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Body of missing Phuket three-year-old found in Nai Harn lagoon
PHUKET: The body of missing 3-year-old Kongpob “Nong Gorya” Chuerket
was found in the lagoon at Nai Harn Beach yesterday afternoon, police
confirmed.Nong Gorya went missing on Thursday from his home in Rawai,
and was last seen crossing the road while his parents were busy working
at their store in the construction camp where they live (story here).“We
were notified by local residents that a...
Ghost rider becomes first Phuket fatality in Songkran Seven Days of Danger
PHUKET: A woman speeding on a motorbike in the wrong lane has become
Phuket’s first recorded fatality during this year’s Songkran Seven Days
of Danger national road-safety campaign.Nannika Boonchorn, 27, from
Chaiyaphum, died after she collided at high speed with a motorbike with a
sidecar at about 4pm yesterday.The accident happened on Baan Thungkha –
Kuandindaeng Road, which runs...
DNA results confirm body of missing Russian kidnap victim
PHUKET: Unofficial DNA results and dental records confirm that the
decapitated body found in Cherng Talay on March 29 is that of missing
Russian Alexey Slabinskiy, Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander
Arun Kaewvatee announced on Saturday.“We’ve heard unofficially from the
Forensic Office in Surat Thani that the remains are those of Mr
Slabinskiy, and the teeth found in the body match the dental...
B320mn wastewater plant project at Bang Tao Beach stalls
PHUKET: As black water continues to spill over Bang Tao Beach in
Cherng Talay, local officials report that the 320-million-baht
wastewater-treatment project scheduled for completion next year has
stalled.“Our big wastewater treatment project is only 30 per cent
complete, but construction has now stopped,” Ma-ann Samran, president of
the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor)...
Phuket police praised as excellent, inspiring
PHUKET: In Phuket to review safety measures for the Songkran holidays, deputy national police chief Gen Aek Angsananont has praised the Phuket Police as “excellent” and “inspiring” in preserving the safety of tourists.Gen Aek explained that Royal Thai Police Commissioner-General Adul Saengsingkaew had issued a special directive for officers across the country to boost their efforts to eradicate crime during the...
Sponsor can’t prevent Phuket kratom arrest
PHUKET: Amid the bustle of holiday travellers at Phuket Bus Terminal 2 yesterday, officers arrested a man after confirming that the box he retrieved from a bus contained kratom leaves.The arrest of Polawat Jay-yeng, 25, occurred after a tip-off to Suthee Sirianant, Chief Administration Officer of Phuket City District Office.“Mr Polawat picked up a Sponsor drink box from a bus that had arrived from Chumphon at...
Speed, seats and safety targeted in Songkran bus blitz
PHUKET: Extra buses, drug and alcohol tests for drivers and GPS to monitor speeds have been ordered to ensure that holiday travelers make it home safely for the Songkran holidays.Ten extra buses were on standby at Phuket’s Bus Terminal 2 yesterday to cope with the 50 per cent increase in travelers as officials rolled out new disciplinary regulations for drivers who failed drug or alcohol tests.Last year...
Phuket maintains zero road fatalities in Seven Days of Danger
PHUKET: As of 9am today, no deaths had been reported in Phuket during the Songkran holiday Seven Days of Danger safety campaign.Two motorcycle accidents were reported yesterday, but neither involved serious injuries.At 6:21pm, Ampan Jansanoi, 35, lost control of her motorbike while riding in Phuket Town. Three hours...
Phuket rental shops send passport pictures to Bangkok via smartphone application
PHUKET: Nearly one-third of rental shops in Patong have started to send photos of renters’ faces and passports to the Interpol branch in Bangkok via the messaging application Line in an effort to identify stolen passports and protect against passport theft on the island.The push for tighter security follows the news that two passports...
Phuket Police under fire: Chalong Police face cleanup under new station chief
PHUKET: Officers of the Chalong Police have found themselves under tight scrutiny from their new chief, the recently reinstated superintendent Col Sirisak Wasasiri, following a blockade of the police station on Monday.All officers must now provide daily reports of their activities, inform Col Sirisak each time they leave the station on police...
Baby found abandoned in Phuket pickup
PHUKET: Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby boy found abandoned in the bed of a pickup truck in front of a luxury Phuket resort last night.The baby is healthy and is being cared for at Vachira Phuket Hospital, said Wichit Police Deputy Superintendent Jakkawat Boontaweekulsawat.Hotel staffer Anchalee Singsoon, 39, discovered the infant in the back of her pickup truck after she arrived for work...
Financial distress prime suspect in Phuket man’s suicide plunge
PHUKET: Police investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the carpark of a public housing estate in Rassada this morning have determined the man leapt to his demise.Officers were called to the Karn Keha estate near Soi Kingkaew at about 9am.“We found the body of Pongsak Pitchapan, 47, on the ground in front of the...
Another Phuket beach befouled by wastewater, again
PHUKET: Dirty, smelly water is flowing across a Phuket beach again, not in the south this time, but in Bang Tao in the north, causing health and economic problems for local boat operators.The source of the problem, say the boatmen, is local hotels dumping untreated wastewater into the Bang Tao Canal, which spills it onto the beach and into the sea.“Some of us have skin problems because we have to walk...
Safe start to Songkran Seven Days of Danger
PHUKET: The nationwide Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the Songkran holiday came into effect at midnight last night, and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Phuket office (DDPM-Phuket) has confirmed there have been no deaths reported in the first 12 hours of the campaign.“The Seven Days of Danger campaign started at midnight and will run from today until midnight April 18,”...
Phuket Governor offers safe Songkran blessings
PHUKET: Governor Maitri Inthusut hosted more than 300 people, including the island’s three vice governors, at his official residence in Phuket Town this morning for a traditional Songkran water blessing to start off the Thai New Year holiday.Vice Governor Sommai Prijasilpa led the first blessing of Governor Maitri.“Thank you for your support and for helping us develop our island. We will always support you as...
Phuket governor lends muscle to lake-filling investigation
PHUKET: Governor Maitri Inthusut yesterday lent the weight of his office to the investigation of a lake-filling project in Samkong with the aim of assisting Rassada Municipality to file a police complaint.The project, at Srisuchart Grandview housing estate, began as a municipality-ordered anti-erosion measure at the lake, but has become a noisy, dusty public nuisance and health threat, according to...
Phuket doesn't need more tuk-tuks, says tuk-tuk chief
PHUKET: Seven months after his last appeal to legalize tuk-tuk drivers on the island, Sakol Srisompoch filed yet another complaint yesterday, but this time it was against legalizing them.In September, Mr Sakol led a group of legal tuk-tuk drivers to file a third formal complaint in their campaign to stamp out the illegal tuk-tuk trade in Patong (story here).“We filed a complaint with the Phuket Land Transport Office [PLTO]...
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