THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 18 May 2017

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Phuket Police charge British boyfriend for death of Sophie Anderson

 

 

PHUKET: British national Danny Glass from Margate in Kent, England, has been charged with reckless driving causing the death of his long-term partner, British mum Sophie Emma Rose Anderson.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983593-phuket-police-charge-british-boyfriend-for-death-of-sophie-anderson/

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Cabbie returns THB100,000 to tourist, turns out money was for cancer treatment

 

A Suvarnabhumi taxi driver returned cash worth nearly THB100,000 to a tourist from Myanmar on Monday, who later revealed the money was for his wife’s cancer treatment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983590-cabbie-returns-thb100000-to-tourist-turns-out-money-was-for-cancer-treatment/

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National Theatre bomb blast called ‘accident’ as part of strategy : City police chief

 

Pol Lt General Sanit Mahatavorn said on Wednesday that he wanted to strategically mislead the culprits when he initially described a bomb blast at the National Theatre as an accident involving a falling sign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983589-national-theatre-bomb-blast-called-‘accident’-as-part-of-strategy-city-police-chief/

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Pattaya a tourist ghost town as strong storm hits the resort

 

Picture: Siam Chon

 

PATTAYA: -- Pattaya beaches were deserted Wednesday as severe stormy weather hit the resort.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983621-pattaya-a-tourist-ghost-town-as-strong-storm-hits-the-resort/

 

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Filthy Pattaya wetlands story shocks deputy mayor into clean-up action

 

Picture: STV Pattaya

 

PATTAYA: -- A news story last week about a once pristine area of wetlands for exotic birds that is now a filthy dump shocked the deputy mayor of Pattaya into action.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983622-filthy-pattaya-wetlands-story-shocks-deputy-mayor-into-clean-up-action/

 

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Six year old dropped on his head in "hazing" incident at Chonburi kindergarten

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CHONBURI/PATTAYA: -- A six year old boy was hospitalized after older children hauled him up on a two meter high stage during an apparent hazing incident at the start of term in a Chonburi school.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983623-six-year-old-dropped-on-his-had-in-hazing-incident-at-chonburi-kindergarten/

 

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Thai police expected to shoot straighter from October

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai police will be the main beneficiaries of a refurbishment to a rifle range that is being called the best of its kind in Asia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983624-thai-police-expected-to-shoot-straighter-from-october/

 

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What to do with too many coins? SCB might have the answer

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- SCB have unveiled a prototype of a machine like an ATM that accepts coins.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983625-what-to-do-with-too-many-coins-scb-might-have-the-answer/

 

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Plan for police attachés
By THE NATION

 

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Panel suggests two of rank of colonel be posted at the embassy in Malaysia to help tackle southern insurgency

 

BANGKOK: -- TWO POLICE attachés need to be appointed at the Thai Embassy in Malaysia to help the government solve the insurgency problem in the far South, a senior official said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983626-plan-for-police-attachés-at-the-thai-embassy-in-malaysia/

 

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Supachai raps govt on economy, weapons purchases
By WICHIT CHAITRONG
THE NATION

 

Supachai

 

IN A RARE MOVE, former World Trade Organisation chief Supachai Panitchpakdi yesterday criticised the Thai government on many big issues ranging from falling private investment to a potential bubble in the property market, and hinted that he frowned on the submarine-purchase deal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983531-build-roads-not-arsenals-supachai-says/?do=findComment&comment=11897723

 

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Flooding sweeps nation
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- AS THE weather bureau yesterday warned of heavy rains in upper Thailand, various provinces reported flooding and officials were told to monitor the situation in at-risk areas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983627-flooding-sweeps-thailand/

 

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Ministry reassures nurses on hiring status
By PUANGCHOMPOO PRASERT
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE PUBLIC Health Ministry’s permanent secretary held a video conference with nurses across the country yesterday to stem doubts about the government’s promise to grant civil-servant status to nurses working at state hospitals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983568-public-health-ministry-reaches-out-to-skeptical-nurses/?do=findComment&comment=11897733

 

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Currency-exchange shop raided over Lao drug ties
By KHANATIT SRIHIRUNDAJ
THE NATION

 

Police find millions of baht in cash in a safety box at a currency-exchange shop in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district on Wednesday , after raiding the shop on suspicion that it has helped to launder the ill-gotten gains of drug-trafficking networks.

 

BANGKOK: -- A CURRENCY-EXCHANGE shop in the heart of Bangkok has allegedly laundered the ill-gotten gains of several drug-trafficking networks, according to a senior adviser of the National Police Office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983628-currency-exchange-shop-in-bangkok-raided-over-lao-drug-ties/

 

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Korea King advertising banned
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Consumer Protection Board on Wednesday banned advertising for the Korea King frying pan, saying that commercials overstated the quality of the pan relative to its price.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983629-korea-king-advertising-banned/

 

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No decision yet by foreign minister on apology sought by student activist’s parents

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has acknowledged but not made any decision on the formal apology sought by the parents of student activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, better known as Pai Dao Din, for allegedly incorrect information about the lese majeste and computer crimes charges against their son.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983630-no-decision-yet-by-foreign-minister-on-apology-sought-by-student-activist’s-parents/

 

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Spate of injuries caused by falling trees prompts BMA warning to owners
By The Nation

 

 

FOLLOWING RECENT cases of trees falling during rainstorms and causing damage and injuries, the Public Works Department of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has instructed all 50 districts of the capital to check trees and advertising billboards to prevent accidents.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983631-spate-of-injuries-caused-by-falling-trees-prompts-bma-warning-to-owners/

 

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Police 'unable' to view footage of slain Lahu activist 

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

  

A memorial board with images of Chaiyaphum Pasae on Wednesday in Chiang Mai province.

 

BANGKOK — Two months after a young Lahu activist was shot dead by soldier under disputed circumstances, police said Wednesday they spent a week unable to view critical footage because they didn’t have a computer with the necessary software to watch it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983632-police-unable-to-view-footage-of-slain-lahu-activist/

 

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Danny Glass charged over Thailand scooter death

 

(BBC) The boyfriend of a pregnant woman killed in a scooter accident in Thailand is to be charged over her death, police in the country have said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983593-phuket-police-charge-british-boyfriend-for-death-of-sophie-anderson/?do=findComment&comment=11897770                                                                                                     
 

 

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DSI to press charges against unscrupulous importers of luxury cars

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Special Investigation will press charges with public prosecutors against importers of knock-down luxury cars who falsely declared them as car spare parts in order to avoid higher import taxes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983633-dsi-to-press-charges-against-unscrupulous-importers-of-luxury-cars/

 

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Phuket Police hunt foreigner for attack on Patong toilet attendant

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Police say they are hunting for the foreign man who struck the 20-year-old toilet attendant Abdulloh Saesaheh near Bangla Rd, patong, on May 3. Image: Tohee Seesa / Facebook

 

PHUKET: -- Patong Police say they are trying to track down a foreign man caught on CCTV assaulting a young Thai man while he was collecting money for entrance to a public toilet on Bangla Rd in the early hours of May 3.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983430-foreigner-seen-beating-young-child-after-dispute-over-10-baht-fee/?do=findComment&comment=11897784  

 

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Putin offers transcript to prove Trump did not pass Russia secrets

By Denis Pinchuk and Andrew Osborn

REUTERS

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia, May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Kadobnov/Pool

 

SOCHI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump had not divulged any secrets during a meeting in Washington with Russian officials and offered to prove it by supplying Congress with a transcript.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983634-putin-offers-transcript-to-prove-trump-did-not-pass-russia-secrets/

 

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U.S. special counsel named to investigate Trump-Russia ties

By Ayesha Rascoe and Richard Cowan

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - Outgoing FBI Director Robert Mueller reacts to applause from the audience during his farewell ceremony at the Justice Department in Washington, DC, U.S. on August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate possible collusion between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team and Russia as well as alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983635-former-fbi-director-to-lead-russia-inquiry/

 

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Trexit? Online bettors play early end to Trump presidency

By Angela Moon and Alistair Smout

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, U.S., May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Bettors on both sides of the Atlantic are ramping up wagers in niche online markets over whether Donald Trump will serve out a full term as U.S. president in the wake of controversies surrounding the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983636-trexit-online-bettors-play-early-end-to-trump-presidency/

 

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Macron's new-look government stretches across French political spectrum

By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose

REUTERS

 

French President Emmanuel Macron wears a Paris 2024 pin and waves goodbye after a meeting with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission at the Elysee Place in Paris, France May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

PARIS (Reuters) - France's centrist President Emmanuel Macron gave ministerial jobs to conservatives, socialists and newcomers to politics on Wednesday, appointing an unprecedented all-stripes cabinet to bridge traditional divides and broaden his support.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983637-macrons-new-look-government-stretches-across-french-political-spectrum/

 

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U.S. extends sanctions relief under Iran nuclear deal

By Arshad Mohammed and Yeganeh Torbati

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the U.S., Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended wide sanctions relief for Iran called for under a 2015 international nuclear deal even as he imposed narrow penalties on Iranian and Chinese figures for supporting Iran's ballistic missile programme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983638-us-extends-sanctions-relief-under-iran-nuclear-deal/

 

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U.S., EU to meet next week in Washington to discuss aviation threats

By Julia Fioretti

REUTERS

 

Baggage and a laptop are scanned using the Transport Security Administration's new Automated Screening Lane technology at Terminal 4 of JFK airport in New York City, U.S., May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. and EU officials will meet next week in Washington for more talks about risks to air travel after a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday did not, as some industry watchers had expected, extend a cabin ban on large electronics devices.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983639-us-eu-to-meet-next-week-in-washington-to-discuss-aviation-threats/

 

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GSI on downtrend as daily living costs remain high

 

BANGKOK, 18 May 2017 (NNT) – Government Savings Bank (GSB) has reported the Grassroots Economy Sentiment Index (GSI) as continuing to drop as the public is pessimistic about economy recovery and the cost of living remains high. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983645-thai-gsi-on-downtrend-as-daily-living-costs-remain-high/

 

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Memorial events held for slain Lahu activist

By The Nation

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Several non-governmental organisations staged events in remembrance of a young Lahu activist, Chaiyapoom Pasae, in Chiang Mai province on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983647-memorial-events-held-for-slain-lahu-activist/

 

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UK PM's pitch to voters: market intervention, welfare cuts, looser fiscal policy

By Guy Faulconbridge

REUTERS

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May fields a question during a news conference with Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond in London's Canary Wharf financial district, May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will pitch selected market intervention, looser fiscal policy and more welfare cuts as the tonic Britain needs to navigate Brexit when she unveils her main pre-election pledges on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983648-uk-pms-pitch-to-voters-market-intervention-welfare-cuts-looser-fiscal-policy/

 

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U.S. decries Washington brawl during Turkish president's visit

By Yeganeh Torbati and Julia Harte

REUTERS

 

A Police officer push a man away from protesters, in this still image captured from a video footage, during a violent clash outside the Turkish ambassador's residence between protesters and Turkish security personnel during Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Washington, DC, U.S. on May 16, 2017. Courtesy Armenian National Committee of America/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that it was voicing its "strongest possible" concern to Turkey over a street brawl that erupted between protesters and Turkish security personnel during President Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Washington, D.C.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983651-us-decries-washington-brawl-during-turkish-presidents-visit/