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Free camping site available at scenic spot overlooking Korat reservoir

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2022

The Department of Rural Roads is offering a free camping site for tourists along a scenic rural road in Nakhon Ratchasima province.

The site is located between markers Km18 and Km19 on Rural Road 3052 of Wang Nam Khiao district of the northeastern province, which is also known as Korat.
The camping site overlooks the Baan San Kamphaeng Reservoir and is located just six kilometres from a popular viewpoint to observe wild gaurs in the Khao Phaeng Ma Non-Hunting Area. The viewpoint has become popular all year round for tourists to “check in” for Instagram photo opportunities.
Those who plan to camp out at the site are required to register in person at the Wang Nam Khiao Rural Road Office. Those who pass the screening have to follow the rules while camping out there.
The site can also accommodate cars and it has a large ground for exercise activities, such as walking, jogging and bicycling, with a “sky lane” along the edge of the reservoir.

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5 South Koreans arrested for telephone fraud in Chiang Mai

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2022

Five South Koreans were arrested in Chiang Mai for operating call centres used to scam people in their home country, deputy national police chief Gen Roy Inkapairoj told a press conference on Thursday.

Immigration Bureau and the Police Cyber Task Force searched two houses and two condominiums rented by the suspects and found they were being used as call centres to scam people, Roy said.

The suspects range in age from 21 to 44 and had previously operated a similar operation in China, before setting up shop in Chiang Mai, he said.

Police seized one computer, four tablets, 11 mobile phones, and seven landline phones, he said. The suspects were also charged for overstaying their visas.

Roy said the South Korean Embassy here had asked police to arrest the five for cheating people in Korea and said they had done the same in China.

The suspects admitted that they had called 30,000 phone numbers and swindled several people out of more than 50 million baht. They have been detained by Immigration Police.

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NBTC demands return of THB600m it gave to SAT for World Cup broadcast rights

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2022

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) voted unanimously on Thursday to demand that the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) repay the 600 million baht it had provided the agency for purchase of Fifa World Cup broadcasting rights, a news source said.

The source said the telecom watchdog commissioners agreed that the SAT had violated the conditions regarding broadcast of the World Cup being held in Qatar since November. Under the NBTC’s ‘must-have’ rule, several key sporting events, including the Fifa World Cup finals, must be made available on free television.

Thailand’s plan to acquire the World Cup broadcasting rights had a troubled start, as the NBTC’s contribution was not enough to purchase the broadcast rights, which was priced at 1.4 billion baht. This forced the SAT, an agency responsible for purchasing the broadcast rights of sporting events, to enter into a deal with telecom company True Corporation for funding support.

Under the contract, True contributed 300 million baht to the SAT in exchange for exclusive rights to broadcast 32 matches on its ITPV and online platform, while leaving terrestrial TV broadcasting free for other channels. This has resulted in users of IPTV of operators other than True being unable to watch the matches, effectively violating the NBTC ‘must-have’ rule that aims to make sport programmes available to all people, said the source.

The source added that NBTC would give the SAT 15 days to return the money from the day it receives the notification, and the agency would be charged interest at 5% interest per year in case of delayed payment.

Meanwhile, SAT governor Kongsak Yodmanee told The Nation on Thursday that the agency had not violated any conditions and that the broadcast of World Cup 2022 was already available to all people on free TV, in adherence to the “must-have” rule.

He said he had dispatched an explanatory letter to the NBTC as soon as he became aware of its resolution.

Kongsak clarified that users of some IPTV boxes could not watch the games because of a dispute between True and other operators that requires a court ruling. He said it had nothing to do with the SAT, which had already fulfilled its duty of disseminating broadcast signals received from the licensor via various channels, including terrestrial TV, IPTV, and other platforms.

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Justice minister targets seizing THB100 billion a year from drug dealers

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2022

Minister of Justice Somsak Thepsuthin has set a target of seizing 100 billion baht in assets from those involved in the narcotics trade this fiscal year and is promising to raise the target if his party is reelected.

Somsak, a senior member of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party, said on Thursday that 6.87 billion baht in assets had been confiscated from narcotics rings in the first two months of this fiscal year.
“If I [can] return to the Justice Ministry next year, the target will not be only 100 billion baht. It will be an amount multiplied to several hundreds of billions [per year],” he said.
The next general election is tentatively scheduled for May 7 but could take place earlier if the House of Representatives is dissolved before its four-year term ends on March 23.
More assets have been confiscated from large drug rings under the new anti-narcotics law, which came into force on December 9 last year, Somsak said, describing the legislation as an “important tool” for Thailand’s battle against the narcotics trade.

The justice minister said that before he took office, no more than 900 million baht in assets were seized from the drug trade. Citing data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, he said that amount was only a fraction of the estimated 2 trillion baht per year of illicit drugs produced in the Golden Triangle.
Somsak made the comments while chairing a meeting of senior officials from 11 state agencies involved in the fight against the drug trade, including his ministry, the Office of the Attorney General, the Narcotics Control Board, and the Narcotics Suppression Bureau of the Royal Thai Police.
The justice minister also thanked Chuwit Kamolvisit for information he provided that led authorities to investigate a Chinese gang allegedly involved in the narcotics trade. “He is an exemplary and courageous citizen,” Somsak said of the former massage-parlour tycoon.
Chuwit is eligible for a reward equivalent to 5% of any assets seized based on the information he provided, the minister said, adding that if the total value was 2 billion baht, Chuwit would receive 100 million baht.
 

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15 ‘drug smugglers’ killed in gunfight with soldiers in Chiang Mai

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2022

Police in Chiang Mai said 15 suspected drug smugglers were killed in a gunfight after they were intercepted by the Pha Muang task force late Wednesday.

They were part of a group of 30 that had entered Thailand from Myanmar in a remote area of the northern province’s Fang district, police said.

Members of the Pha Muang task force had been watching a trail in Doi Ang Khang used by smugglers when they saw the group approaching, police said.

The smugglers opened fire after members of the task force intercepted them, police said.

The gunfight lasted about 10 minutes, but police were unable to access the scene until Thursday morning. When they did, they found 15 bodies and 29 backpacks containing methamphetamine. One gun and one grenade were also found at the scene, police said.

Chiang Mai police commander Maj Gen Thawatchai Pongwiwatchai said an investigation had been launched to find the remaining smugglers.

Pha Muang taskforce commander Maj Gen Suparerk Sathapornpol said that the amount of methamphetamine being smuggled into Thailand was increasing and more people were being killed by it.

He made the comment after inspecting the scene of the shootout with district officials and doctors. Smugglers usually drop their drugs and run when they encounter members of his task force, he said.

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