Alleged human-trafficking ‘kingpin’ extradited to Italy



ROME: -- The suspected head of a huge human trafficking ring between Africa and Europe has been extradited to Italy.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923595-alleged-human-trafficking-kingpin-extradited-to-italy/

Two suspects are detained following shooting at Tel Aviv shopping centre



TEL AVIVI: -- Israeli police have arrested two suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting at a shopping centre in Tel Aviv.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923596-two-suspects-are-detained-following-shooting-at-tel-aviv-shopping-centre/

Sanders under pressure to quit as Democrats look to unite
By ERICA WERNER and JOSH LEDERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under mounting pressure from Democratic leaders to abandon his presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders returned home to Vermont on Wednesday following dispiriting losses to Hillary Clinton. He vowed to fight on for a political revolution but showed signs he would bow to the inevitable and bring his insurgent effort to a close.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923597-sanders-under-pressure-to-quit-as-democrats-look-to-unite/

AP Interview: Clinton says Trump behaving like a demagogue
By LISA LERER

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton opened her general election campaign against Donald Trump on Wednesday by accusing him of behaving like a "demagogue," likening his attacks on judges, the media, his opponents and their families to dark moments in world history.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923598-ap-interview-clinton-says-trump-behaving-like-a-demagogue/

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Palestinian gunmen kill 4 Israelis in Tel Aviv, 5 wounded
By IAN DEITCH

JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Palestinians opened fire near a popular open-air market in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday night, killing four Israelis and wounding at least five others in one of the deadliest attacks in an eight-month wave of violence.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923596-two-suspects-are-detained-following-shooting-at-tel-aviv-shopping-centre/#entry10836496

Tickets for Muhammad Ali memorial service sees long queues



LOUISVILLE: -- Fans of Muhammad Ali have formed long queues in Louisville in the hope of getting tickets to the late boxing legend’s memorial service.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923599-tickets-for-muhammad-ali-memorial-service-sees-long-queues/

Modi to Congress: India, US can anchor stability in Asia
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON

WASHINGTON (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that the world's two largest democracies can anchor stability and prosperity from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific in an aspirational speech that glossed over continuing divisions in the relationship.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923600-modi-to-congress-india-us-can-anchor-stability-in-asia/

Iraqi troops in southern Fallujah for first time in 2 years
By SUSANNAH GEORGE

NAYMIYAH, Iraq (AP) — A column of black Humvees carrying Iraqi special forces rolled into southern Fallujah on Wednesday, the first time in more than two years that government troops have entered the western city held by the Islamic State group.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923612-iraqi-troops-in-southern-fallujah-for-first-time-in-2-years/

The grimy business of buying and selling US debts
By Marysia Nowak
BBC News

WASHINGTON: -- Last weekend, US TV show host John Oliver bought and forgave $15m (£10.3m) worth of medical debt, delighting hundreds of people who had defaulted on the sky-high expenses from life-threatening illnesses. It only cost him $60,000 plus a $50 set-up fee. So is it that simple?

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923614-the-grimy-business-of-buying-and-selling-us-debts/

Pakistani woman burns daughter alive for eloping
ZAHEER BABAR, Associated Press
ASIF SHAHZAD, Associated Press

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A woman in Pakistan burned her 17-year-old daughter alive on Wednesday to punish her for marrying against the family's wishes, the latest in a series of so-called "honor killings" that claim the lives of nearly 1,000 women every year in the conservative Muslim country.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923618-pakistani-woman-burns-daughter-alive-for-eloping/

Constitutional Court agrees to review clause in Public Referendum Act

BANGKOK, 9 June 2016 (NNT) - The Constitutional Court has agreed to review a clause in the Public Referendum Act as petitioned by the Office of the Ombudsman.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923623-constitutional-court-agrees-to-review-clause-in-public-referendum-act/

Gingrich: Trump a 'gifted amateur,' judge comments not racist
By MJ Lee, CNN National Politics Reporter

(CNN)Days after slamming Donald Trump's comments about U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel as "inexcusable," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stood by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and called him a "gifted amateur."

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923625-gingrich-trump-a-gifted-amateur-judge-comments-not-racist/

Pattaya Police Rounding up More Drug Dealers
Story by Albert Jack



PATTAYA: -- At 6pm on the evening of June 8 a police patrol arrested thirty-three year old Yod Suktham, from Surin, after being caught with 489 Yabba tablets.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923626-pattaya-police-rounding-up-more-drug-dealers/

Supreme Court sentences two former TRT politicians to six years in prison for corruption



BANGKOK: -- Two former MPs of the defunct Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party led by fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra were each sentenced to six years in prison yesterday after they were found guilty of corruption by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923628-supreme-court-sentences-two-former-trt-politicians-to-six-years-in-prison-for-corruption/

Happy Ending at Pattaya Massage Parlours

Story by Albert Jack

PATTAYA: -- At 10pm on the evening of June 8 a team made up of Pattaya police officers, the Tourist Police, soldiers and over one-hundred volunteers raided five massage parlours in Pattaya City.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923632-happy-ending-at-pattaya-massage-parlours/

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Drunk Driver Leaves Motorcyclist in a Coma
Story by Albert Jack



PATTAYA: -- Just after midnight on the morning of June 9 the police and Sawangboriboon medics were called to an accident outside the Father Ray Foundation on Sukhumvit Road.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923635-drunk-driver-leaves-motorcyclist-in-a-coma/

Blind student receives award for academic excellence

BANGKOK, 9 June 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has presented a certificate to an outstanding blind student who graduated university with first class honors.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923636-blind-thai-student-receives-award-for-academic-excellence/

Hua Hin Zoo raided - animals taken away to sanctuaries

Image: Thairath

HUA HIN: -- Wildlife officials including a national chief descended on Hua Hin Zoo Wednesday to take away a number of animals who they say were being kept there illegally.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923657-hua-hin-zoo-raided-animals-taken-away-to-sanctuaries/

Govt investment to boost economy in second half of 2016

BANGKOK, 9 June 2016 (NNT) - The Economic Intelligent Center (EIC) of Siam Commercial Bank has held a seminar entitled ‘EIC Conference’ to give the public and private sectors a platform to exchange ideas regarding investment.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923658-thai-govt-investment-to-boost-economy-in-second-half-of-2016/

NRSA subcommittee on anti-corruption finds irregularities surrounding duty-free concessions at Suvarnabhumi

BANGKOK: -- BANGKOK, 9 June 2016 (NNT) - A subcommittee of the National Reform Steering Assembly has found some irregularities surrounding the duty-free concessions operation at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923660-anti-corruption-nrsa-finds-irregularities-surrounding-duty-free-concessions-at-suvarnabhumi/

BMA unclogs drains in Min Buri district



BANGKOK, 9 June 2016 (NNT) - Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumband Paribatra has observed a dredging operation to unclog city drainage and canals in Min Buri district. Dredging operations are part of the city's flood prevention measures ahead of the rainy season.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923662-bangkok-administration-unclogs-drains-in-min-buri-district/

King’s 70 years of accession to the throne celebrated with loyalty and love across the country



BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha led the whole nation this morning in making merit for His Majesty the King on the 70th anniversary of his accession to the throne.

A mass alm offering to 770 monks was held at 07.39 am working around the Royal Palace with the prime minister and his spouse, and cabinet ministers, assemblemen, military top brass, senior government officials and their spouses, all in yellow clothes, lining along the wall of the Royal Palace to offer food and necessary items to monks.

Similar offering of alms were also held nationwide with the governors and district chiefs leading the people at all provincial townhalls, and district offices to make merits for the beloved King.

Although today is not a public holiday, but all state agencies spent the rest of the morning holding religious ceremonies in celebrating the King’s 70th anniversary of his accession to the throne with exhibitions.

Private sector also joined the celebration with all employees dressing in yellow colour.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/kings-70-years-accession-throne-celebrated-loyalty-love-across-country/


-- Thai PBS 2016-06-09

Ahok says children must not be forced to wear hijab



JAKARTA: -- Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama reiterated on Wednesday that schools should not force girls to wear the hijab or head scarf because the decision to wear the Islamic veil must come from the students themselves, The Jakarta Post reported on Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923666-jakarta-ahok-says-children-must-not-be-forced-to-wear-hijab/

Singaporeans urged to be vigilant when travelling to Thailand: MFA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) travel notice advises Singaporeans travelling to or residing in Thailand to take the necessary precautions to ensure their safety.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923667-singaporeans-urged-to-be-vigilant-when-travelling-to-thailand-mfa/

S-21 prison chief claims he saved four inmates from poisoning



PHNOM PENH: -- The former chief of the notorious S-21 prison on Wednesday told the court how he helped spare the lives of four inmates when he swapped painkillers for poison which was supposed to be given to the prisoners at the order of his superior, according to The Phnom Penh Post Online on Thursday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923669-s-21-prison-chief-claims-he-saved-four-inmates-from-poisoning/

Youth, 15, shot in the head "a case of mistaken identity"


Image: Daily News

BANGKOK: -- A fifteen year old Minburi student shot in the head yesterday was mistaken for someone else, police said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923680-youth-15-shot-in-the-head-a-case-of-mistaken-identity/

Two more armed groups agree to meet Burma’s peace negotiators



YANGON: -- Burma’s largest and most powerful armed groups, the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) have agreed to meet and talk with Burmese government’s peace negotiators, The Irrawaddy Online reported on Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923682-two-more-armed-groups-agree-to-meet-burmas-peace-negotiators/

Father who let his kindergarten child stand up on motorbike fined 400 baht


Image: Sanook

BANGKOK: -- A father who was caught on video earlier in the week letting his five year old child stand on a motorbike on the way home from kindergarten gave himself yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923689-father-who-let-his-kindergarten-child-stand-up-on-motorbike-fined-400-baht/

Two year old drowns in pond at Prachinburi home


Image: Thairath

PRACHINBURI: -- A two year old boy in the care of his grandparents died after he drowned in a pond behind the house.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/923690-two-year-old-drowns-in-pond-at-prachinburi-home/