Local news

Dangerous drive

Roti saves politician�s life

A taste for roti saved the chairman of Pradu Ngam tambon administration organisation from a bomb attack in Phetchabun�s Muang district on July 29.

Narin Klinpuang was driving his pick-up truck, accompanied by two other local politicians. As he drove past a roti stall at the Pibulsongkhram Rajabhat University gate, he couldn�t resist a craving for the snack. He told his friends to wait in the truck while he went to buy some roti.

Seconds after he got out, Narin heard a loud explosion from his truck. He found his friends badly wounded inside the damaged vehicle.

According to police, a time bomb was planted under the driver�s seat of the truck.

Too much money

Motorist overpays toll

Many motorists are angry about the rising motorway toll, but a 38-year-old woman handed over 14,510 baht to pay a 30-baht toll in Lat Krabang on August 2.

Motorway toll collector Suwanna Pantho said that she was surprised when the motorist handed her a large bundle of cash as she drove through the toll gate. Suwanna tried to stop the driver, but she refused to listen and sped away.

Motorway officials got the vehicle�s licence plate number. They made an appeal through public radio, telling the motorist to come and get her money back.

Bongkottorn Bamrungpued contacted the agency and said the pink Honda belonged to his wife and that the driver was his younger sister, Palida Napaslap. Bongkottorn said that Palida has mental health problems.

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Familiar face

Mole gives away suspect

Amri Salaemae robbed a 7-Eleven in Koh Samui.

He tried to fool police by dyeing his hair bright yellow. The 26-year-old robber didn�t want police to recognise him.

Police were still able to recognise Amri because he has a large mole on his face.

Perfect harmony

About 1,000 students from 20 primary schools in Lat Krabang district play Thai flutes at King Mongkut�s Institute of Technology on August 3. The performance is part of a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration campaign to promote traditional Thai music.

	resist (v): to stop yourself from having something you like or doing something you very much want to do craving (n): a strong desire for something toll (n): money that you pay to use a particular road or bridge appeal (n): a formal and serious request dye (v): to change the colour of something, especially by using a special liquid or substance mole (n): a small dark brown mark on the skin, sometimes slightly higher than the skin around it