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Magnetic card holders told to make the switch to chip card

By The Nation

 

 

Siritida Panomwon Na Ayudhya, the Bank of Thailand's Assistant Governor/ Payment Systems Policy and Financial Department, said the central bank in cooperation with the Thai bankers Association, and financial institutes have been urging card holders to change their magnetic cards to chip cards, in order to enhance safety in credit and debit card usage and prevent counterfeit card fraud and skimming.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123905-magnetic-card-holders-told-to-make-the-switch-to-chip-card/

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Thai bank employee caught stealing customers’ cash

By The Thaiger

 

 

PHOTOS: kapook.com

 

A video has been shared showing a female bank employee walking behind the bank’s reception and, allegedly, emptying the contents of a yellow basket into her pocket. She was carrying yellow basket and looked into the basket before quickly grabbing the cash and stuffing it into her suit pocket before going into another room through the white door.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123891-thai-bank-employee-caught-stealing-customers’-cash/

 

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Complaint against ‘complainer in chief’ for filing too many complaints

By THE NATION

 

Association for the Protection of the Constitution secretary-general Srisuwan Janya

 

Palang Pracharat Party MP Paiboon Nititawan filed a complaint with the Election Commission on Tuesday (September 17) demanding that action be taken against Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution, for lodging far too many complaints.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123916-complaint-against-‘complainer-in-chief’-for-filing-too-many-complaints/

 

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Lifeguards return to Phuket’s Surin Beach – to stay, says MaAnn

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Lifeguards have returned to Phuket’s Surin Beach. Photo: Surin-Bangtao Surf Lifesaving Club

 

PHUKET:-- Trained, experienced lifeguards have returned Surin Beach to patrol the sands to protect tourists from drowning.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123931-lifeguards-return-to-phuket’s-surin-beach-–-to-stay-says-maann/

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Thai PM defends police monitoring of Muslim university students

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives before delivering the policy statement of the council of ministers to parliament in Bangkok, July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's prime minister on Tuesday defended police for requesting information about minority Muslim students from universities around the country, after criticism of the move as discriminatory and illegal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123966-thai-pm-defends-police-monitoring-of-muslim-university-students/

 

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Muslim students not being targeted, Prayut insists

By THE NATION

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday (September 17) defended the Police Special Branch Bureau’s decision to gather the personal information of Muslim university students, saying it was not discriminatory, but just plain compilation of data.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123966-thai-pm-defends-police-monitoring-of-muslim-university-students/?do=findComment&comment=14580027

 

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Attacks on Aramco prompt cut in contribution to Oil Fund

By THE NATION

 

 

The Energy Policy Administration Committee today (September 17) resolved to lower the contribution of retail oil operators to the Oil Fund by Bt1 per litre for benzene and Bt0.60 per litre for diesel in a move to stabilise retail fuel prices.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123968-attacks-on-aramco-prompt-cut-in-contribution-to-oil-fund/

 

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Smuggling keeps lid on sticky rice price

By The Nation

 

 

Sticky rice have been  smuggled into the country, but ironically it has helped curb soaring price, said Chukiat Opaswong, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123969-smuggling-keeps-lid-on-sticky-rice-price/

 

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Transport Ministry hopes appeal against Hopewell case will tip the scale

By The Nation

 

 

The Transport Ministry has called on the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to file an appeal on the Hopewell case before Friday (September 20), with the hope of repeating the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT)’s victory in a similar case 18 years ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123970-transport-ministry-hopes-appeal-against-hopewell-case-will-tip-the-scale/

 

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Cabinet okays Bt11 bn for six waterworks projects

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Cabinet has approved a Bt11-billion budget for the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA)’s six projects that were approved in 2018 with the aim of benefiting more than 200,000 people in provincial areas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123971-cabinet-okays-bt11-bn-for-six-waterworks-projects/

 

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AOT considers bidding for Don Mueang’s Bt34-bn Phase Three

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, president of the Airports of Thailand (AOT), said the third phase of the Don Mueang Airport is being considered, though the agency has to consult with the State Enterprise Policy Office (SEPO) first.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123972-aot-considers-bidding-for-don-mueang’s-bt34-bn-phase-three/

 

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Prayut to meet economic council to push for hastening of mega projects

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha is meeting with the council of economic ministers on Friday (September 20) to seek ways of speeding up the implementation of long-delayed mega-transport projects worth more than Bt100 billion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123973-prayut-to-meet-economic-council-to-push-for-hastening-of-mega-projects/

 

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Thailand’s inflation rate may increase as oil prices surge after Saudi drone attacks

 

 

Higher global crude oil prices following Saudi oil attacks may increase Thailand’s inflation rate this year by 0.3 percent, according to Kasikorn Research Center.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123974-thailand’s-inflation-rate-may-increase-as-oil-prices-surge-after-saudi-drone-attacks/

 

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New design manhole covers to be introduced as part of Bangkok’s landscaping

 

 

The City Planning Office of City Hall is to introduce a new design of manhole covers as part of the efforts to beautify and improve the landscaping of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123975-new-design-manhole-covers-to-be-introduced-as-part-of-bangkok’s-landscaping/

 

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Cabbies threaten to petition Administrative Court to stop ride hailing services

 

 

Taxi drivers are up in arms about ride-hailing services and are threatening to take their case to the Administrative Court with a demand for about 8.5 billion baht compensation from the government if ride-hailing services are legalized.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123976-cabbies-threaten-to-petition-administrative-court-to-stop-ride-hailing-services/

 

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2.4 billion baht from Oil Fund to stabilize domestic prices for three months

 

 

Thailand’s Energy Policy Committee decided today to set aside about 2.4 billion baht, from the Oil Fund, to stabilize domestic oil prices ahead of an anticipated global oil price hike after Saudi Arabian oil production by was cut by half as a result of Houthi rebels’ drone attacks on Saudi oil installations over the weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123968-attacks-on-aramco-prompt-cut-in-contribution-to-oil-fund/?do=findComment&comment=14580072

 

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Taliban attacks kill 48, Afghan leader unhurt as bomber targets rally

 

Security personnel is seen at the site of a blast near an election rally by President Ashraf Ghani in Parwan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan September 17, 2019. Reuters TV via REUTERS

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban suicide bombers killed 48 people in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the deadliest taking place near an election rally by President Ashraf Ghani, though he was unhurt.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123979-taliban attacks-kill-48-afghan-leader-unhurt-as-bomber-targets-rally/

 

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Israeli election too close to call, Netanyahu weakened - exit polls

By Jeffrey Heller

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin and his wife Sara casts their votes during Israel's parliamentary election at a polling station in Jerusalem September 17, 2019. Heidi Levine/Pool via REUTERS

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's battle for political survival looked set to stretch on after exit polls following Tuesday's election showed the race too close to call and Israel's longest-serving leader weakened.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123980-israeli-election-too-close-to-call-netanyahu-weakened-exit-polls/

 

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U.S. Democrats urge new probe of Kavanaugh, impeachment inquiry

By Amanda Becker and Susan Cornwell

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Asociate Justice Brett Kavanaugh is seen at a joint session of the U.S. Congress in Washington on Feb. 5, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on Tuesday urged a House of Representatives panel to investigate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, while a Democratic lawmaker filed an impeachment resolution in the wake of new allegations of sexual misconduct by the conservative judge when he was in college in the 1980s.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123981-us-democrats-urge-new-probe-of-kavanaugh-impeachment-inquiry/

 

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Saudi oil attacks came from southwest Iran, U.S. official says, raising tensions

By Phil Stewart and Parisa Hafezi

 

A satellite image showing damage to oil/gas Saudi Aramco infrastructure at Abqaiq, in Saudi Arabia in this handout picture released by the U.S Government September 15, 2019. U.S. Government/DigitalGlobe/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States believes the attacks that crippled Saudi Arabian oil facilities last weekend originated in southwestern Iran, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday, an assessment that further increases tension in the Middle East.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123984-saudi-oil-attacks-came-from-southwest-iran-us-official-says-raising-tensions/

 

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Thailand production slump threatens Japanese automakers

Output declines for 4 straight months through August as regional market sputters

YOHEI MURAMATSU, Nikkei staff writer

 

Workers at a Toyota plant in Thailand assemble pickup trucks.   © Reuters

 

BANGKOK -- Thailand's automobile output shrank for four straight months through August, an industry group reported Tuesday, as a result of weakened domestic spending and downward pressure on exports that could spell trouble for Japanese automakers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123988-thailand-production-slump-threatens-japanese-automakers/

 

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Thai beach murders: Hannah Witheridge's sister Laura dies in hospital

 

Laura Daniels was gravely ill in hospital//Copyright FAMILY PICTURE

 

The family of Hannah Witheridge, a backpacker who was murdered in Thailand, have had their "hearts broken" by a second death.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123990-thai-beach-murders-hannah-witheridges-sister-laura-dies-in-hospital/

 

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Another biometrics success: American pensioner arrested on illegal gun warrant

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

An American citizen has been arrested entering Thailand at the Friendship Bridge 2 in Mukdahan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123993-another-biometrics-success-american-pensioner-arrested-on-illegal-gun-warrant/

 

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Group representing European businesses in Thailand calls for TM.30 and TM.28 to be abolished

 

 

An association representing European businesses in Thailand has called on the Thai government to scrap the controversial TM.30 and TM.28 reporting requirements.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124000-group-representing-european-businesses-in-thailand-calls-for-tm30-and-tm28-to-be-abolished/

 

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VIDEO: How the world’s leading passport forger was arrested in Bangkok

 

 

A fascinating documentary reveals how Thailand’s Immigration Bureau arrested key players of a gang who supplied forged passports of the highest quality to foreign criminals, refugees, migrants and even individuals suspected of having links to terrorist networks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124003-video-how-the-world’s-leading-passport-forger-was-arrested-in-bangkok/

 

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Pattaya devastated: Farang goes down the drain and stinking water pollutes the sea

 

Thai caption: Pattaya is badly hit

 

More trouble has hit Pattaya - this time mother nature had her say. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124008-pattaya-devastated-farang-goes-down-the-drain-and-stinking-water-pollutes the-sea/

 

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Ubon floods: Help on the way from motorized pumps

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A video on the Thai Rath site showed that help is on the way for those suffering in the flooding in Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand's north east. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124011-ubon-floods-help-on-the-way-from-motorized-pumps/

 

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Porsche driver tells the cops: GPS made me do it!

 

Thai caption: GPS made me do it!

 

A Porsche driver has come out with the excuse of the week blaming his GPS for a traffic violation that was all over Thai social media. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124012-porsche-driver-tells-the-cops-gps-made-me-do-it/

 

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Pakistani teacher and school owner arrested in Chumphon

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Immigration police under the leadership of Pol Lt-Col Charoenpong Khantilo along with Department of Employment officials went to a school in the Don Yang sub-district of Pathiw, Chumphon in Thailand's south yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124014-pakistani-teacher-and-school-owner-arrested-in-chumphon/

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Foetus found buried by the side of the road in Samrong

 

Thai caption: Child buried by the road

 

A Thai man went to investigate after a neighbor told him that he had seen a woman digging by the side of the road in a Bangkok suburb at 3 am on Monday night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124016-foetus-found-buried-by-the-side-of-the-road-in-samrong/