Three rangers injured in staggered Narathiwat ambush

By The Nation

 

 

NARATHIWAT: -- Three rangers were injured when insurgents ambushed them with double bomb attacks and gunfire on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996459-three-rangers-injured-in-staggered-narathiwat-ambush/

 

UPDATE:

Car rams into soldiers, injuring six, in Paris suburb

 

A police investigator and an armed soldier work near the scene where French soliders were hit and injured by a vehicle in the western Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, France, August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit 

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A car rammed into a group of soldiers in a Parisian suburb on Wednesday, injuring six in what its mayor called a deliberate act.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996451-french-police-seek-vehicle-after-soldiers-hit-and-injured-in-paris/?do=findComment&comment=12164139

 

Marijuana use holds three-fold blood pressure death risk: study

By Kate Kelland

 

A man rolls a cannabis cigarette during the Expo Weed event in Santiago, Chile, November 27, 2015. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - People who smoke marijuana have a three times greater risk of dying from hypertension, or high blood pressure, than those who have never used the drug, scientists said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996461-marijuana-use-holds-three-fold-blood-pressure-death-risk-study/

 

Tillerson hopes Thailand’s elections ‘proceed as scheduled’

By The Nation 

 

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson greets the US Embassy staff and their families at the American ambassador’s residence to kick-start his visit to Thailand on Tuesday. Photo credit: US Embassy, Bangkok

 

BANGKOK: -- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has expressed hope that Thailand will return to civilian control next year when the country holds general elections promised by the post-coup government.

 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996462-tillerson-hopes-thailand’s-elections-‘proceed-as-scheduled’/

Soldier held after students’ gunshots claim

By Parez Lohasan 
The Nation

 

 

PATTANI: -- Police have detained a soldier for allegedly firing gunshots to threaten two female university students in Pattani province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996464-pattani-soldier-held-after-students’-gunshots-claim/

 

Kaspersky report nearly 62,000 cyber attacks in Thailand in second quarter of 2017

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Security experts Kaspersky Lab reported that computers and other devices using their products in Thailand experienced 61,978 cyber attacks from April to June inclusive.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/kaspersky-report-nearly-62000-cyber-attacks-thailand-second-quarter-2017/23490/

Can taxi drivers set rules for passengers?

By The Nation

 

Thai Facebook users are engaged in a hot debate as to whether taxi drivers can set behaviour rules for their passengers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996468-can-taxi-drivers-set-rules-for-passengers/

 

New immigration form goes into effect in October

 

 

A new immigration form will replace the existing one on October 1 in line with a Cabinet resolution in January approving a Tourism and Sports Ministry request for changes to the “TM6” form.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996481-new-immigration-form-goes-into-effect-in-october/

 

Savage attack on foreigner in Krabi holiday zone - attacked by four men as he lay helpless on the ground

 

 

Channel 3 reported today that a foreign man was attacked by four youths outside a 7/11 store in Ao Nang, Krabi.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996482-savage-attack-on-foreigner-in-krabi-holiday-zone-attacked-by-four-men-as-he-lay-helpless-on-the-ground/

Businesses Asked to Help Improve Working Opportunities of Those With Disabilities

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The Association of Thai Deaf Children and Women’s Network Foundation held a conference on August 8th to study the significant factors that will help improve the potential work environment for those with disabilities.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996491-businesses-asked-to-help-improve-working-opportunities-of-those-with-disabilities/

 

 

Schoolgirls struck by mystery symptoms – even before being vaccinated

By Mongkolchaowarat Tangmangmee 
The Nation

 

 

Sixteen Prathom 5 schoolgirls experienced chest tightness, palpitations and fainting while being vaccinated against human papilloma virus (HPV) at Ban Krang School in Phitsanulok’s Muang district on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996493-schoolgirls-struck-by-mystery-symptoms-–-even-before-being-vaccinated/

 

Low-crime Singapore investigating man after toothpicks found in bus seat

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A 60-year-old Singaporean man is under investigation for inserting toothpicks into a seat on a public bus, a suspected case of "mischief" that could put him behind bars for up to two years, the police said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996495-low-crime-singapore-investigating-man-after-toothpicks-found-in-bus-seat/

 

Spain's Balearic Islands to fine illegal tourist rentals

By Sam Edwards

 

 

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Spain's Balearic Islands will from Tuesday penalize landlords for illegally renting apartments to tourists with fines of up to 40,000 euros ($47,228) amid a backlash against the effects of mass tourism across the country.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996496-spains-balearic-islands-to-fine-illegal-tourist-rentals/

 

Cambodia says Southeast Asian nations unhappy over North Korea's missile tests

 

Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon listens to Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's opening remarks during the ASEAN-Australia ministerial meeting, part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional security forum in Manila, Philippines August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mohd Rasfan/Pool

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Southeast Asian countries are "not happy" with North Korea's missile tests, Cambodia's foreign minister said on Wednesday, calling them a threat to regional security.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996499-cambodia-says-southeast-asian-nations-unhappy-over-north-koreas-missile-tests/

 

They made a horror movie about Bangkok’s famous Ghost Tower and it sounds scary AF

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Stills from the movie. Courtesy of GDH Films.

 

A Thai production house is releasing a horror flick next month featuring Bangkok’s famous, spooky abandoned building, nicknamed the “Ghost Tower.”

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996500-they-made-a-horror-movie-about-bangkok’s-famous-ghost-tower-and-it-sounds-scary-af/

 

Cheap shops told to sell only TISI-certified goods

By The Nation

 

 

Shops selling cheap Bt20-per-piece products in Chiang Mai have insisted that they would not risk breaking the law by selling sub-standard goods.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996502-cheap-shops-told-to-sell-only-tisi-certified-goods/

 

National strategy bill process referred to Constitutional Court

By Chanikarn Phumhiran 
The Nation

 

 

Activist Srisuwan Janya filed a petition to the Constitutional Court on Wednesday asking it to review whether enforcing the 20-year national strategy bill could violate the 2017 charter’s stipulation that requires public engagement in the legislative process.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996503-national-strategy-bill-process-referred-to-constitutional-court/

 

Police defend good Samaritan in fatal pursuit of two robbery suspects

By Kanathit Srihirandet 
The Nation

 

Apichart

 

A city police chief said yesterday that it was impossible that a 57-year-old good Samaritan had “thrown” two young suspects off a U-turn overpass in Bangkhuntien district, responding to social media comments that purported to describe the violent act.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996504-police-defend-good-samaritan-in-fatal-pursuit-of-two-robbery-suspects/

DSI officials to take lie detector tests in Tawatchai death case

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Special Investigation has already required five of its officials and security guards to submit to lie detector tests in connection with the controversial death of a suspect in custody last year and passed the results to the court.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996505-dsi-officials-to-take-lie-detector-tests-in-tawatchai-death-case/

 

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Thailand Live Thursday 10 Aug 2017 
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