THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 6 May 2017

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Broken-hearted tomboy jumps off Phuket building

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- An agitated tomboy with relationship troubles was injured this morning after she jumped off the third floor of a building in Phuket Town.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981760-phuket-police-dismiss-rape-rumours-in-woman’s-in-four-story-fall-from-building/?do=findComment&comment=11859237

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Airport security warn tourists at check-in after arrest of Algerians

 

Image: Manager

 

Suvarnabhumi airport security has warned the public to take care when checking in for flights out of the kingdom

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981787-airport-security-warn-tourists-at-check-in-after-arrest-of-algerians/

 

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Speedboat drivers and crew arrested for smoking pot before taking tourists home

 

Image: T News

 

Pattaya's police chief yesterday announced the arrest of four speedboat drivers and crew for smoking marijuana.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981788-speedboat-drivers-and-crew-arrested-for-smoking-pot-before-taking-tourists-home/

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Video: Drivers scramble for "mystery" money blowing on the motorway

 

Image: Sanook

 

A dash cam video has been posted to YouTube that shows many drivers scrambling to retrieve Thai and Cambodian banknotes that were blowing about on the Chonburi motorway.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981790-video-drivers-scramble-for-mystery-money-blowing-on-the-motorway/

 

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"Porn" relieves Vietnamese man of 8,000 baht "for her son's school fees"

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Pattaya police announced the arrest of a 28 woman on Thursday for stealing 8,200 baht from a Vietnamese man who had taken her for sex.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981791-porn-relieves-vietnamese-man-of-8000-baht-for-her-sons-school-fees/

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Trang guide fined Bt500 for tourist’s starfish selfie

By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

A local tour guide in Trang was fined Bt500 for catching a starfish from the sea to entertain tourists after a holiday selfie snap went viral on social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981792-trang-guide-fined-bt500-for-tourist’s-starfish-selfie/

 

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Phuket monkeys face relocation to islands offshore 

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET: Officials are taking serious consideration in moving troops of monkeys from Phuket to small islands offshore to reduce the number of “problems between people and monkeys”, according to an official report.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981793-phuket-monkeys-face-relocation-to-islands-offshore/

 

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Phuket Court hears plea to bring to trial Patong Ace Condo developers

The Phuket News

 

Grey skies over Phuket Provincial Court today. Photo: The Phuket News
 

PHUKET: Nine months after filing their complaint, a Belgian husband and wife are still fighting for Phuket Provincial Court to bring to trial the developers of the failed Ace 1 Condo Project in Patong.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981794-phuket-court-hears-plea-to-bring-to-trial-patong-ace-condo-developers/

 

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Bt50m in assets seized from tour group in alleged scam

By THE NATION

 

 

THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) has seized assets worth Bt50 million from a tour company whose executives allegedly duped people into investing in a group-tour business with a bogus promise of high returns, causing damages worth Bt250 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981795-bt50m-in-assets-seized-from-tour-group-in-alleged-scam/

 

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March’s public debt ups 76.3 billion baht

 

 

Thailand’s public debt at the end of March amounted to 6.16 trillion baht, accounting for 42.27 percent of GDP, according to Mr Thirach Attanavanich, advisor to the Public Debt Management Office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981796-march’s-public-debt-ups-763-billion-baht/

 

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Two vocational students arrested for alleged involvement in stealing Payoong wood

 

 

Two Nong Khai vocational students were arrested by police in Khon Kaen as they and three other alleged accomplices who escaped were illegally cutting a Siamese rosewood (Payoong) tree in the compound of a temple of Khon Kaen’s Ban Fang district Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981797-two-vocational-students-arrested-for-alleged-involvement-in-stealing-payoong-wood/

 

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9 policemen sacked as Mae Hong Son child-sex investigation widens

By THE NATION

 

 

NINE MAE HONG SON police-men have been dismissed from the civil service and put under serious disciplinary investigation after being implicated in the northern province’s underage prostitution scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981798-9-policemen-sacked-as-mae-hong-son-child-sex-investigation-widens/

 

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North Korea accuses CIA, Seoul of plot to assassinate Kim Jong Un

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the defence detachment on Jangjae Islet and the Hero Defence Detachment on Mu Islet located in the southernmost part of the waters off the southwest front, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 5, 2017. KCNA/ via REUTERS

 

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea on Friday accused the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea's intelligence service of a failed plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong Un with a biochemical bomb at a military parade in Pyongyang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981800-north-korea-accuses-cia-seoul-of-plot-to-assassinate-kim-jong-un/

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Macron's French presidential campaign emails leaked online

By Eric Auchard and Bate Felix

 

Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, speaks with supporters during a campaign visit in Rodez, France, May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a "massive" computer hack that dumped its campaign mails online 1-1/2 days before voters go to the polls to choose between the centrist and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981802-macrons-french-presidential-campaign-emails-leaked-online/

 

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Ministry revokes ‘Boss’ passport

By THE NATION

 

 

THE FOREIGN Affairs Ministry is in the process of revoking the passport of fugitive Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, spokeswoman Bussadee Santipitak said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981803-ministry-revokes-‘boss’-passport/

 

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Clashes in northwest Syria after de-escalation zones take effect - sources

By Ellen Francis

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and rebels clashed in the northwestern province of Hama on Friday shortly after a Russian-led deal to establish de-escalation zones took effect, a monitor and a rebel official said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981804-clashes-in-northwest-syria-after-de-escalation-zones-take-effect-sources/

 

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Exclusive: Saudi Arabia, U.S. in talks on billions in arms sales - U.S. sources

By Mike Stone

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington is working to push through contracts for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, some new, others in the pipeline, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to the kingdom this month, people familiar with the talks told Reuters this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981805-exclusive-saudi-arabia-us-in-talks-on-billions-in-arms-sales-us-sources/

 

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Exclusive: Trump counterterrorism strategy urges allies to do more

By Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel

 

President Trump arrives aboard Air Force One at JFK International Airport. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A draft of President Donald Trump's new counterterrorism strategy demands that U.S. allies shoulder more of the burden in combating Islamist militants, while acknowledging that the scourge will never be totally eliminated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981807-exclusive-trump-counterterrorism-strategy-urges-allies-to-do-more/

 

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Venezuela unrest death toll rises, Chavez statue destroyed

By Andrew Cawthorne and Corina Pons

 

Demonstrators clash with a riot police armored car during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - A 20-year-old Venezuelan protester died on Friday after being shot in the head, authorities said, taking fatalities from a month of anti-government unrest to at least 37 as the opposition geared up for more demonstrations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981808-venezuela-unrest-death-toll-rises-chavez-statue-destroyed/

 

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Former Petrobras executive: Lula knew about massive corruption scheme

 

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts during a seminar "Strategies for the Brazilian Economy", in Brasilia, Brazil April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 

Brasilia (Reuters) - Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had "complete knowledge" of the massive political kickback scheme that centred on contracts at state-run oil firm Petrobras, a former top executive testified on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981809-former-petrobras-executive-lula-knew-about-massive-corruption-scheme/

 

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Iraqi forces gain foothold in northwest Mosul after surprise new push

By Isabel Coles

 

Smoke is seen as members of the Iraqi Army clash with Islamic State fighters at a frontline in north west of Mosul, Iraq, May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

 

HULAYLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces pushed further into Mosul from the north on the second day of a new push to speed up the nearly seven-month attempt to dislodge Islamic State, commanders said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981810-iraqi-forces-gain-foothold-in-northwest-mosul-after-surprise-new-push/

 

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DON'T INSOLE-T US! Man photo shames ‘disrespectful’ tourist for putting her bare feet on a headrest during a ferry trip

By Dan Elsom

 

This female traveller was accused of disrespectful behaviour for putting her bare feet on a headrest during a ferry ride in Thailand 

 

A THAI local has slammed a female tourist for ignoring his country’s etiquette after she was caught with her bare feet resting on the headrest of a ferry seat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981821-dont-insole-t-us-man-photo-shames-‘disrespectful’-tourist-for-putting-her-bare-feet-on-a-headrest-during-a-ferry-trip/

 

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Police raid Khao San's Zad Club - underage drinking, drugs rife

 

Image: Daily News

 

Police and soldiers who raided the Zad Club in Khao San Road this morning found dozens of underage drinkers and drug takers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981822-police-raid-khao-sans-zad-club-underage-drinking-drugs-rife/

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Bang Plat intersection - confusing road markings part of sky train construction project

 

Image: Daily News

 

Authorities building the Sky Train Blue Line in Bangkok have answered criticism about confusing road markings at a major Bangkok intersection.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981825-bang-plat-intersection-confusing-road-markings-part-of-sky-train-construction-project/

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Karaoke owner served with arrest warrant in Pattaya

 

Image: T News

 

Police raided a house in Chalerm Prakiat Soi 19 yesterday to serve an arrest warrant for a woman hiding at the property.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981826-karaoke-owner-served-with-arrest-warrant-in-pattaya/

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New WhatsApp update to add simple but really useful feature

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

WhatsApp is now back up and running after a major outage left many of its billion users unable to access the service earlier this week.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-whatsapp-update-to-add-simple-but-really-useful-feature/21441/

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Nissan just found a way to stop you using your phone while driving

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

It’s a problem not only in Thailand but the world over – how to stop people using their smartphone behind the wheel.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/nissan-just-found-a-way-to-stop-you-using-your-phone-while-driving/21437/

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Pattaya taxis given slap on the wrist for "Uber misunderstanding"

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Representatives from five Pattaya taxi operators were summoned yesterday following the incident where a realtor was hounded by 20 cabs at the resort who thought she was working for Uber.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981830-pattaya-taxis-given-slap-on-the-wrist-for-uber-misunderstanding/

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Provision for the handicapped may delay opening of Pattaya tunnel

 

Image: Sophon

 

The Pattaya underpass opening may be further delayed due to discussions about an unfinished part of the project to help handicapped pedestrians.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981832-provision-for-the-handicapped-may-delay-opening-of-pattaya-tunnel/

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Phuket tuk-tuk sex video goes viral

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

A screen grab from the video. Photo: screengrab

 

PHUKET: A video taken from a vehicle travelling behind a tu-tuk in Karon showing two foreigners getting intimate in the back of the tuk-tuk has gone viral on social media overnight.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981834-phuket-tuk-tuk-sex-video-goes-viral/