Navy rescues crew from sinking cargo ship off Phuket
THE Thai navy mounted a full-scale operation to rescue 16 crewmembers of a cargo ship at risk of sinking off the coast of Phuket today (Feb. 7), with all safely brought ashore, Amarin TV said. RADM Parach Rattanachaiyapan, the navy’s spokesperson, said the Maritime Security Command Region 3 was alerted of Panamanian-flagged cargo ship […]
Read MoreNavy rescues crew from sinking cargo ship off Phuket
THE Thai navy mounted a full-scale operation to rescue 16 crewmembers of a cargo ship at risk of sinking off the coast of Phuket today (Feb. 7), with all safely brought ashore, Amarin TV said. RADM Parach Rattanachaiyapan, the navy’s spokesperson, said the Maritime Security Command Region 3 was alerted of Panamanian-flagged cargo ship […]
Read MoreTwo tourists lost in Koh Phangan forest rescued
A BIG search for two men holidaying in Thailand and getting lost in a forest at Koh Phangan late last night (Feb. 3) successfully found and rescued them with neither having been injured, Amarin TV said today. The island’s District Chief Mr. Paisit Thongjerm was alerted about the two tourists, Mr. Boris Sand Responton, […]
Read MoreTwo tourists lost in Koh Phangan forest rescued
A BIG search for two men holidaying in Thailand and getting lost in a forest at Koh Phangan late last night (Feb. 3) successfully found and rescued them with neither having been injured, Amarin TV said today. The island’s District Chief Mr. Paisit Thongjerm was alerted about the two tourists, Mr. Boris Sand Responton, […]
Read MoreRescued scam centre victim warns of beatings, organ sales
THAI authorities crossed over to Cambodia’s Kong Kong province to receive 32 Thais who had escaped from scam centres in the neighbouring country and upon crossing back to Thailand one of them warned of terrible conditions including being beaten to death and sale of organs, PPTVHD36 said yesterday (Jan. 31). Ms. Kalaya Prasitphak, district […]
Read MoreRescued scam centre victim warns of beatings, organ sales
THAI authorities crossed over to Cambodia’s Kong Kong province to receive 32 Thais who had escaped from scam centres in the neighbouring country and upon crossing back to Thailand one of them warned of terrible conditions including being beaten to death and sale of organs, PPTVHD36 said yesterday (Jan. 31). Ms. Kalaya Prasitphak, district […]
Read MoreTortured Finnish girl rescued at Sa Kaeo
THAI Immigration police together with representatives from several agencies and the Finnish Embassy rescued an 11-year-old Finnish girl who was held captive and tortured at a house in Sa Kaeo province and arrested a Finnish couple for overstaying their visa, Amarin TV said this morning (Jan. 23). The team raided the house in Watthana […]
Read MoreParaglider entrapped at Koh Larn power pole rescued
AN AMERICAN paraglider who got entangled atop a high-voltage power pole at Koh Larn, off Pattaya, was safely rescued after an hour-long power cut at the popular tourist island, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 12). At 2.30 p.m. Sawang Boriboon Foundation at Pattaya City was alerted of a foreign paraglider who while haphazardly landing […]
Read MoreFisherman rescued after floating in the sea for days
A FISHMERMAN whose trawler sank was rescued after spending eight days floating in stormy seas clinging onto a tank lid, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Nov. 1). On Oct. 24 Mr. Yutthana (surname withheld), 58, took his trawler, Chok Neung, out to sea alone from Rayong City’s Phe subdistrict to catch squid near […]
Read MoreForeigner rescued after falling into deep well
A GERMAN man fell into a 20-metre-deep well while mowing his lawn in Chonburi today (Oct. 9) and floated in there for 40 minutes until rescuers who were alerted by a neighbour pulled him up, Naewna newspaper said. At 11 a.m. Mr. Phichit Kiakkuthan, head of Sawang Rojanatham Foundation rescue unit, was informed of […]
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