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  • Pattaya NewsSwedish man accused of swindling money charged for overstaying
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 16:32, 31 March 2023
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    Swedish man accused of swindling money charged for overstaying

    Police arrested a Swedish man who overstayed his visa in Chon Buri by over seven years. He was also accused of swindling money from Thai people. The Immigration Bureau Division 3 arrested the 50 year old Swedish man, Lennart Alexander, at a rental house in the Si Racha district of Chon Buri. He was initially charged with overstaying his visa…

  • Pattaya NewsDeviant caught on CCTV masturbating on motorcycle in Chon Buri
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 12:05, 30 March 2023
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    Deviant caught on CCTV masturbating on motorcycle in Chon Buri

    A university student in Chon Buri shared footage from a dormitory CCTV camera on social media to expose a deviant who used a student’s motorcycle seat to masturbate. The female student, Umaporn Panomreang, posted a video of the incident on a Facebook group called Freshman Burapha University Marketplace (น้องใหม่บูรพามาร์เก็ตเพลส) on March 28 with the caption that said… “Warning! It occurred…

  • Crime NewsIndian man overstays visa in Thailand by 2,048 days
    leahPublished: 17:49, 27 March 2023
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    Indian man overstays visa in Thailand by 2,048 days

    Immigration police arrested an Indian national in Chon Buri province, eastern Thailand, found to have overstayed his visa by 2,048 days (more than five and a half years). Police believe he is part of a call centre gang, reports KhaoSod. The police stopped 38 year old Jatinder Singh – who resides in the Na Jomtien area of Sattahip district –…

  • Pattaya NewsMan throws 10 year old boy into Chon Buri reservoir, victim drowns
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 11:07, 27 March 2023
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    Man throws 10 year old boy into Chon Buri reservoir, victim drowns

    A man has been accused of throwing a 10 year old boy into a reservoir in Chon Buri causing him to drown. The suspect’s grandmother, however, does not believe the accusation, adding that her grandson suffers from mental health problems and would not hurt a fly. The incident happened at Huay Shark Nork Reservoir on the Tung Klom-Tarn Man Road…

  • Pattaya NewsAttacker slashes Burmese worker, reportedly over drunkenness
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 15:06, 15 March 2023
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    Attacker slashes Burmese worker, reportedly over drunkenness

    An unidentified attacker slashed a Burmese gas station worker in Chon Buri on Monday morning, reportedly over the worker’s drunkenness. Police and rescuers rushed to a gas station in the main city district at around 7am, after they were alerted of a serious assault. They found the worker, Myaung Paing, lying in a pool of blood at the gas pump.…

  • Pattaya News5 Chon Buri police officers accused of extorting money from drug suspects
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 09:15, 15 March 2023
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    5 Chon Buri police officers accused of extorting money from drug suspects

    Five officers from the Nong Prue Police Station in Chon Buri have been transferred after two drug suspects accused them of extorting 150,000 baht in exchange for their freedom. A 60 year old woman named Raewadee Sirapanich and 18 year old woman named Anna filed a complaint against five police officers for kidnap and ransom at Nong Prue Police Station…

  • Pattaya News8,000kg of dead fish wash up on Chon Buri beach
    Neill FrondePublished: 15:48, 14 March 2023
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    8,000kg of dead fish wash up on Chon Buri beach

    Nothing ruins a lovely day at the beach like thousands of kilogrammes of dead fish washing ashore. But the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has at least confirmed the source of the vast quantities of chacunda fish gizzard shad that washed up on Bang Saen beach in Chon Buri province. It turns out the disgusting display of dead fish…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri woman dies in motorbike crash, young daughter seriously injured
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 13:35, 10 March 2023
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    Chon Buri woman dies in motorbike crash, young daughter seriously injured

    A tragic motorbike crash in the Sri Racha district of Chon Buri claimed the life of a woman and left her young daughter seriously injured. The incident occurred on Wednesday in the Nongkham sub-district. Rescuers and Nongkham Police arrived on the scene, where they found 41 year old Potjaman Chuklin and her seven year old daughter with severe injuries. Both…

  • Pattaya NewsFinnish expat found dead with throat cut in Chon Buri
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 16:01, 28 February 2023
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    Finnish expat found dead with throat cut in Chon Buri

    A Finnish expat was found dead with his throat cut in Thailand’s Chon Buri province this morning. His Thai wife, 49 year old Aranya Srisaeng, told police that she was the first person to find the body of her husband, 57 year old Markku Tapanni Karjalainen. His death was reported at 8.30am. Karjalainen had lived with Aranya in a single-storey…

  • Pattaya NewsCruise ship brings over 2,000 European tourists to Koh Samui and Chon Buri
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 16:12, 27 February 2023
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    Cruise ship brings over 2,000 European tourists to Koh Samui and Chon Buri

    A cruise ship brought over 2,000 European tourists to Thailand’s lush holiday paradise of Koh Samui, before heading to Chon Buri province. The 2,409 tourists and 924 crew members arrived at Koh Samui‘s Na Thon Pier on Saturday on a Mein Schiff 5 cruise ship. The tourists would enjoy a one-day trip before heading to Sri Racha district of Chon…

  • Pattaya NewsScammers nab 16 million baht from Chon Buri businessman through app
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 11:21, 27 February 2023
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    Scammers nab 16 million baht from Chon Buri businessman through app

    Thailand’s scammers have struck again, nabbing 16 million baht from a Chon Buri businessman through an app. They used what they claimed was an Internal Trade Department app to take control of the victim’s phone. The victim, 40 year old Watchara Srichuengcharoenchai, said one of the scammers called him on Friday, claiming to be an official from Internal Trade Department.…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri pickup truck crash kills elderly man and injures 4 others
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 14:04, 22 February 2023
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    Chon Buri pickup truck crash kills elderly man and injures 4 others

    A Chon Buri pickup truck crash killed one person and injured four others on Monday. The crash happened when one pickup truck rear-ended another on 344 Road in the Nong Phai Kaeo sub-district of Ban Bueng district. Rescuers arrived on the scene to find a grey Mitsubishi with a demolished bumper and a bronze Toyota Revo lying upside down. Rescuers…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri thief snatches 300,000 baht coffee grinder from cafe
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 14:00, 21 February 2023
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    Chon Buri thief snatches 300,000 baht coffee grinder from cafe

    It seems like someone took the phrase “grind and steal” a little too literally leaving a Chon Buri cafe owner reeling after a thief snatched a coffee grinder worth a staggering 300,000 baht. But that’s not all, the light-fingered thief also dared to take the cafe’s CCTV camera. The sneaky thief broke into the Coffee&Slow bar on Sri Racha-Nong Kho…

  • Thailand NewsSevered crocodile head crocs up in eastern Thailand
    leahPublished: 18:13, 20 February 2023
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    Severed crocodile head crocs up in eastern Thailand

    A fisherman made a jaw-dropping discovery on Friday when he found a crocodile head at the Bang Phra reservoir in Si Racha district, Chon Buri province, eastern Thailand. The fisherman posted a photo of the bodyless croc in the Facebook group ‘Bang Phra Reservoir Fishing Club’ with the caption… “It was bitten by a local god? Or, how else did…

  • Pattaya NewsWoman steals car of app-based driver in Chon Buri
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 14:55, 13 February 2023
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    Woman steals car of app-based driver in Chon Buri

    Police returned a sedan that was stolen by a woman with mental health issues to its 75 year old owner from an app-based ride service. The theft occurred last Friday when the passenger forced the owner out of the vehicle and drove off. Although the car owner forgave the thief due to her condition, police officers stated that they would…

  • Pattaya NewsBlaze guts Chon Buri police training centre
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 10:20, 08 February 2023
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    Blaze guts Chon Buri police training centre

    A blaze gutted a police training centre in Thailand’s eastern province of Chon Buri on Sunday night. The large fire broke out at the Provincial Police Training Center Region 2. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries. Firefighter units from Chon Buri’s main city district were quickly dispatched to the two-storey training centre located on Soi Khao Noi in Ban Suan…

  • Pattaya NewsIntoxicated Chon Buri man stabs himself in front of terrified passersby
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 17:58, 02 February 2023
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    Intoxicated Chon Buri man stabs himself in front of terrified passersby

    An intoxicated Chon Buri man repeatedly stabbed himself in front of terrified passersby in the Sri Racha district yesterday. A local meatball vendor said the man, 54 year old Somchai, walked up to his shop while intoxicated, grabbed a knife from him, and stabbed himself in the abdomen four times. The vendor, Chaovalit Somsri, said that before Somchai started stabbing…

  • Pattaya NewsThai woman escapes deadly nylon wire strung acrosss a Chon Buri road | Thaiger
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 14:34, 31 January 2023
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    Thai woman escapes deadly nylon wire strung acrosss a Chon Buri road

    A Thai woman narrowly escaped with her life after she rode her motorcycle into a deadly nylon wire on a road in Chon Buri province. The victim suspects two teenage boys living nearby of setting up the death trap strung across the road. The 41 year old victim, Chanita, a nurse in a hospital in the Phanat Nikhom district of Chon…

  • Transport NewsGovernment of Thailand give green light for Eastern Aviation City takeoff
    Bob ScottPublished: 13:40, 31 January 2023
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    Government of Thailand give green light for Eastern Aviation City takeoff

    Construction on the Eastern Aviation City is ready for takeoff this year after the Government of Thailand gave the green light for work to start on the 290 billion baht (US$8.8bn) project. No official date has been confirmed but work is scheduled to start before June. The original project was officially signed in June 2020. An agreement was made between…

  • Pattaya NewsAmerican fitness YouTuber found dead in Pattaya
    leahPublished: 10:22, 31 January 2023
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    American fitness YouTuber found dead in Pattaya

    American fitness YouTuber Leo and Longevity was found dead at a house in Pattaya, eastern Thailand, last night. Officers from Pattaya City Police Station were called to a house in Pattaya Lagoon Village in Bang Lamung district at 8pm, where they found the body of 34 year old Laith Abdullah Algaz – also known as Leo Rex – in the…

  • Hot NewsBangkok, Songkhla, Chon Buri provinces to host 2025 Southeast Asian Games
    Ann CarterPublished: 08:42, 26 January 2023
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    Bangkok, Songkhla, Chon Buri provinces to host 2025 Southeast Asian Games

    Bangkok, Songkhla, and Chon Buri provinces are the new hosts of the 2025 Southeast Asian Games. The Sports Authority of Thailand decided at a meeting that was presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon yesterday. During the meeting, Nakhon Ratchasima was also chosen to host the 13th ASEAN Para Games in 2026. A budget allocation from the National Sports…

  • Pattaya NewsCrash involving motorbike and garbage truck kills woman in Chon Buri
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 11:22, 24 January 2023
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    Crash involving motorbike and garbage truck kills woman in Chon Buri

    Another road tragedy in Chon Buri has claimed a woman’s life. A crash involving a motorbike and a garbage truck killed a woman in Chon Buri early yesterday morning. The victim was identified as 51 year old Thanaployphan Srikun. The incident happened in the Sri Racha district. Police and rescuers found Thanaployphan lying on the ground with severe head wounds.…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman savagely bitten by boyfriend after refusing to go boozing with him
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 17:47, 23 January 2023
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    Thai woman savagely bitten by boyfriend after refusing to go boozing with him

    A Thai woman filed a complaint at Pan Thong Police Station in Chon Buri after her boyfriend savagely bit her face after she refused to go boozing with him. She said she was worried that the case would be ignored because her boyfriend had a close connection with a senior police officer. The woman, identified as Bee, told the media…

  • Pattaya NewsAustralian man killed after row with teenage bikers
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 15:09, 23 January 2023
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    Australian man killed after row with teenage bikers

    A Thai woman blames teenage bikers in Chon Buri for causing the death of her Australian husband. She believes the gang attacked her husband and made him crash his motorcycle into an electric pole. Graeme Foster crashed his motorcycle into an electric pole on the Tung Klom-Tarn Man Road in the Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri at 11.30pm on…

  • Pattaya NewsRescuers find Burmese migrant worker’s body near Chon Buri island
    Tara AbhasakunPublished: 10:32, 19 January 2023
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    Rescuers find Burmese migrant worker’s body near Chon Buri island

    Rescuers and police found a Burmese migrant worker’s body off an island in Chon Buri province on Sunday night. The search team found the body floating five nautical miles north of Koh Si Chang. The dead man was a boat crew member reported to have fallen into the sea on the night of January 11, four days before his body…

  • Pattaya NewsRaging Russian tourist wreaks havoc on two Pattaya 7-Eleven stores
    leahPublished: 11:33, 16 January 2023
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    Raging Russian tourist wreaks havoc on two Pattaya 7-Eleven stores

    A Russian tourist smashed his way through the door at a 7-Eleven convenience store on Walking Street in Pattaya in Chon Buri province early this morning, injuring himself and others. He continued to vandalize a second 7-Eleven branch before being detained by police. An employee explained that a Russian man, estimated to be 35 – 40 years old, came into…

  • Phuket NewsBaby turtles hatch in Phang Nga, die from garbage in Chon Buri
    Neill FrondePublished: 09:28, 16 January 2023
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    Baby turtles hatch in Phang Nga, die from garbage in Chon Buri

    While Saturday marked the season’s first hatching of baby turtles around Phuket, 11 baby sea turtles found in Chon Buri in September have died from eating garbage. On the night of January 14, some 64 baby leatherback turtles successfully hatched and crawled into the sea at Bang Kwan Beach in Khok Kloi, Phang Nga. This marks the first group of…

  • Environment NewsRaise the Sukhothai – salvage companies to bid for 100-million-baht contract
    Jon WhitmanPublished: 13:59, 07 January 2023
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    Raise the Sukhothai – salvage companies to bid for 100-million-baht contract

    Private salvage companies are being asked to bid to raise the Sukhothai, according to Royal Thai Navy (RTN) sources. HTMS Sukhothai, a corvette-class warship sank in the Gulf of Thailand about 20 nautical miles off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan province when it was capsized by 4-metre waves and strong winds. Officers are assessing the damage to the Sukhothai…

  • Thailand NewsDrug addict father arrested for killing his 3 year old daughter
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 16:17, 05 January 2023
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    Drug addict father arrested for killing his 3 year old daughter

    A drug addict father was arrested yesterday at a petrol station in Chon Buri after he allegedly murdered his 3 year old daughter in the central province of Nakhon Sawan. The junky denied the charge and blamed a ghost for the murder. Officers from Lat Yao Police Station were notified of the child’s death, later identified as Nareenan Pananon, at…

  • Pattaya NewsMonk under fire over bizarre pebbles ritual
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 16:27, 03 January 2023
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    Monk under fire over bizarre pebbles ritual

    A monk from a temple in Chon Buri is under fire over his bizarre ritual of putting small pebbles onto the eyes of his followers. The monk believes the stones are relics of the Lord Buddha, have magical powers, and do not hurt anyone. A video and pictures of the strange ritual emerged on Facebook and TikTok. It shows 69…