THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 13 Jul 2017

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Here’s where Thailand ranked in a study on the world’s laziest countries

 

 

US scientists have conducted a into the world fittest and least fittest countries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992189-here’s-where-thailand-ranked-in-a-study-on-the-world’s-laziest-countries/

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Foreign expert to advise government on law reform

By The Nation

 

 

A joint committee of private entities working jointly with the government has decided to hire a foreign legal expert to help in the government’s ongoing law reform, Suvit Maesincee, secretary to the supreme committee on reform, reconciliation, and national strategy said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992173-foreign-expert-to-advise-government-on-law-reform/

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Aussie Man Falls To Death From Parasail On Phuket Beach

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

A screenshot from video shows the moment an Australian man fell to his death from a parasail on Phuket’s Kata Beach.

 

PHUKET — An Australian man plunged to his death Wednesday afternoon after a parasailing accident on Kata Beach in front of more than a 100 onlookers.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992176-aussie-man-falls-to-death-from-parasail-on-phuket-beach/

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Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctica

By Nina Chestney

 

A rift across the Larsen C Ice Shelf that had grown longer and deeper is seen during an airborne surveys of changes in polar ice over the Antarctic Peninsula from NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft on November 10, 2016. Coutesy NASA/Handout via REUTERS/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from Antarctica, scientists said on Wednesday, creating an extra hazard for ships around the continent as it breaks up.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992181-giant-iceberg-breaks-off-antarctica/

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Mother of boy viciously assaulted by soldier says she fears for her life after threats to silence her

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PATHUM THANI: -- The mother of the five year old boy who had parts of his genitalia amputated after an air force soldier abused him, has said she is in fear of her life.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992209-mother-of-boy-viciously-assaulted-by-soldier-says-she-fears-for-her life-after-threats-to-silence-her/

 

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Pattaya "The World Class Resort where no one can spell!"

 

Picture: TNews

 

PATTAYA: -- Social media was having a go at Pattaya yesterday but not for the usual reasons.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992211-pattaya-the-world-class-resort-where-no-one-can-spell/

 

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Poison from a millipede nearly blinded my son, young mother tells Thai media

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A mother has told Thai media that her son was lucky not to be blinded after a millipede deposited poison in his eye.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992212-poison-from-a-millipede-nearly-blinded-my-son-young-mother-tells-thai-media/

 

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Video: Two hundred baht "Special Yam" - the only special thing is the price!

 

Picture Kapook

 

PHUKET: -- A Thai woman has warned tourists in a video to watch out for the "Special Yam" (spicy Thai style salad) on sale in a roadside stall in Patong, Phuket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992214-video-two-hundred-baht-special-yam-the-only-special-thing-is-the-price/

 

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Foreign legal expert hired to help with law reform

By The Nation

 

 

Task may take three to six months.

 

A JOINT committee of private entities working with the government has decided to hire a foreign legal expert to help in the government’s ongoing law reform, Suvit Maesincee, secretary to the supreme committee on reform, reconciliation, and national strategy said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992173-foreign-expert-to-advise-government-on-law-reform/?do=findComment&comment=12076040

 

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Human rights commissioner accepts he can’t run again

By The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), What Tingsmith, said he accepted that he and other NHRC commissioners would be unable to re-contest their positions if they were dismissed from office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992215-human-rights-commissioner-accepts-he-can’t-run-again/

 

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Families of suspects in police station fracas seek bail assistance

The Nation

 

File photo : Sopon (pink t-shirt)

 

BANGKOK: -- Families of suspects in a highly publicised case involving a fracas at a police station in Bangkhen district on Thursday have sought bail money assistance from the Justice Ministry’s fund.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992216-families-of-suspects-in-police-station-fracas-seek-bail-assistance/

 

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Judge vows legal action if he is transferred as adviser

By The Nation

 

Appeals Court president Sirichai Wattanayothin

 

BANGKOK: -- Appeals Court president Sirichai Wattanayothin on Wednesday threatened to take legal action if he is removed from his current post to fill the position created by the Judicial Commission as adviser to the Supreme Court president.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992217-judge-vows-legal-action-if-he-is-transferred-as-adviser/

 

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Sketch published by media not of suspect in Krabi massacre: police

By The Nation

 

 

KRABI: -- The chief of the southern police on Wednesday denied releasing the sketch of a suspected gunman in the massacre of a Krabi village head’s family, which was widely distributed by local media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992114-suspect-sketch-released-in-krabi-massacre/?do=findComment&comment=12076060

 

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Conflict over money likely cause of killings

By The Nation

 

Forensic officials and police yesterday collect evidence at the scene where Worayuth Sunglung, a village head in Krabi’s Ao Luk district, was murdered in an execution-style shooting alongside his wife and six other family members on Monday night.

 

Survivor in Krabi massacre says she remembers faces of some attackers

 

KRABI: -- CONFLICT over a collapsing stone-mill project has emerged as the strongest possible motive behind the merciless massacre of a village head’s family in Krabi province.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992218-krabi-massacre-conflict-over-money-likely-cause-of-killings/

 

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Committee chief confident of delivering police reform on time

By The Nation

 

General Boonsrang Niumpradit

 

BANGKOK: -- The head of a government-appointed committee charged with reforming the police force on Wednesday voiced confidence that it would complete its mission within the given time of nine months, although he anticipated some resistance from affected elements.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992219-committee-chief-confident-of-delivering-police-reform-on-time/

 

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EDITORIAL

A bully with a government job

By The Nation

 

Let’s see what fate awaits the public prosecutor upset when two cops refused to take him to dinner

 

BANGKOK: -- An arrogant senior public prosecutor in Bangkok is accused of forcing two junior police officers in Chon Buri to apologise to him in person for failing to take him to a food shop as he requested while visiting the eastern province last weekend.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992220-a-bully-with-a-government-job/

 

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Govt plans to turn Thailand into medical hub for foreign tourists

 

BANGKOK, 13 July 2017 (NNT) – The government plans to turn Thailand into a medical hub for foreign tourists through the extension of long-stay visa for visitors. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992221-govt-plans-to-turn-thailand-into-medical-hub-for-foreign-tourists/

 

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Meeting held on efforts to eradicate corruption among Buddhist monks

 

BANGKOK, 13 July 2017 (NNT) – The government has met with the Sangha Supreme Council of Thailand on possible ways to rid the National Office of Buddhism of corruption problems. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992222-meeting-held-on-efforts-to-eradicate-corruption-among-buddhist-monks/

 

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Australian tourist Roger Hussey falls to death while parasailing in Phuket, Thailand

AAPNews Corp Australia Network

 

A PROMINENT Perth businessman holidaying in Thailand has fallen to his death while parasailing in waters off the resort island of Phuket, with his wife reportedly filming the fatal fall.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992176-aussie-man-falls-to-death-from-parasail-on-phuket-beach/?do=findComment&comment=12076128

 

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West Australian businessman killed in Thailand parasailing accident on island of Phuket

 

A prominent West Australian businessman has died in a parasailing accident at a beach on the island of Phuket in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992176-aussie-man-falls-to-death-from-parasail-on-phuket-beach/?do=findComment&comment=12076135

 

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Leicester’s owner, King Power, accused of £327m corruption in Thailand

David Conn, and Oliver Holmes and Phakarat Ryn Jirenuwat in Bangkok

 

• Thai government allegedly short-changed over duty free takings at airport 
• Leicester vice-chairman reported to have denied any wrongdoing by company

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992224-leicester’s-owner-king-power-accused-of-£327m-corruption-in-thailand/

 

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Ex-Brazil President Lula sentenced to nearly 10 years for corruption

By Brad Brooks

 

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during the inauguration of the new National Directory of the Workers' Party, in Brasilia, Brazil July 5, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a top contender to win next year's presidential election, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday and sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992225-ex-brazil-president-lula-sentenced-to-nearly-10-years-for-corruption/

 

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U.S. judge unlikely to remove block on Trump sanctuary city order

By Dan Levine

 

A protester against the Texas state law to punish "sanctuary cities" stands outside the U.S. Federal court in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Herskovitz

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday said he was "very much inclined" to maintain a court order that blocks President Donald Trump's administration from carrying out a policy designed to threaten federal funds to so-called sanctuary cities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992226-us-judge-unlikely-to-remove-block-on-trump-sanctuary-city-order/

 

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UK to publish key Brexit laws, start of a defining test for PM

By William James

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street, London, Britain July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will publish on Thursday the legislation that will sever its political and legal ties to the European Union, beginning what is likely to be a divisive debate that will test Prime Minister Theresa May's ability to lead the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992227-uk-to-publish-key-brexit-laws-start-of-a-defining-test-for-pm/

 

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EU nudges Balkans towards economic integration

By Matt Robinson

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Austria's Chancellor Christian Kern during a summit of six Western Balkan countries in Triest, Italy July 12 2017. Guido Bergmann/Courtesy of Bundesregierung/Handout via REUTERS

 

TRIESTE, Italy (Reuters) - Bosnia boycotted a transport pact and Kosovo frustrated a European Union attempt to forge a customs union in the Balkans on Wednesday, at a summit that once again brought promises of accession but no firm timetable.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992228-eu-nudges-balkans-towards-economic-integration/

 

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Exclusive - Trump says he does not fault son for meeting Russian lawyer

By Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. (R) watches his father Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump leave the stage on the night of the Iowa Caucus in Des Moines, Iowa U.S. February 1, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not fault his son Donald Trump Jr. for meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign and he was unaware of the meeting until a few days ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992174-us-president-defends-son-after-emails-over-russian-campaign-help/?do=findComment&comment=12076183

 

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Rare magnitude 5.8 quake strikes off North Korea - USGS

 

(Reuters) - A rare magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off North Korea in the Sea of Japan on Thursday, but was unlikely to cause any damage, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992229-rare-magnitude-58-quake-strikes-off-north-korea-usgs/

 

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Trump's FBI pick vows independence, says Russia probe no 'witch hunt'

By Julia Edwards Ainsley

 

Christopher Wray is sworn in prior to testifying before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be the next FBI director on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's pick to head the FBI, Christopher Wray, on Wednesday said he would refuse to pledge loyalty to Trump, rejected his description of the probe into Russian election meddling as a "witch hunt," and vowed to quit if asked by the president to do something unlawful.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992230-trumps fbi pick-vows-independence-says-russia-probe-no-witch-hunt/

 

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Hunt on for dad as kids come home from school to find mum murdered under the stairs

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- Police are hunting a Pakistani national after two children came home to find their mother in a bloodbath under the stairs at their Bangkok townhouse.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992240-hunt-on-for-dad-as-kids-come-home-from-school-to-find-mum-murdered under-the-stairs/

 

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Russians now need to sign in with their PASSPORT to watch PornHub

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

People in Russia wanting to access the adult entertainment site Pornhub now need to login using their passport.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/russians-now-need-sign-passport-watch-pornhub/22898/