Haul of fake whisky sized in Chiang Mai

 

Picture: Sanook

 

There is nothing like a drom of Ballantine's - and this batch proves the point

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Chiang Mai police conducted a sting operation in the city

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950316-haul-of-fake-whisky-sized-in-chiang-mai/

 

Glue sniffer thought he was invincible - but electrical cord proves otherwise

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CHACHOENGSAO: -- A glue sniffer in Chachoengsao told work colleagues that he was invincible and performed several tricks while high to show this was the case. He like to mess around with acid and even the electrics.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950317-glue-sniffer-thought-he-was-invincible-but-electrical-cord-proves-otherwise/

 

Something to put you off your dinner- woman's cockroach find sickens public

 

Picture: Sanook

 

LAMPANG: -- A woman in Lampang felt like being sick as she prepared dinner on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950318-something-to-put-you-off-your-dinner-womans-cockroach-find-sickens-public/

 

Wealthy woman found murdered and stuffed in a bin bag

 

Picture: Daily News

 

NAKHON SAWAN: -- Police in Nakon Sawan have found a wealthy Thai woman strangled and stuffed in a bin bag by the side of the road.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950320-wealthy-woman-found-murdered-and-stuffed-in-a-bin-bag/

 

Loan sharks busted in Banglamung

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PATTAYA: -- Soldiers and Chonburi district authorities busted a large loan sharking operation Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950328-loan-sharks-busted-in-banglamung/

 

Drunk driver who fled accident scene is well known DJ , say net detectives

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

PATTAYA: -- A man caught on video drunk and abusive after an accident with motorcycle is thought to be a top Pattaya DJ .

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950329-drunk-driver-who-fled-accident-scene-is-well-known-pattaya-dj-say-net-detectives/

 

Soldiers raid gambling den in Ram Intra - 119 arrests

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Soldiers arrested 119 people at a gambling den in Ram Intra soi 14 on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950330-soldiers-raid-gambling-den-in-ram-intra-119-arrests/

 

Pakistani officials say 48 police trainees killed in attack 
ABDUL SATTAR, Associated Press

 

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a police training center late Monday in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province and detonated explosive vests, killing at least 48 police trainees, authorities said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950333-pakistani-officials-say-48-police-trainees-killed-in-attack /

 

Women 'nearing equality with men - in alcohol consumption'

By James Gallagher

Health and science reporter, BBC News website

 

Women have all but caught up with men at knocking back alcohol, a global study of drinking habits shows.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950336-women-nearing-equality-with-men-in-alcohol-consumption/

 

1960s pop singer Bobby Vee has died at age 73 
JEFF BAENEN, Associated Press

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pop idol Bobby Vee, the boyish, grinning 1960s singer whose career was born when he took a Midwestern stage as a teenager to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that killed rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, has died. He was 73.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950339-1960s-pop-singer-bobby-vee-has-died-at-age-73 /

 

Surfer bitten by shark at beach; says 'came out of nowhere' 
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press

 

HONOLULU (AP) — A surfer says he's grateful to be recovering in a Maui hospital after a shark bit him — even though the attack forced him and his wife to postpone their honeymoon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950343-hawaii-surfer-bitten-by-shark-at-beach-says-came-out-of-nowhere /

 

Severe Bangkok flooding after torrential downpour

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Many areas of Bangkok suffered severe flooding during the night as torrential rail hit the capital

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950344-severe-bangkok-flooding-after-torrential-downpour/

 

320 illegal Cambodian longan pickers arrested in Sa Kaeo

 

Picture: Thairath

 

SA KAEO: -- Police and soldiers arrested more than 300 Cambodian longan pickers on Monday in a raid in the Sa Kaeo area.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950345-320-illegal-cambodian-longan-pickers-arrested-in-sa-kaeo/

 

Busy month for Pattaya as long term over-stayers rounded up by immigration

 

Pictures: Chonburi Immigration

 

PATTAYA: -- Three long term over-stayers were rounded up in Pattaya by immigration this week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950348-busy-month-for-pattaya-as-long-term-over-stayers-rounded-up-by-immigration/

 

MRT train delays after emergency door release is pulled

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A MRT subway train was stopped at Thai Cultural Centre station Queen 8.09am Tuesday, causing delays of  thousands of morning commuters today.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950349-mrt-train-delays-after emergency-door-release-is-pulled/

 

EOD inspects Pattani explosion scene to hunt perpetrators

 

 

BANGKOK: -- As security forces in the deep South are on heightened alert for today’s 12th anniversary of the Tak Bai military crackdown in 2004, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) police this morning continued to search the badly damaged noodle shop in Pattani town for evidence to hunt down the  perpetrators responsible for the blast last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950351-eod-inspects-pattani-explosion-scene-to-hunt-perpetrators/

 

First repatriation of Myanmar refugees in Thailand begins

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre | BANGKOK

 

BANGKOK: -- The first, voluntary repatriation of 68 Myanmar refugees from camps along the Thai-Myanmar border began on Tuesday with the United Nations refugee agency calling the movement a "milestone" while underscoring it would not lead to an exodus.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950353-first-repatriation-of-myanmar-refugees-in-thailand-begins/

 

NCPO ready to accommodate mourners’ trips to Grand Palace

 

  

BANGKOK, 25 October 2016 (NNT) - The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is ready to ensure safety of all mourners who will travel to pay their respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950354-ncpo-ready-to-accommodate-mourners’-trips-to-grand-palace/

 

Public can now sign condolence book online

 

  

BANGKOK, 25 October 2016, (NNT) - The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society has set up a website for people to express condolences on the passing of the late King. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950355-public-can-now-sign-condolence-book-online/

 

Tuk-tuk drivers' club leader murdered in Phuket

Phuket Gazette 

          

Bullet holes in the window and windshield of Mr Sakol's tuk-tuk. Photo: Kathu Police

 

PHUKET: -- Police are hunting for an unknown number of suspects for the murder of the president of the Patong tuk-tuk drivers’ club earlier this morning. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950356-tuk-tuk-drivers-club-leader-murdered-in-phuket/

 

UPDATE:

 

Lightning transfer of five senior Khok Kram police officers after casino raid by soldiers

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The commissioner of the Royal Thai Police today ordered the immediate transfer of five senior police officers of Khok Kram police station in Bangkok after a raid of a major casino in which over 100 gamblers were arrested by soldiers yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950330-soldiers-raid-gambling-den-in-ram-intra-119-arrests/?do=findComment&comment=11267300

 

NRSA to discuss draft senate election law Oct 27

 

  

BANGKOK, 25 October 2016 (NNT) - The National Reform Steering Assembly has set a date to resume the deliberation of the draft law related to the origin of the Senate. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950358-nrsa-to-discuss-draft-senate-election-law-oct-27/

 

Trump took $17 million in insurance for damage few remember

By JEFF HORWITZ and TERRY SPENCER

 

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump said he received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, but The Associated Press found little evidence of such large-scale damage.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950359-trump-took-17-million-in-insurance-for-damage-few-remember/

 

Korean girl, 11, drowns off Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Miss Haeun died while being transported to the main land. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: An 11-year-old Korean girl died from drowning at Koh Racha, 12 kilometres south of Phuket, on Sunday afternoon (Oct 23).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950362-korean-girl-11-drowns-off-phuket/

 

Group: Russia, Saudi don't belong on UN human rights council 

 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The candidacies of Saudi Arabia and Russia for the U.N.'s top human rights body are compromised by their actions in Yemen and Syria respectively, where they have been accused of unlawful attacks on civilians, a prominent rights group said Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950364-group-russia-saudi-dont-belong-on-un-human-rights-council /

 

Obama reads mean tweets as part of Jimmy Kimmel show

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Barack Obama entertained Jimmy Kimmel's audience with some of the mean tweets sent his way, beginning with one sent by Donald Trump in August when he said "President Obama will go down as perhaps the worst president in the history of the United States."

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950365-obama-reads-mean-tweets-as-part-of-jimmy-kimmel-show/

 

Judge faces deadline on $15B Volkswagen emissions deal 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco is facing a Tuesday deadline to decide whether to approve the largest auto-scandal settlement in U.S. history, giving most affected Volkswagen owners the option for a vehicle buyback after the company acknowledged cheating on emissions testing and putting dirty cars on the road.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950366-us-judge-faces-deadline-on-15b-volkswagen-emissions-deal /

 

Phuket man wanted for assault on wife’s girlfriend

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Ms Waewta Suthina, 46, (right) told police she was romantically involved with the suspect's wife. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police are looking for a Phuket man who yesterday morning (Oct 24) assaulted a woman romantically involved with his wife.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950367-phuket-man-wanted-for-assault-on-wife’s-girlfriend/

 

28 Vietnamese crew and 5 fishing boats captured in Thai waters

 

SONGKHLA: -- A total of 28 Vietnamese crew and five fishing boats were captured by the Thai Navy’s frigate and patrol boats for illegal fishing in the Thai waters yesterday and today.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950369-28-vietnamese-crew-and-5 fishing-boats-captured-in-thai-waters/

 

VIDEO: Phuket taxi driver ‘bricked’, in ICU, after street brawl with Russian big bike tourists

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Four taxi drivers were injured, with one still in intensive care, in a street brawl with tourists, who are believed to be Russian, on big bikes in Karon on Sunday afternoon (Oct 23).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950370-video-phuket-taxi-driver-‘bricked’-in-icu-after-street-brawl-with-russian-big-bike-tourists/