Party of Thai former PM says will work for democracy and the people

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Pracha Hariraksapitak

 

Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The political party of former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled into exile last week, said on Tuesday it would overcome the obstacles it faces and was committed to democracy and working for the good of the people.

 

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Thailand 'preparing to receive' those fleeing Myanmar violence

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is preparing to receive people fleeing fighting in Myanmar and send them back "when they are ready", the prime minister said on Tuesday, following a series of attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on Myanmar security forces last week.

 

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NACC to appeal one verdict in Somchai case

By The Nation

 

Pol Lt-General Suchart Muenkaew

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday decided to appeal against the acquittal of one of the officials who were cleared along with former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat in a case concerning their roles in the violent crackdown on yellow shirts in 2008.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999392-nacc-to-appeal-one-verdict-in-somchai-case/

 

Boonsong wants wife to drop opposition to assets freeze

By The Nation

 

Boonsong Teriyapirom

 

BANGKOK: -- FORMER COMMERCE minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, who has been jailed for malfeasance of duty over the Yigluck government’s rice-pledging scheme, yesterday advised his wife to drop a charge against top officials who froze both of their bank accounts as part of the government’s civil liability lawsuit against him, said their lawyer, Narin Somnuek.

 

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Hunt for fugitive former prime minister Yingluck focuses on six countries

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

File photo: Pol Colonel Watanyu Wittayaphalothai provides security escort for Yingluck Shinawatra during her tenure as the prime minister. He is said to have been one of the 14 people who last saw Yingluck in Thailand last Wednesday.

 

BANGKOK: -- THAI AUTHORITIES have contacted Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates in the hunt for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra as they believe she travelled through one of the countries to escape.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999394-hunt-for-fugitive-former-prime-minister-yingluck-focuses-on-six-countries/

 

Police seek talks with Yingluck confidants

By The Nation

 

Pol Gen Srivara.

 

BANGKOK: -- In an attempt to locate former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, police hope to interview more of the people who were close to her shortly before her disappearance.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999395-police-seek-talks-with-yingluck-confidants/

 

Jailed Sondhi now blind in his left eye, says son

By THE NATION

 

File photo: Sondhi Limthongkul

 

BANGKOK: -- YELLOW-SHIRT LEADER Sondhi Limthongkul, who is serving a jail term for forgery, is blind in his left eye as the cataract he has suffered for a long time has become worse since he was jailed, said his son Jittanart yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999396-jailed-sondhi-now-blind-in-his-left-eye-says-son/

 

Bt1m severance plan to pay off fare collectors

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

BMTA seeks bt2-bn budget for early retirement scheme to cut workforce in half by 2019

BANGKOK: -- THE BANGKOK Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) is planning to give Bt1 million severance pay to its bus-fare collectors as part of a plan to downsize its workforce. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999397-bt1m-severance-plan-to-pay-off-fare-collectors/

 

Hospitals step up to treat patients turned away by Mahaesak

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

Top officials from relevant state health agencies yesterday announce plans to help people who will be affected by Mahaesak Hospital’s withdrawal from the universal healthcare scheme.

 

BANGKOK: -- SEVERAL HOSPITALS have come forward to take over about 100,000 patients from the Mahaesak Hospital, which is withdrawing from the universal healthcare scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999398-hospitals-step-up-to-treat-patients-turned-away-by-mahaesak/

 

Eased political concerns spur SET gains

By The Nation 

 

Number of investors join Thailand Focus 2017 yesterday

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) rebounded yesterday on an apparent easing in political tension, while foreign investors flocked to the Thailand Focus investment conference, seemingly untroubled by issues on the political front.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999399-eased-political-concerns-spur-set-gains/

 

OPINION

Rice verdict and the shortcomings of Thai democracy

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

Yingluck Shinawatra’s disappearance has clouded the serious matter of how election platforms should be conceived, how they should become state policies and how such policies should be implemented.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999400-rice-verdict-and-the-shortcomings-of-thai-democracy/

 

EDITORIAL

The futility of another passport pursuit

By The Nation

 

The hounding of Yingluck Shinawatra would only further damage Thailand’s international reputation

It is disappointing that moves are afoot to revoke the Thai passport held by fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. While the Foreign Ministry must wait until after the Supreme Court verdict in her case is announced next month – and until police organise a formal complaint if the verdict is guilty – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has already raised the idea of revoking the passport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999401-the-futility-of-another-passport-pursuit/

 

Pundits Handicap Post-Yingluck Opposition Leaders

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Three possible successors to lead the post-Yingluck Shinawatra opposition, from left: Phumtham Wechayachai, Sudarat Keyuraphan and Chaturon Chaisang.

 

BANGKOK — A sudden vacancy atop the political opposition movement has prompted early short-listing of the next leader of the embattled Pheu Thai Party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999403-pundits-handicap-post-yingluck-opposition-leaders/

 

PM confident Yingluck will be tracked down, but this will take time

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is confident that authorities will be able to track down former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra but this will take time.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999404-pm-prayut-confident-yingluck-will-be-tracked-down-but-this-will-take-time/

 

Supreme Court rejects Sorrayuth’s bail request

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court has rejected the request for bail of former wellknown anchorman Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda on the ground that his case could not be appealed to the high court if the appeal concerns factual aspect.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999405-supreme-court-rejects-sorrayuth’s-bail-request/

 

Line chats lead police to seizure of a large cache of illicit drugs

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Trailing the Line chats of a drug gang earlier arrested, drug suppression police raided an apartment room in Min Buri area on Tuesday (Aug 29) and seized a large cache of illicit drugs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999406-line-chats-lead-police-to-seizure-of-a-large-cache-of-illicit-drugs-in-min-buri/

 

UK police broke law in case of British backpackers murdered in Thailand

Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

 

Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were murdered on the island of Koh Tao in September 2014. Photograph: PA /The Guardian

 

National Crime Agency breached rules by passing information to Thai police that led to death sentences, high court rules

 

LONDON: -- The National Crime Agency in the UK has been forced to admit it acted unlawfully when it gave information to Thai police that helped send two men to death row for murdering two British backpackers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999408-uk-police-broke-law-in-case-of-british-backpackers-murdered-on-koh-tao/

 

Thailand's Buddhism chief removed after pressure from religious groups

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Aukkarapon Niyomyat

 

Thailand's head of the National Office for Buddhism Pongporn Pramsaneh, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bangkok,Thailand June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Patpicha Tanakasempipat/Files

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's junta has removed the head of the national Buddhism office, the prime minister said on Tuesday, after religious groups called on the government to sack him over his plans to clean up scandal-hit monasteries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999409-thailands-buddhism-chief-removed-after-pressure-from-religious-groups/

 

Sky stops broadcasting Fox News in UK

 

Sky is to stop broadcasting Fox News in the UK after low audience figures, the media firm has said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999410-sky-stops-broadcasting-fox-news-in-uk/

 

Message from North Korean missile over Japan 'loud and clear' - Trump

By Susan Heavey and Jack Kim

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a long and medium-range ballistic rocket launch drill in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 30, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that all options are on the table for the United States to respond to North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile over northern Japan's Hokkaido island into the sea in a new show of force.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999411-message-from-north-korean-missile-over-japan-loud-and-clear-trump/

 

Trump surveys devastated Texas as Harvey rages on

By Ernest Scheyder and Peter Henderson

 

U.S. President Donald Trump receives a briefing on Tropical Storm Harvey relief efforts in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

HOUSTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump visited Texas on Tuesday to survey damage from the first major natural disaster to test his leadership in a crisis, as record rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston and tens of thousands of people fled flooded homes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999412-trump-surveys-devastated-texas-as-harvey-rages-on/

 

Trump Jr. to testify in Senate, Manafort lawyer subpoenaed - CNN

 

FILE PHOTO - Donald Trump Jr. stands onstage with his father Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump after Trump's debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, U.S. on September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has agreed to testify privately to the Senate Judiciary Committee as it looks into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, CNN reported on Tuesday, weeks after he was invited to testify in public at a hearing in July.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999413-trump-jr-to-testify-in-senate-manafort-lawyer-subpoenaed-cnn/

 

Iran rejects U.S. demand for U.N. visit to military sites

By Parisa Hafezi

 

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani attends his swearing-in ceremony for a further term, at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, August 5, 2017. President.ir/Handout via REUTERS

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran has dismissed a U.S. demand for United Nations nuclear inspectors to visit its military bases as "merely a dream".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999414-iran-rejects-us-demand-for-un-visit-to-military-sites/

 

British princes mark anniversary of Diana's death with low-key tribute

 

A young boy looks at flowers and tributes in memory of the late Princess Diana on the gates of her former residence Kensington Palace in London, Britain, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Princes William and Harry will pay tribute to their mother Princess Diana on Wednesday, a day before the 20th anniversary of her death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999415-british-princes-mark-anniversary-of-dianas-death-with-low-key-tribute/

 

'Gates of Hell' - Iraqi army says fighting near Tal Afar worse than Mosul

By Ahmed Rasheed

 

Members of Iraqi army are seen during the war between Iraqi army and Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) against the Islamic State militants in al-Ayadiya, northwest of Tal Afar, Iraq August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces battling to retake the small town of al-'Ayadiya where militants fleeing Tal Afar have entrenched themselves, saying on Tuesday the fighting is “multiple times worse” than the battle for Mosul’s old city.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999416-gates-of-hell-iraqi-army-says-fighting-near-tal-afar-worse-than-mosul/

 

London station evacuated briefly after small explosion caused by e-cigarette - police

 

Police and commuters are seen outside Euston Station after police evacuated the area following a security alert in London, Britain, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Tolga Akmen

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British police evacuated London's Euston station on Tuesday after a small explosion, most probably caused by an e-cigarette in a bag, prompted a lock-down and sent dozens of armed officers racing to the scene.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999417-london-station-evacuated-briefly-after-small-explosion-caused-by-e-cigarette-police/

 

Common ticket for Bangkok buses to be used from 1 October

 

BANGKOK, 30 August 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Transport plans to pilot a common ticket for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority's buses from 1 October 2017, said Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999427-common-ticket-for-bangkok-buses-to-be-used-from-1-october/

 

Royal rainmaking plans meet current demands in northern region

 

CHIANG MAI, 30 August 2917 (NNT) – Royal rainmaking plans have been adjusted to aid farmland and add more water into dams in the northern region in accordance with the current demands. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999429-royal-rainmaking-plans-meet-current-demands-in-northern-region/

 

Power cables on Phahonyothin road will be moved underground by Sept

 

BANGKOK, 30 August 2017 (NNT) - A project to move power and utility cables underground on Phahonyothin road in Bangkok has progressed by more than 50%. It is expected to be completed in September this year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999434-power-cables-on-phahonyothin-road-will-be-moved-underground-by-sept/

 

Fixing Phuket’s coral. Restoration projects around Phuket

By Tanutam Thawan

 

International volunteers and Thai workers from the DMCR (Department of Marine and Coastal Resources - Phuket Office) worked together to help in the regeneration of coral around Phuket.

 

PHUKET: -- For the past few years the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources – Phuket Office has been working on the construction and installation of artificial reefs around the island. Two main areas have been selected, Koh Racha Yai (Bay3) and Koh Mai Thon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999435-fixing-phuket’s-coral-restoration-projects-around-phuket/