Officials were combing wide
areas in Mae Fah Luang District to find the boy, but he is now presumed to be dead as he had been
missing for more than 48 hours already. His parents managed to rescue his younger twin brother
before he was lost in the fierce current.

The boy is believed to be the second death caused
by latest incidents of floods that hit Thailand′s northern region, affecting thousands of families
and destroying farmlands. 4 provinces – Chiang Rai, Nan, Phayao, and Tak – are battling with the
flash flood and heavy storm.

In Chiang Rai province, flood warning is announced in 6
districts, while 1,377 families were reported to be affected by the flood that swept across 6
districts in Nan province.

4 districts in Phayao province also reported to be suffering from
the flood, and 2,603 families are being given aid.

In Tak province, water in Huai Mae Sod
Reservoir started to flood into Mae Sod district after heavy rain. The authorities are closely
observing the water in Moei River, bracing for more cases of flood.

The suspect, known before his defrocking as Luang Pu Nen Kham, is believed to be
residing in the US. The DSI has charged him with frauds, money laundering, and sexual assault on an
underage woman.

 Mr. Tharit said after the meeting that the ICE is committed, on the basis of
the US law, to help bringing Mr. Wirapol to face his legal trial in Thailand.

Regarding our
close cooperation, the ICE has confirmed that the requests from DSI will succeed soon Mr. Tharit
said in referring to the request DSI made to ICE to send Mr. Wirapol back to Thailand. However, he
declined to elaborate any further, saying he would not discuss the operation in details.

Mr.
Tharit stressed that the DSI has been earnestly investigating the case and monitoring information
about the fugitive ex-monk.

The DSI is also moving to investigate Mr. Wirapol′s numerous
spiritual supporters, he said, because they are responsible for holding assets and donation money
worth tens of million of baht.

The DSI is working to trace the money trail, Mr.
Tharit added.

Before the controversy, Luang Pu Nen Kham had been a self-styled magical monk
residing at his monastery in Si Saket province. Many of his followers are police officers,
businessmen, and bureaucrats. During the height of his influence, he is believed to have raked in
massive wealth and luxurious goods via donation.

Luang Pu Nen Kham had been relatively
unknown to the general public until a video of him riding on a private jetplane – with a Louis
Vuitton bag, no less – surfaced on the internet. Much of the public was enraged at the video, as his
behaviour appears to run against Buddhist dogma of a humble monkhood, and police investigation was
launched against his wealthy lifestyle soon afterwards.

Police patrols were dispatched to investigate the
scene near Nawarat Bridge, overcrossing Ping River, in Mueng District. However, once the police
arrived the group of naked foreigners had already disappeared.

The foreigners were described
by witnessed as male Caucasian adults.

Fortunately, only 2 passengers were
injured, along with the driver, in the latest accident involving inter-provincial buses in Thailand.

Mr. Anan Chalorngpraiwal, 35, the bus driver said that his tour bus was heading to Mae Hon
Son province from Bangkok on Highway 108.

Suddenly, at around 5.30 am, the giant tree cracked
down onto the bus, he said, crashing near the driver’s seat. Mr. Anan then unsuccessfully tried to
control the bus as it slid to the other side of the road.

Two injured passengers are Ms.
Patdharat Khanta, 31, from Mae Hon Son province, and Ms. Nualsri Kamyod, 70, from Chiang Rai
province. Both of them suffered the injury on their legs, but Ms. Patdharat also suffered broken
arms.

The two passengers were reportedly sitting behind the driver’s seat, and are now under
the supervision from medical team at Mae La Hospital.

Mr.
Yongyuth Jongbuagglang, 34, a worker in a construction camp in Mueang District, found the skull
while he and his friends were hanging out near Chao Praya River to catch some fish.

Mr.
Yongyuth said that on 30 July, he and his friends cast the fish net and found a black rounded item
attached to the net.

“I did not notice it was a human skull in the first place” Mr. Yongyuth
said.

The other workers alerted the police and the rescue team, which later went to
investigated the river and found other pieces of bones.

Mr. Yongyouth told police this is not
the first time he found the pieces of human remains. Three days earlier, he said, he found a piece
of bone, just 10 metres away from where he found the skull.

Police officers are currently
checking disappearance history in the district, and have encouraged police in nearby areas to do the
same, in order to narrow the search and investigation.

Pol.St.
Suriyan and Pol.Sgt. Wattana initially fled the scene but later gave themselves up today at a local
police station. They were charged with intentional manslaughter and reckless execution of
duty.

The victim’s mother, Ms. Nongnuch Dokduea, 42, said she would press charge
against the police on behalf of her daughter. She said she had lit up an incense stick to summon her
daughter′s spirit and communicated with Ms. Sunisa that she would seek justice for her.

It is
not immediately clear how Ms. Sunisa is related to Mr. Santisuk, who is currently on the run, and
why she was in the car at the time.

The incident happened
shortly after midnight on Ao Nang Beach, near a bar called Longhor Saloon. The dead man was
identified as Mr. Bobby Carter, 51, originally from Texas. Police said the injured man is Mr. Adam
Carter, 27.

Witnesses told police the 2 Americans were visiting
Longhor Saloon bar before the incident. The older Mr. Carter reportedly joined the live band
on stage, but refused to get off the stage when the band asked them to, resulting in a loud argument
between him and the band.

The band then left the stage and went outside, police said, and Mr.
Carter and his son followed them. The group had another heated argument before Mr. Ratikorn grabbed
a sharp metal stick from the ground and plunged it into Mr. Carter′s body, according to the
police.

Mr. Ratikorn also allegedly beat Mr. Carter′s son with the same metal
stick.

The 3 suspects confessed to their crimes, but insisted that they had been enraged by
the 2 tourists.

The police charged them for manslaughter and causing harm to others. Mr.
Satit is also charged for carrying a weapon without any appropriate reason, after police found a
handgun among his belongings.

Mr. Jatupon Prompan, who also served as an MP for the Pheu Thai Party, said violent
confrontation is exactly what the anti-government forces want to see.

At least 2 protests
were planned by anti-government activists: the one on 4 August will be organized by activists
opposed to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the brother of Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra who is
currently serving as Prime Minister, while the protest on 7 August will be focused on opposing the
government-sponsored amnesty bill.

The bill, if passed, will grant amnesty to Redshirts
protesters currently imprisoned for their alleged crimes during their mass protests in 2010.

The Redshirts argue the detainees were implicated in false crimes by the authorities at the
time, but the opposition Democrat Party and its allies insist the amnesty bill amounts to bending
the laws to forgive criminal thugs.

The protests on 7 August will be held around the House of
Parliament, where the amnesty bill will be debated. Mr. Jatupon warned his fellow Redshirts not to
stage a counter-rally or disrupt the anti-government protesters there.

He said he would meet
with local leaders of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) on 3 August
to make sure they reach mutual understanding about the matter.

In normal situation, we would
respect the freedom of all Redshirts [to stage rallies]. But this is not normal situation, Mr.
Jatupon told our correspondent, adding that the Redshirts should let the government handle the
upcoming protests.

He went on to criticize Mr. Suthep Theugsuban, a senior Democrat MP, for
encouraging people to join the anti-government protests on 7 August. Mr. Jatupon said the gesture
has made it clear the Democrat Party is behind the protests, using extra-parliamentary means to
overthrow the elected government.

The Redshirt MP insisted the amnesty bill would not cover
the legal cases against him and other Redshirts leaders of the 2010 protests, as the bill would only
give amnesty to ordinary protesters.

Meanwhile, the representative of People′s Army
Overthrowing Thaksin Regime said his group would not reveal the location of the protest on 4 August
yet, since the authorities might try to stop the protest.

The representative, Mr. Taikorn
Polsuwan, said he will also submit letters of explanation to many foreign Embassies in Bangkok to
explain situation and facts to the foreign governments.

He stressed that his group would
stick to non-violence. Asked if his group would join another protest on 7 August, Mr. Takorn said it
is still too early to tell.

Government officials had previously expressed their wish to
invoke a public security laws in some districts of Bangkok to contain the planned protests in a more
robust way. The laws – Internal Security Act – would permit the authorities to seal off certain
roads and buildings or even declare a curfew.

The
incident took place at a bridge across the canal near Wat Chalor Temple in Bang Kluay District. The
9 passengers in the boat were slightly injured, while the driver, a 60-year-old Thai man was
reported to be in severe condition.

After some investigation, the police said the boat was
carrying foreign tourists for a tour along Bangkok Noi canal for sightseeing, until the driver
somehow crashed into one of the bridge′s pillars at the scene of the accident.

It is not
immediately clear how the accident took place, and whether the driver was under influence of
alcohol, as the injured man is being administered in hospital.