cknw.com The brother of accused Canadian man Jason Hoffman stuck in Phuket, Thailand says they'll continue their online fundraiser even with the negative attention: ''We're not trying to hide anything.'' Jason Hoffman pleaded guilty to a dd charge in 2003
http://www.cknw.com/2015/05/03/74659/


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nytimes.com Thai authorities said that they were investigating the complicity of local officials and police officers in a human trafficking network along the border with Malaysia where a mass grave has been unearthed.

nationmultimedia.com Editorial: How did they hide so many people on a hilltop without their activities being noticed by the authorities? The hills in the border region between Songkhla's Sadao district and Pedang Besar are notorious for their trafficking trails. Every Thai border official who works in this area knows about them.

Phuketwan Flashback Phuketwan Investigative reporter Chutima Sidasathian, still being sued for criminal defamation over a Reuters paragraph: ''It's worse and worse, day by day. Nobody cares''.
http://journeyman.tv/67116/short-films/rohingya-hd.html

nationmultimedia.com The national police chief said that the head of Satun police will be suspended from duty in connection with the ongoing investigation into human traffickers active near the southern border.

theborneopost.com There is no evidence yet to show that Malaysians were part of the syndicate believed to be carrying out human trafficking activities in Thailand.



Krabi Update Highway Police at a checkpoint in the road outside Krabi International Airport arrested a man from Pattalung who had in his possession 24,000 methamphetamine pills (ya bah), a 9mm pistol and 13 bullets. He was delivering drugs to the holiday town of Ao Nang for the third time.

wsj.com The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge named their new daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, according to Kensington Palace.

bangkokpost.com Police charged a university student with reckless driving after she rammed her car into a group of cyclists, killing three and injuring two others.

theguardian.com The chief executive of McDonald's admitted that the world's largest burger chain is ''not on our game'' as he announced sweeping changes designed to revitalise the company which is rapidly losing customers to new a breed of customer-focused fast-food chains.

nytimes.com Dave Goldberg, 47, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and husband of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, died after falling off a treadmill and cracking his head open at a private resort in Mexico, according to a Mexican government official.

bangkokpost.com Already marketed as top destination by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Chumphon will see its profile raised by the Miss Grand Thailand 2015 competition. Pageant organisers are shooting swimsuit images for 50 hopefuls through Wednesday.

channelfour.com A total of 3690 migrants were rescued from seven wooden boats and nine rubber dinghies off the coast of Libya on Saturday, in 16 separate operations, with a further 2861 rescued on Sunday and 220 on Friday. A coastguard source said some of the boats had a capacity of fewer than 20 passengers.

news.sky.com Schools in Britain still face intimidation in the wake of the alleged Trojan Horse plot, it has been claimed. The scandal centred on allegations a clique of hardline Muslims were trying to take control of a number of schools in the Birmingham area: ''We still have dead animals hung on the gates of schools, dismembered cats on playgrounds.''



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afp Alexis Sanchez scored twice as Arsenal all but secured a top four finish in the Premier League for the 18th consecutive season with a 3-1 victory at struggling Hull.

telegraph.co.uk British boxer Amir Khan says he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jnr this year, claiming that he was asked to do so by the American fighter's manager at the weekend.



May 1 With the addition of Monday as an extra public holiday, government offices shut down from Friday and reopen on Wednesday, May 6.

June 20-21 Baba wedding at Old Phuket Town

July 14-16 Trial of Phuketwan journalists at Phuket Provincial Court

July 15-19 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek