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Samui villa demolition runs into hurdles
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 24/10/2024
» Authorities on the tourist island of Koh Samui are trying again to get 11 illegally built luxury villas demolished after their first attempt to do so earlier this week fell flat.
Mother, daughter die in railway crossing collision
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 30/09/2024
» SURAT THANI - A mother and her young daughter were killed and a married couple seriously injured when their car was hit by a Sprinter train at a railway crossing in this southern province on Sunday night.
Illegal villas closed, tenants ordered out, on Koh Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 18/09/2024
» SURAT THANI - Authorities have closed 21 villas built illegally on Koh Samui, some of them housing foreign tenants who were ordered to leave.
Two killed, child survives train-truck crash
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 17/09/2024
» SURAT THANI - A train collided with a pickup truck at a railway crossing in Chumphon on Tuesday killing the two adults inside, but a child was pulled alive from the wreckage.
Australian rape suspect arrested on Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 13/09/2024
» SURAT THANI: A 62-year-old Australian man has been arrested on Koh Phangan in connection with 15 sexual abuse and rape cases in his country.
Police pull plug on foreign electricians
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 13/09/2024
» SURAT THANI: Two Russian men were arrested on Koh Phangan on Thursday for working without permission, police said.
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.
250kg of crystal meth seized in Surat Thani
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/09/2024
» SURAT THANI: Four drug couriers have been arrested and 250 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine seized from a container truck during a police search in Tha Chang district of this southern province.
Ministry shuts down six Burmese language schools
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/09/2024
» The Education Ministry has ordered local authorities to investigate if there are Burmese language learning centres operating illegally in their provinces after it found six such centres in Surat Thani and ordered their closure.
ACT probes Koh Rap title deeds amid stunted 'park'
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 30/08/2024
» SURAT THANI: Police officers from the Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) of the Central Investigation Bureau have been probing the issuance of 33 title deeds covering a total of 400 rai on Koh Rap in this southern province despite preparations to have it declared a national park area.