Australian police charge two men over plane bomb, gas plots

By Jonathan Barrett and Tom Westbrook

 

New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson (L) and Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan speak at a press conference related to arrests in a foiled aircraft attack plot at the Australian Federal Police (AFP) headquarters in Sydney, Australia, August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police said on Friday two men have been charged with terror-related offences involving plans to place a home-made bomb on a passenger flight leaving Sydney, and, separately, to build a device to release poisonous gas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995701-australian-police-charge-two-men-over-plane-bomb-gas-plots/

 

District chief hits the jackpot as more gamblers arrested at 24 hour Jomtien casino

 

Picture: TNews

 

Bang Lamung district chief Naris Niramaiwong continued his crusade to rid Pattaya of gambling with a raid on a casino operating openly at Jomtien beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995702-district-chief-hits-the-jackpot-as-more-gamblers-arrested-at-24-hour jomtien-casino/

 

Woman killed, five injured as pickup truck overturns in Nong Khai

By The Nation

 

NONG KHAI: -- A woman was killed and five other members of her family were injured when a pickup truck taking them home from their construction jobs overturned on a Nong Khai road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995704-woman-killed-five-injured-as-pickup-truck-overturns-in-nong-khai/

 

UPDATE:

 

CU denies freshmen forced to take oath as student assaulted

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A Chulalongkorn University vice rector has denied that freshmen were forced to kowtow in front of the monument of King Rama V and VI in a traditional oath taking ceremony on Thursday during heavy rains.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995665-cu-denies-forcing-students-to-prostrate-in-the-rain-in-oath-taking-ritual/?do=findComment&comment=12148443

 

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Video: Now we know why! Woman motorcyclist who failed to stop on the expressway has "mental issues"

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A female motorcyclist who failed to stop on the expressway leading to Suvarabhumi airport confused many people online.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995711-video-now-we-know-why-woman-motorcyclist-who-failed-to-stop-on-the expressway-has-mental-issues/

 

PEA steps up wire checks following electrocutions

 

PATTAYA:--The Provincial Electricity Authority has promised more vigilance in the wake of three electrocution cases, including one that killed an employee.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995707-pea-steps-up-wire-checks-following-electrocutions/

 

Video: Soldier points gun at famous singer because he wouldn't shake hands

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A video being widely shared on Thai social media showed a drunk man pointing a gun in the face of popular Thai singer and guitarist "Poo" Pongsit Kamphee as he performed on stage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995715-video-soldier-points-gun-at-famous-singer-because-he-wouldnt-shake-hands/

 

Nongprue cleans canal

PATTAYA:--Soldiers, police and prison inmates cleaned the Nong­prue Canal for three days to improve water quality in honor of HM the King’s birthday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995713-nongprue-cleans-canal/

 

Pattaya continues all-talk, no-action policy on Koh Larn trash crisis

PATTAYA:--Pattaya officials again checked out Koh Larn’s garbage problem, but did nothing to solve it other than promise more talks later.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995710-pattaya-continues-all-talk-no-action-policy-on-koh-larn-trash-crisis/

 

Nongprue Canal ‘chemical’ contaminant just soap, Chonburi says

PATTAYA:--The suspected chemical contamination of the Nong­prue Canal that caused a mysterious foam in the water was, in fact, detergent, the Chonburi Environment Department said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995708-nongprue-canal-‘chemical’-contaminant-just-soap-chonburi-says/

 

62-year-old man jumps off Bangkok Noi bridge after argument with wife

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Police scuba divers searched the Bangkok Noi canal on Thursday after a man jumped off a bridge into the waters after an argument with his wife.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995719-62-year-old-man-jumps-off-bangkok-noi-bridge-after-argument-with-wife/

 

Homeless man arrested for murder after stealing victim's bicycle and his sticky rice

 

Picture: Sanook

 

HAT YAI: -- Police in Hat Yai have announced the arrest of a homeless Udon man who murdered a construction worker at the weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995720-hat-yai-homeless-man-arrested-for-murder-after-stealing-victims-bicycle-and his-sticky-rice/

 

91-year-old grandma to receive her degree at STOU

By Thai PBS

 

 

“It is never too late to learn.”  It was so said.

 

SUKOTHAI: -- And that is why grandma Kim-lun Jinakul is the oldest graduate – at the age of 91 – at the graduation ceremony to be held at the Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU). Her family will escort her from Phayao province to the university on August 9 to receive her Bachelor’s degree in Human Ecology.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995724-91-year-old-grandma-to-receive-her-degree-at-stou/

 

Phuket rescue team catch 5-metre/80kg reticulated python

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Rescue workers with their catch. Photo: Kusoldharm Rescue Foundation

 

PHUKET: -- Rescue workers yesterday successfully caught and released back into the wild a 5-metre long reticulated python weighing 80 kilograms which locals found on plot of land in Muang Mai, Thalang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995725-phuket-rescue-team-catch-5-metre80kg-reticulated-python/

 

Two drivers charged for James Bond Island boat collision

Shela Riva

 

Tourists from the 'Wararat' tour boat are treated at a hospital in Phang Nga. Photo: Phang Nga DDPM

 

PHUKET: -- Police have confirmed that two drivers of tour boats involved in a collision at Khao Hua Yai, west of James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay on Monday (July 31) have been charged in relation to the incident.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995726-two-drivers-charged-for-james-bond-island-boat-collision/

 

China says India building up troops amid border stand off

By Ben Blanchard

 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Wang Zhao/Pool

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said India has been building up troops and repairing roads along its side of the border amid an increasingly tense stand-off in a remote frontier region beside the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995729-china-says-india-building-up-troops-amid-border-stand-off/

 

Freshman held after senior shot at Nakhon Pathom university

By The Nation

 

 

NAKHON PATHOM: -- A 19-year-old university freshman is under arrest for allegedly shooting a senior in a school restroom on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995731-freshman-held-after-senior-shot-at-nakhon-pathom-university/

 

National Police Chief orders disciplinary & legal action against any officers involved in alleged Dhammachayo escape

 

 

BANGKOK, 4 August 2017 (NNT) - The national police chief has ordered disciplinary and legal action be taken against any police officer found to have aided in the Phra Dhammachayo’s suspected escape to Europe. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995732-chakthip-orders-disciplinary-legal-action-against-any-police-officers-involved-in-alleged-dhammachayo-escape/

 

Man-shredding bear is depressed and unhealthy

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

Kaew the black bear Thursday in lock-up at the Khao Kho Wildlife Captive Breeding Centre. Photo: Afnan Abdulloh / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — An Asian black bear that severely mauled a man is unhappy and unhealthy after trading confinement at a monastery for a government wildlife center.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995733-man-shredding-bear-is-depressed-and-unhealthy/

 

Raids reveal huge extent of software theft in Thailand

BY THE NATION 

 

 

Thai authorities have raided 110 companies for the use of unlicensed software worth over Bt190 million in the first half of 2017.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/raids-reveal-huge-extent-software-theft-thailand/23371/

Soon you will be able to control Windows 10 using your EYES

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Native eye tracking technology is planned for use on Windows 10, Microsoft have announced.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/soon-will-able-control-windows-10-using-eyes/23373/

Krathing Cape property constructors given 30 days to clarify plans

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Officials inspect the construction site yesterday (Aug 3). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket branch of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) yesterday ordered that new construction plans for the eyesore construction site on Krathing Cape be drawn up and clarified within 30 days.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995740-krathing-cape-property-constructors-given-30-days-to-clarify-plans/

 

State to launch quality taxi services in November 

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Land Transport announced yesterday (Aug 3) that it will launch its own taxi services similar to Uber taxi service so as to enable convenience and safety for taxi passengers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995742-thai-dlt-to-launch-quality-taxi-services-in-november/

 

UPDATE:

 

Chula Admin Apologizes For Student Put In Chokehold

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Reungwit Bunjongrat holds a fourth-year student Supalak Damrongjit in a headlock Thursday at Chulalongkorn University. Photo: Netiwit Chotiphatchaisal

 

BANGKOK — Chulalongkorn University’s vice president of student affairs apologized Friday for a professor who put a student in a chokehold during the school’s annual freshmen initiation ceremony.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995665-cu-denies-forcing-students-to-prostrate-in-the-rain-in-oath-taking-ritual/?do=findComment&comment=12149374

 

Police to monitor PAD’s Friday meeting

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Police are closely watching the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) following Wednesday’s dismissal of ex-PM Somchai Wongsawat, his deputy, and former police officials in regard to actions taken to disperse a 2008 PAD protest.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995744-police-to-monitor-pad’s-friday-meeting/

 

Vice Mayor of Zhanjiang, China visits Phuket, Sister City status discussed

The Phuket News

 

Vice Mayor of Zhanjiang Ms Cui Qing (left) and Phuket Vice Governor Teera Anantaseriwidhya. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- The Vice Mayor of Zhanjiang, a prefecture-level city at the southwestern end of Guangdong province in China visited Phuket on Wednesday to discuss expanding business relations between Phuket and Zhanjiang and also the opportunity of the two becoming Sister Cities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995746-vice-mayor-of-zhanjiang-china-visits-phuket-sister-city-status-discussed/

 

Squatter with 43 stray dogs told to vacate plot in 20 days

By The Nation

 

 

A woman who has been taking care of 43 street dogs on a plot of land along a road in Samut Songkram has been told to leave by the owner within 20 days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995748-squatter-with-43-stray-dogs-told-to-vacate-plot-in-20-days/

 

Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing named best value for long-haul city breaks

 

Bangkok. File photo

 

A trio of Far Eastern cities have been named the best value for UK travellers embarking on a long-haul city break.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995749-bangkok-tokyo-and-beijing-named-best-value-for-long-haul-city-breaks-for-uk-travellers/

 

PAD to submit appeal petition Monday

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) plans to petition the National Anti-Corruption Commission. They will formally request that it appeals Wednesday’s court ruling acquitting ex-PM Somchai Wongsawat, and three other formerly powerful officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995751-pad-to-submit-appeal-petition-monday/