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PHUKET: All 10 crewmen from the Cambodian cargo ship that sunk off Phuket earlier today have been safely recovered by the Royal Thai Navy.

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PHUKET: Marine Police are attempting to rescue the 10 crewmen who have abandoned a Cambodian cargo ship that struck rocks and sank off Koh Hei (Coral Island), about five kilometres directly offshore from Phuket’s Rawai beach, about 10:30am today (July 8).

PHUKET: The wild winds Phuket has been subjected to over the past week are forecast to ease just in time for the Multihull Solutions Regatta, which gets underway on Thursday (July 9).

The accelerator cable of a touring cart involved in the Khon Kaen Zoo accident which killed five people on Sunday (July 5) was covered with rust and may have caused the accelerator pedal to stick before the fatal crash, a preliminary inspection found on yesterday (July 7).

PHUKET: The Marine Police have dispatched a rescue team to assist the captain and crew of a fishing crew who broadcast a mayday for help off Koh Racha Yai at 8:15am today (July 8).

SURAT THANI: An 18-year-old man was yesterday (July 7) charged with reckless driving and driving without a licence following a fatal car crash that killed five soldiers in Surat Thani on Moday (July 6).

Latest The Indonesian captain of a cargo ship that was swept into rocks on an island off Phuket has told Phuketwan of losing all power and a dramatic rescue by the Navy and Marine Police.

Latest Two Phuket-based journalists are due to face court next week on criminal defamation and Computer Crimes Act charges. Here’s a report from one Australian news outlet.