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Victim of rape on train in 2001 speaks up
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Victim of rape on train in 2001 speaks up The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Thai woman lost her bright career, her optimism and her ability to continue living in Thailand after a State Railway of Thailand (SRT) employee raped her on a train 13…
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Rape-and-murder convicts must face death: netizens
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rape-and-murder convicts must face death: netizens The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Concerned netizens have called for mandatory death sentence for rape-and-murder crimes, in an angry and swift reaction to the tragic rape and murder on Sunday night of a 13-year-old victim by a State Railway…
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Girl’s killing unleashes media storm for law reform
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Girl’s killing unleashes media storm for law reform; SRT chief under pressure to quit The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Social media has been in overdrive since midnight Monday when Wanchai Sangkhao, 22, an employee of the State Railway of Thailand, allegedly confessed that he had…
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Girl raped, murdered on train: SRT employee says he was drunk when he did it
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community SRT employee says he was drunk when he inflicted crime The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A NEW employee of the State Railway of Thailand has claimed he was drunk when he raped and killed a 13-year-old passenger on a Bangkok-bound train early on Sunday.Wanchai Saengkhao,…
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Eight hurt as Yala insurgents open fire on passenger bus
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Eight hurt as bus guards battle insurgents in Yala The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Suspected insurgents yesterday opened fire at a passenger bus, injuring eight passengers as guards on the bus fought them off in Yala’s Krong Penang district. Bus driver Winai Preechachote told police…
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Migrant worker registration drive continues
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Migrant worker registration drive continues The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Officials from Thailand and Myanmar will meet next week to try to resolve problems in registering migrant workers, Lt-General Thanchaiyan Srisuwan, chief of the Supreme Command’s Directorate of Operations, said yesterday. In a video conference…
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Ministry looks into Cambodia kidney scandal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ministry looks into Cambodia kidney scandal The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Thai Public Health Ministry is looking into a report published in The Cambodia Daily about a Cambodian woman allegedly running an organ-transplant racket in which she reportedly persuades people to sell their kidney…
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Girl, 14, raped, body dumped from train
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Girl, 14, raped, body dumped from train The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The body of a 14-year-old Kochakorn “Kaem” Pitakjumnong, who disappeared from an overnight train from Surat Thani to Bangkok on Sunday, was found among bushes about two metres from the tracks in the…
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Crackdown on Thai fishing fleet ‘slave labour’ underway
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Crackdown on ‘slave labour’ underway The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Gen Ake Angsananont, the deputy national police chief in charge of suppressing human trafficking, yesterday vowed to crack down on “slave labour” in the fisheries industry and among foreign beggar gangs. The registration of migrant…
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Volume of missing rice climbs to 290k tonnes
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community More rice missing from storage The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Military officials yesterday continued to inspect state rice stockpiles stored in provincial granaries and again found evidence that large quantities were missing or in poor condition. The rice inspection follows the junta’s order two weeks…
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Junta did right thing: Myanmar chief
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Junta did right thing: Myanmar chief The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief General Min Aung Hlaing yesterday praised Thailand’s ruling junta, saying it was right to seize power to protect national security and people’s safety. During a meeting in Bangkok with Supreme Commander General…
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Thai banks to report B500k transactions to counter money laundering
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thai banks to report B500k transactions to counter money laundering The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Financial institutions are ready to cooperate with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in reporting cash transactions exceeding Bt500,000 per transaction and property transactions by politicians and government offices that exceed…
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Fishing net may have caused whale’s death
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fishing net may have caused whale’s death The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Necropsy results have revealed that a rare Bryde’s whale might have died of shock from getting caught in a seine. We didn’t see any blood in its heart. Also, some of its skin…
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First sentence for anti-coup defiance
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community First sentence for anti-coup defiance The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Pathum wan sub-district court yesterday issued the first sentence on charges of violating martial law and ignoring an order of the ruling National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). The court sentenced Weerayut Kongkanatan…
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Court upholds term for former anti-narcotics agent
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Court upholds term for former anti-narcotics agent The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the 41-year jail term and Bt3-million fine imposed on a former military undercover anti-narcotics agent for trafficking a large quantity of “ice” and ecstasy tablets. The court also…
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Thailand blasted for horrific rise in ivory trade
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thailand blasted for horrific rise in ivory trade The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Despite Thailand’s professed reverence for elephants, the country has failed to rein in the illegal ivory trade. Partly to blame for the current poaching crisis is Thai domestic legislation. It permits trade…
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Four-day weekend gets nod to boost tourism
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Four-day weekend gets nod to boost tourism The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: August 11 has been approved as an extra public holiday in a bid to boost tourism and stimulate public spending, the National Council for Peace and Order’s spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvari announced yesterday.…
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Cambodia frees Veera
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Cambodia frees Veera The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Cambodia yesterday released yellow-shirt activist Veera Somkwamkid after he was granted a royal pardon, for the sake of bilateral relations with Thailand and on humanitarian grounds, Thai Foreign Ministry permanent secretary Sihasak Phuangketkoew said. Veera was arrested…
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Junta begins overhaul of electoral system
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Junta begins overhaul of electoral system Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Thailand’s military government said on Monday it had begun an overhaul of the electoral system following an announcement by junta leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha that polls could take place by late 2015. The military took…
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NCPO opens centers to lure, legalize foreign workers
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NCPO opens centers to lure, legalize foreign workers The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Council for Peace and Order has ordered a serious effort to bring foreign migrants into the legal workforce in a bid to minimize the impact of the recent Cambodian labor…
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General blasts banks over drug money accounts
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community General blasts banks over drugs The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Assistant Army chief General Paibul Khumchaya is up in arms over what he considers to be a lack of scruples in the banking sector, after discovering that commercial banks are accepting deposits from imprisoned drug…
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Huge cache of seized weapons revealed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Huge cache of seized weapons revealed The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The junta yesterday paraded lethal weapons confiscated from warring political groups in front of military attaches and the media. National Council for Peace and Order spokesman Winthai Suvari said heading off further bloodshed was…
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US ambassador lauds junta’s labor policy
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community US ambassador lauds junta’s labor policy The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Only days after the United States cut military aid to Thailand, US Ambassador Kristie Kenney yesterday praised the ruling junta for its new regulation on migrant labor, describing it as “a good policy” to…
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NBTC targets huge Cookie Run phone debt
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NBTC targets huge Cookie Run phone debt The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is considering enforcing monthly debt limits for bills incurred by playing online games. No matter how cute and innocent Cookie Run characters may look, it was…
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NCPO tightens grip on media
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NCPO tightens grip over media The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has assigned agencies to look into information disseminated to the public via different kinds of media. They have been instructed to further understanding by the public about…
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Motorists violating road laws face harsher action
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Motorists violating road laws face harsher action The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Motorists are to face tougher enforcement of traffic laws including traffic-fine collection, with the planned introduction of an e-ticket system and driving licence suspension for repeat offences. Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner Maj-General Adul…
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Fugitive Russian mafia boss to be extradited
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fugitive Russian mafia boss nabbed in Chon Buri to be extradited The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Thai authorities are preparing to deport a Russian mafia boss whose name has been linked to more than 60 kidnapping and murder victims. Alexander Matusov, 52, was arrested in…
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Fishery industry invites supply-chain inspection
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fishery industry invites supply-chain inspection The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Thai fishery industry yesterday invited non-governmental organisations and private firms, as well as international government agencies, to inspect their plants and supply chains, insisting that the industry has strongly opposed forced labour. “We dare…
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Fish companies to defend themselves from slavery reports
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fish companies to defend themselves from slavery reports The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Eight seafood and fishery associations will today reveal their action plan on labour conditions and send a decisive message against the United States’ decision to downgrade Thailand to “Tier 3” in its…
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Coup confidence sparks rally on stock market, stabilises baht
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Coup generates confidence, sparks a rally on stock market and stabilises baht The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Consumers and investors have regained their confidence and banks are seeing a rise in demand for loans just one month after a coup saw the National Council for…
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