THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 28 Jun 2017

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Chocolate factory becomes Australia's first victim of latest cyber attack

By Byron Kaye

 

FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in this illustration picture taken February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Cadbury chocolate factory has become the first Australian business to be hit by a global cyber attack, a trade union official said, underscoring the rapid spread of the latest ransomware extortion campaign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989959-chocolate-factory-becomes-australias-first-victim-of-latest-cyber-attack/

 

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Cops at female cop’s door just ‘a misunderstanding’
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A female police officer’s alarming social-media post about plainclothes police attempting to search her apartment stemmed from a misunderstanding, the superintendent of Bangkok’s Din Daeng Police Station said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989960-cops-at-female-cop’s-door-just-‘a-misunderstanding’/

 

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Wife killed shielding mother from bullet
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A Nakhon Si Thammarat woman was killed Tuesday night shielding her mother against a gunshot allegedly fired by her husband.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989964-wife-killed-shielding-mother-from-bullet/

 

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Cops Deployed To Protect Isaan Community From Hungry Ghost

By  Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

 

A woman possessed by Phi Pob terrorizes villagers in a scene from “Baan Phi Pob 2008,” the 13th installment of the Baan Phi Pob movies franchise.

 

AMNAT CHAROEN — “There’s nothing under the sky that Thai police cannot do,” goes the unofficial slogan of the Royal Thai Police – and that apparently includes busting ghosts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989974-cops-deployed-to-protect-isaan-community-from-hungry-ghost/

 

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Petya ransomware: What is it? Is it dangerous? How to protect yourself – all you need to know

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

A major cyber attack is currently hitting companies throughout Europe, the US, the Middle East and Australia wreaking havoc for both businesses and customers.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/petya-ransomware-dangerous-protect-need-know/22601/

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Chinese skimmers arrested in Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The suspects, named by police as Chinese nationals Zhou Chaopeng, 30, and Zhou Qihong, 24, were caught in the act of fitting the card-skimming devices to the ATM. Photo: Thalang Police

 

PHUKET: -- Police arrested two Chinese nationals caught in the act of fitting a card-skimmer to an ATM in Thalang, in central Phuket, yesterday afternoon (June 27).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989977-chinese-skimmers-arrested-in-phuket/

 

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PM urges authorities to work on combating human trafficking drastically

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha today encouraged authorities to perform their duties on suppression of human trafficking drastically although Thailand remained in Tier 2 on the watch list of the US State Department’s 2017 Trafficking in Persons or Tip report released yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989978-pm-prayut-urges-authorities-to-work-on-combating-human-trafficking-drastically/

 

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Visa Violators Threaten Thai Lives, Property: Labor Ministry

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Police question three Russian men arrested March 21 on suspicion of overstaying their visas and extorting Thai businesses in Pattaya

 

BANGKOK — A new set of harsher punishments for foreigners who work illegally is necessary in the name of protecting the “lives and property of Thai people,” a Labor Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989981-visa-violators-threaten-thai-lives-property-labor-ministry/ 

 

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Unfazed by TIP, minister cites progress made on trafficking
By The Nation

 

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks at a 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report ceremony at the U.S. State Department June 27, 2017 in Washington, DC./AFP

 

BANGKOK: -- Social Development and Human Security Minister Pol General Adul Sangsingkeo has said government efforts to curb human trafficking will continue regardless of Thailand’s ranking on the United States’ annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989984-unfazed-by-tip-minister-cites-progress-made-on-trafficking/

 

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Thai woman receives TIP Hero award
By The Nation

 

Boom Mosby, of Thailand, walks from Ivanka Trump with her award during an event about the 2017 Human Trafficking Report at the US State Department June 27, 2017 in Washington, DC./AFP

 

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and “first daughter” Ivanka Trump on Tuesday presented Virawan “Boom” Mosby with a Trafficking in Persons Hero award for her Chiang Mai-based efforts in combating the crime.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989986-thai-woman-receives-tip-hero-award/

 

 

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Elephants rampage through Rayong fried-banana stall
By The Nation

 

 

RAYONG: -- The owner of a roadside stall in Rayong that sells kluay thod (fried bananas) arrived at work on Wednesday morning to find it destroyed and almost her entire stock of bananas pilfered.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989989-elephants-rampage-through-rayong-fried-banana-stall/

 

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Appeals Court drops petition to withdraw lawsuit against Supachai Srisupa-aksorn

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Appeals Court today dropped the petition of the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative’s board seeking to withdraw lawsuit against its former president Supachai Srisupa-aksorn who is now serving 14 years in jail for fraud. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989991-appeals-court-drops-petition-to-withdraw-lawsuit-against-supachai-srisupa-aksorn/

 

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YouTubers in Thailand now need to register with the NBTC

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

 

YouTubers in Thailand have been given a deadline to register with the telecoms regulator or face having their videos blocked to viewers in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/youtubers-thailand-now-need-register-nbtc/22604/

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Indonesia imposes travel ban on Trump's business partner

 

Chief Executive of Indonesia's MNC Group Hary Tanoesoedibjo looks on during his visit to the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta, Indonesia February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta/Files

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities have imposed a travel ban on tycoon and politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who is building resorts to be managed by Trump hotels, over an investigation into allegations he threatened a prosecutor via a text message.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989993-indonesia-imposes-travel-ban-on-trumps-business-partner/

 

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Officials install nets to protect tourists from Portuguese man-of-war
By The Nation

 

KOH SAMUI: -- Officials on Wednesday installed nets at a popular beach on Koh Samui to protect tourists from poisonous Portuguese man-of-war.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989995-officials-install-nets-on-koh-samui-to-protect-tourists-from-portuguese-man-of-war/

 

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No evidence of Petya ransomware in Thailand – yet

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

There have been no reported cases of the Petya ransomware in Thailand, the Minister for Digital Economy and Social Affairs said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/no-evidence-petya-ransomware-thailand-yet/22606/

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Fallen crane causes traffic jams on Bangkok ring road 
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A crane being used to set up foundation pillars at a bridge construction site toppled over and blocked a one-lane section of Kanchanapisek Outer Ring Road in Bangkok's Saphan Sung district, causing traffic jams for about an hour on Wednesday morning. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989997-fallen-crane-causes-traffic-jams-on-bangkok-ring-road /

 

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Britain's opposition Labour Party to force vote in parliament on pay cap

 

A demonstrator demanding the government scrap the cap on nurses pay, stands outside the Department of Health, in central London, Britain June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party will force a vote in parliament on Wednesday over a pay cap for public sector employees, the first test of whether Prime Minister Theresa May can muster enough lawmakers to rule.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989998-britains-opposition-labour-party-to-force-vote-in-parliament-on-pay-cap/

 

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Special forest taskforce urges DSI to probe alleged elephant cases
By Piyanuch Tamnukasetchai
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Phaya Sua, the special forest crime suppression taskforce, has asked the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to investigate two alleged cases involving illegal elephant export and identity switching.

 

Full story:   https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990003-special-forest-taskforce-urges-dsi-to-probe-alleged-elephant-cases/

 

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Thai Muslim Television investigated on charges of advertising for pyramid scheme
By Jessada Chantharak,
Khanathit Srihirandej
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officers searched the Thai Muslim Television (TMTV) station in Bangkok’s Prawet district on Wednesday morning over an allegation that the channel had played on religious beliefs to convince people to invest in an alleged pyramid scheme resulting in damages of at least Bt70 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990006-thai-muslim-television-investigated-on-charges-of-advertising-for-pyramid-scheme/

 

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Somchai slams CDC over double standards

 

Election Commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn railed against the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) for facilitating current National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) members to continue after the agency is reconstituted while the same standard was not used for the Election Commission (EC).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990025-somchai-slams-cdc-over-double-standards/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

30,000 cash-strapped Thai students shine against the odds

 

 

More than 30,000 cash-strapped Thai students have ranked themselves among the top 25 per cent of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 participants.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990026-30000-cash-strapped-thai-students-shine-against-the-odds/

 

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More than 320 people arrested in pirate goods raid

 

More than 320 people have been arrested and Bt28.3 million worth of pirated goods and computer software has been seized after a nine-month operation by the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECSD).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990027-more-than-320-people-arrested-in-pirate-goods-raids/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Bangkok Observatory Tower will actually cost Bt4.6 bn: spokesman

 

It will take Bt4.6billion to develop the 459-metre-high Bangkok Observatory Tower with funding coming from the private sector, assistant government spokesman Colonel Atisit Chaiyanuwat said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990028-bangkok-observatory-tower-will-actually-cost-bt46-bn-spokesman/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

‘You’re my last passenger’: Tearful taxi driver scams Thais out of big tip with tragic life story

 

A kind-hearted Thai couple found out their taxi driver was likely a fraud after handing him a THB3,000 (about USD90) tip, following a tearful car ride filled with tragic life stories.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990029-‘you’re-my-last-passenger’-tearful-taxi-driver-scams-thais-out-of-big-tip-with-tragic-life-story/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

UK prosecutors charge six people over 1989 Hillsborough disaster that killed 96

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's state prosecution service on Wednesday announced criminal charges against six people over the 1989 Hillsborough soccer stadium crush in which 96 fans died, the country's worst sporting disaster.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990031-uk-prosecutors-charge-six-people-over-1989-hillsborough-disaster-that-killed-96/

 

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Korean on overstay was stealing belongings of other guests at Pattaya hostel

 

A woman points to a photocopy of a page in the passport of Seung Gyun Yoo

 

Pattaya police yesterday announced the arrest of a young South Korean who was stealing possessions of other guests.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990040-korean-on-overstay-was-stealing-belongings-of-other-guests-at-pattaya-hostel/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Here’s how Microsoft plans to stop people stealing your laptop

 

 

 

A new patent has been filed by Microsoft that is intended to stop laptop thieves.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-how-microsoft-plans-to-stop-people-stealing-your-laptop/22609/

 

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