PHUKET — A popular restaurant in Patong is searching for a group of foreigners captured on CCTV allegedly stealing a distinctive Vivienne Westwood watch left behind by a customer or staff member last Friday. The incident, shared widely on social media, has heightened concerns about foreign-linked thefts in Phuket’s tourist areas. Foreigners’ Violent Attack on […]
The Phuket Tourist Police told the Phuket Express that Mr. W. L., 28, Canadian national, told them that he was attacked by five men on Friday (February 10th) near Patong Beach. Mr. William was treated at a hospital after his nose was broken. Mr. W. told Patong police on Friday he had been drinking at […]
The Central Administrative Court has ordered Thailand’s anti-graft watchdog, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), to reveal its findings from an investigation into the expensive wristwatches seen being worn in public by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. The ruling was read yesterday (Wednesday). The court ruled that, the disclosure of the findings about this case, including […]
CHON BURI: A British national and a Thai man were arrested on Tuesday night for selling fake brand name watches online at a huge mark-up to foreign buyers in Pattaya, police said. Acting on a tip-off from an informer, a police agent contacted the British man, identified as (name removed), 43, offering to buy 12 […]
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Thursday found itself in the hot seat after it cleared Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon of wrongdoing in the luxury watch scandal, ruling by a majority vote that he did not make a false asset declaration. Addressing a press conference Thursday afternoon, NACC secretary-general Worawit Sookboon said the commission […]
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday (Dec 20) showed off to the media his premium-grade Seiko wristwatch said to worth about 250,000 baht, saying that he owns several wristwatches, including this one, and all of them have been declared with the National Anti-Corruption Commission. “Wearing this Seiko, do I look good,” he said jokingly, adding […]
On Tuesday afternoon, Pattaya Police were called to a popular market in Soi Buakhao in Central Pattaya, after vendors had detained a Russian man accused of stealing a Watch from a market stall. Officers arrived at the Grand Hall Market and arrested Mr. Dmitrii Chekulaev aged 41. Read more: Pattaya One
A 26 year old Thai Man, who purchased what he thought was a real second-hand Rolex Watch, later found the watch to be fake, despite handing over 110,000 Baht for the watch to its previous owner, a Swedish National. Khun Samit went to Pattaya Police Station on Friday evening and spoke with Police Colonel Supachai, […]
