alleged crocodile attack as reported by hoax news site Khaosod.Online, which poses as the legit news site Khaosod Online

BANGKOK — A resort in western Thailand yesterday pressed charges against a hoax news site for reporting about a non-existent crocodile attack at the hotel.

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Phuket International Airport looks to ban paging boards

PHUKET: Phuket International Airport is considering banning private paging boards at the arrival hall, confirmed Somsak Pakdeerak, deputy president of the Phuket International Airport Administration Department.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888988-phuket-international-airport-looks-to-ban-paging-boards/

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One map, one more problem: PM Prayut told survey cut out 1,200 rai

PHUKET: Officials in Bangkok are fuming after Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha was told that the ‘One Map’ project, aimed at seeing state agencies using a map set at the same scale, sliced off about 50 billion baht's worth of national park and forestry land in Phuket for the benefit of private investors.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888990-one-map-one-more-problem-pm-prayut-told-survey-cut-out-1200-rai/

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Babysitter couple arrested for death of 2-year-old boy

PATTAYA: Chonburi provincial police have arrested a couple soon after they stopped their scheduled funeral of a 2-year-old boy following an intervention by the Paveena Hongsakul Foundation on suspicion that the boy might die from serious abuse.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888779-woman-confesses-to-abusing-2-year-old-child-according-to-pattaya-police/?p=10342668

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Kiwi dies in early morning tryst

PHUKET: A 68-year-old New Zealand man died early this morning, at the home of a bar owner in Patong.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889018-kiwi-dies-in-early-morning-tryst/

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Australian minister for justice meets DPM Gen Prawit

Thammarat Thadaphrom

BANGKOK, 23 January 2016 (NNT) - Australian Justice Minister Michael Keenan has paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Gen Prawit Wongsuwan during his visit to the Kingdom of Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889019-australian-minister-for-justice-meets-dpm-gen-prawit/

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Indians battle in East Pattaya street

PATTAYA: Police received an urgent call to a street in East Pattaya on Saturday Morning to deal with a fight involving 4 Indian Nationals, one of which sustained serious head injuries.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889021-indians-battle-in-east-pattaya-street/

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New Zealand national dies in single vehicle crash

Police believe that the man may have been driving at high speed when he lost control of his bike at the curve and crashed into a nearby tree. Photo: Ruamjai Foundation

PHUKET: A New Zealand national was killed in a single vehicle crash in Chalong early this morning.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889024-new-zealand-national-dies-in-single-vehicle-crash/

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Foreign man found dead on NZ yacht off Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

Police recovered the body after 11am today (Jan 23). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: Police are attempting to identify a foreign man whose body was found on a New Zealand-registered yacht anchored off Phuket’s Nai Harn Beach this morning (Jan 23).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889026-foreign-man-found-dead-on-nz-yacht-off-phuket/

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Ministry of Interior grants title deeds to public

Tanakorn Sangiam

BANGKOK, 23 January 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Interior has granted title deeds on 180,000 plots of land to the public in bid to reduce social disparity and increase property values.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889060-ministry-of-interior-grants-title-deeds-to-public/

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NZ woman Muay Thai fighter dies in Phuket motorbike crash

Darawan Naknakhon

The New Zealand woman died on her way home after winning a local Muay Thai fight. Photo: Ruamjai Kupai Foundation.

PHUKET: A New Zealand woman studying Muay Thai in Phuket died in a motorbike accident in Soi Ta-iad, Chalong, early this morning (Jan 23) after celebrating her victory in a local Phuket fight with friends.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889024-new-zealand-national-dies-in-single-vehicle-crash/?p=10344111

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Migrant crisis: Iraqis return home, disenchanted with life in Germany

Heval Aram is waiting for a flight to Iraq. He says he and his family travelled for 12 days to reach Germany, but the poor conditions they experienced in refugee camps pushed them to return home.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889082-migrant-crisis-iraqis-return-home-disenchanted-with-life-in-germany/

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Haiti polls postponed for third time amid unrest

Haiti has postponed its presidential election – again – amid scenes of unrest in the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889083-haiti-polls-postponed-for-third-time-amid-unrest/

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Tunisia: President warns ISIL could exploit unrest over unemployment

As protests over youth unemployment spread in Tunisia, the country’s President Beji Caid Essebsi has warned that unrest could be exploited by the extremist group ISIL, already present in neighbouring Libya.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889084-tunisia-president-warns-isil-could-exploit-unrest-over-unemployment/

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Going nowhere: Refugees stuck at Greece-Macedonian border

Hundreds of migrants and refugees remain stranded between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with intermittent border closures and regulations hampering their journey to a new life.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889085-going-nowhere-refugees-stuck-at-greece-macedonian-border/

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China seeks 'new chapter' with Iran after sanctions lifted

ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press


TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday he hopes for a "new chapter" in relations with Iran after the lifting of international sanctions under a historic nuclear deal, as he paid the first visit by a Chinese leader to the Islamic Republic in 14 years.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/889090-china-seeks-new-chapter-with-iran-after-sanctions-lifted/