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Thailand Live Friday 24 Mar 2017

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Ex-AI boss says public has right to see evidence in teen activist’s killing 
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Authorities must show the public the evidence that justifies the Army’s claim that the extra-judicial killing of Lahu teen activist Chaiyapoom Pasae at a military checkpoint in Chiang Mai was necessary, an activist said on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975171-ex-ai-boss-says-public-has-right-to-see-evidence-in-teen-activist’s-killing/

 

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Media groups to give views on reconciliation
By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- Media groups will join other civil organisations in sharing views on reconciliation with the government-initiated reconciliation preparation committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975173-media-groups-to-give-views-on-reconciliation/

 

 

Denied Durian, Nation Churns Over "Mask Singer' Betrayal

By Kaewta Ketbungkan, Staff Reporter

 

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BANGKOK — After a four-month wait, audiences were glued to their screens to find out who the man behind the durian mask was. The only thing they found Thursday night was disappointment.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975200-denied-durian-nation-churns-over-mask-singer-betrayal/

 

Move to lift order declaring Dhammakaya Temple a ‘controlled area’

By The Nation

 

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Justice Minister Suwapan Tanyuvardhana has instructed the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to consult with related agencies to cancel the junta order, issued under Article 44, declaring the Pathum Thani-based Dhammakaya Temple as a controlled area. 

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975201-move-to-lift-order-declaring-dhammakaya-temple-a-‘controlled-area’/

 

Government ‘not shaken’ in case against red-shirt leader

By The Nation

 

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The government will proceed as normal in the weapons case allegedly related to red-shirt leader Wuttipong "Ko tee" Kotthammakhun, government spokesperson Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Friday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975209-government-‘not-shaken’-in-case-against-red-shirt-leader/

 

Pathum Thani chief monk asked to appoint an outsider the abbot for Wat Dhammakaya

 

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The director of National Office of Buddhism Pol Lt-Col Pongporn Pramsaneh has asked the chief monk of Pathum Thani to appoint an abbot for Wat Dhammakaya and that he should be some outside the temple.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975211-pathum-thani-chief-monk-asked-to-appoint-an-outsider-the-abbot-for-wat-dhammakaya/

 

Government unperturbed by criticisms that arms seizure was a setup

 

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The government is not perturbed by criticisms that the recent seizure of a cache of war weapons and ammunition from a Pathum Thani’s company belonging to red-shirt core leader Wutthipong Kotethammakul, alias Ko Tee, was a setup.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975212-government-unperturbed-by-criticisms-that-arms-seizure-was-a-setup/

 

Piggy Bank's Turtle Friends To Be Checked For Coins

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

A video from 2015 showing the turtles in Koh Loy Park’s pond wallowing in filth while the pond is being drained.

 

RAYONG — Dozens of turtles who lived in the same place Piggy Bank feasted on the coins that would kill her will undergo medical exams next week.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975213-piggy-banks-turtle-friends-to-be-checked-for-coins/

 

Thaksin files defamation complaint against two TV hosts

By The Nation

 

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Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra filed a defamation complaint on Friday against two TV hosts for linking him to the recent raid for weapons in Pathum Thani.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975214-thaksin-files-defamation-complaint-against-two-tv-hosts/

 

Military hand over nine suspects associated with Ko Tee to police

 

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The military on Friday handed over nine suspects arrested for alleged illegal association with Ko Tee on March 18 after the seizure of a cache of war weapons to Pol Gen Sirvara Rangsipromnakul, the deputy national police chief, at the Crime Suppression Division.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975215-military-hand-over-nine-suspects-associated-with-ko-tee-to-police/

 

Unhappy boxing fans may be responsible for fatal attack, says victim’s daughter

By Kornkamon Aksorndech

The Nation

 

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Scene from a security camera shows the attacker hitting Lumpini Boxing Stadium's technical division head Udom Deekrajang.

 

The daughter of Lumpini Boxing Stadium's technical division head Udom Deekrajang, who was attacked by two unknown assailants at the Bangkok's Lumpinee Boxing Stadium on Friday, suspects some disgruntled boxing fans may be responsible. 

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975216-unhappy-boxing-fans-may-be-responsible-for-fatal-attack-says-victim’s-daughter/

 

PM passes on 'heartfelt' sympathies to May over London attack

 

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Candles are lit during a vigil in Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, 23 March 2017. Thousands of Londoners gather in Trafalgar Square to remember the people killed in the London terror attack on March 22.//EPA

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has sent condolences to his British counterpart, Theresa May, expressing deep sorrow over the attack in London on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975217-pm-passes-on-heartfelt-sympathies-to-may-over-london-attack/

 

Thunderstorms forecast for next five days

By The Nation

 

The Thai Meteorological Department has warned that variable weather conditions – with thunderstorms, gusty winds and hail – will be likely in the North, Northeast, Central and East from March 25 to 29. 

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975218-thunderstorms-forecast-for-next-five-days/

 

U.N. will investigate crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar

By Stephanie Nebehay

 

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GENEVA (Reuters) - The top United Nations human rights body agreed on Friday to send an international fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975219-un-will-investigate-crimes-against-rohingya-in-myanmar/

 

Police arrest two more over British parliament attack

 

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LONDON (Reuters) - British police said they had made two further significant arrests in the investigation into the attack on London's parliament and gave the birth name of the man behind the assault as Adrian Russell Ajao.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975220-police-arrest-two-more-over-british-parliament-attack/

 

B55mn Phuket bridge slated to open after Songkran

Shela Riva

 

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PHUKET:-- A new bridge and road, costing B55 million and taking three years to build, located behind the King Power duty-free 'mega-store' on Chao Fa West Rd, are expected to open after Songkran, The Phuket News has been told.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975221-b55mn-phuket-bridge-slated-to-open-after-songkran/

 

Thailand studies leaseholds for foreigners, land windfall tax

 

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Thailand is studying a law to allow foreigners to buy property through 50-year leasehold contracts and also to sell them, which would help boost demand for the country's property sector, the finance minister said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975183-govt-floats-long-term-land-leases-for-foreigners/?page=5#comment-11739561

 

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