Mukdahan man arrested fifth time for allegedly selling drugs
By The Nation

 

 

MUKDAHAN: -- A 30-year-old man in Mukdahan has been arrested for the fifth time on drug trafficking charges – just two months after his release from his fourth term in prison.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975945-mukdahan-man-arrested-fifth-time-for-allegedly-selling-drugs/

 

British Ambassador says that embassy land deal not complete "contrary to rumors"

 

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BANGKOK: -- British Ambassador Brian Davidson said Tuesday that no deal has been reached about the sale of the embassy on Wireless Road.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975948-british-ambassador-says-that-embassy-land-deal-not-complete-contrary-to-rumors/

 

UPDATE:

 

Central Corruption Court sentences ex-TAT governor and daughter to 66 and 44 years respectively for corruption

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases today sentence the former governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Juthamas Siriwan and her daughter to 66 and 44 years in prison after finding them guilty of corruption.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975942-ex-tat-governor-juthamas-jailed-for-50-years-for-corruption/?do=findComment&comment=11752669

 

"Monk Beer" arrested for selling drugs to teens in Bangkok

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- Police in Bangkok have announced the arrest of a 25 year old monk who was selling drugs to teens in the On Nut area of Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975953-monk-beer-arrested-for-selling-drugs-to-teens-in-bangkok/

 

Fifty baht to use Samet loo as resort claims "fresh water is expensive"

 

Picture: Sanook (What a rip off! 50 baht to have a wee!)

 

KOH SAMET: -- A Thai went on social media to complain that they were charged 50 baht to have a wee in a resort's toilet on Koh Samet.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975959-fifty-baht-to-use-samet-loo-as-resort-claims-fresh-water-is-expensive/

 

Red Bull heir wanted for killing police officer in 2012 Ferrari wreck due in court tomorrow

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Policemen examine a damaged Ferrari at the Yoovidhaya home in Bangkok. Photo: Reuters

 

BANGKOK: -- Vorayudh “Boss” Yoovidhya, the Red Bull heir who is wanted on charges of killing a motorcycle policeman in a 2012 car wreck and fleeing the crime scene, is due in the prosecutor’s office tomorrow.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975967-red-bull-heir-wanted-for-killing-police-officer-in-2012-ferrari-wreck-due-in-court-tomorrow/

 

Residents angry as dredged sediment dumped at Pranburi Beach
By Apichart Hongsakul
The Nation

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: -- Residents of Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Pranburi District have complained to the Marine Department after 37,500 tonnes of muddy sediment, dredged from the navigation channel at the Hua Hin–Pattaya ferry pier, was dumped on Pranburi Beach.

 

Source: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975969-residents-angry-as-dredged-sediment-dumped-at-pranburi-beach/

 

Phuket elephant fight turns into paperchase

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The elephant 'Yo', or 'Nampetch', depending on who you believe, remains at the safari camp while officials unravel who legally owns her. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- The two parties claiming they own a female elephant at a tour camp in Phuket have until Friday (Mar 31) to present freshly produced copies of their original elephant registration documents to police in the hope of resolving who – if anyone – legally owns the pachyderm, which is claimed to have been stolen in Krabi 14 years ago.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975985-phuket-elephant-fight-turns-into-paperchase/

 

Silence shrouds Phuket resort shower electric shock deaths

The Phuket News

 

The resort is in the quiet street Soi Sermsuk in Rawai, but police refuse to identify the resort by name. Image: Google Maps

 

PHUKET:-- Chalong Police today again refused the identify at which resort in Rawai two Myanmar nationals were killed by an electric shock from a shower water-heater in a guestroom bathroom.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975987-silence-shrouds-phuket-resort-shower-electric-shock-deaths/

 

A man injured from oil tanker truck fire

 

 

One worker was injured when an oil tanker truck burst into flame at a gas station in Pak Thongchai district of Nakhon Ratchasima Wednesday afternoon.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975989-a-man-injured-from-oil-tanker-truck-fire/

 

Suspect Says Murder At Lumpinee Stadium Was Revenge Gone Wrong

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — Jirapan Koisap said he only meant to vent his anger at a Muay Thai referee he blamed for a 20,000 baht gambling loss.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975990-suspect-says-murder-at-lumpinee-stadium-was-revenge-gone-wrong/

 

Prawit denies reports on elections and reshuffle

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has refuted a report that the state was preparing for local administration elections, saying it was only an assumption.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975991-prawit-denies-reports-on-elections-and-reshuffle/

Samui to be a Songkran ‘Paradise’

 

 

Some of the big names in electronic music will be performing at the Paradise Island Festival being presented by London-based Soundcrash on Koh Samui on April 15 and 16.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975992-samui-to-be-a-songkran-‘paradise’/

 

Manic Taxi Panic: Screaming Driver Terrorizes Family

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Footage of Taxi driver Pusadee Anchanphati posted Tuesday by Facebook user Yaowalak Chusri.

 

BANGKOK — A taxi driver with a record for having threatened passengers with a knife faces charges Wednesday after she was filmed raving at a family in her taxi before kicking them to the curb.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975993-manic-taxi-panic-screaming-driver-terrorizes-family/

 

PHOTO ESSAY: A peek inside Bangkok’s vintage-inspired barbershops

By Matt Lucas

 

Saksiri Jullakasean at Sxissors, the barbershop he owns at Ratchada Train Market. All photos: Matt Lucas.

 

You see them everywhere: old-timey guys. With their high-waisted trousers, handlebar mustaches and grandfatherly eyeglasses, these dudes look like they stepped directly out of your grandmother’s fantasies and onto the streets of Bangkok.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975994-photo-essay-a-peek-inside-bangkok’s-vintage-inspired-barbershops/

 

 

Red-letter day for Britain's man in Brussels

By Alastair Macdonald

 

Britain's permanent representative to the European Union Tim Barrow delivers British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit letter in notice of the UK's intention to leave the bloc under Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty to EU Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels, Belgium March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

It was Tim Barrow's big day in Brussels but first, before handing over Theresa May's Brexit trigger letter, the British ambassador to the EU had to get on with "legal highs".

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975996-red-letter-day-for-britains-man-in-brussels/

 

 

Phuket Police inspector in Patong under investigation for corruption

The Phuket News

 

Patong Police Chief Col Chaiwat Uikam remains on active duty, but Capt Thanturong Wutthiwong has been moved out of Patong pending an investigation into allegations of corruption. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET:-- A Patong Police investigator has been moved out Phuket’s busiest resort town pending an investigation into allegations of corruption, Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has confirmed.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976005-phuket-police-inspector-in-patong-under-investigation-for-corruption/

 

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