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Land offices most corrupt, police second: academic survey
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Land offices most corrupt, police second: academic survey The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Land office is the most corrupt agency in the Thai bureaucracy, while police are ranked second in this dubious list where households needed to make illegal payments to facilitate their service,…
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Ministry promises to mount garbage blitz
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ministry promises to mount garbage blitz The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will eradicate 11 million tonnes of garbage in six provinces under a pilot project that began in August, it has been claimed. The provinces – Ayutthaya, Nakhon Pathom,…
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Arrest warrant sought for American man over missing body parts
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Arrest warrant sought for American man over missing body parts The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An arrest warrant will be issued for an American man who allegedly tried to courier human parts to the US. He faces charges of theft, possessing stolen items and falsely…
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9 Army officers dead in chopper crash
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 9 Army officers dead in chopper crash The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: All nine Army officers, including Maj-General Songphol Thongjeen, a deputy commander of the Third Army Region in the North, were killed in a helicopter crash yesterday evening in Phayao. Two bodies fell into…
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Visas for men in marriage scam to be revoked
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Visas for men in marriage scam to be revoked The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Immigration Police are set to revoke visas issued to 193 foreign men based in the Northeast accused of involvement in a scam – registering as being married to Thai women to…
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DSI to probe alleged Phuket national park, Kamala intrusions
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community DSI to probe alleged Phuket national park, Kamala intrusions The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Department of Special Investigation’s Special Case Committee yesterday agreed to take up the Sirinat National Park and Kamala Forest Reserve encroachment cases in Phuket after they allegedly caused 50 billion…
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B682bn lost to rice scheme, B1.1trn in a decade
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community B682bn lost to rice scheme, B1.1trn in a decade The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Rice-pledging programmes have recorded an accumulated loss of Bt682 billion over the past decade, against total spending of as much as Bt1.1 trillion, the Finance Ministry disclosed yesterday. The figures cover…
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ATM system change to halt transactions for two hours
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community ATM system change to halt transactions for two hours The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Bank of Thailand announced today that commercial bank customers would be unable to conduct transactions with a different bank or with overseas banks through ATM machines for a short period…
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Animal protection law finally passed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Animal protection law finally passed The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Under a newly passed law, eating live animals, feeding mammals to predators without a reason or having sex with animals will result in a year in prison and/or a maximum fine of Bt20,000. The National…
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Ex-TAT chief to be charged with bribery
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ex-TAT chief to be charged with bribery The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has declared that it will file charges against former Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor Juthamas Siriwan, who has been accused of accepting bribes from Hollywood filmmakers. The…
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10 key Rohingya traffickers under surveillance
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 10 key Rohingya traffickers under surveillance The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: More than 10 big agents have allegedly been smuggling Rohingya people from Myanmar to a third country, an informed source has revealed. The source, who is a member of an anti-human trafficking team, said…
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Immigration detainees vanish from Songkhla custody
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Immigration detainees vanish from Songkhla custody The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A large number of people from an unknown origin who had been in civilian custody in Songkhla province since March have gone missing, the chief of the provincial social development and human security office…
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Yingluck impeachment hearing deferred until November 28
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Yingluck impeachment hearing deferred until November 28 The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Legislative Assembly whip resolved yesterday to defer impeachment proceedings against ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra till November 28 over the rice-pledging scheme because she had not yet looked into the documents or prepared…
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AirAsia joins Interpol’s I-Checkit campaign against using stolen passports
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community AirAsia joins Interpol’s I-Checkit campaign against using stolen passports Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: nterpol has agreed to expand its I-Checkit initiative under the Turn Back Crime campaign to other businesses after its cooperation with AirAsia, Asia’s largest budget airline, proved successful. Commencing in June, the…
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PM backs China’s road and rail plans
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM backs China’s road and rail plans The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Thailand is more than ready to cooperate with China to develop the road-transport network that is part of the economic quadrangle linking Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and China, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told China’s…
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Koh Tao suspects to be indicted by end of month
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Koh Tao suspects to be indicted by end of month The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Thawatchai Siangjaew, deputy director general of Regional Public Prosecution 8, announced yesterday that prosecutors should be able to indict two Myanmar men charged with the murder of two Britons on…
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Court extends detention of Koh Tao suspects
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Court extends detention of Koh Tao suspects The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The 12-day detention period for the two Myanmar suspects held for the Koh Tao murders was extended for a fourth time and their indictment is expected to be due before the end of…
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50 Bangkok police chiefs face probe
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 50 Bangkok police chiefs face probe The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The chiefs of 50 metropolitan police stations and a large number of senior officers face disciplinary investigation following allegations that they unlawfully benefited from advertisers who put up many signboards at Bangkok intersections without…
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Govt may lift martial law in certain provinces
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Govt may lift martial law in certain provinces The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday that the government would consider lifting martial law in some provinces to boost the country’s economic recovery and bring back tourists. Financial authorities have predicted…
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Police coy over new probe into Koh Tao murders
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police coy over new probe into Koh Tao murders The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Local police in Surat Thani province have refused to comment on reports that the Myanmar Embassy and the Justice Ministry are pushing for a fresh investigation into the murders of two…
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Bosses urge delay in signing global labor-rights pacts
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bosses urge delay in signing global labor-rights pacts The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A business lobby has urged the government to delay the endorsement of the International Labour Organization (ILO) workers’ rights covenants, claiming Thailand’s labor structure is undergoing reform and the country is not…
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Two arrested for attacking French tourist
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Two arrested for attacking French tourist The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police announced yesterday that they had arrested two men for allegedly attacking and attempting to rape a French female tourist in Soi Samsen 3 in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district early on Monday. After the…
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His Majesty treated for diverticulitis
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community His Majesty treated for diverticulitis The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej is receiving treatment for diverticulitis and is being administered relevant antibiotics, the Royal Household Bureau announced on Tuesday. In the eighth announcement after His Majesty’s admittance to Siriraj Hospital, the bureau…
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Khon Kaen Airport closed after Thai Airways aircraft skids off runway
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Khon Kaen Airport closed after accident The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: All flights to and from Khon Kaen Airport have been cancelled in the wake of an accident involving a Thai Airways International aircraft, which skidded off the runway on Monday night. With operations to…
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The Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Nong Khai
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community The Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Nong Khai The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Immigration police have arrested a co-founder of The Pirate Bay, a torrent index site and tracker, while he was trying to cross the border from Laos into Nong Khai. Hans Fredrik Lennart…
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PM vows to allocate land to the poor
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM vows to allocate land to the poor The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has promised to deliver “happiness” as New Year gifts to low-income people. “Through projects to be launched by various ministries, people will get free stuff and access to…
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Police transfers follow Army raid on pub, parlour
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police transfers follow Army raid on pub, parlour The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Chief of Prawet police station in Bangkok and two senior officers have been transferred to inactive posts following a raid by soldiers on a local pub, where prostitution of underage migrants and…
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Chinese pair arrested over big pyramid fraud
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Chinese pair arrested over big pyramid fraud The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Two Chinese suspects have been arrested in Thailand on suspicion that they have taken more than Bt4 billion from victims through frauds. The Immigration Bureau has tracked down Lu Wei, 47, and Chen…
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Police chief orders probe into bribery scandal over Srinakarin resort
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police chief orders probe into bribery scandal over Srinakarin resort The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The national police chief has ordered a probe into an allegation that local and central police were taking kickbacks from a resort on Srinakarin Road, Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol…
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South policy flaws exposed by violence
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South policy flaws exposed by violence The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Although violence in the deep South seemed to decrease during June-September, it swept back ferociously in the month of October when six schools and two tambon administrative organisation offices were burned down. Most recently,…
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