Tag: 2020
Kidnapped Chinese businesswoman rescued, gang arrested
METROPOLITAN Police busted a Thai-Chinese kidnap gang who had abducted a Chinese businesswoman for 15 million baht ransom in downtown Sukhumvit area, INN News and Sanook.com reported this morning (Dec. 9, 2020). The Women’s and Children’s Welfare Division at the Metropolitan police headquarters had been informed by this woman’s friend that she was kidnapped in …
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In Covid-19 milestone for West, Britain starts mass vaccination
By Reuters Staff, published by US News London: A 90-year-old grandmother became the world’s first person to receive a fully-tested Covid-19 shot today (Dec. 8), as Britain began mass-vaccinating its people in a global drive that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history. Health workers started inoculating the most vulnerable with the …
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384kg Ice heading for Ayutthaya seized in the North
ACTING ON a tipoff Mukdahan police seized 384 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) worth 134 million baht just as it was being transported for delivery in Ayutthaya province and arrested three suspects, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Dec. 8). Provincial police chief Pol. Maj. Gen. Santhan Intarachak had got word that a big lot of …
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Protest leaders show up to face Section 112 charges
AMID a heavy turnout of supporters three People’s Party leaders and the Nonthaburi New Generation leader showed up at Nonthaburi police station to acknowledge charges filed against them under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, Sanook.com reported today (Dec. 8, 2020). The three People’s Party leaders, Mr. Parit Chivarak, …
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4 Bangkok medical personnel infected with coronavirus
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today (Dec. 8) that four domestic Covid-19 cases appeared in Bangkok over the past 24 hours with all of them being medical personnel who work at alternate state quarantine (ASQ) facilities and private hospitals, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Altogether 19 new coronavirus cases emerged …
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Hong Kong police arrest 8 over university protest
By AP and published by Channel NewsAsia Hong Kong: Hong Kong authorities today (Dec. 7) arrested eight people in connection with an unauthorised protest at a university campus last month, police and local media said, amid a widening crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous territory. The arrests were reportedly made in relation to a demonstration …
Govt moves to extend visa-free entry to 45 days while allaying Covid-19 fears
THE Foreign Ministry is moving to increase visa free entry from 30 to 45 days in keeping with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s direction to further ease measures for foreigners entering the country, Sanook.com quoted Voice TV as saying today (Dec. 7, 2020). This easing of the visa regulation was mentioned at a meeting of an …
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Parents shocked after newborn baby disappears from hospital
A CHONBURI couple is in a state of shock after their newborn baby girl disappeared from the second hospital she was transferred to after her birth at the first one for treatment for her weak condition, Sanook.com reported today (Dec. 7. 2020). Ms Piyarat, 37, and Mr. Panya, 29, said after the baby was born …
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Musician says beware of drug scam at parking lot
A MUSICIAN issued a warning about a drug scam he narrowly escaped at a department store parking lot whereby a paper bag was discarded on the floor and if he had picked it up inside would be some drugs and he would have been immediately arrested by criminals disguised a drug control unit who would …
Mae Sot doctor denies elderly Covid-19 patient has died
A PHYSICIAN at Mae Sot Hospital confirmed that none of their patients had died of coronavirus and urged people to stop calling up and cursing the staff for covering up the news, Thai Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Dec. 6, 2020) Reports had circulated that an elderly Thai man who was admitted to this hospital …
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Two more Tachileik-linked coronavirus cases appear in Bangkok
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today (Dec. 6) that there are 14 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours with two of them emerging in Bangkok, Sanook.com reported. The 14 new cases took the total to 4,086 with 3,853 patients having recovered and 173 still undergoing treatment. Death …
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4 Thai men, 2 Myanmar women caught sneaking into Mae Sot
SOLDIERS from the 4th Infantry Regiment who are keeping a tight control of the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Sot district of Tak province today (Dec. 5) caught four Thai men and two Myanmar women just as they had slipped through the border, Amarin TV reported this evening. While patrolling Tha Sai Luat sub-district of this …
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Engineer shot dead in front of family at noodle shop
A YOUNG engineer who ran a noodle shop as a secondary source of income was shot dead in front of his family by a motorcycle gunman in Tha Phra area at around 9 p.m. last night, Thai Rath newspaper reported. Police from Tha Phra station rushed to Jabkang noodle shop upon being alerted of the …
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No new lockdown over coronavirus spreading from Tachileik
PUBLIC Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul this morning (Dec. 5) ruled out another lockdown after several Covid-19 infected Thais sneaked back home from Tachileik border town in Myanmar pointing out that the infection arose from the same place and has not spread in all directions with the returnees to be encouraged to come in for tests …
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Tachileik hotel DJ found infected with coronavirus in Chiang Mai
A THAI MAN who worked as a DJ at the hotel in Tachileik Myanmar border town which is the centre of a new wave of Covid-19 infections was confirmed to be infected with this deadly disease in Chiang Mai city today (Dec. 4), Sanook.com reported this evening. The 32-year-old man is a native of Chiang …
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Co-passenger of ‘Chiang Rai women’ infected with coronavirus
A 51-year-old woman who flew from Chiang Rai to Bangkok on the same flight as two young women who had sneaked across the border from Tachileik in Myanmar and later tested positive for Covid-19 has now also been found to be infected with this deadly virus, Thai Rath newspaper and Sanook.com reported today (Dec. 4). …
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One more Covid-19 case in Chiang Rai today, 4 yesterday
ONE more person was found infected with Covid-19 in Chiang Rai province today (Dec. 4) after four cases cropped up in this northern province yesterday with one of them being a young Thai man, Amarin TV reported. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today that there were a total of …
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‘Will not be bullied’: citizens around the world told to buy Australian wine
The Sydney Morning Herald London: Millions of people around the world are being urged to buy an Australian bottle of wine or two, as a way of showing Chinese President Xi Jinping that the world will not be intimidated by his “bullying of Australia”. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), comprising more than 200 MPs …
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School or prison? Students forced to wear prison-like clothes all day
DRAWING strong criticism on Thai social media today (Dec. 3) is a composite photograph of two students wearing light brown clothes similar to prison uniform with block letters printed at the back saying “adjusting behaviour”, Sanook.com reported this evening. The photo was shared on “Lanna Students” webpage, with this being a forum for Chiang Mai …
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MP files complaint against Penguin in the middle of the night
PALANG Pracharath MP for Ratchaburi province Pareena Kraikupt posted on her Facebook page that she was unable to sleep last night after reading four posts written by People’s Party leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, and went to the police station to file a complaint against him in the dead of the night, Amarin TV …
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Timeline of Bangkok coronavirus spreaders
OF THE six new Covid-19 cases of women sneaking back to Thailand from Tachileik district in Myanmar three of them flew to Bangkok with one moving around in the capital before her illness was detected, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (Dec. 2, 2020). The Public Health Ministry today confirmed these six new coronavirus cases with all …
Judgement day for Prime Minister Prayut
TODAY is the day people have waited for as the Constitution Court will be handing down its ruling on Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha continuing to reside in a state house within a military camp even though he retired from military service six years ago, watching to see whether or not it will …