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Tourists warned of storm dangers as Similans closed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tourists warned of storm dangers as Similans closed The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Phang Nga’s Similan Islands National Park ordered the Similan and Tachai islands to be closed until Friday as a precaution for tourists’ safety from storms and high waves. Park chief Nat Kongkesorn…
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The Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Nong Khai
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community The Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Nong Khai The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Immigration police have arrested a co-founder of The Pirate Bay, a torrent index site and tracker, while he was trying to cross the border from Laos into Nong Khai. Hans Fredrik Lennart…
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PM vows to allocate land to the poor
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM vows to allocate land to the poor The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has promised to deliver “happiness” as New Year gifts to low-income people. “Through projects to be launched by various ministries, people will get free stuff and access to…
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Police transfers follow Army raid on pub, parlour
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police transfers follow Army raid on pub, parlour The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Chief of Prawet police station in Bangkok and two senior officers have been transferred to inactive posts following a raid by soldiers on a local pub, where prostitution of underage migrants and…
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Moves to remove police from Koh Tao murder probe
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Moves to remove police from Koh Tao murder probe The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Human Rights Commission will discuss next week what action should be taken after police again failed to answer a summons related to the much-publicised murders on Koh Tao.Despite the…
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Police chief orders probe into bribery scandal over Srinakarin resort
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police chief orders probe into bribery scandal over Srinakarin resort The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The national police chief has ordered a probe into an allegation that local and central police were taking kickbacks from a resort on Srinakarin Road, Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol…
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South policy flaws exposed by violence
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South policy flaws exposed by violence The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Although violence in the deep South seemed to decrease during June-September, it swept back ferociously in the month of October when six schools and two tambon administrative organisation offices were burned down. Most recently,…
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Lese majeste complaints top 10,000
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Lese majeste complaints top 10,000 The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police have dealt with more than 10,000 complaints of lese majeste in recent years, but the big figure was not because they had “got serious” with offenders after the coup in May, a senior police…
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NACC unveils Cabinet members’ assets
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NACC unveils Cabinet members’ assets Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday announced the assets and liabilities of 33 Cabinet members who were endorsed on September 4. As per the declaration, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has net assets worth 128 million baht, including 12…
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Yingluck impeachment proceedings in 25 days, says NLA
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Yingluck impeachment proceedings in 25 days, says NLA Phuket Gazette PHUKET: National Legislative Assembly (NLA) vice-president Surachai Liengboonlertchai said yesterday the impeachment proceedings against ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra would take no more than 25 days. Yingluck faces impeachment proceedings for alleged failure to stop corruption in her…
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Koh Tao Murders: Village chief’s son volunteers DNA samples
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Koh Tao Murders: Village chief’s son volunteers DNA samples The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Medical teams from four institutes yesterday joined the process to conduct DNA tests on a 22-year-old man whom many Thai social-media users alleged is a suspect in the murder of two…
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Four killed, 30 injured in train-truck crash in Khon Kaen
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Four killed, 30 injured in train-truck crash in Khon Kaen The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Nakhon Ratchasima-Nong Khai train crashed into a truck at a railway crossing in Khon Kaen at 10 am Thursday, killing the train driver, the train mechanic, and two passengers…
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Village chief’s son to face DNA tests for Koh Tao murders
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Village chief’s son to face DNA tests for Koh Tao murders The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police will today make arrangements for a Koh Tao village headman’s 22-year-old son to undergo DNA tests to either confirm or clear lingering doubts that he may have had…
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First defamation case against Hall dismissed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community First defamation case against Hall dismissed The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Phra Khanong Court in Bangkok yesterday dismissed a defamation case brought against British rights activist Andy Hall by Natural Fruit Co, a Thai pineapple exporter. According to the court decision, the case was…
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18-year-old gets 25 years for slaying parents, brother
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 18-year-old gets 25 years for slaying parents, brother The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Court last week handed down a 25-year jail term to an 18-year-old for murdering his parents and his younger brother on March 9, Pathum Thani police chief Pol Maj-General Montri Yimyaem said…
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Indian car-bomb fugitive ‘may not be in Thailand’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Indian car-bomb fugitive ‘may not be in Thailand’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Investigation into the whereabouts of fugitive Indian car-bomb suspect, who escaped from a maximum-security jail in India in 2004, found no evidence that he had entered Thailand, Army chief General Udomdej Sitabutr…
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Suwana becomes the first woman to head DSI
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Suwana becomes the first woman to head DSI The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Suwana Suwanjuta is the first woman to be chosen to lead the Department of Special Investigation (DSI). The Cabinet approved the appointment of Suwana, a deputy permanent secretary for Justice, as the…
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Doctor postpones hearing into cosmetic surgery death
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Doctor postpones hearing into cosmetic surgery death The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Dr Sompop Saensiri, the owner of a Bangkok cosmetic clinic, yesterday put off an appointment to testify to police about the death of a 24-year-old British woman under general anaesthesia during cosmetic surgery…
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Police ignore NHRC summons over Koh Tao rape-murder case
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police ignore NHRC summons over Koh Tao rape-murder case The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police officers failed to show up before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday to answer questions related to the alleged torture of two Myanmar suspects, who are charged with murdering…
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PM wary of ‘mirror council’ checking reforms
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PM wary of ‘mirror council’ checking reforms The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha yesterday warned the newly-established Thailand Reform Institute (TRI) against staging political activities that might be deemed illegal and give rise to more national conflict. Announcing the establishment of the…
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Koh Tao Murders: Myanmar workers say colleagues tortured before confessing
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Koh Tao Murders: Myanmar workers say colleagues tortured before confessing The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Three Myanmar workers based on Koh Tao off the Surat Thani coast have accused police of torturing them to try to extract information about the murder of two British citizens…
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King’s condition improves after gall bladder removed: doctors
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community King’s condition improves after gall bladder removed: doctors The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s health has improved after he underwent a successful operation to remove his gall bladder, according to the latest statement from the Royal Household Bureau. The operation, which took…
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Myanmar man slays roommate, licks blood from knife
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar man slays roommate, licks blood from knife The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Bangkok Police yesterday arrested a Myanmar man who they claimed killed a countryman and sucked his blood because the man had a crush on his wife. Udomsuk Police Superintendent Somphorn Krissanapipat said…
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Nine NLA members opposed to asset disclosure worth more than Bt200m
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nine NLA members opposed to asset disclosure worth more than Bt200m The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Nine of the 28 National Legislative Assembly (NLA) members, who recently petitioned the Administrative Court unsuccessfully against disclosing their assets, have net assets worth more than Bt200 million each.…
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Koh Tao murder report to go to prosecutors this week: police
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Koh Tao murder report to go to prosecutors this week: police The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police plan to forward their investigation report on the killing of two British tourists on Koh Tao to public prosecutors this Wednesday. “We will include DNA test results related…
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Myanmar workers’ DNA matches semen found on Koh Tao murder, rape victim, say police
PHUKET: A police source has confirmed that DNA samples from two of three detained Myanmar workers matches the DNA extracted from semen found on the body of British tourist Hannah Witheridge. Ms Witheridge and fellow national David Miller were brutally murdered on the popular island on September 14. — The Nation
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Myanmar migrant worker confesses to Koh Tao murders, say police
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Migrant ‘confesses to Koh Tao murders’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A migrant worker has confessed to the murder of two British tourists on Koh Tao in Surat Thani province, deputy national police chief General Jakthip Chaijinda said yesterday. He is among three Myanmar men…
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Koh Tao killer confesses
PHUKET: A Myanmar national has confessed to killing two British tourists on Koh Tao in Surat Thani, acting Deputy Police Commissioner Jakthip Chaijinda said today. David Miller and Hannah Witheridge were brutally murdered on the island on September 14. Both suffered serious head wounds. Police said Ms Witheridge was also sexually assaulted. The migrant worker was identified only as “Win”,…
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Koh Tao Murders: Taxi driver accuses police of intimidation, bribe for false testimony
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police promised cash reward to buy false testimony: taxi driver The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A taxi driver on Koh Tao, off the Surat Thani coast, yesterday went public with his accusation that police investigating the murders of two British tourists had tried to intimidate…
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Car licence plate sells for record Bt25m
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Car licence plate sells for record Bt25m The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Car licence plate number 1 Kor Kor 1111 was yesterday passed to a 19-year-old student, who bid Bt25 million for it, making it the most expensive number sold at an auction organised by…
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