A SWISS man has been arrested for allegedly luring a 14-year-old boy to Patong Beach and sexually assaulting him with Phuket police having charged him with three serious offences and are opposing bail, TV Channel 7 said today (July 21). The boy’s mother had contacted Ms. Paveena Hongsakul, president of Paveena Foundation for Children
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Berserk Irish man sets fire to condo in Pattaya
IN A fit of jealous rage an Irish man torched his own condominium in Pattaya in the dead of the night locking his girlfriend and child within with the building’s fire alarm also not sounding but fortunately all three were safely rescued and no one else got injured, Amarin TV said this morning (April
Read moreIsrael man arrested on drug charges on Koh Phangan, Aussie couple too nabbed
FOLLOWING the arrest of a Brazilian man on drug trafficking charges on Koh Phangan, further investigation led to an Israeli man being arrested on similar charges while an Australian couple also landed in hot water with the man for drug use and the woman for resisting arrest, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said
Read moreForeigner rescued after falling into deep well
A GERMAN man fell into a 20-metre-deep well while mowing his lawn in Chonburi today (Oct. 9) and floated in there for 40 minutes until rescuers who were alerted by a neighbour pulled him up, Naewna newspaper said. At 11 a.m. Mr. Phichit Kiakkuthan, head of Sawang Rojanatham Foundation rescue unit, was informed of
Read moreRussian man arrested for running motorcycle rental business on Koh Phangan
TOURIST Police arrested a Russian man for operating a motorcycle rental business on Koh Phangan with his customers mainly being Israeli women, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 25). Acting on a tipoff a team of Tourist Police together with local and Immigration officers tracked down and apprehended Mr. Timofei Kariagin, 30, in an alley
Read morePolice probing Australian man’s fall from Pattaya hotel
PATTAYA police are investigating an Australian man’s fall from the sixth floor of a hotel after his face was slashed with a knife today (Sep. 17), Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Sonthaya Khanthrap, deputy inspector of Pattaya City police station, along with investigation officers, Pattaya Tourist Police officers, rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon
Read moreBrutal transgender gang slashes British man in Pattaya
A LONELY British man who had asked for the services of two women was stunned when four transgender sex workers had instead come to his condo in Pattaya and when he rejected them and refused to pay 10,000 baht per person as demanded was badly slashed on his head, TV Channel 7 said this
Read moreDrunk Russian man jumps to his death from villa roof
A RUSSIAN man who was drunk climbed up the roof of a villa in Phuket and jumped to his death this afternoon (July 19) after assaulting his friends who had tried to stop him, Amarin TV said this evening. At 3.52 p.m. Pol. SLt. Kriangkrai Daokrajai, deputy chief for investigation at Chalong police station,
Read morePolice hunting for woman in death of Swedish man in Pattaya
PATTAYA police are urgently searching for an unidentified woman seen in a surveillance camera footage leaving the condominium unit where a Swedish man was found dead yesterday (July 17) with another foreigner, an Australian, also found dead in the same building a couple of hours earlier, Naewna newspaper an Amarin TV said. At 2
Read moreDrunk foreigner sleeping on Pattaya road hit by car
A SWEDISH man who was heavily intoxicated and fell asleep on the road in front of a Pattaya entertainment venue got hit on his head by a car that drove there to pick up a passenger in the wee hours of this morning (June 20), TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Lt. Wuttinan Kongdee, an
Read moreIndian man sprays mosquito repellent in mouth after row with girlfriend
AN INDIAN man upset after a row with his girlfriend who disappeared and could not be reached all night sprayed mosquito repellant in his mouth and was rushed to a Pattaya hospital in a state of shock this morning (June 11), Amarin TV said. At 10 a.m. Sawang Boribun Dhammasathan Foundation rescue unit was
Read moreForeigner who assaulted Phuket doctor gets jail
REGION 8 Appeals Court today (May 23) overturned the lower court’s verdict dismissing a case against a Swiss man on charges of having kicked a Thai woman doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach in February last year and sentenced him to one month in
Read moreArrest warrant out for Swiss man charged with ‘kicking’ doctor
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Swiss man accused by a Thai woman doctor of having kicked her as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach in February last year, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 21). Mr. Nipit Intarasombat said although the Court of
Read moreFormer Israeli officer held for illegally working as a guide on Koh Phangan
TOURIST Police on Koh Phangan today (Apr. 9) arrested a former Israeli special forces officer on the charges of illegally working as a tour guide taking Israeli children to visit various tourist attractions at this popular island, MNG Online said. Acting on a complaint to Tourist Police hotline 1155 a police team followed and observed
Read moreHungarian man charged with stealing 1.5m baht
A HUNGARIAN man was arrested in Chonburi today (March 8) on a charge of stealing 1.5 million baht from a vehicle parked at a shopping mall in Nonthaburi last Monday (March 3), Amarin TV said. Region 1 Provincial Police, together with an investigation team from Nonthaburi, tracked down and arrested Mr. Altal, 57, at
Read moreBody of foreigner wearing gold jewellery washes up on Pattaya beach
POLICEMEN and rescuers rushed to Pattaya’s Wong Amat beach early this morning (Nov. 22) after the body of a foreign man wearing gold jewellery washed ashore, TV Channel 7 said. Mrs. Praew Phinyoying, 83, said at approximately 6 a.m. a fisherman told her that he found a dead body washed up by the waves
Read moreCase against Swiss man charged with ‘kicking’ doctor dismissed
A THAI court has dismissed the case against a Swiss man who was accused by a Thai woman doctor of having kicked her as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket last February, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said today (Sept. 3). It was reported that the
Read moreMystery surrounds death of Indian man in Pathum Thani
AN INDIAN man who disappeared after a row with his Thai partner was found to have plunged to his death in a shop upfront an apartment building in Pathum Thani where he had rented a flat, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 20). Pol. Lt. Gen. Anusorn Wiangsima, deputy inspector at Khlong Luang police station, quickly
Read moreIcelandic man found dead at Samut Prakan hotel
AN ICELANDIC man was found dead at a hotel room in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province today (July 17) in unclear circumstances with police assuming that the alcohol he drank triggered an underlying health condition, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. At 11.30 a.m. police at Bang Kaew station were informed of
Read moreOfficials puzzled how missing young man survived in the jungle for a week
THE BIG WEEK-LONG search for a Thai tourist missing on Phu Soi Dao mountain at Phu Soi Dao National Park, Uttaradit, ended this morning (July 11) when the young man walked out of the jungle on his own and is still in good health with officials puzzled by his miraculous survival, TV Channel 7
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