ARRESTED and charged with swindling a Thai investor is an American man who was tracked down to a hotel in Watthana district where he was hiding, INN News reported today (July 22, 2020). Pol.Lt.Gen. Sompong Chingduong, head of the Immigration Bureau, together with officers from the Special Crime Operation Sub-division told the Press that the
Month: July 2020
Thousands of fake designer handbags seized in raid
POLICE swooped down on a warehouse in Amnart Charoen province and seized as many as 20,000 to 30,000 counterfeit luxury handbags, INN News reported this morning (July 22, 2020). Pol. Lt. Col. Payao Thongsen, director of the Intellectual Property Litigation Division, together with Amnart Charoen police had got a search warrant from the Central Intellectual
Read moreHit by virus, Bangkok condo market plummets in Q2
THE NUMBER of condominiums launched in the Bangkok market dropped sharply in the second quarter with the plunge being 73.2% year-on-year and 35.6% compared to the first quarter, latest research by Knight Frank Thailand Company released today (July 21, 2020) shows. Ms. Risinee Sarikaputra, director of research and consultancy at this real estate agency, said
Read moreAd hoc panel moves to extend emergency decree by another month
MEMBERS of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) smaller committee revealed this afternoon (July 21) that an ad hoc committee enforcing measures against Covid-19 had concluded that the emergency decree should be extended by another month, INN News reported. This decision of the ad hoc committee, headed by Gen. Somsak Rungsita who is also
Read moreNationwide sweep nets huge pile of drugs
SEVERAL SUSPECTS were arrested in a string of drugs busts across the country with 12 million methamphetamine (Speed) pills being seized in the latest police action while 100 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 150 kilogrammes Ketamine were netted in earlier raids, INN News reported today (July 21, 2020). On Sunday Narcotics Suppression police trailed
Read moreOxford vaccine found ‘safe’ in early trials; triggers immune system response
By Times of India THE MUCH-AWAITED RESULT of Phase I/II trials of the Oxford University’s vaccine candidate ‘AZD1222’ has just been released and it just might be the first piece of good news in 2020. The results which have been published in the medical journal The Lancet reinstate the earlier media reports which cited that
Read moreAnother minister quits as shakeup draws closer
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER’S Office Minister Tewan Liptapallop stepped down today (July 20) in the face of an imminent cabinet reshuffle. The resignation of Tewan, leader of the three-MPs Chart Pattana Party, followed last week’s resignation of four cabinet members of the so-called Si Kumarn faction, which was previously part of the ruling
Read morePrison to cremate body of ‘cannibal’ Si Quey this week
BANG Khwang prison in Nonthaburi province announced today (July 20) that it will be proceeding with funeral of Si Quey or Li Quey Sae Urng, the Chinese migrant worker who has been labeled a cannibal for decades and his body displayed at a Siriraj Hospital museum with the ceremony to take place on Thursday (July 23),
Read moreBig police meeting on taking action against student groups
SEVERAL senior police officers are holding a meeting today (July 20) to consider the prosecution of the Student Union of Thailand and Free Youth group after having rallied to oust the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at the Democracy Monument on Saturday July 18 with there also being demonstrations in Chiang Mai and Ubon
Read moreYouth gang threatens to attack woman doctor after friend dies
A BATTLE between two youth gangs in Samut Prakarn province last evening (July 19) led to two of them being severely wounded and taken to separate hospitals but later when the patient at Vibharam Chaiprakarn Hospital died his enraged his friends threatened to attack the woman doctor accusing her of not doing her best to
Read moreRouhani says 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus
By Reuters, published by US News Dubai (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus, as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere. The figure, from a report Rouhani cited in a televised speech, was far higher than Saturday’s official figure for infections
Read morePhase 6 lockdown easing, emergency decree to be considered next week
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will be considering both the phase six relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown and the emergency decree next week, Naewna newspaper reported today (July 19, 2020). Answering reporters’ questions after the daily briefing on the Covid-19 infection in this country, CCSA’s spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said the next phase
Read moreFree Youth group ends rally at around midnight
WORRIED about their security the Free Youth group and some members of the public who had rallied at the Democracy Monument since last evening broke up their demonstration at around midnight, INN News reported this morning (July 19, 2020). Those who had organized this demonstration read out a statement making various demands including the following:
Read moreFlood of donations for starving young man
HELP poured in for a starving jobless young man who only had 5 baht in his pocket and was on the verge of collapsing as he walked down a Pattaya road looking for a job after he plucked up courage to ask someone for help, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (July 18, 2020). Not only did
Read morePolice brace for student gathering this evening
POLICE are on alert for an activity by students of the Free Youth group and the Student Union of Thailand at the Democracy Monument this evening, INN News reported this afternoon (July 18, 2020). Pol. Gen. Chakthip Chaijinda, the national police chief, ordered Pol. Gen. Suvit Changyodsuk, deputy police chief, and Pol. Lt. Gen. Damrongsak
Read moreUN: ‘We essentially cook ourselves’ if we don’t fix air conditioning
By Dharna Noor, Gizmodo.com A NEW United Nations report shows why it’s crucial to clean up air conditioning. In fact, the authors found that switching over to energy-efficient and climate-friendly air conditioning units could save the world up to 460 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the course of the next 40 years. For
Read moreNo one knows what Thailand is doing right, but so far, it’s working
By Hannah Beech, photographs by Adam Dean, New York Times NO one knows exactly why Thailand has been spared. Is it the social distancing embedded in Thai culture — the habit of greeting others with a wai, a prayer-like motion, rather than a full embrace — that has prevented the runaway transmission of the coronavirus
Read moreEnd of the jumbo: British Airways retires 747 fleet early on coronavirus woes
By Sarah Young and Maria Ponnezhath, Reuters, published by Jakarta Post BRITISH AIRWAYS, the world’s largest operator of Boeing 747s, will retire its entire jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect after the novel coronavirus pandemic sent air travel into freefall. For over 50-years, Boeing’s “Queen of the Skies” has been the world’s most easily recognized
Read moreDr Taweesilp denies stepping down as CCSA spokesman
COMING out deny news that he is resigning and stepping down was Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), who in doing so also said he does not know where this news came from, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (July 17, 2020). However a misunderstanding could have arisen yesterday when he apologized
Read moreEstonian diplomat paying to stay at a Sukhumvit hotel
AFTER THE hours-long altercation with a Sukhumvit condominium management yesterday (July 16) the Estonian Embassy’s person, now identified as a diplomat, checked into Grande Centre Point Terminal 21 Hotel at 11 p.m. last night for a 14-day quarantine, Sanook.com reported this afternoon. The diplomat was barred by Millennium Residence condominium management from going to stay
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