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  • Rohingya trafficking suspect to be charged for abduction, rape

    Rohingya trafficking suspect to be charged for abduction, rape

    PHUKET: The man accused of repeatedly raping a Rohingya woman he was allegedly to smuggle from a welfare shelter in Phang Nga, north of Phuket, to Malaysia will face rape and abduction charges, police today confirmed to the Phuket Gazette. “We were issued an arrest warrant today that will allow us to take him into custody and proceed with pressing deprivation of liberty and rape charges against him,” said Lt Saner Sumard of the Kuraburi Police. Korlimula Mahamutu, as he is named in Thai on the arrest warrant, is currently being detained in Phang Nga Town as he is already facing charges of human trafficking (story

  • Phuket Opinion: Exceptions, all of us

    Phuket Opinion: Exceptions, all of us

    PHUKET: As children we were told that we were special, unique – exceptional.

  • Busted: Alleged drug dealer’s operation across from Phuket school

    Busted: Alleged drug dealer’s operation across from Phuket school

    PHUKET: Police busted a Burmese drug dealer suspected of operating out of a house across the street from a Phuket school yesterday evening. Staking out a house across from Baan Kata School, Phuket Provincial Police officer Wanchai Palawan and his team waited for Anan Kanyarat, 36, to leave the residence before stopping and searching him. Police found 4.

  • Phuket expat, in death revealed as witness in shocking Sweden murders

    Phuket expat, in death revealed as witness in shocking Sweden murders

    PHUKET: The 57-year-old Swedish expat found dead in her home in Chalong earlier this month was a key witness to one of the most shocking murder trials in Sweden’s history. The body of Aino Marianne Seppala was found lying on a couch in her living room on June 10. There was no evidence of violence in the room, reported police (story

  • Phuket man steals from women to pay for women

    Phuket man steals from women to pay for women

    PHUKET: Phuket Police on Wednesday arrested a thief who confessed to stealing mobile phones from women in order to pay for prostitutes.

  • False start for Phuket murder trial of Swedish man

    False start for Phuket murder trial of Swedish man

    PHUKET: The murder trial of Johan Sebastian Ljung – charged for his role in the killing of fellow Swedish national Maksim Schantz in Phuket two years ago – floundered yesterday after the case investigator failed to present himself in court. Mr Ljung, 25 at the time of the killing, was brought from Phuket Provincial Prison, located immediately next to the court, to appear in front of the judge at 1:30pm. However, after an hour and a half of waiting, the judge informed the court that he had been told the case investigator was unable to attend, and so decided to defer the trial until September 9.

  • New Phuket detour to ease congestion at underpass construction site

    New Phuket detour to ease congestion at underpass construction site

    PHUKET: Officials this week inspected the site of a new two-lane detour that will allow travellers between Patong and Chalong to bypass the Darasmuth Intersection in front of Central Festival, relieving congestion. The detour is in response to traffic jams at the intersection caused by the construction of the Darasmuth underpass (story

  • Poles are for climbing at Phuket Agricultural Fair

    Poles are for climbing at Phuket Agricultural Fair

    PHUKET: Seven kinds of goats could be found behind Tesco Lotus in Cherng Talay on Monday and Tuesday this week, during Cherng Talay’s ninth annual agricultural fair, which also entertained local residents with durian races, pole-climbing matches, cooking contests and animal competitions.

  • ‘Jealous’ Belgian expat stabbed, left in coma by Thai girlfriend in domestic depute

    ‘Jealous’ Belgian expat stabbed, left in coma by Thai girlfriend in domestic depute

    PHUKET: A domestic depute got out of hand last night, leading to the brutal stabbing and hospitalization of a 62-year-old Belgian expat. In a moment of jealousy, Ferdinand Salden allegedly attacked his girlfriend of about six years, who then stabbed him multiple times with a thin, sharp piece of metal.

  • ‘Jealous’ Belgian expat stabbed, left in coma by Thai girlfriend in domestic dispute

    ‘Jealous’ Belgian expat stabbed, left in coma by Thai girlfriend in domestic dispute

    PHUKET: A domestic dispute got out of hand last night, leading to the brutal stabbing and hospitalization of a 62-year-old Belgian expat. In a moment of jealousy, Ferdinand Salden allegedly attacked his girlfriend of about six years, who then stabbed him multiple times with a thin, sharp piece of metal