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Three tourists rescued, one missing after tourist boat capsizes in Ratchaprabha Dam, Thailand

Surat Thani – A Singaporean tourist went missing after his boat capsized in the reservoir of Ratchaprabha Dam Thursday afternoon. Police said three other Singaporean tourists were rescued in the accident at 1:10 pm and were rushed to the Ban Takhoon Hospital. Read article

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Austrian tourist dies in motorcycle accident, Thailand

PHUKET: An Austrian tourist and a Burmese laborer died on a Phuket road at the scene when their motorcycles collided on Phuket’s holiday west coast last night. Police were today still trying to determine the cause of the unusual crash, wondering especially why the Burmese man was on Patak Road in Kata at 11.40pm.Read Article […]

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Australian tourist killed in motorcycle mishap, Thailand

An Australian tourist died when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a six-wheeler truck on Thaweeratpakdee Road in Maret a little past noon on April 18. The truck driver, Wut Mekbutra, surrendered to the police at the site of the accident. He told police that the victim, Adna Kassir, 60, was speeding head-on towards […]

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German tourist murdered Thailand

A German tourist was murdered in Khaolak A 21 year ancient German national Sebastine Wolffs body was found on a beach at Khao Lak in Thai Muang district of Phang-Nga. Police suspect that the man was killed at least 6 hours before the discovery of his body. The body was taken to Thai Muang Hospital […]

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Thailand: Workers in restaurants and resorts abandon tourists during the Tsunami in Patong

PHUKET: Workers in Patong restaurants and Phuket resorts abandoned their posts and fled the ”tsunami” today, leaving tourists to their fate. Fortunately, the ”tsunami” didn’t arrive. But the desertion by resort and restaurant workers without a care for the fate of others is deeply disturbing. Read article

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Thailand: Australian tourist raped by a former security guard and friend at nearby hotel in Phuket

According to a report contained in The Phuket News (http://www.thephuketnews.com), a former security guard at a Phuket nightclub, admitted that he and another Thai national raped a 23-year-old Australian tourist yesterday (April 12). After Theerasak Bhutrach, 26, was arrested later in the day, he told Patong [Phuket] police that he met the woman at the […]

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Thailand: Authorities is searching for missing Malaysian tourist following the bomb blast at Lee Gardens Hotel

ALOR STAR: A Malaysian tourist is believed to have gone missing following the bomb blast at Lee Gardens hotel in Hat Yai, Thailand yesterday. At press time, several officers from the Malaysian consulate-general office in Songkhla, Thailand are searching on the whereabouts of 39-year-old restaurant worker Tan Peng Chan. Read article

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Thailand: 14 people killed and 340 people injured from car bomb attack in Yala Province

HAT YAI, Thailand — Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly coordinated attacks in years in Thailand’s restive south, killing 14 people and injuring 340 with car bombs that targeted Saturday shoppers and a high-rise hotel frequented by foreign tourists. A first batch of explosives planted inside a parked pickup truck ripped through an area […]

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Thailand: American tourist fell off of 25th floor of a Pattaya condominium

An American tourist fell from his room on the 25th floor of a Pattaya condominium late Sunday night and was killed in an apparent suicide, police said. Police said Philip Joseph Queen, 53, apparently jumped from the balcony of his room on the Pattaya Beach Condominium at 10 minutes after midnight. Read article

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Thailand: Husband and Wife arrested by Banglamung Police for selling class 1 drugs

A Husband and Wife, both suspected of selling class 1 drugs, have been arrested by Banglamung Police. Officers received a tip-off that Khun Bapan aged 41 was about to deliver drugs to a customer at the front of a rented room in Banglamung District. Read article

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