Police raid Indian casino at Pattaya hotel amid claims of a big bribe being paid
SCORES of Indian gamblers were rounded up in a raid on a well-known Pattaya hotel soon after midnight (May 1) with a conference hall having been turned into a casino and over 200 million baht found in circulation while the tour operator claimed to have paid 2.4 million baht bribe, Amarin TV said. Pol. […]
Read MoreKhmer soldiers seal off gutted casino-hotel complex near Thai border
CAMBODIAN soldiers took full control of the fire-gutted casino-hotel complex at Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, this afternoon (Dec. 31) after ordering Thai rescuers to withdraw at 6 p.m. yesterday, Naewna newspaper said. Cambodia’s Military Region 5 sent troops to block off the three buildings of the Grand Diamond […]
Read More22 employees, gamblers dead in Cambodian casino-hotel inferno
THE HUGE FIRE at the three-building casino-hotel complex in Cambodia’s Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has killed 22 employees and gamblers so far with 53 injured and eight still missing, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 30). Eyewitnesses said the blaze at Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino which […]
Read MoreUpdate: 12 dead in Cambodian casino fire, most of them Thai staff
THE death toll in the fire that raged through a Cambodian hotel and casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has reached 12 while 53 are injured and eight missing with most of them being Thai staff working there, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 29). The […]
Read MoreChopper sent to rescue Thais from blazing Cambodian casino
A THAI helicopter flew to rescue Thais stuck on the rooftop of a blazing luxury Cambodian hotel and casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, with the 17-storey building on the verge of collapsing, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Dec. 29). Staff of Grand Diamond City Hotel […]
Read MoreKyrgyz woman dies in fall from Pattaya luxury hotel
A KYRGYZ woman died after falling from the top floor of a luxury hotel in Pattaya this afternoon (Sept. 16) with a German man who had helped her saying she had been lured into prostitution by a Chinese gang, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Lt. Col. Pitak Noensaeng, an inspector at Pattaya City police […]
Read MoreYoung Australian man falls to death from Phuket hotel
A YOUNG Australian man who came to Phuket with a group of 11 friends plunged to his death from a hotel room at Patong beach at 10 a.m. yesterday, Matichon newspaper said today (May 18). Pol. Lt. Col. Ekachai Siri, attached to the Tourist Police Bureau, said upon being informed of the death of Mr.Billy […]
Read MoreScaffolding collapses at Wireless-Rama 4 project site killing 2 workers
TWO CONSTRUCTION workers were crushed to death when scaffolding at a mixed-use project at the corner of Wireless and Rama 4 roads collapsed today (Feb. 16), Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Prakan Kawee, an investigator at Lumpini police station, rushed to One Bangkok mixed-use project site upon hearing of the accident where a luxury […]
Read MoreLegendary Korat hotel being sold after coronavirus severely hit business
JOINING the ranks of hotels put up for sale in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Korat) after the coronavirus pandemic caused business to plunge sharply is one that had been operating for 30 years and had a massage parlour on its top-most 12th floor, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 5). Pegasus Korat Hotel, located on Mitraphab […]
Read MoreKhao Yai hotel threatens to sue guest over below par review
A THAI woman who gave a low rating to a hotel in Khao Yai at a booking app was threatened by the management to pay 3 million baht in compensation within 15 days and publish an apology in five newspapers for seven days or face a lawsuit, Sanook.com said today (Jan. 7). Mr. Sittra […]
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