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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.

Phuket Songkran events round-up

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 03:12PM

PHUKET: With Songkran coming up this weekend, here's a list of events happening around Phuket.

Villagers lose fight over Phuket ‘fallow’ land

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 12:08PM

PHUKET: People living in a small village on 83 rai of land near Klong Mudong in Chalong staged a protest last Friday (April 5) when land officers, accompanied by police, arrived to survey the land.

B200k reward offered for info on Phuket robbery-murder [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 10:02AM

PHUKET: Police have offered a reward of B200,000 for information leading to the arrest of the gold shop robber who shot dead a customer yesterday evening (April 8) in the CP Goldmaster shop next to Tesco Lotus on the bypass road.

Thai draft 'lottery' brings range of emotions [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 09:58AM

Ror Dor: Early April is the time of year when healthy Thai men, aged 21 to 30 and having never attended the Ror Dor military school, need to participate in the military draft.

News Today, April 8

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 08:56AM

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Phuket gold shop robber shoots and kills customer

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 12:17AM

PHUKET: A gold robber ransacking the CP Goldmaster gold shop next to Tesco Lotus on the bypass road tonight (April 8) at about 7 pm, callously and coolly shot a customer who tried to remonstrate with him.

'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher dies at 87

Phuket News / World

Monday 8 April 2013, 07:43PM

Britain's former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the controversial 'Iron Lady' who shaped a generation of British politics, died following a stroke on Monday at the age of 87, her spokesman said.

10 rai of Phuket forest found demolished

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 8 April 2013, 07:16PM

PHUKET: Around 10 rai of Forest Reserve on Pu Wa Hill in the Kamala mountain range in Kathu have been found illegally demolished, with valuable agarwood trees cut down.

Three Chinese ‘ripped off on Phuket bike rental’

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 8 April 2013, 07:08PM

PHUKET: Three Chinese tourists have faced problems with motorcycle rental companies in the past week, the Chinese Vice-Consul in Songkhla, Qin Jian, told The Phuket News today.

Battle lines drawn over new Phuket Provincial Hall

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 8 April 2013, 06:13PM

PHUKET: Stout opposition to the proposed new Provincial Hall was voiced at a public meeting at the Phuket Merlin Hotel on Friday (April 5), with opponents vociferously unhappy that they will be losing their tennis courts and the Sanam Chai playing fields along Surin Rd.

Foreign man found dead in suspicious circumstances on Pattaya Highway 7

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 8 April 2013, 08:52AM

PATTAYA: A foreign man whose age, name, and nationality cannot be confirmed at this point, was found dead in the middle of the Pattaya-bound carriageway of Highway 7 in East Pattaya on Friday Night and he is not thought to have been killed in a road accident.

How to beat the blistering Thailand heat

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 8 April 2013, 08:42AM

BANGKOK: The sweltering weather poses few problems for people working indoors or in air-conditioned workplaces, but for many people who have to work outside, it takes some creativity to beat the heat.

Phuket medics join Bird Flu alert

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 7 April 2013, 04:02PM

PHUKET: Hospitals in Phuket and around Thailand are on high alert for tourist-borne cases of the H7N9 virus, which has claimed a sixth victim in China.

China to open disputed islands to tourism

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 7 April 2013, 03:35PM

HAINAN: China is to open disputed South China Sea islands up to tourism this month, state media reported Sunday, a move likely to inflame a long-running territorial row with its neighbours.

Massacre reports sparked by sound of bushfire, say Thai Army

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 7 April 2013, 02:46PM

KRA BURI: The army yesterday said that the account it gave the media about a deadly border clash on Friday between an unidentified group of Thai men and Myanmar soldiers was false.

7.1-magnitude quake rocks Papua

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 6 April 2013, 01:07PM

JAYAPURA: A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of Papua on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, sending panicked crowds running into the streets.

Thais accused of patrol massacre

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 6 April 2013, 12:43PM

RANONG: Myanmar authorities have asked Thailand to keep tabs on six Thais who are now receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Chumphon province for allegedly being involved in the killing of 13 Myanmar soldiers.

DSI collect ‘ancient bone’ from Phuket village

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 5 April 2013, 06:10PM

PHUKET: A team from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), led by Pol Lt Col Prawut Wongseenil, today (April 5) visited the Rawai Sea Gypsy village to collect the bone found there recently, which will be taken to Bangkok for forensic examination.

Burglar trashes Phuket tax office

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 5 April 2013, 05:50PM

PHUKET: It’s logical, really: if you want to steal a load of money, you go to the place that should have lots of it – the tax office.

Phuket: Kata/Karon tuk-tuk drivers: ‘We will block the road’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 5 April 2013, 04:56PM

PHUKET: Kata and Karon tuk-tuk drivers have confirmed in a meeting they will “definitely” block the road to stop the new airport buses entering Patong, Karon and Kata, and have officially put on record their opposition to the proposed airport bus service.

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