Sudden Death of a Pattaya Thai Man



PATTAYA: -- A Thai man was found on the side of the road lying on the ground having convulsions then died.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914758-sudden-death-of-a-pattaya-thai-man/

Chiang Rai: Burmese pair claim drugs in bag are not theirs


Image: Channel 3

CHIANG RAI:-- Customs officials are investigating a case of smuggling at the Mae Sai border crossing in Chiang Rai involving two Burmese men and a Thai motorcycle taxi driver.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914759-chiang-rai-burmese-pair-claim-drugs-in-bag-are-not-theirs/

Ted Cruz pulls out of Republican race after losing heavily to Donald Trump in Indiana primary /BBC

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Prime minister says Australia will have an election on July 2.

Women ‘tortured and murdered’ in German ‘House of Horrors’



HOEXTER: -- In Germany it’s described as the “house of horrors”, and what’s said to have happened there is harrowing.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914765-women-tortured-and-murdered-in-german-house-of-horrors/

Stones, Dylan, McCartney play Coachella site in October

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914768-rock-legends-to-play-us-mega-festival/

Prime minister says Australia to have July 2 election

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians will go to the polls in early July after the prime minister said Wednesday that he was calling an early election.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914776-prime-minister-says-australia-to-have-july-2-election/

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Trump virtually clinches Republican presidential nomination
JULIE PACE, Associated Press
SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a stunning triumph for a political outsider, Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a resounding victory in Indiana that knocked rival Ted Cruz out of the race and cleared Trump's path to a likely November face-off with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914753-presidential-hopefuls-trump-and-clinton-shape-up-as-they-head-for-the-november-8-showdown/#entry10709533

OPINION
Governor letter: Tourists need to obey Phuket laws
Phuket Gazette


Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada talks about the need for tourists to obey local laws. Photo: Gazette file

Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada started his first day as the Phuket Governor on September 30, 2015. He is a Phuket native with a master’s degree in political and administrative science from the National Institute of Development Administration.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914780-governor-letter-tourists-need-to-obey-phuket-laws/

Wildfires cause chaos in Canada oil sands town

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — The entire population of the Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, has been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire whipped by winds engulfed homes and sent ash raining down on residents.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914781-wildfires-cause-chaos-in-canada-oil-sands-town/

Pattaya python pedlar pinched



PATTAYA: -- Pattaya tourists - more used to having things taken from around their necks - were spotted having something actually put there!

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914782-pattaya-python-pedlar-pinched/

Cabinet orders merger of operation of Bangkok's two electric rail lines

BANGKOK, 4 May 2016 (NNT) - The Cabinet has finally made a decision to solve the problem of connections between the two electric rail lines in Bangkok.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914783-cabinet-orders-merger-of-operation-of-bangkoks-two-electric-rail-lines/

Japanese foreign minister pledges full support for Myanmar’s development efforts



NAYPYITAW: -- Japan has pledged full support for development efforts and national reconciliation in Myanmar, said Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida in Naypyidaw on Tuesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914784-japanese-foreign-minister-pledges-full-support-for-myanmars-development-efforts/

Information Minister promises more press freedom in Myanmar



NAYPYITAW: -- Media in Myanmar should be able to enjoy more freedom in the future as restrictive laws which were enacted by the previous government are to be amended, said Information Minister Pe Myint in Rangoon on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914785-information-minister-promises-more-press-freedom-in-myanmar/

Right group submits a report of mass graves of the 1965 massacre



JAKARTA: -- Rights activists have submitted their findings on 122 mass graves across Java and Sumatra containing the bodies of at least 13,900 victims of the 1965 communist purge to the Office of the Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister, reported the Jakarta Post on Tuesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914786-indonesia-rights-activists-submit-report-of-mass-graves-of-the-1965-massacre/

Sanders: Clinton team thinks race 'is over. They're wrong'
By KEN THOMAS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that his primary bid against Hillary Clinton was far from over, pointing to his victory in Indiana and strength in upcoming races as a sign of his durability in the presidential campaign.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914788-sanders-clinton-team-thinks-race-is-over-theyre-wrong/

Mother, 3 children fall from burning building in incredible escape
By Paula Hancocks and Tim Hume, CNN

(CNN)The scenario, captured in mobile phone footage, is a mother's nightmare.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914789-south-korea-mother-3-children-fall-from-burning-building-in-incredible-escape/

SET down 4.89 points at opening /Bangkok Post

US defense secretary says Russia is 'nuclear saber-rattling'
ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter blasted what the U.S. and its allies see as Russian aggression in Europe, saying Tuesday that Moscow is "going backward in time" with warlike actions that compel an American military buildup on NATO's eastern flank.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914790-us-defense-secretary-says-russia-is-nuclear-saber-rattling/

Police arrest Udon woman involved in multi million baht Facebook scam


Image: Thairath

UDON THANI:-- Police announced the arrest of an Udon woman Tuesday who they say is part of a gang of fraudsters tricking people online out of millions of baht.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914802-police-arrest-udon-woman-involved-in-multi-million-baht-facebook-scam/

Encroached seashore restaurants at Don Hoy Lord removed



BANGKOK: -- A special action force of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources yesterday removed three well-known seafood restaurants encroaching the mangrove forest at the seashore of Don Hoy Lord in Samut Songkhram province in an anti- encroachment drive on state property by influential people.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914815-encroached-seashore-restaurants-at-don-hoy-lord-in-samut-songkhram-removed/

Lawsuit: Nevada worker fired for not accepting Scientology
MICHELLE RINDELS, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Catholic woman fired from her job at a bottled water company led by a Nevada lawmaker has filed a federal lawsuit against the business, saying she was pressured to watch videos on Scientology and was denied pay raises because of her religious beliefs.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914816-us-lawsuit-nevada-worker-fired-for-not-accepting-scientology/

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Rock throwing thug hands himself in to Phuket Police
Darawan Naknakhon


21-year-old Anucha Yeemuda (top left) admitted it was him that threw the rock at the Mazda 2 causing it to crash. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: -- A man wanted in connection with a rock throwing incident that caused a Mazda 2 to crash on Thepkassattri Rd yesterday (May 3) handed himself in to police at 8pm last night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914671-phuket-teens-wanted-for-alleged-rock-throwing-incident-causing-car-crash/#entry10710011

Fake monk arrested with abbot's ATM card as holy man finds a hole in his account



MUKDAHAN:-- A fake monk who stole an ATM card from an abbot pinched nearly 300,000 from the account in two days.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914822-fake-monk-arrested-with-abbots-atm-card-as-holy-man-finds-a-hole-in-his-account/

Last call for Korat buffalo farmer struck by lightning


Image: Daily News

KORAT:-- A man tending buffaloes was struck by lightning and killed as he used his mobile phone in a Nakorn Ratchasima field on Tuesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914824-last-call-for-korat-buffalo-farmer-struck-by-lightning/

Thailand still swelteringly hot, rainy season could be delayed
STAFF WRITER


Featured image is via Imgur

BANGKOK: -- The past couple of weeks have seen some seriously scorching temperatures in Thailand, with parts of the country seeing the mercury hit well over 40° Celsius.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914826-thailand-still-swelteringly-hot-rainy-season-could-be-delayed/

USA rugby remembers Mike Cobb

John Roberts

Mike Cobb, who played, coached, and officiated rugby for more than three decades, was killed Saturday when an automobile struck him in Thailand where he was participating in a rugby referee exchange.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914829-usa-rugby-coach-killed-after-being-struck-by-automobile-in-thailand/

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Man charged with stoning car causing injuries



PHUKET: -- Phuket police today charged a man of stoning a car after he turned himself in to the police to acknowledge his crime.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914671-phuket-teens-wanted-for-alleged-rock-throwing-incident-causing-car-crash/#entry10710174

Street motorbike racers jailed in swift Hua Hin justice


Image: Manager Online

HUA HIN:— Swift justice has been meted out to dozens of young people caught racing their bikes on public roads in the Hua Hin area on Saturday night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914833-street-motorbike-racers-jailed-in-swift-hua-hin-justice/

'Brilliant' double-life Australian scientist Matthew Hynd jailed in US for child porn
Peter Mitchell

NEW YORK: -- An Australian scientist described as "brilliant" for his work in combating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases has been sentenced to 6½ years' prison in New York for child pornography offences.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914835-brilliant-double-life-australian-scientist-matthew-hynd-jailed-in-us-for-child-porn/