Road deaths
Local singer dies after crashing his car while on a video call

A Thai singer died after crashing his car into a lamppost while on a video call with his girlfriend. Thai media did not report on the estimated speed, but photos of the wreckage show severe damage. The roof ripped off the Toyota Altis and the car is almost unrecognisable.
23 year old Akkarachai, known as Ice, was found dead at the scene on Pahonyothin Road, or Route 1. He performed at many night venues and events around the Central Thailand province Chai Nat. Ice’s friend told police that he was on his way home to his girlfriend’s house in Nakhon Sawan about 25 kilometres away. While on the phone with his girlfriend, there was suddenly a loud noise and the phone went dead.
Chai Nat police warn people not to use their phones while driving.
SOURCE: Thai Visa
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Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Sumut Sakhon’s Central Prawn Market to reopen at the end of January

Samut Sakhon Central Shrimp Market, the epicentre of the latest wave of Covid-19, is ready to reopen by the end of January after a big clean up. The reopening is considered “important” to the province’s economy, according to the province’s deputy governor. It will also be a new beginning for the workers, mostly migrant workers, who have been so profoundly affected by the cluster.
The Market has been shut since December 20 after more than 500 cases of Covid-19 were detected, following nearly 7 months of single digit daily infection reports.
The Samut Sakhon deputy governor says all infected persons from the market have been sent to the field hospital for treatment and 14 day quarantine and since been released after tests showed they are free of the virus. He added that 1,200 people living near the market will have to undergo another test although previously testing negative.
“This is to make sure that the market is completely free of the virus.”
The market manager also says that he urges vendors to follow the disease preventive measures strictly when the market opens back up again.
Samut Sakhon has 4,921 accumulative cases… 1,045 are Thais and 3,876 are migrant workers, mostly from Myanmar. Some 331 are currently in hospital. 1,332 are in quarantine. 3,257 have either been cured or have tested negative after quarantine. Only 1 death was reported.
SOURCE: Nation Thailand
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Environment
Thailand on fire – NASA satellite website tracks the country’s farm fires

Thailand is burning. The burning off of harvested crop plantations is lighting up the agricultural areas. The truth is starkly revealed in the live NASA satellite feeds which track the fires around the world.
CHART: Fires in the past 10 days around parts of Thailand – Firms.Modaps
Concentrations of the current fires can be seen in Central Thailand, north of Bangkok, parts of Isaan, north east of Bangkok, and around Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. Notably the concentration of fires in northern Cambodia and across the north-western border in Myanmar, is also causing plenty of problems as the foreign smoke drifts across the borders. No matter what Thai officials do to enforce the rice, sugar and corn plantation burn-offs, there is little they can do about the haze drifting across the borders.
Bangkok, so close to clusters of fires, is in for a bad air pollution day anytime the light winds of the start of the year blow from the north or the east. The lack of rain adds to the problem, the annual problem, that engulfs Thailand’s capital during days between December and April, with the worst month, statistically, being March.
The alternative method of preparing for the next harvest, mechanical removal of the refuse and waste after harvesting, is both unpopular in Thailand and economically unviable for the small farmers whose margins remain thin with the multi-national buyers of their produce pushing for lower and lower prices every year.
In Chiang Mai, from January to the end of March, the locals even call it the ‘burning season’. Coupled with the hot season, the farmers in northern Thailand burn their fields to prepare land for the next harvest and also to get rid of biowastes like corn that can’t be sold in the market. It’s officially illegal to do the burn offs but the lack of enforcement leaves the problem unresolved and the smog and haze remain as predictable as the annual wet season.
Chiang Mai also has a local geographic problem which exacerbates the bad smoke pollution. The city is in a valley, surrounded by hills, trapping in the smoke and helping block any breezes that could otherwise blow it away.
For today, Bangkok’s air pollution is better than the past two days but still registering as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ with city readings mostly between 140 – 170. Parts of the city, mostly south-east and south west, were registering readings above 300 in the past few days.
SOURCE: IQair.com
Watch this video for some more information about Bangkok’s smog…
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Crime
Nonthaburi gamblers given jail sentences

Following a raid on an illegal gambling den in the central province of Nonthaburi, 41 people have been handed jail sentences at Nonthaburi Provincial Court. Somjit Hinkerd and Sorasak Janthamanee were convicted of running a gambling den in the Bang Bua Thong district and sentenced to 3 months and 15 days’ imprisonment. The other gamblers were sentenced to 15 days’ imprisonment, suspended for 1 year, and a 10,000 baht fine each.
The gamblers were all arrested during a raid on Thursday night, which caught them playing a card game known as Dragon-Tiger. Nation Thailand reports that the property is owned by Sorasak and it’s understood the gambling was organised by Somjit. The operation took the form of a “moving casino”, in that it would regularly change location to avoid being caught.
Illegal gambling dens are thought to have played a significant role in the resurgence of Covid-19 in Thailand. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has appealed for the public’s help in identifying such operations, saying the government needs citizens’ cooperation to shut them down.
SOURCE: Nation Thailand
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JIM KELLY
Friday, November 27, 2020 at 6:54 pm
great…one less idiot behind the wheel!
kim jelly
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 12:40 am
and one more behind the keyboard
steve
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 11:01 pm
Best burn to a jerk I’ve read in a long time. Well said Kim Jelly.
Toby Andrews
Friday, November 27, 2020 at 11:31 pm
yes it is as well he only killed himself. He could have killed a few with him.
preesy chepuce
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 12:34 am
I see it all the time… when you see a car in front that can’t decide which lane it’s in, you know the cont is on the phone. Making it illegal won’t stop it though, there are no bobbies to enforce it, and no tech to stop a phone being used by a speeding spastic.
SG666
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 8:09 am
Another idiot deserved what he was asking for. Luckily not anybody else was injured or killed.
The Thaiger
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 10:02 am
Goodbye. Blocked.
OHVT7
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 10:11 am
Really, so The Thaiger is supporting people who not obeying traffic laws and potentially murdering others due to their reckless behavior. Says a lot about this news outlet
Francis
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 9:02 am
Sad, but not unexpected!
Thailand needs to enforce drivers to follow laws. And also to actually having a license. It needs to be a hefty fee say 50000 THB, and take the keys to the car if you don’t have a license.
I think India resent introduced very high fees, for traffic violations. It must hurt in your pocket, simple as that.
Issan John
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 12:37 pm
You’re right – the laws are there, but the right ones aren’t enforced in the right way.
We got an automated speeding fine recently for doing 115 kph on a dual carriageway; fair enough.
Unfortunately it somehow took a year to arrive, so when we tried to pay the 500 baht at 7-11, SCB and the Post Office we couldn’t as it was out of date; the local police station couldn’t do anything, and when we phoned the issuing police station (in the next province) they said it was too late so just forget about it.
Steve
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 9:14 pm
And we have to share the roads with these idiots! Som nom na!