PHUKET: A 50-year-old Chinese man drowned while on a trip to Similan Island yesterday afternoon (Jan 13). A tour guide from Manta Marine Co called the Similan Marine Rescue Unit for assistance at 12:45pm yesterday when one of the tourists in his group fell unconscious whilst snorkelling. Read more: thephuketnews.com
PHUKET: 18 people were injured, including a number of Chinese tourists, when the bus they were travelling on crashed on Phetkasem Rd in Phang-nga last night (Jan 11). Police are still investigating to find the cause of the accident. Read more: thephuketnews.com
Police are still looking for 69 suspects wanted for involvement in the riot in front of Thalang district police station in Phuket on October 10-11 last year. Pol Lt-Gen Tesa Sirivatho, commissioner of 8th region provincial police bureau, said today that 17 have, so far, been arrested by the police on charges of riot, arsoning […]
PHUKET: A 26-year-old British woman had over B100,000 worth of valuables stolen and suffered serious abrasions to her arms and legs when she was the victim of a snatch and grab theft on Phra Phuket Keaw Rd in kathu at 5:40pm last Thursday (Jan 7). Police are continuing to hunt for two suspects involved in […]
PHUKET — A Chinese tourist who was bitten by a giant python at a snake show in Phuket on Saturday has received compensation from the company that organized the show. Jin Jing, 29, was bitten by a 2.5-meter long python at a medicinal herb shop on Saturday morning in Muang district of Phuket which ran […]
PHUKET — Two foreign women were fined 500 baht each on charges of obscenity charge and taught a lesson about Thai culture by police as their topless drive clip rocked the internet on Sunday. The video, posted by Facebook user,Thawatchai Reemnok, on Saturday showed two foreign women leaning out of the windows of an SUV. […]
PHUKET: Police have arrested a 30-year-old Trang man in connection with the alleged attempted rape of an eight-year-old Russian tourist at a hotel in Karon on Saturday (Jan 2). Pol Lt Nipon Temsang received a phone call from a member of staff of a hotel in Karon on Saturday stating that a Russian guest had […]
PHUKET: A 61-year-old Japanese man has drowned while swimming off Koh Khai in Phang Nga Bay yesterday afternoon (Jan 1). Marine Police received the distress call at about 3pm yesterday afternoon, informing them that Japanese tourist Jun Ich Kadoriku, 61, had separated from his tour group while swimming and disappeared during a day trip tour […]
