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Sa Kaeo immigration officers step up vehicle checks in search for Yingluck

By The Nation

 

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Immigration police and troops at the Aranyaprathet border checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province on Friday stepped up their checks of vehicles leaving the country as part of the search for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998803-former-thai-pm-yingluck-shinawatra-has-fled-thailand-for-singapore-report/?do=findComment&comment=12210994

 

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One killed, two injured as vehicle crashes into trailer truck

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A young man was killed and two others injured when their Toyota Fortuner vehicle crashed into the rear of an 18-wheel trailer truck that was making a U-turn on the inbound Bang Na-Trat Road in Chacheongsao province’s Bang Pakong district on Friday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998842-one-killed-two-injured-as-vehicle-crashes-into-trailer-truck/

 

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Ride hailing firm Grab commits $100 million to expand in Myanmar

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Ride-hailing firm Grab, the main Southeast Asian rival of Uber Technologies Inc, said it would commit $100 million over the next three years to deepen its presence in Myanmar, grow to more cities and roll out its other services.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/ride-hailing-firm-grab-commits-100-million-expand-myanmar/23801/

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South Korea court jails Samsung scion Jay Y. Lee for five years

BY REUTERS

 

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Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group heir arrives at Seoul Central District Court to hear the bribery scandal verdict on August 25, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. REUTERS/Chung Sung-Jun/Pool *** Local Caption *** Lee Jae-yong

 

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court jailed Samsung Electronics <005930.KS> Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee for five years on Friday.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/south-korea-court-jails-samsung-scion-jay-y-lee-five-years/23806/

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Thais to stage khon show at Sydney Opera House

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation

 

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A Thai troupe will stage a khon Ramayana performance at the Sydney Opera House in Australia for the first time on August 28. Photo courtesy of Culture Ministry

 

A troupe of 56 Thai khon performers will stage the Ramayana at the Sydney Opera House in Australia for the first time, next Monday night.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998855-thais-to-stage-khon-show-at-sydney-opera-house/

 

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Ex-mayor charged over journalists’ detention

By The Nation

 

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Khon Kaen's Phon Provincial Court prosecutor has indicted former Ban Phai district municipality mayor Premsak Phiayura following an incident in which it is claimed he ordered staff to detain and humiliate five journalists.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998857-ex-mayor-charged-over-journalists’-detention/

 

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Stains in car of missing female official not from blood

By The Nation

 

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The stains found on the front passenger seat of a car belonging to a missing female local administration official in Si Sa Ket’s Kantharalak district turned out to be fungi, not bloodstains that could be used for DNA testing, a Kantharalak police source revealed on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998858-stains-in-car-of-missing-female-official-not-from-blood/

 

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Boonsong escorted to jail

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

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Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, his ex-deputy Poom Sarapol and 16 other defendants were escorted to Bangkok Special Prison on Friday after being found guilty of offences relating to a bogus government-to-government deal under the Yingluck Shinawatra-led administration’s rice-pledging scheme.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998824-supreme-court-jails-boonsong-42-years-on-g-to-g-rice-deal/?do=findComment&comment=12211395

 

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‘Pico Finance’ microloans to be offered in Phuket to dispel loan sharks

Premkamon Ketsara

 

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The objective of the fair is to help people understand the sources of finance available to them, and to explain the dangers of and how to deal with loan sharks and investment scams, explained Ladda Phutthachart (left), chief of the Phuket Provincial Office of the Comptroller General. Photo: Premkamon Ketsara

 

PHUKET:-- The Ministry of Finance will hold its “Money Fair 2017 #1” at the Royal Phuket City Hotel on Sept 14 where people can register for microloans under the national government’s push to protect low-income earners from debt with loan sharks.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998859-‘pico-finance’-microloans-to-be-offered-in-phuket-to-dispel-loan-sharks/

 

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Lamborghini launches new luxury Android smartphone, which is almost certainly not worth its asking price

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Famous car manufacturer Lamborghini is set to launch a new “signature smartphone” that will be available in both the UK and UAE.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/lamborghini-launches-new-luxury-android-smartphone-almost-certainly-not-worth-asking-price/23810/

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Phuket Governor targets key tourism issues at consul meeting revival

Shela Riva

 

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PHUKET:-- Pollution, drownings and tourists’ safety on Phuket’s roads topped the agenda at the first meeting of the honorary consuls and envoys with the Governor of Phuket to be held in more than a year at Phuket Provincial Hall this afternoon (Aug 25).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998863-phuket-governor-targets-key-tourism-issues-at-consul-meeting-revival/

 

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Army opens fire with fines on Patong tuk-tuk, taxi drivers

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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PHUKET:-- Soldiers from the Royal Thai Army began their campaign against tuk-tuk, taxi and van drivers occupying public parking spaces in Patong in earnest this week with more than 76 drivers fined since Monday (Aug 21).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998864-army-opens-fire-with-fines-on-patong-tuk-tuk-taxi-drivers/

 

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Prawit confirms Yingluck fled far from neighbouring countries

By The Nation

 

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Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has left Thailand and is unlikely to be in any of the neighbouring countries, Deputy Premier and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan confirmed hours after the Supreme Court issued a warrant for her arrest on Friday. He said authorities of Singapore, where Yingluck was rumoured to have flown to, had told their Thai counterparts that she had not entered that

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998866-prawit-confirms-yingluck-fled-far-from-neighbouring-countries/

 

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