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Around the Region How the trafficking saga was revealed; Indonesian dismisses Aussie same-sex claim; Burma has no trafficking arrests; Cambodia, Vietnam agree border deal.

Latest Some Uighurs who have been held in Thailand have been sent to Turkey while a group of about 100 have been sent to China, says Human Rights Watch, questioning the Thai Government.

Latest International organisations representing 600,000 journalists in 134 countries have called on Thailand to drop criminal defamation charges against two Phuketwan journalists.

PHUKET: The body of a Thai man reported missing after falling from the rocks at Tritrang Beach on Monday (July 5) washed up on Patong Beach in the early hours of today (July 9).

PHUKET: The last of more than 150 tourists who had been stuck on Koh Racha Yai since Phuket Marine Office chief Phuripat Theerakulpisut ordered that no speedboats less than nine meters in length put to sea finally made it back to Phuket this morning (July 9).

SURAT THANI: The defence team for two Myanmar nationals accused of killing two British backpackers in Thailand last year were dealt a blow today (July 9) when it emerged that some crucial DNA evidence would not be retested.

PHUKET: Three crewmen from the barge that sunk of Koh Racha Yai before dawn on Tuesday (July 7) have been found alive and safely recovered at Koh Lanta, more than 70 kilometres away in Krabi province.

The Tourism and Sports Ministry is stepping up its efforts to crack down on Thai proxy agents working with Chinese tour companies selling zero-dollar packages.

Drama off the coast, Phukets entrants for Miss Universe Thailand, new evidence at Samui Court and Burma goes to the polls.