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Thaivisa Photography Competition (September 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/940594-thai-visa-photo-competition-september-2016/

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CTH Cable TV ordered to pay 20,000 baht in fine each day

 

BANGKOK:-- CTH Cable TV Company has been ordered by the Broadcasting Board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to pay fines amounting to 20,000 baht a day starting August 28 until the cable TV service provider fulfils the board’s order for it to refund its clients.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941588-cth-cable-tv-ordered-to-pay-20000-baht-in-fine-each-day/

 

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New political law allows existing parties

KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN,
NATTHAPHAT PHROMKAEW,
OLARN LERTRATTANADAMRONGKUL
THE NATION 

 

Somchai

 

Drafters open to suggestions regarding four organic laws needed before poll

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Election Commission submitted a new law on political parties to the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) yesterday which would preserve existing parties - despite calls recently for all parties to be disbanded, so Thai politics can be reset.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941602-new-political-law-allows-existing-parties/

 

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‘Not possible’ for NCPO to run election: Prawit

WASAMON AUDJARINT,
OLARN LERTRATTANADAMRONGKUL
THE NATION 

 

Prawit

 

BANGKOK: -- DEPUTY PRIME Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan yesterday rejected the possibility that the ruling National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and the Interior Ministry would organise the next general election instead of the Election Commission (EC).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941603-not-possible-for-ncpo-to-run-election-prawit/

 

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Three forensic doctors join Justice Ministry investigation of death in DSI custody

PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI,
KITTIPONG MANEERIT,
KORNKAMOL AKSORNDECH
THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THREE FORENSIC doctors have joined the Justice Ministry’s investigation into the mysterious death of a key suspect in a land-deed registration case.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941604-three-forensic-doctors-join-justice-ministry-investigation-of-death-in-dsi-custody/

 

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Top court sentences Sondhi to 20 years

THE NATION 

 

Sondhi Limthongkul waves to photographers before being taken to Bangkok Remand Prison yesterday to serve his 20-year jail |sentence for using forged documents.

 

BANGKOK: -- SONDHI LIMTHONGKUL, a former media magnate and controversial political activist, was sentenced by the Supreme Court to 20 years in jail for forging corporate documents to solicit a Bt1.07-billion loan from Krung Thai Bank back in 1997.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941503-yellowshirt-leader-sondhi-jailed-20-years-for-fraud/?do=findComment&comment=11123141

 

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DSI investigating two lawyers linked to Klongchan, temple

THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) is gathering evidence against two lawyers, both with ties to high-profile suspects accused of financial crimes, over alleged money laundering.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941605-dsi-investigating-two-lawyers-linked-to-klongchan-temple/

 

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PM to represent Thailand at UN General Assembly

WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION 

 

Prayut

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month focusing on the conclusion of the Thai chairmanship of the Group of 77.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941566-prayut-to-attend-g77-meeting-in-new-york/

 

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EC downplays rumours of members vying for top job

Piyaporn Wong,
Chanikarn Phumhiran
The Nation 

 

Somchai

 

BANGKOK: -- The Election Commission (EC) has been discussing the idea of rotating all positions, not just that of the chairman, EC commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn said yesterday in a move to downplay speculation that members are wrangling for the top position.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941606-ec-downplays-rumours-of-members-vying-for-top-job/

 

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Constitutional Court to begin reviewing changes made to draft

THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court will today begin reviewing the revisions charter writers made to the draft charter in response to last month’s referendum.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941607-constitutional-court-to-begin-reviewing-changes-made-to-draft/

 

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EDITORIAL

Article 44 should never been invoked

The Nation

 

The people’s will cowers again as General Prayut mulls using his ‘special powers’ to build an unnecessary dam

 

BANGKOK: -- Supporters of the post-coup government - and those who grudgingly regard it as being preferable to the brutality of street politics - view Article 44 of the interim constitution as a handy package of special powers for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. By invoking it he can deal quickly and directly with problems as they arise, circumventing the bureaucracy and any established laws that might get in the way. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941608-article-44-should-never-been-invoked/

 

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SCB denies its SCB Easy system has been hacked

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Siam Commercial Bank has lodged a complaint with the police to take legal action against the operator or operators of a fake website which claimed that the bank’s SCB Easy service has been hacked.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941609-scb-denies-its-scb-easy-system-has-been-hacked/

 

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Crackdown ordered on illegal racing on new Kasetnawamin road

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Bung Kum district police have been ordered to launch a crackdown on illegal car racing on the New Kasetnawamin road which has reportedly caused a lot of nuisance to people living in the neighbourhood.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941610-crackdown-ordered-on-illegal-racing-on-new-kasetnawamin-road/

 

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Unicef expresses concern over violence in Deep South

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Unicef representative for Thailand on Tuesday expressed deep concern over continuing violence in restive southernmost provinces of Thailand, particularly the motorcycle bomb blast this morning in Narathiwat which killed a 4-year old girl and her father and injured ten other people.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941611-unicef-expresses-concern-over-violence-in-deep-south/

 

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Phuket to host IRON MAN 70.3 Thailand triathlon

  

PHUKET, 7 September 2016 (NNT) - Phuket province will host the IRON MAN 70.3 Thailand triathlon on November 27, 2016. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941612-phuket-to-host-iron-man-703-thailand-triathlon/

 

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Riverside communities confident in Govt's flood prevention measures

  

BANGKOK, 7 September 2016 (NNT) – Several communities along the Chao Phraya River are keeping a close eye on the water level while voicing confidence in the government’s ability to prevent flooding. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941613-riverside-communities-confident-in-govts-flood-prevention-measures/

 

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BURNING ISSUE

Asean summits: All eyes on the South China Sea

SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE

 

 

VIENTIANE: -- The spotlight of world politics has swung to Laos as world leaders gather in Vientiane for two summits aimed at boosting regional and global cooperation but overshadowed by seething tensions in the South China Sea.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941616-asean-summits-all-eyes-on-the-south-china-sea/

 

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Holland to help build pipeline to Gaza

 

 

THE HAGUE: -- The Netherlands will help build a pipeline to provide gas and water to the Gaza strip.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941617-holland-to-help-build-pipeline-to-gaza/

 

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WHO issue safe sex advice to stem Zika’s spread

 

 

GENEVA: -- The World Health Organisation has advised that anyone returning from areas affected by the Zika virus should practice safe sex for at least six months.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941618-who-issue-safe-sex-advice-to-stem-zika’s-spread/

 

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First face plant patient dies

 

 

AMIENS: -- Isabelle Dinoire, the world’s first recipient of a face transplant died on 22 April after a ‘long illness’. She died at the same hospital in Amiens where she received the groundbreaking transplant in 2005. The hospital said that news was delayed “in accordance with the will of her relatives.”

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941619-first-face-plant-patient-dies/

 

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Gas allegedly used by Syrian government forces in latest Aleppo bombing

 

 

ALEPPO: -- Medical sources in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo say that President Assad’s forces may have again used chlorine bombs in a gas attack on a rebel-held residential district.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941620-gas-allegedly-used-by-syrian-government-forces-in-latest-aleppo-bombing/

 

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Sturgeon warns Scotland will decide its European future independently

 

 

EDINBURGH: -- The people of Scotland have made two recent choices in referendum votes. One, entirely theirs, saw them vote to narrowly stay part of the United Kingdom. But now the UK has dragged Scotland out of the EU, the Scots want another crack at independence so they can remain.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941621-sturgeon-warns-scotland-will-decide-its-european-future-independently/

 

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Police smash network ‘smuggling Syrians to Western Europe’

 

 

ROME: -- Italian police said on Tuesday that they had smashed a criminal network that smuggled hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees across the Balkans to Western Europe.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941622-police-smash-network-‘smuggling-syrians-to-western-europe’/

 

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Britain jails radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary

Robert Hackwill

 

 

LONDON: -- A court in Britain has jailed the country’s best-known radical Muslim cleric for five and a half years for urging support of ISIL .

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941623-britain-jails-radical-muslim-cleric-anjem-choudary/

 

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Clinton, Trump: He's a national security danger; no she is

By KEN THOMAS and STEVE PEOPLES

 

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of insulting America's veterans and pressing dangerous military plans around the globe on Tuesday, seeking to undercut his appeal to service families in Southern voting battlegrounds. Trump declared "our country is going to hell" because of policies she would make even worse.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941624-clinton-trump-hes-a-national-security-danger-no-she-is/

 

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IS loss of border area with Turkey sharply harms group

By BASSEM MROUE

 

BEIRUT (AP) — Expelling the Islamic State group from the last territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border has effectively cut the militants' supply lines from the outside world. That could affect their ability to protect their last bastions — the cities of Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941625-is-loss-of-border-area-with-turkey-sharply-harms-group/

 

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80 million unexploded bombs: Obama pledges US help for Laos

By JOSH LEDERMAN and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY

 

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Declaring a "moral obligation" to heal the wounds of a secret war, President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged help to clear away the 80 million unexploded bombs the U.S. dropped on Laos a generation ago — more than 10 for every one of the country's 7 million people.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941626-80-million-unexploded-bombs-obama-pledges-us-help-for-laos/

 

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"Please don't let me be a widow when I am still young" - Adult star "Nong Nat" waits at sick Harold's side

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Former Thai sex star "Nong Nat" who married Harold the aging American businessman, is reportedly at his bedside in a hospital ICU.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941627-please-dont-let-me-be-a-widow-when-i-am-still-young-adult-star-nong-nat-waits-at-sick-harolds-side/

 

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Drug fugitive shot dead in a hail of bullets as he takes his wife hostage

 

Image: Daily News

 

KANCHANABURI: -- Dramatic pictures show the moment when a desperate drug fugitive takes his own wife hostage when cornered by police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941628-drug-fugitive-shot-dead-in-a-hail-of-bullets-as-he-takes-his-wife-hostage/

 

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More Thais committing suicide - and the north is the worst hit

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A leading mental health expert has warned that Thais are increasingly committing suicide - and the problem is at its worst in the north of the country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941629-more-thais-committing-suicide-and-the-north-is-the-worst-hit/