Sparklers on champagne bottles blamed for deadly Swiss bar fire
By AFP and published by CNA Crans-Montana, Switzerland – Sparklers held under a foam-clad ceiling likely ignited a deadly blaze that killed 40 New Year’s revellers in a Swiss ski bar, authorities said on Friday (Jan. 2), but the bar owner insisted that all safety standards were followed. Investigators working to get to the […]
Read MoreSeveral dead as fire ravages bar in Swiss ski resort town Crans-Montana: Police
Geneva – A fire ripped through a crowded bar in the luxury Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, killing and injuring several people, police said early on Thursday (Jan. 1). As revellers rang in the new year, a “fire of undetermined origin” broke out in a bar popular with tourists, […]
Read MoreForeigner 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 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 MoreCase against Swiss man charged with ‘kicking’ doctor dismissed
A THAI court has dismissed the case against a Swiss man who was accused by a Thai woman doctor of having kicked her as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket last February, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said today (Sept. 3). It was reported that the […]
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THE SWISS man whose visa was revoked after he allegedly kicking a female doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket was hit with another charge of holding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 MoreSwiss man who ‘kicked’ doctor loses visa, 2nd Swiss man too could do so
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul praised Phuket authorities for quickly revoking a Swiss man’s visa for allegedly kicking a doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach and is considering revoking the visa of another Swiss man who assaulted a Thai woman at a Trang hypermart, […]
Read MoreSwiss man charged with assaulting Thai woman at hypermart
ANOTHER Swiss man has been charged with assaulting a Thai woman plus not cooperating with the police by refusing to be fingerprinted and signing documents in southern Trang province last evening, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 6). The Swiss man, Mr. Dieter Matthias Strausmann, 62, who is residing in this southern city on a […]
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 MorePM: Don’t fan anger over foreigner kicking female doctor
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin today (Mar. 3) urged the public not to verbally escalate a Swiss man having kicked a female Thai doctor as she sat watching the moon on the steps leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach on the night Feb. 29, Amarin TV said. Dr. Thandao Chandam, attached to […]
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