THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 1 Oct 2016

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Mum ‘forced daughter, 13, to have sex’

KHANITTHA SITONG
THE NATION 

 

TRANG:-- A 42-year-old woman is facing human trafficking charges after she allegedly forced her underage daughter to sleep with an elderly man for money and eventually became pregnant.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946154-mum-‘forced-daughter-13-to-have-sex’/

 

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Corruption Court starts operations today

THE NATION

 

THE Central Corruption Court

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946156-corruption-court-starts-operations-today/

 

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Pet elephant crushed to death by bus on Lampang-Chiang Mai highway

 

 

A pet bull elephant died and a bus driver was critically injured after it was hit by a Bangkok-Chiang Mai bus on the Lampang-Chiang Mai highway late last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946161-pet-elephant-crushed-to-death-by-bus-on-lampang-chiang-mai-highway/

 

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PRD Director General retires, thanks colleagues for years of support

Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 October 2016 (NNT) – Apinan Juntarungsri, the retiring Director General of the Government Public Relations Department (PRD), has expressed his appreciation for all the support given to him during his years in office. The PRD chief and two of his deputies are retiring this year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946164-prd-director-general-retires-thanks-colleagues-for-years-of-support/ 

 

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2 more products added to geographical indication list

PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI
THE NATION

 

TWO MORE products have been listed as geographical indication (GI) items, creating export opportunities for them overseas and adding value to them.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946165-2-more-products-added-to-geographical-indication-list/

 

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Thriving Aqua Puri gears for exports, sales via Tops

SOMLUCK SRIMALEE
THE NATION

 

Aqua Puri Laboratories Co Ltd’s executive director Jakraphong Buphaniroj, left, and the company’s product development & marketing director Satanunt Vinichwong present personal care under brand, Aim Thai, that will export to Asean countries in the year 201

 

AQUA Puri Laboratories Co Ltd, the manufacturer and distributor of personal-care products under the Aim Thai brand, plans to spend Bt5 million to double its production capacity with a view to exporting to neighbouring Asean markets and entering the local modern-trade sector via Tops supermarkets next year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946166-thriving-aqua-puri-gears-for-exports-sales-via-tops/

 

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Article 44 used as "unusually wealthy" man hauled off Koh Lipe by raiding party

 

Image: Thairath

 

KOH LIPE:-- A Thai man who authorities claim is really a Chinese national was arrested in Koh Lipe, Satun, in the far south of Thailand yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946172-article-44-used-as-unusually-wealthy-man-hauled-off-koh-lipe-by-raiding-party/

 

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Moonlighting cop in a taxi drowns in klong after going the wrong way at a U-Turn

 

Image: Thairath

 

SARABURI:-- A cop involved in police training died after the taxi he was driving ended up in a klong in Saraburi.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946176-moonlighting-cop-in-a-taxi-drowns-in-klong-after-going-the-wrong-way-at-a-u-turn/

 

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Bangkok to Chiang Mai tour bus hits elephant in Lampang

 

Image: Daily News

 

A tour bus travelling from Bangkok to Lampang hit and killed a wild elephant last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946161-pet-elephant-crushed-to-death-by-bus-on-lampang-chiang-mai-highway/

 

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Hungarians urge the government to 'See the human' in pro-migration rally

 

 

On Friday (September 30), the Hungarian parliament in Budapest set the scene for a rally organisers have named ‘See the human!’

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946184-hungarians-urge-the-government-to-see-the-human-in-pro-migration-rally/

 

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Euronews asks the experts what they think of Rosetta

 

 

The European Space Agency says its Rosetta spacecraft has finally crash-landed on its comet.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946186-euronews-asks-the-experts-what-they-think-of-rosetta/

 

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Preparations intensify for Mosul offensive in Iraq

Joanna Gill

 

 

French fighter jets have taken off from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier on a mission targeting the so-called Islamic State in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946189-preparations-intensify-for-mosul-offensive-in-iraq/

 

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Thailand holds grand celebrations of Vegetarian Festival across the country today

 

 

Thailand today started celebrating the 9-day vegetarian festival with several provinces making the event colourful and impressive to attract tourists.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946191-thailand-holds-grand-celebrations-of-vegetarian-festival-across-the-country-today/

 

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Phuket Vegetarian Festival begins with pole raising ritual

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2016 began yesterday (Sep 30) with the raising of Lantern Poles at Chinese shrines, or San Jao, around the island to invite Nine Emperor Gods to the festival.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946192-phuket-vegetarian-festival-begins-with-pole-raising-ritual/

 

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Cold spell is coming, signalling the start of tourism season in North

 

 

Cold spell from China is now flowing down to blanket Thailand's northern region with some provinces started to experience the colder weather.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946193-cold-spell-is-coming-signalling-the-start-of-tourism-season-in-north/

 

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Local artists protest coal plant

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

KRABI: Twenty artists gathered at Krabi Provincial Hall to stage a peaceful protest on Thursday morning against a coal power plant slated to be built in the Nua Khlong District.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946198-local-artists-protest-coal-plant/

 

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Thai Body Builder Wins Women’s Championship in USA

 

 

Ms. Penprakai (aka Fon) Tiang-Ngoke (32) from Naduang, Loei has won the prestigious Body Builder Competition of Arizona, U.S.A.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946204-thai-body-builder-wins-women’s-championship-in-usa/

 

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Prosecutors want crackdown on websites selling illegal sex

CATHY BUSSEWITZ, Associated Press

 

HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors from around the world say the fight against sex trafficking is moving online as traffickers use popular websites to advertise sexual services.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946205-prosecutors-want-crackdown-on-websites-selling-illegal-sex/

 

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Anti-wildlife trafficking group lauds Thai ivory crackdown

NATNICHA CHUWIRUCH, Associated Press

 

BANGKOK (AP) — A major conservation group has praised Thailand for a huge drop in sales of ivory items resulting from an official crackdown aimed at shedding the country's image as a center for the illicit trade in wildlife goods.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946206-anti-wildlife-trafficking-group-lauds-thai-ivory-crackdown/

 

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UN appoints first expert on LGBT violence and discrimination 

 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Human Rights Council has appointed international human rights expert Vitit Muntarbhorn of Thailand as the first U.N. independent expert charged with investigating violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946207-un-appoints-first-expert-on-lgbt-violence-and-discrimination/

 

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Thailand still golden for Chinese tourists despite Zika fears

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat | BANGKOK

 

Confirmation that the Zika virus had caused microcephaly in Thailand is not likely to scare off large numbers of Chinese tourists due to jet in for holidays in the next week, tourists and industry operators said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946208-thailand-still-golden-for-chinese-tourists-despite-zika-fears/

 

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Phuket motorbike mechanic, 28, nabbed with meth haul, Facebook handguns

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: Police have arrested a 28-year-old motorbike mechanic on Koh Siray, east of Phuket Town after he was found in possession of more than 800 grams of crystal meth (ya ice), two handguns he said he bought on Facebook and 40 bullets.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946210-phuket-motorbike-mechanic-28-nabbed-with-meth-haul-facebook-handguns/

 

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Motorbike Viagra Delivery Couple Face Stiff Penalties After Capture

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

 

PATTAYA:-- At 18.30 hrs on 30th September 2016 Mr. Chakorn Kanchanawatta District Chief Officer Banglamung Chonburi received a complaint regarding a smuggling and distribution of illegal aphrodisiac in the broad day light in Soi 13, Pattaya 2nd Road, Central Pattaya, M. 9 Nongprue Banglamung Chonburi

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946213-motorbike-viagra-delivery-couple-face-stiff-penalties-after-capture/

 

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Corpse in the freezer now has a name - is Hungarian born US citizen

Image: tna

 

BANGKOk:-- Police on Saturday evening named the corpse found cut up in the freezer found with the three suspects in custody after a raid on business premises in Sukhumvit Soi 56 last week.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946261-corpse-in-the-freezer-now-has-a-name-is-hungarian-born-us-citizen/

 

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