PHUKET, June 24 – The court issued an arrest warrant for a Thai man, one of two men suspected of robbing and killing an Australian tourist on the resort island of Phuket. The suspect with the arrest warrant is a Thai man in his late 20’s about 175-180 cm tall. The sketch, portraying his face […]
PHUKET, June 23 – Police fast tracked sketching of two assailants who fatally stabbed Australian tourist, as a Bt300,000 bounty has been announced for information leading to the arrest of the two attackers. Michelle Elizabeth Smith, 60, an Australian tourist, was fatally stabbed during an armed robbery on June 20 in the compound of the […]
A CHAMPION Gold Coast kickboxer has suffered life-threatening injuries on the Thai tourist island of Phuket, the victim of what his family believe was a savage bashing. Daniel Ketley suffered a fractured skull, haemorrhaging and compression on the brain, a shattered eye socket, a broken jaw, four lost teeth, a fractured vertebra, nerve damage to […]
A Perth woman has been stabbed to death in a suspected bag-snatch gone wrong on the popular holiday island of Phuket in Thailand. The woman, 60, was walking with a friend near their hotel complex in Kata Noi Bay, on Phuket’s west coast, about 10.30pm last night when they were attacked by two men who […]
PHUKET, 10 May 2012 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) is holding a tsunami alert and response exercise in Phuket province during May 10-11 in order to ready local authorities and residents for possible giant waves in six provinces along the Andaman Coast. Deputy Interior Minister Pol. Lt. Gen. Chalong Sonjai […]
PHUKET, April 28 – Travellers flocked to this resort province on Saturday despite rumours it is sinking, according to its governor Tri Akaradecha. He welcomed a group of 385 Thai and foreign passengers at Phuket International Airport flying the first flight with Thai Airways to visit the province. Read more: MCOT
Thai customs officials have arrested two Taiwanese captains and 12 Taiwanese and Indonesian crew members after their two tuna fishing boats were found to have smuggled 47,000 litres of diesel oil into Phuket. The two boats were found floating about two nautical miles north of Taphao Yai Island in Phuket. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 21 April 2012 – Experts have come out to assure the public that Phuket will never sink even if it is hit by a strong earthquake. Department of Mineral Resources Director Lertsin Raksakulwong said that the public should not worry about the possible sinking of Phuket for its earth structure is made of granite, […]
