Thailand & Pattaya News, from Fabulous 103fm (30 August 2022)

Thailand & Pattaya News, from Fabulous 103fm (30 August 2022)

The Deputy Secretary-General of the National Anti-Corruption Commission has been removed from his position after an enquiry found that he had, himself, an extraordinary amount of wealth; over 650 million baht in investments here and abroad. Dismissal orders, signed by the NACC chairmen followed findings that he had concealed assets, and those findings will be forwarded to authorities where prosecution may be considered.

The National Health Security Office has launched an app to offer free birth control pills to teenagers. Promising anonymity to all users, the app will issue approvals, which can then be taken to hospitals and clinics where prescriptions will be given at no cost. The nationwide program is aimed at reducing unwanted pregnancies.

The National Police Policy Committee Meeting has voted unanimously to appoint Police General Kittipraphat as the next National Police Chief, following the retirement of the current chief next week. The new chief has a history involving national security and overseeing the investigation of cyber crimes.

The ban in Thailand on all forms of E cigarettes will remain in force, seeing selling, possessing or smoking an e cigarette punishable by law. With many expecting the ban to be lifted, as cannabis laws have been repealed, authorities reviewed the results of medical surveys overseas, where they are leagal, and assessed that they present a clear heath danger.

With the new copyright regulations coming into effect in Thailand, Facebook and youtube posters are receiving fake copyright claims from a company in India, seeing FB itself initially planning to to share credit with them following their erroneous claims. Objections to the copyright claim sees Facebook doing the decent thing and releasing the claim, and the claimant releasing the claim too, but no apology. Contacting them, ‘Silly monks tollywood’, sees them asking you for details of their claim, which indicates that they make multiple claims and have no idea against whom. So, if you get a copyright claim to your posts from Silly Monks Tollywood, appeal it is likely it’s another scam.

An Asian tourist from the Indian subcontinent was caught on camera in an altercation with a Thai female food vendor after refusing to pay for food. She demanded payment and he screamed that he hadn’t eaten it. Either way it turned into a 4.30 in the morning brawl in walking St which saw other locals joining in when he continued to refuse to pay. Video clips initially shown on several media platforms FAILED to show the full video which showed him being let go and then carrying on with other food vendors further down the road. A tall man, he probably thought that it would be easy to dominate the shorter local lady, as often is the case, forgetting that whilst he was on his own, she was surrounded by pals up and down the street. Either way he obviously walked back to his room and slept it off.

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On the railway road, as continued roadworks see even more drainage being installed, The contractors watched as employees lifted a lampost, at the same time catching a high power cable. With one employee electrocuted, and subsequently rushed to a local hospital, safety checks were due to be carried out on the work this morning.

Tomorrow will see the start of Pattaya’s beach festival along the promenade between Klang and Nua. Promising a fun series of nights, it runs through the weekend, and it’s well worth a visit, and of course in addition to music, there will be a wide variety of foods available from stallholders.

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