Artikel erschien Juli 2013

  • Thai musicians arrested for murder of American tourist

    Thai musicians arrested for murder of American tourist

    PHUKET: Three Thai musicians have been arrested for the murder of 51-year-old American tourist Bobby Ray Carter Jr and the assault of his 27-year-old son in Krabi early this morning. According to one of the suspects, Ratikorn Romin, 27, from Phang Nga, a fight broke out between the three musicians and the Americans, who had joined them on-stage last night at Ao Nang’s Longhorn Saloon Bar, before the evening took a deadly turn. The police were called to the scene at about 1:30am and were confronted with the aftermath of a night of drinking and live music gone horribly wrong.

  • Phuket crane loses balance, operator flees scene of destruction

    Phuket crane loses balance, operator flees scene of destruction

    PHUKET: A crane manipulating a heavy section of concrete pipe toppled over in Phuket this afternoon, demolishing the second floor of two shops, and though no one was injured, the driver fled the scene. “As the crane was lifting a section of pipe, land subsided under the crane arm, causing the operator to lose control,“ said Sumpawat Wannasangkam of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) office at Patong Municipality.

  • ‚Nobody helped us,‘ South African family attacked by six men claim

    ‚Nobody helped us,‘ South African family attacked by six men claim

    PHUKET: The South African family attacked near Soi Bangla (map here)

  • VIDEO REPORT: Phuket king cobra attempts to swallow baby python for breakfast

    VIDEO REPORT: Phuket king cobra attempts to swallow baby python for breakfast

    PHUKET: A huge king cobra about five meters long was captured while attempting to swallow a baby python on Tuesday morning in a fruit plantation off Patak Road near Karon. “Mr Yo, a Burmese man who lives in a labor camp in the fruit plantation, saw the king cobra first,” said Wisit Chuanchit, a villager who witnessed the snake-on-snake incident

  • Phuket pushes for new road to Freedom

    Phuket pushes for new road to Freedom

    PHUKET: Top Phuket officials, including Governor Maitri Inthusut, yesterday attended the first public hearing for the proposed new road from Sirirat Road, near Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort, to Tri Trang Beach, on the southern headland of Patong Bay. About 100 people turned out to join the meeting, held at the Phuket Graceland Resort and Spa in Patong. “Actually there is already an old road that villagers use from Sirirat Road to Muean-Ngern Road, but it is just a dirt track.

  • Phuket Airport to undergo full-scale ‘explosive’ emergency drill

    Phuket Airport to undergo full-scale ‘explosive’ emergency drill

    PHUKET: A full-scale emergency-response drill will take place at Phuket International Airport today – Wednesday, July 31 – as part of the Phuket International Airport Emergency Plan 2013. “The exercise will begin at 10am and last for one hour, at the parking lot, right in front of Phuket Airport Terminal 2,” said Airports of Thailand’s Acting Phuket Director Somsiri Kuengsopha. “The drill will involve explosives being detonated in the area.

  • Greed jeopardizing tourists’ safety, says Racha group

    Greed jeopardizing tourists’ safety, says Racha group

    PHUKET: Reckless speedboat captains and tour guides chasing day-trip commissions have been named as the leading culprits jeopardizing tourists’ safety at Koh Racha, a popular day-trip island south of Phuket. Sarit Jandee, president of the Racha Conservation Club, blamed tour guides for encouraging day-trippers to swim and rent water-sports equipment on the west side of the island, which at this time of year has rough surf

  • Urgent call for more A- blood for injured Briton in Phuket

    Urgent call for more A- blood for injured Briton in Phuket

    PHUKET: Vachira Phuket Hospital has appealed for more blood donations of A-negative blood in order to continue treatment for British national Marc Harrington, 66 years old. Mr Harrington was admitted to the hospital for a head injury sustained in a motorbike accident on June 22 (story

  • Phuket officials seize machinery, halt construction at protected mangroves site

    Phuket officials seize machinery, halt construction at protected mangroves site

    PHUKET: The Phuket Land Office will be called on to answer how three Nor Sor 3 land-use documents came to be issued for “plots” within a protected mangroves site on the outskirts of Phuket Town. Officials from the Royal Forest Department (RFD) yesterday raided a seven-rai site in the Klong Koh Pee area, near Saphan Hin in Phuket Town. Land had been cleared in preparation for major construction.

  • Four youths charged over Phuket machete attack

    Four youths charged over Phuket machete attack

    PHUKET: Police have arrested four youths for a savage attack on a man who was repeatedly beaten and hacked by machete in Karon last Thursday, after the incident was recorded on CCTV. “We went to the scene and found the victim, Silert Pong-Aroon, seriously injured,” Karon Police Superintendent Weerawat Jantarawichit told the Phuket Gazette.