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Rights activist’s concern as the trial of Ferrari Joe begins in Bangkok for killing of a drugs suspect

The trial comes as a new law, strengthening legal protections against torture and human rights abuses against people held in custody with more transparency provisions, makes its way through Thailand’s parliament. The case of the suffocation of 24-year-old drug-dealing suspect, Jeerapong Thanapat, shocked Thailand to the core last August when a video clip emerged showing the police chief in Nakhon Sawan, currently facing trial on a capital murder charge, placed plastic bags over the victim’s head and fastened them while other police officers looked on at the main police station in the city. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/03/08/activist-anxious-over-ferrari-joe-police-torture-trial/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
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8 mar 2022
8:52

Australian sporting hero died from natural causes on the first day of his luxury holiday on Ko Samui

On Saturday, the Superintendent of Bo Phut Police Station on Ko Samui, Police Colonel Yuttana Sirisombat, confirmed that routine enquiries into the death of the sporting celebrity revealed that there were no suspicious circumstances linked to the incident and revealed that the star had complained of chest pains at home in Australia before his departure for Thailand where he arrived last Thursday to stay with several friends. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/03/07/aussie-sports-star-shane-warne-died-from-natural-causes/ James Morris reports from Ko Samui.
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8 mar 2022
8:15

Russia warns Thais planning fight for Ukraine they will not be treated as enemy combatants

The world has become an extremely dangerous place since February 24th 2022 with growing fears that the situation can escalate. There is also a growing realisation that this will not be a short war but an extended conflict, one that is deepening and shows signs of dividing the world even as it has united western countries and public opinion in vehement opposition to Russia and President Vladimir Putin. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/03/06/russia-warns-thais-planning-to-defend-ukraine/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok
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7 mar 2022
11:32

‘Call the police’ says Big Joke after meeting 64-year-old Khon Kaen widow, a loan sharks victim

Widow and street seller who could not feed her family turned to illegal lenders and was charged 30% interest per month. She called the police when threatened by a debt collector who wanted to sell her refrigerator. Thailand’s top cop this week revealed that some money lending rackets are charging interest at up to 60% per month on loans. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/03/06/call-the-police-on-loan-sharks-says-big-joke/ James Morris reports from Khon Kaen.
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6 mar 2022
10:08

Fears for Thailand’s economy over Ukraine war with rising inflation rates and loss of confidence

Thai exporters say that shipments will be off by between $4 billion and $5 billion by the end of June. At the same time, the insecurity caused by the war will impact world travel and tourism as well as consumer confidence at home. This week, Mr Sanan Angubolkul, the Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce said he expects this war to last for some time bringing with it rising energy costs and disruption to world trade caused by economic sanctions. This is worrying for the kingdom which reached the edges of its economic limits last year before the reopening of the country to foreign tourism on November 1st last. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/03/04/thai-economic-fears-rise-over-ukraine-war/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
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4 mar 2022
15:17

Thailand votes on the right side of history in UN deploring Russian military action in Ukraine

The vote came after heightened diplomatic representations by western ambassadors this week to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok and what is reported to be unprecedented diplomatic pressure from Washington throughout the world. It comes after public opinion in western countries has seen a dramatic shift since February 24th as a result of the plight of Ukraine and the country’s plucky opposition to Russian aggression. The move is also being carefully watched in the light of a rising and very real Chinese threat to Taiwan in a world that is increasingly divided between democracy and autocracy. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/03/03/thailand-votes-against-russia-on-ukraine/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
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4 mar 2022
22:34

Canadian hitmen ‘suicidal’ as cops open murder conspiracy case after Thai police tour de force

The Two hitmen in the Jimmy Sandhu murder case in Phuket have been living in fear in Canada since being exposed by the Royal Thai Police on February 12th last after an Interpol Red Notice was sought for the pair following the cold-blooded killing on February 4th last. One has already been arrested in Alberta on February 20th but the evidence collected by police in Thailand has led to Canadian police opening their own conspiracy to murder probe which could see those who paid for the hit and the two gunmen face justice on Canadian soil. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/03/01/canadian-hitmen-suicidal-as-justice-looms/ James Morris reports from Phuket, Edmonton and Vancouver.
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2 mar 2022
11:37

Frenchman’s rescue in Chiang Mai highlights Thailand as a caring alternative to nursing homes

A UK man who moved to Thailand when his wife was first diagnosed with oncoming Alzheimer’s, speaks positively about the kingdom which still offers a life ‘in paradise’ to many elderly foreigners with income who seek to retire in stark comparison to life in a nursing home where many residents spend 23 hours locked in a room on a daily basis. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/28/expat-with-alzheimers-rescued-in-chiang-mai/ Carla Boonkong reports from Chiang Mai.
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2 mar 2022
12:54

World lives in fear – UK Minister says Putin may not be in his ‘right mind’ as invasion goes awry

Arguably one of the most dangerous moments in the world since the end of World War II and one which will undoubtedly have repercussions for Southeast Asia as China watches events in Ukraine after making an anti-western, anti-American ‘no limits’ pact with President Vladimir Putin on February 7th last on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/26/world-fears-putin-not-in-his-right-mind-ukraine/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok, Kiev and Moscow.
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27 feb 2022
18:36

Thailand should move more towards a circular economy as the country faces intractable hurdles

Economic concept advocated this week by the World Bank chief has similarities to the sufficiency economy concept proposed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1997 and may become an alternative for a country losing the battle in Southeast Asia to attract inward investment, to Indonesia and Vietnam. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/25/thailand-should-embrace-circular-economy/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
T1 · E20
25 feb 2022
5:53
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