THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 9 Jun 2017

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Serial rapist who fled from Sweden to Pattaya has been arrested
 

A serial rapist who was wanted by police in Sweden but fled to Pattaya has now been arrested.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987000-serial-rapist-who-fled-from-sweden-to-pattaya-has-been-arrested/

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More Taxi vs Uber wars in Pattaya - but police stand by and do nothing

 

 

A video posted to Facebook showed a Pattaya taxi driver and a Uber driver squaring off.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986997-more-taxi-vs-uber-wars-in-pattaya-but-police-stand-by-and-do-nothing/

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American Youtuber Criticized For Making Cats Fight Scorpion

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

A scorpion hangs from a cat's mouth in a still image from a video posted Monday. Image: My Mate Nate / YouTube

 

BANGKOK— A controversial American YouTuber in the media late last year for an offensive video drew fresh ire this week for pitting his cats against a scorpion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986995-american-youtuber-criticized-for-making-cats-fight-scorpion/

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Pattaya beach beautification expected to last until next April

 

Picture: STV

 

PATTAYA: -- Landscaping on the beach at Pattaya is expected to proceed though the low and high seasons until next April.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987011-pattaya-beach-beautification-expected-to-last-until-next-april/

 

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Pattaya police chief says new bikes from HQ are a just reward for his upstanding "value for money" men

 

Picture: STV Pattaya

 

PATTAYA: -- Pattaya police chief Apichai Krobpetch lavished praise on his force for their up to date sense of duty, faithfulness to the public and all round excellence yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987012-pattaya-police-chief-says-new-bikes-from-hq-are-a-just-reward-for-his upstanding-value-for-money-men/

 

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Serial child rapist in north east Thailand forced nine year old girl to fellate him

 

Picture: Daily News

 

SAKHON NAKORN: -- Police in Sakon Nakhorn have announced the arrest of a suspected serial rapist after he abducted a little girl on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987013-serial-child-rapist-in-north-east-thailand-forced-nine-year-old-girl to-fellate-him/

 

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Video: Twenty car owners can't lock cars with their remote keys in Phitsanulok car park

 

Photo: Sanook

 

PHITSANULOK: -- Twenty car owners found that they could not lock their cars with their remote control keys at a Phitsanulok shopping centre lot.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987014-video-twenty-car-owners-cant-lock-cars-with-their-remote-keys-in phitsanulok-car-park/

 

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BREAKING

 

Shock UK exit poll suggests Britain's May fails to win majority

By Estelle Shirbon and Michael Holden

 

PM Theresa May arrives with her husband Philip to vote in Sonning, Britain June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party will fail to win a parliamentary majority in Britain's election, according to an exit poll on Thursday, a result that would plunge domestic politics into turmoil and could delay Brexit talks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987015-shock-uk-exit-poll-suggests-britains-may-fails-to-win-majority/

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Education plan ‘will fail without broad support’
By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA
THE NATION

 

File photo

 

BANGKOK: -- THERE IS no guarantee that the new national education strategy, which has already come into force in paper, will fully take effect in practice.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987017-education-plan-‘will-fail-without-broad-support’/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Family seeks help for ‘innocent girl’ named Khon Kaen murder suspect
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE FAMILY of a suspect implicated in the high-profile dismemberment murder in Khon Kaen is trying to prove that she did not have a role in the gruesome crime.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986947-family-of-dismemberment-case-suspect-seeks-assistance/?do=findComment&comment=11967092

 

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UNDP launches campaign to boost awareness of sustainable development

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Thailand has launched the “#isupportSDGs” campaign to celebrate “World Environment Day” and create awareness of sustainable development goals (SDGs) among Thai people. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987018-undp-launches-campaign-to-boost-awareness-of-sustainable-development/

 

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State agencies face legal dispute over Pak Beng dam
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

 

Lawyer Sor Rattanamanee Polkla talks to the media in front of the Administrative Court in Bangkok yesterday about the lawsuit against Thai agencies for allowing what residents claim is inadequate public participation in the Pak Beng Dam project.

 

BANGKOK: -- CITIZENS from eight Thai provinces along the Mekong River are suing state agencies because they claim there was inadequate public participation in planning for the Pak Beng hydropower dam, which is being built by Laos.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987019-state-agencies-face-legal-dispute-over-pak-beng-dam/

 

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Rights agency the next to be replaced

By THE NATION

 

File photo// EC member

 

NHRC head disputes CDC claim that they lack diversity and have many problems

 

BANGKOK: -- THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) appears likely to be the next target for mass dismissal of members, after the Election Commission.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987020-rights-agency-the-next-to-be-replaced/                                                                                                     
                                                                                                   
 

 

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Education, defence top budget
By THE NATION

 

 

Govt’s 2018 outlays not a bid to prolong military’s grip on power, Prayut insists.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE government’s Bt2.9-trillion budget for 2018 has massive spending of Bt575 billion for upgrading workers’ skills and education, plus related activities, while the Defence Ministry’s budget rises Bt8.8 billion to Bt222 billion.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987021-education-defence-top-budget/

 

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EDITORIAL

How about banishing Bangkok’s litterbugs?
By The Nation

 

The trash so heedlessly discarded is choking our drainage system and worsening floods

 

BANGKOK: -- With the rainy season upon us, Bangkok’s residents and administrators alike are once again sharing that uneasy feeling. It’s time to brace for more flooding. The threat – not one that a major, modern metropolis should have to face – has found a permanent place in our collective psyche. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987022-how-about-banishing-bangkok’s-litterbugs/

 

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Chulalongkorn U ranked 245th in world’s best universities for 2018

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Chulalongkorn University has emerged among the world’s 300 best universities in the Quaoquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings for 2018, being placed at 245th ranking – an improvement of seven rankings from last year’s.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987023-chulalongkorn-u-ranked-245th-in-world’s-best-universities-for-2018/

 

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Politician’s son, bomb cop, Yingluck aide promoted in reshuffle

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Police commissioner Chakthip Chaijinda and his spokesman team take questions from reporters at the Royal Thai Police headquarters, June 4, 2017.

 

BANGKOK — This year’s annual police reassignments saw more than 5,700 officers reshuffled by an order signed Wednesday by the police commissioner.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987024-politician’s-son-bomb-cop-yingluck-aide-promoted-in-reshuffle/

 

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Qatar vows no surrender in Gulf crisis as U.S., Kuwait seek solution

By Tom Finn

 

FILE PHOTO - An aerial view of Doha's diplomatic area March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad/File Photo

 

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar vowed on Thursday to ride out the isolation imposed on it by fellow Arab states over its alleged support for terrorism and said it would not compromise its sovereignty over foreign policy to resolve the region's biggest diplomatic crisis in years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987025-qatar-vows-no-surrender-in-gulf-crisis-as-us-kuwait-seek-solution/

 

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Comey says Trump fired him to undermine FBI Russia investigation

By Patricia Zengerle and Susan Cornwell

 

Former FBI Director James Comey arrives to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former FBI director James Comey accused President Donald Trump on Thursday of firing him to try to undermine its investigation into possible collusion by his campaign team with Russia's alleged efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987026-comey-says-trump-fired-him-to-undermine-fbi-russia-investigation/

 

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Germany's top Social Democrat loses ground vs Merkel in latest poll

REUTERS

 

European Parliament President Martin Schulz (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a European Union leaders summit over migration, in Brussels, Belgium, March 17, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The approval rating of Martin Schulz, Germany's top Social Democrat, slumped to its lowest level in a poll conducted by Infratest dimap since the former European Parliament president was named as the party's chancellor candidate in January.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987027-germanys-top-social-democrat-loses-ground-vs-merkel-in-latest-poll/

 

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Putin says Kremlin critic U.S. Senator McCain 'lives in Old World'

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has said U.S. Republican Senator John McCain, known for his anti-Kremlin rhetoric, lives in the "Old World" and that Russia and the United States must work together on common challenges.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987028-putin-says-kremlin-critic-us-senator-mccain-lives-in-old-world/

 

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Catalonia poised to call referendum on split from Spain

By Sonya Dowsett

REUTERS
 

"Estelades" (Catalonian separatist flags) hang from balconies of a building as a woman walks past at Born district in Barcelona, Spain June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea

 

BARCELONA (Reuters) - The regional government of Catalonia on Friday will call a referendum on a split from Spain, setting up a renewed confrontation with Madrid, which maintains such a vote is illegal and against the constitution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987029-catalonia-poised-to-call-referendum-on-split-from-spain/

 

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North Korea says leader Kim supervised test of new anti-ship missiles

By Ju-min Park and Soyoung Kim

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks on during a ballistic rocket test-fire through a precision control guidance system in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) May 30, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test launch of a new type of anti-ship cruise missiles that can accurately hit targets such as an enemy battleship, the country's official KCNA news agency reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987030-north-korea-says-leader-kim-supervised-test-of-new-anti-ship-missiles/

 

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British man at centre of Thai body-in-a-suitcase murder investigation arrested in Ibiza

 

Shane Looker has been held on the holiday island on an international arrest warrant

 

Shane Looker, 47, from Stoke-on-Trent was held on the holiday island on an international arrest warrant

 

IBIZA: -- A British man at the centre of a Thai murder probe over the death of a go-go dancer has been arrested in Ibiza.


 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987032-british-man-at-centre-of-thai-body-in-a-suitcase-murder-investigation-arrested-in-ibiza/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Progress of funeral pyre project more than halfway complete

 

 

BANGKOK, 9 June 2017 (NNT) - The construction on the royal funeral pyre and its surrounding pavilions is more than 50% complete, according to Traditional Arts officials.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980183-royal-cremation-of-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-is-set-on-october-26/?do=findComment&comment=11967439

 

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Operators hiring children aged 15-18 must report employment to labor inspectors

 

BANGKOK, 9 June 2017 (NNT) – The Department of Labor Protection and Welfare has instructed all operators to report any employment of child labor aged between 15-18 to labor inspectors within 15 days after beginning work. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987038-operators-hiring-children-aged-15-18-must-report-employment-to-labor-inspectors/

 

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Customers scream "Scam!" as True Fitness shut up shop

 

Picture: Manager

 

BANGKOK: -- Thousands of expatriate and Thai fitness customers are screaming for their money back as True Fitness shut operation at two Bangkok locations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987039-customers-scream-scam-as-true-fitness-shut-up-shop/

 

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Polanski's 1977 rape victim to attend LA court in bid to end case

By Jill Serjeant

 

70th Cannes Film Festival - Photocall for the film "Based on a True Story" (D'apres une histoire vraie) out of competition - Cannes, France. 27/05/2017. Director Roman Polanski poses. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The woman whom fugitive movie director Roman Polanski admitted he raped 40 years ago will attend a court hearing in Los Angeles on Friday where she hopes to plead for an end to the case, Polanski's attorney said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987041-polanskis-1977-rape-victim-to-attend-la-court-in-bid-to-end-case/

 

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Garmin unveils new multi-sport watch for triathletes

BY THE NATION

 

 

GIS Company Limited officially unveiled new Forerunner 935, the latest GPS multi-sport watch from Garmin.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/garmin-unveils-new-multi-sport-watch-for-triathletes/22189/

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to be released in August, report claims

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Note 7

 

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was nothing short of a disaster for Samsung but the Korean giant thinks that the new Galaxy Note 8, due for release in August is ready to take on the iPhone 8.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-to-be-released-in-august-report-claims/22192/