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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.

City offers summer fun for Phuket children

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 02:26PM

PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality has invited all children aged six to 10 to join a wide variety of activities – some serious and some just plain fun – which will run from March 25 to April 25, at very little cost.

OrBorJor bus victim recovering after Phuket smash

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 12:48PM

PHUKET: Kirill Kulaein, 43, the Russian tourist who was hit by a Po Tong – an OrBorJor pink bus – yesterday (March 6) remains in Vachira Hospital but is out of danger.

Still no funds for new B1bn Phuket prison

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 12:19PM

PHUKET: With prisoner numbers now at bursting point in the existing overcrowded and ancient prison in Phuket Town, the director of Phuket Provincial Prison is hoping that the funds to build a new B1 billion prison in Thalang will be included in the 2014 government budget.

Phuket Opinion: Probing for the truth

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:54PM

PHUKET: Last week The Phuket News published a story about the apparent shelving of the two main land title probes that have had Phuket’s developers and hoteliers quivering for the past year.

Phuket: More bank accounts targeted by smartphone trojan

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 09:02AM

Phuket: Following the story posted by The Phuket News yesterday about a trojan/spyware virus targeted at online banking by Kasikornbank account holders, its seems that other Thai banks, too, are being targeted.

Phuket Pride Week 2013 will be ‘Same Same Not Different’

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 08:55AM

PHUKET: The Phuket Loves You Club (PLU) have officially launched Phuket Pride Week 2013, which runs from April 22-28, by announcing the first 22 planned events.

Cadbury accused of evading taxes in India: report

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 01:51PM

MUMBAI: Indian tax authorities have accused the local unit of chocolate giant Cadbury of evading $46 million in taxes by pretending to produce sweets at a factory that did not exist, a report said Wednesday.

S. Korea vows to retaliate if provoked by North

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 01:50PM

SEOUL: South Korea warned Wednesday that it would retaliate against any provocation from North Korea, a day after the North threatened to tear up the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953.

Car thief kills toddler in China: police

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 01:48PM

CHINA: A Chinese car thief strangled a two-year-old toddler to death after stealing a vehicle with the infant inside, police said, provoking outrage across the country Wednesday.

Body in car for five days on busy New Zealand road

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 01:47PM

WELLINGTON: The body of a driver lay undetected on the front seat of his car beside one of New Zealand's busiest roads for five days before anyone called police, reports said Wednesday.

Phuket: Trojan bug targets KBank accounts

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 12:50PM

PHUKET: Kasikornbank (KBank) has issued a warning to users of smart phones, particularly those running the Android system, that a “Trojan/spyware” program is currently doing the rounds, posing as a Kasikornbank app.

Russian run over by Phuket OrBorJor bus

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 11:52AM

PHUKET: A Russian tourist named by police as Kirill Kulaein, 43, was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital about 10am this morning (March 6) after being run over by an OrBorJor “po tong” pink bus in the middle of Phuket Town.

Work begins on Phuket bypass stabilisation

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 11:34AM

PHUKET: Highways Department workers are currently clearing vegetation from a steep bank between the south- and north-bound lanes of the bypass road as part of a project to stop the bank collapsing in heavy rain.

Night of terror for Phuket karaoke girl

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 10:59AM

PHUKET: A karaoke bar employee has alleged that she was raped on Monday night by a “black plate” taxi driver, who also beat her up, tied her up, stole her wallet and other belongings, and forced her to reveal her ATM pin number.

Thailand’s CP boss ‘is 58th richest in the world’

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 09:47AM

BANGKOK: Dhanin Chearavanont, the 73-year-old founder of agriculture and food conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group, was ranked 58th in Forbes magazine’s 27th list of the world’s billionaires, having almost doubled his wealth in the past year to an estimated US$14.3 billion (B492 billion).

Bangkok airport officials linked to rhino trade: police

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 08:05AM

BANGKOK: Thai authorities said Tuesday they would seek arrest warrants for three police officers allegedly involved in trafficking rhino horn through Bangkok's main airport.

US 'cannibal cop' starts trial defense

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 08:03AM

NEW YORK: The founder of an extreme fetish website used by New York's "cannibal cop" testified Tuesday that online chats about women being eaten were a typical fantasy and compared his forum to Facebook.

'Daily Show' host to helm Iran-themed movie

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 08:02AM

WASHINGTON: American forces could launch a deadly drone strike against a target on US soil if there was an "extraordinary circumstance," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter seen Tuesday.

Obama admin refuses to rule out drone strikes on US soil

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 08:01AM

WASHINGTON: American forces could launch a deadly drone strike against a target on US soil if there was an "extraordinary circumstance," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter seen Tuesday.

Riot police break up Zimbabwe PM meeting

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 6 March 2013, 08:00AM

HARARE: Riot police in Zimbabwe blocked an address late Tuesday by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, whose uneasy unity rule with President Robert Mugabe is set to end within months at the ballot box.

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