THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 23 May 2017

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Japanese trio see the world via rickshaw

By Theerawat Thongma,
Dethawee Theewarangkool
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Three Japanese men touring the world on foot and by bicycle and with a traditional rickshaw in tow are currently turning heads in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984516-japanese-trio-see-the-world-via-rickshaw/

 

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Foreigner jumps into Chiang Mai canal to save Thai teen from sinking car

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Guru Chiang Mai/ Facebook

 

CHIANG MAI: -- An elderly foreigner was praised online for saving the life of a Chiang Mai teen whose car had strayed off the road and into a khlong last night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984517-foreigner-jumps-into-chiang-mai-canal-to-save-thai-teen-from-sinking-car/

 

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Police Hospital security increased after Monday’s bombing

By The Nation

 

 

Police General Hospital on Tuesday stepped up security measures following the bomb attack at a Bangkok Army hospital on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984535-police-hospital-security-increased-after-monday’s-bombing/

 

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Narrow escape for Thai psychiatrist after he and his kids leave Manchester Arena early

By The Nation

 

 

A Thai psychiatrist narrowly avoided the devastating bomb blast in the northern English city of Manchester on Monday evening as he had left the targeted concert shortly before it finished, in order to catch a train.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984538-narrow-escape-for-thai-psychiatrist-after-he-and-his-kids-leave-manchester-arena-early/

 

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Officers bust underage prostitution ring organised on Facebook

By Kornkamon Aksorndech
The Nation

 

 

A complaint by the mother of a 14-year-old girl who was lured into prostitution in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Muang district led to an operation by the Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD) on Saturday to rescue the girl and three other underage girls, AHTD chief Pol Maj-General Kornchai Klayklueng told a press conference in Bangkok on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984539-officers-bust-underage-prostitution-ring-organised-on-facebook/

 

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Police post 27 checkpoints across Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy national police chief Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan said security checkpoints would be set up at 27 locations in the capital to operate 24 hours a day in response to Monday’s bombing.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984540-police-post-27-checkpoints-across-bangkok/

 

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Police arrest 23-year old man over Manchester attack

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said they arrested a 23-year old man in connection with a suicide bomb attack in Manchester which killed 22 people and injured dozens at a British concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984537-police-arrest-23-year-old-man-over-manchester-attack/

 

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Trump denounces Manchester attack by 'evil losers'

 

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (not pictured) at the presidential headquarters in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

 

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump extended his condolences on Tuesday to the victims of the Manchester suicide bombing that killed 22 people and said those behind the attack were "evil losers".

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984546-trump-denounces-manchester-attack-by-evil-losers/

 

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Please retweet: Parents go online to find their children after UK attack

By Michael Holden and Jon Super

 

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Desperate parents and friends posted heart-wrenching messages and pictures on social media in the search for their loved ones on Tuesday after a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured dozens at a British concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984548-please-retweet-parents-go-online-to-find-their-children-after-uk-attack/

 

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Manchester concert suicide attack prompts security rethinks worldwide

By Kaori Kaneko and Fathin Ungku

 

Armed police officers stand next to a police cordon outside the Manchester Arena, where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing, in Manchester, northern England, Britain, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Countries from the United States to Japan and Singapore are considering tightening security ahead of major theatre and sports events following a suicide bomb attack in Britain that killed at least 22 people.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984549-manchester-concert-suicide-attack-prompts-security-rethinks-worldwide/

 

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UK's May says police believe they know identity of Manchester attacker

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street in London, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday police and security services knew the identity of a suspected suicide bomber who killed 22 people, many of them children, at a concert in Manchester.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984510-british-police-say-22-including-children-killed-in-suicide-attack-at-concert/?do=findComment&comment=11915694

 

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Queen Elizabeth says whole country shocked by Manchester attack

 

Commuters make their way through the streets near the Manchester Arena in Manchester, Britain May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth expressed her deepest sympathy on Tuesday to all those affected by the suicide bomb attack in Manchester, which killed 22 people and wounded dozens at a British concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in the English city.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984510-british-police-say-22-including-children-killed-in-suicide-attack-at-concert/?do=findComment&comment=11915706

 

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PM rejects placing police force under Justice Ministry

 

 

Prime Miniser Prayut Chan-ocha has rejected the proposal of a joint panel of the National Legislative Assembly and the National Reform Steering Assembly that the police force should be placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice instead of directly answerable to the prime minister.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984551-pm-rejects-placing-police-force-under-justice-ministry/

 

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Bentley of notorious luxury car dealer family bursts into flame at Lumpini Park

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Sanook

 

A Bentley belonging to a shareholder of Lenso Corporations, a luxury car dealership, burst into flames in the parking lot of Lumpini Park last night.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984552-bentley-of-notorious-luxury-car-dealer-family-bursts-into-flame-at-lumpini-park/

 

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Britain's MI5 says revolted by Manchester attack

 

Two women wrapped in thermal blankets stand near the Manchester Arena, where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing, in Manchester, northern England, Britain, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5 said on Tuesday it was revolted by a suicide bomb attack in Manchester, which killed 22 people and injured dozens more at a British concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984510-british-police-say-22-including-children-killed-in-suicide-attack-at-concert/?do=findComment&comment=11915736

 

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Police say shopping centre arrest not connected to Manchester attack

 

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Police said they arrested a man at a major shopping centre in Manchester that was temporarily evacuated on Tuesday, but do not believe the incident was connected with the attack that killed 22 people in the same northern English city.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984537-police-arrest-23-year-old-man-over-manchester-attack/?do=findComment&comment=11915747

 

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Clash erupts as Philippine troops raid hideout of IS-linked fighters

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Five Philippine soldiers were wounded on Tuesday in a clash when they raided an apartment where Islamic State-linked militants were hiding in a city on the southern island of Mindanao, the army said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984554-clash-erupts-as-philippine-troops-raid-hideout-of-is-linked-fighters/

 

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The value of Bitcoin surges to all time high

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

On Monday 22 May, the value of Bitcoin reached an all-time high, $2183 having already risen above $2000 over the weekend following continued interest from users across Asia.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/the-value-of-bitcoin-surges-to-all-time-high/21853/

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[Jonathan Fairfield]

Islamic State claims responsibility for Manchester arena attack

 

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for Monday's deadly attack at the Manchester Arena and said it was carried out with an explosive device planted at the concert, according to a statement the group posted on Telegram.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984488-islamic-state-supporters-celebrate-manchester-attack-online-no-official-claim/#comment-11915787

 

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One killed and 29 primary school children injured when lightening strike hits tree

By The Nation

 

 

One killed and twenty nine primary school children of Ban Mae Klong Yai School in Tak's Umphang district injured when a lightening strike hit a large tree they were sheltering under during heavy rain on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984558-one-killed-and-29-primary-school-children-injured-when-lightening-strike-hits-tree/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Eight-year-old girl confirmed dead after attack at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

 

 

An eight-year-old girl who become separated from her mother and sister during the Manchester terror attack has been confirmed dead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984565-eight-year-old-girl-confirmed-dead-after-attack-at-ariana-grande-concert-in-manchester/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Actor Sir Roger Moore has died

 

Actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, has died aged 89, his family announces

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984570-actor-sir-roger-moore-has-died/

 

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Reaching For Blame, Police Connect Bombings A Decade Apart

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee and Todd Ruiz

 

Deputy police commissioner Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, seated at center, speaks Tuesday afternoon at Royal Thai Police headquarters in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Senior police on Tuesday drew links between the bombing of a Bangkok hospital to coordinated bomb attacks in the capital in 2007 the junta of that time blamed on supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra despite evidence they were carried out by southern separatists.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984572-reaching-for-blame-police-connect-bombings-a-decade-apart/

 

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50,000 Defamation Suits May Be Dropped Wednesday

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

British rights activist Andy Hall speaks to the media outside a Bangkok court on Sept. 2, 2014. Photo: Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters

 

BANGKOK — The lead author of the revised Computer Crime Act and a public prosecutor said Tuesday that the law can no longer be used as a tool for defamation lawsuits, and all those filed under it must be dismissed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984574-50000-defamation-suits-may-be-dropped-wednesday/

 

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