Seven Chinese tourists injured in Pattaya tour bus crash

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7 months ago

March 29, 2019

Seven Chinese tourists injured in Pattaya tour bus crash | The Thaiger

PHOTO: Pattaya Mail

Seven Chinese tourists have been injured after their tour bus overturned on Sukhumvit Road in Jomtien Beach, south of Pattaya.

The victims were rushed to Pattaya Memorial Hospital after the Bangkok-registered tour bus careered into a traffic-island drainage canal in front of the Ambassador City Hotel.

The Pattaya Mail reports that sixteen other passengers on the bus were shaken but unhurt by the incident.

The 40 year old driver Paitoon Chaisombat claims he swerved to avoid hitting a truck in front of him and lost control of the bus. He said it skidded off the wet road into the ditch.

SOURCE: Pattaya Mail

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Immigration police arrest German man in connection with death of German woman in Pattaya

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6 hours ago

October 23, 2019

May Taylor

Immigration police arrest German man in connection with death of German woman in Pattaya | The Thaiger

A German man who has overstayed his visa has been arrested in Pattaya in connection with the death of a German woman found dead in a canal in Chonburi province.

The Pattaya News reports the dead woman as 77 year old Marg und Schaefer and says she ran a bar with the man who was taken into custody on Tuesday.

The alarm was raised when Ms Schaefer’s family in Germany contacted German police when they were unable to contact her. German authorities then contacted the police in Thailand, who tracked down the man after finding his visa had expired in June 2017. He is believed to be 52 years of age and known only as Mr Richard.

It’s understood the arrested man is also facing fraud charges in his home country and fled to Thailand after allegedly conning several elderly women out of more than 6,000 euros.

Police have questioned his Thai girlfriend, who claims Ms Schaefer died in January after falling in the bathroom. She says Mr Richard then disposed of her body in a canal in Chonburi, adding that he had been spending the German woman’s pension fund on a daily basis.

A warrant was issued for the man when Ms Schaefer’s body was found in the canal on January 12 and he was eventually tracked down to a rented house earlier this week. He denies all charges against him.

It’s understood the police will be using DNA testing to confirm how Ms Schaefer died.

SOURCE: thepattayanews.com

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International chess competition finishing in Jomtien

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7 hours ago

October 23, 2019

Greeley Pulitzer

International chess competition finishing in Jomtien | The Thaiger

More than 300 youth and senior contenders from 42 countries are competing in the 2019 Thailand Pattaya Open Chess Championship, October 19-23 at the Bay Beach Resort in Jomtien.

The Thailand Chess Association is hosting the competition in association with 101 Chess Academy and Pattaya Chess Club.

The event follows the success of the Pattaya Rapid & Simultaneous Chess Festival 2019 earlier in October.

The closing ceremonies will be held at Bay Beach Resort, Jomtien on October 23.

SOURCE: thepattayanews.com

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The body of an unidentified foreigner found floating south of Pattaya

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4 days ago

October 19, 2019

The Thaiger

A fisherman has recovered a body, thought to be a foreigner, from the Gulf of Thailand off Sattahip.

Na Jomtien Police were notified of the body by 24 year old Teerapong Boonwat, a fishing boat captain plying the waters around Sattahip, south of Pattaya.

Mr. Boonwat had recovered the body found floating near Koh Ped (Duck Island), about three nautical miles from the Sattahip shore. Police and emergency responders rushed to the scene near Amparam Temple.

Police report that the male body appears to be a foreigner aged around 40 years old with a beard and little head hair. He was wearing a white T-shirt, long jeans and black sneakers.

No identification was found on the man. It is believed that he had died at least 7 days before his body was found floating in the water. The police didn’t state if there was any signs of foul play or the condition of the body.

Police are investigating the incident and reviewing missing person reports to establish identification.

SOURCE: The Pattaya News

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