Artikel erschien April 2013

  • No reason for tuk-tuks to block sea taxi project: Phuket Marine Chief

    No reason for tuk-tuks to block sea taxi project: Phuket Marine Chief

    PHUKET: The Phuket Marine office, in an attempt to keep the airport-to-Patong sea taxi project afloat (story

  • Shots fired as Phuket yacht robbery thwarted

    Shots fired as Phuket yacht robbery thwarted

    PHUKET: Witnesses reported at least two shots fired in the dark on Chalong Bay tonight as a gang of thieves gave chase to a Phuket boat captain who outfoxed the criminals until the police arrived in force. Capt Bruce Issell was warned by a silent alarm at about 11:30pm that intruders had boarded the well-known Davinci catamaran, renowned in local yachting circles for the boat’s participation in the annual Phuket King’s Cup and Phuket Raceweek regattas. Capt Issell raced to the Chalong Pier, boarded the company dinghy and headed for the Davinci Sunseeker 50 to investigate what had triggered the alarm.

  • Killer gold robber still on the run on Phuket

    Killer gold robber still on the run on Phuket

    PHUKET: Phuket Police received a tip-off today that the armed robber of a Phuket gold shop who gunned down a customer on April 8 was still on the island. “We are continuing to gather information from witnesses [story

  • DSI re-opens probe into Phuket Police killing of a thief suspect

    DSI re-opens probe into Phuket Police killing of a thief suspect

    PHUKET: Officers from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday returned to the scene of the fatal shooting by police of a thief on the run in Phuket Town in 2009. Thaweewat Surasit, regional director of the DSI’s Bureau of Special Crime, led a team of officers to Rama IX Park, also known as Suan Luang, on Chao Fa Road to retrace the last steps of the slain man, Ongard Rordpradit, 32. Mr Ongard was shot dead by police after he resisted arrest by allegedly opening fire on police officers in pursuit of him.

  • Pressure from illegal Phuket taxis wins airport reprieve

    Pressure from illegal Phuket taxis wins airport reprieve

    PHUKET: After days of protests by taxi drivers operating under the Mook Andaman Cooperative, officials at Phuket International Airport will allow 25 of the drivers to serve passengers at the airport without further delay.

  • Phuket teens nabbed for Russian tourist bag snatch

    Phuket teens nabbed for Russian tourist bag snatch

    PHUKET: Karon Police yesterday arrested two teenagers for a bag snatch after eight days of tracking down their suspects. Russian tourist Tatiana Suslirova reported to Karon Police on April 18 that her yellow bag had been snatched from her while she was walking near the Karon Princess Hotel

  • DSI turns to Facebook to catch illegal foreigners in Phuket

    DSI turns to Facebook to catch illegal foreigners in Phuket

    PHUKET: The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is considering launching a Facebook page so that people can report foreigners working illegally in Thailand by uploading photos directly onto the Internet. The news came after DSI Deputy Director-general Yanapol Yungyuen heard a slew of complaints from Phuket business owners at a meeting in Cherng Talay yesterday. “I will open an official email address to specifically receive complaints, and we can also start a Facebook page, which might be easier for users to upload photos and tag them,” Pol Col Yanapol said.

  • Phuket Police nab serial snatch thief after hot pursuit

    Phuket Police nab serial snatch thief after hot pursuit

    PHUKET: Thalang and Phuket City Police have arrested a bag snatcher who reportedly committed 20 snatch thefts within two weeks, and three yesterday in the hours before his arrest. “We arrested Boonserm Chaluaysri, 22, yesterday after we received a report from Phuket City Police of a bag snatch in Rassada in the morning,” Thalang Police case investigator Chatree Chuwichian told the Phuket Gazette. “Phuket City Police were in pursuit of the thief and called for assistance as the thief had entered our jurisdiction,” he added.

  • B1bn Patong Tunnel payout ‘not enough’, say residents

    B1bn Patong Tunnel payout ‘not enough’, say residents

    PHUKET: Residents of the Baan Mon community yesterday continued their opposition to the proposed 6-billion-baht Patong Tunnel project, urging officials to choose a route that would not go right through their neighborhood. The opposition comes in the face of the announcement that the government would be looking to pay a total of about 1 billion baht to some 20 households that will be forced to relocate to make way for the project

  • Woman leaps to her death from Phuket bridge

    Woman leaps to her death from Phuket bridge

    PHUKET: A woman died after leaping from Phuket’s Thao Thepkrasattri Bridge this afternoon. Police identified the woman as Khemmanit Jantharaapa, 38, from Nakhon Sri Thammarat. Local resident Arun Wanayao, 22, explained that he saw Ms Khemmanit alight from a bus and wait at the roadside passenger shelter in front of the Tah Chat Chai temple.