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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Rohingya trafficking cargo ships seized off Ranong
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rohingya trafficking cargo ships seized off Ranong The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Coast guards in Ranong seized three fishing boats for illegal modifications believed to have been done to smuggle Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh through Thailand. Lt Thaweeporn Khanathong, who is with the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: At least 32 dead as bus plunges into ravine
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community At least 32 dead as bus plunges into ravine The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: At least 32 passengers died and many others were injured when their chartered bus plunged into a ravine in Tak’s Muang district last night. Police were alerted at about 7.30pm that…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Suthep rallies as DSI mulls next move; Abhisit faces 2010 charges; Trawler crew eyed for murder
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community DSI mulls more action against PDRC The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will combine its investigation into People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) moves to stop voters from casting their ballot on February 2 with allegations of insurrection, for which PDRC…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: EC prepares for new election; Red Shirts to rally April 5; Illegal loggers threaten last Siamese rosewood forest
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community EC starts preparing new general election The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Election Commission (EC) met Monday to prepare for a new general election after the Constitutional Court ruled Friday to annul the February 2 snap poll. The EC hoped to reach a conclusion on…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Popcorn gunman confesses; Senate Speaker indicted; Toxic inferno clues go up in smoke
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PDRC guard Popcorn Gunman confesses The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The so-called “popcorn gunman” yesterday confessed that he worked as a People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) guard and was one of the gunmen involved in the Lak Si shooting incident a day before the February…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Bangkok bunkers stay; Yingluck faces NACC probe; Ya bah-heroin drug raises fears; Toxic fire nearly out
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Military to maintain bunkers despite lifting of emergency The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The military will maintain its force and 176 street bunkers across Bangkok, even though the government has lifted the emergency decree.A military source said the reason the government scrapped the state of…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: State of Emergency lifted; Peace talks rejected; Thai radar may have spotted MH370; Toxic smog alert
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community State of emergency scrapped The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Cabinet yesterday lifted the emergency decree in Bangkok and nearby areas and replaced it with the Internal Security Act, effective today. Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said later that the move was aimed at boosting…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Time bombs near Criminal Court; World Cup broadcast free; Thai AirAsia restarts tourism
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Two time bombs found near Criminal Court The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Two home-made bombs were discovered on Ratchadaphisek Road in two separate locations yesterday morning. The first one was found at around 7am by a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration street cleaner in a bus stop…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Court may rule election unlawful; Military reshuffle today; Oil spill in Chon Buri; Hail in Loei
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ruling on poll could ease crisis The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A political breakthrough could happen this week with the Constitutional Court may rule on whether the February 2 poll was unlawful, and the possibility of a verdict annulling the election. A petition requesting the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: UN help sought to protect Uighur refugees; CMPO to propose lifting decree; Teacher slaying unsettles South
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community UN help sought to protect Uighurs found in Songkhla The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The United Nations and rights organisations are set to take care of a group of 220 people smuggled to Songkhla on Wednesday, who have been found to be Uighurs who fled…
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Phuket Queer News: Man finds fully protected truck floating with no wheels
PHUKET: Despite extreme measures taken to ensure the safety of his vehicle, a man woke up to his pickup truck “hovering” above the ground – without wheels. “I woke up at about 9am and was shocked to find my truck floating in the air with no wheels,” said 54-year-old Bumroong Sri-on at his house in Hat Yai, about 220 miles…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Mass refugees found may be Uighurs; Budget deficit to double; Yingluck pleas for clemency
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Unidentifiable group of Muslims nabbed The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A group of 220 reportedly Muslim immigrants, whose nationality and origin was not known to Thai authorities as of press time yesterday, have been arrested at a rubber plantation in the southern province of Songkhla.…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Teen slays own family; Yingluck faces protest murder charge; Pattaya tourism falls
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Teen suspect ‘confesses’ to shooting his family The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A 19-year-old boy has allegedly confessed to shooting dead his parents and younger brother after he tried and failed to pass the blame on to the dead sibling, according to police. Pol Colonel…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Stolen Austrian passport used by Iranian teenage migrant
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PHUKET: One of the two passengers who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines plane Flight MH370 on stolen passports was an Iranian man seeking to relocate to Germany, Malaysian police said Tuesday. Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, 19, was travelling on an Austrian passport earlier declared stolen in Thailand,…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: CMPO considers lifting emergency decree; PDRC holds forum; Corruption now worse, says poll
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community CMPO considers lifting emergency decree The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: It is believed that the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) will seek government approval to lift the state of emergency and replace it with the Internal Security Act (ISA) this week. National Security…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: One suspect who used stolen passport on Malaysia Airlines flight identified
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community One suspect who used stolen passport identified The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: One of the two suspects who used stolen passports to board the missing Malaysian Airlines flight has been identified. Malaysia’s Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the man had…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Satish seeks royal pardon; Surapong to engage envoys; Satun in drought
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Satish appeals to HM over govt order to deport him The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Attempts were under way yesterday to stall a deportation order against Indian-born businessman Satish Sehgal for joining the anti-government protests. Satish, 70, yesterday petitioned His Majesty the King to intervene…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Interpol fugitives nabbed in Bangkok; Police seize weapons in South; Thai billionaires hit 11; B20bn for rice farmers next week
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police seize several caches of weapons in raids The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Nakhon Si Thammarat police announced yesterday that they had seized 177 guns, 1,440 bullets and two M26 grenades from 179 suspects in raids and checkpoints from February 17-28.A self-proclaimed anti-government protest guard,…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Inflation hits 7-month high; Construction companies adjust; Rice funds still lacking
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community February inflation hits 7-month high The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is likely to grow continuously in the following months because of the higher cost of raw materials and fresh foods amid rising concern over drought. The Commerce Ministry reported yesterday…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Re-election turnout low; US shocked by deaths of children; Protesters on the move
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Low turnout in re-elections Phuket Gazette / The Nation PHUKET: RE-RUNS of the widely disrupted general election opened peacefully yesterday in five provinces, poll authorities said, in the first move to complete a troubled vote that could provide a mandate for a new government. But the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Bangkok Shutdown called off
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Phuket Gazette / The Nation PHUKET: People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leader Suthep Thaugsuban yesterday declared the end of the Bangkok Shutdown. However, pressure on Shinawatra businesses will be increased, he said. Rally sites at Rajprasong, Pathumwan and Asoke will be dissolved and moved to Lumpini Park…
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Rohingya rape case held north of Phuket dropped for lack of evidence
PHUKET: The prime suspect in the rape of a Rohingya woman was released from Takuapa District Prison on Monday after the case against him was dropped for insufficient evidence, said a court officer on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Rohingya man had been held at the prison since June while the Takuapa Court gathered evidence (story here). “The judge wrote in his…
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Krabi students in global art project
PHUKET: ABC Charity, a global art project of kids helping kids, has continued its journey around the world. They are creating the world’s first ever “human alphabet” – each letter made up of 500 children, in 26 different countries – ABC charity does not only help create fantastic memories for children, it will also raise money for a good cause.…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Violent deaths shake Bangkok to core
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Death, injury toll jumps after attacks Phuket Gazette/ The NationPHUKET: The number of casualties from political violence over the past three months has surged to 21 dead and 762 people injured nationwide since November 30.Of this number, 718 were injured in Bangkok, two in Rayong, eight in…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Yingluck leaves Bangkok as bombs, gunfire punctuate unrest
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thai PM leaves Bangkok as bombs, gunfire punctuate unrest Phuket Gazette/ ReutersPHUKET: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the target of anti-government protesters who have blocked parts of Bangkok for weeks, has left the city and is staying 150 km away, her office said on Monday, without specifying the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: CMPO seeks clarification; Social classes discovered in ancient Issan communities; WTO notified of alleged rice dumping
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community CMPO seeks understanding over inability to control rallies Phuket Gazette / The NationPHUKET: The government’s Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) called for understanding from the public yesterday about its inability to enforce the law and control anti-government rallies following Civil Court’s ruling on Wednesday.CMPO member…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Farmers return home; More Southern violence; Russian wanted for extortion caught in Chon Buri
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Farmers from northern provinces return home Phuket Gazette / The NationPHUKET: About 10,000 farmers who travelled from the lower northern provinces to Bangkok resolved on Friday to return home rather than head to Suvarnabhumi Airport for a rally.The farmers decided to return home after their leader, former…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Both sides suffer from violent clashes; New plan to pay rice farmers; MP registration by mail; Foreign investors continue retreat from stock market
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community On both sides, victims share the bitter pain of street clashes Phuket Gazette / The Nation PHUKET: A junior policeman has become a hero for kicking away a grenade in his bid to protect colleagues during a Bangkok clash – but his wife thinks his fame…
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DSI chief says one policeman killed in Bangkok clash
PHUKET: One police officer was killed and 17 others injured during violent clashes during an operation to re-take traffic space from protest sites on Rajdamnoen Road.Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Tarit Pendith announced that a policeman was shot in the head.He said the officers were injured by M79 grenades and bullets although they were using peaceful measures in the…
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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Crackdown sees several injured, including police
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Crackdown sees several injured Phuket Gazette/ The NationPHUKET: At least two policemen were reportedly shot and injured and a protester was hurt in a clash on Rajdamnoen Road.The clash started at 11:20 when police opened fire on the protesters.Since then, sounds of gunfire were heard now and…
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