British man suspected of killing Thai wife in UK arrested

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The Lady of the Hills is a female who has a misbehavior.

PUBLISHED: 26 Jan 2025 at 14: 36

Thai officials arrested the Briton in Muang district, Kanchanaburi, last Thursday. (Police photo)
Indian officials arrested the Briton in Muang area, Kanchanaburi, next Thursday. ( Police photo )

A European gentleman, 62, was detained in Kanchanaburi state for immediate repatriation after being suspected of killing his Thai wife there more than 20 years ago.

David Stuart Armitage was apprehended by immigration officers and Department of Special Investigation personnel at residence not. As he was wanted on Thursday afternoon in the Muang city of Kanchanaburi, he was wanted under an arrest warrant issued in the country for the alleged murder of his Thai woman Lamduan Seekanya in 2004.

According to sources, immigration officers revoked his Thai citizenship to speed up the repatriation process.

On September 20, 2004, the Thai girl was discovered dead in a torrent in the Yorkshire valleys. &nbsp, Climbers discovered the body near Pen-y-ghent, about 65 miles north of Leeds. &nbsp,

The dead, who was only wearing boots and clothes, was found face-down in a torrent. A ripped underwear hung from her remaining arm, and a T-shirt was found nearby. Her boots were not recovered.

Locals paid for her burial in the Horton-in-Ribblesdale churchyard, where she became known as” The Lady of the Hills.”

In 2016, a cold case evaluation was launched, and based on advances in science, police were able to identify her more precisely and identify her as a suspect in the investigation.

When Lamduan’s families in Udon Thani read a BBC article about the situation in 2019, they made a significant discovery after discovering that the person might have been Lamduan’s girl, who vanished in 2004. DNA testing immediately confirmed Lamduan’s personality.

While he was instructing English, Lamduan met Mr. Armitage in Chiang Mai. Before her passing, they had been living in northwestern England before moving to the United States in 1991 after getting married in Thailand.

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Men arrested with 4m speed pills destined for deep South

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PUBLISHED: 26 Jan 2025 at 12: 53

Police arrest two men with a large number of speed pills in Ban Phai district of Thailand's Khon Kaen province early Sunday morning. (Police photo)
In the early morning hours of Sunday morning, police in Thailand’s Khon Kaen province’s Ban Phai area detained two men carrying a large number of frequency pills. ( Police photo )

KHON KAEN: Police detained two men and seized about 4 million rate tablets that were scheduled to be delivered by another trafficking party to Thailand’s strong north.

Pol Col Pratyamat Chaisura, commander of Ban Phai police depot, identified the arrested gentlemen as Wanchai Hempho, 41, and Likhit Khamlueam, 34.

Both men, who are both Phetchabun natives from Muang area, arrived on Sunday morning near Banlarnwittayakom School in tambon Hin Tang in Ban Phai region, at around 1am, according to the station manager. They were operating a dark Toyota Wish vehicle that matched a tip from a drug dealer that recruited drugs in a dark vehicle.

” We discovered 10 huge, black plastic bags that were covered in open tape. According to Pol Col Pratyamat, the sacks contained colored luggage totaling about 4 million meth supplements.

He quoted the offenders as saying that they had picked up the medicines in Nakhon Phanom state and were going to hand them to a different group of traffickers, who would then move them from Khon Kaen to Yala state.

Police pack rate medications on Sunday at Ban Phai place. ( Police photo )

Police pack rate medications on Sunday at Ban Phai place. ( Police photo )

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10 illegal migrants bound for Malaysia caught in southern Thailand

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PUBLISHED: 26 Jan 2025 at 11: 33

Police detain 10 illegal migrants from Myanmar found packed inside a Mitsubishi Pajero in Chana district of Songkhla in southern Thailand on Saturday. They also arrested two Thai drivers hired to smuggle them to Malaysia. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)
Ten illegal immigrants from Myanmar were apprehended by police on Saturday in Songkhla’s Chana area. Additionally, two Thai vehicles were detained to muggle them to Malaysia. ( Photo: Assawin Pakkawan )

Ten illegal migrants from Myanmar seeking employment in Malaysia and two Thai vehicles have been detained by police in the Chana region of this southwestern Thai state. &nbsp,

On Saturday night, a crew of immigration and bridge authorities detained a Honda coupe and a Mitsubishi Pajero on a remote road in the Chana district’s tambon Taling Chan.

According to Pol Col Chanokruadee Pongsiri, director of Highway Police Division 7, they were acting on a tip that two automobiles may bring illegal immigrants from Chana to Thepa area. &nbsp, &nbsp,

The Thai vehicles were identified as Donjaras Marnbao, 44, and Nurhasan Dee-mae, 30.

Mr Donjaras drove the Honda vehicle, which was driven away as a alert, while Mr Nurhasan was in the Pajero packed with 10 Burmese nationals—seven men and three girls.

Thai vehicles and all of Myanmar’s citizens were being held by police for legal actions.

The drivers admitted to receiving 2, 000 baht each to pick up the illegal migrants from Songkhla’s Rattapoom area and take them to Pattani province’s Muang area, where they would be picked up by another vehicle.

The owners claimed to have been hired by a Pattani native simply known as Bae-Ning and had done this before a few times. &nbsp,

Pol Col Chanokruadee said all the Myanmar immigrants, most of them from Yangon, had now travelled five times before being arrested. When they arrived in Malaysia, they had to pay a Myanmar dealer about 120, 000 ringgit each. &nbsp,

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Unsafe air in 58 of 77 Thai provinces

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PUBLISHED: 26 Jan 2025 at 11: 31

Thick smog limits visibility on Ban Bueng-Klaeng Road in Wang Chan district of Thailand's Rayong province on Sunday morning. (Photo: Taksaorn Silkan)
On Sunday night, heavy smog blocks access to the Ban Bueng-Klaeng Road in Wang Chan city of Thailand’s Rayong state. ( Photo: Taksaorn Silkan )

The worst heat waste was discovered in the Central Plain on Sunday night, with the worst levels of dangerous fine sand being found in 58 out of 77 regions in Thailand.

The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency ( Gistda ) reported at 10am that particulate matter 2.5 micrometres and less in diameter ( PM2.5 ) was at red ( hazardous-to-health ) levels in 20 provinces.

The highest amount of PM2.5, 109.7 microgrammes per square metre of air over the past 24 hours, was recorded in&nbsp, Sing Buri state.

It was followed by 108.5µg/m ³ in Chai Nat, 94.4µg/m ³ in Lop Buri, 91.2 in Nakhon Sawan, 88.3 in Saraburi, 86 in Uthai Thani and Kamphaeng Phet, 85.9 in Prachin Buri, 83.3 in Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum and Nong Bua Lam Phu, 82.7 in Chachoengsao, 82.5 in Ang Thong, 81.7 in Phetchabun, 80.9 in Nakhon Ratchasima, 80.5 in Sa Kaeo, 79.5 in Phichit, 77.6 in Sukhothai, 77.4 in Loei and 75.4 in Chon Buri.

The healthy level is at 37.5µg/m³.

Safe air was reported in 19 provinces, including 10 at with yellow levels of PM2.5 ranging from 26.3 to 34.2µg/m ³ ( moderate air quality ). In ascending attempt, they were Narathiwat, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Sonkhla, Phatthalung, Yala, Pattani, Trat and Lamphun.

Nine others, in the South, had good ( green-level ) air quality with PM2.5 levels ranging from 15.2 to 24.9µg/m³. In ascending attempt, they were Krabi, Phuket, Phangnga, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Satun, Surat Thani, Ranong, Chumphon and Trang.

The 38 remaining provinces recorded orange levels ( starting to affect health ), with PM2.5 ranging from 39.8 to 73.7µg/m³. They included Greater Bangkok.

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Poll: Huge majority oppose casino complex, legalising online betting

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PUBLISHED: 26 Jan 2025 at 08: 17

About 50 members of the Anti-Casino Youth Network march from Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge to Government House where they protest against the draft law to legalise casinos in Thailand on Sept 19, 2024. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)
The Anti-Casino Youth Network marches from Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge to Government House to rally the document legislation that would allow casinos to be opened in Thailand starting on September 19, 2024. ( Photo: Chanat Katanyu )

According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration, the administration’s proposed casino-entertainment advanced and its strategy to legalize online gambling are opposed by a large majority of people.

The Nida Poll was conducted by phone conversations on Jan 20-21 with 1, 310 individuals aged over 18 of several levels of education, wages and activities throughout the country.

Asked about their thoughts on the development of an integrated entertainment complex complete with a casino, 59.19 % respondents said they disagreed with both the complex and casino, 28.93 % agreed with both, 8.63 % agreed with the complex but without casino, 1.68 % had no comment and 1.60 % agreed with a casino only. &nbsp,

Asked if they agreed with the government’s push to legalise online gambling, 58.32 % said they definitely disagreed, 19.92 % definitely agreed, 11.45 % moderately agreed and 10.31 % moderately disagreed. &nbsp, &nbsp,

The responses to the common elections on the legalization of online gambling varied as follows:

51.07 % said they disagreed with holding elections for both the casino-entertainment intricate and virtual gambling legalisation&nbsp,

37.86 % agreed with holding referendums for both schemes&nbsp, &nbsp,

5.11 approved of holding a referendum on the only casino-entertainment difficult job.

3.8 % of voters voted in favor of holding a referendum to legalize online gambling only.

1.99 % had no comment

0.08 % did not answer

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Poll: Most Thais oppose casino complex, legalising online betting

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PUBLISHED: 26 Jan 2025 at 08: 17

About 50 members of the Anti-Casino Youth Network march from Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge to Government House in Bangkok to protest against the draft law to legalise casinos in Thailand, on Sept 19, 2024. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)
On September 19, 2024, about 50 people of the Anti-Casino Youth Network will move from the Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge to Government House in Bangkok to rally the draft rules that would legalize gambling in Thailand. ( Photo: Chanat Katanyu )

According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration, the administration’s proposed casino-entertainment advanced and its strategy to legalize online gambling are opposed by a large majority of people.

Asked for their thoughts on the development of integrated entertainment complexes complete with a casino, 59.19 % of respondents said they opposed both the complex and casino, 28.93 % supported both, 8.63 % supported the complex but without a casino, 1.68 % had no comment and 1.60 % supported a casino only. &nbsp,

Asked if they agreed with the government’s push to legalise online gambling, 58.32 % said they strongly disagreed, 19.92 % strongly agreed, 11.45 % somewhat agreed and 10.31 % somewhat disagreed. &nbsp, &nbsp,

The responses to the common elections on the legalization of online gambling varied as follows:

51.07 % said they disagreed with holding elections for both the casino-entertainment complex and virtual gambling legalisation&nbsp,

37.86 % agreed with holding referendums for both schemes&nbsp, &nbsp,

5.11 approved of holding a referendum on the only casino-entertainment difficult job.

3.8 % of people supported holding a referendum to legalize online gambling.

1.99 % had no comment

0.08 % did not answer

The Nida Poll was conducted by phone conversations on Jan 20-21 with 1, 310 individuals aged over 18 of several levels of education, wages and activities throughout the country.

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Remember Einstein? Meet the ‘bald ang moh guy’ who taught Singapore millennials how to draw on TV

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One option, however, wasn’t simple. &nbsp,

In 2008, while still living in Singapore, Einstein created an animated series called That’s Imagination for Norway Television. The success of the hit show saw the development of various options for his manufacturing business, and it eventually marked the end of his two years of living abroad. &nbsp,

He said,” It was quite an emotional decision to return to Norway in 2010 to expand my business while attempting to look after my engagement with the entire of Asia.”

I was missing my home, and that was the bigdeciding factor. I just saw my home for three days a year after going away for years.

Obtaining A UNIQUE STYLE

These days, Einstein also dons many caps as an investor, artist and illustrator, TV broadcaster and manufacturer, and art tutor to both adults and kids. But with societal press, his videos today reach thousands more.

He just created a TikTok stream and updates his current Box Yourself YouTube channel, which has over 750, 000 clients. The network has small arts and crafts projects for kids, using paper, toilet rolls and any biodegradable papers. It’s his way of introducing conservation through creativity. &nbsp,

Of course, his peculiar images remain, bright colors and exaggerated information everywhere. It’s a true memories trip.

” I’m really happy that I’ve always kept my main goal in mind, which is to teach individuals how to draw,” she said. All my shows have been about learning how to pick, color, would arts, or all of it”, he said. &nbsp,

” I consider myself a tutor – not so much a Television star – with a very, very large school”.

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Handouts a priority: Thaksin

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Ex-PM says strategies boost market

PUBLISHED: 26 Jan 2025 at 06: 23

Thaksin Shinawatra speaks to supporters in Si Sa Ket on Saturday. (Photo: Pheu Thai Party)
On Saturday, Thaksin Shinawatra addresses followers in Si Sa Ket. ( Photo: Pheu Thai Party )

SI SA KET: Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has promised that the most recent installments of the premier online budget plan will be finished by the end of April, just in period for the next step of the flyer.

On Saturday, Thaksin made the pledge at Wat Prang Ku School in Prang Ku district during a second day of campaigning for Wiwatchai Hotrawaisaya, Pheu Thai’s candidate for the Si Sat Ket Provincial Administrative Organization ( PAO ) chief election.

Thaksin spoke about the government’s plans, including development made with the iconic digital wallet initiative to boost the economy.

He said the 10, 000 ringgit cash payments may become handed to people over 60 years old on Monday, and then to those aged between 16 and 60 during March and April.

” The plan is now a necessity for monetary stimulation”, said Thaksin.

” The digital wallet system will provide the money to those between the ages of 16 and 60. The program will get completed in March–April. We may realize all our guarantees”, he said.

Thaksin viewed the educational program as another significant issue. He vowed to use artificial intelligence ( AI ) to enhance the nation’s educational system.

He claimed that the government may use tax collected from legalizing online gambling to train competent foreign teachers and employ learning technologies in neighborhood schools.

” It is easy: we use portable devices to help increase the boys ‘ belief, much like other countries”, said Thaksin.

He claimed that fixing economic issues is now the government’s top priority, which would boost people’s income during its first two conditions, if it were to win once in 2027.

” During my leadership in 2001, the financial crisis affected everyone in society, but it was easier to fix now that the majority of people are suffering and in debts. I need to go back to address these financial issues.

” I spoke to the perfect secretary ]his daughter], and we agreed this time we may improve the economy for that person’s debts were eliminated or reduced.

” Next time, we may ensure individuals have money to spend as before. In the upcoming vote, I’m certain that Pheu Thai will prevail.

” Prosperity and success will be like they were when I was excellent minister, “he said.

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National politics overshadows PAO polls

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The upcoming provincial administration organization ( PAO ) president elections on February 1 do not guarantee that decentralization will be fully realized.

This is because, according to political experts, national politicians still have control over local politics, and the central government continues to be afraid to delegate authority to local organizations.

Numerous political heavyweights with regional standing have supported the PAO election prospects ‘ campaigns.

They see the results as an opportunity to form partnerships with regional social groups and increase their support for the 2027 public election.

These images include former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is believed to be Pheu Thai’s de facto leader, and Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, president of the Progressive Movement.

Thanathorn also supported the People’s Party’s ( PP ) campaigns in several provinces, and the Progressive Movement has connections to the recently disbanded Move Forward Party and the People’s Party ( PP ).

In 47 counties on February 1 will be a harsh election process for PAO president and members.

The parties are vying for seats in the elections to fill vacant positions held by PAO presidents who did not serve their terms, Pheu Thai, Bhumjaithai ( BJP), and the PP.

Before their conditions ended on December 19, 2024, many PAO president in different provinces resigned, necessitating elections within 60 days. Elections for leaders who are elected may take place in less than 45 days.

Unwilling to outsource authority

Stithorn Thananithichot, director of the Office of Innovation for Politics at King Prajadhipok’s Institute, told the Bangkok Post he believes Thaksin’s part in Pheu Thai’s activities indicates his need for the ruling party to win the national elections.

Local politicians who are connected to the group are expected to play a significant role in achieving this objective.

Also, the Pheu Thai-led state, which controls position mechanisms, also has the support of central government agencies that are anxious to devolve power to native people.

This implies that local politicians will continue to be dominated and influenced by national politicians, according to Mr. Stithorn.

However, many individuals are even known to be affiliated with Bhumjaithai, a federal partnership part.

Its president, Anutin Charnvirakul, heads the Interior Ministry, which is responsible for local governments, Mr Stithorn said.

Local politicians are unable to remove the influence of national officials. Thus, whichever party wins the most votes for PAO leaders, it is doubtful power will become devolved to regional people.

It’s unlikely that any group will be in favor of decentralization because they still stand to gain from the country’s already centralized system, he said.

Stithorn: Thaksin eye public election

Stithorn: Thaksin eye public election

Distant promise

Yuttaporn Issarachai, a social scientist at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, echoed the view that decentralisation remains a distant possibility.

” Also, the PP has never been in state, so its force for decentralisation initiatives have yet to materialise, “he said.

Visitors tend to vote for individuals they are familiar with and who have helped them before rather than relying on gathering procedures, according to Mr. Yuttaporn.

Most of the PAO ballot applicants in the 47 provinces are either past PAO chiefs or former assistant PAO chiefs.

” Since local politics is still dominated by federal officials, it is not astonishing that the support outposts of the three parties]Pheu Thai, BJP, and PP] are nearly identical in both national and local elections, “he said.

Yuttaporn: Prospect of decentralisation way off

Yuttaporn: Prospect of decentralisation way off

Outcome projections

The researchers also agreed that Pheu Thai is likely to get most votes in the PAO votes, particularly in the North and Northeast, which are the group’s strongholds.

However, the BJP is expected to win some seats, particularly in regions in the Central Plains Region, the East, and the South.

Separate candidates affiliated with local social groups, as well as the PP, who is expected to win votes in Nakhon Nayok, Samut Prakan, and Phuket, are likely to share the remaining seats.

Olarn Thinbangtieo, a lecturer at Burapha University’s Faculty of Political Science and Law, predicted BJP would secure more than 50 % of the seats, while Pheu Thai would win about 25 %.

Candidates from neighborhood political clans are expected to receive 20 %, he said, while the PP would only receive 5 % of the seats.

The internet has focused a lot on the fight between Bhumjaithai and Pheu Thai in just 10 counties. But, there are more than 30 regions where Pheu Thai is not fielding individuals. In these regions, separate individuals known to be affiliated with Bhumjaithai are contesting,” Mr Olarn said.

Olarn: BJP to safe over 50 % of votes

Olarn: BJP to safe over 50 % of votes

According to Thaksin’s role in the promotions and the party’s influence over state systems, Thanaporn Sriyakul, chairman of the Political and Public Policy Analysis Institute, said he believes Pheu Thai however outnumbers other events in the PAO elections.

He predicted that the BJP would win about 30 % of the 47 PAO seats while Pheu Thai would clinch about 40 %. The remaining tickets may be shared among other events, such as the Democrats, the PP and the Chartthaipattana Party.

Thanaporn: Pheu Thai to gain 40 % of votes

Thanaporn: Pheu Thai to gain 40 % of votes

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