A Kazakh man was charged with attempting to murder a Russian man in Phuket.
Artur Legay, a 48-year-old Kazakh man, was charged with “attempt to murder, possession of firearms, and ammunition without permission” on June 11 by Phuket police.
Mr. Artur was apprehended by police on June 8 at Phuket International Airport as a suspect in the shooting of 44-year-old Russian Dmitry Aleynikov before noon on June 7.
Mr. Dmitry was shot four times around his chest while parking his car in front of a cafe he regularly visits in the Laguna Phuket area.
The Russian man was shot around his chest on June 7, 2023.The shooting spot was outside the cafe in the Laguna Phuket area.The gunman fired four shots through the windshield of the car.
According to CCTV footage, the assailant fled the scene on a motorcycle without a licence plate along Pa Sak-Ban Don Road, Choeng Thale Subdistrict, Thalang District, 700 metres from the shooting location, he paused at the construction site and threw his gun, jacket, sunglasses, gloves, and shoes into the swamp.
The forensics officers then search the swampy area for any evidence the gunman may have left behind. They found eyeglasses, gloves, and footwear at first.
The police officers search the swampy area for any evidence.The shoes that were found in the swamp
Later that day, officers discovered a motorbike with muddy wheels and footrests that the suspect had abandoned at the resort in Soi Pa Sak 1, Choeng Thale Subdistrict. This resort is approximately one kilometre from the location where the belongings of the gunman were dumped into the a swamp. A new licence plate was attached to the motorcycle.
Staff at the resort say that this motorbike was rented by a Kazakh customer. He had been staying at the resort since May 21, but he was two days behind on his payments. So, the police looked at the CCTV video again and decided that this Kazakh man looked like the person who shot the Russian man at the scene.
A motorbike with muddy wheels and footrests that the suspect had abandoned at the resort.
The next day, immigration officers at Phuket Airport discovered this individual about to depart. Consequently, he was detained based on an arrest warrant, although he has not yet been prosecuted. At that time, the weapon used in the offence was still missing.
The immigration officers at Phuket Airport detained the suspect on June 8, 2023.
The EOD police officers and Phuket Kusaldhamma Foundation staff discovered a firearm in the swamp on June 9 evening. It is a.38mm revolver with two spare bullets. The Kazakh individual was therefore charged and interrogated by police through an interpreter. He denied all charges and claimed innocence of any wrongdoing.
However, the authorities are confident in the evidence and will wait until the injured Russian man recovers before questioning him. Initially, it was believed that a conflict of interest led to the attempted murder.
EOD police on Friday night recovered the gun used by a Kazakh gunman who shot and seriously injured a Russian man.EOD police and Phuket Kusaldhamma Foundation staff spent two days in the swamp until they found the gun.
Pita Limjaroenrat, center, leader and PM candidate for Move Forward Party.
A farce, a charade, a travesty of justice, ludicrous, shambolic, and absurd – these are some of the words described the reactions of some Thais and foreigners upon learning that the Election Commission on Friday has consider to take up the case on whether Move Forward Party PM candidate Pita Limjaroenrat has violated Article 151 of the election laws by holding ITV media shares.
Article 151 criminalized anyone who applied to run for MP knowingly that he or she lacks the qualifications – and holding media shares disqualifies you. Pita could face between one to 10 years in prison, slapped with a fine between 20,000 to 200,000 baht, and banned from voting for 20 years. Basically Pita, who refers to himself as “PM elect” could be kept out of office for 20 years. He is still 42 but when he is back, he will be 62.
The intention of Article 151 was to prevent any candidate from unfairly using mass media to support them in elections and when they are in office. This makes sense.
Everyone knows that ITV has been defunct, not active as a mass media for 16 years and that Pita’s 42,000 shares, inherited from his late father, was insignificant. Yet it has not stopped the Election Commission from taking up the case. Why?
In a normal democratic society, this is just an ordinary part of the check-and-balance system. In Thailand, it is part of an elaborate scheme to prevent voters from choosing their own government, however.
All of the seven commissioners were selected and appointed by the very people who were in turn, selected and appointed by the military junta, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which was led by the junta and coup leader Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is still nine years after the coup, caretaker PM.
Meanwhile, neither the EC or the court has ever casted doubt that perhaps Prayut, as a former coup maker and junta leader should not be qualified to compete as a PM candidate – never. It is as if these people can only read the letter of the laws and not understanding the spirit of democratic system.
While some said the Pita’s case will drag on for years, since it will go to the Criminal Court, but once charged, Pita would have to vacate his (PM) post (if elected). “If elected” is a much bigger “if” now for many if not most of the 250-junta-appointed senators will likely cite the EC’s taking up of the case against Pita as a justification for not voting for Pita as PM.
If Pita’s supporters take to the streets, some rogue generals are more than ready to intervene and cite a clash between both sides as a pretext to stage yet another military coup. Army Chief Gen. Narongpan Jitkaewthae said just days before the May 14 general election that he cannot promise that the army will stay in the barracks if there is political turmoil.
The only way to defeat yet another possible coup attempt is to have enough people on the streets willing to be imprisoned – 100,000 or more, at least.
This is where Thailand found itself four nearly a month after the general election. The elaborate attempts to subvert the will of the people who casted their votes continue. It is as if those who seized control of the state in the 2014 coup and the men and women they appointed have no shame and the charade will continue to pretend that this is just a matter of the rule of law, and not the rule by law.
A Belarusian man had been missing for two days when a dog came out of the woods with one of his shoes. Then, a friend looked for him until he found his dead body.
At 4:15 p.m. on June 10, the police at Karon police station were told that the body of a foreign man had been found hanging from a tree on Moo 1, Patak Soi 20, Karon Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phuket Province, near the ridge of the dam.
When the body was examined, there were no wounds found. So, the forensic medicine doctor at Vachira Phuket Hospital told the foundation staff to bring the body back to Vachira Phuket Hospital for a more thorough autopsy. At the same time, the police call the embassy to tell his family that the body needs to be picked up for the religious service.
Mr. Alik, who is 24 years old and a friend of the dead man, said that Aleksandr, who was 26 and from Belarus, had been missing for two days and had not been found until today, when the dog took Alexander’s shoe from the hill forest. So he went out to find his friend, but when he got there, he saw that his friend had died. So he asked the local people to help him call the cops.
Mr.Alik revealed that his friend was suffering from depression. He had been hospitalised at Vachira Phuket Hospital for two weeks and just left the hospital on May 30. Before disappearing, he said that he had diarrhoea and asked to rest, but then disappeared.
Angel, a 9-year-old Thai-British girl who was encouraged by social media, has returned home after undergoing successful right eye surgery on June 8.
She will undergo the left eye operation next month.
Angel had been showing symptoms of diabetic retinopathy for two months. Initially, she did not dare tell her mother that she only saw blurry things and accidentally bumped into a door at her grandmother’s house.
Until one day she came home from playing with friends, and told her mother, “Mum, I can not see well.”
Angel has undergone the right eye operation successfully.
After checking, a doctor at the Bandung Crown Prince Hospital told that she needed and urgent surgery because she also had developed thyroid disease and a cataract.
Angel lives with her mother, Amporn Park, who is 45 years old in an unfinished one-storey house in Non-Sri Thong, Ban Chai Sub-District, Bandung District, Udon Thani Province. Her father left her and mother three years ago and has not contacted them since.
Angel’s mother has to bear the cost of supporting the family, including covering the cost of Angel’s visits to the doctor.
Angel arrived home on June 9, 2023.
Weeraphon Raksamerwong, an admin of the Ban Dung Update page who published Angel’s story, picked her up and took her home. On the way home, Angel said she was happy that she could see again and she hoped to back to school again, after missing since the beginning of the new semester in May.
“Thank you for all the encouragement that you all send to me. I will go to school. When I grow up, I want to be a teacher,” said Angel when the Ban Dung Update Facebook page broadcast live.
While parking at the convenience store, Angel can simply walk in and buy snacks and food, and when she arrived at her house, she rushed to see her own bed.It’s been shown that she can see well.
Manchester City's team captain Ilkay Gundogan lifts the trophy after winning the Champions League final soccer match between Manchester City and Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 11, 2023. Manchester City won 1-0. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
ISTANBUL (AP) — Manchester City won the Champions League title for the first time by beating Inter Milan 1-0 in Istanbul’s Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadium on Saturday.
Rodri struck in the 68th minute to see the Premier League champions and FA Cup winners complete a treble of trophies this season.
Manchester City’s Ilkay Gundogan holds up the trophy after winning the Champions League final soccer match between Manchester City and Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 11, 2023. Manchester City defeated Inter Milan 1-0. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
While it is the first time City has won European soccer’s biggest club competition, it is the third time Pep Guardiola has lifted the trophy as a coach.
City triumphed despite losing inspirational midfielder Kevin De Bruyne to an injury in the first half.
Inter Milan’s Danilo D’Ambrosio, center left, duels for the ball with Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, center right, during the Champions League final soccer match between Manchester City and Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
The victory means the club finally achieved its ambition of reaching the summit of European soccer, 15 years after Abu Dhabi’s ruling family transformed it into the richest teams in the world.
Owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan was in attendance to see City’s crowning moment. It was only the second time he has watched his team in person in 15 years.
Romelu Lukaku had the chance to score a late equalizer, but headed straight at Ederson from about four meters (yards) out.
Manchester City’s goalkeeper Ederson deflects the ball during the Champions League final soccer match between Manchester City and Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Inter Milan’s Marcelo Brozovic is dejected during the Champions League final soccer match between Manchester City and Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
City’s winner came when Rodri collected Bernardo Silva’s cutback and fired through a crowded penalty box.
Manchester City’s Rodrigo celebrates at the end of the Champions League final soccer match between Manchester City and Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 10, 2023. Manchester City won 1-0. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
The relief was unmistakeable as he raced towards City’s fans and slid on his knees in celebration.
Inter almost evened the score within minutes of that goal when Federico Dimarco hit the bar from close range.
He then looked like turning in the rebound, but saw his shot come back off teammate Lukaku.
Manchester City players celebrate at the end of the Champions League final soccer match between Manchester City and Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A trombone player of the military band is carried out on a stretcher after a faint during the Colonel's Review, the final rehearsal of the Trooping the Colour, the King's annual birthday parade, at Horse Guards Parade in London, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
LONDON (AP) — Several British soldiers were overcome by the heat on Saturday as they turned out in woolen tunics and bearskin hats to salute Prince William.
At least three guardsmen fainted during the military parade known as the Colonel’s Review, in which more than 1,400 soldiers of the Household Division and the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery were reviewed by the heir to the throne, who is honorary Colonel of the Welsh Guards.
A trombone player of the military band faints during the Colonel’s Review, the final rehearsal of the Trooping the Colour, the King’s annual birthday parade, at Horse Guards Parade in London, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
The temperature in London on Saturday was due to hit 30 C (86 F).
Afterwards William tweeted: “A big thank you to every solider who took part in the Colonel’s Review this morning in the heat. Difficult conditions but you all did a really good job.”
The event was a rehearsal for Trooping the Colour, an annual military parade held each June to mark the monarch’s official birthday. King Charles III will oversee the ceremony on June 17.
Britain’s Prince William attends the Colonel’s Review, the final rehearsal of the Trooping the Colour, the King’s annual birthday parade, at Horse Guards Parade in London, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)A trombone player in the military band faints during the Colonel’s Review, the final rehearsal of the Trooping the Colour, the King’s annual birthday parade, at Horse Guards Parade in London, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
LONDON (AP) — He was the mayor who reveled in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics, and the man who led the Conservatives to a whopping election victory on the back of his mission to “get Brexit done.”
But Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister was marred by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a steady stream of ethics allegations, from alcohol-fueled government parties that broke lockdown rules.
2001-2008: Serves as a member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing the constituency of Henley.
2008-2016: Serves as London mayor, overseeing 2012 London Olympics.
2016: Co-leader of the campaign to take Britain out of the European Union, in opposition to then-Prime Minister David Cameron, a fellow Conservative. Cameron resigns after voters approve Brexit in a national referendum on June 23, 2016.
Advocate to exit Europe Boris Johnson poses for a selfie photo before Thursday’s EU referendum vote, in Selby, north England, Wednesday June 22, 2016. Photo: Andrew Parsons / Associated Press
2016-2018: Serves as Foreign Secretary under Cameron’s successor, Prime Minister Theresa May. Johnson resigns in July 2018 in opposition to May’s strategy for a “soft” Brexit that would maintain close ties with the EU.
June 7, 2019: Theresa May resigns as Conservative Party leader over her failure to persuade Parliament to back the Brexit agreement she negotiated with the EU. The party is split between those who back May and hard-liners, led by Johnson, who are willing to risk a no-deal Brexit in order to wring concessions from the EU.
July 23, 2019: Johnson is elected Conservative Party leader in a vote by party members. He takes office as prime minister the next day, inheriting a minority government that relies on votes from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party to pass legislation. Johnson insists Britain will leave the EU on Oct. 31, with or without a deal.
Aug. 28, 2019: Johnson announces he will shut down Parliament until mid-October, giving opponents less time to thwart a no-deal Brexit.
Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson holds his dog Dilyn as he leaves after voting in the general election at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Sept. 3, 2019: Twenty-one rebel Conservative Party lawmakers support legislation requiring the government to seek an extension of Brexit negotiations if it can’t negotiate an agreement with the EU. The measure passes and the rebels are expelled from the party.
Sept. 5, 2019: Johnson asserts he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than ask the EU for another extension.
Sept. 24, 2019: U.K. Supreme Court rules government’s suspension of Parliament was unlawful.
Oct. 19, 2019: Johnson asks the EU to delay Brexit again. New deadline set for Jan. 31.
Nov. 6, 2019: Parliament is dissolved and early elections are set for mid-December as Johnson seeks a mandate for his Brexit strategy.
Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative party leader Boris Johnson poses as he hammers a “Get Brexit Done” sign into the garden of a supporter, in Benfleet, east of London on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)
Dec. 12, 2019: Johnson wins an 80-seat majority in the general election, giving him the backing to push through Brexit legislation. The victory makes Johnson the most electorally successful Conservative leader since Margaret Thatcher.
Jan. 23, 2020: The Brexit deal becomes law after approval by U.K. Parliament. European Parliament approves the deal six days later.
March 23, 2020: Johnson places U.K. in first lockdown due to COVID-19.
April 5, 2020: Johnson hospitalized and later moved to intensive care with COVID-19. He is released from the hospital on April 12, thanking the nurses who sat with him through the night to make sure he kept breathing.
Nov. 3-4, 2021: Johnson’s government orders Conservative lawmakers to support a change in ethics rules to delay the suspension of Owen Paterson, a Johnson supporter who had been censured for breaching lobbying rules. The measure passes. A day later, facing an angry backlash from lawmakers of all parties, Johnson reverses course and allows lawmakers to vote on Paterson’s suspension. Paterson resigns.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during a press conference in London, Saturday Nov. 27, 2021, after cases of the new COVID-19 variant were confirmed in the UK. Photo: Hollie Adams / Pool via AP
Nov. 30, 2021: Allegations surface that government officials attended parties in government offices during November and December 2020 in violation of COVID-19 lockdown rules. The scandal grows to reports of more than a dozen parties. Johnson denies the allegations, but opposition leaders criticize the government for breaking the law as people across the country made sacrifices to combat the pandemic.
Dec. 8, 2021: Johnson authorizes investigation into the scandal, dubbed “Partygate.” Pressure builds for a leadership challenge, but fizzles.
Feb. 3, 2022: Johnson’s longtime aide, Munira Mirza, quits Downing Street, followed by three other top aides.
March 23: The government announces a mid-year spending plan that’s criticized for doing too little to help people struggling with the soaring cost of living. Then-Treasury chief Rishi Sunak refuses to delay a planned income tax increase or impose a windfall profits tax on oil and gas companies benefiting from rising energy prices.
From left, British Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrive at No 9 Downing Street for a media briefing on May 7, 2021. Photo: Toby Melville / PA via AP
April 9: Johnson meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, pledging a new package of military and economic support. The move helps bolster Johnson and his supporters, who argue the government should not focus on domestic political squabbles.
April 12: Johnson is fined 50 pounds ($63) for attending one of the lockdown parties. Opposition parties characterize him as the first U.K. prime minister in history shown to have broken the law while in office. Johnson apologizes but insists he didn’t know he was breaking the rules.
May 22,: Findings of the “Partygate” investigation are published, detailing 16 gatherings at Johnson’s home and office and other government offices between May 2020 and April 2021. The report details excessive drinking among some of Johnson’s staff, at a time when millions of people were unable to see friends and family.
May 26: The government reverses course on its tax decision on oil and gas companies and announces plans for a 25% windfall profits levy.
June 6: Johnson narrowly wins a vote of no confidence, with Conservative lawmakers voting 211—148 to back him. But the scale of the revolt — some 41% voted against him — shakes his grip on power.
FILE – Britain’sPrime Minister Boris Johnson reacts while leading a virtual news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on Jan. 26, 2021. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP, File)
June 15: Christopher Geidt quits as ethics adviser to Johnson, accusing the Conservative government of planning to flout conduct rules.
June 24: Johnson’s Conservatives lose two former strongholds to opposition parties in special elections.
June 29: Parliament’s cross-party Privileges Committee issues a call for evidence for a probe into whether Johnson misled Parliament over lockdown parties.
June 30: Chris Pincher resigns as Conservative deputy chief whip amid allegations he assaulted two guests at a private members’ club in London. Previous sexual misconduct allegations emerge about Pincher. Questions swirl about whether Johnson knew about the claims when Pincher was given the job.
July 5: Johnson apologizes for his handling of the Pincher scandal and says he had forgotten about being told of the allegations. Two of Johnson’s most senior Cabinet ministers, Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid, quit the government.
July 6: Some three dozen junior ministers resign from the government, attacking Johnson’s leadership.
July 7: Johnson resigns as Conservative Party leader, but plans to remain as prime minister while the leadership contest is held.
November 2022: Johnson begins stepping up speaking engagements that take him around the world from India to Nigeria to Singapore to the United States. During the current parliamentary term, he reports 2.7 million pounds ($3.4 million) for speaking engagements.
March 3, 2023: A U.K. parliamentary committee says evidence suggests Johnson repeatedly misled Parliament about his knowledge of lockdown-breaking parties at his Downing Street office.
FILE – Boris Johnson leaves his house in London, on March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
March 22: Johnson insists “hand on heart” that he never lied to lawmakers about rule-breaking government parties, mounting a robust defense at a hearing that could damage or even end his tumultuous political career.
June 9, 2023: Johnson resigns his parliamentary seat after receiving report on lockdown plans.
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows airplanes operated by Thai Airways (L) and Taiwan's Eva Airways that came into contact on a taxiway at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 10, 2023. (Kyodo)
Two planes came into contact at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Saturday morning, leading to the closure of one of its four runways, the Japanese transport ministry said.
The incident occurred on a taxiway at around 11 a.m. with no injuries reported. According to the ministry and the Tokyo Fire Department, the two planes involved were operated by Thai Airways and Taiwan’s Eva Airways, respectively.
Photo shows airplanes operated by Thai Airways and Taiwan’s Eva Airways that came into contact on a taxiway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on June 10, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Eva Airways passenger)(Kyodo)
A passenger who was aboard the Eva Airways flight told reporters that there had been an “impact” while the plane was waiting for departure.
“Part of the wing of the Thai Airways plane was chipped,” the passenger said.
About 260 passengers and crew members were on the Thai Airways plane while about 200 were aboard the Eva Airways aircraft, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
The affected 3000-meter Runway A has now been closed, it said.
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Warawut Silpa-archa
Thai officers will transport “Plai Sak Surin” or “Muthu Raja,” a 30-year-old Thai male elephant who lived in Sri Lanka for 21 years, back to Thailand for treatment, but after that, it is not clear whether he has to be sent back to Sri Lanka or not.
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Warawut Silpa-archa told reporters at a news conference that the Thai government has approved a budget of 19 million baht to bring Plai Sak Surin back to Thailand.
The Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft will transport Plai Sak Surin, who weighs 3.5 tonnes, to Chiang Mai Airport, Thailand, on July 2, 2023, and he will be sent to the Chang Lampang Hospital in the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre for treatment.
Mrs. Rungnapha Phatthanawibul, Deputy Director-General of the Department of National Parks, stated that the elephant’s cage will be finished on June 10. Department personnel will next train Plai Sak Surin to step into the cage in order for him to become accustomed to it. Because of his long tusks, the transport team will lock Plai Sak Surin’s legs during plane travel so that he can move just slightly to ensure safety.
The elephant’s cage for transportation
Assistant Director of the Institute of Animal Conservation and Research at the Zoo Organisation, vet Wisit Haidthammakul, said that the team didn’t even think about the anaesthetic. We don’t want to do it more than anything else. Because the risk is so high, it harms the heart, and when the air pressure goes up, elephants can die in the air.
The most recent sign of Plai Sak Surin is that the abscess on one foot is still big, but the other side is almost totally gone. There are still some signs of the wound, which is slightly anaemic and lower in protein. Overall, it’s nothing to worry about. As for the plane journey, we will make sure the elephant eats, poops, and drains waste for at least 6 hours. We will also keep an eye on its mental state by keeping a mahout close by at all times.
According to the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Plai Sak Surin is one of two elephants that the Thai government gave to the Sri Lankan government in 2001 to train for the relics of Lord Buddha in Sri Lanka’s annual relic parade. He is in charge of the Kande Vihara Temple in Aluthgama.
Last year, Ms. Kanjana Silpa-archa, who worked to help elephants, told the ministry that Plai Sak Surin was sick. So, the ministry is working more promptly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to get Plai Sak Surin back to Thailand so he can get medical care. At the same time, the ministry sent a vet to treat the leg and foot injuries and illness caused by a big abscess. After that, he was taken to the Dehiwala National Zoo to keep getting care. The government came up with a plan to treat the elephant in Thailand.
Plai Sak Surin has long tusks.
When the reporter asked if Plai Saksurin was treated until he was healthy and if he had to be sent back to Sri Lanka again, Mr. Warawut said there would be a way to deal with Sri Lanka. Thailand gave the elephant to Sri Lanka in 2001, so it is now Sri Lanka’s property. So, if Plai Saksurin is brought to Thailand to live here permanently, Sri Lanka must agree to it first.
Plai Sak Surin now lives in Dehiwala National Zoo.
Mr. Warawut also stated that the ministry’s current policy is that elephants shouldn’t be sent to any other country, but they also need to work with the Ministry of Commerce, which is an agency that permits exports. At the moment, there are about 10 countries where Thai elephants are living. The Thai government is working with the offices in those countries to check on their health.
In this photo released by Colombia's Armed Forces Press Office, soldiers and Indigenous men tend to the four Indigenous brothers who were missing after a deadly plane crash, in the Solano jungle, Caqueta state, Colombia, Friday, June 9, 2023. (Colombia's Armed Force Press Office via AP)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday that authorities found alive four children who survived a small plane crash 40 days ago and had been the subject of an intense search in the Amazon jungle that held Colombians on edge.
The children were alone when searchers found them and are now receiving medical attention, Petro told reporters upon his return to Bogota from Cuba, where he signed a cease-fire agreement with representatives of the National Liberation Army rebel group.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday that authorities found alive the four children who survived a small plane crash 40 days ago and had been the subject of an intense search in the Amazon jungle. (Colombia’s Armed Force Press Office via AP)
The president said the youngsters are an “example of survival” and predicted their saga “will remain in history.”
The crash happened in the early hours of May 1, when the Cessna single-engine propeller plane with six passengers and a pilot declared an emergency due to an engine failure.
The small aircraft fell off radar a short time later and a frantic search for survivors began. The three adults were killed, and their bodies were found in the area.
FILE – In this photo released by Colombia’s Armed Forces Press Office, a soldier stands in front of the wreckage of a Cessna C206, May 18, 2023, that crashed in the jungle of Solano in the Caqueta state of Colombia. The discovery of footprints on May 30 of a small foot rekindled the hope of finding the children alive after their plane crashed on May 1. Soldiers found the wreckage and the bodies of three adults, including the pilot and the children’s mother. (Colombia’s Armed Forces Press Office via AP, File)
