Indian coastguard shoot at Thai tourist boat as it enters India’s waters

[snoop1130 9,863]

Indian coastguard shoot at Thai tourist boat as it enters India’s waters

By Boonluen Prompratankul
The Nation

 

 

On Tuesday (October 22), Ranong villager Supanya Nakthongkun told reporters that she had received a message from her son Witchanai, a member of the cruise ship that took 30 Chinese tourists on a diving trip near Myanmar, that the ship had been shot at by Indian coastguard when it entered Indian waters. 

 

She said after receiving the message from her son in the morning, she tried to contact local news reporters to tell them about the incident. 

 

Later at 1pm, she received another message from her son saying that the ship tried to make its way to Leo Island, which is in international waters, but was blocked by Indian soldiers who then came on board.

 

The soldiers apparently checked all the documents, before allowing the ship to return to Ranong with a warning that it was never to enter the territorial waters of India. 

 

The ship is expected to dock in Ranong on Tuesday evening.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377652

 

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[NCC1701A 51,147]

stand by tubes one and two. Fire!

[BigC 1,334]

And we want indian toursim???

[ratcatcher 29,530]

Some serious information missing from this story. Had the vessel entered Indian waters around the Nicobar Islands. Cannot locate Leo island. Indian territory is a long way from Ranong. 

Edited October 22, 2019 by ratcatcher

[NCC1701A 51,147]

14 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The soldiers apparently checked all the documents, before allowing the ship to return to Ranong with a warning that it was never to enter the territorial waters of India. 

probably just still upset about being ripped off on walking street last month.

Edited October 22, 2019 by NCC1701A

[CNXexpat 3,546]

What does a Thai tourist boat so far away from home? From Ranong to India is more than 1,000 kilometers.

[lemonjelly 7,502]

I think they mean Myanmar waters, soldiers etc


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[Damrongsak 5,229]

50 minutes ago, CNXexpat said:

What does a Thai tourist boat so far away from home? From Ranong to India is more than 1,000 kilometers. ...

It's about 550 km to one of the Nicobar islands, which are part of India.  Still a long way off.

[sanmyintmaung 216]

1 hour ago, CNXexpat said:

What does a Thai tourist boat so far away from home? From Ranong to India is more than 1,000 kilometers.

That tiny islands shown in the map near Myanmar is own by India. Indian Navy has a naval base there.

Edited October 22, 2019 by sanmyintmaung

[ratcatcher 29,530]

54 minutes ago, CNXexpat said:

What does a Thai tourist boat so far away from home? From Ranong to India is more than 1,000 kilometers.

The Sub-Continent may be 1000km away, but the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India, are much closer and not so far from Ranong and Phuket area.  Some of these islands are forbidden to outsiders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_Islands#/media/File:Andaman_Islands.PNG

 

 

 

[Scott 15,809]

Racist remarks removed along with replies and a troll post.  

[Matzzon 13,530]

7 hours ago, BigC said:

And we want indian toursim???

We? Are you one of those lucky bastards with a Thai citizenship?

[Deli 4,023]

Boat Captain used google maps for navigation

[smedly 34,014]

war with India

 

dive dive dive

[hotchilli 13,637]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Later at 1pm, she received another message from her son saying that the ship tried to make its way to Leo Island, which is in international waters, but was blocked by Indian soldiers who then came on board.

Dodgy Chinese GPS system bought on Lazada...