THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 26 Apr 2017

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Midweek Rant: Pack mentality – why keyboard warriors are no better than the Thais they criticize

 

 

 

Every time a story hits the news about a mob attack in Thailand the keyboard warriors are quickly on the scene.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980243-midweek-rant pack-mentality-–-why-keyboard-warriors-are-no-better-than-the-thais they-criticize/

 

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Paradise lost – Hua Hin peace shattered by “Party Houses”

 

 

Residents in Hua Hin are facing shattered lives as “Party Houses” are springing up all over town.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980219-paradise-lost-–-hua-hin-peace-shattered-by-“party-houses”/

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Mandatory day off with pay for Labour Day

By The Nation

 

 

Employers have been warned to allow their employees to take a day off with full pay on Labour Day, which this year falls on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980214-mandatory-day-off-with-pay-for-labour-day/

 

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Horrific Facebook Live video finally made inaccessible Tuesday evening

By The Nation

 

 

A Facebook Live video that showed a man putting a noose around his 11-month-old daughter’s neck and hanging her from the roof of an abandoned building in Phuket province finally became inaccessible on Tuesday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980125-father-murders-his-baby-daughter-on-facebook-live/?page=3#comment-11829771

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Pattaya police arrest motorcycle theft gang who stole 20 bikes

 

Picture: Tnews

 

PATTAYA: -- The chief of police in Pattaya has announced the arrest of a gang of three men who were stealing motorcycles at the resort and selling them off in Cambodia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980246-pattaya-police-arrest-motorcycle-theft-gang-who-stole-20-bikes/

 

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Monk in robes crashes his mate's souped up car just on eve of leaving the monkhood

 

Picture: Daily News

 

SUPHANBURI: -- A monk in robes borrowed his mate's car and took it for a spin on the roads near his Suphanburi temple.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980247-monk-in-robes-crashes-his-mates-souped-up-car-just-on-eve-of-leaving the-monkhood/

 

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Plucky German tourist foils Pattaya lady boy pickpocket

 

Picture: Chonburi News

 

PATTAYA: -- A plucky German tourist made a citizen's arrest on a baht bus in Pattaya after a lady boy stole money from his pocket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980248-plucky-german-tourist-foils-pattaya-lady-boy-pickpocket/

 

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Umbrellas, beach chairs banned again at Phuket’s Surin Beach

The Phuket News

 

Tourists enjoy the umbrellas and beach chairs at Surin Beach, but by May 1 beach operators will have to remove their umbrellas and sun loungers for rent – or else face legal action. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Beach vendors have been ordered to remove all umbrellas and beach chairs from the sand at Surin Beach, on Phuket’s west coast, by May 1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980249-umbrellas-beach-chairs-banned-again-at-phuket’s-surin-beach/

 

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Phuket Immigration confirms 90-day reporting online is back

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The '90 days (Online)' button on the Phuket Immigration website - and the online system for processing 90-day reports online - are operational again. Image Screengrab

 

PHUKET: -- The Immigration Bureau’s online portal for foreigners to complete their 90-day reporting is operational again after months of recurring issues which rendered the service unusable.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980250-phuket-immigration-confirms-90-day-reporting-online-is-back/

 

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Krabi locals complain as new factory dumps waste into canal

Phuket Gazette

 

          

A picture of smoke bellowing out of the factory. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

KRABI: -- More than 60 Krabi Town locals yesterday urged Krabi Dhamrongtham Center representatives to look into the activities of a factory releasing waste into a nearby canal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980251-krabi-locals-complain-as-new-factory-dumps-waste-into-canal/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Royal cremation ceremonies to be held Oct 25-29
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Royal cremation ceremonies for HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX) will be held between October 25 and 29.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980183-royal-cremation-of-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-is-set-on-october-26/?do=findComment&comment=11830353

 

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Outrage after Facebook Live murder of baby
By THE NATION

 

Heartbroken family members were in tears yesterday as they retrieved the bodies of a father and his baby daughter for funeral ceremonies. The man’s murder of the baby was broadcast on Facebook Live.

 

BANGKOK: -- Facebook has removed a horrific video clip that showed a man putting a noose around his 11-month-old baby daughter’s neck and hanging her from the roof of an abandoned building in Phuket, following an uproar.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980253-outrage-after-facebook-live-murder-of-baby/

 

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Concern over live streaming of suicides

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Mental Health Department has expressed concern over the increasing trend of online live streaming of suicide incidence which may lead to copycat practice, particularly, among youngsters who are most vulnerable.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980254-concern-over-live-streaming-of-suicides/

 

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Spokesman insists no cover-up of cabinet’s decision on Chinese submarine deal

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said Tuesday that he didn’t inform the media about the cabinet’s decision last week approving the Royal Thai Navy’s plan to procure one Yuan-class submarine from China at 13.5 billion baht because the issue was stamped confidential and also reporters did not ask about it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980255-thai-govt-spokesman-insists-no-cover-up-of-cabinet’s-decision-on-chinese-submarine-deal/

 

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Uber confident on legal clearance for services
By ASINA PORNWASIN
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- UBER has expressed confidence that it can clear within five months the legal hurdles that have dogged its taxi-service operation in Thailand.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980257-uber-confident-on-legal-clearance-for-services/

 

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State officials on media council would have limited terms: Kanit
By THE NATION

 

Kanit

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CONTROVERSIAL inclusion of two state representatives on the proposed media regulation council would be placed in a provisional clause stipulating limited terms of five years, chairman of the media reform committee ACM Kanit Suwannet said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980258-state-officials-on-media-council-would-have-limited-terms-kanit/

 

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Japan’s GSP cuts to have little impact on exporters, Commerce 
By   THE NATION

 

File photo : Apiradee

 

BANGKOK: -- THAILAND WILL likely suffer minimal impacts if Japan cuts its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) on Thai products, said Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980259-japan’s-gsp-cuts-to-have-little-impact-on-exporters-says-thai-commerce/

 

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'Many accomplices' involved in sperm smuggling amid unanswered questions
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- MANY ACCOMPLICES are involved in the sperm smuggling that was detected at a border checkpoint last week, the Health Service Support Department (HSSD) said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980261-many-accomplices-involved-in-sperm-smuggling-amid-unanswered-questions/

 

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Social Security benefits to be improved for informal sector
By THE NATION

 

Labour Minister General Sirichai Distakul

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CABINET yesterday approved a series of laws to boost benefits for voluntarily insured persons under the Social Security Act’s Article 40.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980262-social-security-benefits-to-be-improved-for-informal-sector/

 

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4 traffic cops transferred for allegedly manhandled a man in Klong Toey

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Four city traffic policemen were transferred to do their jobs at the operations centre of the Traffic Police Division after they were accused of manhandling a man in Klong Toey area as seen in video clip widely shared in the social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980263-4-traffic-cops-transferred-for-allegedly-manhandled-a-man-in-klong-toey/

 

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OPINION

Thai democracy missing more than just a revolution plaque
By Tulsathit Taptim
The Nation

 

What differentiates democracy from other political systems is that it doesn’t really need a symbol.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980264-thai-democracy-missing-more-than-just-a-revolution-plaque/

 

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Trump's concession on wall funding removes obstacle from spending talks

By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump says the border wall with Mexico will get built.

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The threat of a U.S. government shutdown this weekend appeared to recede on Tuesday after President Donald Trump backed away from a demand that Congress include funding for his plannedborder wall with Mexico in a spending bill.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980265-trumps-concession-on wall funding-removes-obstacle-from-spending-talks/

 

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Thai man broadcasts baby daughter's murder live on Facebook

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panarat Thepgumpanat

REUTERS

 

Jiranuch Trirat, mother of 11-month-old daughter who was killed by her father who broadcast the murder on Facebook, stands next to a picture of her daughter at a temple in Phuket, Thailand April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Sooppharoek Teepapan

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai man filmed himself killing his 11-month-old daughter in two video clips posted on Facebook before committing suicide, police said on Tuesday.

 

Full story:   https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980253-outrage-after-facebook-live-murder-of-baby/?do=findComment&comment=11830428

 

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Erdogan says Turkey won't wait at Europe's door forever

By Samia Nakhoul, Nick Tattersall and Orhan Coskun

REUTERS

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waves during a ceremony to mark the National Sovereignty and Children's Day at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, April 23, 2017. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will not wait at Europe's door forever and is ready to walk away from EU accession talks if rising Islamophobia and hostility from some member states persist, President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980267-erdogan-says-turkey-wont-wait-at-europes-door-forever/

 

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U.S. judge blocks Trump order to restrict funding for 'sanctuary cities'

By Dan Levine

REUTERS

 

Immigrant-rights advocates protest near the U.S.-Mexico border wall over a visit to the border by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly in San Ysidro, a district of San Diego, California, U.S., April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, dealing another legal blow to the administration's efforts to toughen immigration enforcement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980268-us-judge-blocks-trump-order-to-restrict-funding-for-sanctuary-cities/

 

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Macron, Le Pen trade accusations in French election race

By John Irish

REUTERS

 

Emmanuel Macron (C), head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, speaks to journalists during a visit to the Hopital Raymond-Poincare in Garches, near Paris, France, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Lionel Bonaventure/Pool

 

PARIS (Reuters) - France's two presidential candidates traded barbs on Tuesday with centrist Emmanuel Macron accusing far-right rival Marine Le Pen of promoting hatred, while she labelled him as the "candidate of the oligarchy."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980269-macron-le-pen-trade-accusations-in-french-election-race/

 

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Booed in Berlin for praising father, IvankaTrump says fine-tuning role

By Michelle Martin

REUTERS

 

Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser of U.S. President DonaldTrump, arrives for a dinner in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Sohn/Pool

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Ivanka Trump was booed in Berlin on Tuesday when she described her father Donald as a "tremendous champion of supporting families" and said she was still fine-tuning her role as first daughter and informal White House adviser.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980270-booed-in-berlin-for-praising-father ivankatrump says-fine-tuning-role/

 

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Former Trump adviser Flynn likely broke law with Russia trip - lawmakers

REUTERS

 

Former Defense Intelligence Agency Director retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, incoming White House national security adviser, speaks at the U.S. Institute of Peace "2017 Passing the Baton" conference in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn likely broke the law by failing to get permission to be paid for a trip to Russia in 2015, the leaders of a House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980271-former-trump-adviser-flynn-likely-broke-law-with-russia-trip-lawmakers/

 

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Netanyahu snubs German minister over plan to meet rights groups

By Madeline Chambers and Jeffrey Heller

REUTERS

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

BERLIN/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled talks on Tuesday with Germany's visiting foreign minister, snubbing Sigmar Gabriel over his decision to meet groups critical of Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980272-netanyahu-snubs-german-minister-over-plan-to-meet-rights-groups/

 

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Bangkok’s searing summer sun hot enough to cook a steak – inside your car!
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok’s hot summer sun is strong enough to cook steak by just placing marinated meat in a skillet inside a car parked outdoors on a sunny afternoon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980277-bangkok’s-searing-summer-sun-hot-enough-to-cook-a-steak-–-inside-your-car/