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Phuket top-brass police transferred, face corruption probe

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen today ordered the transfer of Phuket City's three top-ranking officer pending an investigation into their actions - and inaction. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen today (May 29) ordered the transfer of three high-ranking police officers pending an investigation into allegations against the three officers’ for corruption and malfeasance.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985439-phuket-top-brass-police-transferred-face-corruption-probe/

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Sword fight: Thai wife chops off husband’s penis

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

File photo of a sliced cucumber. Photo: Creative Commons

 

Surgeons in northern Lampang province helped a man by reattaching his penis on Saturday after his wife used a kitchen knife to chop his private part off.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985430-sword-fight-thai-wife-chops-off-husband’s-penis/

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English woman releases 22 balloons in Bangkok park for victims of Ariana Grande concert attack

By Laurel Tuohy

 

 

Lena Abuelfailat comes from Manchester, UK, where the Ariana Grande terror attack took place last week leaving 22 people dead and several others injured.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985433-english-woman-releases-22-balloons-in-bangkok-park-for-victims-of-ariana-grande-concert-attack/

 

 

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Singapore and Hong Kong nationals set to use Thai electronic passport gates at Suvarnabhumi

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The chief of Suvarnabhumi has said that Singaporean and Hong Kong nationals will soon be allowed to use the automated gates reserved for Thai travelers at the airport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985449-singapore-and-hong-kong-nationals-set-to-use-thai-electronic-passport gates-at-suvarnabhumi/

 

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Youth who threatened US man and family in Chiang Mai car park says sorry

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A 17 year old Thai man who produced a gun and started threatening an American man and his family has apologized.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985450-youth-who-threatened-us-man-and-family-in-chiang-mai-car-park-says-sorry/

 

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Social media goes crazy as stray dog shot in head with a dart

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The world of Thai social media was shocked when pictures of a stray dog shot in the head appeared online.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985451-social-media-goes-crazy-as-stray-dog-shot-in-head-with-a-dart/

 

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Top police at odds on hospital bomb probe
By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

BANGKOK: -- THE COUNTRY’S two most senior police appeared to be split yesterday on the progress of inquiries into the bomb at the military-run Phramongkutklao Hospital last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985452-top-police-at-odds-on-hospital-bomb-probe/

 

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Proposed infra windfall tax raises concerns
By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE,
WICHIT CHAITRONG
THE NATION

 

File photo : Krisda

 

BANGKOK: -- ECONOMISTS and land developers are cautious about the Finance Ministry’s intention to impose a windfall tax on property owners who benefit from government infrastructure projects.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985401-finance-ministry-drafting-windfall-tax-bill-targeting-property-owners/#comment-11933242

 

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NRSA calls for 10-year review of charter and ‘political virtue system’
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) yesterday endorsed a political reform proposal as part of the so-called national strategy, and promised that it could prevent future coups.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985404-nrsa-support-call-for-charter-amendment-every-10-years/?do=findComment&comment=11934594

 

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Prayut demands clear-out of rice stockpiles before end of his regime
By THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha presides over the opening of Thailand Rice Convention. The international forum on knowledge exchange and industry development ends today.

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the Commerce Ministry to accelerate sales of the rice in its stockpiles within the term of his military-led regime, as storage costs have been exceeding Bt1 billion a month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985412-pm-orders-ministry-to-sell-government’s-costly-rice-stockpile/?do=findComment&comment=11934599

 

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Vetting panel to submit draft national reform bill to NLA by early June
By The Nation

 

Chalermchai Boonyaleephan

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Legislative Assembly’s law-vetting committee has completed its scrutiny of the draft national reform bill as required under the Constitution and will wrap its work before forwarding the bill to the NLA for the second and third readings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985453-vetting-panel-to-submit-draft-national-reform-bill-to-nla-by-early-june/

 

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National park chiefs moving to digital-based management to boost efficiency
By The Nation

 

The NCAPS system has been put on display at the workshop. Photo credits/ DNP

 

BANGKOK: -- Park chiefs nationwide were on Monday introduced to digital-based management aimed at improving work efficiency in their areas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985454-national-park-chiefs-moving-to-digital-based-management-to-boost-efficiency/

 

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OPINION

This is climate change: When is Thailand going to do something about it?
By Michael Shafer
Special to The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The rivers have escaped their banks. They have destroyed millions of rai of paddies and fields newly prepared for planting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985455-this-is-climate-change-when-is-thailand-going-to-do-something-about-it/

 

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EDITORIAL

Can our neighbours help revive the economy?
By The Nation

 

Thailand’s joint-development deal with Laos suffers as a result of our long, politically imposed absence from the spotlight

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and his team made the right move last week in striking an agreement with Laos on a five-year joint-development master plan as strategic partners, but the arrangement’s tardiness will make it more difficult to implement. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985456-thai-editorial-can-our-neighbours-help-revive-the-economy/

 

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Why everything is closing early and Bangkok nightlife may never be the same

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

  

Photo: Dark Bar / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — If finding a late-night roost in the capital’s usual haunts has become more difficult, that’s because most clubs and bars in the Khaosan Road and Thonglor areas were ordered this month to close at midnight – a situation that may not change.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985457-why-everything-is-closing-early-and-bangkok-nightlife-may-never-be-the-same/

 

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Meechai defends PM’s 4-question plan

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Constitution Drafting Committee chairman Meechai Ruchupan voiced his support for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha’s plea for the public to send their feedback to his four questions, defending that the idea was intended to make use of the feedback in the drafting of organic laws.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985458-meechai-defends-pm’s-4-question-plan/

 

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Central bank to prevent inflow of “hot money” from abroad

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bank of Thailand is ready to tighten up measures to prevent the inflow of “hot money” or short-term investment from abroad for speculation purpose.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985459-bank-of-thailand-to-prevent-inflow-of-“hot-money”-from-abroad/

 

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Arrested Thais in alleged sex trade in US will be given help

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Thai Consulate-General in Chicago will arrange for a lawyer and an interpreter to help 20 arrested and indicted with being members of a sex trafficking network involving Thai women in the US, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985461-arrested-thais-in-alleged-sex-trade-in-us-will-be-given-help/

 

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Extension route from Bang Sue to Taopoon becomes operational in August

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The extension route connecting the Bang Sue station of the underground train and Taopoon station of the Purple Line from Bang Sue to Bang Yai is expected to become operational in August.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985462-extension-route-from-bang-sue-to-taopoon-becomes-operational-in-august/ 

 

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Thai parties concerned PM could push back 2018 vote, retain power

By Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, May 2, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's main political parties on Monday voiced concern that a general election expected next year could be delayed yet again following comments made by the junta chief that they say shows he intends to hold on to power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985463-thai-parties-concerned-pm-could-push-back-2018-vote-retain-power/

 

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'Atlanticist' Merkel rams home frustration with Trump after summits

By Paul Carrel and Andreas Rinke

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) talks to U.S President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump as they arrive to attend a performance by the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra in the ancient Greek theatre as part of the G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Files

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlined her doubts about the reliability of the United States as an ally on Monday but said she was a "convinced trans-Atlanticist", fine-tuning her message after surprising Washington with her frankness a day earlier.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985464-atlanticist-merkel-rams-home-frustration-with-trump-after-summits/

 

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Trump, Macron and election - what prompted Merkel's blunt Munich speech

By Noah Barkin

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L), Christine Lagarde (2-L), head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) at the G7 Summit expanded session in Taormina, Sicily, Italy May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - For German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who often pulls her rhetorical punches, her weekend message signalling a shift in the post-war order was uncharacteristically blunt.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985465-trump-macron-and-election-what-prompted-merkels-blunt-munich-speech/

 

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France's Macron, alongside Putin, denounces two Russian media for election meddling

REUTERS

 

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) give a joint press conference at the Chateau de Versailles before the opening of an exhibition marking 300 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries in Versailles, France, May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Stephane De Sakutin/Pool

 

VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron, standing alongside Russia's Vladimir Putin, on Monday dubbed two Russian media outlets "agents of influence" which he said had spread fake news about him during his election campaign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985466-frances-macron-alongside-putin-denounces-two-russian-media-for-election-meddling/

 

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Trump condemns fatal Oregon stabbings; says victims stood against hate

By Barbara Goldberg

REUTERS

 

Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, of North Portland, Oregon is pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters May 27, 2017. Portland Police Bureau/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday condemned the fatal stabbings of two Good Samaritans who tried to stop a man from harassing a pair of women who appeared to be Muslim, in a tweet issued days after an advocacy group urged Trump to condemn the attacks it said his anti-Muslim rhetoric had encouraged.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985467-trump-condemns-fatal-oregon-stabbings-says-victims-stood-against-hate/

 

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Bangladesh raises highest danger warning as cyclone takes aim

By Ruma Paul and Dinuka Liyanawatte

REUTERS

 

A woman reacts next to the debris of houses at a landslide site during a rescue mission in Athwelthota village, in Kalutara, Sri Lanka May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

 

DHAKA/AGALAWATTE, Sri Lanka/ (Reuters) - Bangladesh raised its storm danger signal to the highest level of 10 on Monday as a severe and intensifying cyclone churned towards its low-lying coast and was expected to make landfall in the early hours of Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985468-bangladesh-raises-highest-danger-warning-as-cyclone-takes-aim/

 

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After Merkel rebuke, UK PM May says wants strong partnership with EU

REUTERS

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attends a campaign event in Twickenham, London, May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Leon Neal/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said she wanted to maintain a strong partnership with the European Union over security and trade after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested the continent could no longer completely rely on Britain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985471-after-merkel-rebuke uk pm-may-says-wants-strong-partnership-with-eu/

 

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BA vows "never again" after costly IT collapse

By Alistair Smout

REUTERS
 

People wait with their luggage at the British Airways check in desks at Heathrow Terminal 5 in London, Britain May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways (BA) said it would take steps to ensure there was no repeat of a computer system failure that stranded 75,000 passengers over a holiday weekend and turned into a public relations disaster.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985473-british-airways-vows-never-again-after-costly-it-collapse/

 

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Trudeau invites pope to Canada for Church apology to indigenous peoples

By Philip Pullella

REUTERS

 

Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau during a private audience at the Vatican, May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ettore Ferrari/pool

 

ROME (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday urged Pope Francis to visit Canada to apologise to indigenous peoples for the Catholic Church's treatment of aboriginal children in schools it ran there.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985474-trudeau-invites-pope-to-canada-for-church-apology-to-indigenous-peoples/

 

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Tiger Woods arrested on DUI charge in Florida

By Frank Pingue

REUTERS

 

Tiger Eldrick Woods appears in a booking photo released by Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., May 29, 2017. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Former world No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods was arrested in South Florida early on Monday on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to an online Palm Beach County Police report.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985476-tiger-woods-arrested-on-dui-charge-in-florida/

 

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Police hero rescues Filipina from blaze in South Pattaya apartment

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

PATTAYA: -- A Pattaya policeman was hailed as a hero after he dashed into a smoke filled apartment to carry out a female tourist from the Philippines.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985480-police-hero-rescues-filipina-from-blaze-in-south-pattaya-apartment/