Month: October 2021
Man dressed as Joker terrorises Tokyo train
By Reuters staff, published by The Denver Gazette Tokyo (Reuters) – A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening, injuring about 10 people as many party-goers headed into the city centre for Halloween gatherings, media reported. Police arrested the suspected attacker on the spot, media …
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Activists call for freeing lese majeste detainees on bail at huge protest
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST groups today (Oct. 31) organised a peaceful street protest in the heart of Bangkok and repeated calls for the release on bail of detained political activists and the abolition of the draconian lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112. Several activist groups including Khana Ratsadon, …
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Policeman commits suicide over debt problems
A POLICEMAN in Kalasin province who was saddled with heavy debts tried to shoot his wife twice before shooting himself to death at 3 a.m. this morning (Oct. 31), Siam Rath newspaper said. Just after Pol. Sgt. Maj. Mahitidet Klangpraphan, 50, who was attached to Kalasin Police Department, committed suicide, Pol. Lt. Col. Suksawad …
Police warn no parties allowed despite easing of alcohol rule
ALTHOUGH Bangkok Metropolitan Administration yesterday gave the green light for people to drink alcohol at SHA certified restaurants till 9 p.m. from tomorrow (Nov. 1) National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk warned that no parties or other activities that lead to coronavirus spreading will be allowed, Naewna newspaper said. Pol Maj. Gen. Yingyot …
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Vietnam jails citizen journalists for ‘abusing democratic rights’
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Hanoi – A Vietnamese court has jailed five citizen journalists for “abusing democratic rights”, drawing sharp US criticism of the communist government’s crackdown on freedom of speech. Vietnam’s hardline administration often moves swiftly to stifle dissent, jailing activists, journalists and any critic with large audiences on Facebook, which …
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Alcohol consumption allowed till 9 p.m. in Bangkok
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) further eased Covid restrictions today (Oct. 30) with alcohol consumption allowed in Safety and Health Administration (SHA) certified restaurants till 9 p.m. during Nov. 1-30, Amarin TV said this afternoon. This follows the moving of Bangkok from maximum and strict control (dark red) Covid control zone to a new …
Ex-election commissioner joins Thai Liberal Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ELECTION commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn has joined Thai Liberal Party under leadership of former police chief Seripisut Temiyavej. Somchai confirmed today (Oct. 30) he has already registered himself with the 10-MP opposition party but said he is yet undecided whether he will contest the next election under the tickets of Seripisut’s …
Doctor warns of superspreader risk from turning Bangkok into a blue zone
A DOCTOR at Siriraj Hospital,Mahidol University, warned in a Facebook post today (Oct. 30) that the big jump in turning Bangkok from deep red maximum and strict control zone to the blue tourism pilot scheme category thus allowing alcohol to be served in hotels and restaurants will certainly trigger superspreading events, Siam Rath newspaper …
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Prayut trips on podium, tells media not to publish photos
AT 1 p.m. today (Oct. 29) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha tripped while climbing a podium at Government House to address a press conference but managed to not fall, Sanook.com said. The Premier had just chaired a meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee which he heads and had a discussion …
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No cabinet reshuffle arising from party conflict anytime soon: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan said today (Oct. 29) there will be no cabinet reshuffle on the part of the largest coalition partner anytime soon following an internal conflict which he said has already come to an end. No cabinet members attached to the disintegrated Palang Pracharath Party will …
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Curfew only remains in 7 provinces; Bangkok a ‘blue zone’ to receive tourists
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee has cancelled curfew in all but seven provinces still remaining the maximum and strict control zone (dark red) with Bangkok, Krabi, Phang Nga and Phuket coming under a new blue tourism pilot scheme zone with this effective from Monday Nov. 1, Sanook.com said this afternoon …
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Rung sues Prayut for limiting freedom of assembly
A PROTEST leader and a team of human rights lawyers this morning (Oct. 29) filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Defence Forces Chief Gen. Chalermpol Srisawad for issuing announcements limiting the freedom of assembly while also asking for temporary protection of a rally planned to take place on Sunday Oct. 31, Siam …
New Asean chair Cambodia to keep pressure on Myanmar junta
By Reuters Staff and published Channel NewsAsia Phnom Penh – Cambodia, the incoming chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), will push Myanmar’s military rulers to open dialogue with its opponents, its foreign minister said today (Oct. 28). Warning Myanmar was on the “brink of civil war”, Prak Sokhonn said Cambodia would appoint …
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Teen protester shot in front of Din Daeng police station dies in hospital
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD youth who was critically injured after being shot in front of Din Daeng police station and was in Rajavithi Hospital’s ICU for almost three months died this morning (Oct. 28), Matichon newspaper said. The youth, Warit Somnoi, was hit by a bullet in his upper spinal cord and then suffered from cerebral …
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Thammanat remains intact as Palang Pracharath Party secretary-general
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAMMANAT PROMPOW today (Oct. 28) survived an adverse plot to oust him as secretary-general of Palang Pracharath Party, given solid support from party leader Prawit Wongsuwan. During today’s meeting of Palang Pracharath executive board members, Thammanat’s position as party secretary-general was specifically strengthened with unfaltering support from the party leader …
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Man falls from building while escaping from lover’s husband
A MAN fell off the third floor of an apartment building in Chonburi this morning (Oct. 28) and got seriously injured after being caught by his lover’s husband in their flat when the latter unexpectedly returned early from work upon being given a second Covid jab, Amarin TV said Chonburi police were alerted of …
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Doctor says Covid crisis in Chiang Mai at breaking point
A DOCTOR warned in a Facebook post that the coronavirus situation in northern Chiang Mai city has reached the breaking point with over a hundred patients emerging for days in a row and this contradicts the countdown to reopen the country to tourism on Nov. 1, Siam Rath newspaper said this morning (Oct. 28). …
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7 Cabinet members quit Palang Pracharath Party’s executive board
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVEN MEMBERS OF CABINET have resigned as members of a disintegrated Palang Pracharath Party’s executive board in a fresh bid to press for the setting up of a new one with the planned ouster of Thammanat Prompow as secretary-general of the largest coalition partner in government. But the seven Palang Pracharath …
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Bangkok logs 702 Covid cases today as national total stands at 8,452
WHILE coronavirus cases appeared in all 50 Bangkok districts today (Oct. 27) the total dwindled to 702 with the national tally over 24 hours to this morning too having dropped to 8,452 cases, Amarin TV said. Bangkok authorities are still following the condition of 13 other patients while also revealing that today’s worst infected district …
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Police: Suspect in kidnap case likely tipped off CNN about used medical gloves
CENTRAL Investigation Bureau (CIB) police today (Oct. 27) revealed that an American man who is believed to have given information to CNN on used medical gloves being exported to the US is a suspect in the kidnapping of a Taiwanese man to collect debts, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Jirapob Phuridet, CIB chief, told …
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Myanmar a no-show at summit after Asean sidelines junta boss
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Bandar Seri Begawan – An Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit started today (Oct. 26) without military-ruled Myanmar, after its junta refused to send a representative following its leader’s exclusion for ignoring a peace road map agreed upon six months ago. Asean had said that it …
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Rising PM 2.5 dust level will worsen Covid pandemic
OVER the past few days the level of dangerous particles in air known as PM 2.5 has risen in Bangkok and many other areas of this country and this could exacerbate the Covid-19 pandemic as shown by multiple studies, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Oct. 26). The current increase of fine particulate …
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