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The Great American Smokeout, held this year on November 17, is a nationwide event that encourages smokers to take their first steps towards a smoke-free life. If you’re an expat in Thailand, this day could be a timely reminder to...
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Twin found dead in Pattaya house
PHOTO: Sanook Locals from a housing estate in Nong Prue, Pattaya have called police after noticing a foul smell coming from the house of a man, one of two twins, who lived at the address. Sanook reports that police and emergency responders found the house locked from the outside and had to break in. Inside they found 23 year old…
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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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Pattanakarn footpath project completion six weeks away
The Pattaya Mail is reporting that the first phase of construction of footpaths along Naklua’s Pattanakarn Road should be completed in about six weeks. Engineering chief Thongchai Kamlangthai reported that the project started on September 28 and was now partially finished with a large section of footpath for pedestrians and joggers already to use. Reinforced concrete pavements are being laid…
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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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Finnish man found dead on chopper in Pattaya
PHOTOS: Pattaya Law Enforcement A Finnish man has been found dead on a ‘chopper’ and sidecar in Pattaya yesterday. “A chopper is a type of custom motorcycle which emerged in California in the late 1950s. The chopper is perhaps the most extreme of all custom styles, often using radically modified steering angles and lengthened forks for a stretched-out appearance.” Pattaya…
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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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Stray dogs to be rounded up on Jomtien Beach
The Pattaya Mail is reporting that local officials have instructed Pattaya’s dog catchers to round up ‘dangerous’ stray dogs that have been roaming in packs around Jomtien Beach, south of Pattaya. Deputy Mayor Manote Nongyai and other officials visited the beach two weeks ago and confirmed the many complaints about aggressive soi dogs chasing tourists, defecating on sidewalks and “making…
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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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Foreigner found hanged from tree in Pattaya
PHOTO: Facebook/Pattaya Update News A local Pattaya resident has found an unidentified foreigner hanged from a tree in a vacant lot on upscale Pratumnak Hill. The man told police that he went into the area to relieve himself and noticed the foul stench. Forensics officers and members of the Sawang Boriboon rescue foundation worked with police at the waste ground…
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“Pattaya: Sex Capital of the World” – but tourism chief is determined to change image
Pattaya’s tourism office says that changing the seaside resort’s seedy image won’t happen overnight. But office chief Sinchai Watanasartsathorn says he is determined to work with both public and private to change Pattaya’s image. Sinchai, also a member of the chamber of commerce, was speaking to the Pattaya News following a story that appeared in the UK’s Mirror online website. The Mirror story…
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Wanted Russians walk into Pattaya immigration office
Two Russians wanted on an arrest warrant originating in Phuket have been found and arrested hiding in Pattaya. Immigration police had no trouble in locating 48 year old Artur Stotskii and 34 year old Iaroslav Scherobatyk. The pair made it very easy by showing up for visa extensions at the Chonburi Immigration Office on February 18. The January 16 arrest…
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Distraught 17 year old mother finds dead child by her side
PHOTO: Daily News Daily News report on the tragedy of a 17 year old mother who inadvertently suffocated her four month old child. The mother put her four month old son to sleep by her side in their room in Bo Win, Sri Racha, Chon Buri yesterday afternoon. He was lying on his front with his head to one side,…
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Owner of dogs who attacked a 3 year old last week claims he can’t pay any more compensation
PHOTO: Daily News The ‘owner’ of of dogs that attacked a three year old in Sri Racha last week claims he has run out of money and can’t continue paying compensation. At this stage the man has already paid over 100,000 baht for the boys’s treatment. The 3 year old, Namning, is still receiving daily treatment for his wounds after…
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Drunk British man with prosthetic arm responsible for Pattaya roadside crash – VIDEO
PHOTO: Sanook An allegedly drunk British man, with a prosthetic arm, was responsible for yesterday’s Pattaya incident when a black SUV plowed into motorbikes parked on the side of the road. Read The Thaiger story HERE. Sanook reports that the Toyota Fortuner that ran into the line of motorbikes, injuring many people along the way, was driven by a British man. 15 motorbikes…
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Dutch man arrested in Chon Buri on trafficking and overstay charges
PHOTOS: Immigration Bureau Immigration officers have arrested a Dutch man in Chon Buri following an Interpol posting and notification. The Immigration Bureau reports that Jacob Jan Schipper from the Netherlands has been arrested for human trafficking, operated a smuggling ring and tax avoidance. He was arrested at a condominium in Sattahip, Chon Buri. When he was found Immigration police also seized cash…
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People hospitalised after car slams into parked motorbikes in Pattaya
PHOTO: We Love Pattaya A number of people are now recovering in hospital after a car slammed into a row of motorbikes parked along the Pattaya Beach Road. The incident took place at around 11am this morning (Tuesday). Video footage shows a badly damaged black Toyota Fortuner that had crashed into the parked motorbikes. Images shared to the We Love Pattaya…
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Badminton player ends up impaled on his house fence
PHOTO: Thai Rath A 16 year old playing badminton last night in Pattaya will be thinking twice before getting up on a roof to retrieve his shuttlecock. He was playing with friends at the teenager’s house when the incident happened. The shuttlecock ended up on the roof so, as you do, 16 year old Thanaporn Suracha jumped up onto the…
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Three year old savaged by local dogs in Chon Buri
The overly-dramatic photo montage was compiled by Daily News Daily News is reporting that a 3 year old child remains in a serious condition in the Sri Racha hospital in Chon Buri after being attacked by a pack of ten dogs. It is the second attack reported in two days in Thailand. On Wednesday afternoon a young Finnish boy was…
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Foreign tourists being tracked down for driving dangerously in Pattaya
Daily News reports that Pattaya Police are tracking down two foreigners caught on video riding recklessly in the Jomtien area, south of Pattaya. The video clip shows the two men waiting at traffic lights before racing each other with one man splaying his legs and doing a “wheelie”. Neither of the pair were wearing a helmet or shirts. The Pattaya…
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Two Thai motorcyclists injured as British man makes a “sudden U-turn”
Two Thais on a motorbike have hit a car driven by a British man in Thepprasit Road, Pattaya early yesterday morning. The Pattaya News reports that local police and Sawang Boriboon emergency responders headed to the scene where they found a Honda City with Chonburi plates stopped in the middle of the road. It had damage to the right rear side.…
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Airbus scales back in the UK and invests more in Thailand’s new aviation maintenance hub
by Supalak Ganjanakhundee Uncertainty over Thailand’s political situation is apparently less of a concern for Airbus than the political uncertainties in the UK with Brexit looming. Whilst Airbus is pulling out some of its manufacturing in Britain, the European consortium is now looking to Thailand for new maintenance and repair facilities to help service the rapidly growing ASEAN aviation sector.…
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Officials make arrests at three Pattaya hotels operating without licences
PHOTOS: Sophon Cable TV Bang Lamung officials, along with protection services and the Pattaya tourist police, have raided four hotels in the Pattaya area. Sophon Cable TV reports that three establishments were found to be offering daily rental without licences. Officials say they want to be able to check guests and the possibility that illegal migrants or foreign criminals were…
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Foreigner arrested for kicking in the door to Pattaya police station
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Ruk Siam News A drunk foreign man, dressed only in shorts, has kicked in a window at a police station in Pattaya. His name or nationality have not been revealed by police. Ruk Siam News reports that he then made his way to the beer garden at the Central shopping centre where security tracked his movements and alerted police. The…
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