Sensitive Information Of 790,000 People Published Online

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

An entry from the "Stop Walk and Talk" program database of the Sixth Region Police command, with phone number and home address removed by Khaosod English.

 

BANGKOK — The information of more than 790,000 residents were published online for anyone to see on a police website.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998518-sensitive-information-of-790000-people-published-online/

 

Power outage announcement for August 24-28

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Metropolitan Electricity Authority will maintain and improve the electricity distribution system in the following areas so it will have to temporarily cut off the power for security on operation process.  

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998520-power-outage-announcement-for-august-24-28/

 

Investigation of conscript’s death yields no results

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The investigation into the mysterious death of a conscript at a Surat Thani military camp still has not concluded, as the autopsy results have not been released, while CCTV footage and the interrogation of persons of interest had reportedly failed to yield any results.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998522-investigation-of-conscript’s-death-yields-no-results/

 

UPDATE:

 

Dismemberment suspects smile as they arrive at court

By The Nation

 

Priyanuch Nonwangchai (L) and Jidarat Promkhun (R)

 

Five suspects linked to a highly publicised murder-dismemberment case were smiling as they turned up at Khon Kaen Provincial Court for their pre-trial court appearance on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998472-five-suspects-in-the-murder-of-khon-kaen-karaoke-bargirl-indicted-in-court/?do=findComment&comment=12204582

 

Army Claims Arrest of Chiang Mai Academics was to Protect Reputation of Academic Institutions

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The Peace and Order Maintaining Command in Chiang Mai issued a clarification on the charge against five International Thai Studies Conference members on the 21st August, explaining that the charge was not about organising the forum but about a featured banner, heavily shared on social media, which authorities considered a political activity.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998534-army-claims-arrest-of-chiang-mai-academics-was-to-protect-reputation-of-academic-institutions/

 

 

Barber shop offers something extra

By Watcharapong Jingkaojai 
The Nation

 

Photo : Watcharapong Jingkaojai

 

A barber in Chiang Mai’s Muang district has become the talk of the town after he began distributing free condoms to his customers.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998536-barber-shop-offers-something-extra/

 

The bullet that hurts - but never kills

By Rachanon Intharaksa 
The Nation

 

 

Researchers from Kasetsart University have invented an alternative “first shot” bullet for pistols, which would cause some pain but never a death.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998537-the-bullet-that-hurts-but-never-kills/

 

Higher excise tax on sweetened drinks ready for cabinet approval 

 

 

Excise Department says it is preparing a proposal to increase taxes on soft drinks with sugar contents exceeding the specified limit for the cabinet to approve.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998538-higher-excise-tax-on-sweetened-drinks-ready-for-cabinet-approval/

 

Yingluck makes merit today as judgement day near

 

 

As security is tightening with police and military checking public buses on highways, trains, to monitor people coming to the capital this week to give morale support to the ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra on the August  25 judgement day, she posted on her Facebook page with a short message saying she made merit at home today in Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998539-yingluck-makes-merit-today-as-judgement-day-near/

 

Dismemberment suspects smile as they arrive at court

By The Nation

 

Priyanuch Nonwangchai (L) and Jidarat Promkhun (R)

 

Five suspects linked to a highly publicised murder-dismemberment case were smiling as they turned up at Khon Kaen Provincial Court for their pre-trial court appearance on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998540-dismemberment-suspects-smile-as-they-arrive-at-court/

 

Students taught how to protect themselves at home

By The Nation

 

Suwannee Siriwetchapan

 

In the wake of rising cases of domestic abuse in Thailand, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is running a self-defence programme for students so they can protect themselves from possible violence at home, the National News Bureau of Thailand reported on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998541-students-taught-how-to-protect-themselves-at-home/

 

Intimate touching deemed sexual harassment

By The Nation

 

 

A Public Health Ministry fact-finding committee has concluded that a senior official sexually harassed his subordinates.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998543-intimate-touching-deemed-sexual-harassment/

 

Uncle Fatty is back in the wild – and on a diet

By Anant Chantarasoot 
The Nation

 

 

The unusually obese long-tailed macaque – nicknamed “Lung Ou-an” (Uncle Fatty) – is fully recovered from lung inflammation and was released back to its usual haunt in Bangkok’s Bang Khunthien district on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998545-uncle-fatty-is-back-in-the-wild-–-and-on-a-diet/

 

Airport Thieves Stealing Luggage Off Planes; Carousels, Police Warns

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Maj. Gen. Prasert Nguenyuang Wednesday morning speaks about criminals who steal luggage from airports, airplanes and tourist attractions.

 

BANGKOK — Tourist police held a public press conference Wednesday near Suvarnabhumi Airport to warn the public about the dangers and methods used by thieves who steal luggage off of luggage carousels and aircrafts.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998512-tourist-police-network-targets-suvarnabhumi-airport-thieves /?do=findComment&comment=12205023

 

Patong residents plea against forced evictions for B6bn tunnel

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET:-- Hundreds of residents from Patong and from Kathu have called for the right to keep their homes instead of having their lands expropriated by law to make way for the decades-in-coming Patong Tunnel, which at last report was estimated to cost taxpayers B6 billion.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998548-patong-residents-plea-against-forced-evictions-for-b6bn-tunnel/

 

Phuket’s Bang Khu underpass faces delay in official opening

Shela Riva

 

 

PHUKET:-- The Bang Khu Underpass at the north end of bypass road, which was to be completed by the end of August, is delaying its official opening to the end of September, Phuket Highways Project Engineer Somkiet Yimpong said today (Aug 23).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998550-phuket’s-bang-khu-underpass-faces-delay-in-official-opening/

 

Popular weather app accused of tracking user’s location and selling it to ad firms – even when they opted out

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Popular weather app AccuWeather has been accused of collecting user’s location data even when the option had been turned off and then selling the data to third party advertisers.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/popular-weather-app-accused-tracking-users-location-selling-ad-firms-even-opted/23740/

Update your DJI drone before September 1 or you will not be able to fly it

BY STAFF WRITER

 

DJI Spark

 

If you own a DJI drone you need to install a new firmware update that is due to be released this week or your device will be grounded after September 1.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/update-dji-drone-september-1-will-not-able-fly/23744/

Facebook DOWN! Users report “total blackout” as site and mobile app not working

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Facebook was inaccessible to users in Thailand and around the world on Wednesday evening.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-users-report-total-blackout-site-mobile-app-not-working/23746/

Drug raid nets huge haul of ‘ice’

By The Nation

 

 

Police have arrested two Malaysians and seized 200 kilograms of methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice”, from their vehicle during a raid in Songkhla.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998560-drug-raid-nets-huge-haul-of-‘ice’/

 

Man, 23, surrenders over woman’s death in motel

By The Nation

 

 

A man accused of killing a 23-year-old woman in a motel room in Samut Sakhon province’s Ban Phaeo district late on Tuesday night surrendered to police on Wednesday afternoon. The body was found pool of blood with indications of strangling on the neck.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998562-man-23-surrenders-over-woman’s-death-in-motel/

 

Jatupat’s action like ‘destroying democracy’

By THE NATION

 

Jatupat Boonpattararaksa // Photo from: tlhr2014.com

 

A MILITARY officer told a military court in Northeast Khon Kaen province on Wednesday that holding a banner with a message against the coup d’etat – as student activists led by Jatupat Boonpattararaksa did in May 2015 – was an act of “destroying democracy”.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998563-jatupat’s-action-like-‘destroying-democracy’/

 

Watana petitions judge over ‘threat’ to lawyer

By KESINEE TAENGKHIAO 
THE NATION

 

Watana Muangsook

 

KEY PHEU Thai Party figure Watana Muangsook on Wednesday filed a petition with the Criminal Court to investigate police officers from the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) for allegedly threatening his lawyer during interrogation on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998564-watana-petitions-judge-over-‘threat’-to-lawyer/

 

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