Chiang Rai News
Thailand Seek Help From Neighbors to Reduce Transboundary Air Pollution
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports it’s working to speed up regional efforts to reduce transboundary air pollution, which is severely impacting northern Thailand.
The public, commercial, agricultural, industrial, and civil sectors must all work together to successfully reduce transboundary haze pollution, according to Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Kanchana Patarachoke. She noted that air pollution has long been a problem that this area has tried to solve.
Mr. Don Pramudwinai, the minister of foreign affairs, has held discussions with his counterparts over worries about man-made wildfires in these nations that are allegedly exacerbating the issue and having an effect on Thailand, she said.
The Foreign Affairs Minister also gave the Thai envoy to Myanmar the task of pursuing further discussions with the ministry of natural resources and environmental conservation in Myanmar.
According to Ms. Kanchana, Myanmar is stepping up its efforts to deal with its wildfire situation and appears eager to collaborate with Thailand and other countries in the region.
Additionally, she said, the environment ministry has written to its counterparts in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam to request more assistance, particularly as the region’s transboundary haze pollution worsens during the dry season in these countries.
She added that Mr. Don and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha have also urged Asean Secretary-General Dr. Kao Kim Hourn to back Thailand’s efforts to strengthen regional cooperation under the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution, which has been in effect since 2003.
Gen Prayut and Mr. Don received assurances from the Asean Secretary-General that he is willing to help advance the problem during his three-day visit to Thailand, she said.
The ministry has sought cooperation in battling transboundary haze pollution through a number of other regional methods in addition to bilateral discussions with neighbouring nations, she said.
The transboundary haze situation was most recently discussed on February 28 in Indonesia at an informal gathering of top Asean officials, she said. She said that later this year, Asean hopes to establish an Asean Co-coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control.
Air Pollution at Toxic Levels
At noon on Sunday, only the upper North still had dangerously high PM2.5 readings, with Chiang Dao district in Chiang Mai province experiencing the worst air pollution.
The provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphum, Mae Hong Son, Nan, and Phayao were found to have hazardous amounts of particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less (PM2.5), according to the Pollution Control Department.
Prior to Sunday at noon, PM2.5 concentrations varied from 91 to 310 micrograms per cubic metre of air over the previous 24 hours. The Chiang Dao neighbourhood of Chiang Mai recorded the highest number.
In the Chiang Rai neighbourhood of Mae Sai, the amount was 307 g/m3.
In the meantime, a low pressure system in the upper part of the country was anticipated to bring heavy rains there from Sunday to Thursday.
According to the department, a high pressure system from China will collide with hot, humid air in the upper portion of the country on Friday and Saturday, presumably bringing summer storms with hail and thunder.
Helicopters Fight Forest Fire
Authorities in Issan yesterday sent out six helicopters to extinguish the remaining mountain fire on Khao Wangree, which had earlier expanded from a sizable fire on Khao Chaphlu brought on by a lightning strike in Nakhon Nayok.
After the lightning hit, the fire quickly spread to Khao Laem, which is close to tambon Phrommani and Khao Phra in Muang district, on Wednesday. On Thursday, it reached Khao Nang Dam.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), and the Royal Thai Army (RTA) had deployed five helicopters by Friday to drop 191,000 litres of water to put out the forest fire, with fire barriers being constructed by ground support.
According to a report released by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) yesterday, the fire was moving from Khao Nang Dam to Khao Tabak and Khao Wangree after already destroying 1,067 rai of land. There was no damage assessment provided right away.
Yesterday morning, volunteers and forest officers were dispatched to Khao Wangree to keep an eye on the situation. Six helicopters were trying to put out the fire at 1 o’clock.
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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