PM pushes Phuket wish-list, high-tech Bangkok shopping scam - Jan 10

Thailand news - WARNING... opinions expressed today!! Thai Moto GP grandstand tickets sell out in minutes, China and Myanmar citizens lead Thai condo sales, Thai PM visits Phuket for boat show and goes through her project wish list, some Pai tourists are working illegally, pissing off local Thai businesspeople. Theft of converted cryptocurrency in Bangkok, mostly recovered, high-tech phishing scam for shoppers around central Bangkok, Thai man jumps (or was pushed) from the 18th floor of a building in Poipet, Cambodia - police say the building sued for online scam gangs. And a Bitcoin mining hub in Chonburi raided by police for electricity theft.

Tim Newton Today is daily news commentary about Thai and the region, including issues of interest to expats and travellers to Thailand.

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