Artikel erschien September 2013

  • Stiff penalties for Phuket slow loris touts in wake of Rihanna Instagram

    Stiff penalties for Phuket slow loris touts in wake of Rihanna Instagram

    PHUKET: The changing faces of touts in Phuket exploiting the slow loris – a vulnerable and protected species – is a sign that the penalty for the crime is stiff enough, said Patong Police Deputy Superintendent Pratuang Polmana.

  • Phuket expat Gerald Mason in urgent need of help

    Phuket expat Gerald Mason in urgent need of help

    PHUKET: Expats contribute to Phuket’s well-being in various ways.

  • Phuket 7-Eleven teenage shooter claims self-defense

    Phuket 7-Eleven teenage shooter claims self-defense

    PHUKET: Two teenagers charged yesterday with shooting dead an 18-year-old man outside of a 7-Eleven in Rawai claimed that the gun was fired out of self-defense. Korrawit Sriboonma, a waiter at the popular Sala Loi seafood restaurant on the Rawai beachfront, was gunned down with a homemade gun on the corner of Soi Laem Ka Yai at about 4am on Sunday (story

  • Phuket Viral:  Rihanna sex show tweets put ball in police court

    Phuket Viral: Rihanna sex show tweets put ball in police court

    PHUKET: Officials were lambasted today after Rihanna tweets about Phuket sex shows went viral. From Twitter account @rihanna, Rihanna expressed her surprise over a Patong showgirl’s abilities.

  • Video Report: Phuket rescue worker shoots man over love triangle

    Video Report: Phuket rescue worker shoots man over love triangle

    PHUKET: A 24-year-old man was shot in Patong over a love-triangle dispute yesterday afternoon. The victim, Worrawut Thaweeapideeserm, was rushed to Patong Hospital with a bullet wound to his shoulder. “After initial treatment, he was transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital to have the bullet removed,” said Pattapee Srichay of the Patong Police.

  • No justice served on Phuket Tourist Court’s opening day

    No justice served on Phuket Tourist Court’s opening day

    PHUKET: The judge’s gavel will not fall at the Phuket Tourist Court’s official opening tomorrow, as no cases will be heard the day of the formal opening, revealed Phuket Court Chief Judge Parinya Chaowalittawin this afternoon.

  • Helmetless sidecar driver dies after big bike wipeout

    Helmetless sidecar driver dies after big bike wipeout

    PHUKET: A helmetless driver of a motorbike with sidecar died after a high-speed collision with a big bike travelling at high speed in Thalang on Saturday evening. Tah Chat Chai Police arrived at the u-turn south of Kor En curve, notoriously nicknamed by locals as “Death Curve”, on Thepkrasattri Road (map

  • Leading candidate as Phuket’s new top cop ‘open to all’

    Leading candidate as Phuket’s new top cop ‘open to all’

    PHUKET: The man being tipped to become the next top cop in Phuket, Maj Gen Ong-art Phiewruangnont, is a “country person” open to listening to everyone. “Anyone who has a problem is welcome to come and talk to me.

  • Chinese tourists and guide injured in speedboat collision

    Chinese tourists and guide injured in speedboat collision

    PHUKET: Four Chinese tourists and their Thai guide were injured yesterday afternoon when two speedboats collided in Phang Nga Bay off Khai Nok island. Witnesses from both boats told police that as the speedboat Nontasak, carrying 31 Chinese tourists, approached the beach at Koh Khai Nok, it was struck by another boat, Sasiyanon. The five people injured in the accident were all taken to Phuket’s Mission Hospital, said Panya Chaichana of the Phuket Marine Poloice.

  • Phuket teen gang shoots man dead over insults

    Phuket teen gang shoots man dead over insults

    PHUKET: Police have arrested several youths after an 18-year-old was shot dead in front of a 7-Eleven store in Phuket’s Rawai Beach area early yesterday morning. Chalong Police received a report of the shooting at 4am, and soon arrived at the 7-Eleven store at the entrance to Laem Ka Yai Beach on Wiset Road (map