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THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, August 15

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2 years ago

August 15, 2017

Soggy start to Tuesday | Government pushing ahead with media controls | Bombardier Monorail coming to BKK | Activists urging Government to come up with long-term flood solutions | Belgian couple accuse ‘police’ of scam.

Bangkok

Male doctor and his friend arrested after 18 year old falls from condo in gay-sex tryst

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59 mins ago

May 20, 2019

The Thaiger & The Nation

Male doctor and his friend arrested after 18 year old falls from condo in gay-sex tryst | The Thaiger

A male doctor working in the “beauty field” and his male friend have been giving confusing testimonies to police today. The pair were apprehended by police on Saturday after their 18 year old guest fell to his death from a balcony at the doctor’s 20th floor condo in Bangkok.

Police speculate the condo appeared to be the scene of a gay-sex tryst at the time of the incident.

A police source at Thong Lor police station say that the two suspects appeared to still be under the influence of crystal methamphetamine, also known as “ice”, when being questioned this morning.

Nine grams of ‘ice’ was seized at the scene.

The two men, both in their 30s and whose names had not been not released, will be brought in front of the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court tomorrow, when police will apply for the first 12 day detention order over an initial charge of possession of an illicit drug, with more charges pending.

Police want to keep them in detention pending the result of an investigation into whether they had caused the death of the teenager, the source added.

The autopsy to determine the time and cause of the teen’s death is expected to take 15 days as he reportedly had a great deal of narcotics in his system, affecting the determination as to whether he had died before or after the fall from the balcony.

The 18 year old victim, whose name has also not yet been released, was found wearing only a G-string.

Thong Lor precinct officers received the report of his death at 3.30pm on Saturday.

A police check of the building’s CCTV recordings found that the victim had entered the condo block with two older men and gone up to the 20th floor with them. This led to their inspection of the room and apprehension of the two older men, who have been insisting that the teenager had become intoxicated and fallen from the balcony, according to the source.

SOURCE: The Nation

Chiang Mai

Young British man found dead in Chiang Mai condo

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2 hours ago

May 20, 2019

The Thaiger

PHOTO: Thai Rath

A maid discovered a British man dead in the bedroom of a room on the eighth floor of a luxury condo in the Chang Khlan district of Chiang Mai over the weekend.

39 year old Kapadia Sarfaraaz was found face down on the bedroom floor. Police found no signs of a struggle or wounds on the body. But they say there were lots of different medications in the room. They speculate that the man had probably died from some ongoing illness.

The man had checked into the condominium last Tuesday and thought to have been dead about one day. In the Thai Rath report, the man was described as a “big man”. An autopsy is currently being held and relatives and the Consulate are being contacted.

SOURCE: Thai Rath

Phuket

Boat Pattana’s Cherng Talay villa project reports strong pre-sales

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6 hours ago

May 20, 2019

Bill Barnett

Boat Pattana’s Cherng Talay villa project reports strong pre-sales | The Thaiger

Thai developer Boon Yongsakul’s latest development Shambala Grand Villa in Cherng Talay is experiencing strong pre-launch sales. With 22 available units, the Boat Pattana group has already reserved 17 units.

The landed properties feature two bedroom pool villas with land plots ranging from 300 to 600 square metres. Property management is through an affiliated company and buyers are offered a 6% guaranteed return on their investment – a fairly standard inducement in modern Thai new property sales.

Pricing for a fully furnished units starts at 16.9 million baht. Freehold and leasehold options are available.

Cherng Talay has become the latest ‘next big thing’ in Phuket property with the new Blue Tree Phuket waterpark opening sometime mid-year, Central’s new concept retail development called Central Porto de Phuket and countless new condo and inland hotel developments.

Boat Pattana’s other developments include the nearby Cherng Talay’s Boat Avenue. For more details email boon@boatpattana.com