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Surachate reports to the Royal Thai Police HQ

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2 weeks ago

April 8, 2019

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Surachate reports to the Royal Thai Police HQ | The Thaiger

…but there was nothing to say from the man that’s had a lot to say in the past.

Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn, you know, the guy who’s been in our news almost every day for the past year, has reported to the RTP HQ today, but soon after was seen leaving the building.

No talking to the media today, strange for a man that’s weaponised Thai media in the past 12 months with his almost daily naming, shaming and parading of miscreants.

He went to the Royal Thai Police office to report in for his new job after being side-lined by the National Police Chief quietly on Friday night.

It was the first time the RTP’s poster boy – who traversed the Kingdom arresting all sorts of overstayers, scammers and transnational criminals, and a few locals as well – had been seen since his demotion to work at the Bangkok HQ with ‘office duties’.

He has been shunted from his role as Chief of Immigration without any explanation. Today’s hasty departure from the RTP offices, without any comment, shed no new light on the mystery.

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Newborn baby dumped beside garbage bins

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18 hours ago

April 20, 2019

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A newborn baby has been found abandoned near rubbish bins in Chon Buri province, south-east of Bangkok, earlier today.

18 year old city sanitation worker, Anucha Boonkhai, has told police that he had loaded garbage from all the bins on Soi 4 of Ban Kao village in Tambon Ban Kao, Muang district, when he spotted a pile of towels. He checked and found a baby boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached still smudged with blood, wrapped in one of the towels.

The baby was alive but had been bitten by mosquitoes and insects so he called an emergency unit of a hospital and then informed police.

Police are now checking footage from security and CCTV cameras in the area to try to identify the mother or person who had dumped the newborn baby.

Bangkok

Summer storms leave 6,900 homes damaged this month

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18 hours ago

April 20, 2019

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More than 6,900 houses, mostly in a patch through the central-north regions of Thailand, have been hit by summer storms since the beginning of April, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department.

Chayapol Thitisak, the director-general, says the department has received reports that 6,940 houses in 1,010 villages in 307 tambon of 115 districts had been damaged by storms since April 5. Twenty-nine provinces have been affected.

He said nine villagers were reported injured during the period as a result of storm damage.

Chayapol said his department has coordinated with Army bases and government agencies concerned to provide help to the affected villagers.

The summer storms, quickly developing tropical storm-cells, are prevalent this time of the year, usually when cooler air from China starts to interact with the rising south-western monsoon. They can be quite violent, sudden and bring strong winds, torrential rain and even hail.

Bangkok

Third runway for BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport

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20 hours ago

April 20, 2019

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The Thai cabinet yesterday approved the construction of a third runway at Suvarnabhumi International Airport as part of the country’s ambition to become the aviation hub of ASEAN.

The 21.7 billion baht project will increase the combined capacity of Suvarnabhumi international airport’s runways to 94 arrivals and departures per hour from the current 64, said Lt-Gen Weerachon Sukonthapatipak, deputy government spokesman.

Suvarnabhumi Airport (aka. BKK) was opened in 2006 as Bangkok’s second airport. Initially it replaced the tired Don Mueang Airport but Don Mueang was later revamped as a low-coast airport to service the growing traffic demands.

Meanwhile Suvarnabhumi Airport was, and still is, operating above its designed capacity. An earlier bid to build a third terminal has been mired in controversy and is currently shelved pending a new brief from Airports of Thailand with a new round of design bids called for in the future.

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