Chiang Rai News

Students from Thoeng Wittayakhom School in Chiang Rai, Participate with Samsung Smart Learning Centre

Students from Thoeng Wittayakhom School in Chiang Rai, one of the schools taking part in the first year of the cutting-edge Samsung Smart Learning Centre educational program

CHIANG RAI – Fifteen Thai schools will have the opportunity to join an inspiring educational program run by multinational tech giant Samsung this year. Samsung Smart Learning enjoys success in first year as more schools ready to join program.

Dubbed the “Samsung Smart Learning Centre” scheme, the program run by the local unit of the South Korean company promotes the problem-based learning (PBL) method among students and provides support for their schools’ efforts to introduce useful projects for their communities.

The screen-sharing feature of the Samsung Smart School can help your school meet the technological demands of the 21st-century classroom

Tablets, computers, equipment and counseling are among the support that Thai Samsung Electronics is ready to offer.

Students from each participating school can propose their ideas, and get the tools needed for materialising their initiatives.

“Schools interested in joining the campaign this year should start submitting applications from now on,” said Sasithorn Kupattanakul, senior director, Corporate Marketing, of Thai Samsung Electronics.

Students from 10 schools took part in the scheme in its first year, and the results were impressive, she said.

“We have already delivered 10 futuristic classrooms called the Samsung Smart Learning Centre to 10 schools nationwide and provided them with caring support, including our highly flexible in-school projects’ training courses based on students’ ideas, or workshops for students, instructors and teachers at the administrative level,” she added.

To celebrate the first anniversary of the Samsung Smart Learning Centre program, a “Discovery Day” has been organized by the company.

Samsung Smart Learning enjoys success in first year as more schools ready to join program

The Thai subsidiary will host a series of students’ accomplishments at the 10 participating schools around the country, and more than 60 projects completed with study approaches for the 21st century will be unveiled to the public in the exhibition series.

Six projects related to the Ing River, which runs through a community in Chiang Rai, will be presented by Thoeng Wittayakhom School, one of the institutions taking part in the first year of the cutting-edge educational program.

All projects displayed by students from this school are considered as great achievements, as the PBL method has flourished in students’ hearts after they were exposed to innovations provided in the Samsung Smart Learning Centre, she said.

For this year, Samsung will lay a wider path for students in the new century, with 15 smart learning rooms in other schools around the Kingdom.

Sasithorn said Thai Samsung had decided late in 2012 to initiate the educational project to develop skills required for Thai students in the 21st century.

“These documentaries cover many topics from food, local professions and problems in the communities, to local arts and culture. Local people who, at the end, benefit from students’ ideas also enthusiastically helped students to complete their projects. In conclusion, the initiatives of the students are the clear sign of positive change, development and progress of the students who take part in our educational-contribution plan,” she said.

More participants, besides Thoeng Wittayakhom School in Chiang Rai, the other pilot schools around Thailand participating in the first year of the Samsung Smart Learning Centre project are Ban Check Noi School in Phetchabun, Ban Mee Wittaya School in Lop Buri, Phu Kradueng Wittayocomin in Loei, Bhramanusorn School in Phethchaburi, Nonchai Municipality School in Khon Kaen, Ban Bang Lamung Kindergarten School in Chon Buri, Wat Tung Luang School in Surat Thani, Klung Ratchadapisek School in Chanthaburi, and Klong Ban Prao School in Pathum Thani.

Kanchana Aksorndit, Samsung Smart Learning Centre project adviser at Thoeng Wittayakhom School, said six projects for its community by students who joined the program are related to its beloved Ing River. Its community has been rapidly expanding, and this expansion is the cause of damage to natural resources and the environment in the area.

“The community’s atmosphere and economic capability have been destroyed since the Ing River, which is the main source of water for consumption and livelihoods, is contaminated. In 2005, an activity club for students in Thoeng Wittayakhom School named the ‘Students Love Ing River Club’ was established.

“The club’s main purpose is to observe and do some basic inspection of the water in the river, and to solve any problems found. Sadly, the club does not have scientifically correct data-collection methods and proper research methodologies that can be publicly distributed to local people.

“After our school joined Samsung’s educational initiative, our students were exposed to a ground-breaking learning centre like the Samsung Smart Learning Centre, and to the PBL concept. Innovative solutions or equipment provided in Samsung’s learning room truly fulfil our students’ learning process, as they are taught to master insightful learning approaches and are offered devices that help them systematically search for or collect data. Furthermore, they can show their findings in a way that people in their community can fully understand and then use the students’ findings for their future benefit.”

Ronnachai Kampin, one of the Thoeng Wittayakhom School students taking part in the Samsung Smart Learning Centre program, shared his experience of the educational-contribution project, saying, “After we joined Samsung’s workshop, we were assigned to create projects that can be used to develop our community based on the PBL method. To complete the assigned target, we had to conduct many experiments by ourselves. After we fully understood the problems, we wanted to tackle and build our knowledge frameworks, then we used our knowledge and devices provided in Samsung’s best-learning centre to solve the problems.

Chularat Intasin, another Samsung Smart Learning Centre program student from Thoeng Wittayakhom School, added: “Our short documentaries show that our projects related to the Ing River have been successfully carried out because of the top-class innovations provided in the learning centre of Samsung. When we do our research, we keep our collected data systematically for easy reference in future, as we believe that our projects are keys to future conservation projects and the sustainability of the Ing.

Chiang Rai News

Chiang Rai Man Kills Woman’s Infant Daughter When She Refuses His Sexual Advances

Police in Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai Province have arrested a 50 year old man after the threatened to rape a 20 year-old woman and the proceeded to murder her 2 and half month old baby.

Police with doctors from Wiang Kaen Hospital and the Chao Luang Wiang Kaen Welfare Association were summoned to the scene of the incident to a 2-story cement house, Village No. 2, Tha Kham Subdistrict, Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai

On arrival they found Ms. Chanikarn, age 20, in a state of distress crying uncontrollably beside her 2 and a half month baby girl (Linlada) that was dead on the floor.

After calming Ms. Chanikarn, the child’s mother, said that at approximately 2:30 p.m she was out to collect diapers that had been dried in front of the house, while her 2 and a half month old daughter was sleep on the ground floor of the house.

She said she was suddenly approached by a Mr. Lee, about 40 years old, who lived on the opposite side of the road. He came towards her and grabbed her arm and threatened her saying if she didn’t sleeping with him he will go and kill his daughter.

Miss Chanikan refused and ran away, then Mr. Lee then walked into the house and grabbed Ms. Linlada’s leg, smashing the child’s head against the cement floor of the house. The infant died immediately.

Mr. Lee then just walked away and returned to his own home, leaving Miss Chanikan and her dead baby.

When police went to Mr. Lee’s home he immediately confessed killing the infant and was taken to Wiang Kaen Police Station for further questioning. Under caution he told police that he was sexually attracted to Miss Chanikan‘s and when her husband leave for work he took the opportunity to approach her.

He said when he saw her husband leave he crossed that road and found Miss Chanikan in the yard alone, he then threatened her to sleep with him, saying he would kill her child if she didn’t have sex with him. However when she refused he flew into a fit of rage walked into her home and murdered he baby. He said he was out of control with rage.

After killing the infant he walk across the street to his home and waited for the police to arrive. The police have charged him with premeditated murder and attempted rape. He is being held without bail at the local remand center.

Meanwhile, Miss Chanikan and her family were preparing a religious burial ceremony for the child.

Other Chiang Rai News:

Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai

https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/

Chiang Rai News

Police in Chiang Rai Launch Crackdown on Cyber Criminals in Golden Triangle

CHIANG RAI: Prime Minister Settha Thavisin has authorized the establishment of an emergency cyber center operated by the Royal Thai Police to combat transnational crimes committed by call center gangs along the Thai border in Chiang Rai province.

On July 19, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin directed the Center to combat information technology crimes. The Royal Thai Police (Royal Thai Police) will crack down on call center gangs in Myanmar, Laos, and along the border.

His directive comes as call center gangs ratchet up their scams to defraud people of their money, causing concern among Thais and jeopardizing the country’s economic and social stability.

Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commander and Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, Assigned Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabut, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Police/Deputy Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, has launched the operation ‘Bombing the Thieves’ Bridge’ in collaboration with the CAT Office, G., mobile phone network operators AIS DTAC TRUE NT, and local security agencies to cut the mobile phone signal and WiFi internet that criminals illegally use to deceive Thai citizens.

Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commander and Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division

Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai stated that they will begin pressing the first action of the ‘Explosion of Thieves’ Bridge’ in Chiang Rai Province toward the thieves’ base of operations in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone.

The territory surrounding King Roman in Laos. King Roman is now a full-service entertainment destination with an airport that welcomes travelers from Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, he explained.

According to Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai, this operation will have no influence on honest people along the Thai border, and it will only target cyber criminals.

They will also increase the arrest and prosecution of unlawful service towers, such as SIM booths, which allow gangs register SIM cards to swindle the people. Dealing with criminal organizations of foreigners and Thais who band together to deceive and damage Thais.

Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commander and Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) suspended more than three million SIM cards on July 16 because the holders had not verified their identities with their mobile phone operators by the deadline, in accordance with the NBTC’s measures to combat alleged fraudsters’ mule accounts.

The names of the holders of 80 million mobile phone numbers used for mobile banking transactions did not match the names associated with the mobile banking accounts.

The NBTC would require mobile phone companies to authenticate SIM card holders and the names of their mobile banking accounts. The verification procedure is expected to be completed by the end of September this year.

In addition, the NBTC and Royal Thai Police have collaborated to combat illegal telecom towers throughout the country’s borders, disconnecting signals at 465 places, altering antenna direction at 470 towers, and dismantling antennas at 179 locations.

They are certain that the move will disrupt contact center gangs and other types of technology-based crime.

Other Chiang Rai News:

Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai

https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/

Chiang Rai News

Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai

Police in Mae Chan, Chiang Rai, shot and killed a 28-year-old man who allegedly attacked a police officer with a machete. The officer was slashed in the right leg with the machete.

According to police, the culprit, known only as Mr. Toon, had been harassing local villagers in Mae Chan district, Chiang Rai, threatening them with a knife and using violet insults.

The village headman arrived on the scene to try to calm Mr. Toon, but he was shouting hysterically and taking swipes at him with the machete, so he contacted the police.

When the responding officer arrived at the site about 9 p.m., he attempted to calm the man, but he instead assaulted the officer, slashing his right leg with the machete. In self-defense, the cop had to fire his gun at Mr. Toon, striking him in the chest.

Mr. Toon and the policeman were taken to Mae Chan Hospital, where Mr. Toon died of a gunshot wound. Pol Sgt. Sutthikiat Phanomphraisakul was released from the hospital after receiving numerous stitches for his injuries.

Local police received a tip around 9.30 p.m. yesterday that a guy was causing mayhem in the village. When authorities arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Toon strolling along a public road, holding a large knife and threatening people. Mae Chan district officials attempted to contain the incident.

During a search of Mr. Toon’s home, authorities discovered methamphetamine consumption equipment. Locals told authorities that the man was addicted to Yaba (Methamphetamine) and an alcoholic.

The authorities are conducting an inquiry to determine Toon’s motivations and whether any underlying issues contributed to his violent outburst.