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Electric Eyes: Thais asked to check 300,000 CCTV cameras nationwide

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Photo Mix/ Pexels

 

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has ordered that all 300,000 known CCTV cameras nationwide be checked in order to increase overall security in the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994536-electric-eyes-thais-asked-to-check-300000-cctv-cameras-nationwide/

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Video: Revenge attack on two youths by mob of 20 motorcycle taxi guys - police to charge all

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have said that "no one is above the law" as they intend to charge all who were involved in a revenge attack in Samrong on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994571-video-revenge-attack-on-two-youths-by-mob-of-20-motorcycle-taxi-guys -police-to-charge-all/

 

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Chonburi residents call in the media to get action from a particularly nasty stretch of hanging wires

 

PIcture: Thai Rath

 

CHONBURI: -- Thailand's perennial problem with hanging wires reared its ugly head again this time in the Nong Ree area of Chonburi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994573-chonburi-residents-call-in-the-media-to-get-action-from-a-particularly nasty-stretch-of-hanging-wires/

 

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Keep the Chinese away from us say Jomtien condo owners

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- Owners at a large Jomtien development are furious that a a back door had been opened allowing Chinese tourists to walk all over their common areas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994574-keep-the-chinese-away-from-us-say-jomtien-condo-owners/

 

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Three arrest warrants sought for ‘instigating unrest’

By Pratch Rujivanarom, 
Kampanart Laong 
The Nation 

 

Deputy national police chief Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul

 

ARREST WARRANTS have been sought for three people suspected of instigation ahead of the August 25 court verdict in a negligence case against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994534-warrant-request-to-arrest-3-before-yingluck-verdict/?do=findComment&comment=12127084 

 

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The twists and turns of a family dispute over Bangkok’s roads

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE DESCENDANTS of two prominent families have been fighting for years to have several small lanes in Bangkok named after their forebears – with a resolution only now in sight.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994575-the-twists-and-turns-of-a-family-dispute-over-bangkok’s-roads/

 

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iLaw criticises NRSA ‘failure’

By Kasamakorn Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

NRSA’s president Tinapan Nakata (R)

 

‘no tangible reforms in 22 months’
 

BANGKOK: -- HUMAN RIGHTS group iLaw yesterday slammed the junta-appointed National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) for not bringing about meaningful reform despite spending more than Bt1 billion of the state budget in the past 22 months.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994576-ilaw-criticises-nrsa-‘failure’/

 

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Bangkok aims to halve road deaths

By Seyhak Parinha 
The Nation 

 

File : A policeman flags down a female motorcyclist and her young pillion rider for failing to wear a crash helmet in Bangkok’s Phya Thai district. About 600 people were killed in road accidents in the capital in 2016, many in motorcycle accidents.

 

BANGKOK: -- AFTER EXPERIENCING 600 road deaths last year, Bangkok is ramping up efforts to significantly lower its road casualties by 2019.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994577-bangkok-aims-to-halve-road-deaths/

 

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Emergency evacuations of at-risk groups amid flooding

By THE NATION

 

A canal overflows in Phitsanulok province yesterday, flooding Ban Pluak Ngarm School. With floodwaters at least one metre deep, the school suspended classes and asked nearby residents for help to move teaching materials to higher ground.

 

BANGKOK: -- AS HEAVY rains and flooding continued to pummel the country’s North and Northeast yesterday, elderly and sick people as well as children were evacuated on flat-bottom boats out of flood-hit communities in Tambon Bung Preu and Nong Wang in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Thepharak district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994578-emergency-evacuations-of-at-risk-groups-amid-flooding/

 

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Yingluck’s assets frozen

By THE NATION

 

Yingluck Shinawatra

 

Deputy pm Wissanu clarifies that land plots, condos, houses and bank deposits of ex-premier have been temporarily blocked

BANGKOK: -- HOUSES, CONDOMINIUMS and 37 land plots belonging to former premier Yingluck Shinawatra have been frozen by the Department of Legal Execution as part of the government’s civil liability lawsuit seeking Bt35-billion compensation over her alleged wrongdoing in her government’s rice-pledging scheme. The combined value of the properties has not been disclosed, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994579-yingluck’s-assets-frozen/

 

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Wife of missing activist gets six months jail for encroachment

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

CHAIYAPHUM: -- THE WIFE of a missing land rights activist was sentenced by the Supreme Court on Thursday to six months in jail on charges of encroachment on the Phu Sam Phaknam National Reserve forest in Chaiyaphum.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994580-wife-of-missing-activist-gets-six-months-jail-for-encroachment/

 

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OPINION

A measure of fairness in ‘one more appeal’

By The Nation

 

The Supreme Court may no longer have the final say with its verdicts, but the judiciary will benefit

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994581-supreme-court-may-no-longer-have-the-final-say-with-its-verdicts-but-the-judiciary-will-benefit/

 

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Yingluck can appeal if convicted: Wissanu

By The Nation

 

Yingluck

 

BANGKOK: -- Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra can appeal if the Supreme Court passes a guilty verdict against her next month, but she will have to wait until the organic law on legal procedures comes into effect, Deputy Prime Minister and legal expert Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994582-yingluck-can-appeal-if-convicted-wissanu/

 

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Govt tried to seize Yingluck’s funds on July 19: lawyer

By The Nation

 

Noppadol

 

BANGKOK: -- The Legal Execution Department on July 19 ordered former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s bank to transfer the funds from her seven deposit accounts to the agency, Yingluck’s attorney Noppadon Laothong said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994579-yingluck’s-assets-frozen/?do=findComment&comment=12127143

 

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Police chief: “I really want Vorayuth back to Thailand”

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Police chief Chakthip Chaijinda reiterated on Thursday (July 27) that the police have wanted Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya to be extradited back to Thailand to stand trial in connection with the hit-and-run death of Thong Lor policeman, Master-Sergeant Wichien Klanprasert, five years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994583-police-chief-chakthip-“i-really-want-vorayuth-back-to-thailand”/

 

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Death of an elephant causes anxiety among villagers at Khao Kluaymai village

By Thai PBS

 

 

CHACHOENGSAO: -- Residents living in a village next to Khao Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary are worried that they will be blamed for the recent death of a bull elephant, suspected of being electrocuted, and they are demanding concerned authorities to quickly find out the actual cause of the jumbo’s demise.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994584-death-of-an-elephant-causes-anxiety-among-villagers-at-khao-kluaymai-village/

 

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Tourism & Sports Ministry receives elephant mascot in bid to promote sports reforms

 

 

BANGKOK, 28 July 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has received a "Chaiyo" elephant mascot in bid to promote sports reforms. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994585-tourism-sports-ministry-receives-elephant-mascot-in-bid-to-promote-sports-reforms/

 

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110 companies raided for unlicensed software in 2017

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- In the first half of 2017, Economic Crime Suppression (ECD) police raided 110 companies of all sizes, finding unlicensed software worth over Bt190 million on around 1,380 computers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994586-110-companies-in-thailand-raided-for-unlicensed-software-in-2017/

 

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EU warns of possible delays to Brexit talks, London confident of schedule

By Jan Strupczewski and Gabriela Baczynska

 

FILE PHOTO: European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier addresses a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 12, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Talks between Britain and the European Union on their future relationship are now less likely to start in October, the EU's top negotiator has said, due to a lack of progress on Brexit divorce issues so far, EU officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994588-eu-warns-of-possible-delays-to-brexit-talks-london-confident-of-schedule/

 

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Top U.S. general says no changes yet to transgender policy

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' top general told the military on Thursday there had been no change yet to Pentagon policy on transgender personnel, after President Donald Trump's announcement of his plans to ban them appeared to catch senior officers by surprise.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994589-top-us-general-says-no-changes-yet-to-transgender-policy/

 

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U.S. Senate slaps new sanctions on Russia; Putin vows retaliation

By Patricia Zengerle and Denis Pinchuk

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (not pictured) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON/SAVONLINNA, Finland (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously on Thursday to slap new sanctions on Russia despite President Donald Trump's objections to the legislation, which has angered Russian President Vladimir Putin who threatened to retaliate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994590-us-senate-slaps-new-sanctions-on-russia-putin-vows-retaliation/

 

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Hitler exhibition in Berlin bunker asks - How could it happen

By Michelle Martin

 

A replica of the original bunker office of German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is pictured during a media tour of the exhibition entitled 'Hitler - How Could it Happen?' in a World War Two bunker in Berlin, Germany, July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 70 years after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker in the final days of World War Two, an exhibition in the capital examines how he became a Nazi and what turned ordinary Germans into murderers during the Third Reich.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994591-hitler-exhibition-in-berlin-bunker-asks-how-could-it-happen/

 

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U.S. jury finds Macau billionaire guilty in U.N. bribery case

By Jonathan Stempel

 

FILE PHOTO - Macau real estate developer Ng Lap Seng, accused of bribing former United Nations General Assembly president John Ashe, exiting U.S Federal Court in New York, New York U.S., June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Thursday found Macau billionaire Ng Lap Seng guilty on charges he bribed two United Nations ambassadors to help him build a multibillion-dollar conference centre.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994592-us-jury-finds-macau-billionaire-guilty-in-un-bribery-case/

 

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U.S. Republican senators threaten to bolt from Obamacare repeal effort

By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan

 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks into the Senate chamber for a healthcare vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. Senate Republican leaders feverishly tried to pass a slimmed-down Obamacare repeal, some senators threatened to bring the entire effort to a halt unless there were guarantees that the bill would be significantly changed during negotiations with the House of Representatives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994593-us-republican-senators-threaten-to-bolt-from-obamacare-repeal-effort/

 

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'I’m nice and friendly’: Sydney man shot dead by police was trying to turn his life around

 

Danukul Mokmool was shot dead by police outside Central Station on Wednesday night. Source: Facebook

 

SYDNEY: -- A Sydney man who was shot by police outside Central Station on Wednesday was trying to turn his life around, describing himself as “nice and friendly”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994596-thai-immigrant-shot-dead-by-sydney-police-outside-central-station/

 

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Video: Crisis at Pattaya beach! Thai media steps up campaign to clean up resort

 

Image: video screenshot

 

PATTAYA: -- Sophon Cable TV have produced a damning and stark video that slams filthy Pattaya talking of the resort's "shame".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994607-video-crisis-at-pattaya-beach-thai-media-steps-up-campaign-to-clean-up-resort/

 

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Wall collapse leads to serious flooding in downtown Sukhothai

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

SUKOTHAI: -- Authorities scrambled to save homes and business as water from a holding pond flooded several main arteries in Sukhothai yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994610-wall-collapse-leads-to-serious-flooding-in-downtown-sukhothai/

 

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Phuket lucky license plate auction returns in August

The Phuket News

 

Lucky license plates at last year's auction. Photo: The Phuket News /file

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Land Transport Office (PLTO) will auction off “lucky number” license plates over two days at The Metropole Hotel in Phuket Town next month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994612-phuket-lucky-license-plate-auction-returns-in-august/

 

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Industrial collaboration pact signed with Taiwan in EEC boost

By Wichit Chaitrong 
he Nation

 

TaiwanThailand sign industrial collaboration and ready to support Thailand to develop its ambitious development project of Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

 

BANGKOK: -- THAILAND yesterday signed an industrial collaboration agreement with Taiwan at the 2017 Taiwan-Thailand Industrial Collaboration Summit in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994614-industrial-collaboration-pact-signed-with-taiwan-in-eec-boost/

 

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Ryan steps in to aid Senate Republican "skinny" Obamacare repeal

By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan

 

Healthcare activists with Planned Parenthood and the Center for American Progress protest in opposition to the Senate Republican healthcare bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he was willing to help Senate Republicans advance a chaotic effort to dismantle Obamacare by committing to House-Senate negotiation, while senators debated a pared-down repeal bill to get them to that point.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994616-ryan-steps-in-to-aid-senate-republican-skinny-obamacare-repeal/