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Latest Human trafficking became a profitable industry for some in Thailand because officials turned a blind eye or profited from it. Now, with the moral compass fixed, the finger-pointing is beginning.

THAILAND: Authorities today (May 9) questioned more than 100 migrants discovered in the countrys south to determine whether they were victims of human trafficking, as they race to meet a deadline to uncover people smuggling camps within its borders.

PHUKET: A 23-year-old man was taken to hospital with a head injury after he slammed his motorbike into the back of an 18-wheeler truck shortly after midnight (May 9).

Lastest With good timing, an earthquake has backed up a request by the residents of Koh Yao off Phuket for a tsunami warning tower, because a seabed fault is so close.

THALAND: A number of small hotels in Phuket that cannot shoulder their financial burden look set to be sold in 2016 despite tourism picking up again since late last year.

Latest Tuk-tuk drivers who are not legal will be seeking yellow numberplates and their own parking queues as the Army is called in to solve issues for Phuket’s airport meter taxi drivers.

Latest Sixteen NGOs have urged US Secretary of State John Kerry to maintain Thailand’s position at Tier 3 on the Trafficking in Persons register for 2015.

Phuket Updating Digest Three alleged people-traffickers killed in a Bangladesh gunfight; Thailand’s China charters under threat; Hunt for three sailors abandoned; Liverpool to play Bangkok.

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