Chiang Rai News
Thai Prime Minister to Visit Myanmar
Entering Burma from Mae Sai Chiangrai
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, will pay her first official visit to Myanmar “in the near future,” the Burmese state-run New Light of Myanmar reported on Sunday.
Her first visit to Myanmar since taking office is at the invitation of Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, the paper reported. Yingluck Shinawatra was elected prime minister by Parliament on August 5.
The visit is tipped to be an effort to strengthen bilateral relations and economic trade between the neighbouring countries.
“The relationship between the two new governments is likely to be better than in recent years,” he said, particularly if Yingluck follows in the footsteps of her brother, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and places an emphasis on business over political matters.
Thailand remains Myanmar’s second largest foreign investor, with Chinese investment topping the list at more than US$ 13 billion in the 2010/11 fiscal year, and Thailand with US$ 2.49 billion, according to figures released by Burma’s Ministry of National Planning and Development in June this year.
Thailand’s dependence on Myanmar for energy, in particular natural gas, has caused Thailand to develop a closer economic relationship with the Burmese government in recent years.
According to the British government’s UK Trade and Investment office (UKTI), Thailand is now likely to develop an even closer relationship with its investment-hungry neighbour because of the March earthquake that hit Japan.
Prior to the earthquake and the ensuing damage to the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Thailand had planned to install its own nuclear power plants by 2020, according to UKTI. Greater reliance on natural gas is now expected following the nuclear crisis in Japan.
In addition, the International Atomic Energy Agency recently said Thailand was not ready to pursue its 20-year Power Development Plan from 2010-30 due to a lack of proper laws and lack of adherence to international protocols. Since this development, Thailand’s most obvious energy choice is to lean on natural gas for its energy security, said UKTI.
Thai corporate interests in Myanmar have also complicated Thailand’s commitment to human rights in regard to Myanmar, Kraisak Choonhavan, the chairman of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus, told Mizzima in July. He said the new Thai government would give first priority to the welfare of Thai business interests, and their policies would not strongly favour the Burmese people.
“This government is very dangerous to Myanmar, because it listens to corporate interests and sometimes they refuse to even listen to news and information, on how to cooperate with local people in Myanmar, like building a dam on the Salween River,” Kraisak said. “The Yadana pipe line to Thailand displaced a lot of people in Burma. Thaksin, in the last government, wanted to build the seaport project in Dawei. This new government will be the same as Thaksin’s.” Observers expect Yingluck to pursue the same line as her elder brother and former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Myanmar refugees in Chiangrai Thailand
Meanwhile, Thailand’s new government has not commented on a planned repatriation of tens of thousands of refugees living on Thailand’s border, an issue that was brought to the fore by former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva’s government.
While human rights issues in Myanmar may call on Thailand, as part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to step up to the bar and take a harder approach to Burma, UKTI said, “We suspect economic or energy-security interests may take the edge off any influencing work which could offend this neighbour.”
Energy observers note that for more than a decade, Thailand has tried to diversify away from natural gas to imported coal and nuclear energy. Gas now makes up 72 per cent of the fuel for the country’s total electricity generation, according to a recent article in the Chiang Rai Times.
Thailand in May decided to delay a planned 5,000-megawatt nuclear programme by another three years to 2023 after the devastating earthquake in Japan.
Thailand started a nuclear project in 1966. It was approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency in 1970. The project was shelved in 1978 after natural gas was found in the Gulf of Thailand. – Thea Forbes The Mizzima
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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