According to bangkokpost.com, two tour guides were arrested on Sunday for allegedly stealing valuables from a tourist in Patpong, Bangkok police. Pol Lt Col Siam Insuwanno, deputy superintendent of Thung Mahamek police station, said the two suspects were named as Sommai Tubtim, 42, and Ritthicha Kongsomboon, 53. The victim, whose name was withheld, told investigators that he was attacked by a group of three men after he left a night entertainment venue in Patpong. The three men stole his valuables, including an iPhone 5 smartphone, and fled. Read article
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Gulfnews.com reports that an Omani tourist was stabbed in a Thai town. A 32-year-old Omani tourist was stabbed in the stomach last Wednesday after an altercation with a bar worker at Walking Street in Pattaya, a popular beach resort in Thailand, according to Thai news portal Pattaya One. Read article
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Bangkokpost.com reports that two elderly foreigners, one British and one Italian, say they were robbed in Pattaya by massage women they picked up on the first day of a visit to one of Thailand’s most popular tourist destinations. Salvatore Mancuso, 61, a British national who said he was a journalist, and his Italian friend Dolece […]
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Bangkokpost.com reports that a tourist from China was injured after falling off a cliff at a viewpoint overlooking Pattaya on Saturday, rescue workers said. Xiew Jing Yee, 61, sustained back and neck injuries in the eight-metre fall. Workers from the Sawang Boriboon rescue unit spent an hour to get her to safety and she was […]
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eturbonews.com reported…PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s first tourist court will open tomorrow in the popular beach resort city of Pattaya as part of the government’s move to reassure travellers of their safety while visiting the country. From 4.30pm to 8.30pm, foreign tourists can come and lodge complaints, especially over unfair services and personal security. Consideration of […]
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According to bangkokpost.com, a head-on collision between a van carrying 10 foreign tourists and an 18-wheel truck left two dead — a driver and a passenger — and nine others injured in Muang district on Sunday afternoon. The nationality of the dead passenger was not immediately known. The accident occurred in front of a PTT […]
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According to nationmultimedia.com, a Chinese tourist, Shen Baocheng, 27, was taken to Patong Hospital in Phuket Saturday morning after an accident. Police said the accident was caused by the collision of a parasailing boat and a jet ski boat, about 1km off Patong Beach. Shen, on the jet ski boat, fell into the water. Read […]
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According to scandasia.com, Danish tourist Stefan Guldager, 44, told officers at Karon Police Station that about 3am on Tuesday, he met Somjid Uti, 33, and arranged for her to accompany him to his room at the Kata Beach Studio. Waking up a bit later that same morning, he discovered Khun Somjid had disappeared into the […]
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Channel News Asia reports that two Chinese men died and three other tourists were injured on Wednesday when their speedboat struck an anchored vessel near the central Thai resort of Pattaya, police said. The engine of the speedboat carrying ten Chinese tourists hit the anchor rope of the other vessel, killing the two men at […]
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According to eturbonews.com, a married couple who run a tour bus business have been arrested in Bangkok on charges of stealing from their customers, a report said on Wednesday. The suspects were identified as the owners of Sugar Travel — Sarawoot Saipanya, 41, and Chanika Saipanya, 35. Police apprehended the husband at a condo in […]
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