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Pai child flasher and molester arrested in Chiang Mai - will be sent to US and blacklisted

 

 

Thaivisa understands that the alleged American pedophile who exposed himself to and groped a group of children has been re-arrested.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035005-pai-child-flasher-and-molester-arrested-in-chiang-mai-will-be-sent-to-us-and-blacklisted/

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French 'Agent' to police in Pattaya linked to alleged threats against YouTuber

 

 

Mystery surrounds the role of a French national who claims to be working for the Royal Thai Police.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035028-french-agent-to-police-in-pattaya-linked-to-alleged-threats-against-youtuber/

 

 

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Russian Sex Gurus Trial On Hold Pending More Investigation

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Anastasia Vashukevich in an image posted to Instagram in March 2017 purportedly taken in Pattaya. Photo: Nastya_rybka.ru / Instagram

 

PATTAYA — Police said Monday they are still investigating a group of Slavic “sex instructors,” though they admit it could over a month before a trial begins.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035029-russian-sex-gurus-trial-on-hold-pending-more-investigation/

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It's a boy: Kate, wife of UK's Prince William, gives birth to third child

By Michael Holden and Tom Ball

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and his wife Princess Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, attend a reception at Claerchens Ballhaus, in Berlin Germany, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Britta Pedersen/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Kate, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a boy at a hospital in London on Monday, the third child for the British royal couple and now fifth in line to the throne.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034983-kate-wife-of-prince-william-taken-to-hospital-to-give-birth-to-third-child/?do=findComment&comment=12920444

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BREAKING

 

Nine dead, 16 hurt by van ploughing over Toronto sidewalk - police

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Allison Martell

 

Police in Toronto say they have arrested a man after a white van struck multiple people at a major intersection in the city's northern suburbs on Monday afternoon.

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - A white Ryder rental van killed nine people and injured 16 when its driver ploughed through a busyToronto sidewalk on a sunny Monday afternoon, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035056-nine-dead-16-hurt-by-van-ploughing-over toronto sidewalk-police/

 

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Wissanu coy on agenda for NCPO meeting with politicians in June

By The Nation

 

Wissanu

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Kreangam continued to keep politiฌcians guessing on the topics for their meeting with the junta leader in June.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035057-wissanu-coy-on-agenda-for-ncpo-meeting-with-politicians-in-june/

 

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Junta ‘not trying to headhunt’ Buri Ram politicians

By THE NATION

 

Anutin

 

BHUM JAI THAI Party head Anutin Charnvirakul yesterday played down suggestions that party members might be headhunted after it was revealed that the junta’s mobile Cabinet would take place in Buri Ram province next month.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035058-junta-‘not-trying-to-headhunt’-buri-ram-politicians/

 

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All-girl idol group BNK48 to meet PM on Tuesday

By The Nation

 

File photo: BNK48

 

Members of the famous all-girls “idol” group BNK48 are scheduled to call on Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035059-all-girl-idol-group-bnk48-to-meet-pm-on-tuesday/

 

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Network to intensify protests against Doi Suthep project

By The Nation

 

 

A Chiang Mai network is preparing to step up its protests against the construction of court officials’ residences at the foot of the Doi Suthep mountain, after two senior figures from the judiciary apparently said they expected these residences to be in use for at least 10 years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035060-network-to-intensify-protests-against-doi-suthep-project/

 

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‘Solid evidence’ against another seven monks in latest temple fund embezzlement cases: police

By The Nation

 

 

Police have found solid evidence against seven monks in a new batch of temple-fund embezzlement cases, a senior officer said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035061-‘solid-evidence’-against-another-seven-monks-in-latest-temple-fund-embezzlement-cases-police/

 

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At least 24 more officials face probe in education fund corruption scandal

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

AT LEAST 24 more officials are expected to be investigated by the Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission over their alleged role in the embezzlement of the Educational Fund for Life Development.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035062-at-least-24-more-officials-face-probe-in-education-fund-corruption-scandal/

 

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Accused in broadcast assault may face attempted murder charge, say police

By THE NATION

 

 

A MAN hit with four criminal charges following his assault and humiliation of his 21-year-old girlfriend during a Facebook Live broadcast on Sunday might also be facing an attempted murder charge, national police deputy chief Pol General Weerachai Songmetta said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035063-accused-in-facebook-live-broadcast-assault-may-face-attempted-murder-charge-say-police/

 

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Celebrities face the music as health brand runs afoul of FDA

By THE NATION

 

 

POLICE WILL soon summon 56 Thai celebrities for questioning over their alleged involvement with a well-known food-supplement brand accused of selling its products without proper licences, national police deputy chief Pol General Weerachai Songmetta said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035064-celebrities-face-the-music-as-health-brand-runs-afoul-of-fda/

 

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Mahakan Fort Community to live on in the virtual world

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

THE HERITAGE of the Mahakan Fort Community will live on in digital form, as an archive of this old Bangkok quarter will be created and maintained online via crowdsourcing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035065-mahakan-fort-community-to-live-on-in-the-virtual-world/

 

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Man who fired shots during wedding procession faces four charges

By Thai PBS

 

 

The gunman who fired shots during a wedding procession in Muang district of Nakhon Nayok on Sunday (April 23) resulting to the injuries of three girls by stray shots turned himself in to the Muang district police on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035066-man-who-fired-shots-during-nakhon-nayok-wedding-procession-faces-four-charges/

 

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NLA president appoints a retired police officer to probe controversial audio clip

By Thai PBS

 

 

Pol Gen Chatchawal Suksomjit was on Monday (April 23) appointed by National Legislative Assembly president Pornpetch Wichitcholachai to head a panel to investigate an audio clip involving the selection of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035067-nla-president-appoints-a-retired-police-officer-to-probe-controversial-audio-clip/

 

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New oil-field bid process for ‘benefit of public’

By The Nation

 

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But unclear whether fresh approach will bring financial boost to Thai treasury.

 

POLITICIANS AND bureaucrats will play a bigger role in the decision-making process for oil and gas production in the Gulf of Thailand under new bidding terms and conditions approved by the National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) yesterday, according to industry sources.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035068-new-oil-field-bid-process-for-‘benefit-of-public’/

 

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Thailand not a currency manipulator, central bank chief says

Gov Veerathai warns US trade protectionism could hurt global investment

YUKAKO ONO, Nikkei staff writer

 

BANGKOK -- Thailand does not intervene with foreign exchange rates to gain competitiveness in trade, its central bank chief said on Monday, amid rising concerns that the country may become the first in Southeast Asia to be placed under trade scrutiny by the U.S.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035069-thailand-not-a-currency-manipulator-central-bank-chief-says/

 

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More robberies from tourists in Ao Nang, Krabi

Police caught the French man in Ao Nang area with the stolen bag

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

A robber, identified as a French tourist, 32 year old Martinez Joyce, was arrested in Ao Nang, Krabi, after stealing a purse containing 42,000 Baht cash inside.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035070-more-robberies-from-tourists-in-ao-nang-krabi-french-tourist-arrested/

 

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G7 foreign ministers unite in condemning Russian behaviour

By David Ljunggren and Lesley Wroughton

 

Security Ministers pose for a group photo on the second day of Foreign ministers meetings from G7 countries in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations on Monday united to condemn Russia for behaviour that they said undermined international laws, and called on Moscow to help resolve the conflict in Syria.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035071-g7-foreign-ministers-unite-in-condemning-russian-behaviour/

 

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Suspects in Toronto van attack identified - CBC TV

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - The suspect in the Toronto van attack that killed nine people and injured 16 others is a 25-year-old man named Alek Minassian, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035056-nine-dead-16-hurt-by-van-ploughing-over toronto sidewalk-police/?do=findComment&comment=12921085

 

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Trump says may tie Mexican immigration control to NAFTA

By Doina Chiacu and Anthony Esposito

 

U.S. President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to make Mexican immigration control a condition of a new NAFTA trade deal on Monday, even as ministers from Canada, the United States and Mexico readied a fresh push to finalise a revamped accord this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035072-trump-says-may-tie-mexican-immigration-control-to-nafta/

 

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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush admitted to Houston hospital

 

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush attends the funeral service for his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, with his son the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, U.S., April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Richard Carson

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was admitted to a Houston hospital on Sunday after contracting an infection that spread to his blood, a family spokesman said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035073-former-us-president-george-hw-bush-admitted-to-houston-hospital/

 

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Waffle House shooting suspect arrested in Nashville woods

By Tim Ghianni

 

 Nashcille police took the suspect in the fatal shooting of four people at a Waffle House restaurant into custody on Monday, ending a massive manhunt, authorities said. 

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Police on Monday arrested the man suspected of fatally shooting four people at a Waffle House restaurant, ending a 36-hour manhunt after tips from the public led police to search secluded woods nearby.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035074-waffle-house-shooting-suspect-arrested-in-nashville-woods/

 

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Smog rings alarm bells in Chiang Mai

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

 

Amid ‘very dangerous’ air pollution, children and elderly told to stay inside

 

The North continued to choke in smog, as air pollution level soared in an increasing number of hotspots after the end of the ban on burning.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035075-smog-rings-alarm-bells-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Tesco Lotus spends up in retail omni-channel push

By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN 
THE NATION

 

 

TESCO LOTUS yesterday said it is committed to continuous investment in Thailand, especially in the development of omni-channel retailing that meshes with the ambitions of the government’s Thailand 4.0 technology vision.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035076-tesco-lotus-spends-up-in-retail-omni-channel-push/

 

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Moriya’s maiden title a triumph for family and Thai sport

By LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION

 

Moriya Jutanugarn joins sister Ariya as an LPGA Tour winner from Thailand.

 

MORIYA JUTANUGARN finally emerged from the shadow of her more successful sister Ariya by landing her maiden title in the United States yesterday (Thailand time) – and in doing so, etched the family’s name into the sport’s history books.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035077-moriya’s-maiden-title-a-triumph-for-family-and-thai-sport/

 

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Is nothing sacred!? Netizens slam singer on stage in Kamphaeng Phet portraying a monk!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A video online showed an entertainment from Kamphaeng Phet at Songkran in which a singer played a monk.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035078-is-nothing-sacred-netizens-slam-singer-on-stage-in-kamphaeng-phet-portraying-a-monk/

 

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Walking Street woman admits to theft in the hours of darkness from Yemeni tourist

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

Pattaya station chief Apichai Krobpetch announced the arrest of a Walking Street woman who stole money from the room of a Yemeni tourist during Songkran.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035079-walking-street-woman-admits-to-theft-in-the-hours-of-darkness-from-yemeni-tourist/

 

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Ten now dead, 15 injured after van plows into Toronto crowd

 

Fire fighters stand near a covered body after a van struck multiple people at a major intersection northern Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Saul Porto

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and another 15 are injured after a 25-year-old man appeared to deliberately mow down pedestrians in north Toronto, the city's police chief said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035056-nine-dead-16-hurt-by-van-ploughing-over toronto sidewalk-police/?do=findComment&comment=12921335