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Breaking News: Democrats win Bangkok election, Yingluck concedes defeat

PHUKET: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has conceded defeat in the election today for Bangkok Governor, handing the election win over to Democrat candidate Sukhamband Parabitra.
PM Yingluck publicly announced the defeat at 6:15pm after the ongoing count of votes at the polls showed that Sukhamband had amassed more than a million votes while leading Pheu Thai rival Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen trailed by more than 100,000 votes.
The result shocked those with faith in the exit polls, which predicted that national ruling party Pheu Thai would win the race for Bangkok Governor, albeit by a narrow margin.
In the run-up to the election, many analysts indicated that the votes cast at the polls today would prove a clear indication of the state of voter confidence in Pheu Thai.
Meanwhile, in her public address, a visibly choked-up PM Yingluck promised to work “seamlessly” with the new Governor Elect Sukhumbhand.
— The Nation
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Polish tourist and Thai female remain missing after kayak trip off Phuket

PHOTOS: Phuket People’s Voice
26 year old Mateusz Juszkiewicz from Poland and a female Thai friend, 23 year old Werakan Sirirakon from Nakon Sawan, were kayaking between Ya Nui Beach and the small island offshore with friends yesterday afternoon.
The group hired four kayaks to explore the island, just south of popular Nai Harn Beach. Whilst the friends were returning to Ya Nui at sunset last evening, the missing pair contacted their other friends and said they were quite far away and “not able to return to the beach”, according to the police report.
There has been no contact with the pair since.
The other members of the canoeing expedition contacted the Tourist Police who, in turn, put out the call to local volunteer organisations and the Navy. A search of the waters off Ya Nui Beach continued until almost midnight.
Navy helicopters and an armada of smaller vessels, some with the local Navy, have been searching for the pair, and their kayak, this morning.
Police say the search will continue around Phuket’s southern waters and local beaches this afternoon. Whilst there has been a strong offshore breeze, the conditions have been reasonable last night and today.
SOURCE: เสียงประชาชน คนภูเก็ต Phuket People’s Voice
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Lost in translation – Karon seafood restaurant staff chase American customer

SCREENSHOT: เหยี่ยวข่าว ภูเก็ต Newshawk Phuket
A post on the Facebook page ‘Newshawk Phuket’ has a 30 second video captioned ‘in Karon, what happened?This happened on December 2 at 4PM, on the road, in front of Karon Beach, Phuket’.
The video shows a group of people running after a western man and attacking him.
Today , Karon Police Superintendent, Pol Col Prawit Suthiruang-Arun, told media that he has ordered Karon police to investigate the incident as depicted in the video.
🔴 #ที่กะรน เกิดอะไรขึ้น….. เหตุเกิดเมื่อวันที่ 2 ธันวาคม 2562 ช่วงเวลา 16.00 น. ที่เกิดเหตุบนถนนหน้าหาดกะรน จังหวัดภูเก็ต
Posted by เหยี่ยวข่าว ภูเก็ต Newshawk Phuket on Monday, December 2, 2019
Karon police received a report about a physical assault in front of a seafood restaurant located on the beachfront of Karon. At the scene, police found an American man, 44 year old ‘Conelly’, and three restaurant staff including 27 year old Teeraporn Thitayaporn, 20 year old Aomin Wen from Myanmar and 21 year old Nadee from Myanmar.
After speaking to the people involved, and witnesses, police found that there was a ‘misunderstanding’ when Connelly was having a conversation with the staff about food, which resulted in the fight as seen in the video.
Police allowed the two sides to talk so police could get a better understanding about what happened. The two sides confessed to the police that they both attacked each other. However, they only suffered minor injuries.
The staff, as well as the American man, were fined 500 baht each by the Karon police. The matter was settled by the local police without any arrests.
Later, all the ‘players’ told media they had no intention to file criminal or civil charges.
SOURCE: Newshawk Phuket
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