Parents told to keep tabs on net use

Following a wave of threats and website sexual abuse cases, parents have been advised to keep an eye on their children’s online activity.

346 instances of online sexual victimization involving kids were reported last month, according to Pol Maj Gen Siriwat Deephor, assistant director for the Royal Thai Police (RTP).

Predominately girls aged 8 to 14 followed by female teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 and younger kids between 8 and 14; victims were predominately girls between 8 and 14.

Offenders usually pull survivors by offering income, in-game items or false job opportunities, such as model jobs, Pol Maj Gen Siriwat said.

He urged parents to monitor their online activity and set use limits, as well as to warn their children about probable threats, and he urged parents to use tools to screen inappropriate content.

He claimed that the main online threats to children include being conned into sharing explicit content in order to use it for coercion, cyberbullying through hazardous articles or messages, online advertising scams, and exposure to violent or sexual content, as well as betting.

According to Pol Col Runglert Khanthachan, the Anti-Internet Child Sexual Abuse division’s director, wealth and match products are most often used to entice kids to engage in obvious behavior.

According to him, law enforcement officers are working with Organizations and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security to inform children about these problems.

He also made reference to a recent incident in Chiang Mai where authorities detained a Myanmar employee who had sexually abused two lads after tricking their kids with job promises. The culprit recorded the abuse, gave the film to members of covert organizations, and threatened to silence the victims.

According to The Mirror Foundation, 314 babies went missing last month, which is the highest number in six years and a 6 % increase over 2023.

Of these, 72 % intentionally left home, with the youngest fugitives being seven years old.

To fight child abduction and smuggling, the Police General Hospital’s Institute of Forensic Medicine launched the DNA-PROKIDS program, creating a databases to match DNA from missing kids with their families. Parents of long-missing babies have been invited to offer DNA tests, raising expectations for meetings.

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Vichai’s family sues helicopter maker over fatal crash

Fit seeking$ 2.7 billion alleges that a serious design flaw caused the 2018 injury that resulted in the deaths of King Power’s CEO and four others.

Supporters of Leicester City pay their respects to mark the first anniversary of the helicopter crash that claimed five lives including club chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, before their Premier League match with Burnley at King Power Stadium on Oct 19, 2019. (Photo: Reuters)
Before their Premier League clash with Burnley at King Power Stadium on October 19, 2019, followers of Leicester City pay their respects to the plane crash that claimed five life, including team president Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, on the anniversary of the incident at the King Power Stadium. ( Photo: Reuters )

LONDON- The home of former King Power president Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a plane crash in 2018, has brought a legal actions against the Roman helicopter company Leonardo SpA valued at £2.15 billion ( US$ 2.7 billion ) in a London court.

The family said in a statement released on Friday that the lawsuit was the largest fatal injury claim in American history and that it sought recompense for lost earnings and other problems.

Leonardo did not respond to a request for comment that had been sent via email.

Vichai, 60, was the owner of Leicester City soccer club, buying the English Premier League area in 2010. Leicester won the Premier League name in 2016 and shocked the game.

One of five people who died soon after launch outside King Power Stadium in Leicester on October 27, 2018, was Vichai, who made his fortune by starting the King Power duty-free firm in Thailand.

Captain Eric Swaffer, his companion Izabela Roza Lechowicz and two people of Vichai’s workers, Nusara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, were even killed.

The Leonardo AW169 helicopter owned by Vichai was unable to recover from a tail rotor failure in a report released in 2023 by Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch ( AAIB ).

Following the report, Leonardo claimed that the AAIB had determined that the company’s AW169 aircraft had met all of the regulations when it was designing and manufacturing them. ( Story continues below )

Investigators examine the wreckage of the plane that Leicester City user Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha owned after it allegedly collided on October 27, 2018, outside the Leicester City stadium. ( Photo: Reuters )

Investigators examine the wreckage of the plane that Leicester City user Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha owned after it allegedly collided on October 27, 2018, outside the Leicester City stadium. ( Photo: Reuters )

Collection of problems

Nevertheless, the Srivaddhanaprabha home alleges the helicopter company is guilty for Vichai’s suicide.

They point to Leonardo’s claim that the loss of a crucial component located in the neck wheel, which Leonardo had identified as crucial, was the cause of the collision in the AAIB statement. &nbsp,

The statement read,” This failing prompted a series of additional losses that drove the plane into an excessive and accelerating roll until it crashed and erupted into embers.”

The state alleges the seizure of the component, and the fatal consequences, were the result of many failures in Leonardo’s design process, including a crucial design alteration it had made in various helicopter variants to alleviate one of the risks, that it did not use in the accident helicopter.

Only that pattern change could have prevented the helicopter losing complete control and the deaths of all those aboard. Additionally, it claims that the company failed to warn users or government officials about the chance. &nbsp,

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, who took over as president of Leicester City and King Power, said,” We have pondered the opinions of the AAIB review and thought carefully about how we wished to deal.”

” My father had faith in Leonardo when he purchased that aircraft, but the conclusions of the document into his death demonstrate that he had lost faith.” I hold them entirely culpable for his death,” he was quoted as saying in the speech.

Along with older barristers Philip Shepherd Houston and Harry Steinberg KC, the family has retained the European aviation legislation firm Stewarts to reflect them.

Peter Neenan, a companion at Stewarts, said:” Leonardo’s clients include regional forces, heat vehicles and other first responders across the globe. It is crucial that all of these helicopter’s users have faith in them.

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Another bogus crypto trading scheme exposed

Police claim that suspect allegedly lied to be a well-known legislator to defraud a person out of B22 million.

Police show an arrest warrant to a man identified only as Pratya, 36, in Phuket following a complaint from a woman in Pathum Thani who claimed she had been duped into investing in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme and lost 22 million baht. (Photo: Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau)
Following a complaint from a lady in Pathum Thani who claimed she had been duped into investing in a false crypto plan and lost 22 million baht, authorities in Phuket issued an arrest warrant for the man who was only identified as Pratya, 36. ( Photo: Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau )

In Phuket, a former prisoner was detained after claiming to be a well-known politician to trick a person into making a fictitious cryptocurrency investment that resulted in 22 million bass losses.

A man named only as Pratya, 36, was detained by police from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB ) at a home in the Muang district on suspicion of providing false information to a computer system.

A 62-year-old woman who runs a store selling office supplies and equipment in Pathum Thani filed a complaint leading to the imprisonment. She claimed that one of the group members who claimed to be a well-known politician had persuaded her to make an investment in crypto trading and that she had lost 22 million baht.

Mr. Pratya was charged with opening animal bank accounts for a call-center con group to deposit their illegal gains following the CCIB investigation.

Mr. Pratya claimed during questioning that he had been released from jail in 2023 for another infraction and that he was having trouble finding employment. An acquaintance afterwards reached out to him with the idea to set up animal accounts for a gambling website. He was paid 800 ringgit for each of his seven transactions.

According to police, two of the Pathum Thai Provincial Court and Thon Buri Criminal Court’s excellent fraud permits were discovered after a criminal record check.

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Clinic suspected of defrauding healthcare system

NHSO data police problem, setting period to look into other health services areas

(Photo: 123RF)
( Photo: 123RF )

Police in Chiang Rai province have been instructed by the National Health Security Office ( NHSO ) to take legal action against a clinic that is suspected of defrauding the universal healthcare system, including providing for at least one “ghost patient.”

Dr Attaporn Limpanyalert, the NHSO assistant secretary-general, filed the complaint at the Ban Du police stop in Wieng Pa Pao area, accusing the center of cheating the company of 1.8 million ringgit.

The organization has foreclosed the clinic’s title. It just disclosed that it joined the NHSO in October 2023.

After receiving at least three complaints, the company decided to investigate the doctor and take the action.

One case involved a person who was unable to get the universal healthcare program because the verification system indicated their name had been displayed in the feared clinic even though the patient was not registered it.

The number of patients using the same doctor was exceedingly high, according to complaints on the official Line accounts directed to the NHSO, partly because the office proprietor had assigned patients visiting hospitals to use the services at the clinic rather than the hospital.

The NHSO did not give information about the clinic’s owner, a doctor, or a nurse, as well as the name of the doctor.

Additionally, the NHSO learned via the Wieng Pa Pao information Facebook page that the doctor had collected IDs from consumers to pay the agency for their expenses. Individuals giving the doctor their IDs were given products like cheese, shampoo and toothbrush, it added.

Dr. Attaporn claimed that the first questions had established that the complaints had basis for the NHSO to investigate the matter.

” The NHSO may increase the studies to other hospitals in the program if it finds strange refunds”, he added.

The NHSO runs the current, open-door, common care program for clinics and other health centers. Patients who have been enrolled in the universal insurance program receive primary health care from hospitals.

” The NHSO will expand its investigations to other hospitals in the system if it finds strange refunds”, says Dr&nbsp, Attaporn&nbsp, Limpanyalert, deputy secretary-general of the National Health Security Office. ( Photo: NHSO Facebook account )

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Police shut down illegal gold mine in Phichit

Thai investors and five Taiwanese citizens detained, along with mine tools and explosives seized.

Police detain the suspects at an illegal mining site on Panompa Mountain in Phichit province on Friday. (Photo: supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)
Authorities are putting the suspects on lockdown at an illegal mining page on Panompa Mountain in Phichit state on Friday. ( Photo: supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

A Asian male and five Thai people were detained by forest officers in PHICHIT on Friday at a prohibited gold miners site on Panompa Mountain in this northeastern province. &nbsp,

A Asian investment allegedly snuck into the webpage on the hills in Wang Sai Phun’s Wang Sai Phun district to search for gold, according to a problem.

The Asian suspect was identified as Duong, 38. The five Thais arrested were Phirabun, 58, Bunyom, 48, Ms Somporn, 45, Patthana, 37, and Sawat, 63. No names were released.

Additionally, police found 39 pieces of mine products, including numerous sacks of ammonium nitrate used to make explosives.

The Thai suspects acknowledged inviting the stranger to work in mining and supporting him in the project, according to Pol Maj Gen Watcharin Phusit, head of the police’s Natural Resource and Environmental Crime Suppression Division.

They were held in custody at the Wang Sai Phun train, with more arrests expected.

An officer points at many bags containing Ammonium nitrate used for explosives gold digging. (Photo: supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

An official points out sacks filled with ammonium nitrate used to make bombs at the prohibited gold mine. ( Photo: supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

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Ex-Miss Universe Porntip loses home to LA wildfires

Burnt structures stand in ruin, as powerful winds fuelling devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area force people to evacuate, in Malibu, on Wednesday. The house of former Miss Universe Porntip Nakhirunkanok was also burnt to the ground. (Photo: Reuters)
Burnt constructions stand in damage, as strong winds fuelling destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area pressure people to leave, in Malibu, on Wednesday. Porntip Nakhirunkanok’s apartment, which was once Miss Universe, was likewise completely burned. ( Photo: Reuters )

In the Los Angeles fire, where her relatives had resided for more than 20 years, previous Miss Universe Porntip Nakhirunkanok entirely destroyed her house.

Ms. Porntip, 56, claimed in an Instagram concept that her house in Malibu had been burned to the ground and that the fire had even destroyed everything in.

” We lost your beloved house in Malibu yesterday”, said the blog on @bui. paul. There are so many special places in that particular residence, where my children were born and raised. My first house and spiritual eggs for 25 years has now been reduced to ashes… erasing all the items, pictures and memories of the last few years”.

Bui is her name, and Simon is her wedded past name.

The US-born beauty queen became the next Thai woman to win the title of Miss Universe in 1988, joining Apasra” Pook” Hongsakula in 1964.

Former Miss Universe Porntip "Bui" Nakhirunkanok arrives in Thailand in 2010 to promote her campaign on helping underprivileged children. (Photo: Bangkok Post file)

Former Miss Universe Porntip” Bui” Nakhirunkanok travels to Thailand in 2010 to encourage her campaign to help poor children. ( Photo: Bangkok Post file )

Many US artists, including Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton, Anthony Hopkins and Mandy Moore, also&nbsp, lost their homes in Malibu as the deadly dangerous large fires&nbsp, continue to devastate Los Angeles, California.

The death toll from fires in Los Angeles has risen to 10 from seven, Los Angeles County’s Medical Examiner said in an upgrade late on Thursday, according to Reuters.

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Subway at Phuket airport denies overcharging customer

Subway store in the departure lounge on the third floor of the International Terminal at Phuket International Airport. (Screenshot)
The second floor of the International Terminal at Phuket International Airport has a Subway business in the exit club. ( Screenshot )

After a client complained on social media, the Phuket International Airport responded to claims that its Subway keep had overcharged.

On Wednesday, a TikTok user named Naynaysully shared a&nbsp, video expressing anger over a £72 cost for three sandwiches, creating:” What in the deceiving hell is going on below? Avoid Phuket airports”.

The client, who had refused to pay, was confronted by Subway employees in the International Terminal’s departure lounge. The picture was called in by airport security and officers.

Over 4 million people viewed the blog in just two days, which gave the audience a combined response.

Some people criticized the charges as being too high, while others urged the consumer to present a ticket, to which she replied that she had not received one.

Other commenters made the point that rates are usually higher at airports and were clearly displayed at the shop.

In reaction, the carrier’s Facebook page issued a statement on Thursday clarifying the company’s prices.

The Subway shop obviously displays its prices and adheres to its agreement agreement, according to airport management.

” The particular case in question involved a customer’s order that included more customisations such as more meat and cheese, as well as cookies and drink, which increased the overall price beyond that of regular menu services”, it explained.

Some people speculated that there may have been a confusion between the team and the client because her claims did not match what was displayed in a photograph shared by the airport that showed the customer’s order totalling 3,152 baht.

The buyer claimed in another movie that was posted on TikTok that she ended up paying 1,500 bass and received a portion of her purchase before taking off for her flight.

Rates of the company's order posted by aircraft management. ( Photo: Phuket International Airport )

Rates of the company’s order posted by aircraft management. ( Photo: Phuket International Airport )

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Mother of man who fell to death in Poipet seeks answers

A picture of Alongkorn Deeying, 31, who died after plummeting to his death in Poipet, Cambodia. (Photo supplied by Piyarat Chongcharoen)
A photo of Alongkorn Deeying, 31, who died after plummeting to his dying in Poipet, Cambodia. ( Photo supplied by Piyarat Chongcharoen )

The family of a man who died in Poipet, Cambodia, after falling from a building has been urged by his acquaintances to provide more information about the conditions surrounding his death.

Pinnapha Deeying said on Thursday that she was puzzled by the event in which her 31-year-old child, Alongkorn, fell from the 14th surface of a building in Poipet, same Aranyaprathet region in Sa Kaeo state.

Alongkorn’s death on Tuesday gained public attention after closed-circuit television (CCTV ) footage of the fall was shared on Facebook a day later. According to speculation, his suicide may have been a result of his exertion in a Cambodian scam activity.

Alongkorn, a native of Nong Prue region in Kanchanaburi province, informed his family in Muang area on Monday night that their last conversation would be to spend three days working with some friends in Ratchaburi state.

Pinnapha Deeying talks about her late son on Thursday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)

In a Thursday interview, Pinnapha Deeying discusses her soon child. ( Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen )

” I knew what happened to him in the news, but I didn’t know how to approach him”, she said.

Ms. Pinnapha claimed that she would bring her father’s scorched remains back home and that she allowed their cremation in Poipet.

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DSI to review decision on 2 celebrities

Event record for iCon Group was anticipated in days

Actor Yuranunt “Boss Sam” Pamornmontri gives a wai as he and other suspects are taken to the Criminal Court following their arrest in connection with the iCon Group fraud case on Oct 16.(Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
Actor Yuranunt” Boss Sam” Pamornmontri wai as he and another defendants are detained in the legal court on October 16 after being apprehended in connection with the image Group fraud situation. ( Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill )

The state’s attorneys ‘ decision to drop fraud charges against two celebrities allegedly linked to the iCon Group pyramid scheme will be reviewed by the Department of Special Investigation ( DSI).

Pol Maj Yutthana Praedam, director-general of the DSI, on Thursday commented on the lawyer’s decision to drop charges against players Yuranunt” Sam” Pamornmontri and Peechaya” Min” Wattanamontree.

He said it is too early to say whether the DSI will actually disagree with the prosecution ‘ choice because the procedure calls for a thorough examination.

A DSI board will examine the prosecution ‘ decision, which will launch 30 times after the division receives all of the paperwork, which is expected in 3–5 days, he said.

He continued, adding that this approach ensures checks and balances in the justice program.

The event will be referred to the solicitor general for a final decision, according to Pol Maj Yutthana, if the DSI disagrees with the prosecution ‘ activities.

The DSI don’t obtain additional evidence during the evaluation process because the investigation phase is deemed finish.

On Wednesday, prosecutors decided to prosecute 17 suspects, including The image Group founder and CEO Warathaphon” Boss Paul” Waratyaworrakul and another executives, for common scams, false borrowing, improperly running a direct sales business and other relevant offences.

In light of the lack of supporting evidence to support their alleged role with the other suspects, the prosecution decided not to command Yuranunt and Peechaya.

When questioned about whether the plaintiffs ‘ attorneys would use the celebrity case in their defense, Pol Maj Yutthana responded that it was their constitutional right to make such claims.

The justice approach allows plaintiffs to issue complaints, he says.

He claimed that the Office of the Consumer Protection Board’s choice to withdraw The image Group’s direct-selling firm license has no bearing on the legal situation. The revocation will aid allegations of unlawful direct-selling, but it won’t change the evidence that has already been gathered for prosecution.

According to Pol Maj Yutthana, the DSI is also looking into allegations of money laundering against those managers and a second class of suspects who are still facing charges.

However, Supranee Satitchaicharoen, representative of the Anti-Money Laundering Office, said the new seizure of property of all suspects, including the celebrities, was due to a separate legal case.

The two celebrities must provide evidence to the court that their assets are independent of the iCon Group business, she said.

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Public forum to hear views on MoU

OCA however a thorn in relations with Cambodia

Maris: Committee yet to be formed
Maris: Committee yet to be formed

A public forum will be held in the late evening of this month to get feedback on the Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) on maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand, which, according to the government, is at the heart of a long-running maritime territorial dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.

Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa made the revelation during an interpellation by Piyarat Chongthep, a People’s Party ( PP ) MP for Bangkok, in a House session on Thursday.

According to Mr. Maris, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will coordinate the platform with a number of House standing committees.

Previous opposition leader Sondhi Limthongkul, who led a motion for the ensuing MoU, has been calling on the government to hold a public forum, despite the fact that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra had previously rejected the idea.

She merely promised that the government would consider all viewpoints before making any subsequent decisions regarding the MoU.

According to Mr. Maris, the government has not yet done everything in relation to this arrangement, which requires that Thailand and Cambodia engage in discussions regarding the likelihood of them using natural resources in the Gulf of Thailand’s overlapping claims place.

The commission has yet to be formed, he said.

Mr Sondhi said the MoU had created an overlapping claims area ( OCA ) covering 26, 000 square kilometres, mainly benefiting Cambodia. It is thought that the OCA has a lot of fossil fuel sources.

The MoU, which was signed with Cambodia during the Thaksin Shinawatra leadership, authorized Cambodia to establish, based on international laws, in 1973, that its territorial waters belonged to Indian maritime authorities as defined by King Rama IX. Critics worry that there will be a reduction of autonomy.

A group of protesters led by Mr. Sondhi threatened to increase their rallies at a meeting outside Government House late last month if the government continued to ignore their request to have the MoU removed.

Mr. Piyarat was questioned during the House meeting whether the government was still holding its breath when it outlined its intention to deal with Cambodia about the advantages of developing simultaneously natural resources in the region.

He questioned how, if Thailand were to pursue this strategy, the government would maintain its sovereignty over the overlapping claims place.

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