Hong Kong Tourist Robbed By Bad 'Good Samaritan'

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Police on Wednesday question Thanpisit Onraksa, seated, at Chachoengsao City Police Station.

 

CHACHOENGSAO — A Thai man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of posing as a tourism official to rob a lost tourist seeking help in Chachoengsao province last week.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963148-hong-kong-tourist-robbed-by-bad-good-samaritan/

UPDATE:
 

Residents spot giant escaped zoo crocodile 'Nadia' in flood

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

A file photo of Nadia. Photo: Manager Online

 

This afternoon, locals of of flooded Nakhon Si Thammarat said they spotted a giant crocodile in the floodwaters suspected to be “Nadia,” the 5-meter-long croc that supposedly escaped from the zoo.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963041-nadia-the-giant-croc-terrorizing-southern-thai-town/?do=findComment&comment=11511183

Missing "Tom" discovered buried in deserted Kanchanaburi resort

 

Picture: Daily News

KANCHANABURI: -- Police in Kanchanaburi announced Wednesday that they have found the body of a "Tom" previously missing without a trace.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963170-missing-tom-discovered-buried-in-deserted-kanchanaburi-resort/

 

Simple as that - how drug suspect used a small bit of wire to escape from police jail

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A drug and theft suspect used a small piece of wire to escape from a police cell in Phangnga on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963171-simple-as-that-how-drug-suspect-used-a-small-bit-of-wire-to-escape-from-police-jail/

 

Sexy hairdresser fights back - don’t expect an eyeful like this when you come for a haircut!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

RAYONG: -- A sexy Rayong hairdresser has hit out at claims she is dressing to kill to get more customers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963172-sexy-hairdresser-fights-back-don’t-expect-an-eyeful-like-this-when you-come-for-a-haircut/

 

Cheating in police exams - man took 400,000 baht a head in bribes

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- It has been revealed that a man at the center of cheating in police exams took up to 400,000 baht a head to help people con their way into the metropolitan police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963173-cheating-in-police-exams-man-took-400000-baht-a-head-in-bribes/

 

Boy, 12 raped girl,9, while her grandparents were out

 

Picture: Thairath

 

SISAKET: -- A grandmother in Sisaket has claimed that a 12 year old boy raped her nine year old granddaughter while she was out of the house.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963174-boy-12-raped-girl9-while-her-grandparents-were-out/

 

More exam cheats uncovered in the other police bureau

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Police found 30 suspected cheaters in the entrance examination for enrolment into police academy of seventh provincial police bureau, Pol Gen Detnarong Sutthicharnbancha, acting deputy national police chief, disclosed on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963176-more-exam-cheats-uncovered-in-the-other-police-bureau/

 

Village wiped out in fierce run-offs

 

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- An entire village in Tambon Krung Ching, Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Noppitam district has been wiped out by runoffs and landslides from Khao Lang mountain.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963177-village-wiped-out-in-fierce-run-offs/

 

Analysts foresee continued hike in Thai stock index in Q1

 

BANGKOK, 12 January 2017 (NNT) – The Thai stock index is expected to continue on an upward trend in the first quarter of this year. Investors are, however, urged to keep an eye on the US economic policy under the Donald Trump administration. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963178-analysts-foresee-continued-hike-in-thai-stock-index-in-q1/

 

Chiang Rai-Lao Open Second Electricity Distribution Point Between Chiang Khong and Houay Xai

 

CHIANG RAI – The Provincal Government of Chiang Rai has expanded its move to promote the Thai-Lao border economic growth at the second electricity distribution point between Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong town and Laos’ Houay Xai.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963181-chiang-rai-lao-open-second-electricity-distribution-point-between-chiang-khong-and-houay-xai/

 

OPINION

 

Proposed media ‘reform’ bill is redundant and dangerous
By Suthichai Yoon
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A committee tasked by the National Reform Acceleration Council with scrutinising the media has proposed radical changes to the law. The committee members apparently equated “reform” with “control”. The resulting draft law will open the way for politicians and bureaucrats to decide who can or cannot become media professionals.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963182-proposed-media-‘reform’-bill-is-redundant-and-dangerous/

 

US gives Bt3.5m in aid for flooded provinces in South
By THE NATION

 

Residents of flood-hit Tambon Sathing Phra in Songkhla's Sathing Phra district wade through floodwater to get food and relief items from state agencies yesterday.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE UNITED States has donated Bt3.5 million to help flood victims in the South.

 

Full story; http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963183-us-gives-bt35m-in-aid-for-flooded-provinces-in-south/

 

Journalists group warns media bill a setback
By THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- The Senior Journalists Club yesterday issued a statement expressing concerns over the new media regulation bill and the ongoing media reform by the government and its appointed officials, saying it would set back the press freedom they had fought for during an era of dictatorship decades ago.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963184-journalists-group-warns-media-bill-a-setback/

 

Retrial for innocent ex-teacher who served 18 months in jail
By MAYUREE SUKYINGCHAROENWONG,
PIYANUCH TAMNUKASETCHAI
THE NATION

 

Jomsap

 

NAKHON PHANOM: -- A COURT has agreed to reopen the case of a former Sakhon Nakhon-based schoolteacher who served 18 months in prison for a 2005 hit-and-run crime that she did not commit.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963186-retrial-for-innocent-ex-teacher-who-served-18-months-in-jail/

 

Chonburi crash victims’ families can sue several parties: lawyers
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

 

 

‘Clear civil law violations’ implicate family and employer of driver, insurance carrier

 

CHONBURI: -- THE FAMILIES of 25 people killed when a public-transport van and a pickup truck collided in Chon Buri province this month can seek compensation from various parties, including the late van driver’s family and his employer, according to lawyers. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963187-chonburi-crash-victims’-families-can-sue-several-parties-lawyers/

 

Death toll rises as southern provinces continue to reel under floods
By THE NATION

 

A Ban Krud Beach restaurant is seen after caving in following floods in Tambon Thong Chai in Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province.

 

BANGKOK: -- WITH MORE than 30 lives lost as 10 provinces in the South remain inundated, Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Bang Saphan district expected the financial cost of flood damage to reach at least Bt100 million.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963188-death-toll-rises-as-southern-provinces-continue-to-reel-under-floods/

 

UPDATE:

 

Senior officer ‘admits’ romantic dispute as body of woman found
By THE NATION

 

 

KANCHANABURI: -- A POLICE superintendent has admitted he had a dispute with an alleged murder victim, and ordered others to “teach her a lesson”, Bangkok police chief Pol Lt-General Sanit Mahathavorn said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963170-missing-tom-discovered-buried-in-deserted-kanchanaburi-resort/?do=findComment&comment=11511894

 

TOT ‘could face Bt8-bn loss’ if business mergers with CAT fail
By USANEE MONGKOLPORN
THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- STATE telecommunications agency TOT could lose Bt8 billion this year if it fails to merge three core businesses with CAT Telecom, TOT president Montchai Noosong said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963190-tot-‘could-face-bt8-bn-loss’-if-business-mergers-with-cat-fail/

 

'You are fake news!' Trump presides over turbulent news conference

By Ayesha Rascoe

REUTERS

 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The drama started early at Donald Trump's first news conference as president-elect.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963191-you-are-fake-news-trump-presides-over-turbulent-news-conference/

 

Talks on Cyprus reach crucial point, territorial issues remain

 

 

GENEVA: -- Talks in Geneva on the reunification of Cyprus have reached a crucial point. Greece has suggested Turkey has a 28.2 percent share of the island, while the Turkish delegation is pushing for 29.2 percent.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963192-talks-on-cyprus-reach-crucial-point-territorial-issues-remain/

 

Germany plans more transparency over gender pay

Catherine Hardy

 

 

BERLIN: -- The German government has approved new legislation aimed at obliging companies to be more transparent about salaries paid to male and female employees.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963193-germany-plans-more-transparency-over-gender-pay/

 

Trump accuses U.S. spy agencies of Nazi practices over 'phony' Russia dossier

By Ayesha Rascoe

REUTERS

 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump listens to questions from reporters in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., January 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump escalated a fight with U.S. spy agencies on Wednesday, just nine days before he takes over their command as president, and accused them of practices reminiscent of Nazi Germany.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963194-trump-accuses-us-spy-agencies-of-nazi-practices-over-phony-russia-dossier/

 

‘Is Putin a war criminal?’ Rex Tillerson grilled in Secretary of State nomination hearing

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- US President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for Secretary of State has received a grilling from the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963195-‘is-putin-a-war-criminal’-rex-tillerson-grilled-in-secretary-of-state-nomination-hearing/

 

Malta tells Britain to expect ‘inferior’ Brexit deal

 

 

VALETTA: -- Britain’s deal for leaving the European Union should be “inferior” to membership, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Wednesday, taking aim at eurosceptics who claim the UK could ‘have its cake and eat it’

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963196-malta-tells-britain-to-expect-‘inferior’-brexit-deal/

 

Mexico says open to talk trade, security and migration with U.S.

REUTERS

 

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto announces a plan to strengthen the economics for families in Mexico City, Mexico January 9, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday said Mexico will seek to negotiate issues including trade, security and migration with the incoming U.S. administration of Donald Trump, but would not pay for a U.S. border wall.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963197-mexico-says-open-to-talk-trade-security-and-migration-with-us/

 

Trump says won't divest from his business while president

By Andy Sullivan, Emily Stephenson and Steve Holland

REUTERS

 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would maintain ownership of his global business empire but hand off control to his two oldest sons while president, an arrangement that watchdogs said would not prevent conflicts of interest in the White House.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963198-trump-says-wont-divest-from-his-business-while-president/

 

Breivik: no Nazi salute on day two of rights appeal hearing

Catherine Hardy

 

 

OSLO: -- Anders Behring Breivik refrained from giving a Nazi salute on the second day of a court hearing on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963200-breivik-no-nazi-salute-on-day-two-of-rights-appeal-hearing/

 

Macron: the euro may not exist in ten years

Catherine Hardy

 

 

PARIS: -- The euro may not exist in ten years’ time if Paris and Berlin fail to bolster the single currency union.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/963201-macron-the-euro-may-not-exist-in-ten-years/

 

Facebook launches project to improve ties with news media

BY REUTERS

 

Image:REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

REUTERS – Facebook Inc launched its “Journalism Project” on Wednesday, as the world’s biggest social media network looks to deepen its relationship with news organizations.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-launches-project-to-improve-ties-with-news-media/19302/