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Thai authorities downplay Zika risk, worried by tourism impact

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aukkarapon Niyomyat

 

BANGKOK: -- Health and city officials in Thailand downplayed risks from rising infections from the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is linked to serious birth defects, and expressed concern that disclosing information would damage its tourism industry.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942573-thai-authorities-downplay-zika-risk-worried-by-tourism-impact/

 

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University defends student was not forced to dip into waste water treatment pond

 

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BANGKOK: -- A university freshman who was earlier reported to be in coma from lung infection after being forced to swim in waste water treatment pond has regained consciousness and is free from infection.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942575-university-defends-student-was-not-forced-to-dip-into-waste-water-treatment-pond/

 

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Nonthaburi’s tax invoice forgery firm busted

 

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BANGKOK: -- The proprietor of a construction materials trading company in Nonthaburi was arrested by revenue officials and police for allegedly forging tax invoices for sale, causing damage to the state about one billion baht in lost taxes.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942577-nonthaburi’s-tax-invoice-forgery-firm-busted/

 

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Civilian court restores jurisdiction over security-related and lese majeste offences

 

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BANGKOK: -- In his capacity as head of the National Council for Peace and Order, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has invoked Section 44 of the interim constitution to restore the civilian court’s jurisdiction over criminal offences related to internal security, Their Majesties the King and Queen and the Royal Family, lese majeste and war weapons.

 

However, similar offences which occur in areas covered by emergency decree or Internal Security Act B.E. 2551 will continue to be placed under the jurisdiction of the military court.

 

The transfer of the jurisdiction over certain criminal cases deemed a national security threat from the military court to the civilian court was attributable to the improvement of political situation in the past two years which saw peace being steadily restored and public cooperation with the government toward sustainable development, reforms and reconciliation.

 

The NCPO’s order regarding the shift of jurisdiction from the military court to the civilian court over certain security-related cases will become effective after its publication in the Royal Gazette.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/civilian-court-restores-jurisdiction-security-related-lese-majeste-offences/

 
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22 confirmed Zika cases in Bangkok since early this year

 

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BANGKOK: -- There have been 22 confirmed Zika virus cases in Bangkok since the beginning of this year with most of the cases reported in September, said deputy city clerk Dr Wanthanee Wattana on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942578-22-confirmed-zika-cases-in-bangkok-since-early-this-year/

 

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VAT rate to be pegged at 7 percent for another year

 

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BANGKOK: -- The Revenue Department has proposed the Finance Ministry to keep the value-added tax (VAT) rate at 7 percent for another year until the end of September next year, citing the slow economic recovery and impacts on business operators and the public if VAT is adjusted up.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942579-vat-rate-to-be-pegged-at-7-percent-for-another-year/

 

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ALRO told to demolish a police general’s luxury house located on Sor Por Kor land

 

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BANGKOK: -- The Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) has been ordered to demolish a luxury house and several buildings on a 535-rai land plot located on Sor Por Kor land occupied by Pol Maj-Gen Chalee Pekanan, said Agriculture Minister Chatchai Sarikalaya on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942580-alro-told-to-demolish-a-police-general’s-luxury-house-located-on-sor-por-kor-land/

 

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Democrat party is not worried with a tough election law

 

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BANGKOK: -- A deputy leader of the Democrat Party said he was not worried with a proposal of the Election Commission to introduce harsh penalties against election fraud that include the withdrawal of the voting right of the cheaters for life.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942582-democrat-party-is-not-worried-with-a-tough-election-law/

 

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Motorbike rider killed by tourist bus

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The rider was reportedly attempting to make a u-turn when the bus hit him. Photo: Winai Sarot

 

PHUKET: -- A man on a motorbike was killed as he attempted to make a u-turn on Thepkrasattri Road this afternoon. 

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942585-motorbike-rider-killed-by-tourist-bus/

 

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Deputy PM confirms suitability of new military top brass

 

BANGKOK, 13 September 2016 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has asserted that the appointments of all new military commanders were considered based on their suitability. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942586-deputy-pm-confirms-suitability-of-new-military-top-brass/

 

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'HELL ON EARTH' Brit traveller spent nightmare week in cockroach-infested Thai prison because handwash leaked on his passport

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BY BEN PERRIN AND ANNABEL HOWARD

 

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Gavin Topley spent six days in a Thai airport detention centre after being denied entry from Vietnam

 

Gavin Topley, from Bournemouth, spent six nights sleeping on the floor of a Thai jail after being denied entry from Vietnam for having stain on his passport

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942587-hell-on-earth-brit-traveller-spent-nightmare-week-in-cockroach-infested-thai-prison-because-handwash-leaked-on-his-passport/

 

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Health at forefront of US election campaign: Trump vows to disclose medical results

 

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Health has been brought to the forefront of the US election campaign

 

NEW YORK: -- Following the release of Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis, her opponent Donald Trump has promised to disclose detailed results of his recent medical examination.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942588-health-at-forefront-of-us-election-campaign-trump-vows-to-disclose-medical-results/

 

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‘Offended’ Italians sue Charlie Hebdo for Amatrice pasta cartoons

 

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AMATRICE: -- The Italian town of Amatrice is suing French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for depicting earthquake victims as pasta dishes.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942589-‘offended’-italians-sue-charlie-hebdo-for-amatrice-pasta-cartoons/

 

 

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Initial ‘calm prevails’ as Syrian ceasefire deal comes into effect

 

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DAMASCUS: -- A nationwide ceasefire agreement in Syria brokered by Russia and the United States has come into effect. It is the second attempt this year by Moscow and Washington to halt the five-year-long civil war.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942591-initial-‘calm-prevails’-as-syrian-ceasefire-deal-comes-into-effect/

 

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Five years’ talking brings no closer end to Syrian carnage

Robert Hackwill

 

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LONDON: -- There is a new ceasefire in Syria, brokered between the US and Russia, respectively the godfathers of the opposition, and regime.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942592-five-years’-talking-brings-no-closer-end-to-syrian-carnage/

 

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Bangkok police to end the city's traffic woes - and these flags are bound to help!

 

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BANGKOK: -- Bangkok's top brass are driving forward to bring an end to the city's notorious traffic congestion.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942595-bangkok-police-to-end-the-citys-traffic-woes-and-these-flags-are-bound-to-help/

 

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Dutch man with cancer says: Hua Hin Hospital fleeced me because I'm a foreigner

 

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HUA HIN: -- A man from the Netherlands has complained that the Hua Hin Hospital has fleeced him because he is a foreigner.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942596-dutch-man-with-cancer-says-hua-hin-hospital-fleeced-me-because-im-a-foreigner/

 

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Woman waiting at bus stop dead after car and taxi collide in Bangkok

 

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BANGKOK: -- A young woman is dead and three people injured after a car and a taxi collided on Pahonyothin Road on Sunday night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942598-woman-waiting-at-bus-stop-dead-after-car-and-taxi-collide-in-bangkok/

 

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Man sought after vicious stabbing of tour bus girl in Bangkok

 

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BANGKOK: -- Police are looking for a 30-35 year old thin man after a tour bus stewardess was brutally murdered in the Prachacheun area of Bangkok on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942599-man-sought-after-vicious-stabbing-of-tour-bus-girl-in-bangkok/

 

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Trial of SS medic who served at Auschwitz begins in Germany

By DAVID RISING

 

BERLIN (AP) — The oft-delayed trial of a former SS medic who served at the Auschwitz death camp opened Monday in Germany, amid lingering questions about whether the 95-year-old is fit enough for the proceedings to continue.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942600-trial-of-ss-medic-who-served-at-auschwitz-begins-in-germany/

 

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Clinton scrambles to head off fallout from brutal weekend

By JULIE PACE

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's campaign is scrambling to head off lasting damage from her brutal weekend. Aides are promising to release more of her medical records following her bout of pneumonia and conceding they were too slow in providing information about her condition.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942602-clinton-scrambles-to-head-off-fallout-from-brutal-weekend/

 

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Mosque where Orlando gunman worshipped is set on fire

By TERRY SPENCER

 

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The mosque that Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen attended was heavily damaged in an arson fire that Muslim leaders said was the latest incident in an escalating campaign of harassment and violence against the house of worship and its members.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942603-mosque-where-orlando-gunman-worshipped-is-set-on-fire/

 

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Paralympian of the year Marieke Vervoort will choose euthanasia, but not yet…

 

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BRUSSELS: -- Marieke Vervoort was named Paralympian of the year in both 2012 and 2015, but that’s not what the media were focussing on ahead of the Belgian’s arrival in Rio.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942594-paralympian-of-the-year-marieke-vervoort-will-choose-euthanasia-but-not-yet…/

 

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Related agencies adopt guideline to ensure safety of Prompt Pay

  

BANGKOK, 13 September 2016 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and other concerned agencies have together drawn up a guideline to secure the Prompt Pay e-payment system and raise the confidence of users. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942615-related-agencies-adopt-guideline-to-ensure-safety-of-prompt-pay/

 

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Searchers find 2nd ship from doomed British expedition 
ROB GILLIES, Associated Press

 

TORONTO (AP) — The second of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic nearly 170 years ago during a storied expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage has been found.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942616-searchers-find-2nd-ship-from-doomed-british-expedition /

 

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