Phuket

Car cut in half on impact with Phuket power pole

Published

6 years ago

September 30, 2012

Car cut in half on impact with Phuket power pole | The Thaiger

PHUKET: Police are investigating what prompted a 57-year-old driver to accelerate to such a speed in the early hours of this morning that when his car flew off the road it was cut in half by a roadside power pole.

Thalang Police duty officer Patiwat Yodkwan was notified of the high-speed accident at at 2:45am.

Due to severity of the initial reports, he arrived at the scene, at the u-turn on Thepkrasattri Road near the Karn Keha public housing estate in Srisoonthorn, Thalang, with Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers, Baan Nai Klum volunteers and Thalang Hospital EMS staff.

At the scene, they found a Toyota Corolla cut in half, with the front half still jammed to the power pole.

About five meters from the wreckage were Mr Suchart Jongruk, 46, Mr Suthep Kongchana, 57, and Mrs Sakul Kongchana, 51.

All had suffered serious injuries. Mr Suchart and Mrs Sakul were rushed to Thalang Hospital and Mr Suthep was rushed to Vachira Phuket Hospital.

Police believe that Mr Suthep was the driver because his lower right leg had been severed and was still stuck to the accelerator.

From witnesses reports, police believe that Mr Suthep was accelerating in order to chase another car.

As he reached the u-turn, he lost control of the vehicle, which slammed into the power pole.

Police are continuing their investigation to determine which car Mr Suthep was chasing and why.

— Thawit Bilabdullar

Election

Democrats toppled in Phuket

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47 mins ago

March 25, 2019

The Thaiger & The Nation

Democrats toppled in Phuket | The Thaiger

PHOTO: Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva resigned the leadership position last night amid dismal polls around the country

The Democrat Party in Phuket, once a reliable strong-hold of Democrat votes, has yielded its customary monopoly, ceding two House seats to the junta-aligned Phalang Pracharat Party.

The unofficial tally, as of late last night, gave Phalang Pracharat’s Sutha Prateep na Thalang the victory in Constituency 1 with 32,338 votes.

He beat Democrat Rewat Areerob, who got 25,198 votes.

The voter turnout was 70.80 per cent.

In Constituency 2, Natthee Thinsakhu of Phalang Pracharat beat Democrat Chaiyos Panyawai, 26,787 votes to 23,492.

Voter turnout was 72.57 per cent.

Phuket

Guyanese arrested over ‘magic’ bank note scam in Phuket

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3 hours ago

March 25, 2019

Kritsada Mueanhawong

Guyanese arrested over ‘magic’ bank note scam in Phuket | The Thaiger

PHOTOS: Surachete Hakparn

A Guyanese man has been arrested in Phuket after the owner of a local language school reported a money scammer with an unusual scam.

The Immigration Bureau Chief Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn reports that they have arrested the Guyanese man named Abdul Kalam Azad Sattaur at a mansion in Phuket Town last Friday.

The arrest follows a Thai woman, the owner of a language school in Phuket, filing a report to the Thalang Police that a suspect used a fake Facebook and LINE account and claimed that he was an American man who had worked in Syria.

He told the woman that he will send a security box which contained blank papers and a special liquid that would turn the blank paper into bank notes when she added the special liquid.

He claimed that the total money was 650,000 US dollar, about 20 million baht.

He said that the woman had to pay him an amount before he would send the security box. The victim had transferred money to the man’s bank account 10 times, a total of about 9 million baht.

Beware of magic bank notes!

Phuket

Russian ‘mafia’ suspect arrested in Phuket

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3 hours ago

March 25, 2019

Kritsada Mueanhawong

Russian ‘mafia’ suspect arrested in Phuket | The Thaiger

PHOTO: Siam Rath/Thai Immigration

A male Russian ‘mafia’ identity has been arrested in Chalong, wanted over a number of alleged offenses in his home country.

Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn says, “Officers have arrested a Russian man named Igor Tretiakov (spelt as ‘Ior’ on the Immigration poster), at an apartment in Chalong last Friday.”

“We were notified from the Russian Embassy about the man wanted over a number of ‘mafia’ style offenses in Russian. He was living in Thailand using a tourist visa.”

“He has threatened and extorted many people in Russian and then fled to Thailand. His visa will be revoked and he will be deported back to Russia to face charges.”