Two Russian Tourists were badly injured after an all-night drinking session turned into a daybreak brawl at the Hi-So Hotel in South Pattaya. Police and Rescue Services were called to the Hotel and attended to the two injured men, Mr. Evgeni Frischih aged 23 and Mr. Ruslan Manedov aged 24 who had been drinking by […]
BANGKOK, 15 November 2010 (NNT) -The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (Thai Health) has revealed a frightening figure, stating that drinking kills 26,000 people, an average of three per hour, each year. The report said deaths in alcohol-related road accidents accounted for one-third of all casualties. It also stated that the number of teenagers, aged 15-19, […]
Local authorities arrested a ladyboy for the theft of a Bt150,000 gold necklace on Friday morning. The offender had stolen the valued item from an intoxicated Norwegian national in South Pattaya. Pattaya, the 24th of September 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 5:30am on Friday, Captain Narongdet Tanapoonsilp (Pattaya Deputy Investigator) while on patrol in South Pattaya […]
An intoxicated Canadian motorist on Friday morning caused a fatal car accident with a baht-bus at the Loma roundabout in North Pattaya, according to police. All twelve people involved in the accident were later transported to hospital, one Thai woman later dying of her injuries. Pattaya, the 10th of September 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 4:00am […]
A Norwegian national has been stabbed by an unknown foreign man on Monday morning. The incident occurred after the pair had become involved in a drunken argument. Pattaya, the 6th of September 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 1:30am on Monday, Major Kriangkrai Buakla (Pattaya Police Investigator) was notified of a stabbing incident at the Nordic Residence […]
WA man Bill Douglas, whose release from a Thai jail after only two years for murdering an American sparked an outcry, says he has psychiatric problems from the herbicide Agent Orange when he fought in Vietnam. The 61-year-old, a long-term resident of Thailand, was talking to _The West Australian _before his scheduled deportation to Perth […]
A Belgian national, unaware of the dangers of accepting drinks from Pattaya’s ‘ladies of the night,’ has been drugged and robbed of a substantial amount of money having accepted a ‘spiked’ drink during a late night sexual service-call in Pattaya. Pattaya, the 5th of May 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 1:00am, police Lieutenant Colonel Chatchai Srisuwan […]
The government is imposing a strict law against drunk driving, under which violators will be arrested immediately and be subject to prosecution within 48 hours, a Bangkok seminar on road safety was told yesterday. A mandatory fine of between Bt5,000 and Bt20,000 will also be imposed on convicted violators, along with the drivers’ licence being […]
