THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 27 Dec 2016

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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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Student beaten 99 times - mother said she was bribed with 50K to keep it quiet

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- The mother of the seven year old savagely beaten 99 times in a Pathum Thani school said today that the teacher had tried to bribe her to hush it all up.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960466-student-beaten-99-times-mother-said-she-was-bribed-with-50k-to-keep-it-quiet/

 

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Accident video: Netizens debate whether it was the taxi driver's fault or the bike rider's

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai netizens were split in their views as to who was responsible for an accident that saw a motorcyclist thrown into oncoming traffic in a right lane.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960467-accident-video-netizens-debate-whether-it-was-the-taxi-drivers-fault-or-the-bike-riders/

 

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Pattaya - Hua Hin ferry set to commence January 12th

 

Picture: Thairath

 

PATTAYA: -- The catamaran service from Pattaya to Hua Hin is scheduled to begin from January 12th.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960468-pattaya-hua-hin-ferry-set-to-commence-january-12th/

 

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Baby found dumped in waste ground in Yanawa, Bangkok

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Police said that trash collectors made a grisly discovery in waste ground near a Yanawa area footpath Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960470-baby-found-dumped-in-waste-ground-in-yanawa-bangkok/

 

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Cabinet is due to consider Thai-Chinese high-speed train project in January

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The long overdue Thai-Chinese high-speed train project is now in the process of being considered in details before a full report of the project can be wrapped up and submitted to the cabinet for consideration in mid-January, Transport Deputy Permanent Secretary Phirapol Thavornsupacharoen said on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960471-cabinet-is-due-to-consider-thai-chinese-high-speed-train-project-in-january/

 

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Revenue Department is drafting new e-commerce law to tax multi-lateral IT corps

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Revenue Department has set up two ad hoc committees to study foreign laws governing e-commerce as a basis for the drafting of similar law in Thailand in order to properly tax e-commerce business operated by multi-lateral corporations such as Google and Facebook.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960472-revenue-department-is-drafting-new-e-commerce-law-to-tax-multi-lateral-it-corps/

 

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Dhammakaya-linked TV station has its license scrapped

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has decided on Monday to revoke the operating license of DMC TV station, the mouthpiece of Wat Dhammakaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960473-dhammakaya-linked-tv-station-has-its-license-scrapped/

 

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Four killed in a car accident in Chumporn

 

CHUMPORN: -- Four people, including the driver, were killed and scores were injured when a pick-up truck crashed into the gate of a house located on the roadside in Chumporn province on Monday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960474-four-killed-in-a-car-accident-in-chumporn/

 

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Dhammakaya acting abbot released

 

 

The acting abbot of Wat Dhammakaya Phra Vithespavanajarn was released Monday afternoon after he turned himself in to acknowledge charges related to 19 cases against him.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960420-dhammakaya-acting-abbot-turns-in-to-police-to-face-charges-for-aiding-dhammachayo/?do=findComment&comment=11460724

 

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Govt views 2017 as year of troubleshooting: PM

 

 

BANGKOK, 27 December 2016 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha stressed on the government’s intention to promote investments in 2017 - the year of troubleshooting and clarification. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960475-govt-views-2017-as-year-of-troubleshooting-pm-prayut/

 

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Drivers urged to turn on headlights during daytime for safety

 

 

BANGKOK, 27 December 2016 (NNT) – Experts have suggested motorists to switch on headlights during the day as the practice is believed to reduce the risk of accidents by 30 percent. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960476-drivers-urged-to-turn-on-headlights-during-daytime-for-safety/

 

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Phuket, Andaman provinces remember lives lost to the tsunami

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Thais and foreigners joined together to lay floating wreaths at Maya Bay, Phi Phi Island. Photo: DNP

 

PHUKET: -- Memorial services were held in Phuket and elsewhere along the Andaman coast this morning (Dec 26) to remember the thousands of lives lost to the Asian Tsunami 12 years ago.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960477-phuket-andaman-provinces-remember-lives-lost-to-the-tsunami/

 

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Thailand is struggling to handle its tourism boom

Business Insider UK

Thomson Reuters

 

Thailand's success in attracting huge numbers of tourists has put some infrastructure for handling the influx under pressure, an economist with the World Bank said on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960478-thailand-is-struggling-to-handle-its-tourism-boom/

 

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DNA checks to be conducted again on 2 Ayutthaya elephants
By THE NATION 
AYUTTHAYA

 

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- THE WILDLIFE suppression task force and elephant owners had a brief confrontation yesterday at the famed and privately run royal kraal in Ayutthaya, before the owners agreed to allow the officials to inspect two animals that were confiscated previously by the Phaya Sua task force but reportedly taken away without any notice.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960479-dna-checks-to-be-conducted-again-on-2-ayutthaya-elephants/

 

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Drunk drivers face seizure of cars over long holiday period
By Jitraporn Senwong 
The Nation 

 

    

BANGKOK: -- DRUNK DRIVERS will face arrest and vehicle seizure between December 29 and January 4.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960480-drunk-drivers-face-seizure-of-cars-over-long-holiday-period/

 

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Law on breast-milk substitutes a boon for babies’ health
By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- Although breast-milk substitutes are a vital resource for those mothers unable to produce their own milk, a law to regulate the overuse of these products in Thailand is long overdue. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960481-law-on-breast-milk-substitutes-a-boon-for-babies’-health/

 

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Forest Department to raise public awareness about protected species
By Piyanuch Thamnukasetchai 
The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE FOREST DEPARTMENT will try to help people avoid running afoul of the law on cutting down trees by boosting public awareness of protected species and making regulations much clearer.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960483-forest-department-to-raise-public-awareness-about-protected-species/

 

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Gen Preecha defends undeclared house
By THE NATION

 

An unnumbered house, belonging to former permanent secretary of the Defence Ministry General Preecha Chan-o-cha, is located on a large block in Phitsanulok’s Mueang district.

 

PM’s brother says he’ll submit details about new family home to graft agency

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960486-gen-preecha-defends-undeclared-house/

 

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TrueVisions cans 6 channels after contract failure
By WATCHIRANONT THONGTEP 
THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- HBO Asia’s six subscription movie channels will no be longer available on TrueVisions next year because the country’s biggest pay-TV operator failed to renew a content-distribution agreement with its business partner, the broadcasting regulator has confirmed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960388-truevisions-may-stop-showing-hbo-cinemax-sunday/?do=findComment&comment=11460786

 

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TOT targets broadband for 4,000 villages by mid-2017
By USANEE MONGKOLPORN 
THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- STATE telecommunication enterprise TOT hopes to provide access to 4,000 villages by the middle of next year as part of the first phase of its nationwide broadband Internet network roll-out, Digital Economy and Society Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960489-tot-targets-broadband-for-4000-villages-by-mid-2017/

 

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Turkey cafe boss arrested for ‘cup of tea insult’ against the president

 

 

ISTANBUL: -- The manager of a cafeteria at a Turkish opposition newspaper has reportedly been arrested after saying he would refuse to serve President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a cup of tea.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960491-turkey-cafe-boss-arrested-for-‘cup-of-tea-insult’-against-the-president/

 

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Berlin truck attack: Suspect Amri passed through Lyon

 

 

BERLIN: -- More details are emerging about the journey taken by fugitive Tunisian Anis Amri, 24, the prime suspect in the Berlin truck attack which left 12 people dead.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960492-berlin-truck-attack-suspect-amri-passed-through-lyon/

 

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In the footsteps of refugees: Berlin-Aleppo peace march begins

 

 

BERLIN: -- Hundreds of activists set off from Berlin on Monday on a three and a half month march to Aleppo to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Syria.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960493-in-the-footsteps-of-refugees-berlin-aleppo-peace-march-begins/

 

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Pearl Harbor: What happened?

 

 

It was at 7:55 am local time on December 7, 1941 that Japanese planes launched a surprise and devastating attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960494-pearl-harbor-what-happened/

 

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‘Top Taliban commander killed’ in Afghanistan – interior ministry

 

 

KABUL: -- A senior Taliban commander Mullah Firoz Jahadi has been killed during an anti-terror operation, according to the Afghan interior ministry.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960495-‘top-taliban-commander-killed’-in-afghanistan-–-interior-ministry/

 

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Kremlin plays down terror attack possibility in jet crash

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and VERONIKA SILCHENKO

 

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The Kremlin on Monday played down the possibility that a terror attack might have downed a Syria-bound Russian plane, killing all 92 people on board, as the nation observed a day of mourning for the victims, including most members of a world famous military choir.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960496-kremlin-plays-down-terror-attack-possibility-in-jet-crash/

 

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Trumps pick for ambassador to Israel sparks hot debate

By JOSH LEDERMAN

 

NEW YORK (AP) — If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama's approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960497-trumps-pick-for-ambassador-to-israel-sparks-hot-debate/

 

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Japanese prime minister arrives in Hawaii for memorial visit

By The Associated Press

 

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Hawaii on Monday to recognize the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960498-japanese-prime-minister-arrives-in-hawaii-for-memorial-visit/

 

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Assad gains Aleppo, but others likely to shape Syria's fate

By PHILIP ISSA

 

BEIRUT (AP) — Under different circumstances, Syrian President Bashar Assad's capture of Aleppo would project an aura of invincibility. He has survived nearly six years of revolt.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960500-assad-gains-aleppo-but-others-likely-to-shape-syrias-fate/