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Samut Sakhon readies to reopen popular Central Prawn Market by Jan-end

NationalJan 21. 2021

By THE NATION

Samut Sakhon’s Central Prawn Market in Muang district is ready to reopen on either January 26 or 27 after a major clean-up scheduled on January 25, the province’s deputy governor Theerapat Katchamat announced.

The market had been ordered shut since December 20 after more than 500 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were traced back there.

“All infected persons from the market had been sent to the Samut Sakhon field hospital for treatment and 14-day quarantine,” Theerapat said. “They have now all been released after tests showed they are free of the virus.”

Theerapat said that on Friday (January 22) the province would perform another test on 1,200 people who reside near the market and had previously tested negative for Covid-19 to make sure that the market is a completely virus-free zone.

“The reopening of the market is important to the province’s economy, as Samut Sakhon hosts one of Thailand’s biggest seafood markets,” he added.

Meanwhile, market manager Damrong Mansin said he has instructed all merchants to strictly follow Covid-19 preventive measures when the market reopens, including screening all workers with thermo scanners and wearing sanitary face masks at all times.

On Wednesday Samut Sakhon reported 92 new virus cases, which raised the province’s accumulated cases to 4,921 patients – 1,045 Thais and 3,876 migrants. Some 331 are presently in hospital, 1,332 are being monitored in quarantine, 3,257 have either been cured or have tested negative after quarantine, and one person has died.

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16 Cambodians arrested for illegal entry

NationalJan 21. 2021

By THE NATION

Sixteen Cambodian nationals were arrested by two teams of patrolling police officers after entering the country via Sa Kaeo province without any documentation, Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division police announced on Wednesday.

One of the teams arrested seven Cambodians on Highway No 359 in Sa Kaeo’s Watthana Nakhon district. They were in a pickup truck driven by Ong-art Todtasee, aged 44, a local of Maha Sarakham province. Ong-art reportedly confessed that he was hired by a company in Pattaya to transport the Cambodian workers to Sa Kaeo. Each was to pay Bt600 for being helped across the border to Cambodia.

They were taken to Muang Sa Kaeo police station, where Ong-art was charged with aiding illegal migrants and the seven charged with entering the country without proper documentation.

The other team of police discovered nine Cambodians stranded in a forest in Khao Chakan district. An initial investigation revealed they were abandoned after their employer evaded a crackdown on illegal migrants. The nine were also taken to Muang Sa Kaeo police station and charged with entering the country illegally.

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Cold-to-cool weather in upper Thailand, with fog in the morning

NationalJan 21. 2021

By THE NATION

Upper Thailand is seeing a 1-3°C rise in temperatures with morning fog or thick fog in some areas, while mountaintops remain cold to very cold with frost in a few places, the Meteorological Department said on Thursday. It added that a weak northeast monsoon prevails over the Gulf and the South.

Here’s the weather forecast for the next 24 hours:

North: Cool to cold weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 10-16 degrees and highs of 30-32 degrees Celsius. Temperature on hilltops is likely to drop to 4-12 degrees Celsius with frost in some areas.

Northeast: Cool to cold weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 11-16 degrees and highs of 29-32 degrees Celsius. Temperature on hilltops is likely to drop to 5-11 degrees Celsius.

Central: Cool weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 16-17 degrees, highs of 31-33 degrees Celsius.

East: Cool weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 16-20 degrees, highs of 31-33 degrees Celsius; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres offshore.

South (east coast): Cool weather with thundershowers in 10 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 15-23 degrees, highs of 31-32 degrees Celsius; waves 1-2 metres high and 2 metres during thundershowers.

South (west coast): Partly cloudy with thundershowers in 10 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 21-24 degrees, highs of 32-34 degrees Celsius; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres offshore.

Bangkok and surrounding areas: Cool weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 18-20 degrees, highs of 32-33 degrees Celsius.

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Thai military monitoring border as Malaysian outbreak rages

NationalJan 20. 2021

By The Nation
Photos by Charoon Thongnual

Soldiers from the Fifth Infantry Regiment under the Fourth Army Area were monitoring the border in Songkhla’s Sadao district to prevent smuggling of migrant workers from Malaysia on Wednesday.

Malaysia has been hit by a severe outbreak of Covid-19, with new cases rising by around 4,000 per day.

Thirteen Thais stranded in Malaysia returned to Thailand on Wednesday and underwent screening and quarantine as per Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration measures.

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Koh Si Chang in Chonburi locked down as coastal outbreak worsens

NationalJan 20. 2021

By The Nation

Chonburi authorities have banned travel to or from Koh Si Chang after a Covid-19 outbreak in adjoining coastal districts.

The lockdown is effective immediately until the situation is resolved, said Chonburi governor Phakthorn Thianchai, in his capacity as chairman of the provincial Communicable Diseases Committee.

The move comes after the Covid-19 outbreak in neighbouring coastal districts including Sri Racha has continued to spread. To stop transmission of the virus, Koh Si Chang has been completely locked down.

The Chonburi marine department will impose measures for boat operators while the sheriff of Koh Si Chang has been tasked with policing the lockdown.

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Covid-stricken Samut Sakhon governor monitored hourly after condition worsens

NationalJan 20. 2021Samut Sakhon governor Verasak Vichitsangsr

By The Nation

Samut Sakhon governor Verasak Vichitsangsri is being monitored hourly after being hit by a secondary infection during his recovery from Covid-19, said Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital.

Dr Prasit revealed on Wednesday that bacteria resistant to treatment was detected in the governor’s lungs and Verasak’s brain function is affected. A new antibiotic has been administered and medics will monitor for 72 hours to see if his body responds to the drug, the doctor added.

Verasak’s Covid-19 infection has subsided, but the virus has affected lung function while the bacterial infection has destroyed lung tissue. The governor remains on a ventilator more than a month after being confirmed infected with Covid-19 on December 17.

Verasak, 58, was treated with the antiviral drug Favipiravir.

“All we have to do is administer antibiotics and remove mucus as much as possible to reduce infection in the body. As for the work of the brain, there has been an effect because the governor is older and has underlying cerebrovascular disease. The medical team are doing their best, “Dr Prasit said.

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Thailand’s home internet fastest in the world

NationalJan 20. 2021

By THE NATION

Broadband connections in Thailand are the fastest in the world, the latest Speedtest Global Index shows.

In December alone, Thailand topped the list with broadband speeds averaging at 308.35 megabits per second (mbps), overtaking Singapore and Hong Kong, where the internet speeds average at 245.31mbps and 226.80mbps, respectively.

Meanwhile, Thailand’s mobile internet speed rose 11 positions, ranking 33 fastest in the world. The top three countries with the fastest mobile internet speeds are Qatar, UAE and South Korea, respectively.

According to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, Thailand had 50.1 million internet users in 2019, up from 47.55 million in 2018 and 45.18 million in 2017.

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3rd phase of Let’s Go Halves scheme eyed

NationalJan 20. 2021Arkom Termpittayapaisith

By The Nation

The government will launch a third phase of “Khon La Khrueng” (Let’s Go Halves) co-payment scheme if the first two phases show good results, Finance Minister Arkom Termpittayapaisith said on Wednesday.

He reckoned that it would take up to two months to evaluate public spending in the first two phases.

“We found that demand for privileges under this scheme is very high, but we have to evaluate the first two phases before initiating the third one,” he said.

He added that the “RaoChana” (We Win) cash-handout scheme, which the Cabinet approved on Tuesday, will help generate spending of Bt210 billion.

Registration under the latest round of the Let’s Go Halves scheme kicked off at 6am on Wednesday with the quota of 1.34 million users filled in 10 minutes.

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Protest leaders acknowledge lese majeste charges for speeches delivered last month

NationalJan 20. 2021

By THE NATION

Leaders of the Ratsadon (People’s Party) anti-establishment movement showed up at Pathum Wan Police Station on Wednesday morning to answer their summonses for allegedly violating the lese majeste law.

The leaders, including Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak, Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, Panupong “Mike” Jadnok and Benja Apan, were there to acknowledge allegations of violating the Criminal Code’s Article 112.

Police issued summonses for the four leaders and two minors for allegedly criticising the monarch in speeches delivered on December 20 at Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shopping complex.

The protest leaders were met by a group of supporters when they arrived at the police station and were handed roses for moral support. The group had also hung a banner reading “[Police] do not arrest drug traffickers and gamblers, but only arrest students”, but it was soon taken down by police.

Article 112 states that “whoever defames, insults or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent or the Regent shall be punished with imprisonment of three to 15 years”.

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Ex-minister Banyin gets death for premeditated murder of property tycoon

NationalJan 20. 2021Banyin Tangpakorn

By THE NATION

Phra Khanong Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn to death for the premeditated murder of building contractor Chuwong Sae Tang.

On July 26, 2015, billionaire Chuwong was found dead in the front seat of a car driven by Banyin. Investigators later proved that the accident scene had been set up to conceal the fact that Chuwong had been murdered by Banyin earlier.

Banyin, who is in prison for falsifying documents and the murder of a judge’s brother, was informed of the death sentence.