China’s Xi offers deep condolences over Jimmy Carter’s death
Beijing: On Monday ( Dec. 30 ), China’s President Xi Jinping expressed his condolences over the death of Jimmy Carter, claiming that the former US president was the driving force behind the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations more than 40 years ago. Carter died at his houseContinue Reading
5-year-old victim of drink-driver dies in hospital in NE Thailand
PUBLISHED: 30 Dec 2024 at 15: 27
A 5-year-old son was run down by an intoxicated driver outside his school on Monday, succumbing to his wounds. This was the second fatality in the collision, which likewise left eight different people also hurt.
According to several news sources, a part of the medical staff, he died in the intensive care unit of Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment since the crash on December 23.  ,
The 5-year-old, identified as Assadavuth Phiewsuay, was the next target. Pol Lt Wimut Tansupho, 57, a deputy traffic investigator at Muang authorities place, was declared dead by a hospital soon after the accident.  ,
Somsak Asaichao, a retired civil maid, allegedly drove both cars while intoxicated after attending a gathering.
Around 4o’clock on December 23rd, Mr. Somsak’s car was driven into the crowd in front of the Muang district’s Ban Don Kwang School as kids were leaving. Later that evening, the police agent was declared dead. Nine people were hit and injured outside the college- individuals, families and a merchant.  ,
Mr. Somsak was accused of driving while intoxicated and injuring someone who died or was hurt. The offense could result in a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and/or a 200, 000 ringgit great. After being denied loan, he is currently being held in custody.
MSF to delay expansion of rehabilitative support for older youth offenders
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ministry of Social and Family Development ( MSF ) on Monday ( Dec 30 ) said it would postpone the implementation of legal amendments to expand rehabilitative support for older youth offenders, from Jan 1, 2025 to later in the year.
The amendments are in line with the Children and Young Persons Act ( CYPA ), and they were passed in 2019 to make it easier for offenders between the ages of 16 and under 18 to have their cases heard in the Youth Courts as opposed to being tried in the State Courts.
Situations involving older students who are repeat offenders or who commit severe acts should still be transferred to the State Courts or High Courts in order to preserve public health and deter crime.
These major crimes include critical sexual offences, unregistered moneylending and drug smuggling.
However, MSF and the Ministry of Home Affairs “assessed that the parliamentary rules governing the transfer of situations from the Youth Courts do not thoroughly achieve this meant policy,” according to MSF in a discharge.
The amendments, it continued, “do not supply the State and High Courts enough freedom to impose tougher sentences on older children offenders where stronger punishment is required.”
In response to queries from CNA, MSF elaborated that under the 2019 amendments, the courts ‘ powers to implement firmer punishment- quite as corrective training, imprisonment and caning- “are more constrained than intended”.
In an illogical situation, for instance, a 17-year-old sexually assaults a minor under the age of 16 and is found innocent by the High Court but is not destructive or unruly.
Therefore, according to MSF, he never been ordered to supervision or a juvenile rehabilitation facility like Boys ‘ House, which is significant to the severity of the murder. He can only be ordered to probation or a juvenile treatment facility.
The Singapore Prison Service oversees corrective education and places an emphasis on structure and discipline. Youth criminals are able to continue their education or group work through parole orders.
Thus, more legislative changes are necessary to ensure that the State Courts and High Court can continue to implement firmer words in more severe cases and provide complete effect to the 2019 CYPA modifications, according to a spokeswoman from MSF.
These will be made after in 2025,” content to several factors including the schedules of parliament proceedings”, said the government.
Efforts underway to revitalise Indonesia’s lesser-known heritage sites like Muarajambi temple complex
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People will visit young people and especially those from the older generation when we revitalize it and make it accessible, according to Agus Widiatmoko, head and lead archaeologist at the Heritage Preservation Office ( Region 5 ).  ,
Our generation and the generations to come will at the very least be inspired by the fact that there were civilizations and several centers of knowledge before European colonization.
The church complex has been listed as a World Heritage Tentative List by UNESCO since 2009, but past Indonesian President Joko Widodo made a visit there in 2022. Its revitalization was given to members of his presidency by a order.  ,
However, carrying out this extensive revitalisation requires huge resources, including funding and labor, said former Indonesian producer general of tradition Hilmar Faris.  ,
Mine, coal, and crude palm plantations are the main current financial vehicles in Jambi. So of course ( where to direct efforts ) becomes a challenge”, he added. “( Another ) factor is related to the environment- the threat of climate change”.
Efforts are continuing under Indonesia’s fresh leadership, with the goal of securing the UNESCO World Heritage status for the page.
But revitalisation job may take up to 15 times.
The complex features over 115 construction websites, with an estimated 82 remains also buried under piles. A 600-year-old properly is among the countless well-preserved buildings and artefacts in the mixture.
To further increase public interest, officials are even building a museum.
There will be empty spaces for people to display art that is related to Muarajambi and research labs that are related to structures, botany, and tradition in addition to standard exhibits of artefacts.
Researchers anticipate that this idea will help establish the site’s status as a learning institution.
Taiwanese actress Vivian Hsu recounts getting caught in Bukit Timah flash floods
Many people were caught off guard by the flash floods along Bukit Timah Road and Dunearn Road on Sunday ( Dec. 29 ), including even Vivian Hsu.
The 49-year-old Chinese actress-singer shared her experience getting caught in a few Reels on Sunday in an Instagram blog and a few Clips.
” After coming out of a shop with my companions, I was on the way to obtain my brother’s favourite meal from Din Tai Fung”, wrote Hsu, whose nine-year-old child Dalton is studying in Singapore. She and Sean Lee, her father of nine times in Singapore, are no longer together.
She continued, noting that the water almost reached her car door and that she had yet seen insects and lizards swarming.
” I had to go save my car”, she added, describing how she was eventually” trapped” on the road “full of floating trash cans and ‘ other flooded cars ‘”.
She said,” This is my first time in Singapore, and I feel so cold sitting in a car,” adding that she needed to use the restroom. Soon after, she ventured out and waded into the water to enter a store. Probably wearing her favorite pair of white clothing.
” After an hour I finally got out of trouble ( and ) bought my son’s favourite Din Tai Fung”, she wrote.
Ex-HR sales agent jailed for cheating company of over S$30,000
A former human resources salesman was imprisoned for one year and two weeks on Monday ( Dec 30 ) after tricking a client into paying him S$ 31, 020 ( US$ 22, 850 ).
Lim Yi Xiang, 29, pleaded guilty to two claims of lying and one fee of absconding. While being investigated for the stealing offenses, he had skipped loan.
Two different cheating costs were considered for punishment.
The prosecutor was informed that Lim was employed by HR strong Weistum Advisory as a sales sub-agent, which ultimately filed a police report against him.
Weistum’s Human services were supposed to be presented to consumers by sales sub-agents. If a customer was serious, Weistum’s producer would draft a lease that the sub-agent would get the customer to sign.
Lim responded to an online advertisements placed by the chairman of a investing company who desired to get four workers in 2019.
Lim told the director that he could aid him in hiring four employees and obtaining two government provides for the business.
For one award, Lim claimed Weistum may create training materials for the new employees and that the director would simply need to verify their accuracy in order to be awarded S$ 28 800.
He asked the director to give Weistum 30 per share of the offer, or S$ 8, 640, as well as S$ 4, 640 for the selection of the four staff.
P Max, Lim told the chairman that the other award required the new employees to attend government-run training.
He said the customer may get a grant of S$ 30, 000 after the classes were completed, and requested settlement of S$ 17, 740 to Weistum.
The chairman agreed to these words, and Lim got a real copy of a deal model used by Weistum, which bore Weistum’s author’s name.
He then scanned the record using modification tape to conceal the fields containing Weistum’s business bank account number.
He then entered his personal bank account number into the blank , bank account number areas. The chairman of the trading business gave him this commitment, and they both agreed to it.
Between November 2019 and March 2020, the buyer paid Lim a full of S$ 31, 020 in banks payments and cash.
However, the buyer developed suspicion after Lim steadfastly disregarded the service he had promised.
In January 2021, the buyer made a comment with Weistum. He was informed that the company just charged S$ 5, 760 to submit an application for the Career Trial offer and that P Max had not been charged any expenses.
On Jan 27, 2021, Weistum’s producer reported Lim to the authorities for offering HR advisory services to clients using Weistum’s title and receiving payments immediately.
In 2021, Lim was the subject of three distinct officers studies. In an effort to help with investigations, the officers attempted to reach him through calls, texts, and visits to his house.
When they couldn’t find him, they issued three officers publications for his imprisonment in July, August, and November 2021.
Lim was ultimately arrested on Feb 4, 2022, and released on bail. As part of his parole, he had a commitment to surrender himself to guardianship and be accessible for studies.
On Mar 15, 2022, he failed to report to the police for studies and became uncontactable.
Three more officers newspapers for his arrest were released after he fled in October, November, and this March. On June 25, Lim was arrested once more.
He also made an additional admission to a separate crime in March 2021 of defrauding a delivery driver of S$ 550 for an electric vehicle he not delivered.
Lim did no indemnify his subjects in any way.
For Lim, deputy public attorney Teo Siu Ming requested a month, two weeks, and four weeks in jail.
She claimed that Lim’s usage of a fake contract and the protracted fraud demonstrated that his crimes were purposefully and premeditated.
Ms. Teo claimed that Lim even cheated on the consumer and Weistum, which had faith in him to carry out his duties correctly.
Lim, who did not possess a lawyer, claimed before the court that he was divorcing his two children and wanted a less harsh word so he could keep jail and support his family.
Although he claimed to be regretful, District Judge Paul Chan argued that an criminal who is truly regretful did not run away and avoid being investigated.
Cheating can result in up to 10 years in prison and a good. As one of Lim’s fees was amalgamated, any sentence he received for his lying infractions could have been doubled.
The consequence for absconding from loan is up to three years ‘ imprisonment, or a good, or both.
Holiday road accidents claim 143 lives
PUBLISHED: 30 Dec 2024 at 14: 07
The number of road accidents in the first three weeks of New Year holiday travel neared , 900, with more than 140. mortality. Bangkok recorded the most fatalities while Ayutthaya had the most injuries.
Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong said on Monday that from Dec 27 to 29 there were 872 traffic fatalities, 143 incidents and 841 hurt people.
Speeding was the most typical price of the incidents, followed by drink-driving. The most prevalent type of vehicle involved in the fatalities was a motorcycle.
The highest number of fatalities, 35, and the highest number of wounded individuals, 32, were reported in the central plain state of Ayutthaya while Bangkok had the highest number of fatalities, seven.
According to Mr. Tawee, the majority of New Year’s visitors had already arrived and had a party. Thus, he ordered authorities concerned to significantly enforce laws against drink-driving.
On Dec 29 ( Sunday ) alone, there were 280 traffic accidents, 47 deaths and 269 injured people. The most injuries, 12, and the highest death toll, 10, happened in the southern state of Surat Thani. 10 people died in Lop Buri in the Central Plain, according to the report. The highest number of fatalities, four, occurred in the northern county of Sakon Nakhon.
Thai embassy in Seoul lowers flag for victims of plane crash
Family weeps for the victim of the Jeju Air accident.
PUBLISHED: 30 Dec 2024 at 14: 06
In a show of mourning for the passengers and crew members killed in the Jeju Air fall, the Thai consulate in South Korea has reduced its symbol to half-mast.
The flag may remain in half-mast until January 4, according to the embassy.
Jeju Air trip 7C2216 crashed on Sunday, killing 179 persons. Only two people aboard the aircraft survived, both trip staff.
Two Thai girls were among the sufferers- Jongluk Doungmanee, 45, and Sirithon Chaue, 22.
Sirithon, a scholar at Bangkok University, was on her way to meet her family in South Korea. Jongluk was resuming his employment in South Korea. Sirithon was a senior studying airport business management at the time she was in her final year of college.
The Boeing 737-800 left Suvarnabhumi Airport at 2.29am on Sunday, according to Flightradar 24, a flight monitoring services, and crash-landed at Muan International Airport before 9am, skidding off the runway and hitting a roof and bursting into flames.
Experts questioned the possibility of a bird strike in light of the immediate disaster the accident caused, despite what officials had suggested was the cause.
In Udon Thani state, Jongluk’s community is grieving and wants to bring her body house for religious ceremonies.
Boonchuay Duangmanee, 77, said he had come to terms with his 45-year-old mother’s sudden death.
He told state broadcaster Thai PBS,” I can just take it, make peace with it.” ” No matter what I do, my girl didn’t appear back”.
He had felt a” sense of unease” when mates told him of the Jeju Air fall, he added, as his child often travelled with the airport.
Jongluk, the second child in the family, had spent seven years working in South Korea and made annual visits to her house in Udon Thani.
As another family gathered at the family’s home, Mr. Boonchuay said he wants to bring his mother’s body house for a proper religious festival.
The incident was the worst for any North Korean aircraft since a 1997 collision that claimed more than 200 lives in Guam.
Holiday road accidents claim 143 lives across Thailand
PUBLISHED: 30 Dec 2024 at 14: 07
The number of road accidents in the first three days of New Year holiday vacation neared , 900, with more than 140. mortality. Bangkok had the most fatal injuries and Ayuthaya had the most injuries.
Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong said on Monday that from Dec 27 to 29 there were 872 traffic fatalities, 143 incidents and 841 hurt people.
Speeding was the most popular price of the incidents, followed by drink-driving. The most prevalent type of vehicle involved in the fatalities was a motorcycle.
The highest number of fatalities, 35, and the highest number of wounded individuals, 32, were reported in the central plain state of Ayutthaya while Bangkok had the highest number of fatalities, seven.
According to Mr. Tawee, the majority of New Year’s travelers had now arrived at their places and were having fun. So, he ordered authorities concerned to significantly enforce laws against drink-driving.
On Dec 29 ( Sunday ) alone, there were 280 traffic accidents, 47 deaths and 269 injured people. The most injuries, 12, and the highest death toll, 10, happened in the southwestern province of Surat Thani. Additionally, Lok Buri in the Central Plain recorded 10 fatalities. The highest number of fatalities, four, occurred in the northern province of Sakon Nakhon.
Hotel fire in popular Bangkok tourist area kills 3 foreigners
BANGKOK: A blaze broke out at a resort on Bangkok’s Khao San Road, a popular tourist destination, killing three immigrants and injuring many other individuals, Thai authorities said. According to Police Colonel Sanong Saengmanee, the three people who died in the fire on Sunday night ( December 29 ) wereContinue Reading