DOING the rounds on Thai social media is a 40-second video clip showing a group of tourists being attacked by three foreign employees of a restaurant at Phuket’s Patong beach who aside from punching them also hit them with a aluminium rod and a chair, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. 27). The brawl
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Cash-strapped small hotels in Phuket appeal for help
SMALL hotels in Phuket are facing dire financial problems with several having been seized by financial institutions that have put them up for sale while 200 others are in the process of being seized by the Legal Execution Department, Thansettakij newspaper said today (July 13). Around 50 small hotel owners held a protest at
Read morePatong’s police ‘tigers’ shunted out over pub opening late
AFTER a lawyer posted a video clip on his Facebook page showing a pub at a Patong beach hotel in Phuket staying open beyond the legally set time with the loud noise disturbing the neighbours, a senior police officer went to the island today (Apr. 17) and ordered the transfer of five police officers who
Read morePhuket police get flak after fining tourist for riding e-scooter
PHUKET police issued a clarification after they were attacked on Thai social media for fining a foreign tourist who was caught riding an electric scooter in Patong area, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 21). Fearing a negative impact on tourism after photos circulated showing the tourist being fined for cruising along on an e-scooter,
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