Hong Kong, China step up security on Tiananmen anniversary

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HONG KONG: On Sunday, June 4, Hong Kong increased surveillance around a park where tens of thousands of people had gathered for an annual commemoration of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, preventing any protests on the occasion’s 34th anniversary. Hong Kongers used to congregate in Victoria Park and the Causeway BayContinue Reading

Foreign man attacked, seriously injured in Pattaya

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CHON BURI: According to authorities, a foreign national was attacked and critically hurt in Pattaya early on Sunday.

The incident, which happened in Soi Jomtien 13 in the tambon Nong Prue neighborhood of Bang Lamung, according to Pattaya police inspector Pol Lt Col Thatsak Jiratikulchai, happened about 10 minutes after midnight.

Police and firefighters arrived right away and discovered the person, a foreign federal whose identity and nationality were still unknown, lying in blood. Six days in the chest and body, he was stabbed. He just mentioned that a colleague of his attacked him.

He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

At the time, images captured by security cameras in the area showed the person riding a motorcycle and pillion rider to Soi Jomtien 13. A foreigner wearing a bright shirt and black pants approached him after he had stopped the bike and knifed him. The assailant repeatedly kicked the victim after he hit the ground before escaping on his bike.

After making an attempt to leave the area, the injured man suddenly collapsed on 20 meters away, leaving a bloody trail in his wake.

Police were called by onlookers who had seen the invasion.

Authorities were trying to find the assailant.

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China defence minister warns against ‘NATO-like’ alliances in Asia-Pacific

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SINGAPORE: According to China’s defense minister, forming” NATO-like” military alliances in the Asia-Pacific would send the region into a” whirlpool” of conflict. Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu stated at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore that” in essence, attempts to push for NATO-like( alliances ) in the Asia-Pacific areContinue Reading

China, US officials meet at intelligence gathering on sidelines of Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore: Report

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SINGAPORE: Five persons told Reuters that officials from China and the United States were among the twenty significant intelligence agencies in the world who held a secret conference on the outskirts of the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore this trip. The conference was described as being creative and cooperativeContinue Reading

Arms cache found in provincial councillor’s house

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Police examined the weapons found in the search of a house of a provincial councillor in Phetchabun province on Saturday.
On Saturday, police searched a statewide councillor’s home in Phetchabun state and found weapons.

PHETCHABUN: On Saturday, authorities searched three homes in the Bung Sam Phan area of a provincial councillor and discovered numerous weapons.

The hunt came after an incident on Friday when Somphop Thaiwattanatrakul, a municipal council member who appeared inebriated, opened gunfire at the police station in tambon Wang Phikun.

On Saturday evening, Mr. Somphop reported the pistol to the Bung Sam Phan police. He was immediately accused of carrying a gun and shooting it unjustifiably in people.

The municipal police chief, Pol Maj Gen Thadet Klomkiang, gave the order for Bung Sam Phan authorities Chief Col. Hiran Pootrakul to obtain a warrant from the Wichian Buri Court to seek Mr. Somphop’s property.

A group of 60 police officials searched three of Mr. Somphop’s homes while carrying the warranty. In the course of the research, in Mr. Somphop’s existence, the police discovered 16 permits in a home that permit him to possess up to 16 weapons. Various former city leaders from the Bung Sam Phan district issued the grants.

The officers discovered 15 weapons in another home, including 500 rounds of various weapons, two rifles, and 13 firearms. For inspection, the weapons and ammunition were brought to the Bung Sam Phan officers place.

The current district chief, Sompong Thongnun, urgently requested permission to study the 16 grants issued to Mr. Somphop in a letter dated June 3 to the government of Phetchabun.

Mr. Somphop’s behavior was the subject of an investigation to determine whether he should be placed on probation or whether the authorizations allowing him to possess weapon needed to be revoked.

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A blind singer’s incredible journey to the stage: ‘I don’t want pity, just the same opportunities’

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Hired song Wan Wai Yee is available. She occasionally belts out Taylor Swift or Celine Dion knocks at weddings, birthday parties, and dinners. She even busks on the sidewalks to make ends meet.

This may seem like a normal situation for many aspiring musicians in our town, some of whom have given up secure jobs and normal pay checks in order to perform at gigs with the hope of one day becoming successful.

Wan’s situation, however, stands out as being unique. She was born deaf. & nbsp,

She had retinopathy of prematurity( ROP ), an eye condition that affects some premature babies, and was born several months before her due date and weighed about 1 kg at birth. In Wan’s situation, this resulted in complete blindness and abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye.

Wan discovered that several doors were closed to her as a performer because she was blind.

People now believe you are blind, so what can you do even if they don’t listen to you or know what you’re doing? she remarked.

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