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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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General Preecha breaks his silence to defend his son and wife

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Defence permanent secretary General Preecha Chan-ocha has defended his son against criticisms that the latter two construction contracts worth about 26.9 million baht from the army because of his connections.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944160-general-preecha-breaks-his-silence-to-defend-his-son-and-wife/

 

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Siam Makro to pay medical fees for food poisoning victims in Nan province

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Siam Makro wholesale chain store has agreed to take responsibility for medical fees of 39 people in Nan province who have suffered from food poisoning after having eaten éclair pastry bought from its chain store in Nan and groceries in the northern province.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944161-siam-makro-to-pay-medical-fees-for-food-poisoning-victims-in-nan-province/

 

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HIGH-SPEED TRAIN

Sino-Thai rail to open bids in Nov

The Nation
 

Critics say initial cost of Bt179.4 bn to cover 3.5km was not worth it; Arkhom says construction to begin by December

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944162-high-speed-train-sino-thai-rail-to-open-bids-in-nov/

 

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PM'S BROTHER

Prawit defends Bt26.9m Army projects given to Preecha’s son

The Nation 

 

Prawit

 

BANGKOK: -- There was nothing wrong in Defence Ministry permanent secretary General Preecha Chan-o-cha’s son securing Bt26.9 million worth of Army construction projects, Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944163-prawit-defends-bt269m-army-projects-given-to-preecha’s-son/

 

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BMA

Ten years after procurement, 176 fire trucks to enter service

Tanatpong Kongsai
The Nation 

 

THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing to finally commission 176 |fire trucks

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944105-first-lot-of-35-scandal-plagued-fire-trucks-ready-to-be-delivered-for-use-end-of-september/?do=findComment&comment=11170008

 

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RICE-PLEDGING SCHEME

Wissanu defends civil suit against Boonsong, 5 others

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy PM Wissanu Krea-ngam defended the integrity of the civil liability lawsuit filed against former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and five others, saying that since the case’s statute of limitations is only two years, the government had no choice but to expedite the proceedings.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944164-rice-pledging-scheme-wissanu-defends-civil-suit-against-boonsong-5-others/

 

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BOAT ACCIDENT

Grief-stricken Muslims consider alternative transport

Thanapat Thongpaiwan
The Nation 

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- FOR NEARLY a century, Muslims in Ayutthaya province have headed to an annual merit-making festival at the Takia Yokin Mosque by boat, but the recent fatal accident, which caused 28 deaths, may change all that.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944165-ayutthaya-boat-accident-grief-stricken-muslims-consider-alternative-transport/

 

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Suicide not a direct cause of DSI detainee’s death in custody: police

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- FORENSIC EVIDENCE suggests that title-deed suspect Tawatchai Anukul’s death was not a direct result of his attempted suicide while in custody, Bangkok’s Thung Song Hong Police Station superintendent Pol Colonel Mana Pohchuay said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944166-suicide-not-a-direct-cause-of-dsi-detainee’s-death-in-custody-thai-police/

 

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Experts called in to examine site of collapsed house

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- EXPERTS ARE being brought in by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)’s Bang Kapi District Office to inspect a house in Soi Yothinpattana 3 that collapsed on Tuesday evening, killing a construction worker and injuring three others.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944048-worker-dies-when-building-crashes-down-in-bangkok’s-bang-kapi-district/?do=findComment&comment=11170017

 

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Sharks and tigers roam forests looking for encroachers

The Nation 

 

KRABI: -- Marine park and forest officials under the White Sharks and King of the Tigers taskforces yesterday jointly inspected forests

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944167-sharks-and-tigers-roam-forests-looking-for-encroachers/

 

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EDITORIAL

Death waits in lax law enforcement

The Nation 

 

Too many people, too few in lifejackets - the Ayutthaya boating accident was waiting to happen

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944168-thai-editorial-death-waits-in-lax-law-enforcement/

 

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Koh Samui’s Khao Paeng encroachers given jailterms

 

 

SAMUI: -- Former Democrat heavyweight Suthep Thuagsuban’s son and former secretary were on Wednesday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by the Criminal Court after they were found guilty of forest encroachment on Koh Samui island.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944169-koh-samui’s-khao-paeng-encroachers-given-jailterms/

 

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Commerce minister is not worried with Boonsong’s threat of lawsuits

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Commerce Minister Apiradee Tantraporn said Wednesday that she was not worried with threat made by her predecessor, Mr Boonsong Teriyaphirom, to take her and the others involved in the issuance of an administrative order to seize his assets.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944170-commerce-minister-is-not-worried-with-boonsong’s-threat-of-lawsuits/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Thong Song Hong police chief says someone might have caused Thawatchai’s death

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A police officer charged with investigating the mysterious death of former Phuket land official Thawatchai Anukul said Wednesday that evidences collected so far suggested that the victim’s death could have been caused by someone.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944166-suicide-not-a-direct-cause-of-dsi-detainee’s-death-in-custody-thai-police/?do=findComment&comment=11170039

 

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Manhunt on for the last Uighur escapee

 

 

NONG KHAI: -- Police are still hunting for the 10th Uighur illegal immigrant who has evaded police dragnet while nine other fellow countrymen who escaped from the immigration’s detention centre in Nong Khai on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944171-manhunt-on-for-the-last-uighur-escapee/

 

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No more big lizards in Lumphini Park?

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

A Lumpini Park water monitor arrives Wednesday at the Khaozon Wildlife Breeding Center in Ratchaburi province.

 

RATCHABURI — More than 200 water lizards taken from a park in the center of Bangkok arrived Wednesday to live out their rest of their days in captivity west of Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944172-no-more-big-lizards-in-lumphini-park/

 

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Finance Minister confident Thai economy will grow in Q3

  

BANGKOK, 22 September 2016 (NNT) – Thailand’s economy is expected to continue expanding in the third quarter, due to government measures taken against a backdrop of a sluggish global economy, says the Minister of Finance.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944173-finance-minister-confident-thai-economy-will-grow-in-q3/

 

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Drug Fueled Man Stabs Wife and Daughter to Death

by CityNews

 

Villagers discovered the bodies later in the night.

 

CityNews – September 20th, the bodies of a 31 year old woman and 7 year old girl were found in the forests by villagers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944174-drug-fueled-man-stabs-wife-and-daughter-to-death-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Attacker shot after storming Israeli embassy in Ankara

 

 

ANKARA: -- An Israeli official said an attacker who tried to storm the Israel embassy in the Turkish capital has been captured.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944177-attacker-shot-after-storming-israeli-embassy-in-ankara/
 

 

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Protests over latest fatal shootings by US police

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- At least a dozen police officers and several demonstrators have been hurt in violent protests following the fatal shooting of a black man in North Carolina.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944178-protests-over-latest-fatal-shootings-by-us-police/

 

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Greece rejects three Turkish soldiers asylum requests

 

 

ATHENS: -- Greece has rejected an asylum request from three out of a group of eight Turkish soldiers who fled there, following July’s failed military coup in Turkey.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944179-greece-rejects-three-turkish-soldiers-asylum-requests/

 

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The war in Colombia is over, Santos tells UN

 

 

NEW YORK: -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has officially submitted the peace deal to end his country’s civil war to the United Nations Security Council.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944180-the-war-in-colombia-is-over-santos-tells-un/

 

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New acting Latin Patriarch for Jerusalem voices his fears for Christianity in the Middle East

 

 

JERUSALEM: -- The new acting Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem has voiced his fears for the fate of Christians in the Middle East saying their presence in the region is under threat.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944181-new-acting-latin-patriarch-for-jerusalem-voices-his-fears-for-christianity-in-the-middle-east/

 

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Mother and father want action after school allows their daughter to leave with a rapist

 

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BANGKOK: -- Two Pathum Thani parents have appealed for help after their daughter was allowed to go home from school  with a stranger.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944182-mother-and-father-want-action-after-school-allows-their-daughter-to-leave-with-a-rapist/

 

 

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Was Uni student really threatened by gang on minivan? - police say there are inconsistencies

 

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BANGKOK: -- Police are not convinced that the story of a Kaset university student that she suffered attempted robbery at the hands of a gang of men on a minivan is true.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944183-was-uni-student-really-threatened-by-gang-on-minivan-police-say-there-are-inconsistencies/

 

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Sunday is "D-Day" for new minivan operation in Northern Bangkok

 

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BANGKOK: -- Public transport officials have expressed confidence that everything will run smoothly on Sunday when the minivans cleared from the Victory Monument area will operate from a new terminal near Mor Chit.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944184-sunday-is-d-day-for-new-minivan-operation-in-northern-bangkok/

 

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Plucky and lucky - former deputy district chief survives shooting by neighbor in Roi-Et

 

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ROI-ET: -- A former local authority deputy district chief in Roi-Et had a lucky escape after a neighbor came into his property armed with a gun.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944185-plucky-and-lucky-former-deputy-district-chief-survives-shooting-by-neighbor-in-roi-et/

 

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NY bombing case most high-profile since Boston bombing

By ERIC TUCKER and LARRY NEUMEISTER

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal charges portraying Manhattan bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami as a man bent on murderous destruction set the stage for the most anticipated terror prosecution since the Boston Marathon bombing.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944186-ny-bombing-case-most-high-profile-since-boston-bombing/

 

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Clinton, Trump decry latest police shootings of black men

By JILL COLVIN and KEN THOMAS

 

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton decried a fresh round of police-involved shootings on Wednesday, with the Republican nominee saying he was "very troubled" by the killing of a black man by a white police officer in Oklahoma.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944187-clinton-trump-decry-latest-police-shootings-of-black-men/