PHUKET – A Swiss tourist died after he lost control of his car and it plunged into the sea, crashing into the roof a motel on the way down. The accident took place at the Rawai pier in Muang district of Phuket on Saturday morning. The Swiss man was identified as Stefan Bravnwalder, 46. Read […]
BANGKOK, 15 February 2013 (NNT) – A recent poll has indicated that the southern province of Phuket is the most popular destination for Thai tourists; while 80% of the Thai travelers prefer travelling domestically to going abroad. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce conducted a poll […]
PHUKET, Jan 25 – A New Zealand yachtsman was found dead after falling from his boat in Thailand’s southern resort of Phuket. Local police said the victim, identified as Richard Ernest Spraggs, 59, fell into the sea at Chalong Pier in the Phuket provincial seat, apparently hitting his head on another boat and that he […]
A taxi driver has been arrested on rape charges after a Chinese tourist told Phuket police on Saturday January 19 he frightened her into performing sexual acts with him. PHUKET – January 23,2013; Pol Col Sermpan Sirikong, Superintendent of Phuket Police told The Phuket News that the Chinese woman had left her room at the […]
Phuket Police have arrested an Australian accused of shooting two German tourists by accident during a debt collection that went horribly wrong Reports from the island suggest that the Australian was actually aiming at a Danish man who is said to have owed money for a motorbike rental, but that the Australian missed and instead […]
A 28-year-old Frenchman wanted by his home country on charges of raping a handicapped woman was arrested in Phuket. He was also found to have an expired visa, and will be deported back to France. He reportedly has a Thai wife. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
The body of a Dutch tourist with injuries to torso was found at sea off Phuket’s Patong beach. The cause of death may be a swimming accident or murder. Read more: MCOT
Phuket resident Tom Travers says he and his Thai girlfriend Jen Khamsorn were subjected to an “unprovoked attack” by a group of Russians at Catch Beach Club, Surin, in the early hours of this morning. Read more: thephuketnews.com
