Phuket

Man held for murder, stabbings

Published

17 years ago

September 6, 2002

Man held for murder, stabbings | The Thaiger

KATHU: Tung Tong police arrested a 22-year-old construction worker early this morning after he allegedly stabbed his wife and two men, leaving one man dead. Pol Capt Kittipong Klaykaew of Tung Tong Police Station named the attacker as Sitipol “Ta” Kotawan, from Nakhon Phanom, who worked at a construction camp near the Patong-Kathu intersection. Capt Kittipong said police arrived at the camp about 6 am and found the body of a man later identified as Virakom “Nain” Yothapak, 25, from Nakhon Sri Thammarat. He had a single stab wound in the chest. Also on the scene were two other stab victims, Ped Yaisa, 22, and Ta’s wife Wannarat Insorm, 22. K. Wannarat escaped with minor injuries, while K. Ped remains in Wachira Phuket Hospital being treated for stomach wounds. The three victims worked with Ta at the same camp. Capt Kittipong said police searched Ta’s room and found a 12-inch kitchen knife with blood on it under a bucket. They also found a pile of burned fabric about two meters away from the room. Capt Kittipong said Ta had fled the camp by the time officers arrived. Thinking he might try to flee the province, police went to the bus station in Phuket Town with a photo of Ta they had found in his room. “We arrived at the station and found him waiting for the bus to Phang Nga, and we arrested him,” Capt Kittipong said. Ta confessed to the stabbings and re-enacted the crime for police earlier today. He told police that around 5 am he and his wife and the two men were drinking at Kingdaeng Beer Garden next to the Go-Kart speedway, about 500 meters from the construction camp. Ta said he became angry when he noticed his wife was talking to K. Nain, and he walked away to sit alone at another table. Ta told police he later walked alone back to the camp and burned his wife’s clothes. He then cut the power supply in the camp and waited in the darkness for his wife and the men to return. He said he picked up a large wooden stick and struck K. Nain on the head as the three entered the camp. Then, Ta told police, he pulled out a knife and stabbed K. Nain in the chest. Ta said he stabbed both K. Ped and K. Wannarat as they tried to help K. Nain, then fled to his room to hide the knife. Ta was charged with murder and attempted murder and remains in custody at Tung Tong Police Station.

Environment

Mariam the young Krabi dugong dies

Published

13 hours ago

August 17, 2019

The Thaiger

PHOTO: กรมทรัพยากรทางทะเลและชายฝั่ง

The Phuket Marine Biological Centre has announced the sad news about the special young dugong ‘Mariam’, who was found in Krabi back on April 26.

Young Mariam died earlier today.

The centre posted on its official Facebook page that the vet team found that she’d stopped breathing and her pulse had stopped as well, so they brought her out of the water to try and stimulate breathing.

Initially, they found that she was still responding from her eyes so they return her back to the pond. After checking the pulse, they found that it stopped again so they used some veterinary medications to keep her alive and pulled her out of the water for a second time.

She was pronounced dead at midnight today.

In a post mortem the vets found that Mariam had consumed a quantity of plastic that may have been previously undetectable.

“Rest in peace Mariam, our little angel,” says the PMBC post.

Read some more about Mariam HERE.

Phuket

Government MP receives death threats after exposing illegal condo project in Phuket

Published

2 days ago

August 16, 2019

The Thaiger

PHOTO: Sira Jenjaka MP, says he has received death threats

A government MP for Bangkok says he has received death threats for revealing a Phuket condo project that allegedly sits on land without the proper documentation. The project, at this stage, remains un-named.

Sira Jenjaka is an MP with the ruling Palang Pracharat Party and claims that two people had already died as a result of revealing the problems with the project.

He alleges the land documents had been revoked by the Administrative court in the past and says he will petition the Justice Ministry to have the project probed by the DSI (Department of Special Investigation).

Mr Sira says the un-named condo project, located in Tambon Karon (below), occupies land where the Nor Sor 3 Kor land ownership papers were revoked by the Administrative Court. He has alleged that the project is owned by a “retired high-ranking policeman”.

“If government officials were found to be involved in the alleged malpractice, the state could be sued for damages worth billions of baht”, according to a quote in the Bangkok Post.

He said that the potential buyers of the condominium apartments are mostly foreigners.

Mr Sirat said he planned to ask the Phuket governor to suspend the local mayor for alleged negligence in connection with the condominium project. He will also speak to the Phuket governor suspend construction of the project and cancel any contractor’s licences.

The MP says that some state officials may have their authority and been complicit in the approval of the Nor Sor 3 Kor document.

SOURCE: Bangkok Post

Government MP receives death threats after exposing illegal condo project in Phuket | News by The Thaiger

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Government MP receives death threats after exposing illegal condo project in Phuket | News by The Thaiger

Environment

Turtle rescued on Nai Harn Beach, Phuket

Published

3 days ago

August 15, 2019

The Thaiger & The Nation

Turtle rescued on Nai Harn Beach, Phuket | The Thaiger

PHOTO: Aroon Solos

Today (August 15) at about 1pm, the lifeguard team at Nai Harn Beach rescued a small turtle, which had become stuck in a fertiliser sack.

They found the turtle washed up ashore with the sack wrapped up around its neck. They tried to carefully remove the sack from the turtle’s neck but found that the turtle had been injured around the neck so they contacted the Phuket Marine Biological Centre to take the turtle back to the centre for further examination and treatment.

Well done to the lifesavers at Nai Harn.

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