As Chiang Mai was listed as the city with the worst air pollution in the world on Thursday, PM Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha urges farmers to stop burning agricultural wastes. Prayut said he's reluctant to enforce the law to punish them because they're farmers.
"Please, I don't want to use the laws. If it's used you all will be breaking it. I don't want anyone to be in trouble but you must think about the quality of life of others and their health too," Prayut said.
Article 220 of the Public Health Act stipulates that anyone found posing danger to others through the buring of agricultural waste or rubbish could face up to seven years in prison and a fine of up to 140,000 baht. #Thailand #WhatsHappeningInThailand #KE #PM25 #ฝุ่นpm25วันนี้
We Salute You!
Four people, including a Dutch man, were recognized and rewarded on Thursday for their selfless acts in helping two people trapped inside a burning car in Chonburi province out to safety. The car hits an electric pole in Chonburi before catching fire. The four saw the accident and came to the rescue.
They are: Mr Jurgen Adrianus Charles Christiaan, Ms Naruemon Nannar, Mr Chalermchai Jucharoen and Mr Sitthichai Putcharoen. The four were each given a certificate, a Buddhist amulet and 5,000 baht cash by National Police Chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas at a hotel in Chonburi as part of police's "Do Good Get Reward" programme. #Thailand #WhatsHappeningInThailand #KE #Holland
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Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has ordered the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and all related agencies to pursue ad hoc measures to tackle the unhealthy level PM2.5 microdust particles in the air, particularly in 17 northern provinces as well as Bangkok and the surrounding provinces.
Prawit's personal spokesman, Gen Kongcheep Tantrawanich added on Thursday that measures include strictly enforcing vehicle emission standards in urban areas, having provincial authorities ordering a ban on the burning of sugarcane, rice and other agricultural wastes, mobilising volunteers and resources to tackle forest fire and requesting factories to reduce production level, said Kongcheep. #Thailand #WhatsHappeningInThailand #KE
Is that Thaksin Shinwatra running again?
In what appeared to be like just another election campaign poster in Bangkok, an investment company uses a photo of Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who uncannily resemble ousted and fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinwatra, to advertise its business at Ratchaprasong Intersection on Thursday. (Photo by Pravit Rojanaphruk.) #Thailand #WhatsHappeningInThailand
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