Artikel erschien November 2013

  • Chinese tourists on Phuket ladyboy tour safe after bus dies on Patong Hill

    Chinese tourists on Phuket ladyboy tour safe after bus dies on Patong Hill

    PHUKET: An entire busload of 35 Chinese tourists were quickly and safely evacuated from a tour bus after its engine died while climbing the steep road up Patong Hill last night. The tourists were en route from the Aphrodite ladyboy show on the bypass road to the famed Simon Cabaret ladyboy show in Patong when the bus broke down just before the Chao Pho Seua Shrine (also called the “Tiger Temple” – map

  • Body found off Phuket believed to be missing Singaporean student

    Body found off Phuket believed to be missing Singaporean student

    PHUKET: A Phuket speedboat returning from dropping tourists off at Koh Hei today reported the grisly discovery of a body floating about seven kilometers south of Phuket.

  • British tourist alleges attacker in hotel room before balcony fall

    British tourist alleges attacker in hotel room before balcony fall

    PHUKET: Police are waiting for the results of a toxicology report for British tourist Romany Mitchell after she told them her drink in Phuket was spiked.

  • Police arrest man for rape of 10-year-old in Phuket

    Police arrest man for rape of 10-year-old in Phuket

    PHUKET: Police arrested an alleged pedophile for the rape of a 10-year-old girl in Phuket on November 11. The 24-year-old man, who lived across the street from the girl and her parents, faces charges of separating the child from her parents, molesting a person under the age of 15 and rape. Police took the man from Nakhon Sri Thammarat into custody under an arrest warrant issued on November 15, four days after the girl’s parents filed a complaint to Phuket City Police.

  • Runaway Phuket Thai Post truck slams into cars on Patong Hill [Video]

    Runaway Phuket Thai Post truck slams into cars on Patong Hill [Video]

    PHUKET: A Thai Post lorry that failed to make the steep climb up Patong Hill yesterday afternoon, faltered then careened backward down the hill, slamming into cars and pickups as it went. “The truck slid down the hill at about 2:15pm

  • Python snared near Phuket Town park

    Python snared near Phuket Town park

    PHUKET: A Phuket City street sweeper raised the alarm in Phuket Town earlier this week when he spotted a five-meter python hiding in a storm drain near Saphan Hin Park. “Many people were exercising in the area. I was afraid it posed a danger to them,” the street sweeper told the Phuket Gazette.

  • Weather dampens spirits, search for missing Singaporean tourist continues

    Weather dampens spirits, search for missing Singaporean tourist continues

    PHUKET: The search resumed today for missing tourist Gao Yang, who slipped from the rocks at Phuket’s Promthep Cape late yesterday afternoon. “We resumed our search this morning,” said Phuket Marine Police Inspector Chatchai Sakdee

  • Illegal loggers arrested in Phuket, one suspect armed

    Illegal loggers arrested in Phuket, one suspect armed

    PHUKET: The battle against illegal loggers in Phuket continued this week as Thung Thong Police arrested six suspects for the illegal possession of more than 50 kilograms of eaglewood with a street value of more than 300,000 baht. One of the men was found with an illegal .45 handgun, fully loaded, under his pillow.

  • British tourist drowns after Phuket weather warning issued

    British tourist drowns after Phuket weather warning issued

    PHUKET: A British tourist drowned at Karon Beach yesterday afternoon, hours after a heavy weather warning was issued for Phuket and other areas along the Andaman coast. Police named the victim as Edward Joseph Brookes, 63, from England.

  • Singaporean tourist missing after fall from iconic Phuket cape

    Singaporean tourist missing after fall from iconic Phuket cape

    PHUKET: A search-and-rescue operation was launched late this afternoon after a Singaporean tourist slipped from the rocks at Phuket’s iconic Promthep Cape and plunged into the waves below. Officers at the Phuket Tourist Rescue Center were notified of the incident at 5:40pm.