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Former president Arroyo expected to be acquitted by the Supreme Court

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MANILA: -- Detained Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is expected to be acquitted by the Supreme Court of a plunder charge involving her supposed misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office funds, reported The Manila Times Online on Monday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930932-former-president-arroyo-expected-to-be-acquitted-by-the-supreme-court/

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Get out and don't come back - US man and Thai wife tossed out of their own Hua Hin condo

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HUA HIN: -- A Thai woman and her American husband have claimed that the locks on their beachfront Hua Hin holiday condo were changed and they were threatened not to come back.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930935-get-out-and-dont-come-back-us-man-and-thai-wife-tossed-out-of-their-own-hua-hin-condo/

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Two men try to steal ATM Machine by pulling it with truck, fail miserably
By Coconuts Bangkok

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BANGKOK: -- Two men, who had probably binge-watched too many 80s burglary films, tried to steal an ATM machine in Ang Thong by hooking it to a sling before pulling it with a truck — an attempt that failed miserably.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930936-two-men-try-to-steal-atm-machine-by-pulling-it-with-truck-fail-miserably/

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Business possible motive behind killing of northern hill tribe woman in Phuket
Eakkapop Thongtub

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Rescue workers remove Ms Wei's body from the murder scene. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: Police believe the sale of souvenirs to Chinese tourists at a mini-mart on Phang Nga Rd in Phuket Town could be a possible motive behind the murder of a northern hill tribe woman who was shot dead at the store in the early hours of Friday morning (July 8).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930940-business-possible-motive-behind-killing-of-northern-hill-tribe-woman-in-phuket/

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Chinese tourist slashed by engine propeller off Phuket dies of injuries
Tanyaluk Sakoot

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Li Yuheng, 18, died from injuries he sustained when hit the the propeller of a speedboat engine last Thursday. Photo: Harsha K R/Flickr

PHUKET: The 18-year-old Chinese tourist who was wounded by a speedboat engine propeller when swimming in the sea last Thursday (July 8) died from his injuries later the same day The Phuket News has learned.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930398-chinese-tourist-faces-amputation-after-getting-mangled-in-speedboat-propeller-near-koh-phi-phi/page-2?p=10948077#entry10948077

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Rape-tainment: Officials seek punishment against 'Club Friday' TV soap for violent scenes
By Coconuts Bangkok

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A controversial scene from TV series "Club Friday to be Continued" shows a man forcing a female villain's face to a motorcycle’s exhaust pipe. Photo: GMM 25

BANGKOK: -- The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) will decide today what punitive action they will take against the organizer of the popular TV series "Club Friday to be Continued" for featuring violent scenes against women.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930952-rape-tainment-officials-seek-punishment-against-club-friday-tv-soap-for-violent-scenes/

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Scarce hauls concern local fishermen, conservation officials
Phuket Gazette

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Workers sort through undersized catches at a fishing pier in Phuket. Captains reported low yields and undersized fish during the opening days of fishing season. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- As fishermen across Phuket and Krabi returned to shore after the July 1 reopening of the season, their meager catches furrowed foreheads and drew exasperated sighs.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930994-scarce-hauls-concern-local-fishermen-conservation-officials/

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Ministry of Culture trains youths going abroad to serve as cultural ambassadors

BANGKOK, 11 July 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Culture has organized a program to encourage Thai youths living abroad to serve as a cultural ambassadors of the nation as well as to enhance the nation’s cultural heritage both at home and abroad.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/930998-thai-culture-ministry-trains-youths-going-abroad-to-serve-as-cultural-ambassadors/

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Treasury Dept appoints a committee to find out how commemorative coins went missing

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BANGKOK, 11 July 2016 (NNT)-The Treasury Department (TD) appointed a committee to find out how 50 gold commemorative coins produced on the occasion of Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s fifth cycle birthday anniversary were removed from the Royal Thai Mint.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/931005-treasury-dept-appoints-committee-to-find-out-how-commemorative-coins-went-missing/

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Phuket Town, Patong gambling raids net 29 suspects, slot machine

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Among the items seized in the gambling raids was a slot machine in a minimart in Patong. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- Gambling raids in Phuket Town and Patong over the weekend netted 29 suspects as well as gambling paraphernalia, including a slot machine and B70,000 cash.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/931010-phuket-town-patong-gambling-raids-net-29-suspects-slot-machine/

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Council of States rule Sangha Council’s nomination of new supreme patriarch not illegal

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BANGKOK: -- The Council of State has ruled that the Office of National Buddhism’s submission to the prime minister of the resolution of the Sangha Council regarding the nomination of the new supreme patriarch does not contravene with Section 7 of the Monastic Act.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/931013-council-of-states-rule-sangha-councils-nomination-of-new-supreme-patriarch-not-illegal/

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Spaniard accused of dismembering associate pleads not guilty
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

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Artur Segarra, 37, is brought from Bangkok Remand Prison to the Criminal Court on Monday morning where he denied all charges involving the murder of, David Bernat. Both men are Spanish nationals.

BANGKOK — The trial of a Spanish man accused of murdering and brutally dismembering another Spaniard in Bangkok will go forward after he plead not guilty to all charges in court Monday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/931025-spaniard-accused-of-dismembering-associate-pleads-not-guilty/

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Despite ‘one person, one company’ law draft, foreigners still can’t own businesses

By Coconuts Bangkok


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Bangkok skyline. Photo: BuniD/Flickr


A new draft law has been under review by the country’s Business Development Department that would allow a single person to own a company. However, as of now, that person can’t be a foreigner.



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