Indian, Chinese investors buying pubs, restaurants in Pattaya
WHILE many foreigners are investing in Chonburi province, Indian and Chinese investors have channelled the most funds in buying up businesses in Pattaya to cater to their countryfolk holidaying at this seaside tourist city, Matichon newspaper quoted business people in this province as saying today (Feb. 27). Indian investors bought up pubs and restaurants […]
Read MoreFormer senior Pattaya official’s nephew surrenders after killing British engineer
THE NEPHEW of a former deputy mayor of Pattaya surrendered to police today (Jan. 7) after shooting to death a British engineer in a road rage row, TV Channel 7 said. Provincial Police Region 2’s investigation team joined Huay Yai police station in arresting Mr. Apichat (surname withheld), 32, after being contacted by Mr. […]
Read MoreRussian basketball player electrocuted in Pattaya
A YOUNG Russian basketball player was electrocuted to death at a community sports field in Pattaya last evening (Dec. 15) after touching a damaged light pole with other athletes revealing that there are electrical leaks at several other points too, Sanook.com said this morning. At 10 p.m. Sawang Boriboon Thammasthan Foundaton’s Radio Centre received a […]
Read MorePolice: Jealous Thai wife hired 2 Poles to attack Cambodian woman
A JEALOUS Thai woman likely hired two Polish men to viciously attack a Cambodian woman in Pattaya on Nov.1 with her face and body being slashed and acid poured on her genitals, Amarin TV said last evening (Dec. 9). This TV station’s news team went to Bang Lamung district, Chonburi, and uncovered a lot […]
Read MorePolice raid Pattaya club at 3 a.m., 16 hookah burners seized
AT RAID on a Pattaya club at 3 a.m. this morning (Dec. 3) found around 150 foreign tourists drinking, dancing and smoking hookah with 16 hookah burners seized, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Col. Chakraphan Kittisiripornkul, deputy chief of Chonburi police, together with Pol. Col. Kulchat Kulchai, superintendent of Pattaya City police station, led […]
Read MoreNetizens blast building a drain higher than the road
GOING viral on Thai social media is this puzzling photo of a drain built in Pattaya that is higher than the road with questions being raised as to where the water will go, Matichon newspaper said today (Nov. 29). This photo was posted on PattayaWatchdog webpage which shares interesting information about this seaside city […]
Read MoreOver 200 revellers all flee Pattaya pub raid
A RAID on a high-end pub in Pattaya by a team of policemen from Provincial Police Region 2 and Pattaya police station failed to control the over 200 revellers who all pushed their way through the cordon and escaped, TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 23). When the police team arrived at the posh […]
Read MoreGuest attacks Indian landlord over key card fine
A WOMAN who had rented a guest room above an Indian restaurant in Pattaya slashed the Indian proprietor on the face with a hand sanitizer stand over a fine for losing the key card, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Oct. 15). After Pattaya City police station’s radio centre got a report of an unidentified Indian business, […]
Read MoreGold chain, mobile phone stolen from Russian and Indian tourists
A RUSSIAN tourist lost a gold chain to two transgender thieves while strolling on Pattaya beach and a Thai woman stole a mobile phone from an Indian man holidaying at this seaside city, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 3). At 11.30 p.m. last night Mr. Vadim Korni Iashchenko, 31, a Russian national filed […]
Read MorePattaya police station head transferred after Kyrgyz woman’s death
IMMIDIATELY transferred to the National Police headquarters in Bangkok today (Sept. 18) was the superintendent of Pattaya City police station after two cases of human trafficking and prostitution emerged at the seaside city with one leading to a Kyrgyz woman falling from the seventh floor of a hotel, Matichon newspaper. Pol. Col. Kulachat Kulchai, […]
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