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Taking Stand On Final Day, Jenphop Says He Tried To Avoid Crash

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Jenphop Viraporn walks out of the Ayutthaya Provincial Court during a recess Friday.

 

AYUTTHAYA — Jenphop Viraporn took the stand on the last day of his trial Friday to defend himself against the prosecution’s case that his recklessness was to blame for the deaths of two grad students in a fiery wreck last year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983959-taking-stand-on-final-day-jenphop-says-he-tried-to-avoid-crash/

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"Hey teacher, leave them kids alone!" - Thai teachers slammed over "bizarre" hair punishment

 

Image: Daily News

 

A well known Thai psychologist has hit out at teachers who think they are doing children in their classes a favor by punishing them with head shaving.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983985-hey-teacher-leave-them-kids-alone-thai-teachers-slammed-over-bizarre-hair-punishment/

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191 chief wraps cop's knuckles but wants man who threatened police brought in

 

Image: Daily News

 

The chief of the special police 191 has responded to an online clip that showed an altercation between a policeman in his force and a member of the public.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983986-191-chief-wraps-cops-knuckles-but-wants-man-who-threatened-police-brought-in/

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Teacher hits back at parent who complained about child who got zero in maths test

 

Image: Daily News

 

A teacher in Chiang Mai has hit back at a parent who criticized his school for give a grade of 0 students in a multiplication test.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983987-teacher-hits-back-at-parent-who-complained-about-child-who-got-zero-in-maths-test/

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The beautiful game - but football pitch owner furious after pretties steal the limelight!

 

Image: Daily News

 

The owner of a football pitch is furious after pictures and video appeared online of a group of Thai "pretties" doing a little more than supporting the men playing football.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983988-the-beautiful-game-but-football-pitch-owner-furious-after-pretties-steal-the-limelight/

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Phuket truck owner donates B20k towards Sophie Anderson’s funeral 

The Phuket News

 

Mr Suwan Maad Adan makes his donation to the family. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot
 

PHUKET: The owner of the 18-wheel truck which crushed Sophie Emma Rose Anderson on May 8 has today (May 19) given her family B20,000 in contribution to funeral arrangements.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983989-phuket-truck-owner-donates-b20k-towards-sophie-anderson’s-funeral/

 

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Fully loaded: Phuket Police arrest eight on drugs, guns charges 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Anong ‘Jeab’ Sae-Eu (centre, in orange shirt), 30, from Phuket was found carrying a well-made, but homemade, revolver in the car park at the main Super Cheap store on Thepkrasattri Rd in Rassada. Photo: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET: A team of officers from the Phuket Provincial Police led by Maj Ritthichai Chumchuay arrested eight people, most on drugs charges, but three for carrying illegal firearms – one of them a polished homemade revolver.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983990-fully-loaded-phuket-police-arrest-eight-on-drugs-guns-charges/

 

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New center set up to step up suppression exploitation of state forests

By The Nation

 

 

A new forest protection operation center has been established to pull together all relevant agencies and laws to suppress influential figures who have exploited state forests and resources.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983991-new-center-set-up-to-step-up-suppression-exploitation-of-state-forests/

 

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Exports to grow by 3.7% this year, TMB Analytics forecasts

By The Nation

 

TMB Analytics expects the value of Thai exports to grow by 3.7 per cent this year, thanks to improving prices of consumer products and oil, as well as recovery in the global economy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983992-exports-to-grow-by-37-this-year-tmb-analytics-forecasts/

 

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Let’s talk tourism

By The Nation

 

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) looks to the future of the tourist industry by organising a one-day seminar on June 16 in Chiang Mai to coincide with the Thailand Travel Mart Plus 2017.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983994-let’s-talk-tourism/

 

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Big C bombing suspect reenacts robbery

By Pares Lohasan
The Nation

 

 

Security officials on Friday brought a suspect in the Big C department store bomb attack in Pattani province for a reenactment, starting with robbing a pickup truck, killing the owner and rigging the vehicle with bombs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983995-big-c-bombing-suspect-reenacts-robbery/

 

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Police are always police wherever they are: RTP deputy spokesman

 

 

The Royal Thai Police is ready to come under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice as proposed by a police reform subcommittee in the coordinating committee of the National Legislative Assembly and the National Reform Steering Assembly.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983997-police-are-always-police-wherever-they-are-rtp-deputy-spokesman/

 

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DSI seize 122 super cars in nine raids in Bangkok

 

 

A total of 122 super cars have been impounded by the Department of Special Investigation following coordinated raids of nine car showrooms and warehouses, especially the Niche Car Group, in Bangkok on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983999-dsi-seize-122-super-cars-in-nine-raids-in-bangkok/

 

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Chinese tourist went missing while jet skiing at Koh Samui

 

 

Marine police and jet ski drivers on Friday launched a search of a Chinese tourist who went missing while driving a jet ski in the sea off Koh Samui on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984001-chinese-tourist-went-missing-while-jet-skiing-at-koh-samui/

 

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Ex-U.S. Congressman Weiner pleads guilty in teen 'sexting' case

By Brendan Pierson

 

Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner exits U.S. Federal Court, after pleading guilty to one count of sending obscene messages to a minor, ending an investigation into a "sexting" scandal that played a role in last year's U.S. presidential election, in New York City, U.S., May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner wept on Friday as he pleaded guilty to sending sexually explicit messages to a teenage girl, capping a "sexting" scandal that played a role in last year's U.S. presidential election during its waning days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984004-ex-us-congressman-weiner-pleads-guilty-in-teen-sexting-case/

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Brazil plea-bargain testimony says president took $4.6 million in bribes

By Brad Brooks and Lisandra Paraguassu

 

Brazil's President Michel Temer speaks at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's top court released plea-bargain testimony on Friday accusing President Michel Temer and his two predecessors of receiving millions of dollars in bribes, the most damaging development yet in a historic political corruption probe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984005-brazil-plea-bargain-testimony-says-president-took-46-million-in-bribes/

 

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Seeking a new narrative, Trump heads to Middle East and Europe

By Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump depart the White House to embark on a trip to the Middle East and Europe, in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump left for Saudi Arabia on Friday on the first leg of a trip that the White House hopes will shift attention away from the political firestorm triggered by his firing last week of former FBI Director James Comey.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984006-seeking-a-new-narrative-trump-heads-to-middle-east-and-europe/

 

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Iran counts votes after big turnout in presidential election

By Parisa Hafezi and Babak Dehghanpisheh

 

Millions of Iranians have voted in the country's unexpectedly tight election which pits President Hassan Rouhani, who wants to normalise ties with the West, against a hardline judge who says he has already gone too far. Kate King reports.

 

DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Vote counting began in Iran on Saturday after a high turnout in an unexpectedly tight presidential election pitting President Hassan Rouhani, who wants to normalise ties with the West, against a hardline judge who says he has already gone too far.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984007-iran-counts-votes-after-big-turnout-in-presidential-election/

 

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Ex-FBI chief Comey to testify to Senate panel in public session

 

FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) in the House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., on February 28, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey in Washington U.S. on July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool, Gary Cameron/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump last week amid an agency probe into alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. election, has agreed to testify before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee at a public hearing, the committee said in a statement on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984010-ex-fbi-chief-comey-to-testify-to-senate-panel-in-public-session/

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I bought sex, politician admits

By THE NATION

 

Deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, left, talks to Chuchat Poungchin, black shirt, second right, a member of the Tambon Ban Mai Admini-strative Organisation arrested yesterday for allegedly buying sex from a minor.

 

Confession by Ban Mai politician is latest twist in Mae Hong Son underage prostitution case.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984012-i-bought-sex-politician-admits/

 

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River overflows in Loei after huge downpours, floods also in Chiang Mai

By THE NATION

 

 

THE Loei River burst its banks in the northeastern province on Thursday night, inundating communities in Muang district. About 1,000 families were affected and 10 schools closed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984013-river-overflows-in-loei-after-huge-downpours-floods-also-in-chiang-mai/

 

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WannaCry attack is good business for cyber security firms

BY REUTERS 

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – For Kris Hagerman, chief executive of UK-based cyber security firm Sophos Group Plc, the past week could have been bad. The WannaCry “ransomware” attack hobbled some of its hospital customers in Britain’s National Health Service, forcing them to turn away ambulances and cancel surgeries.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/wannacry-attack-is-good-business-for-cyber-security-firms/21779/

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Altercation on the MRT as Thai man tells foreign tourist to “go back your <deleted> country”

 

 

Video footage captures the moment a Thai man tells a foreign tourist to "go back your <deleted> country" during an argument in a busy MRT carriage in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984028-altercation-on-the-mrt-as-thai-man-tells-foreign-tourist-to-“go-back-your-f’ing-country”/

 

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French researchers find way to unlock WannaCry without ransom

BY REUTERS

 

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – French researchers said on Friday they had found a last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry, racing against a deadline as the ransomware threatens to start locking up victims’ computers first infected a week ago.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/french-researchers-find-way-to-unlock-wannacry-without-ransom/21777/

 

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Bt20 bn drive to connect all villages

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON

THE NATION

 

Pichet Durongkaveroj, left, minister of digital economy and society, and Suthichai Yoon, co-founder of Nation Multimedia Group, speak at the "Digital Trends Summit" held yesterday by NOW26 and Krungthep Turakij newspaper.

 

THE DIGITAL ECONOMY and Society (DE) Ministry says more than Bt20 billion is being spent to ensure that every village in the country has access to broadband Internet by the end of next year. It also plans to see 500,000 jobs in the digital workforce developed within five years.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/bt20-bn-drive-to-connect-all-villages/21781/

 

 

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Tycoon Pradit denies any link to Dhammakaya, despite land deals

By THE NATION

 

 

BUSINESS TYCOON and former politician Pradit Phataraprasit has denied any involvement in alleged conspiracy, money-laundering and embezzlement in connection with the Dhammakaya Temple, even though he admitted to having bought two plots of land related to the scandal-hit temple.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984030-tycoon-pradit-denies-any-link-to-dhammakaya-despite-land-deals/

 

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‘Luxury cars declared at way below real value, costing state billions’

By The Nation

 

 

A LUXURY car importer allegedly cost |the country Bt2.4 billion due to tax evasion, authorities said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984031-‘luxury-cars-declared-at-way-below-real-value-costing-state-billions’/

 

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Tighter screening near Sanam Luang after bomb

By THE NATION

 

 

BMA to install better cctv cameras.

 

AUTHORITIES will implement more stringent screening of people entering the Sanam Luang area in the wake of Monday night’s small bomb blast.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984033-tighter-screening-near-sanam-luang-after-bomb/

 

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Origin in Bt4 bn deal to buy Proud shares

By THE NATION

 

Peerapong Jaroon-Ek, chief executive officer of Origin Property.

 

ORIGIN PROPERTY plans to buy 10 million shares worth Bt4 billion in Proud Residences Co.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984034-origin-in-bt4-bn-deal-to-buy-proud-shares/

 

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TCG expects to back Bt86 bn

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE
THE NATION

 

SMEs in Nan province yesterday meet with TCG staff to ask about how to get loan guarantees.

 

THE THAI Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) is confident of guaranteeing Bt86 billion worth of loans to small and medium-sized enterprises this year thanks to banks’ reduction of lending rates for SMEs and two government programmes backing Bt35 billion worth of loans to SMEs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984036-tcg-expects-to-back-bt86-bn/