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No, 2,000 teak trees won't be cut for new Parliament - more like 5,000
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

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BANGKOK — Despite an outcry from the public over the destruction of a teak forest in the north of Thailand, the head of the junta-appointed legislature said Monday it will go ahead despite a claim the junta leader had ordered the trees protected.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934163-no-2000-teak-trees-wont-be-cut-for-new-parliament-more-like-5000/

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Some 100,000 policemen to be deployed on referendum day

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BANGKOK: -- Over 100,000 policemen will be deployed across the country to ensure peace and order on August 7 when people go to the polls to vote on the draft charter, Pol Maj-Gen Piyaphan Pingmuang, deputy spokesman of the National Police Office, said on Monday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934233-some-100000-policemen-to-be-deployed-on-referendum-day/

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Phuket officials play down broken tsunami buoy fears
Suthicha Sirirat

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Vice Governor Chokdee today played down concerns raised in rsponse to Facebook community Phuket SOS posting a notice that tsunami-warning buoy 23401 had stopped transmitting data. Image: Facebook / Phuket SOS

PHUKET: -- Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat today (July 25) played down concerns in response to repeated requests for updates on what was being done to repair a tsunami-warning buoy that stopped transmitting data in March.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934243-phuket-officials-play-down-broken-tsunami-buoy-fears/

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Ex-Pheu Thai MP meets police after being implicated in distorted mails

BANGKOK: -- Former Pheu Thai MP of Chiang Mai Ms Tassanee Buranupakorn turned herself in with the police in Chiang Mai after she was implicated by a former employee of involvement in the distribution of mails with distorted version of the draft constitution seized in some northern provinces.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934244-ex-pheu-thai-mp-meets-police-after-being-implicated-in-distorted-mails/

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Thai police charge two eight-year-old girls who tore down pink lists

KAMPHAENG PHET: -- Two 8-year-old girls in Thailand have been charged for violating campaigning rules ahead of a contentious referendum next month after tearing voter lists off a wall because they liked the pink paper they were printed on, police said on Sunday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934246-thai-police-charge-two-eight-year-old-girls-who-tore-down-pink-lists/

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Contrary to what internet says, shop denies these Thai amulets made in China
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

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Amulets sold at the Boom Collection shop in Bangkok were identified Sunday by internet users as cheap Chinese knockoffs. Photo: Socialhithit / Facebook

BANGKOK — When someone posted photos supposedly of a shop in Chinatown selling counterfeit Buddhist amulets made en masse in a Chinese factory, all hell broke loose, with netizens screaming: Is nothing sacred or exclusively Thai anymore?

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934248-contrary-to-what-internet-says-shop-denies-these-thai-amulets-made-in-china/

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Scotland’s Sturgeon wants independence vote to remain an option

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LONDON: -- Just a month after the UK’s Brexit vote, Scotland’s first minister has reaffirmed her intention to keep the northern country inside the European Union. Her speech came as UK Prime Minister Theresa May once again confirmed Britain’s intention to leave the bloc.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934250-scotlands-sturgeon-wants-independence-vote-to-remain-an-option/

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Dems' opening night: Party stars, struggle to quiet disputes
By JULIE PACE and KEN THOMAS

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders urgently joined forces Monday to tamp down dissent among his supporters, as Democrats tried to keep infighting from overtaking a convention opening night featuring some of the party's biggest stars.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934256-dems-opening-night-party-stars-struggle-to-quiet-disputes/

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