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PHUKET: Devotees of a small Chinese shrine in Phuket have filed a complaint with Muang District Office requesting an investigation be made into the shrine’s president because they suspect he has not been keeping a full record of the shrine’s finances.

latest Onlookers at Phuket’s Vegetarian Festival processions have been warned to make sure they are protected as six enchanted warriors require hospital treatment for self-inflicted wounds.

Latest Patong was once the most popular swimming beach on Phuket but the monsoon season enabled jet-ski operators and parasail speedboats to complete a coup and take control.

Phuket Updating Digest Police to pursue Phuket rioters who flee; Armed intervention faster in future; Rohingya joined by other unwanted; Boost for Suvarnabhumi; Haj toll jumps to 1600.

Around the Region Two-decades old murder may be solved; Christian shot dead as church razed in Aceh; Thais not so free to travel; Laos faces chicken flu outbreak; EU faces??? Burma test.

PHUKET: Police are attempting to identify the body of a man who was bludgeoned to death in a grievous attack in front of abandoned shophouse near Wat Thepnimit, in Wichit, early this morning (Oct 14).

KRABI: An officer at the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has voiced his concerns about the illegal baby gibbon trade after three touts were arrested on Phi Phi Island for charging tourists for photographs with baby specimens of the much-loved mammals.

PHUKET: The management of the nightclub on Bangla Rd, Patong, where security guards were captured on video severely beating several Australian tourists has issued a statement deploring the incident.

PHUKET: A 44-year-old woman who suffered smoke inhalation on the bus that caught fire in Phang Nga last week still remains in intensive care at Phang Nga hospital hospital staff confirmed to The Phuket News today (Oct 14).