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Young conscript found dead 10 days into military service

NationalSep 15. 2020

By The Nation

Thai netizens on Tuesday demanded an end to military conscription after a Facebook post announced the death of another young conscript in mysterious circumstances.

Seree Butwong, 21, was found dead at his base on Monday, just 10 days after entering military service, said the post, which was apparently written by the victim’s family.

It went on to say: “Our family has received the word “sorry” for the lifeless body of a younger brother, plus Bt20,000 for initial funeral costs. Is that the price of a family’s loss? The family is suspicious of the true cause of the death. Our brother walked into a camp, but came out in a coffin.”

On Monday, an Army general notified the family that the victim died of a blood clot, preventing blood flow to the brain, at about at 1.45am on Monday morning.

On Tuesday, the hashtag “end conscription” began trending on Twitter along with pictures of Seree.

Thai PBS reports that the Army has returned Seree’s body to his hometown in the Northeast province of Surin.

Army spokesman Maj-General Thirapong Patthamasing na Ayudhya told media on Tuesday that doctors at Bhumibol Hospital had diagnosed the conscript’s cause of death as an irregular heartbeat and not due to any physical attack. He added that the victim’s father, Somsong, had accepted the doctors’ findings.

The Army has offered to pay funeral costs and Bt200,000 in compensation to Seree’s family.

Several conscripts have died in mysterious circumstances at military bases in recent years.

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Panel set up to investigate school rape allegation

NationalSep 15. 2020

By The Nation

Kalasin Provincial Education Office has set up an investigation committee to uncover the truth behind allegations that three schoolboys raped a five-year-old girl in the school toilet.

The office said on Tuesday (September 15) that officials visited the school to meet students and their families and spoke with the director and teachers.

The school reportedly has 11 security cameras, but one is broken and there is no footage of the three boys, aged around 11, accosting the primary school student on August 31 as alleged.

The three boys have denied the allegation, but their parents want to move their children to other schools as they do not feel comfortable with the situation.

Meanwhile, police have said that the investigators are waiting to question the girl’s parents, who sought help from the Pavena Foundation for Children and Women, and will later examine the evidence before sending it to the Regional Medical Science Centre in Khon Kaen.

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Khao San Road and Ong Ang canal to get weekend walking streets

NationalSep 15. 2020

By The Nation

Bangkok will open walking streets on Khao San Road and the road along Ong Ang canal on weekends from October to stimulate tourism.

Khao San will become a street market and performing arts stage from morning to midnight on October 31-November 1 (Halloween and Loy Krathong), November 28 -29, and December 31-January 1 (New Year’s Eve).

The Ong Ang canal walking street on Rattanokosin Island will run for 1,900 metres from Damrong Sathit Bridge to Osathanon Bridge every Friday, Saturday, 5pm-midnight. Featured will be live music and vendors selling cooked food, appliances, ornaments, flowers and ornamental plants. The walking street will also celebrate Loy Krathong.

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Immigration Police sue Twitter user for making false claim

NationalSep 15. 2020Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingduang 

By THE NATION

Immigration Police is suing a Twitter user for falsely claiming that foreigners are allowed to enter Thailand via Suvarnabhumi Airport without having to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine.

Immigration Police chief Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingduang said on Tuesday (September 15) that he has had the 2nd Immigration Police Division file a lawsuit against the Twitter user for spreading false information that may affect the operation of his department.

The Twitter user had tweeted that they had visited the airport on September 10 and seen that more than 80 per cent of incoming passengers were medical tourists and they were allowed to enter the country without undergoing quarantine, which is mandatory for everybody who lands in the country to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Pol Colonel Chuengron Rimphadee, deputy chief of the 2nd Immigration Police Division, said it was mandatory for all medical tourists to undergo quarantine at their specified hospitals.

“All travellers also have to inform immigration officials of their travel history and present a fit-to-fly document from the Thai embassy in their respective country upon arrival,” he said.

The deputy chief added that from April 4 to September 13, more than 49,000 Thais have returned home, while only 12,000 foreigners have entered the country between July 1 and September 13. Hence, he said, the claim that 80 per cent of incoming passengers are foreigners is wrong, as foreigners only accounted for 24 per cent of total arrivals.

“Of the 12,000 foreigners, 367 were medical tourists,” he said. “On September 10, our records show that 690 Thais and 479 foreigners entered the country, and only 10 said they were here for medical treatment.

“The social-media poster may not understand the immigration procedures or may have simply posted the comment for fun. However, messages like this can cause panic and affect people’s confidence in public health and immigration systems, therefore suing this person is necessary,” he added.

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Hallucinating mother slits young daughter’s throat

NationalSep 15. 2020

By The Nation

A woman in Surat Thani, who allegedly became paranoid due to lack of sleep, cut her three-year-old daughter’s throat while the child was sleeping.

Upon receiving a report of the case on Tuesday (September 15), officers from Phunphin Police Station visited the house in a rubber plantation and found the child’s body.

The forensic team reported that the victim’s throat had a 2-inch wound and that her aorta was cut, leaving the body covered in blood.

Bupha Yuensuk, 43, was found behaving in a mistrustful manner and was taken to the police station. Her husband, Satit Uantui, 43, said they had two daughters and his wife became unreasonably protective of them after returning home from work.

Before they went to bed, the husband said he saw his wife trying to cut her own throat and after he tried to calm her down, she stabbed herself with a fork.

Satit later found their little daughter, who was sleeping with her mum, dead. He said this was unexpected and that his wife has no history of mental illness.

Their second daughter, 8, was safe because she was sleeping with her father.

Investigators believe the woman may have been hallucinating from the lack of sleep that someone had come to assault her children.

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Man steps in to help homeless pitbull owner

NationalSep 15. 2020

By The Nation

A woman who owned six pitbull dogs but was evicted from her previous rented apartment due to complaints from neighbours about the dog menace, has found a benefactor who has allowed her to stay in his unoccupied flat in Bangkok.

Vibhavadi Vet Clinic published a message to Hong, or “Cake”, the owner of the dogs, on its Facebook page that a Facebook account holder called “Kongpapa Noi Makam” (real name “Somboon”) had informed the clinic about the man’s intention to help the dog owner

He has invited Cake to take her dogs to KC Garden Home village, Khlong Sam Wa district, Bangkok, as he and his wife did not live there at the moment.

On September 7, residents of the condo building where Cake lived had sought the media’s help to solve the problem of a tenant who regularly released seven American Pitbulls from the cage to rage all over the building, leaving faeces on the corridors.

The pitbull lover was later asked to leave the flat within three days. She decided to immediately pack her belongings and moved out on September 11. Only six of her dogs accompanied her, as one had reportedly died.

She was later spotted on the side of the road, lying on the ground with only three dogs on September 12. It is not known what happened to the other three pitbulls. She told policemen from Pak Khlong Rangsit station, who came to her aid, that she was stressed and unable to find a place to live in.

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Govt promises to start paying elderly, disabled their monthly grants soon

NationalSep 15. 2020Trisuree Trisoranakul 

By The Nation

The government has confirmed that it will soon start paying the monthly grant to the elderly and disabled, and will also develop an e-payment system which allows them to receive the money directly.

Trisuree Trisoranakul, deputy government spokesperson, said the Comptroller General’s Office and other related agencies have been continuously allocating funds for the elderly and disabled on a monthly basis, so there is no shortage of funds.

She added that after adjusting the figure from the last round of payments in February 2019, it was found that the number of seniors in Thailand has risen by 184,538, while the number of persons with disabilities has increased by 265,608.

Meanwhile, 80 per cent of those eligible have registered for direct transfer via e-payments, she said, adding that the payments have been delayed due to an increase in the number of eligible people and the new system.

She added that the remaining 20 per cent who have not registered for e-payments will be paid in cash.

Trisuree said that once the system has been updated, the transfer of funds will be more flexible, adding that those who have registered for e-payment will have their money transferred to their bank accounts from next month.

She said under this system, beneficiaries do not have to wait to be paid after their eligibility is announced.

For September, she said the Department of Local Administration has earmarked Bt2.4 billion for payment to the elderly and disabled people.

Trisulee also said the budget for fiscal 2021 may be delayed by a week because it still has to undergo the second and third readings in the House of Representatives.

Meanwhile, she said, the budget for the previous fiscal year will continue being used.

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Thailand Post suspends shipments to Philippines due to Covid-19 situation

NationalSep 15. 2020

By The Nation

Thailand Post has suspended large courier and courier post services to the Philippines temporarily, due to the aggravating Covid-19 situation there.

The Philippines reported 259 deaths on Monday, the highest daily increase in fatalities since the outbreak in the country. The total number of deaths in the country rose to 4,630, while 207,504 patients have recovered.

Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is the worst-hit with nearly 1,500 cases on average daily.

Due to the alarming Covid-19 situation in the Philippines, Thailand Post said it had temporarily suspended the Logispost World service — sending large items abroad — and courier post services to deliver international express items to the Philippines.

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Two foreigners, three Thais found positive in quarantine

NationalSep 15. 2020

By The Nation

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported five cases in state quarantine over a 24-hour period on Tuesday (September 15).

A 33-year-old Thai male freelancer had returned from Japan on September 9 and was found positive on September 12 at a state quaraintine facility in Chonburi province.

A 63-year-old male office employee returned from Bahrain on August 30 and tested positive on September 14 at a state quaraintine facility in Chonburi province.

A 23-year-old male student returned from Pakistan on September 13 and was found positive during the screening process at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The two foreigners were a 40-year-old British man, who had travelled from Saudi Arabia on September 1. He tested positive on September 13 at an alternative state quarantine hotel in Bangkok. An Iranian businessman, 35, who had travelled from Qatar, was found positive in alternative hospital quarantine in Bangkok where he had gone for a medical problem.

Meanwhile, three patients have recovered and been discharged.

The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand stood at 3,480 (542 in state quarantine), of whom 107 are in hospital and 3,315 have recovered and been discharged, while the death toll remains unchanged at 58.

According to Worldometer, as of 10 am on Tuesday, the total number of confirmed cases had crossed 29.4 million (increasing by 247,832 over a 24-hour period), 21.27 million have recovered, 60,786 are in serious condition and 932,730 have died.

Thailand ranks 126th for most cases in the world, while the US has the most number with 6.74 million, followed by India 4.92 million, Brazil 4.34 million, Russia 1.06 million and Peru 733,860.

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Teachers voice full support for anti-establishment activists

NationalSep 15. 2020

By The Nation

The Federation of Teachers Association of Thailand issued a letter signed on September 12 saying it fully supported students who are fighting against the establishment and want democracy to return to Thailand.

The letter said the country has suffered the worst economic and political recession and society has been in shambles since the 2014 coup, adding that teachers were ready to support the fight against this and other military-led governments.

The federation, comprising teachers’ networks from across the country, said they also supported students’ demands that the charter be rewritten, the House dissolved and the government stop harassing people who speak up against it.

The letter said the teachers especially supported the demand that the Constitution be rewritten so no more coups can be held and that the junta-selected Senate no longer has the power to select a prime minister.

The letter invited all teachers to stand by the students who are fighting to protect human rights and democracy.