Thailand Live Thursday 2 June 2016

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Officers swarm UCLA in massive response to murder-suicide
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and CHRISTINE ARMARIO

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A murder-suicide at a UCLA engineering building Wednesday drew hundreds of heavily armed officers who swarmed the sprawling Los Angeles campus, where students close to summer break barricaded themselves in classrooms as best they could before being evacuated with their hands up.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921906-situation-contained-at-ucla-2-dead-us-police-confirm-investigating-possible-murder-suicide/?p=10812086

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Thieves target Rayong temple turtles


Image: Daily News

RAYONG: -- Thieves at a famous Rayong temple have been helping themselves to turtles.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921909-thieves-target-rayong-temple-turtles/

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Thailand raids Tiger Temple removing big cats



KANCHANABURI: -- A raid on Thailand’s Tiger Temple has uncovered 40 tiger cub carcasses, as authorities swoop on the controversial attraction.They were found stuffed in a freezer at the Buddhist site Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno which is believed to be involved in animal cruelty and trafficking.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921769-horrible-discovery-in-tiger-temple-dozens-of-dead-tiger-kittens/page-8?p=10812110#entry10812110

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Clinton, Sanders look to mobilize complacent California voters
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KEN THOMAS

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Sue LaVaccare is fighting "the California complacency."

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921911-clinton-sanders-look-to-mobilize-complacent-california-voters/

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Richard Huckle faces life sentences for Malaysia child abuse

LONDON: -- A British man is facing multiple life sentences for numerous sex crimes against Malaysian children which he boasted about on the "dark web".

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921916-briton-faces-life-sentences-for-malaysia-child-abuse/

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Trump University: Sales strategy foreshadowed campaign
By JULIE PACE, JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN LEMIRE

WASHINGTON (AP) — Grand promises. Boundless boasts. Absolute faith in the man behind it all.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921918-trump-university-sales-strategy-foreshadowed-campaign/

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'Myth-busting' Obama tries to debunk GOP on the economy
By JOSH LEDERMAN

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — President Barack Obama went on a "myth-busting" mission Wednesday aimed at undermining Republican arguments about the economy, working to give cover to Democrats to embrace his policies ahead of the presidential election.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921946-myth-busting-obama-tries-to-debunk-gop-on-the-economy/

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Fresh shelling in Syria kills 42 civilians, says monitoring group



DAMASCUS: -- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) monitoring group says forty-two civilians have been killed in aerial raids in the north of Syria.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921949-fresh-shelling-in-syria-kills-42-civilians-says-monitoring-group/

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Iraq halts Falluja offensive over civilian safety fears



FALLUJA: -- Iraqi forces have halted at the edge of Falluja. Facing a fierce counter assault by ISIL militants, the Iraqi prime minister has delayed operations over fears for the civilians trapped in the city.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921950-iraq-halts-falluja-offensive-over-civilian-safety-fears/

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Strong earthquake rattles Southern Sumatra

JAKARTA: -- A strong earthquake rattled Indonesia’s Southern Sumatra this morning but there was no report of damages.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921951-strong-earthquake-rattles-southern-sumatra/

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5 decades after China's Cultural Revolution, a few say sorry
DIDI TANG, Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — As a teenager, Wang Keming felt nothing but contempt for the older peasant his village singled out for collective persecution in 1970. Stirred by Mao Zedong's radical ideology and inured to the rampant violence of China's Cultural Revolution, he beat the man bloody and saw nothing wrong with it.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921954-5-decades-after-chinas-cultural-revolution-a-few-say-sorry/

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SET up 3.43 points at opening /Bangkok Post

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NLA representatives join meeting of APA's standing committee on politics in Jordan

BANGKOK, 2 June 2016 (NNT) - The Thai delegation representing the National Legislative Assembly has arrived in Jordan to attend a meeting of the standing committee on politics of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921958-nla-representatives-join-meeting-of-apas-standing-committee-on-politics-in-jordan/

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NLA’s social development committee accepts petition from family of fatally-attacked handicapped man

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921963-nlas-social-development-committee-accepts-petition-from-family-of-fatally-attacked-handicapped-man/

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Special committee to look into tax on sweet drinks



BANGKOK: -- A recent proposal to tax sweet drinks is making a headway after the Finance Ministry agreed to set up a committee to find a solution to the matter.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921967-special-committee-to-look-into-tax-on-sweet-drinks/

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Erawan bombing case interpreter caught with drugs in Sukhumvit


Image: Daily News

BANGKOK: -- The interpreter in the Erawan bombing case was caught with drugs in Sukhumvit Road yesterday. Later the lawyer for the bombing suspects arrived to call for his release so that justice could be served for his two clients in the case.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921890-bangkok-bombing-suspects-interpreter-says-cops-plant-drugs-on-him/#entry10812864

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British paedophile may have abused 200 Malaysian children

BANGKOK: -- A British paedophile is believed to have molested 200 Malaysian children during his stint as a photographer and an English teacher from 2006-2014, the New Straits Times Online reported on Thursday quoting the BBC.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921916-briton-faces-life-sentences-for-malaysia-child-abuse/#entry10812892

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Famous tsunami "miracle" elephant now living in Kanchanaburi


Image: tnamcot

KANCHANABURI: -- The famous elephant called "Ning Nong" who saved a little English girl from the tsunami of 2004 has bee found living in a camp in Kanchanaburi.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921974-famous-tsunami-miracle-elephant-now-living-in-kanchanaburi/

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Peace talk in Chiang Mai between Burmese government and rebel groups



CHIANG MAI: -- An alliance of non-state armed groups in Burma are to meet Burmese government’s new peace negotiator Dr Tin Myo Win tomorrow (Friday) in Chiang Mai after the alliance’s two-day meeting in the northern capital, according to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921977-peace-talk-in-chiang-mai-between-burmese-government-and-rebel-groups/

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Uber raises $3.5 billion from Saudi investment fund
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS



SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber said Wednesday it is getting a massive cash infusion from Saudi Arabia.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/uber-raises-3-5-billion-from-saudi-investment-fund/15463/

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Knife-wielding serial robber tracked down by CCTV
Eakkapop Thongtub


Weerachai Singniew has been charged with robbing three convenience stores at knifepoint. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- Police from Thalang, Karon and Patong swooped on a rented room in Pa Khlok yesterday (June 1) and arrested a man wanted for robbing three convenience stores at knifepoint.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921978-knife-wielding-serial-robber-tracked-down-by-cctv/

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Commerce assures entire year’s inflation not exceeding 1 percent



BANGKOK: -- Although consumer price index (CPI) had risen for two consecutive months by 0.46 per cent year on year but full year inflation won't rise over 1 percent as month-on-month inflation was 0.56 per cent.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921980-thai-commerce-min-assures-entire-years-inflation-not-exceeding-1-percent/

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MOPH offers free cornea transplants



BANGKOK, 2 June 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health and four other agencies have launched a campaign to provide free cornea transplants in honor of Her Majesty the Queen’s 84th birthday anniversary on August 12 this year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921981-thai-health-min-offers-free-cornea-transplants/

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NLA’s Wallop: The public referendum will still take place despite concerns of Ombudsman

BANGKOK, 2 June 2016 (NNT) – A member of the National Legislative Assembly is confident that the public referendum will still take place even though the Office of the Ombudsman has asked the Constitutional Court to annul a part of the referendum law.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921984-nlas-wallop-the-public-referendum-will-still-take-place-despite-concerns-of-ombudsman/

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Air crash kills three in Nakhon Phanom - leading provincial figure among dead


Image: Thairath

BANGKOK: -- A light aircraft belonging to a training school crashed into a Nakhon Phanom field seconds after take-off this morning.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921996-air-crash-kills-three-in-nakorn-panom-leading-provincial-figure-among-dead/

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Phuket Airport to hold tsunami drill
Tanyaluk Sakoot


Staff at Phuket international Airport will conduct a full tsunami-response drill today (June 2), starting at 6pm. Photo: The Phuket News / file

PHUKET: -- Staff and rescue teams at Phuket International Airport will carry out an emergency tsunami drill today (June 2).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921997-phuket-airport-to-hold-tsunami-drill/

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Dhammakaya temple eases security measures



BANGKOK: -- Security measures at Dhammakaya temple have been eased after some barricades the abbot's followers have deployed were removed.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921998-dhammakaya-temple-eases-security-measures/

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Green Light at Last for the Pattaya Ferry Port

PATTAYA:--Transport Minister Prajin Juntong has today issued instructions for the Harbour Department to develop the Gulf of Thailand Ferry Project linking the East and West Coasts with the upper Gulf of Thailand at Bangkok.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921999-green-light-at-last-for-the-pattaya-ferry-port/

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Con Man Robs Pattaya Short Time Hotel
Story by Albert Jack



PATTAYA: -- At 1.30pm in the afternoon of Wednesday June 1 a theft was reported at the Viva Hotel in Soi Paniadchang, Central Pattaya.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/922004-con-man-robs-pattaya-short-time-hotel/

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Bristol man found dead in Thailand hotel room with a plastic bag over his head
By H_Pickstock

CHIANG MAI: - A Bristol man was found dead in a hotel in Thailand with a plastic bag over his head, an inquest heard.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/922006-brit-found-dead-in-chiang-mai-hotel-with-plastic-bag-over-his-head-inquest-hears/