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Pata Zoo fights efforts to move caged gorilla Bua Noi
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pata Zoo fights efforts to move caged gorilla Bua Noi The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The owners of Pata Zoo are fighting back efforts by many people to move the gorilla, Bua Noi, to what they consider “a better home”. “Don’t use mob rule here,”…
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School official faces molestation, rape charges
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community School official faces molestation, rape charges The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A primary school director in Phayao’s Chiang Kham district, who had been accused of molesting five pupils, is facing four counts of molestation and one count of rape. Pol Lt-Colonel Sanit Wongyai yesterday said…
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PM vows crackdown on Koh Tao scourge
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM vows crackdown on Koh Tao scourge The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: N THE WAKE of the murder of two British citizens on Koh Tao, off Surat Thani coast, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday vowed to tackle influential rackets and illegitimate businesses on the…
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Russian arrested for installing ATM skimmer
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Russian arrested for installing ATM skimmer The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Russian has been arrested for allegedly installing a “skimmer” device to steal PIN numbers of cardholders who used an automatic teller machine (ATM) at a 7-Eleven convenience store in eastern Bangkok. The new…
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Koh Tao Murders: Police arrest one suspect, launch manhunt for another
PHUKET: Police have arrested the brother of a local village chief on Koh Tao for the brutal slaying of British tourists David Miller and Hannah Witheridge last week (story here). Region 8 Police Commander Panya Mamen named the man arrested only as “Mon”, reported Thai PBS. Local officers are coordinating with Bangkok Metropolitan Police to hunt down a second suspect,…
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Koh Tao Murders: Mass DNA tests fail to identify suspects
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Koh Tao Murders: Mass DNA tests fail to identify suspects The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police hunting the killers of two British tourists on Koh Tao failed again yesterday to link suspects to the crimes, as DNA tests on 30 out of 64 samples collected…
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Tourist Police, charity rescue German beggar
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tourist Police, charity rescue German beggar The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Tourist Police and a German charity have come to the aid of a German man with excessively swollen legs, found begging near Khao San Road in Bangkok, after his photos were distributed and…
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NCPO will select National Reform Council members
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NCPO will select National Reform Council members The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Council for Peace and Order yesterday clarified its decision to cancel the appointment of a 14-member committee to select the 250-member National Reform Council. NCPO spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvari said the…
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Police to offer compensation for wrong imprisonment
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police to offer compensation for wrong imprisonment The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Soon individuals who were wrongly imprisoned or victims of serious crimes will be able to lodge a police complaint and simultaneously file for compensation with the Rights and Liberties Protection Department. Department chief…
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Navy marines arrested in Cambodia with fake dollar notes valued at $7.5 million
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Navy marines arrested in Cambodia with fake dollar notes valued at $7.5 million The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy has suspended from duty three marines after they were arrested in Cambodia for carrying fake US dollar banknotes. The fake notes had a…
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DNA samples to be sought of all Koh Tao residents
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community DNA samples to be sought of all Koh Tao residents The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police are collecting DNA samples of all people on Koh Tao, an island off Surat Thani province, in a bid to find the murderers of two British tourists. “We are…
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Thailand dodges US sanctions over human trafficking
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Relief as US opts against sanctions The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Thailand yesterday welcomed US President Barack Obama’s decision not to impose sanctions against the Kingdom over its failure to combat human trafficking, assuring it would continue to work hard to improve its performance in…
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Hunt for Koh Tao killers stalls
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hunt for Koh Tao killers stalls The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police are confident that their investigation and the evidence obtained will help them catch the killers of the two British backpackers who were bludgeoned to death on Monday on the resort island of Koh…
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Prayuth apologises for bikini remark after global outcry
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Prayuth apologises for bikini remark after global outcry The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha yesterday apologized for his bikini remarks in the face of an international outcry. Britain raised concerns after the junta leader suggested tourists in bikinis could be more vulnerable…
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PM Prayuth under fire for tourist safety bikini remarks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM Prayuth under fire for tourist safety bikini remarks The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Britain Thursday raised concerns after Thailand’s junta leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha suggested that female tourists wearing bikinis could be more vulnerable to attack, as DNA tests failed to yield a breakthrough…
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DNA test clears British suspect from Koh Tao murders
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community DNA test clears British suspect from Koh Tao murders The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Briton questioned over the murder of two countrymen on Koh Tao on Sunday did not match DNA found on the female victim, police confirmed today. The man, Chrtstopher Alan Ware,…
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Man who hanged 2 dogs named amid online furore
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Man who hanged 2 dogs named amid online furore The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police have identified a man who allegedly killed his two pet dogs by hanging them from a petrol station’s garage roof beam in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district on Tuesday and…
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Cabinet members required to declare assets by Oct 3
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Cabinet members required to declare assets by Oct 3 The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Members of the new Cabinet are required to declare their assets and liabilities by October 3 – 30 days after having been sworn in on September 4, Worawit Sukboon, deputy secretary-general…
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Koh Tao Murders: Police turn focus to friends of slain man
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Koh Tao Murders: Police turn focus to friends of slain man The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police investigation into the murder of two British tourists on Koh Tao last Sunday has shifted from migrant workers to friends of the male victim, while autopsy results have…
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British backpacker arrested for Koh Tao murders
PHUKET: Surat Thani Police have arrested a British tourist suspected to be involved in the murders of fellow Britons Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao late Sunday night, reported Thai news agency PBS. Police named the suspect as Christopher Alanvare, said the report (click here). Mr Alanvare was arrested after resort employees reported seeing him walking near the…
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Myanmar suspects of British tourists’ murder released
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar suspects of British tourists’ murder released The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police last night ruled out three Myanmar workers being involved in the murder of two British tourists, as the government appeared to call into question the “behaviour” of the victims themselves. The bodies…
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Three suspects questioned about murder of British tourists on Koh Tao
PHUKET: Three Myanmar workers were detained on Tuesday to be questioned about the murder of two Britons on Koh Tao, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said today. The bodies of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, were found early Monday morning with severe head wounds. A bloody hoe was found 35 meters from the murder scene. Police will question…
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Two foreigners brutally murdered on Koh Tao
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Two foreigners brutally murdered on Koh Tao The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police are hunting for the killers of a foreign man and woman who were found brutally murdered on Koh Tao, in the Pha-ngan district of Surat Thani province. Surat Thani police chief Lt…
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Workers injured in Rayong building collapse
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Workers injured in Rayong building collapse The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A commercial building under construction in Rayong province partially collapsed yesterday, injuring four workers. General Jatuwat Khingbualung, head of Klaeng district police, said a concrete balcony of the two-storey commercial building collapsed and fell…
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‘Men in black’ arrested
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community ‘Men in black’ arrested The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police have arrested four men and one woman in connection with the killings of several soldiers in Bangkok, including Colonel Romklao Thuvatham, during the political unrest in 2010, and are hunting for two more suspects. Romklao…
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Dutch national quarantined for suspected Ebola
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Dutch national quarantined for suspected Ebola The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Public Health Ministry has quarantined a 52-year-old Dutch national, who had high fever after returning from a business trip to Ebola-hit Nigeria, said Dr Sophon Mekthon, director general of the Disease Control Department.…
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Ministry to take care of another Shigeta baby
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ministry to take care of another Shigeta baby The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Social Development and Human Resources Ministry will step in to take care of another baby born to the Japanese man at the centre of a surrogacy scandal. Mitsutoki Shigeta, 24, caught…
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Price of Cabinet audio slashed to just B53mn after public outcry
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Price of Cabinet audio slashed after public outcry The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Following a public and media outcry, the price of 89 microphones intended for communication in the Cabinet meeting room at Government House has been reduced by 35 per cent. Monthon Sudprasert, director…
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Governor orders monk’s rescue from coffin
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Governor orders monk’s rescue from coffin The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A renowned monk who was imposing his own death was rescued yesterday from a coffin at the order of the Chaiyaphum governor, who cited humanitarian reasons. Luang Pu Phim, the abbot of Wat Weluwan…
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Shigeta ‘wants 20 babies to run his empire’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Shigeta ‘wants 20 babies to run his empire’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Japanese man at the centre of a surrogacy scandal has fathered 12 babies through Thai surrogates because he wants children to take care of his many family businesses, his lawyer has…
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