Pol. Lt. Is Charged With Killing A Businessman On The Motorway

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30 December 2023, 14:28

police murder1 — Police Lieutenant Narongwat is detained at a rental room in Don Mueang District, Bangkok, on December 30, 2023.

BANGKOK – A police lieutenant was detained at the Wang Thonglang Police Station. after being charged with murder for shooting a 30-year-old businessman to death on the Chalong Rat motorway in Bangkok on December 30.

Eyewitnesses from the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) told investigators that around midnight on Saturday, they witnessed a Hyundai van lose control and crash onto the side of a motorway bridge. As a result, they stopped to assist.

There were two individuals yelling and fighting close to the vehicle at the time. One person was assaulted and was laying on the road, while the other sat astride him and held a handgun. They then took a step back, terrified by the violence.

They later heard two gunshots and witnessed the shooter get into the van and depart. As a result, they raced to assist the injured man. But after a while, the van reappeared, and the shooter appeared with the pistol, forcing them to flee once more. The gunman shot the victim many times until he died.

At 5:20 a.m., Metropolitan Police officers tracked and arrested the gunman, a police officer stationed at Hua Mak Station named Police Lieutenant Narongwat, aged 25, at a rental room in Don Mueang District.

Pol. Maj. Gen. Thananthorn Rattana Sittipak, Commander of Metropolitan Police Division 4, announced at 12:20 p.m. that Pol. Lt. Narongwat had confessed to all charges. The incident began with a quarrel with Mr. Kris, the businessman. The two had known each other for five months, ever since the businessman reported the incident in another case to the Hua Mak Police Station.

Following that, Pol. Lt. Narongwat spent time after work driving the businessman, who promised to help him settle a two million baht debt from a failed business. However, Pol. Lt. Narongwat did not receive the promised help. He was enraged that he had been taken advantage of. They quarrelled on the motorway.

Pol. Lt. Narongwat claimed that after shooting Mr.Kris and returning to the accident scene, he wanted to seize the phone that had been fallen. He shot Mr. Kris again when he realised he wasn’t dead.

He was charged with “intentionally killing another person and taking weapons into the city, community, or public way openly or without necessity and urgency appropriate to the circumstances and shooting dynamite-using guns without reason in cities, villages, or crowded places.”

On December 31, he will appear in criminal court. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police Division 4 will proceed with his dismissal from service.

The Chonburi Police Take The Frenchman To A Psychiatrist

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29 December 2023, 22:48

CHONBURI – One day after the Sattahip police officer in Chonburi Province hurried to rescue the Frenchman, 51, who had harmed himself inside the house until he regained consciousness and calmed down, he used the knife on himself again on Friday.

On December 29, around 1:30 p.m., a Thai wife of a Frenchman requested assistance from a Sattahip Police Officer, stating that her husband, Stephan, couldn’t control himself and injured himself again after she and their son went outside.

frenchman13 — The Frenchman tried to harm himself in two consecutive days.

The police then went to the house, which is located in Village No. 9, Bang Saray Subdistrict, Sattahip District, along with Chonburi Immigration Police officers, officials from the Klet Kaew Subdistrict Municipality’s disaster prevention and relief work, and staff from the Sawangrojanathammasathan Foundation Rescue Unit.

They discovered that the house door was locked, so they had to cut the key in order to get entry. Mr. Stephane, who was dressed just in shorts, sat inside the Thai-style pavilion inside the house, a sharp knife slammed into his own chest. He yelled at the cops not to come in.

The officers then attempted to speak with him for two hours, but he refused to give up the knife. Even the Frenchman’s wife and son rushed back from a business trip to assist with the conversation, but it was unsuccessful.

Later, some officers withdrew since they did not dare approach the Frenchman while the other officers kept a tight eye on him. They waited for him to calm down before taking him to a psychiatrist for a mental health checkup and treatment.

The Frenchman’s wife stated earlier that her husband was stressed since the family’s money was insufficient.

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Indians And Thais Fighting On Pattaya Road Are Questioned By Police

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29 December 2023, 19:58

BANGKOK – Following the release of a viral video showing a group of Indian tourists fighting with a group of Thais on Thursday, Pol. Col. Navin Teerawit, superintendent of Pattaya Police Station, said on December 29 that officers questioned three of the seven people in the video.

Officials also questioned all of the Thai individuals in the video and filed their criminal records before freeing them.

The incident occurred on Thursday morning at Pattaya Beach Soi 13, Nong Prue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province, according to witnesses.

@khaosodenglish Indians and Thais are seen chasing each other in the centre of the Pattaya road, causing passing cars to stop, and no one dared to stop them because they were scared he might be injured as well. It happened on Dec. 28, 2023. #indian #thai #pattaya #thailand #fighting ♬ original sound – Khaosod English

According to witnesses, a group of Thai men and women sat drinking alcohol as a group of Indian tourists strolled down the beachfront sidewalk. An Indian woman stepped in and slapped a Thai woman. She also called out to her friends to come over and help her.

Two groups of individuals are seen chasing each other in the centre of the road in the clip. They attacked each other with sticks over a metre long, belts, glass bottles, and iron ladles, causing passing cars to stop, and no one dared to stop them because they were scared he might be injured as well.

According to the police officer, the inquiry indicated that the stories from both sides were contradictory. The Indians said that a Thai woman first splashed them with beer. The Thai woman claimed she had been drinking when the Indians walked in and asked to buy her services by speaking insultingly, so she splashed beer. Then an Indian rushed up behind her and attacked her. As a result, a brawl broke out.

Officials are still waiting for the results of both sides’ physical examinations before proceeding with the charge.

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CAMPARI And Centara Grand At CentralWorld Launched Red Sky Bar Sunset Lounge Opening Night

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29 December 2023, 16:01

MR.Ryan Hill, MD Partnership Markets, Asia of CAMPARI GROUP (3rd from left) and MR.Robert F. Maurer Loeffler, Vice President Operations & General Manager – Centara Grand At CentralWorld (Middle) together launched “CAMPARI SUNSET OPENING NIGHT”. CAMPARI, Italy’s iconic red apéritif, and Centara Grand at CentralWorld launched a new spot to sip and savour Italian-inspired and classic drinks while enjoying the stunning sunset above the city at Sunset Lounge, located on the 56th floor at Red Sky Bar.

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Carla Porter
Nishsha Boonyagorn
MR.Ryan Hill, MD Partnership Markets, Asia of CAMPARI GROUP
MR.Robert F. Maurer Loeffler, Vice President Operations & General Manager – Centara Grand At CentralWorld
Katreeya English
MR.Unnop Kaewputtal, EAM, Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld
MR.Arno Schonfelder, General Manager – Alchemy Wines & Spirits (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Italian-inspired drinks, timeless classics and creative signature concoctions, and more while soaking up the scenery as the skies change the colour from one of Bangkok’s best spots.

Don’t miss the new and elevated Italian cocktail experience above the Bangkok skyline at Sunset Lounge. It is open daily from 17.00 – 01.00 hrs. Reservation is highly recommended at 02 100 6255.For more information, please visit https://www.bangkokredsky.com/

ABOUT CAMPARI
Campari, the iconic, unforgettable Italian red spirit sitting at the heart of some of the world’s most famous cocktails. Campari was founded in Milan in 1860 by Gaspare Campari, and pioneered by his son, Davide, who created something so distinctive and revolutionary that its secret recipe has not been altered since. Vibrant red in colour, Campari’s unique and multi-layered taste is the result of the infusion of herbs, aromatic plants and fruit in alcohol and water.

As well as being unique and distinctive, Campari is extremely versatile, offering boundless and unexpected possibilities. As a source of this passionate inspiration since its creation seen through its founders’ creative genius, artists in different fields and the world’s best bartenders, Campari stimulates your instincts to unlock your passions, inspiring limitless creations.

ABOUT CAMPARI GROUP
Campari Group is a major player in the global spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, spreading across Global, Regional and Local priorities. Global Priorities, the Group’s key focus, include Aperol, Appleton Estate, Campari, SKYY, Wild Turkey e Grand Marnier. The Group was founded in 1860 and today is the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry. It has a global distribution reach, trading in over 190 nations around the world with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.

The Group’s growth strategy aims to combine organic growth through strong brand building and external growth via selective acquisitions of brands and businesses. Headquartered in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy, Campari Group owns 23 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 25 countries. The Group employs approximately 4,300 people. The shares of the parent company, Davide Campari-Milano N.V. (Reuters CPRI.MI – Bloomberg CPR IM), have been listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. For more information: www.camparigroup.com

ABOUT RED SKY BAR
Reach for the stars at Red Sky Bar, the Centara Grand at CentralWorld every day. Fifty-six floors above the city it offers a stunning 360-degree vista of the skyline as far as the eye can see. Above you are only dark, star-studded skies, below you are the hustle and bustle of the busy city. Recline on comfy lounge beds and sofas as you partake of our exceptional compilation of liquors, fine wines, signature cocktails, and cigars.

Relax as the resident DJ swings through an eclectic playlist of rhythm. Daily and glorious sunsets are served complimentary most days. Enjoy the high life daily only at Red Sky Bar.

For reservation, please call 02 100 6255 or [email protected]

World Population Up 75 Million This Year, Standing At 8 Billion On Jan. 1

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29 December 2023, 14:13

Portugal Christmas — People look up at Christmas lights as crowds stroll around downtown Lisbon's Chiado neighborhood, Saturday evening, Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.

The worldwide growth rate in the past year was just under 1%. At the start of 2024, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected worldwide every second, according to the Census Bureau figures.

The growth rate for the United States in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide figure. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will have a population on New Year’s Day of 335.8 million people.

If the current pace continues through the end of the decade, the 2020s could be the slowest-growing decade in U.S. history, yielding a growth rate of less than 4% over the 10-year-period from 2020 to 2030, said William Frey, a demographer at The Brookings Institution.

The slowest-growing decade currently was in the aftermath of the Great Depression in the 1930s, when the growth rate was 7.3%.

“Of course growth may tick up a bit as we leave the pandemic years. But it would still be difficult to get to 7.3%,” Frey said.

At the start of 2024, the United States is expected to experience one birth every nine seconds and one death every 9.5 seconds. However, immigration will keep the population from dropping. Net international migration is expected to add one person to the U.S. population every 28.3 seconds. This combination of births, deaths and net international migration will increase the U.S. population by one person every 24.2 seconds.

As a Liverpool Fan, PM Srettha Comments on Man United

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29 December 2023, 06:57

srettha united2 — PM Srettha Thavisin talked with the reporters in the media room in the Government House on Tuesday, December 27, 2023.

BANGKOK – Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, a Liverpool Football Club fan, spoke with media about English Premier League football ahead of Arsenal’s game against West Ham United on Thursday night, predicting that the Gunners would win West Ham and surpass Liverpool at the top of the standings.

However, he made another error in his prediction when Arsenal lost 0-2. He had previously predicted that Liverpool would win 5-0 against Manchester United, but the result was a 0-0 draw.

PM Srettha shared his opinion after speaking with reporters and learning that many of them were Manchester United football fans: “Manchester United has only heart but not much skill.”

In the game that Manchester United overcame to win against Aston Villa after being 0-2 by a goal, he woke up to go to the bathroom between 3 and 4 a.m. and still saw the score at 1-2, but at the end of the game it turned out to be a 3-2 win, which could be overcome by fighting with the heart.

“Why does the Manchester United team need a defensive midfielder to score goals? That is not possible. Manchester United is a team valued hundreds of billions of dollars, but who is the striker’s name? Who can say? “No one knows,” he explained. When the reporter mentioned Hojlund’s name, the PM joked that Hojlund, who scored, was so thrilled that he cried.

AP23360793087203 — Manchester United’s Rasmus Hojlund celebrates scoring their side’s third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Aston Villa at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)

When asked if he would go to cheer on football at the Anfield stadium of Liverpool Football Club in England at the end of the season, PM Srettha answered it would not be proper if he went in the position of Prime Minister.

Before coming to politics, Srettha once spent £10,000 for a UEFA VIP package card, which includes accommodation at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, to watch Liverpool play Real Madrid in the 2018 final, which Real Madrid won.

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Thai Police Rush To Help A Frenchman In Distress With Self-harm

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29 December 2023, 01:00

CHONBURI – On December 28, at 4:30 p.m., Sattahip police officers were alerted that a Frenchman was acting strangely. He injured himself inside the house, which is located at Village No. 9, Bang Saray Subdistrict, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province, so they rushed there to join the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation officials and the Sawangrojanathammasathan Foundation Rescue Unit.

Mr. Stephane, 51 years old and of French nationality, was walking around with a sharp knife at the time, pendant on his own chest, and yelled for the police to leave the house.

Officers tried to negotiate with him for two hours until he regained consciousness and calmed down. He let his wife and son speak to him until he was able to regulate his emotions. The officers then returned to their respective forces.

The Frenchman’s wife stated that her husband was stressed since the money in the house was insufficient. He had requested her to bring the house to the bank to mortgage it and take out money to spend, but the process had to wait for the bank to approve it, which took approximately 3-4 months, giving her husband distress.

She had witnessed him using marijuana before that incident, and he had then asked her to get goods for the house. When she returned, she discovered her husband stabbing himself with a knife. She was concerned that he was in danger, so she requested assistance from the authorities.

A Russian Visitor Hurt In Phuket’s Popular Waterpark Complains

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28 December 2023, 23:05

PHUKET – Mr. Fedor Kondrakov, 42, of Russian nationality, filed a complaint with the Consumer Protection Commission after being seriously injured while playing on a water slide at a popular waterpark in Phuket Province.

Through a translator, he stated that on November 10, he went down a major slide at the waterpark. There is no sign declaring the order or any particular warnings near the entrance point to the water slide, so he approached the lifeguard, who advised him to “just fold your arms across your chest.” There were no additional instructions.

But then he rolled down the water slide, crashed into the water’s surface, and was injured. The water park staff called an ambulance to transport him to Bangkok Hospital in Phuket for treatment.

According to the medical team, two of his vertebrae were damaged and required emergency surgery, and he had to recover at the hospital for 7 days after surgery, followed by another 7 days at a hotel in Phuket. The surgery and medical bills totaled more than 800,000 baht, and he paid for them with health insurance and personal accidents. He will have to have surgery again in 9 months, and he has no idea how much the surgery will cost.

russian waterpark4 — A Russian visitor presents an X-ray film showing that two of his vertebrae were damaged and required emergency surgery.

After the incident, this well-known Phuket waterpark had not gotten in touch with him. Even during his recovery, he never had any staff visitors. As a result, he intended to file a complaint with the House Consumer Protection Committee in order to seek compensation. He hopes that this case will teach tourists to be more cautious when playing on dangerous equipment. He doesn’t want anything like this to happen to anyone else.

Mr. Naphol Boriboon, representative of the advisory group to the Chairman of the House Consumer Protection Committee, stated that he would bring up the complaint as an important agenda topic for the Consumer Protection Committee’s meeting to consider helping this tourist further.

RBSO Will Perform for the Birthday of HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya

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28 December 2023, 16:14

BANGKOK – The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Foundation, in collaboration with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Ministry of Culture – Department of Cultural Promotion and B. Grimm Group Ltd. – will present a concert starting at 8:00 pm on the 7th of January at the Thailand Cultural Centre as part of celebrations for HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya, whose birthday is on the 8th of January.

This auspicious occasion will mark the start of the 2024 season and is a chance to celebrate the generous patronage of the esteemed Princess.

Performing at the event will be German-Canadian cello soloist Johannes Moser and South Korean conductor Sunwook Kim, alongside the RBSO, to play Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor and Tchaikovsky’s captivating Symphony No. 1 in G minor, popularly known as Winter Daydreams.

Johannes Moser, born in Munich, began studying the cello at age eight and became a student of David Geringas in 1997. He has performed with renowned orchestras worldwide, including the Berlin Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic, and London Symphony.

Moser has received several awards; he was the top prize winner at the 2002 Tchaikovsky Competition and received the Special Prize for his interpretation of the Rococo Variations. In 2014, he was awarded the prestigious Brahms Prize. He received the ECHO Klassik Instrumentalist of the Year award in 2008 and 2017. He is recognised for his efforts to expand the reach of the classical genre and his passionate focus on new music.

Sunwook Kim’s career highlights include performances with prominent orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Berliner Philharmoniker. In addition to solo concerts, Kim’s conducting repertoire includes the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Budapest), the Georges Enescu Philharmonic and Filharmonia Śląska (Poland), the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic.

His early life involved starting piano lessons at age three, giving a debut recital at ten, and winning the Leeds International Piano Competition at age 18 while studying under Dae-jin Kim at the Korea National University of Arts.

Tickets are available at Thaiticketmajor: www.thaiticketmajor.com

End Of The Controversial “Kru Guy Kaeo” Statue At The End Of 2023

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28 December 2023, 15:59

BANGKOK – The giant statue that caused a stir in Bangkok in the middle of the year when it was unable to cross the pedestrian bridge on Ratchadapisek Road on August 9 drew people’s attention to the “Kru (Guru) Guy Kaeo”, who is revered by some people as a bearer of hope and a lucky charm.

But at the end of the year, before December 30, Kru Guy Kaeo and other statues were removed from the facade of The Bazaar Bangkok hotel.

The installation of the Kru Guy Kaeo statue was an attempt to create a selling point for the hotel in the Ratchadaphisek area in the hope of attracting people to worship the sacred objects. The removal of the statues was also for business reasons.

kru guy kaeo2 — The worship of ‘Kru Guy Kaeo’ has become trending.

The removal on the morning of December 28 was chaotic for 30 minutes when Mr. Thepparit Pansook, managing director of Kru Guy Kaeo, confronted the lawyer of Bangkok Night Bazaar Co, Ltd, the owner of the land, for refusing to remove the statues.

The statues were moved out when the lawyer of the new hotel management stated that the area of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) could not be leased. Therefore, the old management’s leasing of the area was not possible.

statue kru4 — The statue of Kru Kai Kaew was removed from the courtyard in front of the Bazaar Bangkok Hotel, Ratchadapisek, Bangkok, on December 28, 2023.

Later, Mr. Pairoj Thungthong, Managing Director and major shareholder of Suan Lum Night Bazaar Ratchadaphisek Co, Ltd, held a press conference and stated that the installation of the Kru Guy Kaeo and other statues was done as part of the company’s reorganization plan at the bankruptcy court headed by Mr. Charn Tulyaphisitchai. The company’s board of directors did not agree with this.

The company’s board of directors then filed a lawsuit with the bankruptcy court alleging that the transfer of the land in front of the hotel to the statue for subletting was in breach of the SRT lease agreement and that there were also irregularities in Mr. Charn’s management.

statue kru1 — The statues of deities were also removed from the hotel.

As a result, the court ordered the reorganization plan to be annulled and allowed Mr. Pairoj’s management took over the company on November 30, 2023. Mr. Charn was removed from all positions and paid a fine of 1,330,000 baht to the SRT. In addition, the installation of the Kru Guy Kaeo and other statues was also in violation of Bangkok’s laws. After this, there will be a civil lawsuit seeking additional damages.

Mr. Pairoj said the new board agreed that the statues had to be removed because Chinese tourists and people in the neighborhood were afraid. Unlike when the hotel put up cute-looking dinosaur statues that were a symbol to Chinese tourists and called the hotel “Dinosaur Hotel”

“We must remove all Kru Guy Kaeo statues because this is a hotel, not a shrine to black magic,” he said.

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