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Depression drives Khon Kaen student to her death

A 19-year-old Khon Kaen university student jumped to her death from a bridge in the neighbouring province of Kalasin on Thursday evening.

Her corpse was found below Thepsuda Bridge on Friday morning. Police checked the car she had parked on the bridge before taking the plunge and found documents that identified her as Naruenat Nabamrung.

Officials say based on investigation and CCTV evidence it appears the student took her own life.

Naruenat’s family told the press that she studied at a local university and had been suffering from depression. They also said she liked visiting the Thepsuda Bridge often.

Published : August 20, 2021

By : The Nation

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240 deaths, 19,851 new cases push Thailand’s caseload beyond 1 million

Thailand’s total Covid-19 caseload hit the 1-million mark on Friday with 240 fatalities and 19,851 new infections, 325 of which were in prisons.

Meanwhile, 20,478 patients have recovered and been discharged over the past 24 hours.

Since the epidemic kicked off last year, Thailand has had 1,009,710 Covid-19 cases, 795,805 of whom have recovered, 205,079 are still in hospitals and 8,826 have died.

Separately, another 651,606 people were given their first Covid-19 shot in the last 24 hours, 201,318 their second shot, and 7,853 their third shot, bringing the total Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in Thailand to 25,818,666.

According to Worldometer, as of 10am on Friday, confirmed cases globally had risen to 210.87 million, 188.80 million of whom have recovered, 17.65 million are active cases (108,296 in severe condition) and 4.42 million have died (up by 10,933).

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Thailand ranks 34th on the global list of most cases, which is topped by the US with 38.23 million, followed by India with 32.36 million, Brazil with 20.49 million, Russia with 6.68 million and France with 6.56 million.

Published : August 20, 2021

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Thailand crosses 1 million Covid cases

The number of Covid-19 cases in Thailand hit 1 million people on Friday.

As of Friday, Covid-19 cases in the country totalled 1,009,710, of which 980,847 were found between April 1 to August 20 this year.

The country’s first Covid-19 case was a Chinese person from Wuhan on January 12, 2020.

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Published : August 20, 2021

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Anutin promises all expats will get jabbed soon

Over 300,000 expats living in Bangkok have received at least one Covid-19 shot, Public Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday.

He made this remark after discussing the subject with Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai.

Anutin said government agencies have been cooperating with embassies to set up vaccination appointments for expats at several venues, including MedPark, Vimut and Bangrak hospitals as well as at the Central Vaccination Centre at the Bang Sue Grand Station.

He said the government will also cooperate with the Department of Consular Affairs to cover expats living in other parts of the country.

As of August 14, 356,337 foreign residents have received a Covid-19 vaccine, and of them 107,106 have received both their shots. Of them, 27,028 are above the age of 60.

“Most of the expats vaccinated come from Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Laos, Japan, India, the Philippines, UK, France and the US,” he said.

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Anutin promises all expats will get jabbed soon

Anutin said the Foreign Ministry will continue cooperating with other countries to procure more vaccines, citing the ongoing negotiations with Bhutan over a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines.

Meanwhile, foreigners with certificates showing they have received Sinovac, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson jabs can enter Thailand under the Phuket Sandbox scheme, Anutin said. He added that the National Communicable Disease Committee is looking into allowing people who have taken Sputnik V jabs to enter the country soon.

Published : August 20, 2021

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Former Nakhon Si Thammarat police chief caught for duping officers out of money

The National Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday found the former chief of Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Thung Song Police Station guilty of embezzling government funds.

Pol Colonel Somphong Thipaphakul had apparently talked 200 police officers under his supervision to hand him the 15,000-baht remedial cash handout they had been given in 2020. He said he was following the National Police chief’s orders.

Somphong was found guilty of violating Article 157 of the Criminal Code and removed from his current post at the Provincial Police Region 8 on Thursday.

Published : August 20, 2021

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Thailand now ordering 30 million Pfizer shots

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has upped its order for Pfizer vaccines to 30 million doses from the 20 million initially ordered.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the press that DDC and Pfizer-BioNTech signed a new contract on Friday.

Though the doses will arrive in the fourth quarter of this year, Anutin said it has still not been decided who will receive the shots first.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been registered with the Thai Food and Drug Administration since June 24.

Meanwhile, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said on Tuesday that it was planning to purchase another 12 million doses of Sinovac vaccines along with 10 million doses of other Covid-19 jabs.

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Published : August 20, 2021

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Govt aims to attract more FDI with focus on innovations, says deputy PM

Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow on Thursday said that the government would focus on developing new innovations to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), especially in continuous, digital and low-carbon industries to boost the economy after the Covid-19 crisis passes.

He was speaking at a virtual seminar “Thailand Next: Innovation Beyond Business” organised by Nation Multimedia Group on Thursday.

“Currently Thailand has relatively low FDI at only 1-2 per cent of GDP,” he said. “We aim to increase this ratio by promoting investments in telecommunications infrastructure and other digital technologies to attract foreign investors.

“It is evident that innovation is a key to sustainable economic growth and faster recovery in time of crisis,” added Supattanapong. “This can be seen from many western countries who have accumulated medical and scientific innovation for decades, which has enabled them to develop Covid-19 vaccines within one year versus the traditional period of vaccine development at over eight years.”

Supattanapong added that the government has been preparing an innovation zone in the Eastern Economic Corridor or ‘EECi’, as well as the Digital Park Thailand in EEC areas for foreign investors after the Covid-19 situation improves.

“We believe innovations that will help boost the country’s economic recovery are low-carbon emissions technology, electric vehicle manufacturing and smart electronics,” he said.

“As for the tourism industry in the post-Covid era, Thailand will focus on quality of tourists and not on quantity,” said the deputy PM. “We will promote eco- and health-related tourism and use improved public health system to attract foreign visitors.”

Published : August 20, 2021

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Covid escapee finally found hiding in Samut Prakan

The Covid-19 patient who walked out of a hospital in Udon Thani on Wednesday was finally tracked down on Thursday.

Ratathini Hongwichitpreech apparently had a taxi drive up from Bangkok to Udon Thani to take her to Samut Prakan province.

The leader of the Samut Prakan community she lived in tracked her down on Thursday. The patient said she left the hospital because she wanted to be with her husband.
Ratathini will complete her treatment at a hospital in Samut Prakan and will face legal action once she recovers.

The Kumphawapi Hospital in Udon Thani has also filed an official complaint against the patient for escaping isolation.

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Published : August 20, 2021

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19 people get jail sentence for partying in defiance of emergency

The Bangkok North Municipal Court on Thursday sentenced 19 adult partygoers to three years imprisonment and THB15,000 fine per person for breaching the emergency-decree ban on gatherings of more than five people.

The court reduced the previous sentence of six years imprisonment and THB30,000 fine, as they had pleaded guilty.

The court also suspended the imprisonment for a year per person as the partygoers did not have a criminal record.

Police had arrested 28 people, nine of them underage, for partying at a swanky resort in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district in the early hours of Wednesday.

The nine underage suspects will be charged separately by the Central Juvenile and Family Court.

Published : August 20, 2021

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Ex-revenue officials get jail term over Bt3-bn VAT refund scam

Two former state revenue officials were given life sentences for their involvement in embezzling more than Bt3 billion from the state through fraudulent value-added-tax (VAT) refunds, and ordered to reimburse the Revenue Departnent.

The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct cases on Thursday found the former director-general of the Revenue Department, Sathit Rangkhasiri, and a former official of Bangkok Revenue Department Area 22, Siriphong Riyakantheerachote, guilty of approving VAT refunds to 25 companies in Bangkok and Samut Prakan provinces several times since 2013, despite those companies not being eligible for a refund.

The defendants then embezzled the money totalling over Bt3.09 billion with the help of two other defendants, Prasit Anyachote and Kittisak Anyachote.

The court later acquitted Kittisak and ordered the three defendants to compensate the sum of Bt3,097,016,533 to the Revenue Department. The court also ordered the confiscation of 77 kilograms of gold bars and 7,000 baht weight of gold that Sathit had purchased with the embezzled money.

Prasit was given six years and eight months’ jail time.

Published : August 20, 2021

By : THE NATION