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Now, a government plane carrying 83 Thais and one Malaysian national, who were all earlier stranded in Laukkaing, is expected to touch down in Thailand.

The team was carefully evacuated by territory from Myanmar to China, where the relocation trip was to pick them up, according to the Royal Thai Embassy in Yangon yesterday.

At 1.40 am this day, the certified Lion Air flight was scheduled to touch down at Don Mueang aircraft.

They will be transported to another location after undergoing immigration to undergo a National Referral Mechanism ( NRM ) investigation to determine which of them are victims of human trafficking and who are among those responsible for the transnational crime.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MFA ) expressed gratitude to everyone involved for pooling resources to assist Thai citizens in need abroad. To assist Thai citizens who are still in the besieged city of Laukkaing in Shan State, northeastern Myanmar, which borders China, the Thai consulate in Yangon will maintain its investigation.

In the meantime, Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, the foreign affairs minister, announced yesterday that the MFA may meet with the military today to discuss the escalating conflict in Myanmar and recommendations for managing a sizable number of refugees along the border.

It is likely that more migrants may be displaced in every way, not just Thailand, if the battle situation in Myanmar worsens. We are thinking of ways to engage the opposing parties in a fair discussion to put an end to the crime, said Mr. Parnpree.

At a cellular cabinet meeting on Monday, 81 development initiatives worth an estimated 7.4 billion ringgit will be put forth.

As part of his observation tour of the top Northeast’s Bueng Kan, Loei, Nong Khai-Nong Bua Lam Phu, and Udon Thani regions, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will preside over his first mobile cabinet meeting there.

According to sources, the government will be presented with a total of 81 jobs valued at about 7.4 billion baht for attention.

They include suggestions for developing network and shipping, eradicating poverty, and improving agricultural technology.

Phumtham Wechayachai, the deputy prime minister and minister of commerce, added that the cabinet will take into account suggestions made at meetings between condition organizations and the private sector from the five northern provinces.

In order for business owners in Udon Thani to enjoy the same privileges as those in Nong Khai, one plan calls for the expansion of the specific socioeconomic development zone it to include the business house it.

A new logistics park in the Udon Thani professional estate, which will serve as a one-stop service hub at the center of the region’s new free zone for e-commerce, is another proposal.

An region where specific customs regulations are not put into effect is known as a free territory.

According to Mr. Phumtham, the Department of Foreign Trade will be in charge of promoting the project because bringing Nong Khai and Udon Thai into the same exclusive economic growth area would increase cross-border deal with neighboring nations.

Mr. Srettha visited Ban Phu Din Thong on Sunday before the mobile cabinet meeting on Monday. There, he was informed about a powerful new community-based treatment program for drug addicts.

He also said that the program’s drug users may benefit morally from it because it would help them integrate back into society and make a difference for the nation.

On Sunday, Deputy Interior Minister Songsak Thongsri went on his own examination tour of Bueng Kan’s Phon Charoen neighborhood and listened to the concerns of more than 500 visitors.

He promised to bring up their issues at the Monday cellular cabinet meeting after the conversation.

An anti-trafficking activist believes that in order to stop the next pandemic, the outlawed commercial wildlife trade must be eliminated, and even the legal industry should be outlawed.

According to Steve Galster, the founder and CEO of the anti-trafficking organization Freeland, Thailand has previously been a hotspot for wildlife trafficking, both legal and illegal trade.

On the Bangkok Post audio Deeper Dive, he told Dave Kendall,” It has better system than other nations in the region so it can get merchandise from resource to marketplace, from Africa to Indonesia to China.”

Therefore, it is simply generally positioned with a large number of businessmen, particularly those based in Bangkok, who are well-versed in the supply chain and have established them over time. “”

Which species are the targets of trafficking? Previously widespread in Thailand, the animal is now being caught in Indonesia and smuggled across the border andnbsp; with Myanmar and Malaysia.

Ships of useless animals, or simply the weights prized in Chinese medicine, originate in Africa.

But that is by no means all there is.

Mr. Galster remarked,” The listing is actually much.” We have tiger skins and legs in specific. We also have other large cats, such as lions. We have bear bones that are being transported from southwestern Africa. Wild animals are being transported in all the manner from Brazil. “”

Trafficking in animals has three main effects: first, the anguish of the animals as they are put in containers and luggage.

Next, we are experiencing the worst extinction crisis in history with about 100 species of plants and animals going extinct every day and 1 million on the verge, according to a UN report. Many of the trafficked species are thoroughly endangered. The main cause is habit loss brought on by the growth of farming, which is primarily for pet agriculture, but trafficking is another.

Last but not least, there is a real risk that our own species will go extinct. The next pandemic could be much more deadly, and the likelihood that it will be spread through zoonotic means ( from an animal chain ) is high.

According to Mr. Galster, the virus that most likely caused Covid-19 was spread by raccoon dogs from a business market in Wuhan’s damp market.

Those fox dogs would have been traded for money right then. Fox dogs are currently available in Chatuchak business. Therefore, we ought to be worried about everything.

” I firmly believe that a ban on the commercial trade in exotic animals should be the only option. I believe that only a small portion of people worldwide, including Thailand, really profit from that business. There are many people and animals who put their lives in danger because of that deal. “”

After two delays, the Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions at the Supreme Court has rescheduled the reading of its decision on an abuse of power event against criminal former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for December 26.

The case’s decision was originally scheduled to be read by the judge on November 9, but it was postponed to November 29 due to a panel of judges ‘ inability to attend. Nevertheless, the decision that was supposed to be made on Nov. 29 was once more delayed because one of the nine magistrates had passed away and a new judge had not yet been chosen.

After the new judge took office, the court moved the checking back to December 26 at 1.30 p.m. on Sunday.

Thawil Pliensri, who at the time was the National Security Council’s secretary-general ( NSC), was appointed to the position of prime minister on September 30, 2011, which is when the alleged abuse of power occurred. The then-national police chief, Pol Gen Wichian Potphosri, was chosen by the government to succeed Mr. Thawil at the NSC.

The move order was later revoked as a result of Mr. Thawil’s petition to the Supreme Administrative Court. Additionally, the Constitutional Court unanimously ruled that Yingluck had misused her authority by interfering with the transport of state employees.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission recommended the solicitor common file a complaint against Yingluck in the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on July 1, 2020, after determining there were grounds to believe she had been dishonest in carrying out her duties.

When Yingluck failed to show up in person for the first reading of the case in November 2022, an arrest warrant was issued for her.

According to Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha- Nukara, the state is prepared to construct homes along the border to house migrants in the event that fighting in Myanmar intensifies.

The chancellor confirmed the readiness by stating on Sunday that the state was keeping an eye on the situation in Myanmar and urging all parties involved to end hostilities and begin negotiations as soon as possible.

An influx of refugees under the current circumstances is doubtful. However, going forward, if violence worsens, migrants may flee in all directions, not just to Thailand, according to the foreign secretary.

There were no reports of a surrogate warfare in Myanmar, Mr. Parnpree said.

Many entrepreneurs and cargo trucks were stranded in the border town of Myawadee on Saturday as a result of fighting between cultural forces and Burmese government forces. The Mae Sot city of Tak province, which borders Myanmar, was about 10 kilometers from the battleground.

The current situation in Myanmar, according to Lt Gen Prasarn Saengsirirak, chief of the 3rd Army, has yet to have any effect on Thailand, but if migrants cross the border, they will be given humanitarian assistance.

He claimed that Thai territory was being guarded by soldiers, and the ruling Myanmar junta was working to stop the country from being invaded.

According to a statement from the Thai consulate in Yangon, another group of 83 Thais who were formerly stranded in Laukkaing, Myanmar, are scheduled to be flown home from China on Monday night, according to the Foreign Ministry.

From Laukkaing to China, the 83 Thais were safely evacuated by area. They have been given the go-ahead to take a certified Lion Air journey home, which is scheduled to arrive at the Don Mueang airports on Monday at around 1.40 am.

They will be transported to another location to undergo a National Referral Mechanism ( NRM ) checkup to determine which of them are victims of human trafficking and who have been involved in transnational crime after completing immigration at the airport.

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Looking THANI: A young Frenchman fell at a river on Koh Samui around 3 p.m. on Saturday, and his body was discovered by regional officials and volunteers late on Sunday morning.

Ryan Meghan, 20, was discovered dead in the torrent above Na Muang Waterfall 2 at around 10 a.m. on Sunday. On the second rank of the river, it was tucked between rocks in the stream. After ascending about two kilometers from the base of the mountain, regional authorities and rescuers arrived at the location.

Meghan was simply dressed in black short. His neck was broken, as well as his skull.

The person visited the river with four or five other people, including his sweetheart, according to Phunchid Khamloon, acting catastrophe prevention and mitigation main of Koh Samui. Due to the strong current brought on by new, persistent rains, the waterfall’s fourth tier was off-limits when they entered it.

The person fell from the third tier, which is between 10 and 15 meters higher than the next. The six-tier fountain has a height of about 80 meters.

For the sake of their personal safety and the safety of the recovery personnel, Mr. Phunchid cautioned visitors not to enter the waterfall’s off-limits areas and hazardous best.

At the Na Muang Waterfall 2 in July of this year and November 2019, another Frenchman and a Spanish holiday perished.

Donated body sent to clinics across the nation is not for sale, according to the Thai Red Cross Society’s National Blood Center, but recipients must pay a service fee.

After a Facebook message stated that the Thai Red Cross Society was collecting heart from contributors free of charge but facilities were charging consumers 2, 100 baht for each bag of body, the reason was posted on the website of the National Blood Center.

The center claimed that the information was false and distorted the information.

According to the center, the 2, 100 ringgit is not for the body but rather for a service fee that is set by the Comptroller General’s Department.

Body bags, test tubes, solutions for blood group tests, blood parting solutions, labs, storage, and quality control are just a few of the services that are covered by the service charge.

The center claimed that the discipline is consistent with the goals of the International Red Cross and the World Health Organization, both of which aim to end the blood trade.