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Legal aid fund ‘needs a boost’: Justice Minister
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Legal aid fund ‘needs a boost’: Justice Minister The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A State Justice Fund needs to be boosted and made easier to access so that poor people who face legal charges get equal access to bail, Justice Minister Gen Paiboon Khumchaya said…
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LINE messages being monitored
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community LINE messages being monitored The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry is keeping its eye on LINE message exchanges – particularly those related to the monarchy and national security. “We can monitor all the nearly 40 million LINE messages sent…
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Local bodies awash with graft, PACC says
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Local bodies awash with graft, PACC says The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Many of the 8,000 local administrative bodies nationwide are hotbeds of graft and corruption, the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission said yesterday. Prayong Preeyajit, chief of the PACC, said there was little oversight for…
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Police corruption scandal: Pongpat, 5 others face dishonourable discharges
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police corruption scandal: Pongpat, 5 others face dishonourable discharges The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Former Central Investigation Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Pongpat Chayaphan and five officers accused of racketeering and intimidation are to be dishonourably discharged after being found guilty of severe malfeasance by…
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Army flood-relief helicopter crashes in Yala
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Army flood-relief helicopter crashes in Yala The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An Army helicopter flying flood-relief missions crashed in Yala yesterday, injuring the four crewmen on board. The helicopter, from the Royal Thai Army’s Region 4 base in the South, crashed in Yala’s Muang district…
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No ban on alcohol sales for the New Year
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Narong aiming at reform priorities The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Partygoers will be able to buy booze during New Year celebrations as the Alcohol Control Committee has decided to defer its decision on banning the sale of alcohol during this period. The ban was proposed…
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Warrants issued for police over links to online gambling
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Warrants issued for police over links to online gambling The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Arrest warrants have been issued for three suspects, including two police, in connection with an online gambling organization allegedly run by an Indian businessman with ties to disgraced and now-arrested former…
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Govt seeks help over fugitives
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Govt seeks help over fugitives The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Royal Thai Government will try to convince other countries not to allow Thai fugitives to engage in anti-government activities, particularly those who commit lese majeste, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee said yesterday. He said…
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Marine Police exchief admits to B150mn in bribes; hundreds of police to be reassigned
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Marine police exchief admits taking bribes; hundreds of police to be reassigned The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police spokesman Lt Gen Prawut Thawornsiri yesterday confirmed that a former Marine Police chief had confessed to taking 150 million baht in bribes from a fugitive Pattani-based businessman.…
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43 hurt in Krabi-bound bus crash; three-truck pile-up kills driver
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 43 hurt in Krabi-bound bus crash; three-truck pile-up kills driver The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A chartered bus carrying employees from Bangkok’s Thaweewattana District Office to a seminar in Krabi province lost control on a curve and overturned yesterday in Surat Thani’s Khian Sa district.…
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South hit by heavy rains, floods
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community The South inundated by heavy rains, floods The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Rain-triggered forest floods from the Sankala Khiri mountain range have caused Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok River to overflow and inundate riverside homes and low-lying areas in Sukhirin, Waeng and Sungai Kolok districts. Sukhirin and…
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Warrants issued for top cop, driver in police debt-collecting racket
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police corruption scandal: Warrants issued for top cop, driver in debt-collecting racket The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Two arrest warrants have been issued for a senior policeman and a civilian who were allegedly part of a debt-collecting racket that authorities say was run by former…
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Fishermen rescued off Trang as boat capsizes in heavy seas
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fishermen rescued off Trang as boat capsizes in heavy seas The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Meteorological Department has warned small boats from going to sea while rough conditions continue. On Sunday, strong wind and waves caused a boat to capsize about three nautical miles…
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Gas prices slashed as New Year ‘gift’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Government slashes gas prices as New Year ‘gift’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Energy Policy Committee has lowered the price of diesel fuel and petrol by 1 baht and 2 baht a liter respectively in what has been labelled a New Year gift…
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Floods swamp South: 1 dead, Army help sought
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Floods swamp South: 1 dead, Army help sought The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: With flood threats raging in many southern provinces, the Royal Thai Army (RTA) has instructed all its units to closely monitor the situation and make the best effort in helping victims. The…
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Govt readies New Year ‘presents’ for citizens
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Govt readies New Year ‘presents’ for citizens The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The government has many New Year “presents” for the public, Cabinet members said yesterday, including transparency in state operations, bicycle lanes, and no ATM fees among the planned gifts. From next week onwards,…
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Police corruption scandal: Brother claims Pattani fugitive abducted
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police corruption scandal: Brother claims Pattani fugitive abducted The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The brother of a Pattani-based businessman who is missing after facing allegations of running a contraband-petrol trade in the South met Bangkok police yesterday to defend his sibling, saying he was framed…
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Koh Tao murder suspects appeal to Suu Kyi
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Koh Tao murder suspects appeal to Suu Kyi The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Two Myanmar men charged with murdering two British tourists in Thailand have written to Nobel Peace laureate and Myanmar opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi pleading for help, protesting their innocence and…
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Govt denies secret prisons, tightens security at US Embassy
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Govt denies secret prisons, tightens security at US Embassy The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Government figures yesterday denied the existence of secret prisons or the torture of suspected foreign terrorists here while being sceptical of a security alert issued by the US Embassy in Thailand.…
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Hitler ends up on cutting room floor
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hitler ends up on cutting room floor The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A controversial scene in a short film produced by the Prime Minister’s Office, featuring an image of Nazi Germany’s former dictator Adolf Hitler, has been removed following an uproar. PM’s Office Minister Panadda…
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NRC pushing PM direct-election plan
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NRC pushing PM direct-election plan The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Despite concern and opposition, the National Reform Council (NRC) panel on political reform insisted again yesterday that a direct election of the prime minister would help reduce vote-buying. It added, however, that a winner in…
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Koh Tao murder trial date brought forward by 2 months
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Koh Tao murder trial date brought forward by 2 months The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The hearing of witnesses in the murder case of two British tourists on Surat Thani’s Koh Tao has been moved from February 25 to December 26, 2014, after the Myanmar…
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Red-shirt Arisman loses appeal, gets a year in jail
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Red-shirt Arisman loses appeal, gets a year in jail The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a lower court’s ruling and sentenced red-shirt leader Arisman Pongruangrong to one year in prison after finding him guilty of defaming former prime minister Abhisit…
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Rubber farmers protest, issue ultimatum over prices
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rubber farmers protest, issue ultimatum over rubber price The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Disgruntled rubber farmers said yesterday that they were giving the government a few more weeks to push the price of rubber up to at least Bt80 per kilogram, or they would kick…
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Police corruption scandal: Amlo agrees to freeze 104 plots held by Pongpat
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police corruption scandal: Amlo agrees to freeze 104 plots held by Pongpat The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Anti-Money Laundering Office yesterday agreed to freeze 104 plots of land worth about 400 million baht jointly held by former crime-buster Pol Lt Gen Pongpat Chayaphan on…
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PM not against sale of alcohol on New Year’s
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM not against sale of alcohol on New Year’s The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha said yesterday that he has no objections to the sale of alcoholic beverages during New Year holidays. When asked about the Public Health Ministry’s plan to…
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NRC panel sticks to its proposal for directly elected PM and Cabinet
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NRC panel sticks to its proposal for directly elected PM and Cabinet The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Reform Council panel on political reform yesterday reached a consensus on the direct election of the prime minister and the cabinet, election of MPs from large…
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Cyber-attack on Sony Pictures ‘carried out from 5-star hotel in Bangkok’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Cyber-attack on Sony Pictures ‘carried out from 5-star hotel in Bangkok’ The Nation / Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The crippling cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment has been traced to a five-star hotel in Bangkok, reports from foreign media said yesterday. The hackers, believed to belong…
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Former ICT official’s son accused of B281mn stock fraud
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Former ICT official’s son accused of B281mn stock fraud The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police have placed under arrest Panasan Somchevita, the 33-year-old son of a former permanent secretary for the ICT Ministry, after 21 people accused him of duping them out of 281 million…
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Surrender and fight for justice, police tell Nopporn
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Surrender and fight for justice, police tell Nopporn The Nation/ Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Royal Thai Police spokesman Lt Gen Prawut Thawornsiri has called on fugitive billionaire Nopporn Suppipat to turn himself in, and fight what the businessman claims are unfair allegations and distortions of the facts…
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