THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 15 Sep 2016

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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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‘I’ll be back’: Phuket's Governor Chamroen vows to return

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada identified the clearing of Surin Beach as his greatest achievement. Photo: Yutthawat Lekmak
 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada, who will leave Phuket to take up the post of Governor of Nakhon Sri Thammarat Province on October 1, has vowed to return.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942903-‘i’ll-be-back’-phukets-governor-chamroen-vows-to-return/

 

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Police name drunk-driving hit-and-run officer, two remain in hospital

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Phang Nga Police had to stave off local residents angry after a police officer reeking of alcohol slammed into two motorbikes and a car - leaving six people injured - then fled the scene. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- The police officer facing drunk-driving charges after he landed six people in hospital in Phang Nga last Friday night (Sept 10) has been released on B20,000 bail, and police are still waiting on blood-alcohol test results from the Phang Nga Hospital, which police still say will take a week to confirm.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942904-police-name-drunk-driving-hit-and-run-officer-two-remain-in-hospital/

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Central bank keeps benchmark interest rate at 1.5 percent

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee on Wednesday agreed to keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.5 percent for the 11th times, citing that the economy is still recovering and there is no need to ease monetary policy to bolster the economy, said Mr Jaturong Jantharangs, secretary of the committee, on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942932-central-bank-keeps-benchmark-interest-rate-at-15-percent/

 

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PM praises Thai Paralympic athletes: Maj-Gen Sansern

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has heaped praises on Thai Paralympic athletes, saying that they have done a great job by winning several gold, silver and bronze medals within the first couple of days of the Games and putting Thailand on the top ranking among countries in Asia and Asean.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942933-pm-praises-thai-paralympic-athletes-maj-gen-sansern/

 

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Hillary Clinton 'healthy and fit to serve" as US president, says doctor, as campaign releases medical information /BBC

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Yanhee hospital agrees to treat student’s disfigured face

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Social worker Ms Paveena Hongsakul has stepped in to arrange for medical treatment for 17-year old high school student who has her face disfigured after a teacher allegedly threw a ceramic coffee mug at her.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942934-yanhee-hospital-agrees-to-treat-student’s-disfigured-face/

 

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Government to help ease teachers’ debt problem

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Finance and Education ministries have joined force to help ease teachers’ debt problem through refinancing by Government Savings Bank.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942935-thai-govt-to-help-ease-teachers’-debt-problem/

 

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One month given to ease traffic in Bangkok

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Authorities in charge of traffic affairs in Bangkok were given one month to show progress in easing traffic congestion problem in the capital, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942936-one-month-given-to-ease-traffic-in-bangkok/

 

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Panel formed to probe leakage of customers’ personal information

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has formed a panel to investigate an incident in which an official of Advance Info Services (AIS) was accused of leaking confidential information of some mobile phone clients to unauthorized outsiders.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942937-panel-formed-to-probe-leakage-of-ais-customers’-personal-information/

 

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PM clarifies S44 was not used to seize ill-gotten assets from those implicated in fake rice deals

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha defended that he did not invoke Section 44 of the interim constitution to issue an administrative order of the NCPO to seize the ill-gotten assets of politicians, officials and businessmen involved in the fake government-to-government rice deal controversy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942938-pm-clarifies-s44-was-not-used-to-seize-ill-gotten-assets-from-those-implicated-in-fake-rice-deals/

 

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Health ministry mulls actions against those who have mosquito breeding grounds

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Public Health is checking health-related laws and regulations to ascertain whether penalties can be taken against house-owners who, through negligence, allow mosquito breeding grounds to exist in their houses or house compounds.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942939-thai-health-ministry-mulls-actions-against-those-who-have-mosquito-breeding-grounds/

 

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NCPO invokes Article 44 to protect honest officials involved in state-controlled farm supplies

  

BANGKOK, 15 September 2016 (NNT) – The National Council for Peace and Order has invoked a special law to ensure that officials, who have performed their jobs dutifully in the sale of farm products under the government’s control, will not be punished. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942940-ncpo-invokes-article-44-to-protect-honest-officials-involved-in-state-controlled-farm-supplies/

 

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Press members led on tour to Chiang Rai international airport

  

CHIANG RAI, 15 September 2016 (NNT) – Press members were led on a tour to Chiang Rai international airport which has been praised as the best of the Airports of Thailand (AOT) in 37 years. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942941-press-members-led-on-tour-to-chiang-rai-international-airport/

 

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American man found dead at rented room in Phuket

Darawan Naknakhon

 

Police and rescue workers are seen at Baan Fasi on Pisitkoranee Rd in Patong. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

 

PHUKET: -- An American man was found dead at a rented room in Patong last night (Sept 13) after housekeeping staff noticed a foul smell coming from the room while sweeping the floor outside.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942942-american-man-found-dead-at-rented-room-in-phuket/

 

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Australian drug fugitive arrested with fake passport in Phuket bar

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Police said Australian drugs fugitive Robert Gee was surprised to see the police at the bar. Photo: Phuket Tourist Police

 

PHUKET: -- Police arrested a 58-year-old Australian man in a bar on Patong’s party street Bangla Rd last night (Sept 13) after the man had spent three years quietly living in Phuket avoiding a warrant for his arrest in Australia on drug charges.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942945-australian-drug-fugitive-arrested-with-fake-passport-in-phuket-bar/

 

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A resolute denial clouds Thailand blast probes

Tan Hui Yee, Thailand Correspondent

 

BANGKOK - Bombs go off with mind-numbing regularity in Thailand's southern border provinces. They are placed in motorcycles, trucks and under rail tracks.

 

Full story:http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942948-a-resolute-denial-clouds-thailand-blast-probes/

 

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Thailand suspends rice auctions to limit supply before November harvest

Reuters

 

BANGKOK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Thailand will temporarily stop holding state rice auctions to avoid oversupplying the market ahead of the annual crop harvest in November, the country's rice committee said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942949-thailand-suspends-rice-auctions-to-limit-supply-before-november-harvest/

 

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Opinion

Thailand's draconian cyberlaws tipping towards totalitarian

By Don Sambandaraksa, Correspondent -

   

A display panel at the Royal Thai Army's cyber unit taken Sept. 9, 2015. Photo: WeLoveRTA.org

 

BANGKOK: -- Amendments to the criminal code removing judicial oversight of wiretapping combined with new laws on cybercrime, cyber security and even the digital economy all suggest the Good People running the country can no longer distinguish between internal security and external threats.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942950-thailands-draconian-cyberlaws-tipping-towards-totalitarian/

 

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Fears online sex tape shame prompted suicide

 

 

ROME: -- An Italian woman who was subjected to online abuse after an explicit video of her went viral has killed herself.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942951-fears-online-sex-tape-shame-prompted-suicide/

 

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Ukraine will observe Donbass ceasefire, says German FM

 

 

KYIV: -- Ukraine guarantees to observe a ceasefire in the country’s war-torn eastern region of Donbass for at least seven days, according to Germany’s foreign minister who made the announcement after a meeting with Ukraine’s president in Kyiv.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942952-ukraine-will-observe-donbass-ceasefire-says-german-fm/

 

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UK intervention in Libya based on ‘flawed intelligence’, MPs release damning report

 

 

LONDON: -- Britain’s intervention in Libya in 2011 was based on ‘flawed intelligence’ and hastened the country’s spiral into political and economic chaos. That was the verdict delivered in a damning report by British MPs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942879-uk-mps-attack-cameron-over-libya-collapse/?do=findComment&comment=11148724

 

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Brexit fallout dominates debate in European Parliament

 

 

LUXEMBOURG CITY: -- After a speech that aimed to heal the wounds of Brexit, MEPs offered a post-mortem.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942953-brexit-fallout-dominates-debate-in-european-parliament/

 

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Man slaughters his wife then kills himself in Bangkok cram school

 

Image: Daily News

 

 BANGKOK: -- A man stabbed his wife to death in a cram school then killed himself to escape the consequences.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942954-man-slaughters-his-wife-then-kills-himself-in-bangkok-cram-school/

 

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Swampy Stage 2: Airport plans to welcome 15 million more tourists by 2019

 

Image: tnamcot

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha went to Suvarnabhumi yesterday to inaugurate the start of the phase two building program at Bangkok's main airport.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942955-swampy-stage-2-suvarnabhumi-airport-plans-to-welcome-15-million-more-tourists-by-2019/

 

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Just 1000 baht fine again -  nasty taxi driver gets off lightly

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A taxi driver who abused a Japanese tourist creating a scene in downtown Bangkok, then refused to turn on the meter and was rude to a lady boy was fined just 1000 baht at the land office.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942956-just-1000-baht-fine-again- nasty-taxi-driver-gets-off-lightly/

 

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Arrested! Young thief stealing tourists' phones at Bangkok airport

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Suvarnabhumi police have announced the arrest of a 23 year old man for stealing many phones from foreign tourists at the airport.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942957-arrested-young-thief-stealing-tourists-phones-at-bangkok-airport/

 

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Playing with "Slime" can make your child ill - professor warns

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Children playing with the latest toy craze - "Slime" made from latex glue and various chemicals - can get ill.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942958-playing-with-slime-can-make-your-child-ill-professor-warns/

 

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In leaked emails, Powell calls Trump a 'national disgrace'

By JEFF HORWITZ and MICHAEL BIESECKER

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a trove of newly leaked emails, former Secretary of State Colin Powell calls Donald Trump "a national disgrace" and suggests his own Republican Party is "crashing and burning."

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942960-in-leaked-emails-powell-calls-trump-a-national-disgrace/

 

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Biggest street-gang trial in recent Chicago history begins

By MICHAEL TARM

 

CHICAGO (AP) — Six purported leaders of Chicago's powerful Hobos street gang went on trial Wednesday in a case that could provide a rare look inside the kind of criminal activity fueling gun violence in the nation's third-largest city.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942973-biggest-street-gang-trial-in-recent-chicago-history-begins/