THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 14 Jun 2017

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Midweek rant: Save Our Pattaya – time for less back slapping and more action

 

 

The sight and sound of Pattaya’s top cop Apichai Krobpetch slapping the backs of his men and praising them to the skies last week was worse than laughable.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987705-midweek-rant-save-our-pattaya-–-time-for-less-back-slapping-and-more-action/

 

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Driver who stabbed his Chinese boss to death tells sordid tale of sexual harassment in his defense

 

 

A young driver who stabbed his boss to death has told police how he was forced at knifepoint to fellate him in the company toilets.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987698-driver-who-stabbed-his-chinese-boss-to-death-tells-sordid-tale-of-sexual-harassment-in-his-defense/

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Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi named among the world’s worst airports

 

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Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok has been named among the top 10 worst airports in the world, according to a new study which measured punctuality, quality and service.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987642-thailand’s-suvarnabhumi-named-among-the-world’s-worst-airports/

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Prayuth Criticizes Teen Singer’s Sexy Dancing, Blames Farangs

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — The owner of a record label representing teen luk thung singer Lumyai Hai Thongkam, said criticism of her dancing by the prime minister shows he is out of touch.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987636-pm-prayut-thanks-teen-singer-lamyai-after-criticising-her-suggestive-moves/#comment-11981518

 

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Crackdown on illegal hotels in Hua Hin with "mafia" connections

 

Picture: Daily News

 

HUA HIN: -- Local officials in Hua Hin said they are cracking down on illegal hotels in the city owned by foreign investors linked to the "mafia", reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987708-crackdown-on-illegal-hotels-in-hua-hin-with-mafia-connections/

 

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‘Questions just aimed at gauging public feeling’
By THE NATION

 

 

Prayut says subdued public response to the issues he raised is ‘not a big deal’

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday he did not have high expectations in regard to his four questions on politics posed to the public, as he simply wanted to gauge people’s thoughts on the matters raised.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987644-prayut-plays-down-expectations-for-four-questions/?do=findComment&comment=11982746

 

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Police identify persons of interest in case of suffocated girl found in canal
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- POLICE ARE looking for a Thai couple in their 30s who rented a house in Samut Prakan’s Bang Saothong district and abruptly moved out, after the body of the woman’s 10-year-old daughter was found in the Samrong canal in the neighbourhood on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987709-police-identify-persons-of-interest-in-case-of-suffocated-girl-found-in-canal/

 

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Bannapot implicated in Klongchan scandal
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- BANNAPOT Damapong, a brother of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s ex-wife, has been implicated in the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC) scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987710-bannapot-implicated-in-klongchan-scandal/

 

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Article 44 to be used to spur high-speed rail project
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is expected to issue a sweeping order under Article 44 of the interim charter to grant multiple legal exemptions to the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail project, which has been delayed for almost two years.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987711-article-44-to-be-used-to-spur-high-speed-rail-project/

 

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Prayut orders probe into ‘ploy to manipulate Facebook likes’
By The Nation

 

 

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered police to extend their investigation after three Chinese men working illegally in Thailand were arrested for a scheme to boost “likes” and page views on Chinese social media pages to determine if there was a hidden political or business agenda behind such crimes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987669-police-ordered-to-probe-“hidden-political-agendas”-after-sim-card-arrests/?do=findComment&comment=11982767

 

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UN rights body voices concern about jump in lese majeste prosecutions and long jail terms for offenders
By The Nation

 

Wichai Thepwong

 

THE United Nations human rights body expressed concern on Tuesday over the rise in the number of lèse majesté prosecutions in Thailand since 2014 and noted the severity of sentencing, including a 35-year jail term handed down last Friday against one individual.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987712-un-rights-body-voices-concern-about-jump-in-lese-majeste-prosecutions-and-long-jail-terms-for-offenders/

 

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Ex-MPs’ dinner party a banned political activity, PM says
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE prime minister on Monday denied any prior knowledge of a security operation that shut down a dinner meeting of 50 former MPs at a hotel in Bangkok last weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987713-ex-mps’-dinner-party-a-banned-political-activity-pm-says/

 

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OPINION

Love democracy? Then scold the politicians
By Tulsathit Taptim
The Nation

 

The story of how parental pampering can turn a child into a murderous robber who ends up facing the death penalty is among the best-known cautionary tales in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987714-love-democracy-then-scold-the-politicians/

 

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Phuket water shut-offs announced for tomorrow, Thursday

The Phuket News

 

The water shut-offs will affect areas in Koh Kaew and Talad Yai. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) have announced that there will be no water supply around Koh Kaew tomorrow (Wednesday 12 June) from 9am until necessary works are complete.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987715-phuket-water-shut-offs-announced-for-tomorrow-thursday/

 

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PM: Govt places priority on terrorism issue

 

BANGKOK, 14 June 2017 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has affirmed that the government attaches significance to the problem of terrorism and has been cooperating with other countries to prevent it. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987716-pm-prayut-govt-places-priority-on-terrorism-issue/

 

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Proper vocabulary for use during royal cremation ceremony to be published

 

 

BANGKOK, 14 June 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Culture has joined hands with the Public Relations Department to hold a training program on proper vocabulary usage for the royal cremation ceremony for His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. 

 

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=11982816

 

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Thai junta to invoke executive order to kick-start $5 billion rail project with China

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's prime minister will invoke an executive order to allow construction to start on a $5.5 billion railway project with China, which forms part of Beijing's regional infrastructure drive but has been beset by delays.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987711-article-44-to-be-used-to-spur-high-speed-rail-project/?do=findComment&comment=11982831

 

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FDA to organize 1st national academic conference for chemical management

 

BANGKOK, 14 June 2017 (NNT) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cooperated with the Department of Agriculture, the Pollution Control Department, the Department of Industrial Works and relevant parties to organize the first national academic conference for chemical management.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987717-fda-to-organize-1st-national-academic-conference-for-chemical-management/

 

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Facing competing Brexit demands, PM May nears deal with Northern Irish 'kingmakers'

By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper

 

The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Arlene Foster, and the Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds, stand on the steps of 10 Downing Street before talks with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, in central London, Britain June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May neared a deal with a Northern Irish Protestant party to save her premiership on Tuesday and confirmed Brexit talks would begin next week, amid growing calls for her to soften her approach to leaving the European Union.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987718-facing-competing-brexit-demands-pm-may-nears-deal-with-northern-irish-kingmakers/

 

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High-level U.S. visit leads North Korea to free student said to be in coma

By Eric Walsh and Matt Spetalnick

 

Otto Frederick Warmbier (C), a University of Virginia student who was detained in North Korea since early January, is taken to North Korea's top court in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo March 16, 2016. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Otto Warmbier, an American university student held captive in North Korea for 17 months, has been medically evacuated from the reclusive country after a rare high-level U.S. visit there, with his family saying he is in a coma.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987719-high-level-us-visit-leads-north-korea-to-free-student-said-to-be-in-coma/

 

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EU opens legal case against Warsaw, Budapest and Prague over migration

By Gabriela Baczynska and Alastair Macdonald

 

FILE PHOTO: A barbed wire is seen in front of a European Union flag at an immigration reception centre in Bicske, Hungary June 25, 2015. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

 

BRUSSELS/STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The European Commission launched a legal case on Tuesday against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic for refusing to take in asylum seekers, ratcheting up a bitter feud within the 28-nation bloc about how to deal with migration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987720-eu-opens-legal-case-against-warsaw-budapest-and-prague-over-migration/

 

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Turkish president says Qatar isolation violates Islamic values

By Ercan Gurses and Aziz El Yaakoubi

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, June 13, 2017. Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

ANKARA/DUBAI (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday denounced the isolation of Qatar by neighbouring states as a violation of Islamic values and akin to a "death penalty" imposed in a crisis that has reverberated across the Middle East and beyond.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987721-turkish-president-says-qatar-isolation-violates-islamic-values/

 

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France's Macron says EU door remains open to UK

By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Piper

 

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) listens to Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as they attend a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that the door to the European Union remains open to the United Kingdom as long as exit negotiations are not concluded, but it would be difficult to walk back once negotiations start.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987722-frances-macron-says-eu-door-remains-open-to-uk/

 

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U.S., Europe seek measures to avert expanded airline laptop ban

By David Shepardson

 

An illustration picture shows a laptop on the screen of an X-ray security scanner, April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic/Illustration

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will meet European officials this week to discuss new security measures that could prevent the U.S. government expanding a ban on laptops beyond flights from ten airports primarily in the Middle East.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987723-us-europe-seek-measures-to-avert-expanded-airline-laptop-ban/

 

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Merkel urges bigger fight against climate change after U.S. move

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the Digital Summit 2017 in Ludwigshafen, Germany June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and the rest of Europe should redouble their efforts to fight climate change after the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate pact, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987725-merkel urges-bigger-fight-against-climate-change-after-us-move/

 

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London could lose EU euro clearing role

 

The European Union has revealed a draft law to give it the power to move the lucrative euro clearing business out of London and keep it in the EU after Britain leaves the Union in 2019.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987726-london-could-lose-eu-euro-clearing-role/

 

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Instant retribution! Chinese thief breaks his leg at Chiang Mai temple

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A Chinese thief "fishing" for money from a temple donation box suffered instant retribution on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987731-instant-retribution-chinese-thief-breaks-his-leg-at-chiang-mai-temple/

 

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Pattaya sea turns lurid green as "plankton bloom" hits resort

 

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PATTAYA: -- Tourists wondered about the state of the sea in Pattaya yesterday as a phenomenon known as plankton bloom hit the resort.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987732-pattaya-sea-turns-lurid-green-as-plankton-bloom-hits-resort/

 

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DLT and army using entrapment to snare Uber drivers in Pattaya

 

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PATTAYA: -- The Department of Land Transport is using sting operations to entrap Uber drivers and rid Pattaya of the private taxi service.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987733-dlt-and-army-using-entrapment-to-snare-uber-drivers-in-pattaya/

 

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Appeal launched to help desperately poor girl who is top of the class

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHAINAT: -- Thai Rath have reported on the story of a very poor girl but highly talented student in Chainat who needs help.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/987738-appeal-launched-to-help-desperately-poor-girl-who-is-top-of-the-class/