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Three more small time meth users nabbed as big dealer evades Phuket police
PHUKET: Police are content with the arrest of three small-time drug dealers, charging each of them with possession of a Category 1 drug (Crystal Meth) “with intent to sell without permission”, while their supplier has evaded capture.
Cambodia Defamation Case Takes Politics into Manufactured Crisis
Latest Sam Rainsy is left to a difficult decision as Cambodia’s strongman Hun Sen threatens legal action and ignores ‘‘wind of freedom.’’
PhuketWATCH Security Clamp in Thailand; 10 Killed at High Speed; Star's Charity Probed
Phuket Updating Digest Thailand reacts to Paris outrage; 10 killed in high speed train crash; Comedy star dies; Cricketer’s charity being probed; More than 100 stung by jellyfish.
Asean Today: Apec Clamp on Security; Malaysia Under Scrutiny; NZ Woos Vietnam
Around the Region Countries in SE Asia tighten security after Paris with Obama to visit Apec; Elephants dwindling in Laos; Free Rainsy, says Human Rights Watch; Keys visits Vietnam.
Phuket security on heightened alert in wake of deadly Paris attacks
PHUKET: Security personnel throughout Phuket have been ordered to be on heightened alert for any suspicious activity following terrorist attacks in Paris last night that left no less than 150 dead.
Fire at Patong restaurant causes B50,000 in damages
PHUKET: No injuries or deaths were reported as a result of a fire that occurred at a restaurant in Patong this morning.
Dear Phuketwan Reader, Thank You for Your Contribution, Now Please Grow a Brain
Latest First in the Phuketwan farewell series is the editor’s response to so much interest in the workings of his mind and an apology for getting something seriously wrong.
Paris attacks: One of attackers mentions French military action in Syria, says witness
PARIS: One of the assailants in Paris Friday mentioned Frances intervention in Syrias war to justify the attacks, said a witness who was at a concert venue where some 100 people were killed.
Speeding car flips on Patong road after smashing into back of parked taxi, unhurt driver suspected of drink-driving
PHUKET: Police have cited excessive speed as the likely cause of an accident in which a car flipped over after smashing into a parked taxi in the early hours of this morning in Patong.