Chiang Rai News
Coldest Weather in Decades Looms Over Thailand, 6 Deaths in Chiang Rai
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s North Northeast, and Central regions have had an unusually long cold spell this year, which has killed 63 people over the past three months, according to reports.
A majority of the fatalities were men. The youngest was a one-month-old baby and the oldest an 81-year-old. One Cambodian and one British national were among the victims.
Tuk tuk Driver keeps warn as Northern provinces temp ranged from 5 to 11 degrees
The northern province of Chiang Rai has the most deaths, with six. The 63 deaths occurred in a total of 27 different provinces.
Over 25 million people have bee affected by the cold weather, and 45 province have been declared cold-spell disaster zones, according to a Bangkok Post report.
This year’s cool season has lasted nearly three months already, making it the longest in a decade.
The three months of cold weather has occurred at the same time as three months of almost daily anti-government street protests in the capital of Bangkok.
Though many of the protesters sleep out in the streets, protest leaders say the low temperatures have not kept people from joining the demonstrations.
Akanat Promphan, spokesman for the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee, said ”It’s been cold but not freezing, and Thai people generally enjoy cool weather the same way Westerners enjoy sunny skies”.
The unusually long cool season, blamed on a cold front coming from the north, has also had an impact on Thailand’s rice crop.
The new rice harvest coming in is not of good quality, because it has flowered too early with this cool season’s unusually low temperatures, according to Vichai Sripraset, an honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
“When temperatures are low, the fertilization is bad, and then you get a lot of empty rice husks,” he added.
Meanwhile, Refugees living the in nine camps along Thailand’s western border are especially feeling the cold. The thin bamboo walls and leaf roofs of their small huts provide little protection against the cold mountain winds.
In what is bad news for the 130,000 refugees living on the Thai Burma border, the Thailand’s Meteorological Department has forecast that the country’s cold weather is to continue into late January
Naw Kler Soe, a student living in Mae La camp said that this year is the coldest she has experienced.
“It has never been this cold in the past, only this year is very cold. It’s hard for us to get up early and get ready for school. Some people don’t have enough blankets or warm clothes. School starts at 9am, but it is still very cold even at that time. Some of my neighbors get sickness such as running nose, fever and headache because of the cold weather.”
Saw Eh Pwo, a teacher at Mae La said he is worried about the cold.
“It is very cold this year. We worry our children will get sick because of the cold. It is worse for people in Zone C whose houses were destroyed in fire and they haven’t finished rebuilding their houses. Some houses still doesn’t have wall so, it is hard for them to cope with the cold.”
Naw Htoo, a resident at the Umphiem Mai camp said the cold winds of the mountains blow right through the camp.
“It’s freezing cold now. Normally, Umphiem camp is cold because it located on the mountain but this cold is different. The wind also blow and the cold feel like getting inside the bones. I got a fever and still have it. My youngest daughter [1 year old] gets a running nose quite often. We feel like we don’t want to get out of bed.”
Naw Htoo said it is hard to keep warm in the camps thin bamboo huts.
“We have to put together two-three sheets of blanket to keep us warm. Sometimes, we make fire on the stove put in the middle of the room and our whole family sit around it.”
“The elderly, young children and the sick should take extra care and if they need extra clothing they should contact the camp managers.”
The aid worker said that Umphiem Mai and Noe Poe camps situated in the mountains in Thailand’s Tak Province are “bloody cold.” Refugees are “lighting fires under the house to keep warm.”
A medic at the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai Burma border reinforced Thai public health warnings that children, the elderly and people fighting illnesses are particularly at risk and should ensure they get enough to eat and wear additional warm clothing.
The Thai Meteorological Department website confirms that minimum temperatures will continue to be between 8 to 13°C. And that it will be “very cold on the mountain top with frost in some places, minimum temperatures will be 2 to 8°C.”
Police in Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai Province have arrested a 50 year old man after the threatened to rape a 20 year-old woman and the proceeded to murder her 2 and half month old baby.
Police with doctors from Wiang Kaen Hospital and the Chao Luang Wiang Kaen Welfare Association were summoned to the scene of the incident to a 2-story cement house, Village No. 2, Tha Kham Subdistrict, Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai
On arrival they found Ms. Chanikarn, age 20, in a state of distress crying uncontrollably beside her 2 and a half month baby girl (Linlada) that was dead on the floor.
After calming Ms. Chanikarn, the child’s mother, said that at approximately 2:30 p.m she was out to collect diapers that had been dried in front of the house, while her 2 and a half month old daughter was sleep on the ground floor of the house.
She said she was suddenly approached by a Mr. Lee, about 40 years old, who lived on the opposite side of the road. He came towards her and grabbed her arm and threatened her saying if she didn’t sleeping with him he will go and kill his daughter.
Miss Chanikan refused and ran away, then Mr. Lee then walked into the house and grabbed Ms. Linlada’s leg, smashing the child’s head against the cement floor of the house. The infant died immediately.
Mr. Lee then just walked away and returned to his own home, leaving Miss Chanikan and her dead baby.
When police went to Mr. Lee’s home he immediately confessed killing the infant and was taken to Wiang Kaen Police Station for further questioning. Under caution he told police that he was sexually attracted to Miss Chanikan‘s and when her husband leave for work he took the opportunity to approach her.
He said when he saw her husband leave he crossed that road and found Miss Chanikan in the yard alone, he then threatened her to sleep with him, saying he would kill her child if she didn’t have sex with him. However when she refused he flew into a fit of rage walked into her home and murdered he baby. He said he was out of control with rage.
After killing the infant he walk across the street to his home and waited for the police to arrive. The police have charged him with premeditated murder and attempted rape. He is being held without bail at the local remand center.
Meanwhile, Miss Chanikan and her family were preparing a religious burial ceremony for the child.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/
CHIANG RAI: Prime Minister Settha Thavisin has authorized the establishment of an emergency cyber center operated by the Royal Thai Police to combat transnational crimes committed by call center gangs along the Thai border in Chiang Rai province.
On July 19, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin directed the Center to combat information technology crimes. The Royal Thai Police (Royal Thai Police) will crack down on call center gangs in Myanmar, Laos, and along the border.
His directive comes as call center gangs ratchet up their scams to defraud people of their money, causing concern among Thais and jeopardizing the country’s economic and social stability.
Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commander and Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, Assigned Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabut, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Police/Deputy Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, has launched the operation ‘Bombing the Thieves’ Bridge’ in collaboration with the CAT Office, G., mobile phone network operators AIS DTAC TRUE NT, and local security agencies to cut the mobile phone signal and WiFi internet that criminals illegally use to deceive Thai citizens.
Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai stated that they will begin pressing the first action of the ‘Explosion of Thieves’ Bridge’ in Chiang Rai Province toward the thieves’ base of operations in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone.
The territory surrounding King Roman in Laos. King Roman is now a full-service entertainment destination with an airport that welcomes travelers from Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, he explained.
According to Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai, this operation will have no influence on honest people along the Thai border, and it will only target cyber criminals.
They will also increase the arrest and prosecution of unlawful service towers, such as SIM booths, which allow gangs register SIM cards to swindle the people. Dealing with criminal organizations of foreigners and Thais who band together to deceive and damage Thais.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) suspended more than three million SIM cards on July 16 because the holders had not verified their identities with their mobile phone operators by the deadline, in accordance with the NBTC’s measures to combat alleged fraudsters’ mule accounts.
The names of the holders of 80 million mobile phone numbers used for mobile banking transactions did not match the names associated with the mobile banking accounts.
The NBTC would require mobile phone companies to authenticate SIM card holders and the names of their mobile banking accounts. The verification procedure is expected to be completed by the end of September this year.
In addition, the NBTC and Royal Thai Police have collaborated to combat illegal telecom towers throughout the country’s borders, disconnecting signals at 465 places, altering antenna direction at 470 towers, and dismantling antennas at 179 locations.
They are certain that the move will disrupt contact center gangs and other types of technology-based crime.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/
Police in Mae Chan, Chiang Rai, shot and killed a 28-year-old man who allegedly attacked a police officer with a machete. The officer was slashed in the right leg with the machete.
According to police, the culprit, known only as Mr. Toon, had been harassing local villagers in Mae Chan district, Chiang Rai, threatening them with a knife and using violet insults.
The village headman arrived on the scene to try to calm Mr. Toon, but he was shouting hysterically and taking swipes at him with the machete, so he contacted the police.
When the responding officer arrived at the site about 9 p.m., he attempted to calm the man, but he instead assaulted the officer, slashing his right leg with the machete. In self-defense, the cop had to fire his gun at Mr. Toon, striking him in the chest.
Mr. Toon and the policeman were taken to Mae Chan Hospital, where Mr. Toon died of a gunshot wound. Pol Sgt. Sutthikiat Phanomphraisakul was released from the hospital after receiving numerous stitches for his injuries.
Local police received a tip around 9.30 p.m. yesterday that a guy was causing mayhem in the village. When authorities arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Toon strolling along a public road, holding a large knife and threatening people. Mae Chan district officials attempted to contain the incident.
During a search of Mr. Toon’s home, authorities discovered methamphetamine consumption equipment. Locals told authorities that the man was addicted to Yaba (Methamphetamine) and an alcoholic.
The authorities are conducting an inquiry to determine Toon’s motivations and whether any underlying issues contributed to his violent outburst.
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