Just when you thought the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was dead, THIS happens

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD 

 

 

A few weeks ago, Samsung officially announced plans to sell refurbished models of its ill fated Galaxy Note 7 smartphone.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/just-when-you-thought-the-samsung-galaxy-note-7-was-dead-this-happens/20913/

Article 44 won’t hurt Thailand’s international image: Don
By The Nation

 

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, centre, at a briefing session on the new charter draft for foreign diplomats ahead of the referendum at the Foreign Ministry in August, 2016.

 

BANGKOK: -- The international community was not concerned that the junta had retained absolute powers through Article 44 despite the promulgation of a new Constitution, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977842-article-44-won’t-hurt-thailand’s-international-image-don/

 

A Japanese restaurant manager arrested after handing over ‘iced’ passport to police
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A Thai man, who manages a Japanese restaurant in Bangkok, was arrested in Sa Kaew on Monday after immigration police detected crystal meth, or “ice”, secreted in his passport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977843-a-japanese-restaurant-manager-arrested-after-handing-over-‘iced’-passport-to-police/

 

Microsoft Word users at risk from new security threat – all versions affected

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

A previously undiscovered buy in Microsoft Word is being used by hackers to install malware on the computers of unsuspecting victims.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-word-users-at-risk-from-new-security-threat-all-versions-affected/20922/

Ex-policeman flees Philippines after testifying to Duterte 'death squad' link

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: Retired policeman Arturo Lascanas takes an oath before testifying at the Philippine Senate inquiry on alleged extra judicial killings, in Manila, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

 

MANILA (Reuters) - A retired police officer who testified to killing hundreds of people while working for a "death squad" under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte when he was a city mayor has left the country in fear of his life, he said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977852-ex-policeman-flees-philippines-after-testifying-to-duterte-death-squad-link/

 

Hold tourists and guides responsible for coral damage, says Phuket poll

The Phuket News

 

Heavy tourism traffic has caused much damage to the coral reefs at Racha Yai Island, south of Phuket. Photo: DMCR

 

PHUKET: -- A clear majority of respondents to a recent online poll by The Phuket News has seen call for both the tourists themselves and their tour guides be charged for damaging coral where their activities have caused obvious harm to the key tourist eco-attractions in the region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977853-hold-tourists-and-guides-responsible-for-coral-damage-says-phuket-poll/

 

Sansiri seeks to build on rising demand for property in Pattaya

By The Nation

 

Sansiri is confident of continued strong demand from Thais and foreigners for holiday homes in Pattaya as the resort city remains one of the country’s preferred tourist destinations.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977864-sansiri-seeks-to-build-on-rising-demand-for-property-in-pattaya/

 

Firefighter saves a cat from Bangkok Blaze

By Khanathit Srihirundaj

The Nation

 

 

A firefighter cautiously climbed a charred pole to rescue a cat that was apparently too scared to do anything amid raging fire in Bangkok’s Thon Buri district on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977866-firefighter-saves-a-cat-from-bangkok-blaze/

 

Ja New’ is spared from subscription due to his weight

By Chanikarn Pumhirun

The Nation

 

 

On Monday morning, student activist Sirawit Serithiwat, better known as “Ja New," bravely announced that he would forfeit his right to postpone his military conscription.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977800-student-activist-sirawit-decides-to-enter-military-lottery/?do=findComment&comment=11786677

 

Main southern Thai insurgent group rejects army peace plan

 

 

The most prominent insurgent group in Thailand's south rejected the military's peace plan in a rare statement on Monday, underscoring Bangkok's inability to open negotiations with the actual fighters in the conflict.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977868-main-southern-thai-insurgent-group-rejects-army-peace-plan/

 

PM’s Office chief vows to fight Yingluck’s counter-suit in rice-pledging case

By The Nation

 

 

Jirachai Moonthongroi, permanent secretary of the PM’s Office, says he is ready to defend the government’s civil liability lawsuit against former premier Yingluck Shinawatra in court, after she filed a misconduct charge against him for allegedly failing to conduct proper hearings of witnesses in the case concerning her government’s rice-pledging scheme.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977869-pm’s-office-chief-vows-to-fight-yingluck’s-counter-suit-in-rice-pledging-case/

 

Customs to take case to public prosecutors against importer of NGV buses

 

 

The Customs Department has demanded Super Zara, importer of NGV buses, to settle the 40 percent unpaid import tax for the first lot of 100 NGV buses that the company falsely declared they were assembled in Malaysia or the department will take the case to the public prosecutors.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977871-customs-to-take-case-to-public-prosecutors-against-importer-of-ngv-buses/

 

Verdict expected in ‘scapegoat’ murder case involving deaf and mute man

By The Nation

 

 

The Sing Buri Provincial Court will read the verdict this morning for a deaf and mute Bang Rachan man who received a 20-year jail sentence almost a decade ago before new evidence led to a retrial, said Pol Colonel Dusadee Arayawut, deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of Justice.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977872-verdict-expected-in-‘scapegoat’-murder-case-involving-deaf-and-mute-man/

 

Centre puts road safety first as Songkran holiday period begins

By The Nation

 

 

Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda presided over the opening of the Road Safety Directing Centre on Monday in a bid to reduce road deaths and injuries and promote safe driving behaviour during the Songkran period from Tuesday until next Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977873-centre-puts-road-safety-first-as-songkran-holiday-period-begins/

 

Phuket Airport taxi, van drivers in booze, drugs, weapons checks for Songkran road safety

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Tourists and other passengers arriving at Phuket International Airport from today can expect booze-, drug- and weapons-free taxi and van drivers to take them to their final destination on the island as regular police, Tourist Police, Royal Thai Navy personnel and Transport Dept officials launched a campaign to boost road-safety over the Thai New Year Songkran holidays.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977885-phuket-airport-taxi-van-drivers-in-booze-drugs-weapons-checks-for-songkran-road-safety/

 

Nok Air apologizes for cancelled weekend flight, blames bad weather

Sukawin Tanthavanich

 

 

PHUKET:-- Numerous complaints by passengers of a grounded Nok Airplane this weekend resulted in an official public apology by the airline via social media yesterday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977886-nok-air-apologizes-for-cancelled-weekend-flight-blames-bad-weather/

 

Pet monkey caught up in drug case

By The Nation

 

 

Two little monkeys clung tightly to their owners, Kanchana An-ampol, 38, and Sakuna Suthipibul, 24, as the two women were arrested in possession of 470 amphetamine pills known as “yaba” and 6.8 grams of crystal meth at their rented room in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977888-pet-monkey-caught-up-in-drug-case/

 

Piles of garbage cleared from house in Pathum Thani

By The Nation

 

 

Authorities in Pathum Thani's Klong Luang district on Monday inspected a home in a Tambon Klong 4's housing estate where an elderly Thai couple had piled up garbage that had spilled from the front of the house onto the road.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977889-piles-of-garbage-cleared-from-house-in-pathum-thani/

 

Woman Fined For Calling 191 Dozens Of Times Daily - For 3 Years

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Lert Jaima, 60, with the phone she used to call 191 about 40 times a day.

 

CHIANG MAI — A woman was charged with causing a disturbance Monday by calling emergency services more than 1,000 times over the course of three years because she was lonely.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977891-woman-fined-for-calling-191-dozens-of-times-daily-for-3-years/

 

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