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PHUKET: Police believe leg cramp was the critical factor in the death of a Russian man, believed drowned, at a house in Rawai yesterday (Sept 28).

PHUKET: Marine Police and rescue workers this morning (Sept 29) resumed their search for a 25-year-old man who was swept out to sea while fishing with friends yesterday evening (Sept 28) at Saikaew Beach in Mai Khao, at the northern tip of Phuket.

NEW YORK: The New Zealand government has unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world’s most pristine ocean environments.

CHIANG MAI: The mentally ill man who allegedly hacked to death five boys and injured a pregnant woman in Chai Prakan district was a former drug addict, the local police chief said on Monday (Sept 28).

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has affirmed to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that his government is sticking to its political roadmap which will return Thailand to democracy in 2017.

Phuket Updating Digest A Phuket CEO is honored for philanthropy; Bomb investigation draws to close: Thailand elections back in 2017, UN told; Paul Walker daughters sues Porsche.

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PHUKET: Provincial Police Commander Patchara Boonyasit has played down a social media firestorm over a Thai man being issued a traffic ticket with the amounts left blank, to be filled in later at the Phuket City Police Station.