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Phuket black taxi accused of molesting tourist

PHUKET: A“black taxi” driver was accused today of molesting a 19-year-old Chinese tourist during a five hour ordeal, during which he repeatedly tried to have sex with her and she repeatedly defended herself.

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Phuket Police must stamp out abuse of tourists, says Chinese envoy

PHUKET: China’s Haad-Yai-based Vice Consul, Qin Jian, has urged police to crack down hard on sexual attacks on tourists, following yesterday’s alleged molestation of a 19-year-old Chinese tourist by a “black taxi” driver who picked her up from the airport.

Government yields to pressure over school closures

BANGKOK: Bowing to a public outcry and resistance from many civic groups, the Education Ministry has agreed to create a joint committee to look into the issue of small school closures.

DSI arrests B150 million bank robber

HUA HIN: The Department of Special Investigation arrested the head of a Swiss bank robber gang on May 16 in Hua Hin.

Foreigner account? No bank you

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:49PM

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has announced new regulations for the opening of Thai bank accounts in a bid to reduce financial crime conducted by foreigners.

A mother's desperate love

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:30PM

PHUKET: Single mum Yuparate Kiawwan does not sleep at night. She can’t. If she does her son, Patchara “Petch” Samana, may die.

Thai Smile Phuket flights begin Oct 1

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 21 September 2012, 03:12PM

PHUKET: Thai Smile, the new “light” airline launched by Thai Airways International, will begin direct flights from Phuket to Bangkok and Chiang Mai on October 1, it was announced yesterday.

Bangkok gangs danced ‘Gangnam Style’ before Ekkamai gun battle, report claims

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 21 September 2012, 02:38PM

BANGKOK: The gangs involved in today’s gun battle in Bangkok’s Ekkamai neighborhood provoked each other at a restaurant the night before – by dancing the “horse dance” from PSY’s massive K-Pop hit “Gangnam Style”, local news website INN is reporting.

UPDATE: Wigged gold robber turns himself in to Phuket police

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 21 September 2012, 01:27PM

PHUKET: One of the men, named as Kosol, believed to be responsible for the gold shop robbery in Phuket Town on Monday has turned himself into police today.

Tiger fire report presented today

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 21 September 2012, 01:13PM

PHUKET: President of the Safety in Architecture section of the Association of Siamese Architects, Dr Bundit Pradabsook was due to give a three hour presentation this morning in Bangkok, releasing his organisation’s report on the deadly Tiger Disco fire in Patong.

Four de-commissioned Thai Navy vessels to be sunk off Krabi

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 21 September 2012, 10:32AM

Thailand's Royal Navy has agreed to hand over four decommissioned vessels for use in a Krabi undersea marine park projected by the provincial office, it was reported Wednesday. The project is aimed at 'increasing knowledge of undersea life' and 'increasing tourism resources at Koh Phi Phi.'

Encouraging chastity

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 21 September 2012, 10:25AM

Officials in tambon Nong Trood, Meuang district, Trang, appalled by the increasingly procreative tendencies of local teenagers, have organised a project to keep young people celibate until 'ready to have children.' It is hoped 60 young people will join the programme, which also teaches methods of avoiding pregnancy and 'the social problems that ensue.'

British woman tells of 'horrific' Phuket jellyfish stings

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 20 September 2012, 10:32PM

PHUKET: A British woman has told The Daily Mail about her traumatic ordeal when she was stung by a jellyfish while on holiday in Phuket, causing third degree burns and requiring extensive surgery.

Cover-up alleged in Phi Phi deaths

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 20 September 2012, 05:33PM

PHUKET: Travel industry leaders in Krabi have accused authorities of covering up the reasons behind the deaths of four tourists who were staying on Phi Phi Don, and have urged the government to crack down on illegal entertainment spots and the sale of narcotics on the island.

Seven held in gun factory raid

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 20 September 2012, 02:38PM

THAILAND: Following a tip-off, Phang-nga Town police raided three row houses on Monday (September 17) and arrested seven young people on a slew of charges including bomb and gun manufacture, possession of illicit drugs and possession of stolen goods.

Berger appointed Outrigger GM

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 20 September 2012, 02:34PM

PHUKET: Outrigger Hotels & Resorts has announced that it has appointed German hotelier Christoph Berger as General Manager of the Outrigger Phuket Beach Resort

Show aims to promote buffaloes

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 20 September 2012, 09:38AM

PHUKET: The Phuket Agricultural Council organised the island’s first water buffalo show at the fairgrounds beside the Heroines Monument and the Thalang museum on Tuesday (September 18).

Deal brokered over troubled Phuket condo project

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 04:52PM

PHUKET: A committee set up by the Damrongtham Centre (DC) to hear disputes between property developers and their buyers yesterday brokered a deal that may solve a long-standing problem over the 69-unit Chalong Bay View condominium.

Consuls briefed on Phuket taxi progress

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 04:38PM

PHUKET: Taxis and tuk-tuks were once again the main topic for the latest meeting between government officials and the island’s honorary consuls at Provincial Hall on Monday (September 17).

Wigged robber's wife arrested

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 03:09PM

PHUKET: Phuket Police poured officers into the Kathu Waterfall area this morning to search for one of two “wigged robbers” who robbed a gold shop in Phuket Town yesterday.

Filipinos robbed of B75,000 worth of jewellery

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 02:28PM

PHUKET: A Filipino couple in Phuket were reportedly robbed of over B75,000 worth of gold jewellery by a motorcycle thief on Saturday (September 15), on Sirirach Road connecting Patong with Karon.

Geologist warns of Phuket underpass dangers

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 02:08PM

PHUKET: A respected local geologist has warned that great care must be taken in the construction of the new B600 million underpass next to Central Festival to ensure that it does not collapse after it is completed.

Phuket Opinion: Legal taxi

Phuket News / Opinion

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 01:23PM

PHUKET: It’s human nature to want something that is difficult or even impossible to attain. Maybe it’s because we are animals who value the chase over the prey, or perhaps we are all just eternal optimists seeking a better life.

Botched abortion results in death

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 01:13PM

A 17-year-old student was found dead in a short-time hotel after performance of an illicit abortion on September 17. The incident occurred in tambon Tak Daed Moo 8 of Chumporn's Meuang district. The unidentified hotel's manager notified Meuang district police about 3pm that a girl had been found dead in one of the rooms, so the duty officer, Pol Capt Suksant Yimyaem went to investigate, accompanied by a medical officer from Chumporn Ketra Udomsak Hospital and Kupai Saichol Rescue unit personnel. At the hotel, which lies close to Chumporn town and is described as a 'resort' though catering to short-time customers, Pol Capt Suksant was led to the aforementioned, cheaply furnished room where he saw the body of a girl, 17, slender and fair-skinned, a native of Chumporn. The corpse was dressed in pink T-shirt screened with cartoon characters and black shorts, and lay supine on a single bed. Her name was not reported. The thin mattress on which she lay was covered in a flower-pattern sheet, and rested on ill-fitting box springs. In front of the bed was a mirror; above the mirror, a TV screen. The walls were white and unadorned. A bottle of soft drink stood open nearby the corpse. Only a little had been consumed. No evidence of fighting or foul play was discerned. While examining the corpse, the hospital medical officer noted a great deal of blood had flown from the vagina, swamping the underside. He said the girl had been dead no fewer than five hours. Investigators found two Pampers-type diapers thick with red and black blood. They were collected as evidence. The hotel manager told police that a woman approximately 40 years of age had arrived driving a Chumporn-registered Honda motorcycle at 8.00 AM Sunday morning and booked a short-time room. "About half an hour later," Pol Capt Suksant said, "another motorbike arrived with the girl later found dead riding on the back. Another half-hour or so passed and two or three more women were seen running back and forth from the room carrying various food items. That went on all day. Then one came and paid for the room overnight. "After that, all was quiet. "But about 2pm the following day, when the room maid entered to clean, she found the girl lying dead. The others had vanished." Pol Capt Suksant said the woman who booked the room was a regular customer of the hotel: "She rents short-time rooms five or six times a week," he said, "each time for three or four hours. She is always followed by women, who stay in the room with her, sometimes for a short time, sometimes over night." He said he expects the girl who died found herself pregnant while still in school and, fearing what might happen when her parents found out, decided on an abortion. He thinks the abortionist lives nearby the hotel. "After completing the abortion," he said, "the woman and her team watched over the girl -- but the blood wouldn't cease flowing. They tried to staunch the flow but nothing worked and finally she died. "Seeing that, they fled." It was not reported whether police planned to follow up on the investigation. Abortion is not illegal in Thailand, young women need to know that if they can have it proved by two doctors that having a baby would cause them anxiety or depression then trained doctors can perform the procedure.

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