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Thai police beef up checks on foreigners on isles
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/10/2025
» SURAT THANI — The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has intensified checks on foreigners on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan following the discovery of multiple legal violations, including nominee businesses, land encroachment and unauthorised work, deputy national police chief Pol Gen Samran Nuanma has announced.
Hotels seek rabbi's help
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/10/2025
» SURAT THANI: The Koh Phangan Hotel and Tourism Association has sought cooperation from a local religious leader to encourage Israeli tourists to respect Thai laws and local customs amid rising tensions on the island.
Fruit-collector mum killed, son injured by wild elephant
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/07/2025
» SURAT THANI - A woman was killed and her son badly injured by a wild elephant while collecting wild fruit in a forest on Sunday.
Neighbour held for murder of Samui nurse
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/05/2025
» SURAT THANI: The neighbour of a nurse who was found strangled to death in her dormitory room on Koh Samui has been arrested at an abandoned pub and charged with her murder. Police say he claimed he just wanted her gold ring to pay off a gambling debt, but she resisted.
Nurse found strangled to death on Koh Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 21/05/2025
» SURAT THANI: A 35-year-old nurse was found strangled to death in her dormitory room on the tourist island of Koh Samui on Wednesday morning, with her car missing.
Foreign-owned motorbike rental business busted on Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 28/02/2025
» SURAT THANI: A Myanmar national who runs a motorcycle rental business that earns him 20,000 baht a day has been arrested on Koh Phangan for working in an occupation reserved for Thais. A compatriot who works for him was also arrested.
Three busted for selling e-cigarettes, baraku on Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/02/2025
» SURAT THANI: Police have arrested three women – a Russian, a Myanmar and a Thai – for selling contraband e-cigarettes and baraku in two raids on Koh Phangan.
Foreigners caught running child care centre on Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/01/2025
» SURAT THANI - Police have arrested five Russians, two Ukrainians and one Myanma on charges of illegally operating a day care centre for foreign children on Koh Phangan.
Two missing in landslide on Thailand's Koh Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/12/2024
» SURAT THANI: Rescue workers and soldiers are battling to find two Myanmar construction workers still missing after a landslide buried their shelter on the tourist island of Koh Samui early Sunday.
Education office defends closure of learning centre
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 10/09/2024
» Surat Thani Provincial Education Office has clarified the closure of the Myinttar Yeink Learning Centre, saying the authorities had urged that its students be transferred to Thai education schools many times, but the centre did not cooperate.