THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 19 Jul 2017

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German man admits to Phuket girlfriend's murder

 

Image: Thairath

 

PHUKET:-- Thai Rath reported at 4.20pm on Tuesday that Nico Papke had finally admitted to the murder of his girlfriend in Phuket.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993094-german-man-admits-to-phuket-girlfriends-murder/

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Midweek rant: Death penalty Thailand – make your bloody mind up

 

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It is a given that the criminal justice system is in a mess in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993110-midweek-rant-death-penalty-thailand-–-make-your-bloody-mind-up/

 

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"My Mate Nate" doesn't have a work permit - but lucky break means he won't be prosecuted for working

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- Youtuber Nate Bartling doesn't have a work permit and records show he has never even applied for one.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993112-my-mate-nate-doesnt-have-a-work-permit-but-lucky-break-means-he wont-be-prosecuted-for-working/

 

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Hundreds flock for free treatment at "Heart of Gold" doctor's clinic in Buriram

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BURIRAM: -- Hundreds of poor people flocked to a special free clinic set up yesterday in downtown Buriram to commemorate the work of the departed king's mother.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993113-hundreds-flock-for-free-treatment-at-heart-of-gold-doctors-clinic-in-buriram/

 

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Top judge urges PM to probe

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

Sirichai Wattanayothin receives some flowers and moral support from his colleagues at the Appeals Court after announcing his resignation and making a final statement regarding his failure to be appointed Supreme Court president.

 

Sirichai resigns, wants Prayut to look into nomination of supreme court chief.

BANGKOK: -- APPEALS COURT president Sirichai Wattanayothin, who announced his resignation after being demoted to an inactive position, has urged Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to look into the nomination for the top job in the judicial branch. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993114-top-judge-urges-pm-prayut-to-probe/ 

 

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Reconciliation a responsibility of all Thais: PM

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
JAKRAWAN SALAYTOO 
THE NATION

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Unlawful protests key point of junta’s social contract plan, says Prayut.

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday said all Thai citizens have to take responsibility if the reconciliation plan fails. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993115-reconciliation-a-responsibility-of-all-thais-pm/

 

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PM cites ‘progress’ on illegal fishing despite EC warning

By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday expressed his satisfaction over progress in solving illegal fishing, but the European Commission (EC) has suggested that Thai authorities could do more and hinted that the country will maintain its “yellow card” status for another year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993116-pm-prayut-cites-progress-on-illegal-fishing-despite-ec-warning/

 

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Prayut lays to rest speculation about imminent Cabinet reshuffle

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday denied speculation that his Cabinet will go through the fifth reshuffle since the junta government took power in 2014.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993117-prayut-lays-to-rest-speculation-about-imminent-cabinet-reshuffle/

 

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Cabinet approves new permanent secretaries to drive reform agenda

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Cabinet on Tuesday approved proposals to reshuffle at least three permanent secretaries – of the ministries of Interior, Commerce and Industry – as the first of those expected to serve the government-initiated national strategy and reform goals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993118-cabinet-approves-new-permanent-secretaries-to-drive-reform-agenda/

 

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Pheu Thai questions impartiality of draft bill on court procedures against politicians in criminal cases

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Pheu Thai Party on Tuesday issued a statement calling for the review and revision of the new draft bill on court procedures against politicians in criminal cases, arguing that the draft law is not impartial.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993119-pheu-thai-questions-impartiality-of-draft-bill-on-court-procedures-against-politicians-in-criminal-cases/

 

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Krabi family killings inquiry does not point to political link

By THE NATION

 

 

 

KRABI: -- AN ONGOING investigation into the massacre of a village head and his family members in Krabi has found no link to a local politician.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993120-krabi-family-killings-inquiry-does-not-point-to-political-link/

 

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Public input on environment bill 'inadequate'

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- ENVIRONMENTAL activists have complained that not enough public input has been allowed at public hearings on the Enhancement and Conservation of National Environmental Quality Bill.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993121-public-input-on-environment-bill-inadequate/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Suspect had no motive for Warisara murder, says lawyer

By Siva Loho 
The Nation

 

Apiwan Satabundit

 

KHON KAEN: -- A suspect in the much-publicised murder and dismemberment of a karaoke-bar worker is preparing to fight the serious charges against her.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993076-khon-kaen-dismemberment-case-suspect-retains-lawyer/?do=findComment&comment=12096851

 

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OPINION

What’s confusing about the latest opinion polls

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- For people who have witnessed enough “exit poll” catastrophes both here and abroad, the latest Dusit Poll on Thai politics, in which just over 1,200 people were surveyed, will be taken with a grain of salt.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993122-what’s-confusing-about-the-latest-opinion-polls/

 

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EDITORIAL

In far South, military impunity has a familiar sound 

By The Nation

 

Soldiers detain a suspected insurgent and escort him to secluded ‘crime scene’. Shots ring out

PATTANI: -- This past Thursday Thai security forces swooped on Pattani’s Pakaharang neighbourhood at 2am and detained two residents, Paoyee Tasamoh, 45, and Abdullah Cheama, 70, before taking them for questioning at the Ingkayut military camp in the province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993123-in-far-south-military-impunity-has-a-familiar-sound /

 

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Wanted monk Wiraphon being extradited today

By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- NOTORIOUS former monk Wiraphon Sukphon, or Nen Kham, is scheduled to return to Thailand tonight after he decided not to appeal against an extradition ruling by a US Court in California.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993124-wanted-monk-wiraphon-being-extradited-today/

 

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Bangkok cop rescues kitten from getting run over by van (VIDEO)

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A video of a Bangkok officer rescuing a cat stuck under a van made headlines in local media today as netizens praised the cop for his small-but-powerful heroic act.

 

Full story; https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993125-bangkok-cop-rescues-kitten-from-getting-run-over-by-van-video/

 

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Police seek help from tattoo experts to identify a murdered victim

By Thai PBS

 

 

PRACHIN BURI: -- Prachin Buri provincial police have sought the help from tattoo experts in their effort to identify the body of a naked man found buried in a eucalyptus plantation in Kabin Buri district on Sunday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993126-police-seek-help-from-tattoo-experts-to-identify-a-murdered-victim/

 

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Aussie lifeguards ramp up Phuket lifesaving skills, awareness

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The campaign aims to raise water safety awareness and to train Phuket lifeguards to Australian standards. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Lifeguard Service and professional lifesavers from Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) today launched a joint-project to train Phuket lifeguards and provide training to members of the public as well as those who work in the tourism industry along Phuket’s main tourist beaches.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993127-aussie-lifeguards-ramp-up-phuket-lifesaving-skills-awareness/

 

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Bodies of Chinese tourists missing at sea found floating off Phuket beach

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Rescue workers attend to the bodies of the deceased. Photo: Kusoldharm Foundation

 

PHUKET: -- Police have confirmed that the bodies of the two Chinese men who went missing when swimming at Freedom Beach on Sunday have today been found about 500 metres south of Patong Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993128-bodies-of-chinese-tourists-missing-at-sea-found-floating-off-phuket-beach/

 

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Phuket to launch water-safety campaign targeting tourists

The Phuket News

 

A multimedia, multi-language campaign will warn tourists of the dangers of the sea in and around Phuket. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot / file

 

PHUKET: -- Phuket disaster officials have been tasked with launching a campaign of multimedia public notices to warn people of the dangers in the sea at Phuket beaches and major tourist locales, including other islands in the area.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993129-phuket-to-launch-water-safety-campaign-targeting-tourists/

 

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Man found dead at home in Pattaya

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PATTAYA: -- At around 10:00am on July 18th, Pattaya polcie and emergency services received reports of a dead body found at home in a small village in Pattaya.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993130-man-found-dead-at-home-in-pattaya/

 

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Overturned lorry leaves one dead in Pattaya

By Online Admin -

 

  

PATTAYA: -- At around 1:00pm on July 17th, Pattaya police and emergency services were called to the scene of an overturned lorry which resulted in 1 fatality.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993131-overturned-lorry-leaves-one-dead-in-pattaya/

 

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Trump, Putin held a second, undisclosed meeting at G20 summit

 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to U.S. President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a second, previously undisclosed conversation during a dinner for G20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official confirmed on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993132-trump-putin-held-a-second-undisclosed-meeting-at-g20-summit/

 

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Brexit's effect on UK 'will be profound and unpredictable', lawmakers say

 

FILE PHOTO: An EU flag flies above Parliament Square during a Unite for Europe march, in London, Britain March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit poses a fundamental challenge to the future of the United Kingdom by removing the European Union law that has helped to bind it together, a committee of lawmakers from the British parliament's upper house said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993133-brexits-effect-on-uk-will-be-profound-and-unpredictable-lawmakers-say/

 

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Republican push to end Obamacare collapses in U.S. Senate

By Susan Cornwell

 

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday, "we'll let Obamacare fail and then the Democrats are going to come to us," after the Republican healthcare overhaul plan collapsed, late on Monday.

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican efforts to overhaul or repeal Obamacare collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a sharp setback to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party's seven-year quest to kill former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993135-republican-push-to-end-obamacare-collapses-in-us-senate/

 

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Senate intelligence panel wants to interview all in Trump Jr.-Russia meeting

By Patricia Zengerle and Doina Chiacu

 

FILE PHOTO: Then U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) welcomes his son Donald Trump Jr. to the stage at one of the New England Council's "Politics and Eggs' breakfasts in Manchester, New Hampshire November 11, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel wants to interview President Donald Trump's eldest son, his former campaign chairman and all others who were at a June 2016 meeting with Russian nationals, part of investigations into allegations that Moscow meddled in the U.S. election campaign, senators said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993136-senate-intelligence-panel-wants-to-interview-all-in-trump-jr-russia-meeting/

 

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U.S. puts new sanctions on Iran over ballistic missile programme

By Mohammad Zargham and Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped new economic sanctions against Iran on Tuesday over its ballistic missile programme and said Tehran's "malign activities" in the Middle East undercut any "positive contributions" coming from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993137-us-puts-new-sanctions-on-iran-over-ballistic-missile-programme/

 

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Palestinian worshippers hurt in clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem

 

Israeli border police clash with Palestinian men during scuffles that erupted after Palestinians held evening prayers outside the Lion's Gate of Jerusalem's Old City July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Several Palestinians were injured, at least one seriously, when they clashed with police near Jerusalem's Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound after Muslim evening prayers on Tuesday, according to Palestinian medical officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993138-palestinian-worshippers-hurt-in-clash-with-israeli-police-in-jerusalem/

 

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Man rescued after being trapped for three day in Samui jungle is British TV star

 

Nicholls made his EastEnders debut in 1996 as character Joe Wicks

 

KOH SAMUI: -- A man who was trapped in the jungle on Koh Samui for three days has been identified as British TV personality Paul Nicholls.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993144-man-rescued-after-being-trapped-for-three-day-in-samui-jungle-is-british-tv-star/