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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 The grand Pattaya Music Festival is back in town to entertain music lovers. This is an unrivalled opportunity to enjoy a weekend of listening and dancing to beautiful music performed by more than 100 musicians. Fun awaits everyone, on the weekend of March 19th-21st.
According to Pattaya’s city hall it was revived to lighten the mood to give residents and tourists all the more reason to smile and enjoy the resort. The event is also part of a wider nation-wide campaign “Amazing Thailand Amazing Value” managed by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to deliver events and value-for-money features to Thai and international travellers. |
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 A British national who rented a Jetski from a Pattaya Beach operator has been attacked and severely beaten following an argument over the victim having allegedly damaged the Jetski he had rented.
Pattaya, the 19th of February 2010: At approximately 8:00pm on Friday, police Lieutenant Colonel Supphachai Puikumkaew (Pattaya Police Investigator) was confronted by Mr. David John Marshall [62], a British national. Mr. Marshall presented himself to Pattaya Police, suffering from a severely swollen face, black eye and broken tooth. He reported to police that he had been bashed by a group of Thai men after hiring a Jetski from a Pattaya Beach operator close to Soi 13 on Pattaya Beach Road. |
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 Police investigators have revealed that the apprehension of Mr. Yuenyaw, responsible for the brutal murder of Mrs. Viphaporn Jaila [23] and her daughter Tharin Jitsanguansuk [2], was thanks to DNA tests performed on workers at the Allied Precision Company, where the husband of the deceased, Mr. Jitsanguan, works.
Pattaya, the 16th of February 2010: Police investigators performed the DNA testing on over 600 employees at the Allied Precision Company based on the belief that the murderer had intimate knowledge of the family and the fact that a substantial amount of money was kept at the family-run fishing business where the murders took place. |
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 A Norwegian national has been robbed of approximately 10,000 baht after he had left his wallet with a Thai woman who he did not know, whilst he went for a ride on a Jetski.
At approximately 5:30pm on Sunday, police Lieutenant Colonel Preecha Sumrit received a report from Mr. Tom Sverre Norheim [50] a Norwegian national. Mr. Norheim had come to the Pattaya police station suffering some severe facial injuries explaining that he had been robbed and assaulted by a group of Thai men acting as Jetski renters. |
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), concerned over the recent increase in illegal drug trafficking and cultivation coming from border nations around the kingdom have moved to increase interaction and cooperation with there foreign counterparts. Second to this, border patrols and check points have been increased, however; without proper action taken by neighbouring countries the problem will continue to worsen.
Following the recent seizure of approximately 3.6 million amphetamine (Ya-Ba) tablets in Bangkok, the ONCB released a statement to draw attention to the inaction over illegal cultivation, distribution and subsequent trafficking of drugs from border countries, namely Burma and Laos. |
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 The organizers & sponsors of the 2nd Pattaya International Bed Race were delighted at the huge success of this charity event after putting in so much hard work. International media organizations & teams were involved, so that the end result has been the raising of well over 300,000 baht (approximately $10,000 US).
PDN interviewed leading Rotary Club of Pattaya official Mr. Niels, who is widely known as one of the founders and a moving force behind this charity event. He stated that there was more involvement this year by Pattaya’s various clubs, business organisations, local sponsors, and even Pattaya City Hall. |
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Written by Pattaya One News
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 In the early hours of Tuesday Morning and in response to complaints received from local residents, Karaoke Bars located in Soi 17 off the Tepprasit Road in Jomtien were checked by officers from the Police Region 2 Child and Women’s Protection Unit who also received information that drug activity was rampant amongst employees and patrons of the bars. |
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 This following incident of yet another electrocution of an elephant was reported yesterday, 23rd January at 5.30pm to Police Lieutenant Arnon Inphorng , (NaJomtien Police Investigator)
Mr. Uay Yuirum [61], stated that on the day in question, as he was riding his elephant Saeng-jun [50] in the rain to the Nern NaJomtien Elephant Camp in Sattahip, for her monthly check at the back of the elephant camp, he felt a surge of electricity through his leg and was thrown of his elephant onto a grass verge at the side of the road. At the same time as he was thrown, he felt his elephant shudder before she fell by the side of a high voltage electricity post. |
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 An intoxicated taxi driver has been arrested for a series of weapons related charges after threatening to shoot a Thai man outside the Tamnan I-San Pub & Restaurant, North Pattaya.Pattaya, the 5th of January 2010. At approximately 3:00am on Tuesday, police Lieutenant Colonel Suphat Phuikaew (Pattaya Police Investigator) received a report stating that a taxi driver was holding a man at gun point outside the Tamnan I-San Pub & Restaurant, Soi Pechtrakoon, North Pattaya. A team of police rushed to the scene to investigate. |
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 On 28/12/2009, the Government has launched a project to designate 2010 as the year for road safety in an effort to reduce road accidents and ensure public safety. The campaign for road safety has been stepped up, especially during the New Year festive season. The objective is to bring down the number of road accidents by 50 percent within the next 10 years. |
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 A German national recently died after being stabbed by a Thai man as a result of a minor traffic incident. Police have apprehended the murderer who pleads he acted in self defence.
Wolf-Dieter Kesselheim [66] a German national, living in Phuket for the last 2 years, was stabbed to death after Mr. Pittaya Srijitraporn [32] and two of his teenage cousins, riding a motorbike, allegedly cut him off in his pickup. The incident occurred outside the Chalong Police Station but a chase continued as a result of the incident for a further few hundred meters, ending in a fatal confrontation. |
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Written by Phuket Gazette
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 RAWAI, PHUKET: Ten Rawai sea gypsies were arrested by Marine Police late Sunday night and charged with collecting protected species for the illicit trade in tropical fish.The arrests were carried out by Phuket Marine Police and officials from the Phuket Marine and Coastal Resources Conservation Center (PMCRCC).Under the direction of PMCRCC Director Paitoon Panchaipum, the officers intercepted two large longtail boats filled with protected marine species as they were coming ashore at Rawai’s Phromthep Cape.Among the fishing ‘equipment’ collected as evidence in the case were bottles of cyanide.One of the most toxic substances known to man, cyanide is used to temporarily stun fish so that they can be easily removed from the coral reefs they inhabit. |
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Written by Phuket Gazette
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Chalong Police are on the hunt for a man presumed to be a ‘tuk-tuk / taxi driver’ who allegedly set upon a French family with a beach umbrella in the Kata area of Phuket on Saturday evening.
The family, an elderly couple on holiday with their 44-year old son, his wife and their three children, aged 14 months, seven and nine, claim they were attacked when they parked their rented car along the Kata Beach road.
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Written by Pattaya Daily News
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 A two storey vessel has capsized off the coast of Koh Larn, near Pattaya. The accident injured 17 passengers and crew. The reason for the accident has been put down to an imbalance in the boat, caused when most of the passengers had been on the second level whilst a large wave struck the vessel. The boat had recently been modified to include a second floor and it is uncertain whether the construction was certified.Koh Larn, the 24th of December 2009. At approximately 4:30pm on Thursday Police Lieautenant Rerngwit Rakchat (Pattaya Police investigator), received a report stating that a boat had capsized in Pattaya Bay, with its passengers and crew stranded in the water. Police Lt. Col. Rakchat informed his superior; police Colonel Sarayut Sanguan Pohkai, who along with the Pattaya City Mayor Itthiphol Khunpluem and a team of rescue officers from the Sawang Boriboon Foundation went to the scene to investigate. |
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