Authorities clear Sanam Luang for better crowd management

 

  

BANGKOK, 31 October 2016 (NNT) - The Situation Monitoring Center (SMC) is set to coordinate with a relevant agency to help turn Sanam Laung into a waiting area for people coming to pay their respects to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951263-authorities-clear-sanam-luang-for-better-crowd-management/

 

 

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The Latest: Trump calls for return to enhanced interrogation

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race (all times EDT):

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951267-trump-calls-for-return-to-enhanced-interrogation/

 

Two arrested for Patong tuk-tuk boss murder

Darawan Naknakhon

 

Wattana “Dam” Nawakeaw, 38, was taken into custody after a warrant for his arrest was issued on Friday (Oct 28), Col Amponwat said. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

 

PHUKET: -- Police have arrested two suspects for their part in the public slaying of Sakol Srisompotch, President of the Patong Tuk-Tuk Club, who was shot dead in his tuk-tuk in Kathu in the early hours of last Tuesday (Oct 25).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951269-two-arrested-for-patong-tuk-tuk-boss-murder/

 

 

Consumer board assures farmers can sell rice directly to consumers online

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Office of the Consumer Protection Board assures farmers that they can sell rice directly to consumers using the online channel.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951270-consumer-board-assures-farmers-can-sell-rice-directly-to-consumers-online/

 

British banker's defense cites sexual disorder in HK double murder trial

 

HONG KONG: -- British investment banker Rurik Jutting was a narcissistic sexual sadist, according to a British psychiatrist presenting evidence in his defense against charges of murdering two Indonesian women in his Hong Kong apartment.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951271-british-bankers-defense-cites-sexual-disorder-in-hk-double-murder-trial/

 

Overpricing Lotto Vendor Nicked

By Digital Admin -

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 3pm, on the afternoon of October 30, a Banglamung police team went to investigate a group of Lottery Ticket vendors in front of Petchthong 99, South Pattaya Road.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951275-overpricing-lotto-vendor-nicked/

 

Hong Kong Tourist Robbed by Two Women in Pattaya

By Digital Admin -

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 11pm, on the night of October 30, Pattaya police were called to a robbery in Soi Central Pattaya 15, Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951276-hong-kong-tourist-robbed-by-two-women-in-pattaya/

 

Court acquits Watana of computer crime charges

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok South Criminal Court today acquitted former commerce minister Watana Muangsook of violating the Computer Crime Act 2007 over his criticism of the military junta.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951278-court-acquits-watana-of-computer-crime-charges/

 

Russians injured in backhoe smash on dark road

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

The victims collided into a backhoe parked at a road construction site. Photo: Winai Sarot

 

PHUKET: -- Three Russian were injured when the car they were in smashed into a backhoe parked on the Manik-Cherng Talay Road in Srisoonrthon early this morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951280-russians-injured-in-backhoe-smash-on-dark-road/

 

Cargo plane carrying 4 missing in Indonesia's remote east 

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A cargo plane carrying four people was reported missing in a remote, mountainous area of Indonesia's easternmost Papua province, an official said Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951281-cargo-plane-carrying-4-missing-in-indonesias-remote-east /

 

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Tuk tuk murder suspects arrested, four on the run

Phuket Gazette

 

The tuk tuk windshield riddled with bullet holes from the execution-style killing last week of the head of the Tuk Tuk Drivers' Club. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Police on Friday arrested and charged a man and his son who are suspected of hiring a gunman to kill the president of the Patong Tuk Tuk Drivers’ Club last Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951269-two-arrested-for-patong-tuk-tuk-boss-murder/

 

Life with the farang abroad - no bed of roses, says German's wife

 

Picture: Kapook

 

BANGKOK: -- An Isaan country girl who married a German man and went to live abroad has gone online to say her life is no bed of roses. She has to work to survive.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951284-life-with-the-farang-abroad-no-bed-of-roses-says-germans-wife/

 

Expressways and motorways come under single card system  after midnight today

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) and the  Department of Highways today signed a memorandum of agreement that will allow motorists to use one single card, either Easy Pass or M-Pass cards on seven expressways and two motorways, starting after midnight tonight.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951286-expressways-and-motorways-come-under-single-card-system -after-midnight-today/

 

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No Charges Over Fallen Crane At BTS Phra Khanong

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

Workers remove a fallen crane from across the sidewalk at BTS Phra Khanong on Sukhumvit Road on Sunday in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Police said Monday no one will face criminal charges over a giant crane which crashed down onto the footpath and exit No. 4 of BTS Phra Khanong.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951229-crane-topples-onto-sidewalk-at-bts-phra-khanong/#comment-11285176

 

Creepy cabbie arrested for hitting on passenger, refusing to let her exit vehicle

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Namfha Juraruk/ Facebook

 

BANGKOK: -- A taxi driver has been arrested following a viral video of him “flirting” with an uncomfortable female passenger in the backseat and allegedly refusing to let her leave the car.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951288-creepy-cabbie-arrested-for-hitting-on-passenger-refusing-to-let-her-exit-vehicle/

 

Phuket hitch-hiking python captured, released

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The two-metre python was caught hitching a ride under a moving pickup truck. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A man driving along Srisoonthorn Rd in central Phuket yesterday was given a surprise when another motorist signalled for him to pull over and yelled that there was a big snake hitching a ride under the pickup truck.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951289-phuket-hitch-hiking-python-captured-released/

 

Botched Surgery Gives Cute Coffee Shop Owner Deformed and Infected Lips

By Digital Admin 

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 12.30 hrs on 30th October 2016 Mrs. Widara Park, 22 years Coffee Shop Owner went to make statement at Pattaya Police Station to Pol Lt Temtrong Rodsiri Sub Inspector Inquiry regarding malpractice from V Shape Clinic located in Central Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951296-botched-surgery-gives-cute-coffee-shop-owner-deformed-and-infected-lips/

 

Neither Heaven Nor Hell Keeps Farang From His Barbecue Pork

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter -

 

Photo: Chok Chum Pae / Facebook

 

PATTAYA — Barbecue pork is best eaten hot. No one seems to understand this better than a foreign man who refused to let his hunger be interrupted by torrential rain Sunday night in Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951304-neither-heaven-nor-hell-keeps-farang-from-his-barbecue-pork/

 

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say 33 miners are trapped after a gas explosion ripped through the shaft in which they were working.

German EU rep draws flak for calling Chinese businessmen 'slit eyed'

By Asian Correspondent Staff 

 

HAMBURG: -- GERMANY’s EU commissioner is battling accusations of racism after he described Chinese people as “slit-eyed” in a remark that also triggered calls for his resignation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951311-german-eu-rep-draws-flak-for-calling-chinese-businessmen-slit-eyed/

 

Pink Paradise bar director killed in bike crash

Phuket Gazette

 

          

The French national and an unidentified man were both pronounced dead at Patong hospital. Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET: -- A French national and an unidentified man were killed in a collision between two motorbikes in Patong early Sunday morning. A third man, a Myanmar national, is in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after the smash. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951312-pink-paradise-bar-director-killed-in-bike-crash-in-patong/

 

 

Baby orangutans at Phuket Zoo are legal, says official

 

Officials from the 5th Area Office of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Office inspect Phuket Zoo in July. Photo: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

 

PHUKET:-- Two baby orangutans which are being kept at Phuket Zoo have been obtained following the correct legal procedures an official from the Phuket Wildlife and Plant Conservation Office confirmed to The Phuket News today (Oct 31).

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951326-baby-orangutans-at-phuket-zoo-are-legal-says-official/

Abandoned suitcase creates panic

Winai Sarot

 

 

PHUKET:-- An unknown foreigner caused a stir among Koh Kaew residents yesterday morning, when he dropped off a suitcase outside a SuperCheap store and promptly left. 

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951327-abandoned-suitcase-creates-panic/

Foreigners seek bail after warrant less raid on overstay

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

The Overstay in a 2011 photo. Photo: The Overstay / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — At least six foreigners were seeking bail Monday after spending the weekend behind bars following a raid on a Bangkok guesthouse and music venue.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951329-foreigners-seek-bail-after-warrant-less-raid-on-overstay/

Pattaya policeman denies raping, extorting bar worker

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Pattaya City Police Station in an undated file photo.

 

PATTAYA — A policeman accused of ordering the extortion and rape of a bar worker in the resort town of Pattaya earlier this month said he had nothing to do with the crime, police said Monday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951330-pattaya-policeman-denies-raping-extorting-bar-worker/

Wild macaque at Phuket resort to be moved to wildlife reserve

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- A wild macaque that wandered into the grounds of a high-end resort on Phuket’s west coast over the weekend has been handed over to wildlife officials so they can move the monkey to a reserve in Phang Nga.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951344-wild-macaque-at-phuket-resort-to-be-moved-to-wildlife-reserve/

Heavy rain brings more minor flash floods to Phuket

 

 

PHUKET:-- Heavy rain caused traffic tailbacks north of Phuket Town today (Oct 31) as the local office of the weather bureau forecast even more rain for the coming days.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951346-heavy-rain-brings-more-minor-flash-floods-to-phuket/

 

Electrocuted man found dead in home

Winai Sarot

 

 

PHUKET:-- A man was found dead with an electric wire wrapped around his wrist early this morning in Thalang. Police believe he died from a self-inflicted shock.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/951348-electrocuted-man-found-dead-in-home/