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The ‘Fun Police’ crackdown on posting ‘lewd’ Songkran pics and video
The Thai police have become Thailand’s fun police today as they warn Songkran revellers against posting photos of scantily clad people, or ‘invitations’ to consume alcohol’… pretty much everything you see during the madness of Songkran festivities in the main tourist hot spots. “No photos, video clips of live broadcasts of nudity, lewd acts or inviting consumption of alcohol should…
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Death of Spanish man in Pattaya. Massuese wasn’t qualified.
PHOTO: Sanook The Department of Public Health say they will prosecute the Pattaya massage spa where a Spanish man died while having an oil massage. Yesterday a 67 year old Spanish man telephoned a massage shop on Central Pattaya Road to say that he wanted a massage before returning to his home country for medical treatment. The shop was not…
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Re-enacment of Koh Si Chang rape and murder case
A 24 year old Thai, charged over the rape and murder of a 27 year old female German backpacker on Chon Buri’s Koh Si Chang on Sunday, has re-enacted the horrific crime that has shaken public morale on the popular island. Koh Si Chang injuste north-west of Pattaya in the Gulf of Thailand. Ronnakorn Romruen, a resident of the Moo…
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Pattaya ladyboys nabbed for stealing credit cards from South Korean tourist
A pair of ladyboys have been nabbed for allegedly stealing a wallet with three credit cards from a South Korean tourist in Pattaya. The two suspects were identified as 33 year old Sawarin Silaket and 35 year old Onkaew Homdok . Pattaya police chief Pol Colonel Prawit Chorseng said the arrest was made after 44 year old Hojun Cho filed…
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24 year old confesses to the rape and murder of German tourist on Koh Si Chang
A 24 year old Thai man has now been formally charged over the rape and murder of a German woman on Koh Si Chang. Police on the Chon Buri island, north west of Pattaya, claim Ronnakorn Romruen, a resident of the island village of Moo 2, confessed to killing the German tourist after raping her to prevent her reporting the…
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Pattaya’s wide new beaches have been washed out to sea
The Pattaya Harbor Department admits that their plans to extend Pattaya’s eroded beaches didn’t go to plan. In fact around 400 million baht was just washed out to sea. Now the sand has been flushed away in this week’s storms and Pattaya’s landmark project is in tatters. Following Monday’s unseasonal torrential rain storm a huge chunk of the new sand…
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Pattaya city officials investigate Big Buddha Hill makeover
PHOTO: Pattaya Mail Having cleared encroachments around Big Buddha Hill’s Chinese shrine, Pattaya officials are now investigating options for the cleared land. Deputy city mayors Manote Nongyai and Pattana Boonsawat toured the Phra Yai Temple area with engineering and public works staff on Pratamnak Hill at the end of last month with an eye toward redevelopment of the temple, the…
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Big, wide beaches, but where are the stars of the show?
The video opens with travelogue music from the 1970s and the rest of the segment was missing the main stars – tourists. MCOT Presenter Preewat Bupsiri explains to the viewers about the 400 million baht that had been spent on new sand to widen the beach from a mere 5 metres to the artificially bloated 35 metres wide. A 2.8…
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Iranian tourist fleeced during visit to Walking Street in Pattaya
PHOTO: Sanook Sanook reports that an Iranian man was robbed by a female pickpocket while walking along Walking Street in Pattaya with his girlfriend. The 32 year old Sadej told investigating Police that a Thai woman had come up to the wandering couple and gave him a hug. But he says he politely pushed her away and the woman just melted back…
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Seven Chinese tourists injured in Pattaya tour bus crash
PHOTO: Pattaya Mail Seven Chinese tourists have been injured after their tour bus overturned on Sukhumvit Road in Jomtien Beach, south of Pattaya. The victims were rushed to Pattaya Memorial Hospital after the Bangkok-registered tour bus careered into a traffic-island drainage canal in front of the Ambassador City Hotel. The Pattaya Mail reports that sixteen other passengers on the bus…
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Event Round-Up – April 2019
by The Sponsorship Experts – Paul Poole (South East Asia) The first ever ASEAN Gastronomy Tourism Fair will kick off on April 9-10 at CW Tower Ratchadapisek Bangkok. Hosted by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, it is the first time all 10 member states of ASEAN will come together to build a strong foundation for gastronomy tourism in the…
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British man, serving a 50 year sentence, waits to be transferred to the UK
PHOTO: Facebook/Help get Lance Whitmore home Lance Whitmore, sentenced to 50 years in prison in Thailand for the possession of ecstasy, will be transferred to the UK to serve the remainder of his sentence. The British citizen, originally from Bromsgrove, England, was 27 when he was caught with 200 ecstasy tablets in Pattaya in 2014. The former soldier had been…
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Chon Buri volunteer policeman to be charged with assault after clubbing toddler
by Theerawat Thongma, Dethawee Theewarangkool The parents of a two year old boy say they will press charges after a civilian volunteer policeman in Chon Buri struck him with his baton while trying to beat the parents for trying to dodge a traffic checkpoint. The incident took place last night. The couple say the volunteer didn’t notice the boy sitting…
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Two year old child injured after being struck by volunteer police at checkpoint in Pattaya
PHOTOS: Mint Mint A mother of a two year old child claims her son was knocked unconscious after a volunteer police hit him with a baton last night in Pattaya. The Siam Ruamjai (Pu-in) Foundation reports that just after midnight this morning a two year old boy Silan ‘Nong Sam’ Ninkham was being treated at the Bang Lamung Hospital in…
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Attempted rape of 16 year old in Chon Buri petrol station toilet
by Preewadi Wichaiprasit A 29 year old man has been arrested in Chon Buri’s Phan Thong district for alleged attempted rape of a 16 year old girl inside a petrol station toilet. The incident is reported by police to have taken place last night. Wisanu Intae was initially charged with committing an indecent act on a person over the age…
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Arrest for scam and then a bonus arrest in Pattaya
Pattaya police have arrested an Indian man and his Thai girlfriend for scamming an Indian tourist out of 6,000 baht in the early hours this morning. But there was a bonus arrest too. Pattaya police chief Pol Col Prawit Chorseng say 26 year old Maninder Singh and 32 year old Mallikar Thongriam were arrested shortly after the victim, 31 year…
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Pattaya officials help a Finnish tourist sort out a lost passport and luggage
PHOTOS: Tourist Police Bureau Pattaya Tourist Police have coordinated with local agencies to help a 53 year old Finnish tourist Jussi Harri Tuokkola. He’d lost his passport, luggage, cash and other valuable items on Tuesday. The manager of the Grand Palazzo Hotel alerted Pattaya Tourist Police that Mr Tuokkola had sought help from the hotel as his luggage and passport…
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Man stabbed at a Chon Buri karaoke lounge
PHOTO: Thai Rath Police were called to a karaoke lounge in Sri Racha, Chon Buri last night after a man was stabbed following an argument. 39 year old Chuchart Kamngern was found outside the lounge with a serious stab wound to the left side of his chest and was rushed to hospital in Sri Racha. Thai Rath reports that staff…
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Japanese tourist re-united with his bag and valuables
PHOTO: The Pattaya News A Japanese tourist has offered his sincere thanks to a minivan driver, Pattaya’s Tourist Police and the Department of Land Transport. The Pattaya News reports that 46 year old Japanese tourist Ryochi Mihashi had taken a minivan ride from Rayong to South Pattaya but left his bag in the van. The bag contained 4,100 baht, US$440, 56,000…
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Wife claims husband died after being beaten up in police custody
A woman has made an official complaint after her husband died after being in police custody. The distraught wife went to Panat Nikom police in Chon Buri to complain yesterday after police called her to say that her husband had died whilst in detention. 31 year old Naruephon had earlier been arrested at his house on charges of smoking marijuana. He…
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Four South Koreans arrested over illegal online gambling business in Pattaya
PHOTOS: MGR Online Four South Koreans have been arrested for operating an illegal online gambling website from a condo in Pattaya. Manager Online reports that Pattaya Immigration officers and Pattaya Tourist Police raided a condominium in south Pattaya. The raid follows police receiving a tip-off that the four men were operating an illegal online gambling website in the premises. Officers…
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Big bike slams into the back of SUV at Pattaya traffic lights
PHOTO: Sanook The Sawang Boriboon rescue foundation were called after a Honda CBR 650 slammed into the back of a Toyota Fortuner at traffic lights near the Big C Extra in Central Pattaya. Sanook reports that 38 year old Manish Jalhotra, a Pattaya entertainment venue owner, was at the wheel of the Fortuner. The 25-30 year old motorbike rider ended up…
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Pattaya tourist loses a leg in collision with pickup
PHOTO: Naewna News A 58 year old tourist from Kazakhstan has lost his leg in a collision with a pickup truck in Pattaya. The Thai driver of the pickup told police that the tourist on a PCX motorcycle suddenly cut in front of him attempting to make a turn into a soi, resulting in a collision. The Sawang Boriboon foundation…
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Police ignore motorbikes and trucks illegally using Pattaya underpass
By Jetsada Homklin When Pattaya’s Central Road bypass tunnel eventually opened, police were vigorous in their enforcement barring motorcycles and large trucks from using the new underpass. But that didn’t last long. Pattaya Mail is reporting that tourists and residents both have complained that large numbers of motorcyclists are speeding through the tunnel with little fear of being stung with…
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Jordanian father confesses to throwing his son into sea, Pattaya
PHOTOS: The Nation / Rai Siam News A Jordanian tourist has told police he tied his son to a pram and threw him into the sea off the Bali Hai pier in Pattaya. The case has horrified Thai readers and drawn violent and emotional responses from social media. The body of the 18 month old boy was found floating in…
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Body of baby boy tied to stroller found off Pattaya beach
WARNING: Some readers may find the following story disturbing PHOTOS: Pattaya Law Enforcement / Rak Siam A body of foreign baby boy in a stroller was found floating near a beach in Pattaya yesterday. Pattaya City Law Enforcement say they were notified by locals that a body of baby was found floating near a pier at Laem Bali Hai in…
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Australian ‘bottles’ customer in an unprovoked attack in Pattaya
SCREENSHOT: Facebook/David Collier A customer in a bar has been attacked in Pattaya. CCTV footage shows the moment an Australia thug launched a shocking and apparently unprovoked attack on the man. As the customer was walking out of the bar the assailant gets up and whacks the man over the head with a bottle. The attacker has been identified as…
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“Waiter, there’s a cockroach in my beer!” Drama in Pattaya
PHOTOS: Daily News Big drama in Pattaya! • A female customer has taken to Facebook to complain, despite not having to pay. • A staff member has offered her resignation. • A deputy manager denies that it was ‘their’ cockroach. • And Terminal 21 has taken it all very seriously and issued a letter promising further action. Behind all this…
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Tourist ransacks hotel bathroom before falling from second floor
An unidentified western tourist has ransacked a Pattaya hotel toilet before injuring three policemen who tried to arrest him. The tourist was then badly injured when he fell from the second floor of the hotel trying to escape through a window of the hotel in South Pattaya. Police, at this stage, have been unable to identify the man and are…
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Italian man attacked with a hammer in road rage incident
Police are hunting for a Thai motorist who attacked an Italian motorcyclist with a hammer in Chon Buri, breaking his arm. The victim was 40 year old Denti Samuele who was taken to the Chon Buri Hospital after the assault. The incident happened in front of the Lotus shopping mall in Tambon Samed, Chon Buri last night around 10pm. The…
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