Thailand Live Thursday 4 Aug 2016

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Thaivisa Photography Competition (August 2016)
 

 
Enter the Thaivisa Photography Competition where you can win a two night stay at the luxury Palm Grove Resort in Pattaya, worth an estimated 10,000 Baht.
 
Submit your photos here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935139-thaivisa-photography-competition-august-2016/

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British family injured as van ends up in Rayong klong - Thai female guide is dead

 

Image: ThaiRath

 

RAYONG:-- A British family who rented a van from Ban Phe (Koh Samet) to Bangkok ended up submerged in a klong Wednesday as the driver of the vehicle lost control on Route 36.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935818-british-family-injured-as-van-ends-up-in-rayong-klong-thai-female-guide-is-dead/

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It's safer by train! Transport police show public a friendly face

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK:-- It was all aboard the Happy Train on Wednesday  as smiling transport police launched a revamped third year of the "Police in Train" campaign.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935817-its-safer-by-train-transport-police-show-public-a-friendly-face/

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BEM chosen to operate Bangsue-Taopoon connection route

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The board of Mass Rapid Transit Authority has agreed to appoint Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company (BEM) by special means to operate the connection route between Bangsue station of the underground train and Taopoon station of the Blue Line train.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935838-bem-chosen-to-operate-bangsue-taopoon-connection-route/

 

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Si Sakhon district chief officer is among eight injured in bomb blast
 

 

NARATHIWAT: -- Eight people, including the Si Sakhon district chief officer, were injured in a motorcycle bomb explosion on a road in Si Sakhon district of Narathiwat province on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935840-si-sakhon-district-chief-officer-is-among-eight-injured-in-bomb-blast/

 

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Wat Dhammakaya questions DSI’s charge against its financial official

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Wat Dhammakaya on Wednesday questioned the decision of the Department of Special Investigation to charge its financial official, Phra Maha Boonchai Charuthatto, of defying summons for the monk to be questioned.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935841-wat-dhammakaya-questions-dsi’s-charge-against-its-financial-official/

 

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PM says 280 billion baht in loss from the rice scheme is not the final figure

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The 280 billion baht in damage caused by the rice pledging scheme of the Yingluck administration is not the final figure which is bound to increase in the future when reassessment is to be made, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935842-pm-says-280-billion-baht-in-loss-from-the-rice-scheme-is-not-the-final-figure/

 

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One killed, five injured in van accident in Rayong

 

 

RAYONG: -- A tour guide was killed and five other people, including the driver, were injured on Wednesday when a chartered passenger van accidentally skidded out of the road and plunged into a roadside klong in Rayong province.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935818-british-family-injured-as-van-ends-up-in-rayong-klong-thai-female-guide-is-dead/?do=findComment&comment=11019380

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Three more months needed for probe into 7,000-plus illegal luxury cars

  

BANGKOK, 4 August 2016 (NNT) - Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya said it will take three more months for the authorities to finish probe into 7,000-plus allegedly illegal luxury cars. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935844-three-more-months-needed-for-probe-into-7000-plus-illegal-luxury-cars/

 

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Rice export to rise to 9.5 million tons throughout this year: Rice Exporters Association

  

BANGKOK, 4 August 2016 (NNT) - Thailand has become the world's largest rice exporter again with almost five million tons exported in the first half of this year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935845-rice-export-to-rise-to-95-million-tons-throughout-this-year-rice-exporters-association/

 

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Members of public warned against violating Referendum Act

  

BANGKOK, 4 August 2016 (NNT) - Members of the public have been warned against violating the Referendum Act on August 7. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935846-members-of-public-warned-against-violating-referendum-act/

 

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Labor Ministry looks to raise workers' potentials to accommodate Thailand 4.0

 

  

BANGKOK, 4 August 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Labor seeks to raise the potentials of workers in order to accommodate Thailand 4.0. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935847-thai-labor-ministry-looks-to-raise-workers-potentials-to-accommodate-thailand-40/ 

 

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Phuket Governor approves re-opening of Jungceylon areas

Chanida Summmast

 

The Port area at the Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong re-opened after an inspection by Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada today (Aug 3). Photo: Slilla Svetsreni, Senior Public Relations Manager at Jungceylon

 

PHUKET: -- The Port area open-air plaza at the popular Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong re-opened to the public today (Aug 3) after officials conducted a final inspection led by Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935848-phuket-governor-approves-re-opening-of-jungceylon-areas/

 

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Phuket ‘referendum awareness’ to hit the streets

The Phuket News

 

The big bike motorcade will depart Spahain Hin and continue to Patong via Chalong Circle, Kata and Karon. Map: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Local officials have urged motorists to keep clear of “Big Day” routes across Phuket on Thursday (Aug 4) as motorcades of sound trucks, big bike motorcycles, scores of cyclists and a street parade head out from Saphan Hin to encourage people to vote in the constitutional referendum on Sunday (Aug 7).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935850-phuket-‘referendum-awareness’-to-hit-the-streets/

 

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Thailand Keeps Benchmark Rate Unchanged Ahead of Referendum

Suttinee Yuvejwattana 

 

- Most economists predicted rate to remain at 1.5 percent

- Central bank says it must keep policy space to counter risks

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935851-thailand-keeps-benchmark-rate-unchanged-ahead-of-referendum/

 

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Donation drive wins freedom for elderly activist jailed 9 days

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

Election Commission staff on Wednesday demonstrate casting ballot for the Aug. 7 referendum at a school in Ubon Ratchathani province.

 

CHIANG MAI — After spending nine days in jail because he couldn’t afford the bond money, a 63-year-old man charged with violating the referendum law walked free last night, thanks to a crowdfunding effort to raise bail.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935852-donation-drive-wins-freedom-for-elderly-activist-jailed-9-days/

 

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Samui’s Honorary Consul for the British Embassy retires after twelve and a half years

 

Honorary British Consul for Koh Samui Dave Covey and his wife Mook – photo Paul Childs

 

SAMUI:-- Dave Covey, the Honorary Consul for the British Embassy has resigned from his post on Koh Samui after twelve and a half years’ service.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935853-samui’s-honorary-consul-for-the-british-embassy-retires-after-twelve-and-a-half-years/

 

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Hitler henchman Himmler’s diary extracts found

 

 

PODOLSKI: -- Pages from the diary of Heinrich Himmler reveal shocking details of the Nazi’s daily routine, including a “comradely” lunch at Dachau concentration camp, the scene of over 40,000 murders.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935855-hitler-henchman-himmler’s-diary-extracts-found/

 

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London Eye architects erect world’s tallest moving observation tower

 

 

BRIGHTON: -- From the architects that brought you the London Eye comes the world’s tallest moving observation tower: the British Airways i360.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935857-london-eye-architects-erect-world’s-tallest-moving-observation-tower/

 

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France announces plans for increased security

 

 

PARIS: -- France has announced plans to increase the number of security officers patrolling its streets.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935858-france-announces-plans-for-increased-security/

 

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Firefighter dies while battling blaze after Emirates airline crash-lands in Dubai

 

 

DUBAI: -- A firefighter has died while fighting a blaze after an Emirates Airlines plane burst into flames after it crash-landed at Dubai International Airport.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935779-emirates-airliner-with-275-onboard-crash-lands-in-dubai/?do=findComment&comment=11019487

 

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Trump says Gulf states will pay for Syrian war

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- Speaking at a rally in Virginia US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has laid out some more controversial foreign policy stances.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935859-trump-says-gulf-states-will-pay-for-syrian-war/

 

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Battle for Aleppo a pivotal moment for besieged residents

By SARAH EL DEEB

 

BEIRUT (AP) — The 28-year-old Syrian attorney turned down a scholarship to study economics in Germany in order to remain in his native Aleppo after rebels took it over in 2012, promising a new administration and life free of the rule of President Bashar Assad.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935860-battle-for-aleppo-a-pivotal-moment-for-besieged-residents/

 

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GOP frustrations with Trump mount as allies weigh options

By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN LEMIRE

 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Their party in crisis, Republicans' frustration with Donald Trump reached new heights on Wednesday as party leaders on Capitol Hill and inside New York's Trump Tower scrambled to persuade their presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have triggered sinking poll numbers and low morale.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935861-gop-frustrations-with-trump-mount-as-allies-weigh-options/

 

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"Black Eagle" gang of email scammers arrested - five Africans and three Thai women in custody

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Police in Bangkok have announced the arrest of a gang of email scammers who they say defrauded many Thai women of a total of nine million baht.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935864-black-eagle-gang-of-email-scammers-arrested-five-africans-and-three-thai-women-in-custody/

 

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Top cops transferred from Pracacheun police station in Bangkok -  seen as development in Nang Kai case

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Three top policemen have been transferred from Prachacheun station that has been at the centre of the sensational "Nang Kai" case.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935866-top-cops-transferred-from-pracacheun-police-station-in-bangkok- seen-as-development-in-nang-kai-case/

 

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Teacher denies raping girl, 12, in Buriram classroom

 

Image: Sanook

 

BURIRAM: -- A teacher has denied a charge that he raped a 12 year old girl multiple times over a year in a Buriram school. The girl alleged that the incidents occurred in a classroom.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935868-teacher-denies-raping-girl-12-in-buriram-classroom/

 

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - New leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists threatens to bomb churches, kill Christians while stopping mosque attacks.

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Sex tourism crackdown targets brothels and underage prostitutes

Kirrily Schwarz, news.com.au

 

A woman waits for customers under the red lights of Pattaya, Thailand.

 

SEX TOURISM is more prolific than you think

 

BANGKOK: -- And although prostitution is technically illegal in Thailand, the nation has more than 123,000 sex workers, who contribute up to 10 per cent of the country’s GDP.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935878-thailand-sex-tourism-crackdown-targets-brothels-and-underage-prostitutes/

 

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One dead, several hurt in central London knife attack

 

LONDON: -- A woman has died and five others were injured in a knife attack in Russell Square, central London.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935889-one-dead-several-hurt-in-central-london-knife-attack/