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Uproar over NRC panel and Buddhist reform
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Uproar over NRC panel and Buddhist reform The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A network of monks and Buddhist followers yesterday officially urged Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to cancel within 15 days the National Reform Council (NRC) committee on the protection of Buddhism. The move…
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Ex-rector charged in B1.5bn KMITL embezzlement scam
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ex-rector charged in B1.5bn KMITL embezzlement scam The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Thawil Phuengma, the former rector of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Latkrabang (KMITL) and a suspect in the high-profile siphoning off Bt1.5 billion from KMITL bank accounts, yesterday morning reported to police to…
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Jailing of ‘Wolf Bride’ actors for lese majeste stirs criticism
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Jailing of ‘Wolf Bride’ actors for lese majeste stirs criticism The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Two theater actors, one of whom is a university student, were sentenced to two and a half years in prison for staging a play in 2013 that was deemed defamatory…
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Wild jail brawl leaves 2 dead, 6 convicts hurt
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Wild jail brawl leaves 2 dead, 6 convicts hurt The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: After a brawl at Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum Prison in which two inmates were killed and six injured on Sunday, prison warden Paithoon Wisetsiri has been transferred to an inactive post.…
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Car-bomb insurgent identified
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Car-bomb insurgent identified The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police said yesterday they have identified two out of the five or six militants behind the huge car-bomb in Narathiwat on Friday, even though information from 22 eyewitnesses was sketchy and of little use for investigators. Deputy…
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Guard of honor for pilot killed in F-16 crash
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Guard of honor for pilot killed in F-16 crash The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The body of the Royal Thai Air Force F-16 pilot who was killed when his jet crashed in Lop Buri province on Friday will be brought to Bangkok today, Air Force…
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Car bomb in Narathiwat leaves 13 injured
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Car bomb in Narathiwat leaves 13 injured The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A car bomb rocked Narathiwat’s downtown area yesterday, damaging dozens of homes and injuring 13 people, four of them seriously. The bomb was hidden in a pickup truck parked in front of a…
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Decision on Yingluck trial set for March 19
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Decision on Yingluck trial set for March 19 The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Public prosecutors indicted ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday for negligence and filed criminal charges at the Supreme Court, in a case that could result in a jail term of up to 10 years.…
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Yingluck faces suit over B600bn losses
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Yingluck faces suit over B600bn losses The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) resolved yesterday that it will recommend the Finance Ministry to sue former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for about 600 billion baht in damages – for failing to stop massive…
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Police kingpins Pongpat, Kowit get 10 more years for money laundering
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police kingpins Pongpat, Kowit get 10 more years for money laundering The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Former crime-buster Pol Lt Gen Pongpat Chayaphan and a close police aide were yesterday given 10-year jail terms for money laundering. Five other members of the racket he ran…
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NHRC criticizes use of troops for oil well drilling rig
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NHRC criticizes use of troops for oil well drilling rig The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) subcommittee will lodge complaints today |over the deployment of security officials for an oil firm in Khon Kaen province. “We will write to both…
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Police spokeswoman targets ‘untrue’ Facebook comments
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police spokeswoman targets ‘untrue’ Facebook comments The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Deputy national police spokeswoman Pol Lt Col Anchulee Theerawongpaisal yesterday filed a complaint with the Police Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) over messages about her on social media as well as a newspaper that…
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Thaksin ‘ready’ for talk, but not Prayut
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thaksin ‘ready’ for talk, but not Prayut The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday rejected a call for him to have talks with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as part of the efforts to achieve national reconciliation. Mr Thaksin, however, has…
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Soldiers deployed as security for oil-drilling firm
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Soldiers deployed as security for oil-drilling firm The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Soldiers and police joined a group of men wearing hoods and volunteers to clear the way for drilling equipment to be taken on an oil well in the Northeast yesterday morning, to the…
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New law orders one-stop service centers for slashing red tape
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community New law orders one-stop service centers for slashing red tape The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A new law aimed at ensuring faster processing of state permits and other services should go a long way towards reducing bureaucratic red tape in Thailand, many agree. The State…
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Socialite dad of driver in notorious road-rage bus stop ram busted with meth
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Socialite dad of driver in notorious road-rage killing busted with meth The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Businessman and socialite Kan-anek Pachimsawat has been arrested for allegedly using the drug “ice” (crystal methamphetamine) and possessing it with intent to sell. He was released on Friday on…
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Woman becomes first Thai driver arrested for refusing breath test
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Driver arrested for refusing breath test The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A female driver has become the first motorist in the country to be punished for refusing a breathalyser test, said the police, who added that they were forced to tow away her car with…
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Samui bar owner, guard confess to slaying Turkish tourist
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Samui bar owner, guard confess to slaying Turkish tourist The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A security guard and the manager of a bar on Koh Samui confessed on Friday to conspiring to shoot dead a Turkish tourist, police said yesterday. Kabin Srisa-ard, 27, the guard,…
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Mosquito spray may have caused SCB fire
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Mosquito spray may have caused SCB fire The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Investigators have found that a mosquito-fumigation service might have caused the fire at Siam Commercial Bank headquarters last weekend. “The solution used contains kerosene and petrol,” police spokesman Lt Gen Prawut Thavornsiri said…
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PM woos private sector to build high-speed trains
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM woos private sector to build high-speed trains The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has invited the private sector to build short-distance, high-speed trains to attractive sites near Bangkok in order to facilitate tourism. The government will provide support in terms…
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Long-stay tourism drive aimed at Japanese
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Long-stay tourism drive aimed at Japanese The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Tourism Ministry has initiated a plan to promote long-stay tourism by focusing on Japanese tourists one of Thailand’s biggest inbound markets, said Tourism Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul yesterday. She was speaking after meeting with…
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Blast injures five at Bangkok Army depot
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Blast injures five Bangkok Army depot The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Five civilian personnel were injured yesterday in an accident at the Army’s Ordnance Department in Kiakkai in Bangkok during routine maintenance and inspection of anti-tank rocket-propelled grenades and launchers, a deputy Army spokesman said.…
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Tourist in ICU after Samui safari pick-up truck flips
PHUKET: A Russian tourist remains in intensive care after a safari pick-up truck flipped onto its side on Koh Samui Saturday afternoon. Koh Samui police chief Paitoon Krajajang has vowed to track down the driver, Vanich Sridon, 29, who fled the scene. “He is wanted for reckless driving, causing injury,” he said. “We have dispatched officers to track him down.”…
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SCB building closed after towering inferno
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community SCB building closed after towering inferno The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The whole main building of Siam Commercial Bank headquarters in Bangkok is now closed to the public in the wake of a fire that raged through some of its floors from late Saturday night…
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Hunt on for Bangkok bomber ‘Dragon’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hunt on for Bangkok bomber ‘Dragon’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: One of the two men suspected of planting and detonating two pipe bombs near Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok last Sunday has been identified by his alias “Dragon” and he is reportedly based…
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Police see political overtone in pipe bombs
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police see political overtone in pipe bombs The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The twin pipe bombings near Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok last Sunday night were “very similar” to two other bombing incidents – the explosion at Samarn Metta Mansion in Nonthaburi in 2010,…
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Bangkok shopping malls step up security after bomb blasts
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bangkok shopping malls step up security after bomb blasts The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: MAJOR MALLS in prime shopping areas in Bangkok have stepped up security measures after bomb incidents on Sunday. Nattakit Tangpoonsinthana, executive vice president for marketing at Central Pattana (CPN), said the…
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Anger at secret moving of Rohingya
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Anger at secret moving of Rohingya The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Residents in Nakhon Sri Thammarat’s Hua Sai district were upset after the provincial office for social development and human security yesterday relocated 99 Rohingya people from the shelter where they had stayed for 22…
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Serial rapist of elderly put on CSD ‘most wanted’ list
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Serial rapist of elderly put on CSD ‘most wanted’ list The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has put the much-sought serial rapist who assaulted several elderly women in recent years on its “most wanted” list and has issued details of his…
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NACC revokes land deeds for iron smelting plant in Prachuap
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NACC revokes land deeds for iron smelting plant in Prachuap The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has ruled that land-right documents for 11 plots in Prachuap Khiri Khan province were issued illegally and should be revoked. Prachuap Pattana Development Co Ltd,…
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