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Kamala combats black water threat

PHUKET: Phuket officials pushed for a 300-million-baht water-treatment plant on Friday after Kamala residents filed a complaint about stinking black wastewater.Officials and residents chalked the rancid water up to laundries and residents washing clothes and releasing the untreated wastewater into a canal that connects to the sea, said Krit Sariya, chief of the Kamala branch of...

Phuket laundry raided over wastewater poisoning canal and wells

PHUKET: A commercial laundry in Chalong has been ordered to restrict its operations pending an inquiry into untreated wastewater poisoning of private wells and killing fish in a nearby canal.Officials led by Chalong Mayor Samran Jindaphol Friday morning raided the laundry, located along a dirt track off Soi Klumyang, about 300 meters south of Wat Chalong.“Just the stench alone can be unbearable,” Mayor Samran...

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Phuket officials order a halt to deadly bungy jump

PHUKET: Officers have ordered a halt to any further development of the illegal bungy-jumping site in Phuket where two men died and one was seriously injured Friday night."It was built more than four times higher than had been approved," said Chalong Mayor Samran Jindapol.The Chalong Municipality had approved construction of a 12-meter jump tower. However, the final construction, which had not yet been...

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Police begin hunt for French murder suspects

PHUKET: Police are hunting for suspects involved in the killing of a French national who was found dead in a Phuket rental room yesterday.The body of Fabrioe Boigeol, 37, was found lying partially under a stripped mattress in a room at the Morgot Resort in Chalong at about 1:45pm (story here).“Police and forensic investigators are checking CCTV in and around the resort for possible suspects,” Phuket...

Video Report: Phuket’s B70mn one-stop yacht center to open Monday

PHUKET: Two years behind schedule and 70 million baht in the making, Phuket’s long-awaited one-stop yacht center will open with a two-week trial period, starting on Monday.“Officers involved in yacht-arrival services, such as immigration, customs and the harbor master, are now moving into their new offices,” Phuket Marine Chief Phuripat... 

Two dead in Phuket bungy jumping accident

PHUKET: Two men died and one was seriously injured in a Phuket bungy-jump test last night after the lift they were on crashed to the ground.The owner, Tossaporn Suksri, 27, and his mechanic Pitakchai Wongsricha, 30, were waiting in the lift for their turn to test the jump when a malfunction caused the platform they were standing on to free fall from 52 meters, explained Capt Kraisorn Boonprasop of the Chalong...

Police suspect French national murdered in Phuket

PHUKET: A 37-year-old French national was found dead in his underwear in a rental room in Phuket this afternoon.The Parisian was found in a pool of blood partially under a stripped mattress at the Morgot Resort in Chalong. There was evidence of blunt trauma to the side of his head.Police believe he had been dead for more than 5 hours before he was discovered at 1:45pm.“It looks as if the room was ransacked,” said Capt Krai...