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After two years of operation, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ) claims that ATC technology and other innovations have reduced travel time in busy areas of Bangkok by 25 %.

Since being implemented at some roads in the area in May 2023, the ATC program, which calculates traffic signal timing, has increased traffic stream by 10 % during busy periods and by 30 % during off-peak days, according to BMA official Aekvarunyoo Amrapala on Wednesday.

He claimed that the area has also set up CCTV cameras to track traffic violations in numerous locations using artificial intelligence. Additionally, it has made routes better for the comfort and convenience of drivers. &nbsp,

He claimed that new visitors management devices were installed in 50 of the capital’s 50 locations in 2023, reducing total travel time by 25 %.

According to Mr. Aekvarunyoo, the improvements may be extended to over 70 more crowded places this time.

In order to help reduce traffic congestion, the BMA is also urging citizens to use non-motorized and public transport.

After the arrest in Cambodia of a suspected Thai hunter, Thai complicity also sought.

Thai police are also looking for at least two Vietnamese suspects, according to a top Bangkok police officer, and have asked Vietnamese authorities to extradite a Thai ex-marine who is suspected of killing a previous Cambodian opposition MP.

According to Pol Maj Gen Theeradet Thumsuthee, analytical commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, they are optimistic that Ekalak Paenoi, the murder suspect, will get returned to Thailand in a quarter or less after Thai officials finish prosecuting him for illegal access.

He said on Thursday that a deputy national police chief and the Bangkok police chief have already written letters to the Thai president asking for Mr. Ekalak, also known as” Sergeant Em,” to be extradited.

Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong claimed that Cambodia has previously informed Thai officials that it will apprehend the believe. According to the chancellor, this demonstrated Cambodia’s desire to learn the true reason for the crime. He anticipates that the abduction will occur within a few days.

The swift action by Phnom Penh is also seen as a way to quieten those who think the shooting was motivated by a long-running battle by the government’s ruling party against its allies.

Mr Ekalak was arrested in Battambang, Cambodia, on Wednesday night, a moment after Lim Kimya, 73, was gunned down in front of his wife and brother near Wat Bowonniwet Vihara in Phra Nakhon city of Bangkok.

The suspect fled the scene right away, but he later made an attempt to entice police by traveling through Chon Buri and Chanthaburi counties before advancing up to Sa Kaeo and entering Cambodia from it, according to Pol Maj Gen Theeradet.

Authorities did not find a weapon on the suspect when he was arrested, he said.

Thai police have followed their rivals from Cambodia to Battambang, but they have not however questioned the suspect or known the reason he escaped to Cambodia, according to Pol Maj Gen Theeradet.

At least two Thai suspects and potential other partners are still at large, he added.

One of them was the spy who had just before the shooting pointed out Lim Kimya to the shooter. The spy apparently arrived at the scene on the same vehicle that Lim Kimya was taking from Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The spy instantly left Thailand via Suvarnabhumi airport, according to Pol Maj Gen Theeradet, leaving right away.

Pol Col Sanong Saengmanee, commander of the Chana Songkhram police depot, which has jurisdiction over the crime scene, identified the suspected spy as Kimsrin Pich, 24.

Rebels worried

Prior to the Supreme Court’s dissolution of the popular opposition group forward of a 2018 election based on an alleged crime story, Lim Kimya was a part of the Cambodian National Rescue Party. The organization claimed that the allegations were made by the decision Thai Women’s Party led by Hun Sen.

Social dissidents from local authoritarian nations are a regular visitor to Bangkok, and they are also becoming a staging ground for forced removals and deportations that human rights groups claim border on illegality.

Seven Cambodians who were registered with the UN refugee agency were violently sent residence by Thai officials in November. Six of the seven, including one who was a kid, were later charged with treason in a Vietnamese court.

In recent months, hundreds of Thai rebels have flocked to Thailand, but they have been spooked by the forced persecution and Lim Kimya’s murder.

Khem Monykosal, 52, fled oppression in Cambodia two years ago. He registered with the UN immigrant company, but he has hardly ever left the room where he is sheltering in Thailand, he told The New York Times. He was now worried about the possibility of social killings. Next came Lim Kimya’s shooting.

” As an asylum-seeker in Thailand, I am very concerned about my safety”, he said. ” There are planned narratives to kill”.

Following his arrest, alleged hunter Ekalak Paenoi, 41, is seen in Battambang on Wednesday night. ( Police photo )

Authorities say Kimsrin Pich, a Thai regional, was the observer who pointed out Lim Kimya for his killer. ( Police photo )

Low temperature of 16C in the investment and 12C in the north and northeast are anticipated for Sunday and Monday.

Bangkok is expected to experience its best weather in almost 40 years on Sunday and Monday, with highs of 16 degree Celsius and highs of 12 degrees Fahrenheit, according to experts on Thursday.

On Jan. 12 and 13, Seree Supharathit, chairman of the Centre for Climate Change and Disaster at Rangsit University, wrote on his Instagram page that “anyone wanting to experience the best temperature this year ( with strong winds ) may make their body and mind.”

Temperatures are expected to drop as low as 12C in 13 provinces in the North ( Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Nan, Phrae, Tak, Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phetchabun, Kamphaeng Phet, Phitchit and Nakhon Sawan ), 6 provinces in the Northeast ( Loei, Nong Khai, Bung Kan, Udon Thani, Nong Bua Lam Phu and Nakhon Ratchasima )

The average low for Bangkok and the surrounding provinces is expected to be around 21C, but on Sunday and Monday it may drop to 16C, according to Mr. Seree. This is the best climate in almost 40 years.

Given the global alert pattern, Bangkok residents may not experience quite cool weather in the future, but they must be cautious because the cool time brings with it dangerous sand pollution from burning and other sources, he wrote.

Between January 10 and January 13, the weather office predicted temperatures to drop by 5-7 degrees Fahrenheit in the North and Northeast, and by 2-5 degrees Fahrenheit in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces.

Thailand and the South China Sea are both affected by a powerful high-pressure system from China, which also results in a drop in temperature and strong winds. People may also be watchful of higher fire danger in dried, windy conditions, the ministry said.

The Gulf and the South may experience additional rainfall and isolated large weather in the lower South as a result of the northeast monsoon, it added.

Tides in the Gulf are forecast to remain 2-4 feet high and over 4 feet during thundershowers. Tides in the Andaman Sea are likely to be 1-2 feet high reefs, 2-3 feet abroad and above 3 yards during thundershowers.

People in southern coastal regions may beware of reef floods. All boats should proceed with caution and be offshore during thundershowers. Smaller boats in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf should be ashore from January 10 through January 13, according to the department.

Users are also accused of stealing power from power-hungry machines.

In the Chon Buri district’s Phanat Nikhom area, authorities and electricity officials have seize 996 bitcoin mining equipment from a business that they claim also stole a lot of money to operate them.

According to Pol Maj Gen Montree Theskhan, the Crime Suppression Division commander, the equipment were detained on Wednesday during a raid at Fast Co in tambon Na Wang Hin.

He claimed the business was authorized to trade online assets, but that it also robbed power by running the cryptocurrency mining rigs with modified power meters.

The element had solar panels installed, but they were disconnected from the devices.

According to estimates, power companies suffered losses worth hundreds of millions of baht.

Because the billions of estimates involved require a lot of computing power, crypto mine is a very power-intensive activity. Studies in the US showed that, in 2023, even the most highly efficient setups would consume about 155, 000 kilowatt hours (k Wh ) of electricity to mine a single bitcoin.

In Thailand, assuming a power price of 4 baht per k Wh, that works out to 620, 000 baht. According to estimates, the average household’s monthly electricity bill in Thailand is 750 ringgit.

Toxic levels of fine-dust waste reported in 20 regions

On Thursday night, 58 out of 77 regions across Thailand discovered air pollution that was reasonably or hazardous to health.

The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency ( Gistda ) reported on its website at 9am that ultrafine dust reached red ( hazardous ) levels in 20 provinces and orange ( starting to affect health ) levels in 38 provinces.

Red levels of particulate matter 2.5 micrometres and less in diameter ( PM2.5 ) were reported in 20 provinces, mostly in the Central Plains. They ranged from 73.5 to 117.1 microgrammes per square inch of air over the past 24 hours. The healthy threshold is 37.5µg/m³.

The highest red level, 117.1, was in Samut Sakhon, followed by Samut Songkhram ( 109.1 ) and Rayong ( 103.9 ).

Seventeen other regions experienced two-digit dark amounts, ranging from 75,3 to 99,4.

In descending attempt, they were Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, Samut Prakan, Phetchaburi, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Phitsanulok, Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Chon Buri, Suphan Buri, Kamphaeng Phet, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Uthai Thani, Kanchanaburi and Phichit.

Thirty-eight counties had waste classified as magenta, ranging from 37.8 to 74.2µg/m³.

PM2.5 was at great and reasonable rates, meaning safe to breathe, in 19 regions. They ranged from 18.8 to 37.4.

Fifteen provinces had moderate (yellow ) levels of PM2.5. They were, in descending purchase, Maha Sarakham, Ranong, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Ubon Ratchathani, Yasothon, Surin, Roi Et, Phatthalung, Amnat Charoen, Si Sa Ket, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani, Chumphon and Songkhla.

Four provinces had good ( green ) levels: Krabi, Phuket, Mae Hong Son and Satun.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Pichai Chunhavajira, the government is looking into energy costs in order to determine how to lower rates, as former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra suggested.

He told voters in Chiang Rai that the state may reduce the price of electricity to as low as 3.70 baht per unit in response to comments made by Thaksin, the de facto leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party.

The estimated family light amount from this quarter until April is 4.15 baht per system, said Mr Pichai, even the finance minister, on Wednesday.

He claimed that the government is responsible for finding ways to lower energy prices to levels that are below 4 ringgit per product as part of its strategy to cover the high costs of people’s living expenses.

But, Mr. Pichai claimed that no further details on the matter were being taken into account, so he was unable to comment further.

He said that is still a mystery as to whether tax methods may be put in place to lower energy costs.

He claimed that the government’s support for lowering energy prices is not always sufficient.

There is also rumors that the Ministry of Finance may lower the price of gas in the Gulf of Thailand, which is used as power for electricity generation, to lower the cost, but Mr. Pichai claimed the government has not yet examined the specifics of such a tax estimate.

He said,” I can only ensure that the state has a plan to take care of the people because we want to lower the price of electricity below 4 baht.”

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra stated on Tuesday that lowering the price to 3.70 ringgit is probable, adding that it is a federal focus in response to Thaksin’s advice regarding the lower light price.

Thaksin’s proposal to lower energy costs is met with a response from the fund minister.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Pichai Chunhavajira, the state is looking into energy costs in order to determine how to lower prices as suggested by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

He was responding to comments made by Pheu Thai Party de facto leader Thaksin, who had previously promised to lower energy costs for residents of Chiang Rai.

The estimated family light amount from this quarter until April is 4.15 baht per system, said Mr Pichai, even the finance minister, on Wednesday.

He claimed that the government is responsible for finding ways to lower energy costs to nicely below 4 ringgit per product as part of its strategy to cover the higher living expenses of its citizens.

The current power tariff, effective until the end of April, is 4.15 baht oper kilowatt/hour (unit ).

But, Mr. Pichai claimed that the specifics of the situation have not yet been taken into account, so he was unable to reply further.

He said that is still a mystery as to whether tax procedures will be used to lower energy costs.

He claimed that the government’s assistance for lowering energy costs is not always sufficient.

There is also rumors that the Ministry of Finance may lower the price of gas in the Gulf of Thailand, which is used as electricity for power generation, but Mr. Pichai claimed the government has not yet examined the specifics of such a tax estimate.

” I can only ensure that the state has a plan to take care of the people because we have the intention to lower the price of electricity to less than 4 baht,” he said.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra stated on Tuesday that lowering the price to 3.70 ringgit is probable, adding that it is a federal focus in response to Thaksin’s advice regarding the lower light price.

The Office of the Vocational Education Commission ( Ovec) announced on Wednesday that the teams from Saowabha Vocational College and Saraburi Vocational College in Thailand jointly won the first place prize at the 17th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest in Harbin, China.

Yodsaphon Wenukoset, Ovec secretary-general, said the contest, sponsored by Harbin Engineering University, was held from Jan 4-7 as a part of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.

The opposition was joined by 55 groups from eight places– Thailand, China, Italy, Germany, Russia, Malaysia, Portugal, and Belarus. Three technical team were present for the occasion by Vec.

With their artwork titled” Bond of the Twin Guardians,” the Saowabha Vocational College’s Fine Art Department took first place. The bit features magical animals believed to have protective power from both nations, as well as a long-lasting and peaceful relationship, inspired by the ongoing diplomatic relations between Thailand and China.

The monument” Thai Fight,” which features animals as a cultural icon and demonstrates the strength of Muay Thai boxing, took first place as did the team from Saraburi Vocational College’s Fine Art Department, which took second position.

A crew from Surat Thani Vocational College’s Fine Art Department took second place with their artwork titled” Thai-Chinese Relationship”. Through the energetic and delicate lion dance, the artwork depicts the migration of Chinese citizens to Thailand.

All three teams did return to Thailand on Thursday, according to Mr. Yodsaphon.

The opposition provided a platform for technical students to showcase their abilities while contributing to the country with this achievement, according to Mr. Yodsaphon.