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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2022
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2022
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SAT governor Kongsak Yodmanee said on Friday that so far no company had contacted the organiser or FIFA to purchase the broadcast rights for the tournament, scheduled to take place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18.
“Thais must be able to watch the World Club live for free under the ‘must-have’ rule. If no private operators are interested in purchasing the licence, the SAT will buy it,” he said. “Money to buy the rights could come from the government or the National Sports Development Fund. However, we hope that a private company will strike a broadcast deal with the organiser soon.”
The must-have rule, imposed by National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission since 2012, mandates that several key sporting events, including the FIFA World Cup finals, must be made available on free television.
Other sport events covered by this rule are the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, SEA Games, Asean Para Games, Asian Games and Asian Para Games.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2022
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From January to August, 9,167 domestic and international flights landed at the airport, carrying a total of 849,406 passengers – or about 7,400 per day on average.
Monchai said the airport expects to see at least 30,000 passengers per day from November, when high season starts. Of these, more than half (16,000-18,000) should be Thais, he added.
Passenger numbers at the airport have jumped to about 10,000 per day this month after a rise in Thai tourists booking flights to Phuket since October 1.
Meanwhile, airlines from Europe, the Middle East, Scandinavia, Turkey and South Korea say they will resume flights to Phuket towards the end of this year.
“We are also expecting flights from new airlines, such as Russia’s Aeroflot, which will launch two services per day to Phuket from October 30, and a Myanmar chartered flight operator who will fly here three times a week,” he said.
The 30 per cent of Phuket flights not yet restored are from China, which still has tight travel restrictions.
However, Monchai expects Phuket Airport to see 13 million passengers next year before returning to pre-Covid levels of 18 million passengers in 2024.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2022
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After arriving at Udon Thani airport on Friday evening, Their Majesties headed first to Nong Bua Lamphu Hospital and then to Udon Thani Hospital to visit the injured as well as families who lost young children in the attack.
Thursday’s mass shooting by a sacked policeman left 37 people dead, including 24 children. Of the 10 people injured in the attack, eight are in critical condition.
The King and Queen visited at the bedside of 4-year-old Kantapong Sena, who is among five survivors being treated in the intensive care unit at Nong Bua Lamphu Hospital.
Two other critically ill survivors are being treated at Udon Thani Hospital.
“I would like to extend my condolences; there are no other words to describe this feeling. I want to give you all moral support to be strong,” the King told relatives of the victims.
Expressing sorrow over the occurrence of an “evil incident”, His Majesty said the priority now was to “make things better as best as we can”.
Their Majesties will take all injured patients from the incident under royal patronage, while the Palace will sponsor bathing rites for all victims.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2022
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Results from the autopsy conducted at Udon Thani Hospital show no drugs in the body of Panya Khamrab, 34, who launched a gun and knife attack at a nursery in Na Klang district on Thursday. Panya killed 36 people, 24 of them children, before turning the gun on himself. Of the 10 people injured in the attack, eight are in critical condition.
National Police chief Damrongsak Kittipraphat said investigation of the gunman’s motive was now focusing on a family dispute and financial problems, since Panya had been out of a job for nearly a year.
He said investigators found that Panya had quarrelled with his wife at around 4am on Thursday, before she called her mother to come and pick her up because she “did want to live with him anymore”.
Later on Thursday morning, Panya attended a court hearing on a drugs charge and was told he would hear the verdict on Friday.
Investigators speculate that Panya returned home, became angry after discovering his wife was missing, and launched the attack on the nursery where he thought his son had been taken. He then returned to his house and killed his wife, son and two relatives before turning the gun on himself.
“The autopsy result shows no trace of drugs, which means the shooter may not take have taken drugs in the previous 72 hours. However, officials will perform a full medical test to confirm the result,” said Damrongsak.
Panya was dismissed from the police force in January after being arrested in possession of methamphetamine pills. Earlier, he had been reprimanded by his supervisors for repeated abuse of the illicit drug.
Panya joined the Royal Thai Police in May 2012 and was moved to the Na Wang Police Station in Nong Bua Lamphu province in June 2019. He worked there until his dismissal from the police force.
Damrongsak added that the gun that was used in the attack was bought legally by Panya, who possessed a permit to use it. He said Panya bought the gun while in the force at the discounted price offered to police officers. When he was dismissed from the force, the gun became his personal property.
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https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40020827
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2022
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Speaking in a microphone while giving out the large cardboard cheques printed with figures ranging from 110,000 to 200,000 Thai baht ($2942.75 to $5350.46), Prayuth also hugged dozens of people in a crowded hall.
The nation mourned the death of more than 30 people, including 23 children, after an ex-policeman burst into a daycare center in a knife and gun rampage that left people shocked and seeking answers.
Most of the children who died at the daycare center in Uthai Sawan, a town 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on Thursday (October 6) were stabbed to death, police said, marking one of the worst child death tolls in a massacre by a single killer in recent history.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 07, 2022
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Air Chief Marshal Alongkorn Wannarot revealed on Friday that the committee looking into the procurement had informed the US government that Thailand wants to buy two F-35 aircraft with a budget of 7.383 billion baht.
He said that the committee is coordinating with the US government and is waiting for the answer in the purchase and assumption (P&A) process.
If the US government agrees to sell, Thailand will follow the Letter of Request for the Letter of Acceptance (LOR for LOA) process to draft a contract. However, Alongkorn said that the Cabinet might need to consider this before the LOA process.
He said, “[But] I hope [the US] agree to sell because this is what we want the most. After the LOA process was done, it is up to the US Congress. If the P&A says yes, then it is 90 per cent done .”
Alongkorn said that he had confidence in the aircraft, unlike the Navy’s submarine procurement from China, because the aircraft was manufactured by the Lockheed Martin.
He said that if Thailand is slow, the country might have to wait in line so Thailand must sign the LOR for LOA as soon as possible after receiving the P&A.
Alongkorn said that the RTAF’s weapons could connect with F-35 aircraft immediately.
He said that he would reconsider if he needed a substitution plan or postpone the aircraft decommissioning.
He refused to comment when asked if he had considered any other aircraft apart from the F-35, as he needs to appoint a committee to consider the plan with the 2024 budget, because the current budget was limited due to the pandemic and was reduced from 41 billion baht to 36 billion baht.
Alongkorn said that it would be a great help if the government helps in the negotiation of this deal. He said that it would be up to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to raise the matter if he has a chance to meet with US President Joe Biden.
He said that the RTAF has a 50 per cent chance of the deal going through because the US will consider several factors, including the relationship with several countries and international politics.
As for the military exercise with China, he explained that it is a strategy to create a balanced relationship, not a neutral strategy. It is up to Washington to decide as he had done his best to provide information to the US government.
When a reporter asked if the US government had set a condition on Thailand not importing defence equipment from rival countries, Alongkorn said the US could not set such a condition because Thailand already has a standpoint.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 07, 2022
The man, believed to be a drug addict, was caught trying to scale the school’s walls while firing his gun. The suspect, who is in his late 20s, managed to fire four shots before being caught.
The incident took place at Suwankosit School in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Ron Phibun district, where the alleged perpetrator’s son is studying.
The suspect has been arrested and his shotgun seized. Police investigators found that the man was recently released from prison on drug offences.
He had allegedly attacked his wife at home before heading to the school to “kill his son”, the man’s wife, whose name has been withheld, said. The woman called the school to alert the authorities that the man was going there with the gun in his hand.
The school’s gates were closed just before the man arrived to prevent a repeat of Thursday’s massacre in Nong Bua Lamphu province.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 07, 2022
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Mr Pornchai said that it was well known that NBTC must consider its founding laws and other pertinent laws. These require mandatory compliance under the Constitution and the Act establishing NBTC as an independent organization with the obligation to regulate and oversee telecommunications businesses independently. No other party may be allowed to interfere with the duties of NBTC, or this might be considered improper conduct, including the actions of the acting NBTC Secretary-General in particular.
Distorting data about the merger before submission to NBTC board
In studies by different subcommittees and the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) it was clearly apparent that if the merger was allowed to proceed it would cause a permanent monopoly and impact increased prices which consumers would have to pay. It is an effective barrier preventing new entrants in the market. NBTC does indeed possess the legal authority to consider approval or disapproval, but the acting Secretary-General preferred to distort the facts and submit the matter to NBTC board saying that NBTC only had the authority to acknowledge a report and then determine specific measures of control after the merger, but NBTC did not have the authority to forbid the merger. This is in conflict with the opinion of the NBTC’s self-established legal subcommittee of legal scholars, consumer councils and university law professors. In particular there was distortion from the fact that NBTC had previously given testimony to the Administrative Court in Case Black No. 775/2565 that NBTC had the authority to approve or not approve.
Cherry picking the study of an (in)dependent advisor despite full knowledge that the information was incomplete
There were irregularities in the conduct of the acting NBTC secretary general on the issue of appointing Finansa Securities Co. Ltd. as an independent advisor, all the while that a senior True executive was a shareholder in a company connected therewith both indirectly and directly. Also, Extraordinary Committees of the House of Representatives considering the True/Dtac merger and retail/wholesale have previously made protests concerning the qualifications of an independent advisor who may not in fact be completely independent. This may also be in contravention of the criteria for selecting independent Commissioners on the NBTC board as has been stipulated. By virtue of receiving a complaint it has been negligent, and it has not carried out any enquiry. It has instead confirmed the opinion of the original independent advisor. The Office of NBTC has never explained to NBTC whether there was a real issue here. If NBTC has already considered, and subsequent problems arise with the qualifications of the advisor, it would make the resolution unlawful.
Also, the report prepared by the independent advisor did not contain all the information required. Despite being requested to make amendments and additions, the advisor refused to make them. Subsequently the office preparing the data in this matter had an issue that may have the result of making the NBTC’s deliberations improper. Also, the acting Secretary-General was negligent in not raising any objections, but rather helping the process, even though it was not his duty. And this was actions furthering the interests of other parties improperly.
Rumours rife about Council of State deceiving the public; speculation in mergees’ listed stock rampant
Subsequently on September 20, 2022, it was disclosed to media (Manager Online) from the acting Secretary-General that the Office of the Council of State had interpreted NBTC’s authority to consider the merger, that it did not have the authority to approve the merger, and that it only had the authority to stipulate conditions or specific measures. However, in actual fact, the Office of the Council of State had had exactly the opposite opinion, that NBTC did have the relevant legal authority to approve a merger of businesses in the same category. This gave the general public the wrong impression, and confused consumers nationwide about the powers and responsibilities of NBTC, as well as citizens concerned that NBTC is properly executing its duties.
Despite subsequent denials from the acting Secretary-General that he had released this news, the first result of its publication was to stimulate greatly increased trading volumes of True and Dtac stocks, with subsequent falls later on as the denial was released. It is rather suspicious that if the acting Secretary-General was not the news source as claimed, he would be denying it rather more vehemently rather than waiting for a while. Vested interests also did not rush to correct media presenting distorted information which could be damaging or misunderstood. This is not the first time that the acting Secretary-General has been a source of news that turned out to be unfactual. There were previous reports that the Office of NBTC had made a complete review of the information and was about to report to a meeting of NBTC on September 14, 2022. It subsequently appeared that this matter was not on the agenda on that day, coinciding with a suspiciously sharp increase in the price of True and Dtac stock simultaneously.
Mr Pornchai concluded by saying that from the facts and evidence which were clearly apparent, it was obvious the conduct of Mr Trairat Wiriyasirikul, acting Secretary-General of NBTC, as a state official, came under the scope of improper negligence pursuant to Section 157 of the Criminal Code with a potential punishment of 1-10 years in prison or a fine of 2,000 to 20,000 THB, or both. Finally, with behavior tending to unusual wealth, the National Anti-Corruption Commission has now been requested to investigate officials’ conduct, as well as to verify assets and increases in value thereof, in detail.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 07, 2022
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