Phuket

Phuket Vice Governor to take the big chair on October 1

Published

6 years ago

September 27, 2012

Phuket Vice Governor to take the big chair on October 1 | The Thaiger

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Sommai Prijasilpa will take on the responsibility of Acting Governor from October 1 following the Thai Cabinet failing to name a successor to Tri Augkardacha, who will retire this Sunday, September 30.

The news follows a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday not including the annual reshuffle of provincial governors on its agenda as Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit did not attend the meeting, an officer at the Secretariat of the Cabinet told the Phuket Gazette.

A date has yet to be set for Cabinet to decide on a list of 19 provincial governor positions that will be available come October 1.

“Call us again on Tuesday,” the officer at the Secretariat of the Cabinet told the Gazette.

Governor Tri and 16 others will be retiring from their gubernatorial positions on September 30, while two positions will become available due to transfers.

As reported in The Nation, Mr Yongyuth vowed to chair the weekly Cabinet meeting as assigned by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is currently in the US.

However, the Mr Yongyuth skipped the meeting and assigned Deputy PM Chalerm Yoobamrung to chair the Cabinet session instead.

The meeting lasted only 45 minutes and did not consider the annual reshuffle of provincial governors as Mr Yongyuth had planned.

Manat Nurak, who is the Secretary to Phuket Provincial Governor, said the news will not affect provincial adminstration.

“I don’t think it will affect our work because the senior vice governor, Sommai Prijasilpa, will be acting governor until we receive official assignment from the Cabinet,” he said.

Governor Tri on Sunday will be bringing to a close 36 years of civil service. His first distinguished appointment was as Chief Administrative Officer (Palad) of Si Satchanalai district in Sukhothai province.

Originally from Nakhon Nayok, near Bangkok, Governor Tri was posted to Phuket in 2006 to serve as a vice governor, a position he held until 2010, when he was appointed Governor of Phuket.

— Orawin Narabal

Phuket

Motorbike driver files official complaint after accident from fallen cables in Kata

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24 mins ago

February 18, 2019

Kritsada Mueanhawong

Motorbike driver files official complaint after accident from fallen cables in Kata | The Thaiger

A motorbike driver has filed a report with police against a cable company after he became tangled up in their cabling while driving to work in Kata.

26 year old Chakaree Yawaekaree filled the report with Chalong Police against the local cable company.

Mr Chakaree told Police that he was driving to work in Kata on Friday morning. When he arrived at the scene he ran into the cabling that had dropped down, just above the road level. The cables hooked his motorbike and caused him to crash and fall off. He was taken to hospital where he was treated for scrapes, grazes and a badly injured right knee.

Chalong Police say they are continuing their investigation. They say the cables belong to a private company and that this kind of incident happens “very often”.

Phuket

Motorbike driver dies after colliding with sedan on Thepkasattri Road, Phuket

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1 hour ago

February 18, 2019

Kritsada Mueanhawong

Motorbike driver dies after colliding with sedan on Thepkasattri Road, Phuket | The Thaiger

A motorbike driver has died after colliding with a sedan driven by a Russian driver who was allegedly making a “risky” U-turn on Thepkrasattri Road in Koh Kaew yesterday.

The incident happened at 3.30pm yesterday.

Police and other emergency responders arrived to find a white sedan, a motorbike and a pickup truck.

The motorbike driver had sustained serious injuries – 19 year old Weerapat Chamnina – and had already been rushed tp Mission Phuket Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

Police report that a white sedan, whose driver was a 37 year old Russian man, Maxim Shadrin, was heading along the southbound lane of Thepkasattri Road.

Police speculate that he was trying to make a U-turn but was allegedly out of the lane of traffic making the turn.

The motorbike collided with the rear of the man’s sedan. The motorbike driver bounced off to the other side of the road (northbound lane). Then a pickup truck hit the motorbike driver.

Police are continuing their investigation and examining all the CCTV footage.

Phuket

54 year old Swede dodges traffic in Thepkasattri Road, Phuket

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4 hours ago

February 18, 2019

The Thaiger

PHUKET: Achadtaya Chuenniran

A 54 year old Swedish tourist is now in custody after running around Thepkasattri road yesterday morning dodging cars and causing traffic mayhem. Luckily no cars came in contact with the man police described as ‘mentally ill’.

A video clip from the incident shows the man running in and out of the traffic on Thepkasattri Road in Thalang. The incident happened around 2.30am.

The road had to be closed for 20-30 minutes as police apprehended the man, unhurt. The motive for his dangerous antics have not become apparent at this stage.

The man, who remains named was taken to Thalang Hospital for checking then was transferred to Vachira Hospital in Phuket Town. Police revealed that his visa expired on the same day so they’ve contacted the local Swedish consular officials to check on the man’s family and travel situation.

The Swede is currently being evaluated and treated in the hospital’s psychiatric wing.

SOURCE: Bangkok Post