THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 31 Jan 2017

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Dropbox targets deep-pocketed businesses to increase revenue

BY REUTERS

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A decade after its founding as a file-sharing business, Dropbox Inc is trying to become a new kind of company.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/dropbox-targets-deep-pocketed-businesses-to-increase-revenue/19617/

 

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Meechai says media control bill appears unconstitutional
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Charter drafter chairman Meechai Ruchupan said Tuesday that the proposed media reform bill by media reform panel of National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) is deemed violating the referendum-endorsed Constitution.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966547-meechai-says-media-control-bill-appears-unconstitutional/

 

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King Bhumibol's pictures help sea gypsies escape encroachment charges
By Salinee Prab
The Nation

 

This picture taken in 1959 becomes evidence that the defendants have not encroached on the land.

 

PHUKET: -- Coconut trees in the pictures of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 1959 visit to sea gypsies in Phuket province rank among key evidence that acquits four longtime residents of land-encroachment charges. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966544-king-bhumibols-pictures-help-sea-gypsies-escape-encroachment-charges/

 

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Australian DJ caught with ecstasy transferred to Bang Kwang Prison to serve two life sentences

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

 

Jake Mastroianni, the Australian DJ who made headlines when he was sentenced to two life sentences in Thai prison for possessing 61 ecstasy pillshas been transferred from Bangkok’s Klong Prem Prison to Bang Kwang Prison in Nonthaburi to serve his harsh punishment amongst death row offenders.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966442-australian-dj-jake-mastroianni-transfered-to-bangkwan-prison-aka-the-bangkok-hilton/?do=findComment&comment=11578201

 

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Two civilian 'advisers' joined controversial hawaii trip

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

An undated file photo of Prawit Wongsuwan and his entourage in Hawaii. Image: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — Two names stand out from a list made public Monday of who joined a deputy junta leader’s entourage on a taxpayer-funded trip to Hawaii last year.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966582-two-civilian-advisers-joined-controversial-hawaii-trip/

 

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Green line going nowhere for at least two years

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

Authorities Monday inspect a portion of the completed Green Line tracks which will connect BTS Bearing to Samut Prakan province. Photo: Prachachat

 

BANGKOK — The elevated Green Line extension from southern Bangkok to Samut Prakan province will not be ready for trial runs as promised, transit authorities said Monday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966583-green-line-going-nowhere-for-at-least-two-years/

 

 

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Senior official resigns after saying that drinking caused him to steal paintings

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Sanook

 

The Thai senior official who was arrested in Kyoto, Japan for stealing three cheap paintings from a hotel blamed drunkenness for his actions.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966585-senior-official-resigns-after-saying-that-drinking-caused-him-to-steal-paintings/

 

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Don't brew beer at home (or in toilet), Prayuth says

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha is what you might call a water man, at July 26, 2016 photo taken at the Government House in Bangkok. Photo: Government House

 

BANGKOK — Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha used his podium at Government House on Tuesday afternoon to slam craft beer, saying rules forbidding making beer at home ensure hygiene and safety.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966586-dont-brew-beer-at-home-or-in-toilet-prayuth-says/

 

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Phuket Hungarian tourists dead after motorbike slams into pole

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

The two men were heading along the Rawai beach road when the accident happened at about 2:40am. Photo: Chalong Police

 

PHUKET:-- Two Hungarian men died early yesterday morning (Jan 30) after the motorbike they were riding slammed into a roadside pole in Rawai.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966592-phuket-hungarian-tourists-dead-after-motorbike-slams-into-pole/

 

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