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Phuket’s infamous jet-ski man bailed

Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: September 12, 2009, 12:22 PM

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PATONG, PHUKET: Winai ‘JJ’ Naiman, the jet-ski operator arrested on extortion charges in Phuket this week, was bailed yesterday.

An officer at Phuket Provincial Court said Mr Winai had posted a land title deed worth 700,000 baht to secure his release.

Footage of Mr Winai, 28, threatening a group of British Royal Navy Marines with a gun was broadcast on British TV on Monday night as part of a show entitled ‘Big Trouble in Tourist Thailand’.

For our previous report, click here.

— Dan Waites & Atchaa Khamlo

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