THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 24 Jul 2017

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HM the King bestows polo shirts on Thai subjects

 

 

BANGKOK, 24 July 2017 (NNT) - His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has given black polo shirts to people in all provinces ahead of his royal birthday anniversary, July 28th. 

His Majesty the King has designated Air Marshal Pakdee Saeng-xuto as his representative to deliver black shirts to the governors of 77 provinces nationwide. Each province receives 10,000 shirts to be distributed to members of the public and volunteers who help others in society. 

The shirts are designed to be worn during tribute activities for His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. On the back of the shirt is “13 October 2016” which is the date the late monarch passed away, while on the front of the shirt are the words “HM the late King In Our Hearts for Eternity.”

 

-- nnt 2017-07-24

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Poet PM urges farmers to embrace the ‘right life’

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE COMPLEX concept of Pracha Rath (people’s state), a tripartite cooperation between the state, private sector and the people, has once again been penned into verse by the talent of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in an attempt to show people the right approach to lead their lives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993834-poet-pm-urges-farmers-to-embrace-the-‘right-life’/

 

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PM blames lack of spirituality for country’s political turmoil

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THAILAND’S democracy has never been fully fledged because the country has lacked spirituality, especially during the past 20 years of political turbulence, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993835-pm-prayut-blames-lack-of-spirituality-for-country’s-political-turmoil/

 

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Rolls-Royce ‘kickbacks’ to PTT to be probed

By THE NATION

 

 

NACC names team to investigate $11m bribes to execs of national oil company.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE COUNTRY’S top anti-graft officials have been appointed to investigate alleged corruption in the 2000-2013 procurement of multi-billion-baht Rolls-Royce industrial equipment by PTT plc and its subsidiary, PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993836-rolls-royce-‘kickbacks’-to-ptt-to-be-probed/

 

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NRSA ‘failing to enact reforms’

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

 

Junta plans for semi-democracy: critics

 

BANGKOK: -- THE junta-appointed National Reform Steering Assembly (NSRA) has hardly brought about any concrete reform despite having been in office for almost two years, audience members heard at a seminar yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993837-nrsa-‘failing-to-enact-reforms’/

 

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Mahathir no regret for his action against Anwar

By MARISA CHIMPRABHA 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- IT WOULD be up to Malaysian people to decide what to do with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak should the newly formed coalition Pakatan Harapan, chaired by former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, win the election and form a government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993838-mahathir-no-regret-for-his-action-against-anwar/

 

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Inmate mental healthcare cuts recidivism rates

By THE NATION

 

Boonruang Triruangworawat

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NUMBER of crimes committed by ex-inmates with mental-health problems has been reduced to nearly zero over the past nine months.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993839-inmate-mental-healthcare-cuts-recidivism-rates/

 

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Thon Buri prison chosen to pilot new inmate rules

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THAILAND is the first country in the world to embrace the United Nations’ Nelson Mandela Rules to improve the quality of life of prisoners, with Thon Buri Remand Prison chosen as the pilot prison.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993840-thon-buri-prison-chosen-to-pilot-new-inmate-rules/

 

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GSB takes big stride forward with plans for digital services

By Somluck Srimalee 
The Nation

 

Government Savings Bank president Chatchai Payuhanaveechai, centre, buys products at a retail shop at Amphawa district, Samut Songkharm province, using the QR Code payment at the shop.

 

BANGKOK: -- Government Savings Bank (GSB) plans to open five digital solution branches in the second half of this year, as it launched a QR Code payment facility on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993842-gsb-takes-big-stride-forward-with-plans-for-digital-services/

 

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Police bust Chinese call-centre scammers

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Police Immigration Bureau has announced a major bust of a transnational call-centre scam gang that saw 19 Chinese and 25 Taiwanese suspects arrested from several rented houses in Bangkok and nearby provinces as well as Pattaya City.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993843-police-bust-chinese-call-centre-scammers/

 

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Six high schools teach job skills

By Nattaphat Phromkaew 
The Nation

 

Government spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd

 

BANGKOK: -- Students who take government-backed vocational courses in high school are expected to quickly find jobs in their hometowns, said government spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993844-six-high-schools-teach-job-skills/

 

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Pop-up centres to register migrant workers

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Skill Development (DSD) has set up 100 temporary centres nationwide for employers to register migrant workers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993845-pop-up-centres-to-register-migrant-workers/

 

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Thailand ‘has potential to be medical tourism leader’

By Sirivish Toomgum 
The Nation

 

Medical fair organiser says global market growing 25% a year

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand can emerge as the region’s top medical tourism hotspot, as the country attracts 550,000 Asean medical tourists yearly, according to Gernot Ringling, managing director of the trade fair organiser Messe Dusseldorf Asia. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993846-thailand-‘has-potential-to-be-medical-tourism-leader’/

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OPINION

Thailand’s reconciliation trap is preventing democratic progress 

By Titipol Phakdeewanich 
Special to The Nation

 

This week, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) launched a nationwide “social contract” as part of its reconciliation plan, which began in March. In essence, the military-drafted social contract aims to reunite the country in the hope that Thai people can move forwards together.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993847-thailand’s-reconciliation-trap-is-preventing-democratic-progress/

 

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Victims of human trafficking can stay in Thailand and work legally for two years

By Thai PBS

 

The Rohingya migrants who were victims of the human trafficking gang convicted last week by the court and the prosecution witnesses are allowed to remain in Thailand for two years and also to work legally after the conclusion of the court trial, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993848-victims-of-human-trafficking-can-stay-in-thailand-and-work-legally-for-two-years/

 

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Fishing crew plucked from the sea after floating many hours in the rough sea

By Thai PBS

 

 

SURAT THANI: -- A fishing crewman who accidentally fell from his vessel into the sea on Friday night was plucked from the sea by a freighter Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993850-fishing-crew-plucked-from-the-sea-after-floating-many-hours-in-the-rough-sea/

 

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Complaint of three safety violations lodged with the police against CPF

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Safety inspectors of the Department of Labour Welfare and Protection lodged a complaint against Charoen Pokphand Foods Company with the police last Wednesday over the death of a student trainee and four staff members of the company on June 23.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993851-complaint-of-three-safety-violations-lodged-with-the-police-against-cpf/

 

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Thailand to send back trafficking victims, assist on migration to third country

 

 

BANGKOK, 24 July 2017 (NNT) – Thailand has prioritized on human trafficking cases involving Rohingya people in accordance to human rights principles, and is set to return trafficking victims to their country of origin, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993852-thailand-to-send-back-trafficking-victims-assist-on-migration-to-third-country/

 

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Two Phuket nightlife venues raided, charged with operating illegally

Phuket Gazette - 

 

'Room Bar and Restaurant' was one of the venues raider by officers from the Crime Suppression Division 5. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Officers from the Crime Suppression Division yesterday raided two nightlife venues in Phuket Town for providing services to underage customers and operating without a proper permit. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993853-two-phuket-nightlife-venues-raided-charged-with-operating-illegally/

 

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Phuket Opinion: Where the streets are paved with ‘ice’

The Phuket News

 

The price of crystal meth (ya ice) in Phuket has plunged, causing concern among police of just how much of teh drug is on the island. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: -- News of the major crystal meth drug bust this week with 7.5 kilos of ya ice seized in a condo north of Phuket Town was disturbing. It wasn’t the volume of drugs seized, or even the claim that the two main suppliers had confessed that they had shifted 54kg of the drug in previous shipments.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993854-phuket-opinion-where-the-streets-are-paved-with-‘ice’/

 

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Thailand's human trafficking crackdown fuels fresh calls

GWEN ROBINSON, Chief editor

 

Mass conviction shows new determination to act, but rights groups want more

 

BANGKOK -- The shockwaves from scores of convictions in Thailand's biggest human trafficking case are reverberating in the country's highest military and political circles, amid predictions that more actions could follow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993856-thailands-human-trafficking-crackdown-fuels-fresh-calls/

 

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French President Macron's popularity rating drops

 

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron attends a news conference following a Franco-German joint cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's popularity rating has slumped by 10 percentage points this month, according to an Ifop poll on Sunday - the biggest decline for a new president since 1995.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993858-french-president-macrons-popularity-rating-drops/

 

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White House says open to legislation toughening Russia sanctions

By Idrees Ali

 

FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington September 25, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Sunday it was open to legislation toughening sanctions on Russia as momentum increased in the U.S. Congress for stronger action against Moscow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993859-white-house-says-open-to-legislation-toughening-russia-sanctions/

 

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Israeli raid, Jerusalem clashes ratchet tensions higher

By Ari Rabinovitch

 

A masked Palestinian stands next to a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Khobar near Ramallah July 22, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel sent extra troops into the occupied West Bank on Saturday and its police broke up a crowd of stone-throwing Palestinians in Jerusalem as international concern mounted over the deadliest outbreak of violence between the two sides for years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993860-israeli-raid-jerusalem-clashes-ratchet-tensions-higher/

 

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New Trump communications director promises crackdown on media leaks

By Timothy Gardner

 

New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci addresses the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anthony Scaramucci, President Donald Trump's new communications director, said on Sunday that one of his first tasks will be to halt leaks and that staff on his team would be fired if the leaks do not stop.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993861-new-trump-communications-director-promises-crackdown-on-media-leaks/

 

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Jordanian man killed, two people wounded at Israeli embassy in Jordan - police

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

 

Policemen are seen near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan July 23, 2017. REUTERS/ Stringer

 

AMMAN (Reuters) - One Jordanian was killed and two people, a Jordanian and an Israeli, were wounded in a shooting incident on Sunday in a building inside the Israeli embassy complex in Jordan's capital Amman, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993862-jordanian-man-killed-two-people-wounded-at-israeli-embassy-in-jordan-police/

 

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Russia to blame for "hot war" in Ukraine: U.S. special envoy

By Natalia Zinets and Matthias Williams

 

A soldier of the separatist self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic walks in a field near the line of contact with the Ukrainian army at the so-called Svetlodarskaya bulge in Luhansk region, December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

 

KIEV (Reuters) - Russian aggression is to blame for violence in eastern Ukraine, where people are dying in what should be seen as a "hot war" rather than a "frozen conflict", the U.S. special envoy to the Ukraine peace talks said on a visit to Ukraine on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993863-russia-to-blame-for-hot-war-in-ukraine-us-special-envoy/

 

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Donald Trump Jr. adds to legal team - ABC News

 

FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio U.S. July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The president's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has added a lawyer with congressional experience to his legal team, ABC News reported on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993864-donald-trump-jr-adds-to-legal-team-abc-news/

 

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Death toll in suspected Texas human smuggling case rises to nine

By Jim Forsyth

 

Police officers work on a crime scene after eight people believed to be illegal immigrants being smuggled into the United States were found dead inside a sweltering 18-wheeler trailer parked behind a Walmart store in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. July 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ray Whitehouse

 

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - At least nine men were found dead on Sunday alongside dozens of people discovered inside a sweltering tractor trailer parked at a Walmart store in San Antonio, Texas, in what authorities called a case of "ruthless" human trafficking.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993866-death-toll-in-suspected texas human-smuggling-case-rises-to-nine/

 

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Naked Brit couple 'have sex in sea' in front of tourists before being caught by Thai police

BYKARA O'NEILL

 

The couple were marched along the beach by officers before they were arrested and taken down to the police station

 

A half-naked British couple that were allegedly caught having sex in the sea were frogmarched along the beach by unimpressed police in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993766-foreign-tourists-arrested-after-naked-romp-on-pattaya-beach/?do=findComment&comment=12113134