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An open letter on mourning the king as a foreigner in Bangkok

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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One of our readers, Bruno Roussel, reached out to Coconuts with a touching open letter he’d penned to his Thai friends that discusses his grief on the passing of the king, as a foreigner. Roussel has lived in Bangkok for four years and is Head of the Games Department at SAE, Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/949545-an-open-letter-on-mourning-the-king-as-a-foreigner-in-bangkok/

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YALA: -- An army officer accused of ordering the brutal beating to death of a conscript at an army camp in Yala’s Bannang Sata district was stripped of his officer’s rank retroactively on September 5, according to an announcement in the Royal Gazette.

 

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Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/949566-siriraj-wants-to-keep-the-king’s-room-at-the-hospital-as-a-museum/

 

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Chief charter writer Meechai Ruchupan leads hundreds of statesmen and civil servants in a Buddhist rite, offering alms to 89 Buddhist monks to make merit for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE FIRST sunlight gradually penetrates an overcast sky in early dawn over the Parliament building, throwing light on an awakening scene on the seventh day of His Majesty the King’s passing.

 

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Mourners queue to sign a condolence book to pay their respects to the late monarch at Sala Sahathai Samakhom Pavilion, inside the Grand Palace compound.

 

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Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/949575-thai-govt-petitions-embassies-over-lese-majeste-fugitives/

 

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NBTC and mobile service providers get together to help customers send SMS messages of condolence

 

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BANGKOK: -- The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission and telephone companies have introduced a free service for customers to send messages of condolence for the late king.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/949592-nbtc-and-mobile-service-providers-get-together-to-help-customers-send-sms-messages-of-condolence/

 

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BANGKOK: -- An air stewardess posted a touching note from a passenger online yesterday. The note from a Taiwanese passenger referring to the late king said in Thai: He is an angel.

 

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