Phuket Latest News

Around the Region Protesters held in KL; Manny fans await big fight; Cambodian pair charged over rape of Aussie; Agent Orange lingers for generations; Burma road to election.

Latest Resistance is over: for years, Phuket’s planners have resisted the use of flyovers because they argue the eyesores would be unsuitable. Now, two are coming for traffic hot spots.

THAILAND: The Phetchaburi provincial court yesterday (May 1) sentenced Supat Laohawattana, a former Police General Hospital doctor, and his eldest son to death for murdering a Myanmar worker.

PHUKET: The Department of Land Transport (DLT) Phuket Office has denied that anyone who has a driver licence seized must apply for a new one.

BANGKOK: Computer users have been warned of a form of “ransomware” being delivered by email after Thai cyber police noted a sharp rise in this kind of cybercrime in past weeks in Thailand.

BANGKOK: People seeking to stage a public protest must inform authorities 24 hours in advance, and others who think they create public nuisance may petition the Administrative Court or courts of justice under the new public assembly law passed on Friday.

BALTIMORE,USA: Residents of impoverished West Baltimore erupted in jubilation and relief yesterday (May 1) after authorities charged six officers over the death in custody of a young African-American man.

PHUKET: Three men and two women were arrested over the past three days on charges of possession of a total of 17.73 grams of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) and five meth pills (ya bah).

PHUKET: The owner and crew of a tourist cruise boat that flushed oil into the sea in Ton Sai Bay, Phi Phi, on Thursday (April 3) are to face charges of illegal pollution..