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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.

Authorities prepare to ‘manage’ Phuket beaches

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 12:23PM

PHUKET: Officials are gathering detailed information about every vendor and business operator on Phuket’s beaches in preparation to “manage” the beaches better.

Phuket underpass work postponed by two days

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 11:36AM

PHUKET: The start of work on the underpass next to Central Festival Phuket has been delayed until Friday (November 23).

Yellow Shirt heavy-hitters arrive in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 11:20AM

PHUKET: Maj Gen Chamlong Srimuang, one of the founders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) or Yellow Shirts, was in Phuket on Sunday heading a panel of Yellow Shirt heavy-hitters in a travelling protest labelled “Fight Thailand Crisis, Reform the Energy [industry]”.

Longfellow family hails Pitbull extradition to Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 10:32AM

PHUKET: Members of the family of Dashawn Longfellow, stabbed to death in Phuket in August 2010, have expressed delight at the decision of a UK court to deny the extradition appeal of his alleged killer Lee 'Pitbull' Aldhouse.

‘Pitbull’ to be sent back to Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 09:18AM

PHUKET: Kickboxer Lee “the Pitbull” Aldhouse has failed in his appeal against extradition to Thailand on a murder charge and is to be sent back to the country for trial.

Three teens held for Phuket bag-snatching

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 05:17PM

PHUKET: Police have arrested three teenage bag-snatchers after they stole a woman’s handbag at the entrance of the Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa on the beach road in Patong around midnight last night (November 18).

Dead Russian found floating in Phuket waters

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 03:02PM

PHUKET: A 70-year-old Russian tourist, Mikhail Bogdanov, was found dead this morning, floating in the sea off Patong Beach, in front of the Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa.

Phuket Gov meets poor communities

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 02:03PM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut met with local poor people – many of them Sea Gypsies – on Thursday (November 15) to discuss the government’s new land management plan and to hear their requirements.

Barack Obama visits Bangkok

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 19 November 2012, 11:07AM

THAILAND: US President Barack Obama arrived in Bangkok yesterday (Sunday 18) for bilateral meetings with the Thai government and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

AEC launch postponed by 12 months

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 09:02AM

PHUKET: Asean leaders have decided to delay the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) for 12 months from January 1 to December 31, 2015, to prepare the necessary regulations.

‘No blow-back seen’ from ‘Evil Man’ vid

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 08:11PM

KRABI: Phi Phi Islands Tourism Business Association chairman Wirapas Jantaro says that he has seen no fallout from the Evil Man In Krabi YouTube vid, and has urged authorities and tourism organisations to ignore it.

Early morning fire rips through house in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 04:40PM

A house off of Soi Loarong 1, alley Talat Nuea, was burnt down at 4:15 am this morning (November 17) with no injuries reported.

Baby dolphin washes up on Karon beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 04:05PM

A two-year-old baby dolphin washed up on the shores of Karon beach this morning as Karon Municipality Tourism Security Center team tried to help push the 15 kg animal back into the ocean.

2,000 butterflies released in Phuket park

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 11:32AM

PHUKET: Some 2,000 butterflies were released into the wild this morning at the entrance to Bang Pae waterfall, in the Khao Phra Taew No-Hunting Area.

Angry fishermen blockade Navy base

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 16 November 2012, 07:06PM

PHANG NGA: Fishermen angry at what they describe as harrassment and “selective enforcement” by the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) blocked off the main north-south highway in Phang Nga, outside the Tap Lamu Navy Base for two hours on Wednesday (November 14).

Thai police hold serial panty thief after jewel heist

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 16 November 2012, 05:53PM

THAILAND: Thai police said Friday they had discovered thousands of items of stolen women's underwear at the home of a robbery suspect, the second time the man has been found hoarding undergarments this year.

Thai man's penis removed after botched enlargement

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 16 November 2012, 05:52PM

THAILAND: Health officials on Friday told Thai men size does not matter after a patient had to have his genitals removed following a botched attempt to enlarge his penis by injecting olive oil into the organ.

The Phuket Badlands files

Phuket News / Features

Friday 16 November 2012, 05:34PM

PHUKET: The Government has announced formation of a new Phuket Land Centre. What will this mean? Alasdair Forbes and Nattha Thepbamrung summarise the situation.

V/Gov investigates ‘illegal’ Phuket pier

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 16 November 2012, 05:01PM

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor, Somkiat Sangkawsuthirak inspected a large partly-completed concrete-and-wood pier in Baan Ko Ane, close to the the Yacht Haven marina, after receiving a complaint via the Damrongtham Centre that the pier is illegal.

Landowners target second Phuket Sea Gypsy village

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 16 November 2012, 03:29PM

PHUKET: A second Sea Gypsy village, at Laem Tukkae on the southeast end of Koh Sireh, is facing the same fate as the village in Rawai: private individuals claiming they own the land the village sits on, with villagers arguing that they have lived there for generations.

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