THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 27 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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Is this allowed? Drama emerges when celebrity monk photographed carrying his daughter

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

 

BANGKOK:-- TV singer Thassapak “Bie” Chii and his actress wife, Sumontip “Gubgib” Chii, found themselves at the center of netizen hatred yesterday after Gubgib posted a picture of her husband, who is temporarily ordained, holding their daughter.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945070-is-this-allowed-drama-emerges-when-celebrity-monk-photographed-carrying-his-daughter/

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Passport forgery and body in the freezer case: Suspect took “close friend for cremation" to Huay Kwang temple

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- In a latest twist in the case of the foreigners arrested for forging passports who had a cut up body in the freezer it has been discovered that one of the suspects took a "close friend" to be cremated at a temple a month before he was arrested.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945083-passport-forgery-and-body-in-the-freezer-case-suspect-took-“close friend-for-cremation-to-huay-kwang-temple/

 

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They may not be Thai models - but the grannies bathing in the road have a point to prove too!

 

Image: Sanook

 

KHON KAEN: -- Following the story of an attractive Thai model bathing in a potholed road to get some action from the authorities, some Khon Kaen grannies have taken a leaf out of her book.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945084-they-may-not-be-thai-models-but-the-grannies-bathing-in-the-road have-a-point-to-prove-too/

 

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National police chief: traffic condition has improved in city

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Traffic condition in Bangkok has improved with motorists being able to shorten their normal travelling time by car by between 30-45 minutes on average, Pol Gen Chakthip Chaichinda, the national police chief, claimed on Monday after ten days of campaign launched by the police to solve traffic congestion problem in the city.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945021-thai-police-chief-satisfied-with-progress-of-traffic-alleviation/?do=findComment&comment=11185150

 

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Dr Wisanu insists the government did not rush to seize Ms Yingluck’s assets

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The government did not rush to order the seizure of the assets of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra through the Legal Execution Department to partially recoup the loss incurred from the rice pledging scheme, Deputy Prime Minister Wisanu Krea-ngarm said on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945086-dr-wisanu-insists-the-government-did-not-rush-to-seize-ms-yingluck’s-assets/

 

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Democrat ex-MP urged to probe government’s alleged water mismanagement

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Former foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul has urged former Democrat MP Atthavit Suwanpakdee to investigate alleged water mismanagement by agencies of the incumbent government and to supply the information to the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945087-democrat-ex-mp-urged-to-probe-government’s-alleged-water-mismanagement/

 

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Lampang health chief backs off plan to close hospitals during weekends

 

 

LAMPANG: -- The Lampang provincial health chief made an about-face three days after he ordered all health promotion tambon hospitals in the province closed during weekends starting October 1 in order to cut costs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945088-lampang-health-chief-backs-off-plan-to-close-hospitals-during-weekends/

 

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INUNDATION

Storm warnings for October

Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation 

 

The Boonkannawas Temple was under water for the second day yesterday as major flooding hit Bang Ban district and other areas of Ayutthaya province. Most of the central provinces were inundated following heavy downpours over the past couple of days.

 

STORMS forecast for next month; authorities plan to raise water release from Chao Phraya dam and use water retention basins to ease floods

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945089-inundation-storm-warnings-for-october/

 

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NACC

Handling of corruption cases against politicians being sped up

THE NATION 

 

Yingluck

 

BANGKOK: -- CASES of alleged graft involving politicians of all stripes, not only ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra, have been accelerated

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945090-handling-of-corruption-cases-against-thai-politicians-being-sped-up/

 

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CONTROVERSIAL MUSIC VIDEO

Edited Khon video gets thumbs up

THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CULTURE MINISTRY yesterday gave the green light to a music video that promotes Thai tourism via the traditional dance Khon, after some controversial scenes were removed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945091-edited-khon-video-gets-thumbs-up/

 

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FORWARD CABINET IN FAR SOUTH

Suradet and Udomdej tipped for top

Jitraporn Senwong
The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will appoint forward ministers to try to rein in unrest in the Deep South in the next few days.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945092-suradet-and-udomdej-tipped-for-top/

 

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Chai Bunnag files new libel suit against NMG

THE NATION

 

Chai

 

BANGKOK: -- CHAI BUNNAG has sued Nation Multimedia Group executives at the Criminal Court for alleged libel and violation of the Computer Crime Act, although public prosecutors dropped an earlier case against them.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945093-chai-bunnag-files-new-libel-suit-against-nmg/

 

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BODY PARTS

Victim of gang may be elderly European

THE NATION

 

 

Scan of dismembered body suggests saw used to cut man up.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945083-passport-forgery-and-body-in-the-freezer-case-suspect-took-“close friend-for-cremation-to-huay-kwang-temple/?do=findComment&comment=11185191

 

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Bangkok on flood alert with forecast for more rain this week

TANATPONG KONGSAI
Pratch Rujivanarom
THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- WITH more heavy rain expected to hit the capital this week, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has instructed officials to monitor main roads as well as 300 flood-prone secondary roads and housing estates.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945094-bangkok-on-flood-alert-with-forecast-for-more-rain-this-week/

 

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BURNING ISSUE

Why we cannot place our faith in ‘good people’

Kasamakorn Chanwanpen
The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- The strong will always do what they can and power will always corrupt.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945096-thai-politics-why-we-cannot-place-our-faith-in-‘good-people’/

 

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Red-shirt leaders report to police over political charge

KAMPANAD LAONG,
WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION 

 

Jatuporn Prompan yesterday leads 18 fellow red-shirts to report to the Crime Suppression Division. The junta accused them of breaking its ban on political |gatherings by attempting to open referendum anti-fraud centres in June.

 

BANGKOK: -- JATUPORN PROMPAN and 18 other red-shirt leaders yesterday reported to crime-suppression police to face a charge of violating a junta ban on political gatherings.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945097-red-shirt-leaders-report-to-police-over-political-charge/

 

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Call for scientific proof in alleged water-mismanagement case

The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Key Pheu Thai figure Surapong Tovichakchaikul has called for science-based proof to be used in determining

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945087-democrat-ex-mp-urged-to-probe-government’s-alleged-water-mismanagement/?do=findComment&comment=11185206

 

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NCPO would select all 250 senators under EC draft

The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) will select all 250 members of the next Senate, according to a draft law proposed by the Election Commission.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945098-ncpo-would-select-all-250-senators-under-ec-draft/

 

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STREETWISE

Conquering the fear of change in a turning world of good and bad

Achara Deboonme 
 

BANGKOK: -- The Erawan Shrine bombing last year placed Bangkok’s tourism industry under a dark cloud. Some small businesses shuttered, but the attack failed to deter big-time investors with more money to spend.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945099-conquering-the-fear-of-change-in-a-turning-world-of-good-and-bad/

 

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EDITORIAL

A general assembly in the generals’ shadow

The Nation 

 

Thailand and Myanmar seem less than sincere in their vows to shield human rights

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945100-thai-editorial-a-general-assembly-in-the-generals’-shadow/

 

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Brit tourist dies of suspected heart attack in Thailand hotel after taking viagra and spending night with prostitute

 

Michael's body is removed from his hotels by Thai officials

 

Holidaymaker Michael Soden was found dead on the bathroom floor of his room by a concerned maid who let herself into his room when he didn't appear the next day

 

PATTAYA: -- A British holidaymaker died of a suspected heart attack after popping Viagra with a hooker in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945101-brit-tourist-dies-of-suspected-heart-attack-in-pattaya-hotel-after-taking-viagra-and-spending-night-with-prostitute/

 

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Ms Yingluck petitions Gen Prayut for justice against Section 44

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday petitioned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha protesting against the latter’s invocation of Section 44 of the interim constitution to pave the way for the Legal Execution Department to proceed with confiscating her assets to recoup the massive loss from her government’s rice pledging scheme.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945102-yingluck-petitions-gen-prayut-for-justice-against-section-44/

 

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Man, 54, accused of raping niece in Phra Khanong

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter -

 

Police escort Add Surawat from the condominium Sunday night where he allegedly assaulted his niece in Bangkok’s Phra Khanong district.

 

BANGKOK — Police arrested a 53-year-old man on suspicion of raping his 13-year-old niece Sunday night in Bangkok’s Phra Khanong district.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945104-man-54-accused-of-raping-niece-in-bangkok’s-phra-khanong-district/

 

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Clinton v Trump: stage is set on Long Island for first TV debate

 

 

HEMPSTEAD, NY: -- The stage is set in Hempstead, New York, for the first live televised debate before November’s US presidential election.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945105-clinton-v-trump-stage-is-set-on-long-island-for-first-tv-debate/

 

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‘Troubled lawyer’ gunman killed by police after injuring nine in Houston, Texas

 

 

HOUSTON, TX: -- In the United States a gunman described as a “troubled lawyer” has shot and injured at least nine people in Houston, Texas – before being fatally shot by police, the authorities say.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945106-‘troubled-lawyer’-gunman-killed-by-police-after-injuring-nine-in-houston-texas/

 

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Venice canal comes to life amid noisy protest against large cruise ships

 

 

VENICE: -- Venice was the scene of a colourful and noisy protest on Sunday as a small armada of boats turned out to draw attention to large cruise ships which are allowed to pass through the Italian city’s canals.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945107-venice-canal-comes-to-life-amid-noisy-protest-against-large-cruise-ships/

 

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Child porn row shuts down US photographer’s Moscow show

 

 

MOSCOW: -- An exhibition in Moscow by a well-known US photographer, Jock Sturges, has closed following a protest over alleged depictions of naked children.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945108-child-porn-row-shuts-down-us-photographer’s-moscow-show/

 

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Colombia, FARC sign historic peace deal ending long conflict

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ

 

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government and the country's largest rebel movement signed a historic peace accord Monday evening ending a half-century of combat that caused more than 220,000 deaths and made 8 million homeless.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945109-colombia-farc-sign-historic-peace-deal-ending-long-conflict/

 

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FBI data show increase in murder, violent crime in 2015

By ERIC TUCKER and LISA MARIE PANE

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Are Americans safer? It depends on where you live.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945110-fbi-data-show-increase-in-murder-violent-crime-in-2015/