THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 26 Dec 2016

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Publicist: British singer George Michael dead at age 53

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY and GREGORY KATZ

 

LONDON (AP) — George Michael, the British pop superstar who reached early fame with WHAM! and went on to a solo career lined with controversies and chart-topping hits that blended soul and dance music with daring social and personal commentary, has died, his publicist said Sunday. He was 53.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960330-ex-wham-singer-george-michael-dies/?do=findComment&comment=11458167

 

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Phuket Governor repeats warning to illegal hotels: register, or face legal action

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Chockchai Dejamornthan warned illegal hotels ro register by January 31, or face legal action. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- The Governor of Phuket, Chockchai Dejamornthan, has reiterated his warning to operators illegally providing accommodation to tenants for periods of 30 days or less to register by January 31 or face legal action.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960356-phuket-governor-repeats-warning-to-illegal-hotels-register-or-face-legal-action/

 

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CAT, TOT plan to merge core businesses into two
By Usanee Mongkolporn 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- CAT Telecom and TOT will jointly propose to the State Enterprise Policy Commission early next month their plans to merge their three core businesses into two companies, instead of three as earlier planned.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960363-cat-tot-plan-to-merge-core-businesses-into-two-companies/

 

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Security forces nationwide keep crimes at bay ahead of holiday season

 

CHIANG MAI, 26 December 2016 (NNT) - Security patrols have taken to the streets across Thailand to prevent crimes and lower road accidents ahead of New Year celebrations. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960364-thai-security-forces-nationwide-keep-crimes-at-bay-ahead-of-holiday-season/

 

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Scottish minister calls for clarity over UK single market status

 

Scotland's economy secretary has said the Conservative government should indicate whether it wants the UK to stay in the single market after Brexit.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960365-scottish-minister-calls-for-clarity-over-uk-single-market-status/

 

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Motorcyclist killed by expressway barrier in illegal jaunt

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A motorcyclist is dead after he tried to race onto the expressway in Bang Na in the earlier hours of this morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960367-motorcyclist-killed-by-expressway-barrier-in-illegal-jaunt/

 

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Guidelines issued for holding New Year celebrations

 

 

BANGKOK: -- New Year celebrations will be held as usual but activities are requested to uphold national unity, love and respect for the monarchy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960369-guidelines-issued-for-holding-new-year-celebrations/

 

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Savage new teacher took stick to seven year old 99 times

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A teacher - recently qualified - took a stick to a grade one student and violently assaulted him across his back and bottom. He was hit a staggering 99 times.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960370-savage-new-teacher-took-stick-to-seven-year-old-99-times/

 

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Noir raided in Pattaya - drugs and after hours opening discovered

 

Picture: Thairath

 

PATTAYA: -- The popular Thai nightspot Noir on Pattaya Sai 3 road was raided in the early hours of Sunday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960371-noir-raided-in-pattaya-drugs-and-after-hours-opening-discovered/

 

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Big clean for Phuket bridge ahead of New Year

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More than 500 people took part in the big clean activity ahead of New year. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- More than 500 people gathered at Sarasin Bridge on Saturday (Dec 24) to take part in a big clean activity ahead of the New Year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960372-big-clean-for-phuket-bridge-ahead-of-new-year/

 

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Hunt on for gang who stabbed man to death in Sathorn

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Yannawa police are hunting for half a dozen knife wielding youths who killed a man outside a Sathorn area pub leaving him for dead outside Makro.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960374-hunt-on-for-gang-who-stabbed-man-to-death-in-sathorn/

 

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Six months pregnant teen arrested at drugs party - two dealers nabbed

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

AMNAT CHAROEN: -- Police raided a Ya Ba party at a house in Amnat Charoen last night arresting four teenagers - one of those was a girl six months pregnant.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960376-six-months-pregnant-teen-arrested-at-drugs-party-two-dealers-nabbed/

 

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More lottery tickets for December 30 draw

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Government Lottery Office has issued an additional five million pairs of lottery tickets for the December 30 lottery draw.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960378-more-lottery-tickets-for-december-30-draw/

 

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From Obama, a final Christmas tribute to the troops he's led

By JOSH LEDERMAN

 

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — For eight years, Barack Obama has led a military fighting in multiple theaters overseas, becoming the only president in U.S. history to serve full two terms with the nation at war. On Sunday, he sought to pay tribute to the men and women who sacrificed along the way in battles that will continue even after his presidency comes to a close.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960379-from-obama-a-final-christmas-tribute-to-the-troops-hes-led/

 

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Man turns in to Lampang police for selling  flares to football fans at Rajamangala Stadium

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A firework vendor turned himself in to Lampang police yesterday after facing an arrest warrant for the sale of flares to s group of football fans at Rajamangala Stadium.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960380-man-turns-in-to-lampang-police-for-selling -flares-to-football-fans-at-rajamangala-stadium/

 

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Police detained nine for alleged cyber-attacks : Prawit

 

BANGKOK: -- At least nine suspects have been detained for alleged involvement in the latest hacking of government and security agencies websites, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960382-police-detained-nine-for-alleged-cyber-attacks-prawit/

 

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Girl, 14, suffers minor injuries after pickup plunges into Phuket canal

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The driver of the pickup told police that when she drove round a badly lit bend she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into the canal. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A 14-year-old girl suffered minor injuries when the pickup truck she was travelling in plunged into a canal in Koh Kaew on Saturday night ( Dec 24). The driver and two other passengers walked away from the accident without injury.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960385-girl-14-suffers-minor-injuries-after-pickup-plunges-into-phuket-canal/

 

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Japan ex-PM Yoshida's forgotten Pearl Harbor visit recounted

By MARI YAMAGUCHI

 

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will visit Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, wasn't even born when Japan's former leader Shigeru Yoshida went there just six years after the country's World War II surrender, by himself and feeling awkward.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960387-japan-ex-pm-yoshidas-forgotten-pearl-harbor-visit-recounted/

 

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TrueVisions May Stop Showing HBO, Cinemax Sunday

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter -

 

Promotional image from HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones.’

 

BANGKOK — Winter may never actually come for “Game of Thrones” fans in Thailand next year after the kingdom’s leading cable provider said it will drop HBO along with five other channels.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960388-truevisions-may-stop-showing-hbo-cinemax-sunday/

 

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Phuket Prison releases 147 inmates for Christmas under royal pardon

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Children and a prison guard wait at the gate for the inmates to walk beyond the walls to freedom. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Phuket Prison released 174 prisoners for good behaviour yesterday, Christmas morning (Dec 25), under a royal pardon gifted by HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960391-phuket-prison-releases-147-inmates-for-christmas-under-royal-pardon/

 

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Inside Job Suspected In Christmas Eve Tortoise Heist

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

A file photo of a radiated tortoises. Image: Bernard Dupont / Flickr

 

CHONBURI — Sixty-five tortoises, some critically endangered, have gone missing from a breeding center in Chonburi province in what a senior wildlife official said Sunday was likely an inside job.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960400-inside-job-suspected-in-christmas-eve-tortoise-heist/

 

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Phuket drug dealer arrested with B400k of ya bah pills

Phuket Gazette 

 

Mr Sarawuth had bought the pills in Bangkok for delivery to a customer in Phuket. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- A drug dealer was arrested with about 2,000 ya bah (methamphetamine) pills at Phuket Bus Terminal 2 on Saturday evening. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960401-phuket-drug-dealer-arrested-with-b400k-of-ya-bah-pills/

 

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Military Gives Police Alleged Hacker To Display To Public

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter -

 

Police show belongings confiscated from the Bangkok home of Natdanai Kongdi, 19, at the national police headquarters Monday.

 

BANGKOK — A 19-year-old accused of hacking a police website was presented to the public Monday by authorities looking to show such suspects can be found and prosecuted.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960416-military-gives-police-alleged-hacker-to-display-to-public/

 

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Dhammakaya acting abbot turns in to police to face charges for aiding Dhammachayo

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The acting abbot of Wat Dhammakaya, Phra Vithespawanajarn, turned himself in to Klongluang police today to acknowledge charges against him,  mostly involving the controversial former abbot Phra Dhammachayo.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960420-dhammakaya-acting-abbot-turns-in-to-police-to-face-charges-for-aiding-dhammachayo/

 

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Immigration Bureau implements strict screening policy of travelers

 

 

BANGKOK, 26 December 2016 (NNT) - The commissioner of the Immigration Bureau has called for strict monitoring of people traveling in and out of the country during New Year festivities, while preliminary reports reveal no sign of violence perpetration. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960426-immigration-bureau-implements-strict-screening-policy-of-travelers/

 

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Obey the traffic laws and we'll get you dinner, police tell motorists

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- In a move that is bound to create laughs - if not ridicule - the metropolitan police chief has said that drivers who follow the traffic laws at New Year will be rewarded with some free rice.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960450-obey-the-traffic-laws-and-well-get-you-dinner-police-tell-motorists/

 

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Thailand Live Tuesday 27 Dec 2016 
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