Phuket

Police make headway in Burmese murders

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17 years ago

July 6, 2002

Police make headway in Burmese murders | The Thaiger

PHUKET: Police investigating two separate murders of Burmese workers have finally come across people willing to talk to officers about what they know of the victims. Pol Maj Umpolwat Saenroeng, of Tung Tong Police Station, told the Gazette yesterday that on Wednesday afternoon he received a call from a local resident saying that a body had been found close to the Loch Palm Golf Club. Arriving at the scene, police found the dead man lying face down at the bottom of a 10-meter ditch. Local residents helped officers to retrieve the corpse. The man’s throat had been slit and there was a single deep cut on his upper left arm. There were no other wounds on the body Maj Umpolwat said that after questioning local residents officers discovered that the man, later identified as Nai, 28, was a rubber plantation worker and lived in a labor camp just 500 meters from where his body was found. At the camp, officers questioned Nai’s wife, “Moo”, who told them that two days earlier Nai was drinking with other workers. He had gone out to buy some more alcohol and had not returned. Maj Umpolwat said she told police she believed that Nai was probably killed because he was always “loud” when he was drunk. Meanwhile, at about the same time, Pol Capt Yongyut Krongmalai of Phuket Town Police Station received a call from Wachira Phuket Hospital telling him that a Burmese had died at the hospital of stab wounds. The doctor told officers that the man, called “Ranyor”, had been brought to the hospital by Thai fishermen from the notorious fishing port area, after being stabbed twice in the stomach. The fishermen told the doctor that Ranyor was stabbed while walking out of a grocery store at Saphan Pla. Officers went to the store, where witnesses told them that Ranyor was stabbed by one of a group of about five Burmese who were drinking outside the shop. They said that one of the Burmese simply walked up to Ranyor and stabbed him twice in the stomach. The men then fled. Fishermen who witnessed the stabbing rushed Ranyor to the hospital, where he later died of his injuries. Capt Yongyut said that the police investigation was centering on tracking down the group of Burmese men.

Phang Nga

Phuket’s hotel and property players look north

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16 mins ago

March 22, 2019

Bill Barnett

Phuket’s hotel and property players look north | The Thaiger

by Bill Barnett of c9hotelworks.com

One of Greater Phuket’s real estate and hotel market’s that has a decided buzz of late is the area north of Phuket over the Sarasin bridge in Phang Nga.

In Natai Beach, the entry of the Baba Beach Club and nearby Akyra has created renewed visibility for the broad West Coast stretch of white sand beach, extending north beyond Phuket.

Two upscale hotels are in the development phase in the vicinity, with one being flagged to an international hotel operator.

Up at the 1,000 plus rai Thai Muang mega-project, movement is once again underway, as is a nearby massive Japanese-led mixed-use project including a golf course.

Land values are currently running amuck in the Koh Kloi area where the AOT (Airports of Thailand) has reportedly acquired land for an upcoming Phang Nga airport which will provide Phuket with a second gateway alternative.

Premium land transactions are taking place, with the most notable being the recent trade of the former oceanfront site in Bodan that was to be at various stages first a Raffles and later a Ritz-Carlton Reserve.

Looking at Phuket’s light-rail initiative, one knock-on effect will be the eventual linkage between the island and larger connection to a broader rail terminus in Koh Kloi. This will likely spur real estate speculators to acquire peripheral locations.

As Phang Nga’s West Coast four land highway expansion moves forward to Khao Lak and beyond, Phuket’s Northern neighbor is seeing a renewed push in its tourism, property and infrastructure.

Phuket

Motorbike rider dies after colliding with ten wheeler truck in Thalang

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2 hours ago

March 22, 2019

Kritsada Mueanhawong

Motorbike rider dies after colliding with ten wheeler truck in Thalang | The Thaiger

A male motorbike rider has died after colliding into the back of a ten wheeler truck in Thalang early this morning.

Thalang Police were notified of the accident along Thepkrasattri Road in the southbound lane through Thalang at 2am this morning. The conditions were dry and road was clear of traffic.

Emergency responders arrived to find the ten wheelers truck and driver, 55 year old Sirichai Konghom, waiting at the scene.

Nearby was a damaged motorbike. The 20 year old driver, Ittiphon Rodnokkaew, died at the scene.

Sirichai told police that he was driving from Surat Thani to Phuket. When he arrived at the scene he heard the sound of a collision at the back of his truck.

Police are continuing their investigation.

Phuket

Boating no-go zone set for HRH Princess Sirivannavari visiting Phuket

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3 hours ago

March 22, 2019

The Thaiger

Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana is visiting Phuket today to inaugurate a new marine research vessel. A boats no-go zone has been set.

The Phuket Marine Office has announced “Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana is visiting Phuket today to inaugurate the new marine vessel at the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC)”

“The official ceremonies is from midday to 5pm, No boats may enter in the special zone during HRH Sirivannavari’s visit from midday to 5pm which are…

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For non-nautical types, here’s a more helpful map. The exclusion areas are between the PMBC and Koh Lon in Chalong Bay