Thailand Live Friday 8 July 2016

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Pattaya begins demolition of encroaching hotel carpark

PATTAYA:--Pattaya has begun demolishing a three-story hotel parking garage at the Bali Hai Bay Hotel after finding it encroached on public land.

City Legal Department chief Sretapol Boonsawat led Pattaya engineers and contractors from Boy Ocean Star Co. to the site July 2 with heavy machinery to start tearing down the illegal structure. The demolition is expected to take 120 days.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930432-pattaya-begins-demolition-of-encroaching-hotel-carpark/

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New Pattaya legal chief appointed to tackle encroachment

Sretapol Boonsawat has been appointed the new head of Pattaya’s Legal Department.

PATTAYA:--The non-elected transformation of Pattaya City Hall continued with acting Mayor Chanatpong Sriviset appointing Sretapol Boonsawat head of the city Legal Department.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930434-new-pattaya-legal-chief-appointed-to-tackle-encroachment/

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Leaky tank blamed for disabling 14 vehicles at Sattahip gas station

SATTAHIP:-- A Sattahip gas station has agreed to repair 14 diesel-powered vehicles that broke down after filling up with fuel mixed with water.

Heavy rain and a leaky drainage system were blamed for allowing storm runoff to enter an underground diesel fuel tank at the PTT station at Kasempol Junction in Sattahip June 21.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930433-leaky-tank-blamed-for-disabling-14-vehicles-at-sattahip-gas-station/

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Itthiphol, council leave office before completing promised Makro U-turn

PATTAYA:--Elected Pattaya officials who repeatedly promised to open a new Sukhumvit Road U-turn left office last month without keeping their pledge.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930436-itthiphol-council-leave-office-before-completing-promised-makro-u-turn/

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Body of young woman, believed to be rape victim, found in Bangkok
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- A young woman was found dead on the roadside at Soi Sakae Ngam 28, in Bang Khun Thian district, this morning. Police believed she was sexually assaulted and murdered.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930439-body-of-young-woman-believed-to-be-rape-victim-found-in-bangkok/

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Customs may propose using Section 44 power to clear over 1,000 abandoned luxury cars at ports



BANGKOK: -- The Customs Department may consider proposing the use of Section 44 of the interim charter to clear over a thousand of imported luxury cars abandoned by importers at ports and free zones.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930444-customs-may-propose-using-section-44-power-to-clear-over-1000-abandoned-luxury-cars-at-ports/

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Phuket police vague on taxi rifle, pig shooting incident
The Phuket News


Cherng Talay Police are reluctant to divulge details about the taxi driver or his campanions who were firing a rifle within metres of local residents' houses at Layan. Image: provided

PHUKET: -- Police are reluctant to provide details over a Phuket taxi driver and his companions firing a rifle in a residential area in Cherng Talay on Tuesday (July 5), allegedly to shoot wild pigs.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930453-phuket-police-vague-on-taxi-rifle-pig-shooting-incident/

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MFA eyes on strengthening cooperation between Thailand and Africa

BANGKOK, 8 July 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs aims to advance collaboration with Africa sustainably and based on mutual interest due to its potential.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930456-mfa-eyes-on-strengthening-cooperation-between-thailand-and-africa/

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Inquiry over faulty parachutes that killed 2 cops going nowhere: Lawyer
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter


Photos of police cadets Chayakorn Puttachaiyong, left, and Nattawut Tirasuwansuk, right, taken from their Facebook profiles.

BANGKOK — Families of police cadets Nattawut Tirasuwansuk and Chayakorn Puttachaiyong watched in horror as the pair plunged to their deaths during a parachute training exercise that went horribly wrong two years ago.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930487-inquiry-over-faulty-parachutes-that-killed-2-cops-going-nowhere-lawyer/

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PM says someone fund the publication of “fake” draft charter copies



THAILAND -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha believes there are someone who funded the publication and distribution of a distorted version of the draft constitution many copies of which emerged in northern provinces.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930488-pm-says-someone-fund-the-publication-of-fake-draft-charter-copies/

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Suspected Italian-Thai workers camp arsonist arrested
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter


Fire strikes a workers camp in Bangkoks Don Muang district Wednesday evening.

BANGKOK A suspect was arrested Thursday evening in connection with the recent fire at a construction workers camp near Don Mueang Airport.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930489-suspected-italian-thai-workers-camp-arsonist-arrested/?p=10940083

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Phuket man arrested with kilo of ya ice
Eakkapop Thongtub


Dealer Pokim Saelim, 48, was found in possession of 1 kilo of ya ice. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- A Phuket man was arrested on Wednesday (July 6) when he was found to be in possession of six bags of crystal meth (ya ice) weighing a total of 1 kilogram.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930500-phuket-man-arrested-with-kilo-of-ya-ice/

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