THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 31 May 2017

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Midweek rant: A plea from a lowly pedestrian

 

 

It’s not that I’m not grateful for the wonderful train being built outside my front door.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985615-midweek-rant-a-plea-from-a-lowly-pedestrian/

 

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Movie director charged with rape after sick casting in Bangkok

 

PIcture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A movie director is now in custody on charges of rape and molestation after he held a casting session for teen girls at a Nonthaburi house.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985555-movie-director-charged-with-rape-after-sick-casting-in-bangkok/

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A suspect in karaoke bar girl’s murder arrested in Vientiane

 

 

One of the four suspects wanted by Khon Kaen police for alleged involvement in the murder and decapitation of a karaoke bar girl was arrested and was being escorted back to Khon Kaen province for questioning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985595-a-suspect-in-karaoke-bar-girl’s-murder-arrested-in-vientiane/

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Video: Amazing Thailand - A bride and groom, a motorcycle and a police checkpoint wows the internet

 

 

It was a combination that you are unlikely to find anywhere else in the world except Amazing Thailand!

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985559-video-amazing-thailand-a-bride-and-groom-a-motorcycle-and-a-police-checkpoint-wows-the-internet/

 

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Sex, drugs, revenge, premeditation, a dismembered corpse and burial all played out in the public spotlight - the demise of "Nong Em" the Karaoke girl is a classic murder case

 

Picture: Kapook

 

KHON KAEN: -- The case of Nong Em - Warisa Klungjui, 22, - the pretty karaoke girl found cut up in the Khon Kaen woods is a Thai murder case that has it all.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985617-sex-drugs-revenge-premeditation-a-dismembered-corpse-the-demise-of-nong-em-the-karaoke-girl-is-a-classic-murder-case/

 

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Video: Forget Thailand's country waterfalls - now you can see them in Bangkok!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- It is no longer necessary to go to places of natural beauty like Khao Yai or the north of Thailand to see beautiful waterfalls.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985618-video-forget-thailands-country-waterfalls-now-you-can-see-them-in-bangkok/

 

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Delayed Pornprapanimit Road pipe laying project in Pattaya back on track

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- Following a three month delay to pipe laying in the Pornprapanimit Road area the project has now resumed and is back on track.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985619-delayed-pornprapanimit-road-pipe-laying-project-in-pattaya-back-on-track/

 

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Repeat of 2011 flood disaster ruled out
By THE NATION

 

 

Rainy spell ‘likely to ease from today’; many rice plantations under water.

 

AFTER DAYS of heavy rains across all regions of the country, meteorologists have some good news for those who have been suffered from the downpours: most of Thailand will see decreased rainfall over the coming week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985620-repeat-of-2011-thai-flood-disaster-ruled-out/

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Uncertainty over Abhisit’s future as leader
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Democrat Party “alumni” from the supposedly defunct People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) got together yesterday but the party’s future is unclear as key players are split on whether Abhisit Vejjajiva should remain the party leader.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985621-uncertainty-over-abhisit’s-future-as-leader/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Bid to get back ‘supercars’ sent to HK
By PIYANUT THAMNUKASETCHAI
THE NATION

 

 

Customs to recall two luxury cars that may have been stolen in Britain.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CUSTOMS Department will try to get back two luxury cars that were shipped out of the Bangkok Free Trade Zone earlier this month, after available evidence suggests they may have been vehicles stolen from Britain. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985567-dsi-blocks-bid-to-ship-stolen-supercars/?do=findComment&comment=11938067

 

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UPDATE:

 

Probe into whether pipe bomb near MRT station is connected to previous blasts
By SURIYA PATATHAYO
ANGSUMA SRIDOKKHAM
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Police are yet to determine whether a pipe bomb found near the MRT’s Thailand Cultural Centre station yesterday was linked to three recent bomb blasts in the capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985566-eod-team-examines-possible-pipe-bomb-found-in-lot-near-subway-station/?do=findComment&comment=11938072

 

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3rd list of firms committed to sustainable development released 
By WICHIT CHAITRONG
THE NATION

 

Pipat

 

BANGKOK: -- RETAIL investors who want to put their money into listed companies that are committed to sustainable development may have more choices, as this year’s ESG 100 list was announced yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985622-3rd-list-of-firms-committed-to-sustainable-development-released/

 

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Anupong to meet provincial governors on collection of answers to PM’s four questions

May 30, 2017 18:42 
By The Nation

 

Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda

 

BANGKOK: -- Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda said on Tuesday that he would invite provincial governors nationwide to meet him and receive instructions on how to collect the public’s responses to the four questions raised by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985623-anupong-to-meet-provincial-governors-on-collection-of-answers-to-pm’s-four-questions/

 

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PM denies any vested interest in posing questions to the electorate 
By Wasamon Audjarint
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday distanced himself from the “Four” questions on the next election he had posed last Friday, saying he himself would have “no involvement” with what unfolds after the junta’s rule ends.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985624-pm-denies-any-vested-interest-in-posing-questions-to-the-electorate /

 

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EC panel proposes new college to ‘educate’ politicians on party development 
By The Nation

 

Anek Laothammatas

 

BANGKOK: -- The Election Commission-appointed political party development for reform committee on Tuesday agreed that a new college should be set up to “educate” politicians on how to develop their parties with “knowledge and conscience”, so that they can keep pace with the country’s reforms.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985625-ec-panel-proposes-new-college-to-‘educate’-politicians-on-party-development/ 

 

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Cabinet Oks capital mobilization through Thailand Future Fund

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Transport Ministry’s plan to raise 44.8 billion baht through Thailand Future Fund to finance the construction of two expressway routes – Rama III-Dao Khanong ringroad and third phase of Kasetnavamin expressway.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985626-cabinet-oks-capital-mobilization-through-thailand-future-fund/

 

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Thai PM: No link between Wanndy's death and south Thailand bombing

 

BANGKOK: Thai authorities have not found any evidence linking the recent bombing in southern Thailand to the death of Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, a top Malaysian member in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, in Syria recently.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985627-thai-pm-no-link-between-islamic-state-member-wanndys-death-and-south-thailand-bombing/ 

 

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EDITORIAL

In the Marawi conflict, a warning for Thailand

By The Nation

 

As the Philippines grapples with martial law, jihadist militants have emerged uncomfortably close to our own restive South

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985629-in-the-marawi-conflict-a-warning-for-thailand/

 

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Russian ministry, NBTC sign joint statement on collaboration
By SIRIVISH TOOMGUM
THE NATION
MOSCOW

 

The Russian minister of telecom and mass communications, Nikolay Nikiforov, left, and NBTC chairman Thares Punsri sign a joint statement yesterday.

 

THAILAND’S National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission and Russia’s Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications yesterday signed a joint statement on mutual development of their telecom systems and cybersecurity collaboration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985631-russian-ministry-nbtc-sign-joint-statement-on-collaboration/

 

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May could lose majority in UK parliament - YouGov study in The Times

 

Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at Sky studios in Osterley, west London to take part in a joint Channel 4 and Sky News general election programme, May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Rousseau/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party risks falling short of winning an overall majority of seats in parliament in a national election on June 8, The Times newspaper said on Tuesday, quoting research by polling firm YouGov.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985632-may-could-lose-majority-in-uk-parliament-yougov-study-in-the-times/

 

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Russia's Putin says certain Syria's Assad didn't use chemical weapons

REUTERS

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets believers and participants as he visits the Sretensky Monastery to take part in a ceremony consecrating a new temple in Moscow, Russia, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed on Tuesday any suggestion that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces were behind a chemical attack that killed scores of people in Idlib province in April.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985633-russias-putin-says-certain-syrias-assad-didnt-use-chemical-weapons/

 

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'Shocked' South Korea leader orders probe into U.S. THAAD additions

By Heekyong Yang and Ju-min Park

 

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping by telephone at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea in this handout picture provided by the Presidential Blue House and released by Yonhap on May 11, 2017. Blue House/Yonhap via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe after his Defence Ministry failed to inform him that four more launchers for the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system had been brought into the country, his spokesman said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985634-shocked-south-korea-leader-orders-probe-into-us-thaad-additions/

 

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Former Trump adviser Flynn to turn over some documents subpoenaed by Senate panel - source

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: Then White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn walks down the White House colonnade on the way to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump's joint news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has told the Senate Intelligence Committee he will begin turning over some documents subpoenaed by the panel, according to a government source familiar with the matter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985635-former-trump-adviser-flynn-to-turn-over-some-documents-subpoenaed-by-senate-panel-source/

 

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Departure of communications aide could be first in Trump shake-up

By Jeff Mason

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to questions from the media as he meets with Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (not pictured) in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, U.S., May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's communications director is leaving the job, the White House said on Tuesday, as the president considers wider staff changes to try to contain political damage from investigations into Russia and his presidential campaign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985636-departure-of-communications-aide-could-be-first-in-trump-shake-up/

 

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Irish ban on asylum seekers working unconstitutional - court

By Padraic Halpin

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - A ban on asylum seekers working in Ireland is unconstitutional, the country's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, and it gave lawmakers six months to consider how to address a law it said damages the self-worth of those seeking refugee status.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985637-irish-ban-on-asylum-seekers-working-unconstitutional-court/

 

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Swiss court convicts man over 'defamatory' Facebook likes

 

A court in Switzerland has fined a man for "liking" comments deemed to be defamatory that were posted on Facebook.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985638-swiss-court-convicts-man-over-defamatory-facebook-likes/

 

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Self-made license plate illegal: Chiang Mai transport office

 

CHIANG MAI, 31 May 2017 (NNT) – The use of a self-made driver's license plate, the modification of letters and numbers and the imitation of the plate are punishable by law. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985643-self-made-license-plate-illegal-chiang-mai-transport-office/

 

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Culture Ministry promotes reconciliation through religion and culture

 

BANGKOK, 31 May 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Culture is pushing forward moral community, religious relations and cultural road projects to promote unity and boost local economy. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985644-thai-culture-ministry-promotes-reconciliation-through-religion-and-culture/

 

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Pistol-packing princess gives Belgian PM an earful

REUTERS

 

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgian princess fired a starting pistol so close to the prime minister's ear that he had to undergo medical treatment and cancel a speech in parliament on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985645-pistol-packing-princess-gives-belgian-pm-an-earful/

 

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Merkel, minister stress U.S. ties after critical Trump tweet

By Thomas Escritt and Matthias Sobolewski

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump is seen at the Naval Air Station Sigonella following the G7 Summit, in Sigonella, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump called Germany's trade and spending policies "very bad" on Tuesday, intensifying a row between the longtime allies and immediately earning himself the moniker "destroyer of Western values" from a leading German politician.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985648-merkel-minister-stress-us-ties-after-critical-trump-tweet/