DSI launches massive land probe in Phuket

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- A team from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) have arrived in Phuket to launch an investigative review of 627 SorKor 1 land-use documents being used to occupy protected public land, and especially land within Sirinath National Park.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999536-dsi-launches-massive-land-probe-in-phuket/

 

Jailed Boonsong suffers high blood pressure

By The Nation

 

File photo: Boonsong Teriyapirom

 

Convicted former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom sought medical treatment late on Tuesday night after he developed a severe headache, which turned out to be a symptom of high blood pressure, the Corrections Department chief said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999537-jailed-boonsong-suffers-high-blood-pressure/

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Sorrayuth ‘in high spirits’ despite being denied bail

By The Nation

 

 

FORMER TV news anchor Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda is in high spirits in prison despite his bail application being rejected by the Supreme Court, according to his lawyer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999496-detained-sorrayuth-‘in-high-spirits/?do=findComment&comment=12226590

 

ONEP defends power plant

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

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Opposition plans rally and calls for muslim tradition expert on review panel.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE OFFICE of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) has defended the planned coal-fired power plant in Thepa, saying the project will not cause problems for local residents, and insisting that the Environmental and Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) study was properly conducted.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999566-onep-defends-power-plant/

 

Welfare card scheme will help poor pay for basic needs

By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- ALL REGISTERED low-income earners will be entitled to welfare cards or cash cards that will help ease their cost-of-living burden from October 1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999567-welfare-card-scheme-will-help-poor-pay-for-basic-needs/

Three more organic bills ready to go

By The Nation

 

Norachit

 

BANGKOK: -- The Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) would submit three more organic bills to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to deliberate and endorse, while expressing confidence it would complete the 10 organic laws required by the Constitution within the given time frame of 240 days.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999569-three-more-organic-bills-ready-to-go/

 

PM discusses Rohingya crisis with Myanmar military chief

By THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha walks side by side with visiting Myanmar armed forces commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, during their meeting at Government House yesterday.

 

BANGKOK: -- MYANMAR’S Commander in Chief, Min Aung Hlaing, discussed the Rohingya crisis yesterday with Thai government leaders as violence in western Rakhine state forced thousands of people to flee to the border with Bangladesh.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999571-pm-prayut-discusses-rohingya-crisis-with-myanmar-military-chief/

 

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Thaksin blasts ‘shield of law’ in cryptic tweet

By The Nation

 

 

FORMER PREMIER BREAKS SOCIAL MEDIA SILENCE TO SLAM ‘TYRANNY IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE’ IN DEFENCE OF SISTER YINGLUCK

 

BANGKOK: -- FUGITIVE former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra broke his long silence yesterday by hitting out at “tyranny under the shield of law and in the name of justice” in a Twitter post.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999480-thailands-former-pm-thaksin-breaks-silence-on-twitter/?do=findComment&comment=12226628

 

Charge threat over acquittals

By THE NATION

 

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BANGKOK: -- THE PEOPLE’S Alliance for Democracy (PAD) yesterday resolved to file a charge against the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) after it decided to only appeal one of the four acquittals in the case involving the violent crackdown on yellow shirts in 2008.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999572-violent-crackdown-on-yellow-shirts-2008-charge-threat-over-acquittals/

 

CDC stands firm on NHRC reset plan

By THE NATION

 

CDC spokesman Udom Ratamarit

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CONSTITUTION Drafting Commission (CDC) yesterday fired back at objections to plans to dismiss all National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) commissioners. CDC spokesman Udom Ratamarit said yesterday the CDC disagreed with the six points raised earlier by NHRC chairman What Tingsmith.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999573-cdc-stands-firm-on-nhrc-reset-plan/

 

EDITORIAL

Boonsong suffers the fate of the ‘hired gun’

By The Nation

 

 

While Yingluck Shinawatra is now safely out of reach of Thai justice, her subordinates tumble into jail

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999574-boonsong-suffers-the-fate-of-the-‘hired-gun’/

 

OPINION

Why Thailand 4.0 will not join the ranks of South Korea, Taiwan

By Michael Shafer 
Special to The Nation

 

Everyone repeats the “4.0 economy” mantra as if repetition will mobilise Thailand from middle-income doldrums to developed dynamism. Ministries are conjured, regulations rolled out, policies promulgated, funds found. To what end?

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999575-why-thailand-40-will-not-join-the-ranks-of-south-korea-taiwan/

 

Cashless society seen in three years

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Thailand E-Payment Trade Association (TEPA) believes Thailand will go cashless within three years. E-money accounts would grow this year by 10 per cent from 40 million or about 60 per cent of the population last year and online payments by 20-30 per cent from Bt170 billion, according to TEPA.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999576-cashless-society-seen-in-three-years/

 

UPDATE:

 

Prayut’s invitation shows Thailand’s key role in regional growth

By Xinhua Writer Yang Zhou

 

To Thailand, the upcoming ninth BRICS summit means so much.

 

It is expected to witness the signing of draft contracts for a high-speed railway project vital to the Southeast Asian nation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999530-prayuth-to-sign-high-speed-railway-contracts-in-china-next-week/?do=findComment&comment=12226665

 

Gen Prawit says it was not confirmed Yingluck left the country

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said Wednesday (Aug 30) that it was not confirmed that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra had already left the country for abroad.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999577-gen-prawit-says-it-was-not-confirmed-yingluck-left-the-country/

 

Ex-Democrat MP Warong hits back at Thaksin’s Montesquieu’s quote

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Former Democrat MP Warong Dechgitvigrom hit back at former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, accusing the latter of using the same old trick to blame other people for the bad fate befalling members of his family. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999578-ex-democrat-mp-warong-hits-back-at-thaksin’s-montesquieu’s-quote/

 

Trump says 'talking not the answer' on North Korea, Mattis disagrees

By Idrees Ali and Soyoung Kim

 

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that the United States was not out of diplomatic solutions with North Korea, just hours after President Donald Trump tweeted that "talking is not the answer."

 

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared "talking is not the answer" to the tense standoff with North Korea over its nuclear missile development, but his defence chief swiftly asserted that diplomatic options remain, and Russia demanded U.S. restraint.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999579-trump-says-talking-not-the-answer-on-north-korea-mattis-disagrees/

 

Harvey moves into Louisiana, with at least 25 dead, 17 missing

By Emily Flitter and Marianna Parraga

 

A car dealership is covered by Hurricane Harvey floodwaters near Houston, Texas August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

 

LAKE CHARLES, La./HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Harvey spun across southeastern Texas into Louisiana on Wednesday, sending more people fleeing for shelter after swamping Houston with record rains and flooding that killed at least 25 and drove tens of thousands from their homes.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999580-harvey-moves-into-louisiana-with-at-least-25-dead-17-missing/

 

'I'm not a quitter' says UK PM May, vowing to fight next election

By William James

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stands on the flight deck as she speaks to crew members of the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, during her tour of the ship, after it arrived at Portsmouth Naval base, its new home port, in Portsmouth, Britain August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Stansall/Pool/File Photo

 

KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said she wanted to continue as Britain's leader beyond the next parliamentary election, not due until 2022, dismissing expectations she could stand down after Brexit as early as 2019.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999582-im-not-a-quitter-says-uk-pm-may-vowing-to-fight-next-election/

 

France's Macron says he has 'major differences' with Putin on Ukraine

 

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a speech during the annual gathering of French Ambassadors at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Yoan Valat/Pool

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview he had major differences with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and "won't let him get away with anything."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999583-frances-macron-says-he-has-major-differences-with-putin-on-ukraine/

 

U.S. acknowledges more troops in Afghanistan than previously stated

By Idrees Ali

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. troops assess the damage to an armoured vehicle of NATO-led military coalition after a suicide attack in Kandahar province, Afghanistan August 2, 2017.REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 11,000 U.S. troops are serving in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, thousands more than it has previously stated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999584-us-acknowledges-more-troops-in-afghanistan-than-previously-stated/

 

In call with Saudi king, Trump urges end to Qatar dispute - White House

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) attend the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Saudi King Salman on Wednesday and urged "all the parties in the Qatar dispute" to find a diplomatic resolution to end a crisis that has embroiled several Gulf countries, the White House said in a statement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999585-in-call-with-saudi-king-trump-urges-end-to-qatar-dispute-white-house/

 

U.S.-led jets strike in Syria to block Islamic State evacuation deal

By Sarah Dadouch and Angus McDowall

 

FILE PHOTO - A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families begin to depart from the Lebanon-Syria border zone in Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017. REUTERS/ Omar Sanadiki

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-led warplanes on Wednesday blocked a convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families from reaching territory the group holds in eastern Syria and struck some of their comrades travelling to meet them, a coalition spokesman said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999586-us-led-jets-strike-in-syria-to-block-islamic-state-evacuation-deal/

 

UPDATE:

 

No official update on whereabouts of former PM Yingluck

 

BANGKOK, 31 August 2017 (NNT) – Thai authorities have not yet provided any update on the whereabouts of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who faces an arrest warrant after her failure to appear in court last week. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999577-gen-prawit-says-it-was-not-confirmed-yingluck-left-the-country/?do=findComment&comment=12226874

 

Tourism and Sports Minister focuses on cultural world heritage plan for 4 lower northern provinces

 

BANGKOK, 31 August 2017 (NNT) – The Minister of Tourism and Sports has highlighted on the cultural world heritage tourism plan for four lower northern provinces, amplifying the local Identity to stimulate spending through community-based tourism. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999593-tourism-minister-korpkarn-focuses-on-cultural-world-heritage-plan-for-4-lower-northern-provinces/

 

Appointments of new police chiefs yet to be publicly disclosed

 

BANGKOK, 31st August 2017 (NNT) – The deputy prime minister in charge of national security has confirmed that the promotion of new police chiefs has been concluded and the Prime Minister was involved in the process. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999594-appointments-of-new-thai-police-chiefs-yet-to-be-publicly-disclosed/

 

Riverside residents outside floodwalls told to move belongings to higher ground

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Residents living along the Chao Phraya river, Klong Bangkok Noi and Klong Mahasawat which are outside the floodwalls have been told by the City Hall to brace for possible flooding during September 4-8 and to move their belongings to higher ground.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999595-riverside-residents-outside-floodwalls-told-to-move-belongings-to-higher-ground/

 

Manchester bomber's brother faces trial in Libya

 

Hashem Abedi, the younger brother of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, will be tried in Libya over his suspected role in the attack, the BBC has been told.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999596-manchester-bombers-brother-faces-trial-in-libya/

 

Officer shot to death in California, two others wounded

 

SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A man with a high-powered rifle fatally shot a policeman at a hotel in Sacramento, California, during a car theft investigation, and two other officers were wounded by gunfire on Wednesday at the same location, officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999597-officer-shot-to-death-in-california-two-others-wounded/

 

Kremlin says got Trump adviser email about tower project but ignored it

 

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/Files

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman confirmed on Wednesday he had received an email in January last year from an adviser to Donald Trump about a Moscow real estate project, but said he had neither replied nor discussed it with Putin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999599-kremlin-says-got-trump-adviser-email-about-tower-project-but-ignored-it/