THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 19 Jul 2017

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Top brass move in on "zero dollar" tour raid in Jomtien

 

Picture: TNews

 

PATTAYA: -- Top police officials and a host of other authorities moved to shut down two companies running so called "zero-dollar" tours centered on Jomtien.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993147-top-brass-move-in-on-zero-dollar-tour-raid-in-jomtien/

 

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Hunt on after rapist attacks nursing assistant in Nong Khai hospital

 

Picture: Daily News

 

NONG KHAI: -- A murderer and rapist has come out of Thai prison to attack again - this time at a Thai public hospital in Nong Khai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993151-hunt-on-after-rapist-attacks-nursing-assistant-in-nong-khai-hospital/

 

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Amulet saved me and my family, says Roi-Et man who fell asleep at the wheel

 

Picture: TNews

 

A smiling Roi-Et man credited his amulet with saving him and his family after he fell asleep at the wheel of his pick-up and demolished three trees.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993153-amulet-saved-me-and-my-family-says-roi-et-man-who-fell-asleep-at-the-wheel/

 

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Thai wife jumps from 9th floor after telling German husband to wait downstairs

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

PATTAYA: -- A stressed Thai woman leaped to her death at a Jomtien condo yesterday evening after telling her German husband to wait downstairs while she went to see a friend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993154-thai-wife-jumps-from-9th-floor-after-telling-german-husband-to-wait-downstairs/

 

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Forty victims of 24 million baht online scam complain to tech police

 

Picture Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- Some forty victims of an online scam to present products for sale went to tech police to make a complaint yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993156-forty-victims-of-24-million-baht-online-scam-complain-to-tech-police/

 

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Criminal Court ruling today in major human-trafficking case

By The Nation

 

Manas Kongpan (White hair)

 

BANGKOK: -- The Criminal Court on Wednesday will rule on a major human-trafficking case involving as many as 103 defendants, including a senior military officer, Manas Kongpan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993157-criminal-court-ruling-today-in-major-human-trafficking-case/

 

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Nurse killed in car crash in Nonthaburi

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A nurse was killed when her car crashed into the rear of a truck on an expressway in Nonthaburi and caught fire early Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993158-nurse-killed-in-car-crash-in-nonthaburi/

 

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Phuket Pride Week 2018 cancelled while organisers plan more 'inclusive' event

The Phuket News

 

People taking part in the Phuket Pride Week Parade in 2015. Photo: The Phuket News/file

 

Phuket Loves You Club (PLU), organisers of the annual Phuket Pride Week for the last six years, have announced that that next year’s event will be cancelled while it revamps Pride Week to make it more inclusive.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993159-phuket-pride-week-2018-cancelled-while-organisers-plan-more-inclusive-event/

 

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Home of Pattaya hotel maid raided and Ya Ba found

 

Picture: TNews

 

PATTAYA: -- A Pattaya hotel maid's home in Bang Lamung was raided by local officials and soldiers yesterday using article 44 powers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993160-home-of-pattaya-hotel-maid-raided-and-ya-ba-found/

 

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Thai wheelchair racer wins silver medal in World Para Athletics Championships

 

 

LONDON, 19 July 2017 (NNT) – Thai wheelchair racer Pongsakorn Paeyo won a silver medal from a T53 wheelchair race in World Para Athletics Championships 2017. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993161-thai-wheelchair-racer-wins-silver-medal-in-world-para-athletics-championships/

 

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Handy WhatsApp update is great news if you watch YouTube videos

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will allow YouTube videos to be played directly from the messaging app.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/handy-whatsapp-update-great-news-watch-youtube-videos/23020/

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PM says all Thais must be held accountable if reconciliation fails

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- All Thais of different political shades and groups must be held collectively accountable if the government’s attempt to work out a national reconciliation blueprint fails, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on Tuesday (July 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993165-pm-says-all-thais-must-be-held-accountable-if-reconciliation-fails/

 

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SET up 2.30 points at opening / Bangkok Post

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Thai judge hands down verdicts in major trafficking trial

By Panu Wongcha-um and Aukkarapon Niyomyat

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A judge began handing down verdicts in Thailand's biggest human trafficking trial on Wednesday before dozens of defendants, including a Thai army general, accused of smuggling and trafficking migrants on the Thai-Malaysia border.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993157-criminal-court-ruling-today-in-major-human-trafficking-case/?do=findComment&comment=12097596

 

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Actress reunited with mother after decades thanks to Facebook post

By The Nation

 

SUKHOTHAI: -- A little-known 50-year-old supporting actress was recently reunited with her mother after decades when the elderly woman's plight went viral on Facebook after she was arrested for begging.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993171-actress-reunited-with-mother-after-decades-thanks-to-facebook-post/

 

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Online campaign to oust American YouTuber “My Mate Nate” is gaining momentum 

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Online campaign to suspend the visa of American YouTuber Nathan Bartling, better known as  “My Mate Nate” and oust him from Thailand now gained over 65,000 supporters within five days.

 

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Jenphop Jailed For Crash That Killed 2 Grad Students

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Jenphop Viraporn walks out of the Ayutthaya Provincial Court during a recess in May.

 

AYUTTHAYA — The court on Wednesday convicted businessman Jenphop Viraporn for a car crash that killed two grad students a year ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993179-jenphop-jailed-for-crash-that-killed-2-grad-students/

 

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North Korea conducts public executions for theft, watching South Korea media - report

By Christine Kim

 

A graphic showing suspected killing sites in North Korea is seen in a report compiled by Transitional Justice Working Group, during an interview with a researcher from the group in Seoul, South Korea, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea carries out public executions on river banks and at school grounds and marketplaces for charges such as stealing copper from factory machines, distributing media from South Korea and prostitution, a report issued on Wednesday said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993181-north-korea-conducts-public-executions-for-theft-watching-south-korea-media-report/

 

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MH370 search data unveils fishing hotspots, ancient geological movements

By Tom Westbrook and Jonathan Barrett

 

An undated supplied image from Geoscience Australia shows a computer generated three-dimensional view of the sea floor obtained from mapping data collected during the first phase of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)/Handout via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Detailed sea-floor maps made during the unsuccessful search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, released by Australia on Wednesday, could help increase the knowledge of rich fisheries and the prehistoric movement of the earth's southern continents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993182-mh370-search-data-unveils-fishing-hotspots-ancient-geological-movements/

 

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Man jailed and has license revoked following crash that killed two

 

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- A Court on Wednesday sentenced a man to two years and six months in jail for driving his Mercedes into another car, killing two post-graduate students in Ayutthaya province in March last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993179-jenphop-jailed-for-crash-that-killed-2-grad-students/?do=findComment&comment=12097854

 

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Boy killed by elephants in a fruit orchard in Narathiwat

By Thai PBS

 

 

NARATHIWAT: -- An eight-year old boy was crushed to death by wild elephants apparently provoked by explosions of gunfires from villagers in their attempt to scare away the jumbos.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993184-boy-killed-by-elephants-in-a-fruit-orchard-in-narathiwat/

 

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U.S. readies Venezuela sanctions, Maduro defies threat

By Matt Spetalnick and Andrew Cawthorne

 

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a copy of the National Constitution while he speaks during a meeting with members of the Defense Council of the Nation in Caracas, Venezuela July 18, 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against several senior Venezuelan government figures, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to abort plans for a controversial congress foes say would cement dictatorship.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993185-us-readies-venezuela-sanctions-maduro-defies-threat/

 

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Tourism Perm Sec visits Khao San Road to promote street food tourism

 

 

BANGKOK, 19 July 2017 (NNT) – The Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports has taken a tour of the Street Food project on Khao San road in a bid to build confidence among tourists. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993187-tourism-perm-sec-visits-khao-san-road-to-promote-street-food-tourism/

 

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Ex-teacher who took summer trips to Thailand to have sex with kids gets 27 years in prison

Clarence Evers Jr. also produced child porn

By Clint Davis

 

While teaching at Alabama's Hillcrest High School, Clarence Evers Jr. had a summer tradition: Traveling to Thailand where he would pay underage boys to have sex with him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993191-ex-teacher-who-took-summer-trips-to-thailand-to-have-sex-with-kids-gets-27-years-in-prison/

 

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Jenphop Granted Bail After Sentence For Crash That Killed 2 Grad Students

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Jenphop Viraporn upon his release on bail, Wednesday in Ayutthaya.

 

AYUTTHAYA — The court on Wednesday granted businessman Jenphop Viraporn bail for a car crash that killed two grad students a year ago after earlier sentencing him to two and a half years in prison.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993179-jenphop-jailed-for-crash-that-killed-2-grad-students/?do=findComment&comment=12097988

 

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Soon you may have to pay to read news on Facebook

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Users may be soon be forced to pay a subscription in order to read news posted on Facebook.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/soon-may-pay-read-news-facebook/23022/

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Revenue Department to take serious action against fake tax invoices

 

 

BANGKOK, 19 July 2017 (NNT) – The Revenue Department is working to prosecute companies filing fraudulent tax invoices, reminding that the crime comes with a maximum jail sentence of 20 years and resolving to launch stringent action starting September. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993195-thai-revenue-department-to-take-serious-action-against-fake-tax-invoices/

 

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Kidney problems suspected in death of Danish tourist in Patong hotel room

The Phuket News

 

Police found blood-cleaning equipment.among the man's belongings in his suitcase. Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET: -- Police have been told a 45-year-old Danish tourist found dead in his Patong hotel room late last night likely died from complications with long-term kidney problems.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993196-kidney-problems-suspected-in-death-of-danish-tourist-in-patong-hotel-room/

 

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If you still have a MySpace account your should delete it IMMEDIATELY

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

People who still have a MySpace account are being urged to delete them immediately.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/still-myspace-account-delete-immediately/23024/

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Phuket under pressure as tourism growth exposes flaws in hotel sector

Phuket Gazette

 

Data from Phuket’s Provincial Administration Office shows that of the 1,295 unlicensed hotels identified in Phuket, only six have had their licenses approved. A further 1,001 are pending approval, while 288 have not yet applied.

 

PHUKET: -- According to a new report released today by hospitality consulting group C9 Hotelworks, millions of travellers who visit Phuket each year could be staying in unlicensed - and effectively illegal - hotels. The report also states that less than a quarter of the hotels in Phuket (429 out of 1,724) are currently licensed. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993197-phuket-under-pressure-as-tourism-growth-exposes-flaws-in-hotel-sector/