Jumbo feast
Thai and foreign visitors on November 14 feed 269 elephants during the annual elephant banquet held in Surin’s Muang district.
Grisly packages
Body parts found in parcels
Authorities are looking into the origins of a human skull, foot and heart preserved in formaldehyde discovered in boxes at the Rama III branch of international courier DHL on November 15.
Police suspect the body parts were stolen from a medical school then sold to foreigners who planned to send them home as gifts.
Metropolitan Police Bureau official Srivara Rangsipramanakul said on November 16 that he had set up a special squad to trace the origin of the body parts, which were sent for examination to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital’s Forensic Medicine Department.
Plan for people
Human rights scheme endorsed
The cabinet has endorsed the Justice Ministry’s approval of the launch of the National Human Rights Plan, which will be effective until 2018, authorities reported on November 13.
The plan focuses on preserving and enhancing fundamental human rights and human dignity. Relevant government agencies are required to help adopt and implement the plan, and authorities must submit to the government an annual report on what they have done to fulfill their obligations.
The Justice Ministry is responsible for outlining the methodology for putting together the reports.
EASY NEWS FOR M1-3
Weather warning
Southerners told to prepare
The Meteorological Department warned southerners to prepare for floods. They reported the news on November 13. Authorities said a storm over the Gulf of Thailand could cause floods in Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Phattalung.
Vocabulary
- formaldehyde (n): a liquid used as a disinfectant and for preserving biological specimens
squad (n): a section of a police force that deals with a particular crime
dignity (n): the fact of being given honour and respect by people
methodology (n): a set of methods and principles used to perform a particular activity
