Phuket resort GM ‘safe’ after stabbing attack

PHUKET: The well-known general manager of a luxury resort in Phuket is out of danger following emergency surgery for stab wounds sustained in a brawl outside a Phuket Town nightclub early yesterday morning.

The victim, 30-year-old Vorasit “Plawan” Issara, was stabbed twice in the abdomen outside the Rachada Pub in the Phun Pol area of Phuket Town at about 4am yesterday.

Mr Vorasit was rushed to Bangkok Phuket Hospital, where he is now reported to be out of danger, a source at the luxury Sripanwa Resort told the Gazette this morning.

Phuket City Police will hold a press conference this morning to present at least two of his assailants to the media.