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Man arrested for rape, murder of German tourist on Sichang
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/04/2019
» CHON BURI: A 24-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping and murdering a German tourist, 27, whose body was found covered with dry leaves under rocks on Koh Sichang on Sunday night.
Pabuk lashes Nakhon Si Thammarat but may weaken
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 05/01/2019
» Parts of Nakhon Si Thammarat have suffered heavy damage from tropical storm Pabuk but officials expect to downgrade the storm to a tropical depression as it moves further inland on Saturday.
Koh Samui on alert as storm Pabuk nears
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 03/01/2019
» Local residents, tourists and tour operators have been advised to exercise extreme caution as Koh Samui braces for possibly severe weather conditions caused by tropical storm Pabuk.
'Phoenix' had serious design flaws, finds initial probe
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/11/2018
» Police investigators and forensic officials in Phuket are gearing up for the next phase of investigation now that the Phoenix tour boat that sank and killed dozens of Chinese visitors in July has been pulled from the bottom of the sea.
Teenager drowns while trying to save monkey in Phuket
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 04/10/2018
» A young worker from Myanmar drowned while he and two friends were trying to save a monkey which had fallen into a swamp near an old tin mine in Muang district, Phuket.
'Big Joke' tipped to be immigration chief
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 28/09/2018
» Deputy tourist police chief Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn is tipped to become the new Immigration Bureau (IB) commissioner in the upcoming annual police reshuffle.
Ban threat for teen in rape case
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 03/09/2018
» Police have threatened to blacklist a 19-year-old British girl and deny her entry to Thailand indefinitely if she fails to counter investigators' findings that her rape claim on Koh Tao is groundless.
Police: no evidence of rape
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 31/08/2018
» A police team from Bangkok say they have found no evidence or witnesses indicating that a rape or drugging took place on Koh Tao as claimed by a British woman.
Loss of innocence: Teens lure teens into sex work
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 11/06/2018
» The recent arrest of a 17-year-old girl who procured an underage girl for an Indian tourist in Pattaya highlighted the recent crackdown on prostitution and human trafficking rings whose perpetrators and victims are getting younger, according to police.
Overnight stays banned on Similan
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 31/05/2018
» Tourists will be banned from overnight stays on the pristine Similan Island in the Moo Koh Similan National Park in Phangnga province to protect marine resources.