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A Russian female tourist was yesterday (Apr 11) rescued by jetski rescuers at Chaweng beach in Koh Samui after she was sucked into the sea by strong waves and was almost exhausted trying to swim back to shore. According to jetski rescuers on the beach, they heard the Russian tourist, identified
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A 42-year-old Swiss man, who was wanted in his home country for intentionally spreading a communicable disease and was captured in Surat Thani’s Koh Samui on March 14, will soon be deported to face prosecution in Switzerland, Tourist Police Bureau deputy head Maj-General Surachet Hakpan told the press on Friday. The
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A 32-year-old Czech tourist was killed after he fell 30 metres down waterfall in Koh Samui, off Surat Thani province while posing for photo near the edge of the cliff on Thursday (Feb 22). J. B., a tourist from Czech Republic, travelled on a rented motorbike to Bang Khun Sri waterfall
Read More A Russian tourist faces charges after a 69-year-old British man was struck and killed by a car on Koh Samui late Wednesday night. Deputy inspector Pol Capt Nawee Jittabal said he and other officials were summoned to the accident scene in front of the Samui Ice factory in Tambon Mae Nam
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An inquiry has confirmed public land encroachment by Samui airport, as the airport assures services will not be affected even if it has to return the land. The National Anti-Corruption Commission has found there are grounds to allegations that part of the land used in the construction of Samui airport was
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Police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly robbing and injuring a French real estate developer on Koh Samui. Pongsakorn Kaewmeesri, 24, from Chiang Rai, was arrested in Tambon Borphut of Samui district. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
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SURAT THANI: An American man wanted for child sex abuse in his home country has been arrested in Koh Samui. (name removed), 26, was apprehended at Nathon pier on the southern tourist island on Friday evening. The Alabama resident had fled to Thailand to escape multiple child sex abuse charges, authorities
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A Wigton man has suffered multiple injuries after falling down an 80 metre stretch of waterfall in Thailand. Twenty-year-old Luke Scott was with friends when he slipped and fell, suffering a fractured skull and broke his ankle, jaw, eye socket, and cheekbone along with several ribs. Full story: itv.com ITV
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