THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 15 May 2017

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"Possessed" man attacks child then goes on naked rampage at temple

 

Picture: Daily News

 

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: -- A deranged man that Thai media said was likely possessed by an evil spirit attacked a six year old child before going on a naked rampage at a Korat temple.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983155-possessed-man-attacks-child-then-goes-on-naked-rampage-at-korat-temple/

 

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Many Andaman marine parks closed for monsoon season from May 16th

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Many marine parks in the Andaman sea will be closed for 5 months starting May 16th as the monsoon season begins.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983158-many-andaman-marine-parks-closed-for-monsoon-season-from-may-16th/

 

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Paralysed elderly woman found with son’s decomposing body
By The Nation

 

UBON RATCHATHANI: -- An 84-year-old woman was found living alone in a house in Ubon Ratchathani province with the decomposing body of her 50-year-old son, who is believed to have died a week earlier.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983160-paralysed-elderly-woman-found-with-son’s-decomposing-body/

 

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NRSA to discuss security as police protect nation from WannaCry

 

BANGKOK, 15 May 2017 (NNT) – The National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) is to consider legislation to do with the nation’s cyber security as police assure a piece of ransomware plaguing computers around the world has yet to be detected in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983163-nrsa-to-discuss-security-as-police-protect-nation-from-wannacry/

 

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Here come the drones! Cops herald new era for policing in Pattaya

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- Pattaya police were in Walking Street announcing a new era for the police at the resort as they finally arrive in the 21st century.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983164-here-come-the-drones-cops-herald-new-era-for-policing-in-pattaya/

 

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SET falls 3.03 to 1,540.91 at opening /Bangkok Post

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Bangkok traders say thanks for improved economy with eggs!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

NAKHON PATHOM: -- Two husband and wife traders from Bangkok made merit at a Nakhon Pathom temple with 50,000 eggs at the weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983165-bangkok-traders-say-thanks-for-improved-economy-with-eggs/

 

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Hot weather pushes up egg prices

 

BANGKOK, 15 May 2017 (NNT) – Ministry of Commerce market inspections have confirmed most goods prices are steady with only chicken eggs slightly up due to the hot weather affecting production. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983166-hot-weather-pushes-up-egg-prices/

 

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Phuket condo car park drug bust leads to arrest of armed dealer

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The drug bust in the condo car park in Phuket Town led to the arrest

 

PHUKET: -- A drug bust in the car park of a Phuket Town condo building led to the arrest of an armed dealer in Rassada over the weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983167-phuket-condo-car-park-drug-bust-leads-to-arrest-of-armed-dealer/

 

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Actress ‘Pat’ turns herself in to police over money laundering charges
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Actress Napapa “Patt” Tantrakul turned herself in to the Narcotics Suppression Bureau to face charges of conspiracy to launder money.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983170-actress-‘pat’-turns-herself-in-to-police-over-money-laundering-charges/

 

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Wanna Cry ransomware hits the heart of Bangkok

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

Wanna Cry in Bangkok. Image: @ALiCE6TY9

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand’s government is urging users to beware of the dangerous ransomware dubbed Wanna Cry which has hit at least 200,000 victims in 150 countries worldwide.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/wanna-cry-ransomware-hits-the-heart-of-bangkok/21648/

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Thousands protest in Moscow against housing resettlement plan

REUTERS

 

       

Residents protest against the decision by authorities to demolish soviet five-storey houses in Moscow, Russia, May 14, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of Muscovites joined a protest rally in the centre of the Russian capital on Sunday against government plans to resettle millions of citizens from shoddy Soviet-era apartment blocks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983173-thousands-protest-in-moscow-against-housing-resettlement-plan/

 

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Video: Drivers lucky to be alive after high speed crash on the expressway

 

Picture: TNews

 

BANGKOK: -- Video posted online from the dash cam of a following car showed a serious crash on the expressway in Bangkok on Sunday as several vehicles span out of control.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983174-video-drivers-lucky-to-be-alive-after-high-speed-crash-on-the-expressway/

 

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Traffic police on alert as schools reopen

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Traffic flowed at a slower pace than normal at Bangkok's Ratchayothin Intersection during the morning rush hour on Monday as the new school semester began.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983176-traffic-police-on-alert-as-schools-reopen/

 

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Going Down: All the times farangs were forced into humiliating apologetic 'wais'

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- It doesn’t matter in which way they disrespected Thai culture  —  just that these foreigners were forced to do an apologetic “wai” in the press photos when they were caught.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983179-going-down-all-the-times-farangs-were-forced-into-humiliating-apologetic-wais/

 

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Phuket cable thieves caught, down TOT telecoms services

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The men were caught on CCTV cutting down and stealing the cable on early on May 8. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police have arrested three men for stealing more than 80 metres of telecoms cable worth more than B40,000 in Phuket, leaving TOT subscribers in the Pa Khlok area without phone services last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983183-phuket-cable-thieves-caught-down-tot-telecoms-services/

 

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Mild earthquake rattles Chiang Mai district
By The Nation

 

CHIANG MAI: -- No damage was reported after a 1.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Chiang Mai’s Phrao district at 3.45am on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983184-mild-earthquake-rattles-chiang-mai-district/

 

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GDP expands 3.3% in Q1 YoY due to export boost
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Gross domestic product grew 3.3 per cent year on year in the first quarter, said Porametee Vimolsiri, secretary general of the National Economic and Social Development Board.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983185-gdp-expands-33-in-q1-yoy-due-to-export-boost/

 

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EXIM Thailand shows Bt362 million net Q1 profit
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Export-Import Bank of Thailand has reported a net profit of Bt362 million for the first quarter of this year. President Pisit Serewiwattana on Monday reported.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983186-exim-thailand-shows-bt362-million-net-q1-profit/

 

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Unidentified man killed by train in Saraburi 
By The Nation

 

SARABURI: -- Police have yet to identify a pedestrian seen concentrating on his mobile phone before being killed by a train in Saraburi early on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983187-unidentified-man-killed-by-train-in-saraburi /

 

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TV host 'Nott' to appear in court for alleged assault, humiliation of motorcyclist 
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The case of TV host and actor Akanat “Nott” Ariyaritwikul allegedly assaulting a motorcyclist over a road accident in Bangkok late last year will be heard on May 24 at the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court, a source at the Office of the Attorney General said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983196-tv-host-nott-to-appear-in-court-for-alleged-assault-humiliation-of-motorcyclist/

 

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New safety rules for public transport vans enforced
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Land Transport Department has begun enforcing strict safety rules targeting public transport vans - including a 13-passenger limit.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983122-passenger-van-new-regulation-violators-to-face-initial-rate-of-fine/?do=findComment&comment=11888840

 

 

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Phuket Airport investigates Jetstar grounding

The Phuket News

 

Authorities at Phuket International Airport are investigating the grounding of the Jetstar flight on Friday night (May 12) that left overheated passengers trapped in the aircraft for two hours without air conditioning.Photo: AFP / file

 

PHUKET: -- Authorities at Phuket International Airport are investigating the grounding of a Jetstar flight on Friday night (May 12) that left overheated passengers trapped in the aircraft for two hours without air conditioning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983040-jetstar-passengers-were-trapped-for-hours-on-tarmac-in-phuket-with-no-air-conditioning/?do=findComment&comment=11888861

 

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Two women injured as motorbike hits pickup head-on on Patong Hill

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phuket rescue workers at the scene on Patong Hill this morning. Photo: Kusoldharm Rescue Foundation

 

PHUKET: -- Two women were rushed to hospital this morning after the motorbike they were riding ploughed head-on into a fully loaded pickup truck heading up Patong Hill.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983200-two-women-injured-as-motorbike-hits-pickup-head-on-on-patong-hill/

 

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NRSA to consider controversial cyber-security bill
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Reform Steering Council is set to deliberate on a cyber-security bill that seeks to empower a powerful national cyber-security panel to be headed by the prime minister.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983163-nrsa-to-discuss-security-as-police-protect-nation-from-wannacry/?do=findComment&comment=11888978

 

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‘Pai Dao Din’s’ family to receive Korean rights award for him
By The Nation

 

File photo: Activist Jatupat Boonpattararalsat

 

BANGKOK: -- The family of student activist Jatupat Boonpattararalsat are scheduled to travel to South Korea on Monday to represent him at the Gwangju Human Rights Award, as the activist remains in prison after his repeated bail requests were rejected.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983206-‘pai-dao-din’s’-family-to-receive-korean-rights-award-for-him/

 

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Woman battered to death with bricks after being gang-raped in Haryana

REUTERS

 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian woman was gang-raped and then brutally murdered by men who smashed her skull with bricks after she had threatened to inform authorities, police in Haryana, said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983207-woman-battered-to-death-with-bricks-after-being-gang-raped-in-india/

 

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Chaiyaphum tambon becomes plastic-bag free
By The Nation

 

CHAIYAPHUM: -- Residents in tambon Khok Kung of Chaiyaphum's Kaeng Khro district have joined forces to make their community plastic-bag free for more than two years. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983210-chaiyaphum-tambon-becomes-plastic-bag-free/

 

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Phuket police issue ATM skimmer alert

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Police are trying to hunt down suspected skimmers after more than a dozen victims reported money missing from their accounts after using the same ATM in Phuket. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: -- Police are attempting to hunt down suspected ATM skimmers after 15 people reported unauthorised withdrawals from their accounts after they had all used the same ATM in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983211-phuket-police-issue-atm-skimmer-alert/

 

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Retired cop shoots his paralysed wife then himself in Loei
By The Nation

 

LOEI: -- A 71-year-old retired police officer shot his 70-year-old paralysed wife and then turned the gun on himself in Loei’s Naduang district on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983213-retired-cop-shoots-his-paralysed-wife-then-himself-in-loei/