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- Pattaya News
Knives out in Pattaya: Aussie tourist threatened by moto-taxi rider
A Christmas Eve motorcycle mishap turned menacing in Pattaya, leaving a 60 year old Australian tourist terrified after a motorbike taxi driver allegedly threatened him with a knife. Ivica, an Australian holidaymaker, filed a formal complaint with Pattaya police yesterday, December 24 at 11.46pm, claiming he had been menaced by a knife-wielding motorbike taxi driver following a minor collision. The…
- Thailand News
Trolley folly: Tipsy tourists’ wild hotel ride in Koh Phi Phi (video)
In the latest wild escapade from the sun-soaked shores of Thailand, two young female tourists were given a ride of shame as local police were forced to wheel them back to their hotel on a shop trolley. In a scene right out of a holiday nightmare, 19 year old Australian Tahli Benson and 23 year old German Sina Baumann found…
- Thailand News
Laos factory owner arrested in methanol poisoning tourist tragedy
In a chilling case that has sent shockwaves across the globe, police in Laos arrested the owner of a factory believed to be the source of a deadly methanol poisoning incident that tragically claimed the lives of six foreign tourists. The factory, situated on the outskirts of Vientiane, the capital city, is suspected of producing toxic batches of the local…
- News
Laos govt speaks on ‘mass methanol poisoning’ that left 6 dead
The Laotian government announced deep sorrow over the tragic loss of six foreign lives to methanol poisoning in a popular backpackers’ bar in Vang Viang and vowed to conduct a thorough investigation to identify and bring to justice those responsible for the deadly incident. Two Australian teenagers, Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both 19 years old, succumbed to suspected methanol poisoning…
- Phuket News
Boozed-up Australian tourist grounded by Phuket Airport cops (video)
Dramatic footage has surfaced of a boozed-up Australian tourist being wrestled to the floor by armed police at Phuket International Airport in Thailand. The sauced-up traveller was waiting for his flight home on September 22 when chaos erupted after a waitress refused to serve him more alcohol at an airport bar. Clad in shorts and a T-shirt, the Aussie drunk…
