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Phuket Gazette Thailand News: Court drops Lese Majeste; Police deny beating Lak Si shooter; Bt3bn Australia-bound heroin bust in Ranong; Activists slam Thai seafood slavery
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Court drops Lese Majeste case over lack of strong proof The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Court of Appeal gave an alleged lese majeste offender the benefit of the doubt yesterday and acquitted him after the man’s computer notebook – confiscated by police – was…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Planes, ships race against bad weather in search for Malaysian jet debris field
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Planes, ships race to beat bad weather in search for Malaysian jet debris field Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Aircraft and ships scouring the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were racing to beat bad weather on Thursday and reach an area…
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Hydrogen sulfide kills four, injures four in Phuket sewer
PHUKET: Four workers were killed by hydrogen sulfide fumes in a Phuket Town sewer this morning, and four others remain hospitalized after attempting to rescue them with inadequate equipment. The four who died had been tasked with maintenance of a sewer access point about 100 meters from Tesco Express on Srisena Road, and they succumbed to the fumes one by…
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Chalong Police called to answer diver extortion allegations
PHUKET: The Chalong Police have been ordered to explain in writing to Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut what transpired on March 10, when more than 20 foreign dive instructors were taken into custody at Chalong Pier. The foreigners were transported to Chalong Police Station in a police pick-up truck – and allegedly threatened with legal action if they did not pay…
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Officials inspect overflowing Phuket landfill, prepare for possible fires
PHUKET: Island officials yesterday visited Phuket’s overloaded waste management facility and took steps to ensure that any fire there could be quickly contained. The inspection followed the news of a blaze that erupted in a garbage disposal site in Samut Prakan province on March 16 (story here) and adversely affected many locals in the area. “I have asked Prachum Suriya,…
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Thalang triumph over ICC at ACG
PHUKET: In Sunday’s JLL league match, the Thalang cricket team chased down 143 runs in 22.4 overs at the Alan Cooke Ground (ACG) to defeat the Island Cricket Club (ICC). In their first encounter of the season on February 9th. ICC set the record for the lowest team total on the ACG of just 37 runs. Winning the toss this…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Sweden demands EU shares out asylum seekers burden
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Sweden demands EU shares out asylum seekers burden Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: With numbers of asylum seekers in Europe reaching a two-decade high, Sweden’s immigration minister said many member states were sitting on the sidelines and warned the EU needed to share out the burden…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Chinese families clash with police, slam Malaysia over lost plane
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Chinese families clash with police, slam Malaysia over lost plane Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Dozens of angry relatives of passengers on a lost Malaysian jetliner clashed with police in Beijing on Tuesday, accusing the Southeast Asian country of “delays and deception” a day after it…
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New bypass road opens for Phuket travellers
PHUKET: The new road that will allow drivers travelling between Patong and Chalong to bypass the Darasamuth Intersection in front of Central Festival officially opened to the public yesterday morning. The new route, officially dubbed the Muang-Naka Road by Governor Maitri Inthusut, is just one part of an overall project to improve traffic flow throughout the island (story here). The…
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Phuket kidnapping suspect wanted by Russian Police
PHUKET: Police heading the investigation into the alleged kidnapping of Iana Strizheus and Alexey Slabinskiy have confirmed that one of the two main suspects is a Russian fugitive. “We are aware that Ukrainian Oleksandr Boychuk, 44, is wanted by the Russian Police,” Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Arun Kaewvatee told the Phuket Gazette. “We know only that he was wanted…
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French resort manager, Ukrainian tour guide nabbed in work permit raids
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration last night arrested the manager of The Blue Garden Resort & Spa in Cherng Talay, where Russian woman Iana Strizheus was found bruised and battered after her alleged kidnapping ordeal (story here). Officers moved in and arrested French national Eric Raymond Seigneurin, 55, at about 9pm after plainclothes police posing as tourists observed him serving tourists at…
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Chalong Police chief denies Phuket dive industry shakedowns
PHUKET: Chalong Police Superintendent Krittapas Dazintharasorn has publicly denied that any of his officers are – or have been – involved in arresting and extorting money from foreign dive instructors in Phuket. Col Krittapas’ denial of corruption among his officers follows more than 20 dive instructors being rounded up at Chalong Pier (map here) and taken to Chalong Police Station…
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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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Sister of Russian missing in Phuket offers B500,000 reward
PHUKET: The sister of missing Russian Alexey Slabinskiy has offered half a million baht for information leading to the arrest of the two men believed to be involved in his disappearance. An additional 100,000 baht is offered to whoever finds her brother. WANTED: Olexsande Boychuk. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong Mr Slabinskiy disappeared with his girlfriend, Iana Strizheus, on March 7 (story…
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Phuket FC versus Sriracha City FC tomorrow night
PHUKET: Come out to support your local Yamaha League One 11th place Phuket FC Ronins as they take to the pitch against 17th place Sriracha City FC. The game starts at 6:30pm tomorrow night, March 26, at Surakul Stadium in Phuket Town – get there early to get a good seat!
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A moving meditation
PHUKET: Making a guest appearance at the Aikido of Phuket dojo across from Bangkok Hospital, Aikido Grand Master Nobuo Maekawa exceeded my per-conceived expectations of the quintessential Japanese martial artist. Small in stature but huge in confidence, aging but incredibly able and agile, lighthearted yet deeply philosophical and reflective. “It is a moving meditation. Blend, like cafe au lait. If…
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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 World News: Death toll from Washington state mudslide climbs to 14, scores missing
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Death toll from Washington state mudslide climbs to 14, scores missing Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The confirmed death toll from a devastating weekend mudslide in Washington state climbed to 14 people on Monday as six more bodies were found, while scores of others remained listed…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; bad weather halts search
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; bad weather halts search Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Bad weather and rough seas on Tuesday forced the suspension of the search for any wreckage of a missing Malaysian jetliner that officials are now sure crashed in the remote Indian…
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Three Phuket candidates registered to battle it out for Patong mayor
PHUKET: Three candidates have registered to fight for the position of mayor in Phuket’s premier resort town of Patong in the upcoming April 26 election. “Kittisan Kuru of the Patong Gao Na (Patong Progress) Party and former town council member was the last candidate to register today at 8:30am,” Patong Municipality Chief Administrative Officer (Palad) Poonsak Naksena told the Phuket…
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Myanmar Embassy Official visits Phuket over allegations of workers’ rights violations
PHUKET: The Labour Attache to the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok landed in Phuket on Friday to dig into allegations by Myanmar construction workers of labor law violations. “I came down to Phuket to follow up on a complaint on March 5 against Nantawan Co, Ltd, which employs about 200 workers from Myanmar,” said Kyaw Kyaw Lwin, Mr Lwin had just…
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England cricket captain Broad fined for outburst
PHUKET: England captain Stuart Broad has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for criticizing the officials after his side’s rain-affected World Twenty20 defeat to New Zealand, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday. Broad, who admitted a Level 1 charge of publicly criticizing the match officials, said following Saturday’s nine-run defeat that the decision to keep the…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Egypt sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Egypt sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges including murder on Monday, a defence lawyer said, in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement.…
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Phuket officers investigate fire in driverless car
PHUKET: A car erupted in flames outside an abandoned Phuket house early yesterday morning with its owner nowhere in sight. Nutchanat Thongpan, a neighbor living near the abandoned house, notified police of the blaze at about 1:30am in Neramit Village 3 in Baan Lipon, Capt Narong Muangdoung of the Thalang Police told the Phuket Gazette. “I returned from work that…
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Phuket Police warn of slick roads after new graduate dies in motorcycle accident
PHUKET: Police issued a warning about driving on rain-slicked roads after a new graduate of Phuket Rajabhat University was killed in an accident on Saturday night. “People need to drive very carefully when it rains, because the roads are slippery. Motorcyclists must wear a helmet. If you’re involved in an accident, it could save your life,” said Capt Narong Muangdoung…
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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 dive companies move to end alleged police corruption
PHUKET: A new consortium of dive operators staged a meeting on Saturday calling for Phuket dive companies to sign up as members in order to present a unified front in combating alleged corruption by the Chalong Police. The meeting, held by the recently formed Association of Thailand for Underwater Sports (ATUS), drew an estimated 50 representatives from dive companies across…
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No news is good news
PHUKET: It’s an all too common rant, and I’m certainly guilty of it from time to time, that the media just force feeds us negative content. Most of the time, what we read in the news is bad news. Maybe the rant is true, as it is editors who make the choices that determine content. However, those choices reflect what…
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Helping youngsters to get back on the right track
Chatree Taveesup, 47, is a Krabi native who graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ramkhamhaeng University in 1989. He worked at Juvenile Observation and Protection Centers in Songkhla, Phang Nga and Yala before becoming Director of the Juvenile Center in Phuket in 2012. Here, he talks about the problem of juvenile crime in Phuket and suggests ways to deal…
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