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Phuket Updating Digest Thailand push for waterworld tourism, but numbers don’t add up; Thavorn Grand branded Accor; World Bank downgrades forecast; Dolphinarium activist hits at Australians.

Around the Region Two Malaysian police lose appeal over murder with political overtones; Cambodia doubts Thai version of deaths; Budget fares boost; Bank merger plan ends; EU boosts Philippines aid.

PHUKET: Pictures widely shared on the Internet of a Czech father busking in front of the Robinson department store in Phuket Town and on Bangla Rd in Patong to collect money for his daughter’s hospital bills have prompted help from many people, he says.

PHUKET: Eighteen senior police officers in Phuket, including three of the six provincial deputy commanders, are to be moved to posts outside Phuket in the annual reshuffle that follows the moving of very senior officers at the end of September last year.

The Commerce Ministry will not amend the Foreign Business Act (FBA) to more strictly control foreign management in local businesses, in order to keep Thailand attractive to foreign investors.

Another 26 people are being summonsed by Crime Suppression Division police for questioning about the embezzlement of 1.47 billion baht from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Latkrabang (KMITL), as investigators try to track down the missing money.

PHUKET: Police yesterday (January 12) arrested two youths on charges of murdering 19-year old Chalong “Boat” Natpetchdang on Phoonpol Rd Soi 7 just before midnight on December 29 last year.

PHUKET: Police yesterday (January 12) arrested two youths on charges of murdering 19-year old Chalong “Boat” Natpetchdang on Phoonpol Rd Soi 7 just before midnight on December 29 last year.

PHUKET: Water supplies to Irawadee Village and nearby, on Pracha-Uthit Rd in Rassada, will be cut off from 10 am on Thursday (on January 15).