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Thailand Live Saturday 17 Dec 2016

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B20k bounty put on prison breaking teen

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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PHUKET:-- Police today announced a 20,000 baht reward to help track down a 19-year-old who escaped police custody after he was apprehended in Phuket Town for a failed robbery attempt on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958900-b20k-bounty-put-on-prison-breaking-teen/

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Thai woman hangs herself after jealous argument with Italian lover

 

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PATTAYA:-- A Thai woman hanged herself with an electrical cord after having a jealous argument with her Italian boyfriend.
 
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The face of Thai honesty - yet another superb taxi driver saves the day!

 

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BANGKOK:-- This is the face of yet another honest Bangkok taxi driver - his name is Laemsak Srilarn. He is 33 years old and comes from the north eastern town of Roi-Et.
 
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Mum dobs in daughter and her "monk" boyfriend after gossiping neighbors push her over the edge

 

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KANCHANABURI:-- A mother in Kanchanaburi could stand the gossiping neighbors no longer. She reported that her own daughter was living with a monk - and they even had a four year old child together.
 
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Forty scouts and guides injured as bus flips returning from camp

 

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Forty scouts and guides returning from a camp in Muak Lek, Saraburi, were injured when their bus overturned after hitting a pick-up.
 
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Diver Found Dead With Mysterious Throat Wound

By Albert Jack

 

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PATTAYA:-- At 2.30pm, on the afternoon of December 16, Pattaya police received reports of a body floating in the water 500 meters off Samae Beach, Koh Larn, Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958923-diver-found-dead-with-mysterious-throat-wound/

 

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Treasury Dept to exhibit commemorative coins in honor of late King

Surapan Laotharanarit

 

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BANGKOK, 16 December 2016 (NNT) – The Treasury Department is scheduled to open an exhibition of coins produced in commemoration of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej next week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958925-treasury-dept-to-exhibit-commemorative-coins-in-honor-of-late-king/

 

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Unicef and WHO back proposed infant formula law

By The Nation

 

UNICEF, the United Nations agency for child welfare, and the World Health Organisation have voiced support for a new law to control the marketing of infant formula in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958926-unicef-and-who-back-proposed-infant-formula-law/

 

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Chuwit freed, vows ‘to be model citizen’

By Piyanuch Tamnukasetchai 
The Nation 

 

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Former MP Chuwit Kamolvisit celebrates his freedom with open arms as he is released from jail yesterday under an amnesty granted to mark His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s accession to the throne.

 

OUTSPOKEN former MP Chuwit Kamolvisit was freed from prison yesterday after being among the first batch of 30,000 inmates released under an amnesty granted to mark HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s accession to the throne.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30302273

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NACC declares a Mahidol U official of being unusually rich

 

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A financial official of Mahidol University has been declared unusually rich by the National Anti-Corruption Commission after it was discovered that she received about 29 million baht from a former senior revenue official earlier declared unusually wealthy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958928-nacc-declares-a-mahidol-u-official-of-being-unusually-rich/

 

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Thai Netizen Network to monitor enforcement of computer crime law

 

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BANGKOK:-- The Thai Netizen Network will keep a close watch on the enforcement of the Computer Crime Bill which passed the third and final readings of the National Legislative Assembly on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958929-thai-netizen-network-to-monitor-enforcement-of-computer-crime-law/

 

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Five new minister apppointed in major Cabinet reshuffle

By The Nation

 

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File photo: Chutima Boonyaprapat, who just retired as the permanent secretary of the Commerce Ministry at the end of September, has been appointed as the new deputy agriculture minister.

 

BANGKOK:-- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has appointed 12 Cabinet members in a major reshuffle, seven of whom are current government ministers who effectively swapped seats between them.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958931-five-new-minister-apppointed-in-major-cabinet-reshuffle/

 

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Ex-PAD leaders acquitted of defaming Thaksin over Finland Declaration rap

 

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The Supreme Court has upheld two lower courts’ verdicts acquitting former leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy of defamation charges lodged against them by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the now defunct Thai Rak Thai party.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958934-ex-pad-leaders-acquitted-of-defaming-thaksin-over-finland-declaration-rap/

 

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Kerry accuses Assad of 'massacre' in Aleppo

 

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As the world watches the unfolding evacuation of Aleppo, US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed moral outrage, accusing President Bashar al Assad and his forces of ‘‘carrying out nothing short of a massacre’‘ in the war-torn city.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958936-kerry-accuses-assad-of-massacre-in-aleppo/

 

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Japan and Russia sign trade deals but remain marooned over islands

 

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin dialogue on the status of disputed islands, which has left them technically at war since 1945.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958937-japan-and-russia-sign-trade-deals-but-remain-marooned-over-islands/

 

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Obama "vows retaliation" against Russia

 

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Barack Obama says the US will take action against Russia over claims of its involvement in the country’s recent presidential election.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958938-obama-vows-retaliation-against-russia/

 

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Aleppo: evacuation suspended as deal breaks down

 

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The evacuation of civilians and rebel fighters from eastern Aleppo has been reportedly been suspended after claims rebels opened fire on a convoy leaving a rebel-held district.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958940-aleppo-evacuation-suspended-as-deal-breaks-down/

 

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Two demolition workers killed in Sukhumvit building collapse

By Tanatpong Kongsai, 
Khanathit Srihirundaj 
The Nation 

 

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Rescue workers, police and firefighters search for survivors amid debris after a eight-storey building, which was being demolished in Sukhumvit Soi 87 in Bangkok, collapsed yesterday.

 

TWO construction workers were killed yesterday when an eight-storey building under demolition on Sukhumvit Soi 87 in Bangkok collapsed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958944-two-demolition-workers-killed-in-sukhumvit-building-collapse/

 

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Here’s how to make your password as secure as possible

BY STAFF WRITER

 

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In the wake of the devastating cyber attack on Yahoo, which is estimated to have affected more than one billion people, here are some tips on how you can create a strong password.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-how-to-make-your-password-as-secure-as-possible/19028/

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Thai lawmakers approve tighter control of internet

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand‘s military-appointed legislature approved a bill Friday tightening the country’s already harsh Computer Crime Act, defying critics who said it infringes on the right to free expression.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/thai-lawmakers-approve-tighter-control-of-internet/19030/

 

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Thai man who raped South African English teacher arrested - he has admitted the crime

 

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A second person has been arrested in the rape of a 35 year old South African English teacher in Kamphaeng Phet.
 
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Huge police raid ends in embarrassment as Wat Dhammakaya spokesman not home

 

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A big police raid mounted at the home of Wat Dhammakaya spokesman Ong-art Thammanitha found the wanted man was not there.
 
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In the blink of an eye - taxi driver felled as car skids off road

 

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Our video this morning shows a completely innocent taxi driver preparing to have a spot of lunch at a well know restaurant on the Rachapreuk Road in Nonthaburi yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958964-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-taxi-driver-felled-as-car-skids-off-road/

 

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Airport security man claimed he could get you in the police force

 

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BANGKOK:-- A security man at Don Muang airport claimed online that he could get people into the police force.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958966-airport-security-man-claimed-he-could-get-you-in-the-police-force/

 

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State banks seek permission to extend payment period for low income earners

 

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BANGKOK:-- Three government banks have asked the Ministry of Finance for an extension of the period for payment of monetary aid for the poor with reason that they are finding that they were having difficulty meeting the 30 day deadline falling on December 30.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958969-state-banks-seek-permission-to-extend-payment-period-for-low-income-earners/

 

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Press guide to be printed on royal cremation

By Natthapat Phromkaew 
The Nation 

 

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THE government plans to publish a media guide about the coverage of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s royal cremation ceremonies.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958971-press-guide-to-be-printed-on-royal-cremation/

 

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Fears of computer crackdown

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN, 
PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

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Legal experts worry about strict control on dissemination of information on internet after NLA passes amendment bill.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958974-fears-of-computer-crackdown/

 

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