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Canadian police investigate Facebook beating video in murder case

By Rod Nickel

REUTERS

 

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Wednesday they were investigating whether a beating captured on video, reported to have been distributed through social networking site Facebook Inc, may be connected to a young woman's murder.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980443-canadian-police-investigate-facebook-beating-video-in-murder-case/

 

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Meteorological Department issues thunderstorm alert
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Meteorological Department on Thursday issued a warning for residents of many provinces in the North, Northeast, East and Central to brace themselves for possible thunderstorms between Thursday and Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980444-thai-meteorological-department-issues-thunderstorm-alert/

 

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Google Maps will now help you find your parked car

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD 

 

 

Google Maps has added a new feature that will help you find where you parked your car.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-maps-will-now-help-you-find-your-parked-car/21269/

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Supreme Commander: submarines necessary for national security

 

BANGKOK 27th April 2017 (NNT) - Chief of the Defence Forces Gen Surapong Suwana-adth has affirmed that submarines are vital to national security. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980446-supreme-commander-submarines-necessary-for-national-security/

 

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Impeached Surapong to quit Pheu Thai
By The Nation

 

Former foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul

 

BANGKOK: -- Former foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul is set to resign from Pheu Thai Party, a party source said on Thursday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980447-impeached-surapong-to-quit-pheu-thai/

 

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TDRI: Thais more aware of corruption problem

 

BANGKOK, 27 April 2017 (NNT) – The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has indicated higher awareness of corruption among Thai people while suggesting that the government revise related laws for more efficiency. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980451-tdri-thais-more-aware-of-corruption-problem/

 

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Govt prepares to revamp Bangkok street food

 

BANGKOK, 27 April 2017 (NNT) - Relevant public agencies have eased the worries of food vendors in Bangkok and tourists, saying street food will remain in the capital city but must undergo revamp. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980452-govt-prepares-to-revamp-bangkok-street-food/

 

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Taxi driver who attacked Brazilian model already double rapist

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- The taxi driver who raped a young Brazilian model after picking her up from Don Muang airport on Tuesday had just come out of prison for rape.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980457-taxi-driver-who-attacked-brazilian-model-already-double-rapist/

 

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Nonthaburi teacher wins Princess Maha Chakri Award
By The Nation

 

Jirat Jaemsawang

 

BANGKOK: -- A Nonthaburi school teacher, Jirat Jaemsawang, who pioneered the use of information and communications technology for teaching in Thailand in 1985, is the winner of this year’s Princess Maha Chakri Award, while a non-formal education teacher, Narumon Kaewsom, from Tak province and a music teacher Saran Srimareung from Nakhon Ratchasima province won the “Khunakorn” awards for finalists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980458-nonthaburi-teacher-wins-princess-maha-chakri-award/

 

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Digital Economy & Society Min to develop Phuket into smart city

 

BANGKOK, 27 April 2017 (NNT) - The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society has unveiled its plan to develop Phuket into a smart city to foster the welfare of residents and tourists. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980459-digital-economy-society-min-to-develop-phuket-into-smart-city/

 

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Phuket Army chief confirms BYO umbrellas, sun loungers welcome at Surin Beach

The Phuket News

 

From Monday (May 1), rental beach mats and sun loungers will not be allowed on Surin Beach, but everday people - and tourists - can take their own, Phuket's leading Army officer has confirmed. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: -- The Commander of the Royal Thai Army regiment based in Phuket has confirmed that all tourists, expats and Thais can take their own beach chairs and umbrellas to use at any place on Surin Beach.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980460-phuket-army-chief-confirms-byo-umbrellas-sun-loungers-welcome-at-surin-beach/

 

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All's Well That Ends Well as angry Krabi cop video deemed a Comedy of Errors

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

KRABI: -- The case of the Krabi cop caught on CCTV tossing his helmet and kicking a pile of rubbish after coming off his motorbike has been resolved.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980462-alls-well-that-ends-well-as-angry-krabi-cop-video-deemed-a-comedy-of-errors/

 

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Red Bull heir's latest deadline to appear expires today

By  Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

An image posted to the Instagram account of Porpeer Salin Suyarnsettakorn on July 2, 2015, shows Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, standing next to a black Porsche with customized license plates in London. (Photo via AP)

 

BANGKOK — Thursday marks the day the millionaire heir to an energy drink empire wanted for a fatal car accident five years ago must turn himself to the authorities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980464-red-bull-heirs-latest-deadline-to-appear-expires-today/                                                                                                   
 

 

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Multiple strikes hit Damascus airport base used by Iranian-backed forces - Syrian rebel sources

REUTERS
 

AMMAN (Reuters) - Multiple dawn strikes hit an ammunition depot complex near Damascus airport used by Iranian-backed forces supplied via an air corridor between the Syrian capital and Tehran, two senior rebel sources operating in the Damascus areas said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980467-multiple-strikes-hit-damascus-airport-base-used-by-iranian-backed-forces-syrian-rebel-sources/

 

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Phuket Police deem Brit death at Patong a drunken drowning

The Phuket News

 

Police have deemed the death of 37-year-old British tourist Scott Robert Townsend, from Douglas on the Isle of Man, as a 'drunken drowning'. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police have deemed the death of the 37-year-old British man pulled from water at the southern end of Patong Beach last Friday (April 21) as a “drowning”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980468-phuket-police-deem-brit-death-at-patong-a-drunken-drowning/

 

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Taxi firm fined for putting alleged rapist behind the wheel
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Land Transport Department has fined Thana Siam Taxi Co-operative Bt3,000 for renting one of its vehicles to the man who allegedly raped a Brazilian tourist on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980457-taxi-driver-who-attacked-brazilian-model-already-double-rapist/?do=findComment&comment=11834260

 

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Drugs cop performs "exorcism" ritual for suspects who died in custody

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A top drugs enforcer on an inspection visit to a police station surprised local cops and reporters when he asked for water to perform a cleansing exorcism ceremony.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980472-drugs-cop-performs-exorcism-ritual-for-suspects-who-died-in-custody/

 

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No street-food ban, just control, says Foreign Ministry
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Busadee Santipitak has acknowledged puzzlement overseas regarding the decision to rid Bangkok of its street-food stalls, but stressed the need to maintain healthy and safety standards.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980452-govt-prepares-to-revamp-bangkok-street-food/?do=findComment&comment=11834375

 

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Popular Koh Samet beach concert ordered cancelled

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

KOH SAMET: -- A concert entitled "Samet in Love 8" planned for Sai Kaew beach on the island has been ordered cancelled because it would be "inappropriate".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980474-popular-koh-samet-beach-concert-ordered-cancelled/

 

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Still ‘preoccupied’, Vorayuth again a no-show
By The Nation

 

File photo: Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya at the time of his arrest.

 

BANGKOK: -- Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, accused of running over and killing a police officer in 2012, has once again missed a deadline to meet prosecutors in Bangkok.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980464-red-bull-heirs-latest-deadline-to-appear-expires-today/?do=findComment&comment=11834429

 

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"Uber" driver hunted down after Pattaya taxi drivers cry foul to police

 

Picture: Siamchon News

 

PATTAYA: -- An "Uber" driver who picked up two Chinese tourists on Beach Road was hunted down after furious Pattaya taxi drivers called in the cops.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980478-uber-driver-hunted-down-after-pattaya-taxi-drivers-cry-foul-to-police/

 

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Karaoke owner says police shut her down because local cop's son was not given a "discount"

 

Picture: TNews

 

CHONBURI: -- The female owner of a large Karaoke restaurant in Chonburi town has complained to regional top brass after local cops shut her down for seven days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980486-karaoke-owner-says-police-shut-her-down-because-local-cops-son-was not-given-a-discount/

 

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Man climbs utility pole, cries due to poverty woes

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Athit Baanyuu, 31, climbs on electric wires 12-meters high Thursday morning in Prachuap Khiri Khan as an emergency official coaxes him down from a bucket truck.

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — A crying man climbed up a utility pole early Thursday morning due to what he described to be poverty woes, having to be coaxed down by local police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980489-man-climbs-utility-pole-cries-due-to-poverty-woes/

 

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Activist calls for probe into submarine deal ‘abnormality’
By Jakrawan Salaytoo
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Activist Srisuwan Janya on Thursday filed a petition to Auditor-General Pisit Leelavachiropas asking him to investigate what he termed an abnormality over the Cabinet’s approval of the Bt13.5 billion purchase of a submarine from China last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980495-activist-calls-for-probe-into-submarine-deal-‘abnormality’/

 

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Trade in fledgling hornbills highlights endangered species threat
By Anothai Ngandee
The Nation

 

 

Claiming there is a demand for baby hornbills from Phang Nga’s Koh Yao district, which are selling for Bt3,000 to Bt5,000 per pair, a member of the Tambon Kho Yao Noi Municipality and the Koh Yao conservation group on Thursday urged people to stop trading wildlife animals that are on the verge of extinction. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980496-trade-in-fledgling-hornbills-highlights-endangered-species-threat/

 

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New government can scrap sub plan, says Wissanu
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Thursday that the new government could scrap the proposed purchase of a submarine if it did not see any necessity for the vessel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980499-new-government-can-scrap-sub-plan-says-wissanu/

 

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Pattaya to further reduce areas for beach bed operators
By The Nation

 

PATTAYA: -- The city of Pattaya is to further reduce the areas where beach beds and umbrellas can be put up for tourists to rent.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980502-pattaya-to-further-reduce-areas-for-beach-bed-operators/

 

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Male companion sought in murder case
By The Nation

 

 

CHAIYAPHUM: -- Police are hunting for a man who is suspected of having been involved in the abduction and murder of 25-year-old Niran Soisungnoen, whose burned remains were found buried in a wooded area in Chaiyaphum’s Muang district on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980506-male-companion-sought-in-murder-case/

 

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Boss given until end of today to show up or face arrest

 

 

Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya was given until the end of today (Thursday) to turn himself in with the public prosecutor at the Office of the Attorney-General otherwise he will face arrest.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980464-red-bull-heirs-latest-deadline-to-appear-expires-today/?page=3#comment-11835189