THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 25 Apr 2018

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Ten tourists injured as Khao San minivan slams into tree in Nakorn Pathom

 

 

Ten foreign tourists were injured and taken to hospital after a private minivan hired to take Khao San Road area tourists to the Erawan Falls in Kanchanaburi crashed in Nakorn Pathom, west of Bangkok, yesterday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035214-ten-tourists-injured-as-khao-san-minivan-slams-into-tree-in-nakorn-pathom/

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Comment: Pattaya branded 'sleazy den of sin' in wake of orgy scandal - give Pattaya and the rest of us a break!

 

 

Western media on both sides of the English speaking world had a field day laying into Pattaya following the "startling revelations" of the bust at the "sex orgy" in the resort at the weekend.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035212-comment-pattaya-branded-sleazy-den-of-sin-in-wake-of-orgy-scandal-give-pattaya-and-the-rest-of-us-a-break/

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Thaivisa warning: Look away now if you don't want to see what happened to a motorcyclist in Phuket

 

 

Gruesome pictures from Phuket showed the aftermath of a collision between a female motorcyclist and the rear of a pick-up truck.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035213-thaivisa-warning-look-away-now-if-you-dont-want-to-see-what-happened-to-a-motorcyclist-in-phuket/

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PM in firm rebuttal of Abhisit’s ‘offering jobs in govt’ claim

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday rejected the allegation by former PM and Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva about offering jobs in the government to politicians in exchange for their support of a future bid by Prayut for the premiership.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035234-pm-in-firm-rebuttal-of-abhisit’s-‘offering-jobs-in-govt’-claim/

 

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Sinking TV operators to get aid package

By THE NATION

 

Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

JUNTA CHIEF Prayut Chan-o-cha has used his special constitutional powers under Article 44 to scrap the selection of new members of the National Broadcasting and Telecom Commission (NBTC) and require incumbent commissioners to stay on.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035211-junta-agrees-on-3-methods-to-help-22-digital-tv-operators/?do=findComment&comment=12924123

 

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Mor Saeng’s ‘cancer cure’ ineffective, govt tests show

By The Nation

 

 

Patients urged not to abandon modern medicine in favour of herbal pills.

 

HERBAL CURES for cancer, prepared by Mor Saeng, have no effect on treating or inhibiting the disease, Dr Narong Aphikulvanich, the Medical Services Department’s deputy director general, said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035236-mor-saeng’s-‘cancer-cure’-ineffective-govt-tests-show/

 

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Elephants driven to extinction by illegal skin trade, says report

By RACHANON CHAROONSAK 
THE NATION 

 

 

MYANMAR, LAOS AND CHINA MAIN SOURCES OF PRODUCTS USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINES AND SKINCARE CREAMS

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035237-elephants-driven-to-extinction-by-illegal-skin-trade-says-report/

 

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Former chief justice defends Doi Suthep court buildings

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

A FORMER chief of the Supreme Court judge panel has posted a Facebook response to the recent statement made by a group of academics in Chiang Mai that slammed the courts for allegedly encroaching on a forest reserve.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035238-former-chief-justice-defends-doi-suthep-court-buildings/

 

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Buddhist group calls for Pongporn to quit over case of monks’ alleged fraud

By The Nation

 

File photo: Pol Lt-Colonel Pongporn Parmsneh

 

A GROUP of Buddhists has demanded the dismissal of National Buddhism Office’s director Pol Lt-Colonel Pongporn Parmsneh after he pursued legal proceedings against five senior monks over alleged embezzlement of state funds for temples.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035240-buddhist-group-calls-for-pongporn-to-quit-over-case-of-monks’-alleged-fraud/

 

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Doctors claim paraquat is safe for farm use

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

PARAQUAT IS safe enough for agricultural use and should not be banned, if safely managed and applied to unwanted plants, medical experts said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035241-doctors-claim-paraquat-is-safe-for-farm-use/

 

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25-year prison term in drugs case linked to killed teenage activist

By Nisanart Kangkanwong 
The Nation

 

File photo: Chaiyaphum Pasae

 

The Chiang Mai Provincial Court on Tuesday acquitted the sister-in-law of a men?tor of the killed Lahu teenage activist Chaiyaphum Pasae on drugs charges on the grounds of insufficient evidence while sentencing another defendant, Nasae Saesue, to a 25-year prison sentence and Bt750,000 fine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035242-25-year-prison-term-in-drugs-case-linked-to-killed-teenage-activist/

 

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PM breaks the rules to get up close and personal with BNK48

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha swapped his stern demeanour for smiles yesterday as he chatted cheerfully with eight members of pop-star idols BNK48, who visited Government House.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035243-pm-prayut-breaks-the-rules-to-get-up-close-and-personal-with-bnk48/

 

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7 celebrities face questions over unlicensed ‘beauty products’ ads

By The Nation

 

 

Police will today issue summonses to the first batch of seven Thai celebrities for questioning over their alleged involvement with a well-known food-supplement brand at the centre of allegations that its products were sold without proper licences.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035138-7-celebrities-face-questions-over-‘beauty-products’-ads/?do=findComment&comment=12924166

 

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Arrest warrant issued for human rights activist

By THE NATION

 

Photo credit from Facebook Andy Hall

 

BANGKOK SOUTH Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for rights activist Andy Hall on Tuesday, after he failed to show up for a court session.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035244-thai-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-human-rights-activist-andy-hall/

 

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OPINION

Is the latest True controversy a case of mass paranoia?

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

Something is not quite right when you put what True Corp and the Interior Ministry said side by side regarding the latest controversy surrounding the telecom giant.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035245-is-the-latest-true-controversy-a-case-of-mass-paranoia/

 

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Insurance claims during 7-day Songkran festival amount to over B600m

By Thai PBS

 

 

Over 600 million baht in insurance claims were demanded involving road accidents that occurred during the 7-day Songkran festival from April 11-17, according to the Office of Insurance Commission.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035247-insurance-claims-during-7-day-songkran-festival-amount-to-over-b600m/

 

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Appeals Court reverses death sentence for iPhone robbers

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Appeals Court on Tuesday (April 24) reversed death sentence of two men who stole an iPhone from a university graduate and stabbed him to death on January 4 last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035248-appeals-court-reverses-death-sentence-for-iphone-robbers/

 

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PM brushes aside criticisms on junta’s “sucking power”

By Thai PBS

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday (April 24) shrugged off criticism from Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva that the junta is using “sucking power” to draw former MPs to their political clan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035234-pm-in-firm-rebuttal-of-abhisit’s-‘offering-jobs-in-govt’-claim/?do=findComment&comment=12924205

 

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British building material fire tests inadequate - insurance body

 

FILE PHOTO: The burnt out remains of the Grenfell apartment tower are seen in North Kensington, London, Britain, June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British laboratory tests on the fire safety of building materials are inadequate, research for the insurance industry in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire showed on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035249-british-building-material-fire-tests-inadequate-insurance-body/

 

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White House doctor refuses to pull out as Trump's nominee for veterans job

By Steve Holland and Susan Cornwell

 

U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, meets with Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's physician Ronny Jackson will continue as the nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs department after allegations about his conduct stalled his Senate hearing for the job, a White House official said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035250-white-house-doctor-refuses-to-pull-out-as-trumps-nominee-for-veterans-job/

 

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Trump and France's Macron seek new measures on Iran as deadline looms

By Steve Holland and Marine Pennetier

 

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron after their joint news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to seek stronger measures to contain Iran but Trump refrained from committing to staying in a 2015 nuclear deal and threatened Tehran with retaliation if it restarted its nuclear programme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035251-trump-and-frances macron seek-new-measures-on-iran-as-deadline-looms/

 

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New law to pave way for same-sex partnerships

By The Nation

 

 

Proponents hail it as progressive step towards legalisation of gay marriage.

 

AFTER YEARS of calls by sexual-diversity groups, a new law that would allow registered life partnership for same-sex couples is in the making – with supporters expecting it to be promulgated within the term of the present government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035252-new-thai-law-to-pave-way-for-same-sex-partnerships/

 

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Foreign cyclist found dead at Pattaya reservoir

 

Images: Sophon Cable

 

Nong Preu police were called to the Map Prachan Reservoir yesterday morning after the discovery of the body of a foreign national.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035260-foreign-cyclist-found-dead-at-pattaya-reservoir/

 

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Taxi driver in extortion case: I have no idea who sent the extortion email

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Bangkok cabby at the center of the damning video and extortion case has told Thai media that he has no idea of the identity of the person claiming to be acting on his behalf.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035262-taxi-driver-in-extortion-case-i-have-no-idea-who-sent-the-extortion-email/

 

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Video: Thanks Farang! But it's irresponsible Thais who are littering in the first place

 

Picture: Manager online

 

Manager reported on the story of the foreign man with a black bin bag collecting litter by the walkway up to Chiang Mai's famous temple of Doi Suthep.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035267-video-thanks-farang-but-its-irresponsible-thais-who-are-littering-in-the-first-place/

 

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Would you use a bank deposit machine? This Thai man is mad that he did

 

Pictures: Thai Rath

 

A Thai man who sells Khanom Jeen with his wife in the town of Pak Chong, Nakorn Ratchasima, has gone to police after he took 80,000 baht takings over Songkran to the bank.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035282-would-you-use-a-bank-deposit-machine-this-thai-man-is-mad-that-he-did/

 

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Line Jobs: Line broadens offerings with job recruitment

By ASINA PORNWASIN
THE NATION

 

 

LINE Thailand yesterday launched a recruitment service targeted at the services industry

 

The company cites estimates that there are about 5.5 million workers in the services industry and that the potential number of job-seekers in this market could be as high as 16.5 million.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/line-jobs-line-broadens-offerings-job-recruitment/28416/

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U.S. visits to Cuba plunge following Trump measures

By Nelson Acosta

 

Tourists walk near the main entrance of the Capitol in Havana, Cuba, April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

 

HAVANA (Reuters) - A steep drop in U.S. travellers to Cuba after a tightening of travel restrictions by President Donald Trump helped drive a 7 percent slide in foreign visitors to the Caribbean island in the first three months of 2018, Cuban official data showed on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035293-us-visits-to-cuba-plunge-following-trump-measures/

 

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Busloads of migrants from 'caravan' arrive at U.S.-Mexico border

By Edgardo Garrido

 

A group of Central American migrants, moving in a caravan through Mexico, get on a microbus to get to the office of Mexico's National Institute of Migration to start the legal process and get temporary residence status for humanitarian reasons, in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

 

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Dozens of Central American migrants from about 600 travelling in a "caravan" through Mexico arrived at the border city of Tijuana late on Tuesday despite warnings it would be futile to try to cross to claim asylum in the United States.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035294-busloads-of-migrants-from-caravan-arrive-at-us-mexico-border/

 

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Viagra growing on trees! Mayor advises erection of fences to protect valuable crop

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A mayor in Sukhothai said that his phone had not stopped ringing after reports in the media that a fruit growing in his area could be used as a powerful aphrodisiac.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1035295-viagra-growing-on-trees-mayor-advises-erection-of-fences-to-protect-valuable-crop/