Foreigner who assaulted Phuket doctor gets jail
REGION 8 Appeals Court today (May 23) overturned the lower court’s verdict dismissing a case against a Swiss man on charges of having kicked a Thai woman doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach in February last year and sentenced him to one month in […]
Read MoreYoung academic doctor loses almost 8.5m baht to scammers
A YOUNG doctor of engineering asked for help from Sai Mai Tong Rod (Sai Mai District Must Survive) community Facebook page after being tricked to transfer 8,465,084 baht to call centre scammers who talked to him over the phone for seven days and nights, Naewna newspaper quoted Thai Rath News Show as saying today […]
Read MoreArrest warrant out for Swiss man charged with ‘kicking’ doctor
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Swiss man accused by a Thai woman doctor of having kicked her as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach in February last year, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 21). Mr. Nipit Intarasombat said although the Court of […]
Read MoreCourt orders detention of Dr. Boon’s ex-wife, daughter
THE CRIMINAL Court on Ratchadapisek road today (Nov. 25) ordered the detention of fraud suspect on the run Dr. Boon Vanasin’s ex-wife and daughter pending consideration of documents after they submitted 2 million baht each for bail, Naewna newspaper said. The next hearing on a bail request by Mrs. Charuwan Vanasin, 79, and their […]
Read MoreDoctor wanted for scamming investors has fled to China
A DOCTOR wanted on charges of defrauding the public and money laundering with there currently being 247 victims and losses totaling 7.5 billion baht has fled to China with police coordinating with the Foreign Ministry to issue an Interpol red notice for him, Naewna newspaper and Sanook.com said today (Nov. 23). Being chased is […]
Read MoreS.Korean doctor nabbed in raid on city-centre clinic
A SOUTH Korean doctor working in Thailand with a proper licence was arrested at a beauty clinic in the heart of Bangkok just as he was treating a patient, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Oct. 11). Dr. Phanuwat Panket, head of Department of Health Services, and representatives from the Medical Council of Thailand […]
Read MoreSky Doctor flies ailing German tourist from Koh Samui to Trang
THE SKY DOCTOR service flew a German tourist who had suffered a stroke on Koh Samui to Trang Hospital and saved his life, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Mar. 15). At 11.15 a.m. yesterday National Institute of Emergency Medicine (NIEM) was asked by the Nerendthorn Centre on Koh Samui to send an aircraft […]
Read More‘Kicking’ Swiss man hit again for holding registered pistols
THE SWISS man whose visa was revoked after he allegedly kicking a female doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket was hit with another charge of holding two registered pistols because gun ownership is restricted to Thai citizens, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. […]
Read MoreSenior Phuket policeman ‘just a friend of a friend’ of Swiss man facing charges
IN INVESTIGATING whether any policemen in Phuket were involved in the case about a Swiss businessman who allegedly kicked a female doctor Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sinlert Sukhum said a senior policeman seen in a couple of photos socialising with him is just a friend of a friend, TV Channel 7 said […]
Read MoreForeigner in hot water over villa staircase row
AFTER a female doctor filed a complaint in Phuket of being attacked by a foreign man, later identified as having come from Switzerland, while watching the moon as she sat on his villa staircase leading to a beach, officials checked this staircase and found that only the first step is private property not the […]
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