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A 60-year-old Brunei woman drowned while swimming in the sea of Krabi province on Wednesday (April 18). Mr Worapot Lomlim, chief of Hat Noppharat Thara – Mu Ko Phi Phi national park, said Thursday that the victim, Miss Pg Hjh Jamilah Pg Hj Othman, was among a tour group of Mariam
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A fire broke out at a row of shophouses on Koh Phi-Phi off Krabi province at about 9.30 pm, prompting evacuation of local residents and tourists to safe areas. The fire started at a small hotel at Soi Slinky and quickly spread out to about 20 adjoining shophouses and restaurants, according
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PHUKET: Police from Phi Phi Island have today confirmed that two dive instructors have been charged with negligence over the death of Indian tourist Alok Kumar Shukla, who drowned during his first ever scuba diving trip on Sunday (Dec 31). “We have charged two of the diving instructors present when the
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PHUKET: The Chief of the Hat Nopparat- Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park Mr Worapot Lomlim has confirmed to The Phuket News today (Sept 29) that Maya Bay at Koh Phi Phi Don will go into a “restoration period” from June until September next year by not allowing boats to
Read More PHUKET: The national park chief responsible for Phi Phi Island has ordered officials to investigate footage showing tour boats dropping their anchors onto a coral reef off Laem Thong Beach, on the northern east coast of the island. “I have asked officials to investigate the boats shown in the video and
Read More KRABI -- An official of the Hat Noppharat Thara - Phi Phi Islands National Park has been charged with fraud after being caught reselling used entry tickets to visitors. Theerayut Boonlert, chief of the park's security office on Koh Poda island, said he filed a complaint with Ao Nang police in
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PHUKET: An Italian tourist was injured when a tour speedboat carrying 27 passengers collided with – and sank – a longtail boat at Maya Bay, off Phi Phi Island, this afternoon (Nov 25). The injured tourist, named by police as Lucia Quintela, suffered scrapes on his body and had been taken
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PHUKET: Police have cited an "existing medical condition" as to blame for a 66-year-old Chinese man dying after falling unconscious while swimming with a life jacket on during a boat tour to Phi Phi Island yesterday (Sept 11). The man, identified as He Renfu, was among 30 tourists on board the
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