THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 27 Jun 2017

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Farmers call on PM to invoke Article 44 to boost rubber use 
By Khanitta Sitong
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Southern Rubber Farmers Network want Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to invoke the total power afforded him under the interim charter's Article 44 in a bid to solve problems associated with falling rubber prices.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989812-farmers-call-on-pm-to-invoke-article-44-to-boost-rubber-use/

 

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PTTEP back in business after junta reopens farmland
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- PTT Exploration and Production, notified on Monday (June 26) that it could resume operations in areas subject to agricultural land reform, has promptly done so.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989813-pttep-back-in-business-after-junta-reopens-farmland/

 

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Canterbury open new stores in Bangkok
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Leading sports brand Canterbury has opened its latest store in Bangkok, bringing the total number to five since the New Zealand-founded company launched its flagship store in February.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989815-canterbury-open-new-stores-in-bangkok/

 

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Johnny Depp may face perjury charges, Australia's deputy PM warns

 

Australia's deputy prime minister has threatened US actor Johnny Depp with perjury charges in a new instalment of the "war on terrier". 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989817-johnny-depp-may-face-perjury-charges-australias-deputy-pm-warns/

 

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Alleged operator of underage prostitution gang arrested
By Supachai Phetchthewee
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A woman wanted by police for allegedly using Facebook to lure underage girls into prostitution in Nakhon Ratchasima and Bangkok was arrested in Chon Buri's Sri Racha district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989745-arrested-mother-who-forced-underage-daughter-into-sex-trade-nabbed-in-chonburi/?do=findComment&comment=12027419

 

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Hat Noppharat Thara beach littered with garbage
By The Nation

 

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KRABI: -- Tourists hav complained that the popular Hat Noppharat Thara Beach in Krabi has become an eyesore due to litter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989821-hat-noppharat-thara-beach-littered-with-garbage/

 

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Ayutthaya temple denies misappropriating state subsidy

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- The abbot of Wat Phanunchoeng in Ayutthaya today denied having any involvement in the misappropriation of the 13 million baht state subsidy after it is among 12 temples that received the funds and is being questioned by Counter Corruption Division police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989822-ayutthaya-temple-denies-misappropriating-state-subsidy/

 

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Insight – With Alphabet, Google faces a daunting challenge: organising itself

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/File Photo

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google’s self-professed mission is to organise the world’s information. But a company known for engineering excellence is still trying to solve the very human problem of how to organise itself.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/insight-alphabet-google-faces-daunting-challenge-organising/22574/

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Nine Cambodians arrested for felling, processing Siamese rosewood trees
By The Nation

 

 

SA KAEW: -- Thai park officials and troops detained nine Cambodians for allegedly felling and processing Siamese rosewoods inside forest reserves in Sa Kaew’s Mueang district.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989823-nine-cambodians-arrested-for-felling-processing-siamese-rosewood-trees/

 

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NRSA gives nod to tourism reform

 

BANGKOK, 27 June 2017 (NNT) - The National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) deliberated on a tourism reform report by the NRSA’s committee on economic reforms. The tourism reform plan is focused on addressing social and economic inequality. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989828-nrsa-gives-nod-to-tourism-reform/

 

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Warning: Android users who visit adult sites targeted in new ransomware attack

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

If you watch porn from your smartphone you may be the target of a new ransomware attack.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/22578-2/22578/

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Suspects expected to face corruption charges from temple renovation probe
By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- Charges are expected to be laid against several suspects as police probe the flow of corruption money from the government’s temple renovation project.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989832-suspects-expected-to-face-corruption-charges-from-temple-renovation-probe/

 

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Somchai fires back at CDC over primary election remark
By The Nation

 

Election Commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn

 

BANGKOK: -- Election Commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn appears to have taken aim at Constitution Drafting Commission chairman Meechai Ruchupan after the latter said EC officials who had shared views with the CDC on the political party organic draft bill were "instructed" to affirm they could handle staging a primary election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989833-somchai-fires-back-at-cdc-over-primary-election-remark/

 

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CPF Treatment Pond Chief Charged With Negligence Over 5 Deaths

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

A wastewater treatment plant on Friday at a CP-owned meat processing plant in Bangkok’s Bang Na district.

 

BANGKOK — The manager of the wastewater treatment pond at a food processing plant on Monday evening turned himself in to police and was charged with negligence following the death of five people inside the premises in Bang Na district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989715-chicken-plant-likely-to-suspend-operations-following-tragic-accident/?do=findComment&comment=12027647

 

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Thailand to get tough on foreigners working without work permits, employers also targeted

 

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BANGKOK:-- Thailand has introduced new laws aimed at controlling the amount of migrant workers in the country, as well as foreigners who work in Thailand illegally.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989835-thailand-to-get-tough-on-foreigners-working-without-work-permits-employers-also-targeted/   

 

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EU hits Google with record 2.42 billion euro antitrust fine

 

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators hit Alphabet unit Google with a record 2.42-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine on Tuesday, indicating they will likely take a tough line with the company in two other ongoing cases.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/eu-hits-google-record-2-42-billion-euro-antitrust-fine/22582/
 

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Metropolitan police chief pledges fair probe into five deaths at CPF plant in Bangkok

 

 

Bangkok’s police chief on Tuesday promised fairness to all parties involved in the investigation into the deaths of five people, including a veterinary student, at a chicken processing plant of listed agro-industrial and food conglomerate CPF last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989847-metropolitan-police-chief-pledges-fair-probe-into-five-deaths-at-cpf-plant-in-bangkok/

 

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Court upholds two-year sentence of young driver who killed three cyclists

By Patinya Srisupamas

 

 

The Appeals Court on Tuesday upheld the primary court’s two-year imprisonment of a young woman driver who killed three cyclists when she crashed into them in Chiang Mai’s Doi Saket district in May 2015.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989848-court-upholds-two-year-sentence-of-young-driver-who-killed-three-cyclists/

 

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Thai-Australian drug-smuggling operation busted

By Piyanuch Tamnukasetchai

 

 

Thai and Australian authorities joined forces in a crackdown on a transnational drugs network from which they seized 1.7 million yaba pills and 296 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine or “ice”, Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) chief Sirinya Sitdhichai announced on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989849-thai-australian-drug-smuggling-operation-busted/

 

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Harsher labour law penalties hit Phuket employers, foreigners

 

PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket Employment Office (PEO) has cautioned foreigners and employers to be aware of a raft of new penalties for breaches of labour law introduced on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989861-harsher-labour-law-penalties-hit-phuket-employers-foreigners/

 

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Chinese tourist injured in parachuting accident in Sri Racha

Image: Pattaya News

 

A 26 year old Chinese parachutist was injured in Sri Racha after being caught in a swirling wind near his landing spot at a local airstrip.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989866-chinese-tourist-injured-in-parachuting-accident-in-sri-racha/

 

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Thailand Live Wednesday 28 Jun 2017 
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