THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 18 Jan 2017

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Key witnesses no-show at hearing for teacher's retrial

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Jomsup Saenmuangkot outside the provincial court building Monday in Nakhon Phanom province.

 

NAKHON PHANOM — Key witnesses failed to appear in court Monday at a hearing for a woman seeking to overturn her conviction for a crime she says she didn’t commit.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964183-key-witnesses-no-show-at-hearing-for-teachers-retrial/

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UK's May says final EU exit deal will be put to a vote in parliament

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would put the final agreement on Britain's exit from the European Union to a vote in parliament.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964194-uks-may-says-final-eu-exit-deal-will-be-put-to-a-vote-in-parliament/

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Less checkpoints and handheld cameras as Bangkok police aim to stop public catching them out on social media

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Police in Bangkok are set to use hand held cameras in an effort to catch more motorists breaking traffic regulations.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964212-less-checkpoints-and-handheld-cameras-as-bangkok-police-aim-to-stop public-catching-them-out-on-social-media/

 

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Minivans must follow 20 point checklist in new "get tough" regulations

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Minivan operators will have their vehicles assessed according to a new 20 point checklist, it has been announced.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964213-minivans-must-follow-20-point-checklist-in-new-get-tough-regulations/

 

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Lampang woman furious with "big bank" after losing finger in branch door

 

Picture: Sanook

 

LAMPANG: -- A Lampang woman has gone to the police after she lost a middle finger in a accident in a bank's main door.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964214-lampang-woman-furious-with-big-bank-after-losing-finger-in-branch-door/

 

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Police chief says he was misquoted by TV as "hair pulling cop" story rages on

 

Picture: Daily News

 

HAT YAI: -- The Hat Yai police chief has said that Thai TV misquoted him when he made claims about how a student came off a motorcycle.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964215-police-chief-says-he-was-misquoted-by-tv-as-hair-pulling-cop-story-rages-on/

 

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Man just out of jail murders monk over 50 baht request

 

Picture: Thairath

 

SUKHOTHAI: -- A man just out of jail went to demand 50 baht from a monk at a Sukhothai temple in the middle of the night on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964217-man-just-out-of-jail-murders-monk-over-50-baht-request/

 

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Suthep says PDRC Foundation will not sign MoU on reconciliation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Foundation for People’s Democratic Reform Committee will not sign a memorandum of understanding on reconciliation as proposed by the government because it does not believe that this will lead to reconciliation, Mr Suthep Thuagsuban, the foundation chairman, said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964218-suthep-says-pdrc-foundation-will-not-sign-mou-on-reconciliation/

 

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Manhunt launched for an HIV-infected Czech for spreading the virus

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have launched a nation-wide manhunt for an elderly Czech national who has allegedly slept with several young men and women despite the fact that he has AIDS.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964145-police-looking-for-czech-wanted-for-spreading-hiv/

 

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Thailand jumps three spots to 44th in Bloomberg Innovation Index 2017

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand was ranked at the 44th place of Bloomberg Innovation Index for 2017 – an improvement of three spots from last year’s 47th ranking.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964219-thailand-jumps-three-spots-to-44th-in-bloomberg-innovation-index-2017/

 

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Police claim retrial of Mrs Jomsap’s case suspicious

 

 

NAKHON PHANOM: -- Police are up in arms to defend their reputation against what they claimed to be a plot by a group of about six people to exploit Mrs Jomsap Saengmuangkote’s hit-and-run case to discredit the police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964183-key-witnesses-no-show-at-hearing-for-teachers-retrial/?do=findComment&comment=11532384

 

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Immigration chief declares Phuket Airport queues are ‘no more’

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Immigration Bureau Chief Lt Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn today (Jan 17) declared the long queues at Phuket Airport to clear immigration were over. Photo: Yutthawat Lekmak

 

PHUKET: -- The chief of the Immigration Bureau of Thailand, Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn, today (Jan 17) declared there will be no more long queues to clear immigration at Phuket International Airport.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964220-immigration-chief-declares-phuket-airport-queues-are-‘no-more’/

 

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Gold rush in Bang Saphan district

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: -- Several fortune and fun seekers have flocked to Tambon Ron Thong in Bang Saphan district of Prachuab Khiri Khan to pan for gold in a stream.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964221-gold-rush-in-bang-saphan-district-of-prachuab-khiri-khan/

 

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Thailand Wants Rich Chinese Tourists, Not Budget Groups

by Suttinee Yuvejwattana

 

- Arrivals from China slid after crackdown on low-budget tours

- Tourism accounts for 11% of economy that’s facing challenges

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand is nursing a slide in Chinese holidaymakers after cracking down on low-budget tours from the world’s most-populous country, muddying the Southeast Asian nation’s economic growth outlook.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964222-thailand-wants-rich-chinese-tourists-not-budget-groups/

 

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Thailand and Russia move towards joint industry programme

Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Industry

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand and Russia are moving closer to finalising a defence industrial collaboration programme based on the Royal Thai Army's (RTA's) expected purchase of additional Mil Mi-17V-5 transport helicopters.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964223-thailand-and-russia-move-towards-joint-industry-programme/

 

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Trump, Thailand and the global supply chain
By Nophakhun Limsamarnphun
The Nation

 

Trump

 

BANGKOK: -- US President-elect Donald Trump’s likely pullout from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade agreement championed by the outgoing Obama administration will give Thailand some leeway to manage its regional geo-economic position, especially with regard to the country’s attractiveness as a destination for foreign direct investment.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964224-trump-thailand-and-the-global-supply-chain/

 

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For reconciliation’s sake, Army must stand down
By The Nation

 

The ‘agreement of truth’ will be elusive if reds and yellows cannot address fundamental differences frankly

 

BANGKOK: -- Finally acting on the promise it made upon seizing power nearly three years ago, the ruling military junta – the National Council for Peace and Order – has proposed a pact on national reconciliation that it wishes to be binding on the signatories from both sides of the political divide.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964225-thai-editorial-for-reconciliation’s-sake-army-must-stand-down/

 

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Parties and groups must sign vow to behave: PM
By Wasamon Audjarint,
Kasamakorn Chanwanpen,
Jitraporn Senawong
The Nation

 

Prayut

 

BANGKOK: -- POLITICAL parties and groups will be asked to sign a pact with a vow not to obstruct future elections or reject elected governments as part of the push for reconciliation by the government, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha suggested yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964226-parties-and-groups-must-sign-vow-to-behave-pm-prayut/

 

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Decision pending in contempt case linked to Yingluck criminal hearing
By THE NATION

 

Yingluck

 

BANGKOK: -- THE SUPREME COURT’S criminal division for holders of political office will tomorrow issue a decision in a contempt-of-court case involving public prosecutors and supporters of former premier Yingluck Shinawatra.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964227-decision-pending-in-contempt-case-linked-to-yingluck-criminal-hearing/

 

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New Mekong River blasting project will only benefit China: experts
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

 

 

Plan to make river accessible to barges ‘will seriously hurt Thailand and Laos’

 

BANGKOK: -- ECONOMIC experts have warned that the Mekong-Lancang River navigation-channel improvement project will only benefit China – while having serious negative impacts on Thailand and Laos.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964228-new-mekong-river-blasting-project-will-only-benefit-china-experts/

 

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Justice Ministry, police at odds over Jomsap case
By The Nation

 

 

Investigators claim ‘whitewash scam’ aided exteacher in 2005 fatal accident

 

BANGKOK: -- FORMER TEACHER Jomsap Saenmuangkhot’s case has apparently driven a wedge between the Justice Ministry and the Royal Thai Police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964229-thai-justice-ministry-police-at-odds-over-jomsap-case/

 

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Scores dead as Nigerian warplane mistakenly strikes refugee camp

Chris Cummins

 

 

LAGOS: -- A Nigerian warplane has mistakenly carried out an attack on a refugee camp killing up to 100 people.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964230-scores-dead-as-nigerian-warplane-mistakenly-strikes-refugee-camp/

 

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Obama shows clemency to Manning, intelligence analyst behind leaks

By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe

REUTERS

 

Chelsea Manning is pictured in this 2010 photograph obtained on August 14, 2013.Courtesy U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In one of his final acts before leaving office, President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. military intelligence analyst behind the biggest breach of classified materials in U.S. history, the White House said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964232-obama-shows-clemency-to-manning-intelligence-analyst-behind-leaks/

 

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German court rules neo-Nazi NPD is no threat to democracy

Chris Cummins

 

 

KARLSRUHE: -- Germany’s constitutional court ruled against banning the far-right NPD party saying it represents no threat to democracy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964233-german-court-rules-neo-nazi-npd-is-no-threat-to-democracy/

 

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Muslims suffer because of Europe’s terror laws – Amnesty

Catherine Hardy

 

 

Europe’s reinforced terrorism legislation is discriminating against Muslims and refugees.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964235-muslims-suffer-because-of-europe’s-terror-laws-–-amnesty/

 

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May’s Brexit: Europe responds

Catherine Hardy

 

 

LONDON: -- Theresa May’s announcement that the UK will leave the single market in what is widely being seen as a “hard Brexit” has already had an impact on the financial markets.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964236-may’s-brexit-europe-responds/

 

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Trump accuses civil rights leader Lewis of lying about inauguration

By Doina Chiacu

REUTERS

 

U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA.) gestures as he nominates Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on July 26, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump extended his war of words with African-American civil rights leader John Lewis on Tuesday, accusing the Democratic congressman of lying when he said Trump's inauguration would be the first that he would miss.

 

Full store: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964238-trump-accuses-civil-rights-leader-lewis-of-lying-about/

 

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Putin says he doubts Trump met with Moscow prostitutes

By Denis Dyomkin

REUTERS

 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin makes his annual New Year address to the nation in Moscow, Russia, December 31, 2016. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he doubted U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had met with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel room several years ago, referring to an unverified dossier published last week that Trump has dismissed as "fake news".

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964239-putin says-he-doubts-trump-met-with-moscow-prostitutes/

 

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Italian conservative Tajani is new EU parliament speaker amid surging eurocepticism

By Francesco Guarascio

REUTERS

 

European Parliament's presidential candidate Antonio Tajani attends the election of the new President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

 

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Antonio Tajani of Italy was elected president of the European Parliament on Tuesday, consolidating a conservative grip on key EU institutions as the mainstream right and left struggle to unite against insurgent eurosceptics.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964240-italian-conservative-tajani-is-new-eu-parliament-speaker-amid-surging-eurocepticism/

 

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Thai police arrest Czech man wanted for infecting people with HIV

 

Picture: Facebook

 

PHUKET: -- Police in Phuket have arrested a Czech man who was the subject of an international arrest warrant wanted for knowingly infecting at least 15 men and a 15 year old boy with HIV.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964243-thai-police-arrest-czech-man-wanted-for-infecting-people-with-hiv/