PHUKET: A 30-year-old American was last night (August 14) recovering in hospital after a bizarre incident in Chalong Police Station. Police, who withheld the American’s name, said the man walked in at about 8pm claiming that someone was following him. Read more: thephuketnews.com Tanyaluk Sakoot The Phuket News
Two teenagers who had scraped a tourist couple with their motorbike had beaten up the couple after they had insulted them. The injured tourist was named Mr. Rochelle Jeffrey, aged 47. He told that the fight broke out after he had shown the middle finger to the teenagers after he was scraped by their motorbike. […]
A family of four from South Africa were attacked and beaten by six Thai men on (July 30) as they walked along Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, close to the Aloha Hotel in Patong. PHUKET – July 30,2013 [PDN]; Pol Maj Jakkapong Luang-on of Kathu Police Station said he received a report at 1:45 in the […]
PHUKET: A Phuket tourist from the Republic of Belarus was injured on Friday night when she lost control of her motorbike and slammed into a pine tree close to Patong Beach at about 10pm. “The accident took place at the entrance to Lai Mai Beach Resort. The injured woman was Yuliya Kavaliova, a 26-year-old. When […]
PHUKET, 25 July 2013 (NNT) – The Phuket Provincial Administration has teamed up with the TAT, the police and Phuket Airport to stamp out foreign mafia and illegal taxi drivers in the tourist province of Phuket after tourist safety has been compromised. Heads of those units met recently in the southern resort province to discuss […]
PHUKET, July 25 – Thailand has set up a tourist protection centre on the Andaman Sea tourist island, targeting to improve safety in tourism as well as to tackle mafia-related problems, including black plate (illegal) taxi operators. The centre will be jointly operated by the Tourism and Sports Ministry, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), […]
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) announced yesterday that it had rescued 12 Myanmar women aged between 16-29, forced into prostitution in Phang Nga and Phuket. Officers arrested three suspects and issued arrest warrants for another two accomplices. Read more: The Nation
A recent outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has prompted the Ministry of Public Health to set up an emergency committee in preparation to combat the spread of the disease. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are at least 77 reported victims of the disease and 44 deaths so far. Read […]
