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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.

New Zealand backs gay marriage

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:46PM

WELLINGTON: New Zealand became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to legalise gay marriage Wednesday after a historic parliamentary vote.

Thai jailed in Aus for prostituting daughter, 9

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:41PM

SYDNEY: A Thai-born woman was jailed in Australia Tuesday for prostituting her daughter from the age of nine, marketing her to clients as the "new girl" in crimes condemned as "despicable".

Forgotten child in school van dies

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:39PM

SAMUT PRAKAN: Manassanan Thongphu, the young girl who was left in a van for several hours outside her kindergarten in Samut Prakan, has died after two weeks in a coma struggling for her life.

Dolphin dies after rescue from Phuket’s Nai Harn beach [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:34PM

PHUKET: An injured female spinner dolphin found in the water at Nai Harn beach around midday today (April 17) died this afternoon after being taken to the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC).

Phuket airport security upped after Boston bombings

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:30PM

PHUKET: The Boston bombings will not have an affect on Phuket’s risk of a terrorist attack, but security at Phuket International Airport has been increased to be on the safe side, says its director.

Wet and windy in Phuket for five more days

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 04:59PM

PHUKET: Roongrawee Aonkot, Director of Weather Forecasting at the Southern Meteorological Centre, has said the current thundery, wet and windy weather will continue in Phuket for the next five days or so.

German expat dies in Phuket after night out drinking

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 04:17PM

PHUKET: German national Peter Lutz Teubner, a Phuket resident, was found dead in his house in Karon today (April 17).

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Wednesday 17 April 2013, 02:09PM

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Phuket dive boat drama: ‘Passengers jumped overboard’

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 12:24PM

PHUKET: The manager of the liveaboard dive boat Little Princess has given dramatic details of how the boat sank in heavy seas off Koh Tachai in Phang Nga province yesterday (April 16), with many passengers jumping overboard, and their belongings sinking to the bottom of the sea along with the boat.

Phuket: Police station builder’s contract to be terminated today

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 11:27AM

BANGKOK: The Royal Thai Police have resolved to terminate their contract with PCC Development and Construction Co to build 396 police stations, some of them in Phuket, despite the company threatening to take the matter to court.

Fourth member of Phuket skimmer gang sought

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 10:59AM

PHUKET: Police have issued a photograph of a fourth member of the alleged ATM skimming gang, three of whom were arrested on Sunday (April 14). He has been named as 20-year-old Mounir Arabi, a French citizen, also wanted in Pattaya for skimming.

Phuket Buddhist amulet expert dies

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 10:49AM

PHUKET: Local singer and well-known Phuket Town Buddhist amulet expert Teerapon Kaewsakul, 46, died from a heart attack yesterday (April 16) in his apartment.

Yet another day free of road deaths in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 09:56AM

PHUKET: The island yesterday continued its run of days free of road fatalities, recording five accidents with five people taken to hospital.

'Indisputable' that US practiced torture after 9/11: panel

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 09:31AM

U.S: It is 'indisputable' that the United States engaged in torture after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks and top officials are ultimately to blame, says an independent review released Tuesday.

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Wednesday 17 April 2013, 09:22AM

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Quake kills at least 37 in Pakistan and Iran

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 12:09AM

QUETTA, PAKISTAN: A powerful earthquake struck southeastern Iran today (April 16), killing at least 34 people across the border in Pakistan and shaking buildings as far away as the Gulf and New Delhi.

Weather sinks dive boat, strands 400. Navy to the rescue

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 16 April 2013, 10:48PM

PHANG NGA: The Thai Navy offshore patrol vessel HTMS Pattani is currently standing off Koh Tachai, halfway between the Similan and Surin Islands, taking on board some 400 tourists and recreational divers stranded there by heavy weather.

Bali salvage team to haul plane wreck to beach

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 16 April 2013, 02:39PM

DENPASAR: Indonesian investigators were set Tuesday to cut up the wreckage of a plane that crashed off Bali and haul it to a beach, as they probe what caused the accident, the military said.

Weather warning for Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 16 April 2013, 10:38AM

PHUKET: The Southern Meteorological Centre has issued a heavy rain warning for Phuket, from today until tomorrow (April 16-17).

Accused Phuket tourist cop refuses to answer questions

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 16 April 2013, 09:54AM

PHUKET: The Tourist Police senior sergeant at the centre of the Phuket Town boarding shootout investigation in late March is still refusing to answer many police questions about the incident.

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