PHUKET: One French tourist is dead and another remains in a coma after the motorbike they were riding crashed at the beach road in Karon before dawn yesterday.Chalong duty officer Boonlert Onklang said that police were informed of the accident, at a curved part of the beach road near the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort, at 3.40am. Read article
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A FIRE fire ripped through a nightclub popular with foreign tourists in Thailand early today, leaving at least four people dead and more than 20 others injured, officials said. Hospital workers said foreigners were among the casualties in the blaze at the Tiger disco on the island of Phuket, where rescue workers pulled the charred […]
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Thailand on Tuesday eased visa rules for citizensof six Middle Eastern countries to boost the kingdom’s position as amedical hub. The cabinet approved a policy to allow 90-day visas on arrival forpeople seeking medical services from Bahrain, Kuwait, Omar, Qatar,Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. They may be accompanied by up to four relatives. […]
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An Australian national was drugged and robbed by a woman he had met on Walking Street and slept for 24 hours before realizing he had been the victim of a robbery. Tourist Police were called to room number 338 at the Diamond Beach Hotel just off Walking Street, occupied by Mr. Yasin Sharif aged 63 […]
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A Japanese Tourist was robbed of 300 US Dollars, 30,000 Japanese Yen and 1,000 Baht in cash during an incident on Pattaya Second Road involving transsexuals, which at the moment is being repeated on a daily basis with Police apparently powerless to prevent the crime from occurring. One of two suspects was caught by Police […]
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Two Iranian men accused of stealing Thai currency from Money Exchange Booths in Chonburi and Rayong Provinces have been arrested by Police. On Wednesday afternoon at Banglamung Police Station, Police Major General Jamnong, Provincial Police Commander, held a press conference to announce the arrest of Mr. Allashraf Rezamanesh Faramani aged 50 and Mr. Hamidzra Radshambayati […]
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Occupants of vehicles of any kind who drink alcohol during travel are now subject to six months imprisonment and/or a Bt60,000 fine, the Office of Alcoholic Beverages announced yesterday. The penalties will also be imposed on drinkers in vehicles parked on sidewalks or shoulders of public roads, including sois, regardless of whether the vehicles are […]
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A Singaporean man was arrested while drinking with a woman at a Walking Street beer bar, after a 20-year-old woman whose purse he had stolen spotted him. He had driven away with her purse after they briefly stopped at a Family Mart. The man may have committed similar reported thefts. At 2:30 a.m., a woman […]
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A Malaysian tourist was robbed and killed by two men who dumped his body in the bush in Sungai Kolok district of Narathiwat province, police said. Pol Sub-Lt Kittipong Sritho, the duty officer of Sungai Kolok police station, said a combined team of police and soldiers, led by Pol Lt-Col Tawee Thongsongsri, the deputy district […]
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A Dutch tourist was the victim of a street robbery on Pattaya Beach on Sunday Afternoon. Police were called and managed to arrest the suspected thief, Mr. Neung, a Cambodian street seller who had attempted to escape but was caught in a Hotel car park located at the Northern end of Pattaya Beach. The victim, […]
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