Researchers from the Prince of Songkla University have found a new species of orchid in the Paribatra waterfall in the southern province of Songkhla, Thailand. Led by Sahut Chantanaorrapint, a professor from the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Science at Prince of Songkla University, the group recognized the model new species and printed their findings in an international botanical journal.
In the US, the FBI requested the extradition of 57 year old Tubtim “Sue” Howson from Thailand, who’s believed to have hit and killed 22 yr old Ben Kable along with her BMW 320i in Oakland Township early on New Year’s Day. After fleeing the scene, Tubtim boarded a aircraft on Tuesday, January 3 and made her way to Bangkok via Dallas then Helsinki on Finnair. Thai police quickly tracked her down and found her in Ratcha Buri province, and on Wednesday, February 15, deputy commander–in–chief of the Royal Thai Police Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn held a joint press conference with the accused, by which she agreed to do the proper factor and return to the US to face the fees filed in opposition to her.
Immigration police in Pattaya also arrested Julien Aubourdier, a Frenchman wished for fraud and cash laundering in his home country. The French embassy and Interpol had issued arrest warrants in opposition to him, accusing him of fraud and cash laundering in the quantity of US$10.6 million or about 370 million baht. Upon his arrest, police charged him with overstaying his visa and are working to extradite him to France to face legal motion.
In Phuket, Vice Governor Anuphap reported that over 500 motorbike accidents have occurred within the area involving foreign tourists in the past two months. Mold said that eighty % of them didn’t have driving licenses, some were carrying swimsuits, driving at excessive velocity, and not conversant in routes. He added that the rental companies have been additionally contributing to the difficulty by renting motorbikes to tourists without proper documentation.
Meanwhile, a Thai TikToker lately shared a video of foreign tourists having fun with a tubing journey along the Pai River in Mae Hong Son, a northern province of Thailand. The location was reported to be the Pai River at the Rim Pai Cottage Hotel within the Pai district of Mae Hong Son, and a resort staff member revealed that 90% of the tourists in the province have been foreigners, and almost every lodging alongside the river provided tubing actions.
The discoveries of the new orchid species and the inflow of international tourists to Thailand are indicators that the nation is well on the way to economic restoration. With the extradition of Tubtim “Sue” Howson to the US to face prosecution for the hit–and–run case that claimed the life of a younger Michigan State University student, and the arrest of Julien Aubourdier in Pattaya for fraud and money laundering, Thailand is demonstrating its commitment to justice and law enforcement..