THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 30 Jun 2017

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Belgian tourist's death on Koh Tao - police deny several online rumors

 

Image: Thairath

 

Koh Tao police have refuted several online rumors circulating around the death of the Belgian tourist found hanged on the controversial island in April.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990206-belgian-tourists-death-on-koh-tao-police-deny-several-online-rumors/

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Bangkok traffic police: Nearly 8,000 motorcyclists caught on footpath or going the wrong way in the last two months

 

The Bangkok traffic police have announced the results of their "get tough policy" to reduce accidents in the capital caused by motorcyclists riding illegally.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990207-bangkok-traffic-police-nearly-8000-motorcyclists-caught-on-footpath-or-going-the-wrong-way-in-the-last-two-months/

 

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The silent danger of the rainy season: Ticks

 

Image: Thairath

 

Doctors have warned of the dangers of ticks in the rainy season in Thailand especially for very young children in houses where there are pet dogs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990208-the-silent-danger-of-the-rainy-season-ticks/

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Army holds special lecture on nationalism

 

 

BANGKOK, 30 June 2017 (NNT) - The Royal Thai Army has held a special lecture on nationalism to instill patriotic feelings among different groups of citizens. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990222-army-holds-special-lecture-on-nationalism/

 

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Black Hawk purchase gets US nod
By SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE
THE NATION

 

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Embassy says deal part of strong defence ties; army chief declines to reveal the price.

 

THE United States has approved the sale of four Black Hawk helicopters to Thailand, requested by the military government to fulfil its existing squadron, Army chief General Chalermchai Sitthisart said yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990173-thai-army-to-buy-four-black-hawk-helicopters-from-the-us/?do=findComment&comment=12036238

 

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Black Hawk sale to Thailand integral to security ties: US Embassy
By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- The sale of Black Hawk helicopters to Thailand is an integral part of the security relations between the two countries, the US Embassy said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990223-black-hawk-sale-to-thailand-integral-to-security-ties-us-embassy/

 

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Ex-PMs 'welcome' Prayut in politics
By THE NATION

 

 

Yingluck, Abhisit open to military party running in elections

 

BANGKOK: -- FORMER ELECTED prime ministers Yingluck Shinawatra and Abhisit Vejjajiva welcomed junta leader General Prayut Chan-o-cha contesting the next election after a poll suggested strong public support for the general as premier and speculation increased that a military party would be formed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990224-ex-pms-welcome-prayut-in-politics/

 

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Public rejects NCPO plan for Loei mine
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Academics and local people living near a gold mine in Loei say the current law and National Council for Peace and Order’s (NCPO) order will not facilitate the community’s recovery plan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990171-surveys-find-dangerously-high-levels-of-arsenic-contamination-at-loei-mine/?do=findComment&comment=12036256

 

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Employers seek to register foreign workers
By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- THE JOINT Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) will soon ask the government to hold the third round to register nearly 3 million illegal foreign workers in the country, said Thai Frozen Foods Association president Poj Aramwattananont.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990225-employers-seek-to-register-foreign-workers/

 

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Renowned Chula veterinarian denounces her crew for illegal fishing of stingrays
By The Nation

 

 

SAMUT SONGKRAN: -- Four suspects have been arrested in Samut Songkhram after they allegedly took foreign tourists on an illegal fishing trip for endangered giant freshwater stingrays, after a video of the expedition in Mae Klong River went viral on Facebook Live.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990226-renowned-chula-veterinarian-denounces-her-crew-for-illegal-fishing-of-stingrays/

 

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No attempt to delay election, NLA vice chairman clarifies
By The Nation

 

Surachai

 

BANGKOK: -- National Legislative Assembly (NLA) vice president Surachai Liengboonlertchai on Thursday rejected speculation that the conflict between legislators and charter drafters over the organic law stemmed from attempts to delay the election, insisting that the planned road map to democracy remained unchanged.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990227-no-attempt-to-delay-election-nla-vice-chairman-clarifies/

 

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Govt will have to seize Yingluck's assets within 10 years: Wissanu

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Thursday said the statute of limitation for the seizure of ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra’s assets is 10 years and it has already begun.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990229-govt-will-have-to-seize-yinglucks-assets-within-10-years-wissanu/

 

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Koh Tao again in the spotlight after mother of dead Belgian woman questions cause of death
By The Nation 

 

 

Elise Dallemange//her FB

 

KOH TAO: -- Police on the resort island of Koh Tao off Surat Thani province are on the hot seat again after the mother of a Belgian woman who was found dead on the island expressed doubts about the circumstances that led to her death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990206-belgian-tourists-death-on-koh-tao-police-deny-several-online-rumors/?do=findComment&comment=12036281

 

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Court rejects Yingluck’s request for court to examine rice warehouses

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The rice-pledging case involving the embattled former premier Yingluck Shinawatra is almost at an end as the court on Thursday rejected her request for it to examine 16 rice warehouses in Ang Thong which stored rice during her administration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990230-court-rejects-yingluck’s-request-for-court-to-examine-rice-warehouses/

 

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CPF has not yet complied with police investigation of fatal accident
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has not yet submitted documents required by police for the ongoing investigation into five deaths at one of its poultry plants in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990231-cpf-has-not-yet-complied-with-police-investigation-of-fatal-accident/

 

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Chinese tourist family injured as Phuket elephants bolt during jungle trek

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The Chinese family of four, from Shanghai, were thrown clear from their elephants after the pachyderms were spooked by a dog barking and bolted into the jungle. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A family of four Chinese tourists were injured during a Phuket elephant jungle trek this morning (June 29) after a dog barked, spooking the elephants they were travelling and causing them to bolt.

 

Full story:   https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990232-chinese-tourist-family-injured-as-phuket-elephants-bolt-during-jungle-trek/

 

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One dead, 26 injured in bus crash at notorious Phuket hill

Chutharat Plerin

 

The crash happened at 8pm tonight. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A bus crash on Phuket’s notorious Patong Hill has left one motorcyclist dead and 26 people injured police have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990233-one-dead-26-injured-in-bus-crash-at-notorious-phuket-hill/

 

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Phuket Town gas cylinder flameout scorches car, motorbike

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The gas cylinder continued to fuel the instense fire across the footpath in Phuket Town. Image: Screengrab / Phuket Live Radio

 

PHUKET: -- Police have unravelled what set a leaking cooking gas cylinder on fire in Phuket Town yesterday (June 28), sending flames shooting across a footpath and scorching a car and a motorbike.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990234-phuket-town-gas-cylinder-flameout-scorches-car-motorbike/

 

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Gov announces plans to relaunch moribund Phuket Gateway

Phuket Gazette 

 

 Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong has announced plans to renovate and re-brand Phuket Gateway as a tourist landmark. Photo: Phuket PR

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket governor has announced plans to renovate and re-brand the ‘Phuket Gateway’ as a tourist landmark by converting it into a shopping outlet selling Phuket-based products. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990236-gov-announces-plans-to-relaunch-moribund-phuket-gateway/

 

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Many poultry found dead, believed from cholera, in Maha Sarakham

 

MAHA SARAKHAM: -- The Maha Sarakham provincial veterinary office has imposed a ban on the movements of poultry into and out of the province after many chicken, ducks, turkeys and geese were found to have fallen dead believed from cholera.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990237-many-poultry-found-dead-believed-from-cholera-in-maha-sarakham/

 

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Internet industry group objects to NBTC moves to regulate OTT
By   SIRIVISH TOOMGUM
THE NATION
 

BANGKOK: -- THE ASIA Internet Coalition has warned the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission that its move to regulate over-the-top (OTT) business could be detrimental to Thailand, stoke business uncertainty, slow economic growth and dampen investment in the country’s growing digital industry.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990238-internet-industry-group-objects-to-nbtc-moves-to-regulate-ott/

 

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Thailand's 'Super-Baht' May Be Too Strong For Its Own Good

By Sunil Jagtiani

 

-- Strong currency can sting as exports make up 70% of economy

-- Since crisis, Thailand improved regulations, trade position

 

BANGKOK: -- Two decades ago, Thailand became ground zero of the Asia financial crisis, when its government scrapped a dollar peg with the baht

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990239-thailands-super-baht-may-be-too-strong-for-its-own-good/

 

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Govt not ban entertaining activities on 26 Oct

 

  

BANGKOK, 30 June 2017 (NNT) - The government does not discourage entertaining activities during the period when the royal cremation ceremonies take place, except on the Royal Cremation Day on 26 October. 

 

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=12036342 

 

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Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture of Mosul mosque

By Khaled al-Ramahi and Maher Chmaytelli

 

Members of Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service sift through the ruins of the Grand al-Nuri Mosque at the Old City in Mosul, Iraq June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

 

MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of Islamic State's de facto capital Mosul, and the prime minister declared the group's self-styled caliphate at an end.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990240-iraq-declares-end-of-caliphate-after-capture-of-mosul-mosque/

 

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Man tries to drive car into crowd in front of French mosque

 

Police secure a mosque in Creteil near Paris, France June 29, 2017 after a man was arrested after trying to drive a car into a crowd in front of the mosque. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A man was arrested after trying to drive a car into a crowd in front of a mosque in the Paris suburb of Creteil on Thursday, police said, adding that no one was injured.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990241-man-tries-to-drive-car-into-crowd-in-front-of-french-mosque/

 

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Chemical weapons watchdog says sarin used in April attack in Syria

By Anthony Deutsch

 

Men ride a motorbike past a hazard sign at a site hit by an airstrike on Tuesday in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 5, 2017. The hazard sign reads, "Danger, unexploded ammunition". REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The world's chemical weapons watchdog said the banned nerve agent sarin was used in an attack in northern Syria in April that killed dozens of people, a report from a fact-finding team seen by Reuters on Thursday showed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990242-chemical-weapons-watchdog-says-sarin-used-in-april-attack-in-syria/

 

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Airlines risk fines, losing access to U.S. for failure to follow new security rules

 

FILE PHOTO -- Passengers use their laptops on a flight out of John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York, U.S., May 26, 2017. Picture taken May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airlines that do not comply with a U.S. directive for enhanced security measures on inbound international flights risk fines, losing access to U.S. airspace and having their certificates to operate flights to the country revoked, a high-ranking Department of Homeland Security official said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990243-airlines-risk-fines-losing-access-to-us-for-failure-to-follow-new-security-rules/

 

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Merkel issues warning to Trump ahead of G20 summit

By Noah Barkin and Roberta Rampton

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the lower house of parliament Bundestag to deliver State of the Nation Address ahead of EU summit and G20 in Berlin, Germany June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to fight for free trade and press on with multilateral efforts to combat climate change at the G20 summit next week, challenging the "America First" policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990244-merkel-issues-warning-to-trump-ahead-of-g20-summit/

 

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Old Brit gases himself to death but cops want to speak to Thai girlfriend after he scrapped his will

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A British man who had asked the juristic person at his building to handle a will was found gassed to death on the eighth floor of a building in Rachadaphisek Road yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990251-old-brit-gases-himself-to-death-but-cops-want-to-speak-to-thai girlfriend-after-he-scrapped-his-will/

 

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Mum and daughter, 12, crushed to death on way to school in Lopburi

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

LOPBURI: -- A mother and daughter riding a motorcycle were hit from behind by a bus carrying electronics workers in Lopburi yesterday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990252-mum-and-daughter-12-crushed-to-death-on-way-to-school-in-lopburi/