PHUKET: A Myanmar migrant worker was arrested yesterday (August 4) when he was found to be in possession of 70 items, all believed to have stolen, including seven tablets which were stolen from Satree Phuket School last month. Police estimate his total haul was in the region of B800,000.
MUAY THAI: Thanyapura’s very own Muay Thai champion is fighting to become one of the best in Thailand at the Rising Queen’s Warriors event in Chiang Rai next week.
CRICKET: After hosting a week long youth cricket tournament with players coming from Hong Kong and the North of Thailand it was the adults turn to play at the Alan Cooke Ground last Sunday (August 2) in the Outrigger T20 competition.
GOLF: Kiradech Aphibarnrant is targeting a top 50 place in the world to get more chances to play on the PGA Tour.
PHUKET: Police have yet to discover why Sriwan Saraphu, a 49-year-old staffer at a Phuket spa, jumped off Rawai Pier into storm seas with waves surging up to two metres tall this morning (August 5). Her body was found two hours later.
BANGKOK: Dog protection networks led by the Phuket based Soi Dog Foundation has submitted a petition with more than 1.5 million signatures to the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) and the Court of Justice, calling for stiffer penalties against animal welfare offenders.
PHUKET XTRA - August 5 (WARNING: Disturbing images) Special report from Nai Yang Beach, another van accident, disturbing discovery of dog meat and the opening at the new Boat Arcade. Thanks to AKA Thailand. #PhuketNewsTV #PhuketTV
PHUKET: Officials staging a drug raid in the central Phuket area of Tambon Thepkrasattri yesterday (August 4) arrested a taxi driver and his drug buddy teddy bear, stuffed with 171 meth pills.
BANGKOK: Thailand will go back to the drawing board with its unilateral ban on sales of alcohol near schools, while leaving it on the books as vaguely written for selective enforcement based on the “judgment” of law enforcement officers.