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UK soap star's four million baht Thai hospital bill - yet more fiction from "The Sun"

 

 

The hospital on Samui treating a former UK soap star after he fell at a waterfall has hit back at UK media that suggested his treatment would be four million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993444-uk-soap-stars-four-million-baht-thai-hospital-bill-yet-more-fiction-from-the-sun/

 

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Rice pledging scheme verdict draws near

 

 

July 21, 2017 marks an important point of a long-running rice pledging scheme case in which former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is a defendant. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993443-rice-pledging-scheme-verdict-draws-near/

 

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Not again - Pattaya "Environmental Disaster Zone II"

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

PATTAYA: -- No sooner has Pattaya recovered from having the filthiest sea in Thailand than the black sludge and effluent are back.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993456-not-again-pattaya-environmental-disaster-zone-ii/

 

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Facebook reports "explosion at Suvarnabhumi airport" but it turns out to be an electrical fault

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A poster went on Facebook to report an explosion in the AOB building at Suvarnabhumi airport causing sirens to go off and staff to be evacuated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993457-facebook-reports-explosion-at-suvarnabhumi-airport-but-it-turns-out-to-be-an electrical-fault/

 

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Video: "Superhero" Thai man strips to his underwear to save dog from drowning

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

PHAYAO: -- Thai netizens praised a man in droves after he was filmed stripping to his underwear to dive into a flooded river to save a dog in distress.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993458-video-superhero-thai-man-strips-to-his-underwear-to-save-dog-from-drowning/

 

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She's the cop with the arresting looks that keeps all the men in line!

 

Picture: TNews

 

KAMPHAENG PHET: -- Tnews reported on a police parade in Kamphaeng Phet where the cops are more than happy to be ordered about.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993459-shes-the-cop-with-the-arresting-looks-that-keeps-all-the-men-in-line/

 

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Linkin Park singer Bennington dead in apparent suicide - coroner

By Piya Sinha-Roy

 

Chester Bennington of the band Linkin Park performs during the second day of the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada September 22, 2012. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park, was found dead on Thursday of apparent suicide a week before the California alt-rock band was due to embark on a U.S. tour.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993460-linkin-park-singer-bennington-dead-in-apparent-suicide-coroner/

 

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Opposition leader defiant after Jatuporn sentenced

By THE NATION

 

Nattawut (L) / Jatuporn (R)

 

BANGKOK: -- A RED-SHIRT leader has pledged to continue to fight for democracy even though the chairman of his political movement has been jailed for a year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993461-opposition-leader-defiant-after-jatuporn-sentenced/

 

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Yingluck faces final hearing

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

Red-shirt leader’s jailing could deter ex-pm’s supporters from turning out in large numbers.

 

BANGKOK: -- JUST A DAY after a key party figure and red-shirt leader was sent to jail, former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will today attend the last hearing at the Supreme Court for alleged negligence in her government’s controversial rice-pledging scheme – a case in which she could face a jail term.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993443-rice-pledging-scheme-verdict-draws-near/?do=findComment&comment=12104148

 

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Yellow shirt leaders spared

By THE NATION

 

File photo: Yellow-shirt protests targeting several government compounds in 2008.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE COURT of First Instance yesterday dismissed the sedition charge against six leaders of the now defunct People’s Alliance for Democracy, while suspending determination of penalties for two years for three other yellow-shirt leaders in a case arising out of their protests targeting several government compounds in 2008.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993462-yellow-shirt-leaders-spared/

 

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Pheu Thai challenges law targeting politicians

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Pheu Thai Party deputy spokesperson Anusorn Iamsa-ard on Thursday filed a petition to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha via the government’s service centre, asking him to forward the new draft bill on court procedures against political office holders to the Constitutional Court for a ruling on whether it violated the new charter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993463-pheu-thai-challenges-law-targeting-politicians/

 

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Jatuporn jailed in libel case

By THE NATION

 

 

Red-shirt leader sentenced for defaming Abhisit in speech made in 2009.

BANGKOK: -- JATUPORN PROMPAN, a key Pheu Thai Party politician and leader of the red-shirt political movement, was yesterday sentenced to a year in jail for defaming former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in a speech he made in 2009.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993356-supreme-court-jails-redshirt-leader-jatuporn-for-defaming-former-pm/?page=7#comment-12104165

 

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PM wants to tap innovative skills of people who broke the law

By The Nation

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha is encouraging all Thais, including those who have currently modified engines for illegal road racers, to become innovative.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993465-pm-prayut-wants-to-tap-innovative-skills-of-people-who-broke-the-law/

 

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Action urged on corruption in civil servants’ medical scheme

By NATTHAPAT PHROMKAEW 
THE NATION

 

Sansern Poljieak

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has recommended that the Cabinet take action to stop widespread corruption in the medical-service scheme for civil servants and their family members.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993466-action-urged-on-corruption-in-civil-servants’-medical-scheme/

 

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Rice rots, homes flood in north

By The Nation

 

 

CHIANG RAI: -- Overnight torrential rain in the northern province of Chiang Rai caused the Lao River in Mae Lao district to overflow, sending floodwater to inundate 16 homes on Thursday morning.

 

Full story:   https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993467-rice-rots-homes-flood-in-north/

 

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Convictions ‘only first step in right direction’

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM, 
SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CRIMINAL COURT’S conviction of 62 defendants, including a senior Army officer and local administrative officials, in Thailand’s biggest human-trafficking case, was regarded by the international community as a momentous and significant step for the country to combat the illicit trade, although more needs to be done.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993468-human-trafficking-convictions-‘only-first-step-in-right-direction’/

 

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OPINION

SME taxation axe threatens to kill golden goose

By The Nation

 

With huge fines and the threat of imprisonment looming, Thailand’s army of small businesses needs more time to adapt  

 

BANGKOK: -- The Revenue Department has turned up another hot spot for the government by issuing a stern warning to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that they could face a jail term of up to 20 years for failing to fully abide by new rules and regulations on taxation within the next couple of months.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993469-sme-taxation-axe-threatens-to-kill-golden-goose/

 

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Activist questions constitutionality of govt’s purchases of submarines, trainer jets

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution, on Thursday (July 20) filed a petition with the Constitutional Court, asking it to rule on the constitutionality of the government’s purchases of three submarines worth 36 billion baht from China and eight T-50 trainer jets from South Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993470-activist-questions-constitutionality-of-govt’s-purchases-of-submarines-trainer-jets/

 

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New commemorative banknotes for late King to be released from Sept 20

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- New commemorative banknotes in remembrance of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej will be put on circulation from Sept 20, according to Bank of Thailand governor Veerathai Santiprabhob.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993471-new-commemorative-banknotes-for-late-king-to-be-released-from-sept-20/

 

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O.J. Simpson granted October release from Nevada prison

By Steve Gorman

 

O.J. Simpson (center) reacts during his parole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Centre in Lovelock, Nevada, U.S. July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Bean/POOL

 

CARSON CITY, Nev. (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson was granted parole on Thursday and will be released from a Nevada prison in October, following an emotional hearing that centred on the botched armed robbery of his own mementos at a Las Vegas hotel that landed him behind bars for nine years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993472-oj-simpson-granted-october-release-from-nevada-prison/

 

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UK must agree implementation period for EU migration curbs - lawmakers

 

FILE PHOTO: UK Border control is seen in Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government should agree an implementation period for curbs to immigration from the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc to allow businesses time to adapt, a committee of lawmakers said in a report published on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993473-uk-must-agree-implementation-period-for-eu-migration-curbs-lawmakers/

 

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Germany steps up economic pressure on Turkey in rights row

By Madeline Chambers

 

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany, July 20, 2017, after he has interrupted his summer vacation and returned to Berlin to discuss a deepening crisis in relations with Turkey over the arrest of human rights activists. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany told its citizens on Thursday to exercise caution if travelling to Turkey and threatened measures that could hinder German investment there, in a sign of growing impatience with a NATO ally after the detention of rights activists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993475-germany-steps-up-economic-pressure-on-turkey-in-rights-row/

 

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Thousands protest after Polish lawmakers approve judiciary overhaul, defying EU

By Pawel Sobczak and Pawel Florkiewicz

 

People protest against supreme court legislation in Wroclaw, Poland, July 20, 2017. Agencja Gazeta/Mieczyslaw Michalak/via REUTERS

 

WARSAW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Poles protested on Thursday against a new law that allows parliament to appoint Supreme Court judges, defying a European Union warning that the move undermines democracy and the rule of law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993476-thousands-protest-after-polish-lawmakers-approve-judiciary-overhaul-defying-eu/

 

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Few compromises at Brexit talks, minister says UK can survive without deal

By Alastair Macdonald and Andrew MacAskill

 

Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis and European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier hold a joint news conference after the round of Brexit talks in Brussels, Belgium July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union and Britain offered few compromises at their first full round of Brexit talks which ended on Thursday, and the pound fell on worries that British ministers were prepared to walk away without a deal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993477-few-compromises-at-brexit-talks-minister-says-uk-can-survive-without-deal/

 

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Magnitude 6.7 quake hits off Turkey - USGS

 

(Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the southwestern Turkish coast on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993478-magnitude-67-quake-hits-off-turkey-usgs/

 

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

By Dan Levine

 

President Donald Trump reacts as he attends a "Made in America" products showcase event. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to revisit a court order that blocks President Donald Trump's administration from carrying out a policy designed to threaten the granting of federal funds to so-called sanctuary cities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993479-us-judge-refuses-to-remove-block-on-trump-sanctuary-city-order/

 

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Qatari emir amends laws to bolster fight against terrorism - agency

 

FILE PHOTO: Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attends the 25th Arab Summit in Kuwait City, March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

 

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's ruler has amended the country's anti-terrorism laws in a royal decree issued on Thursday, state news agency QNA reported, in a move that appears aimed at countering charges the Gulf Arab state supports terrorism.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993480-qatari-emir-amends-laws-to-bolster-fight-against-terrorism-agency/

 

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Millions heed anti-Maduro shutdown in Venezuela

By Andrew Cawthorne and Girish Gupta

 

Demonstrators clash with riot security forces during a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Many Venezuelan streets were barricaded and deserted on Thursday for a strike called by foes of President Nicolas Maduro to demand elections and the scrapping of plans for a new congress they fear will consolidate dictatorship in the OPEC country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993481-millions-heed-anti-maduro-shutdown-in-venezuela/

 

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Largest crime rise in England and Wales for 10 years

 

LONDON: -- Crime in England and Wales has seen its largest annual rise in a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993482-largest-crime-rise-in-england-and-wales-for-10-years/

 

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Q & A from the TAT about reports that some tourists were refused entry to Thailand

 

 

Popular Thailand based blogger Richard Barrow has spoken to TAT regarding the recent issue of some tourists being asked to show 20,000 baht in cash when entering Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993483-q-a-from-the-tat-about-reports-that-some-tourists-were-refused-entry-to-thailand/