E-cigarettes, e-baraku now specifically prohibited for students

A student looks at an e-cigarette displayed at an education exhibition during World No Tobacco day in Bangkok on May 31 last year. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)
During World No Tobacco Day in Bangkok on May 31st, last year, a scholar examines an e-cigarette displayed at an educational show. ( Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The Ministry of Education proposed four amounts of punishment for students, including electronic cigarettes and digital baraku, as proposed by the government.

The new rules on student behavior under the Child Protection Act were approved at the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, according to assistant government official Karom Ponpornklang.

He claimed that e-cigarettes and e-baraku were added to the list of things that were already considered cocaine and were included in the checklist.

The Ministry of Education set four amounts of consequence for students who breach the new regulations -&nbsp, 1. alert, 2. supervision, 3. calculation of psychological points and 4. activities for behavior modification.

The minister, Pol Gen Permpoon Chidchob, claimed that the ministry had no authority to seize the items, but other legitimate events had to accept responsibility for preventing their spread, Mr. Karom continued. &nbsp,

Although commonly available, e-cigarettes and baraku, or other water pipes used for smoking marijuana, are already prohibited in Thailand. E-baraku is a very new material. It is typically 11 centimeters long by 9 millimeters wide and allows the user to follow smoking a cigarette.

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Animals perish in pet shop blaze

Firefighters battle the blaze that destroyed a pet shop and its warehouse in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai, at about 9pm on Monday. (Photo: Mae Sai Rescue Facebook page)
Around 9 p.m. on Monday, firefighters battled the fire that nearly destroyed a pet store and its warehouse in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai area. ( Photo: Mae Sai Rescue Facebook page )

Lee RAI – Fire destroyed a large pet shop and storehouse in Mae Sai region, killing some captive animals in the tower, on Monday night. &nbsp,

Mae Sai Police and firefighters were called to the second floor business, &nbsp, named Strategy Pla Tu and Pet Mart, in Ban Pa Yang in tambon Mae Sai&nbsp, about 9pm.

Local studies claim that the store was the district’s main point for selling pet goods, food, and other animal necessities.

According to police, the fire immediately spread to both the same building’s store and warehouse, which were both fueled by the numerous combustible sacks of pet food in.

Because the tower had wheel screen doors shut, firefighters had to break into the structure to enter the area where the fire was occurring. It took them about an hour to remove it and line down the area to make sure it didn’t reactivate.

The entire building was entirely destroyed. People were able to save some of the animals in, but many others were killed by the smoke and flames- parrots, gerbils, rabbits, turtles and elegant bass. How some was never known.

People in the neighborhood reported seeing fumes coming from the store just before 9o’clock. followed by lights. Because the constructing was tightly locked down, the fire immediately spread and intensified. &nbsp,

The store owner, Sirilak Nanthatheerapong, was still in shock at the scene on Tuesday.

She claimed that her home was only ten meters from the warehouse’s up. Her home was filled with smoke from the incident. She and her neighbors hurriedly moved their vehicles away from the blaze.

Ms. Sirilak claimed that the devastating storm in September, which claimed at least one million rmb, had only recently recovered. This day, there was nothing left to fix. She estimated that more than 30 million ringgit would be lost overall.

According to Mae Sai officers, the initial cause of the fire was a short circuits. Chiang Rai investigative authorities were still examining the&nbsp, landscape on Tuesday.

The Chiang Rai Forensic Police have investigate the scene on Tuesday. (Photo: Chiang Rai Police Facebook page)

Chiang Rai investigative authorities at the picture of the pet store fire&nbsp, on Tuesday. ( Photo: Chiang Rai Police Facebook page )

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Banks, mobile operators to be made liable for phone-scam losses

Minister proposes a court-ordered order.

Prasert Jantararuangtong, minister of digital economy and society. (Photo: Government House)
Prasert Jantararuangtong, chancellor of modern economy and society. ( Photo: Government House )

This month, the minister of digital economy and society will promulgate an executive order mandating that banks and cellular phone providers pay compensation to victims of scams carried out using their services.

An executive order had been announced and take impact before the end of the month, according to Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong on Tuesday. The government needed to be protected.

Financial corporations and cellular phone operators that did not employ&nbsp, measures to protect the public from schemes may get accountability, he said.

Lenders should be aware of the customers ‘ backgrounds to stop any of them from opening horse accounts for con artist gangs. ” Homeless people may become asked why they want to start so many banks accounts,” said Mr. Prasert.

Instead of simply making money by forwarding all communications, the minister recommended that cellular phone operators check out SMS messages with links that might be false.

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Missing Chinese actor found safe

Actor Wang Xing's picture in his passport. (Photo supplied)
Actor Wang Xing’s image in his card. ( Photo supplied )

Wang Xing, a Chinese artist who is missing, was found secure and meet with Thai officials, according to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday.

Ms. Paetongtarn reported that Provincial Police Region 6 representatives from the Mae Sot area of Tak state and Mr. Wang, aka Xingxing, had arrived from Myanmar.

After the regular cupboard meeting, the prime minister stated that the government was properly handling the issue to avoid any negative effects to tourism.

She claimed that the writer’s removal had been exaggerated and that Thailand was a dangerous place to travel to.

According to the prime minister, the state and the Chinese embassy were collaborating closely to reach agreement on the topic.

The Chinese artist was discovered in Myanmar on Monday, according to Tourism and Sports Minister Sorawong, and made his way back to Thailand on Tuesday.

The 31-year-old professional arrived at Suvarnabhumi aircraft early on Friday night and then drove straight to Pun, where all communication with him&nbsp was lost.

Mr. Sorawong acknowledged that the investigation may have a bad effect on Thailand’s hospitality industry. He had requested assistance from the Chinese ambassador in fending off rumors that Thailand was a dangerous place to travel to.

Mr. Sorawong stated that he hoped any negative effects on commerce may be temporary.

” It is great that he was found. Both the tourism department and the government have a duty to instill confidence in tourists. I firmly believe that Thai visitors who have been there have a good understanding of the situation there,” the commerce secretary said.

The artist was taken by a car from Suvarnabhumi atrport to a border region in Tak’s Mae Sot area, according to Pol Gen Thatchai Peetaneelabut, inspector general of the Royal Thai Police Office, and another individual led Mr. Wang along a healthy border crossing into Myanmar.

He had ordered a detailed investigation been made into the affair, &nbsp, because it appeared to be the job of a human-trafficking group.

No additional details were given.

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Bengal tiger seen in national park after decade’s absence

This Bengal tiger was spotted prowling the forest by a camera trap in Kui Buri National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan on Dec 7, 2024. (Photo: Kui Buri National Park Facebook page)
In Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Kui Buri National Park on December 7, 2024, a cameras capture caught this Bengal tiger scurrying through the jungle. ( Photo: Kui Buri National Park Facebook page )

A Bengal cat has been spotted in Kui Buri National Park for the first time in a long time.

On December 7, a cameras capture located close to the museum’s warrior system in the area of Khao Khan Hok and Khao Sam Chan caught it in the area of Khao Khan Hok and Khao Sam Chan.

The next time this excellent predator was seen in the playground was about ten years ago, according to the park’s personal Facebook page.

Atthapong Pao-on, garden manager, claimed the tiger sighting was the result of meticulous planning by all teams that placed wildlife cameras traps to track and determine the town’s health.

The return of the cat was a result of the presence of the Kui Buri forest, which was considerably aided by the tireless work of the park soldiers who patrolled&nbsp to stop forest invasion and other actions that threaten the atmosphere, according to Mr. Atthapon.

” Bengal tigers are not only powerful animals, but they are also the sign of the presence of nature”, he said.

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Bangkok’s air Thailand’s most polluted Tuesday

Bangkok city late Tuesday morning, the view only partially obscured by the hazardously high level of ultra-fine dust.
Bangkok city later on Tuesday morning, with the dangerously high level of ultra-fine dust only half obscure the view.

The government’s worst air pollutants was detected in Bangkok on Tuesday night, with fine sand formation at “red” hazardous-to-health amounts in the funds and opposite provinces.

At 10 a.m., the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency ( Gistda ) discovered that particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and less in diameter ( PM2.5 ) was recorded at 88.6 microgrammes per cubic meter of air over the course of 24 hours in Bangkok.

The government-set secure level is 37.5µg/m³.

PM2.5 was at dark degrees in all 50 regions of the money. The worst, &nbsp, 96.7µg/m³, was in Bang Kho Laem city.

The opposite counties of Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon and Pathum Thani also faced dark ranges of PM2.5- at 83.6, 80.9, 79.5 and 79.1µg/m ³ both.

Sixteen other regions were rated with healthy amounts of PM2.5, ranging from 24 to 37.3µg/m³. The state of Krabi, in the south, had the lowest rate.

The 15 different regions, mostly in the South, where heat was safe to breathe were Chiang Mai, Chumphon, Nan, Narathiwat, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phuket, Ranong, Satun, Songkhla, Trang and Yala.

Other regions were shrouded with peach ranges of PM2.5 ranging from 37.7 to 74.8µg/m³, a degree which starts to affect health.

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Thai officials confirm missing Chinese actor believed in Myanmar

Actor Wang Xing (screenshot)
Actor Wang Xing (screenshot )

Chinese professional Wang Xing, also known as Xingxing, has been missing since crossing the border into Myanmar, according to Thai officials in Tak, and they are looking for him.

A safety supply in Tak reported on Tuesday that Thai authorities had contacted all Myanmari authorities to assist in the hunt for the artist, who, according to CCTV footage, had assuredly entered the country from Ban Mae Kon Ken in the Mae Sot city of Tak.

The actor’s family reported him missing, according to the Chinese embassy in Bangkok, and the Taiwanese consulate-general in Chiang Mai state said they were trying to locate him and that the Chinese embassy in Bangkok had received it.

After being invited to attend an interview, the comedian reportedly kept Shanghai Pudong aircraft and arrived at Suvarnabhumi aircraft outside of Bangkok on Friday, at around 3 a.m.

He made the trip via Chai Nat and Kamphaeng Phet regions to the Mae Sot city of Tak from the aircraft. He was last seen in Mae Sot around 10.10am on Friday near the border there.

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Chinese actor Wang Xing reported missing in Thailand near notorious scam hub

Wang Xing aka Xingxing (photo: South China Morning Post)
Wang Xing aka Xingxing ( photo: South China Morning Post )

Following rumor that a Chinese professional vanished near the Myanmar border, China’s consul in the Thai town of Chiang Mai has promised to look into the matter.

A social media post published later on Sunday said Chinese professional Wang Xing, also known by his step name Xing Xing, went missing in Mae Sot neighborhood in northern Thailand, which borders Myanmar’s Myawaddy, a city known as a gateway for fraud compounds.

The embassy stated that the family had not been aware of any regional police reports as of Monday afternoon.

It added that the missing actor’s family members contacted the embassy on Friday and received information on the steps for reporting lost people.

According to China Newsweek, Wang has entered Myawaddy and the Chinese ambassador in Myanmar is aware of the situation.

Wang was invited to take part in a video production in Thailand and landed in Bangkok, the country’s capital, early on Friday night, according to a post on social media app Weibo by a people claiming to be Wang’s girl.

According to the blog, Wang was allegedly led through Thai multiculturalism command by a person who appeared to be a part of the film crew.

Wang was immediately booked a hotel room near the airport when a claiming associate director of the movie called him, but later learned that it would be too soon to spend the night there and urged him to get there right away.

He was then driven to Mae Sot, some 500km ( 310 miles ) from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, before he lost contact, according to the post.

The social media users claimed she contacted both the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok and the Chiang Mai consulate right away after reporting the incident to Shanghai officers.

She continued,” The embassy and consulate told her to review the situation to Mae Sot officers.”

Zhang Yixing, celebrity Jin Chen, and Dong Chengpeng, an actor and producer much known as Da Peng, were among the Chinese celebrities who carried the article.

Another professional, Xu Dajiu, shared his experience of being “fooled” into travelling to Thailand by what he called a “fake movie team” on Sunday and Monday.

Xu claimed in two separate Weibo videos that he discovered an ad for an actors ‘ group chat for a theatre that was shot in Thailand late last year. He claimed to have contacted the person who had posted the advertisement, and that he had received confirmation that he had been chosen for the position just four minutes later.

” After I got off the plane in Bangkok, the person who picked me up was trying to remove my id, but I refused. He therefore left along with the driver”, Xu said.

Xu further explained that the “film team” had to cancel his return trip after that.

” If you are coming to Thailand to labor, especially for play shooting, don’t travel. They are all fake, he claimed, adding that he had contacted the actual production’s director via Instagram and that the advertisement he saw was fake.

On December 30, authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou charged 16 Myanmar nationals with operating fraudulent structures that targeted Taiwanese people.

Myanmar-based swindlers lured Chinese people across the border to visit the compounds with promises of high-paying jobs, according to Procuratorial Daily, a paper work by China’s top attorney’s office.

Additionally, the gang is accused of operating sex trafficking and gambling.

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Transport Ministry to push priority projects

Red Line, double-track work to begin’ rapidly’

Suriya Jungrungreangkit
Suriya Jungrungreangkit

The Transport Ministry is aiming to establish some essential public transport projects at the start of this year, pending the cabinet’s approval, in a bid to boost the nation’s connectivity.

According to Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, these projects include the expansion of the State Railway of Thailand’s ( SRT ) Dark Red and Light Red lines and the second phase of double-track upgrades on key stretches in the North, Northeast and South.

Altogether, these tasks require 319 billion ringgit in assets to carry out.

The SRT wants the funds to increase from the latest 6.4 billion ringgit, he said, even though the first one, which would see Rangsit and Thammasat University’s Rangsit Campus connected by an 8.84 kilometer extension of the Dark Red energy commuter rail line, had already been approved in December.

The next project, which may depart from the main Light Red Line, is the building of a 20-kilometer drive line connecting Siriraj Hospital to Salaya.

According to Mr. Suriya, the project will begin once it has received final approval from the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council ( NESDC ) and the Budget Bureau.

The next job, the second phase of double-track updates on important extends in the North, Northeast and South, may cost about 297 billion ringgit to complete.

It will see the one record on six routes– At Nam Pho-Den Chai, Den Chai-Chiang Mai, Jira Junction-Ubon Ratchathani, Hat Yai Junction-Padang Besar, Chumphon-Surat Thani, and Surat Thani-Hat Yai-Songkhla– upgraded to two tracks to increase efficiency.

Veeris Ammarapala, SRT chancellor, said the double-track switch project may be proposed to the case maybe this month.

Once it receives the commission’s assent, the SRT will start the buying process for purchasing and building, starting with the Pak Nam Po-Den Chai and Jira Junction-Ubon Ratchathani sections.

The last to be upgraded will be the Den Chai-Chiang Mai section, as its Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA ) is still being reviewed, Mr Veeris said.

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Govt to begin talks on online gambling

Prasert Jantararuangtong
Prasert Jantararuangtong

According to Deputy Prime Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong, the government will initiate discussions on the drive to legalize online gaming.

He urged authorities from all ministries concerned to start synchronizing their discussions and efforts because several constitutional amendments will need to be passed for online betting to be legal.

According to Mr. Prasert, who is also minister of the Digital Economy and Society ( DES ) on Monday, a formal study of the plan is scheduled to be finished in a few months.

The former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra made the announcement after saying in Chiang Rai on Sunday that regulating online gambling may benefit society as well as the business.

Mr. Prasert acknowledged that Thai students ‘ attitudes toward online gaming have been linked to a number of social issues as well as criminal behavior.

Directly, online gaming has also been tied to the increase of “mules” opening substitute bank records and schemes.

But, he added, online betting platforms see huge amounts of money go through them every moment, which, if taxed effectively, “would be great for the economy”.

When asked about Thaksin’s plan to ban people under the age of 20 from accessing online gambling sites, Mr. Prasert responded that there haven’t been any debate on this.

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