NBT TV Phuket Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) Sad to report another murder, with condolences to his family and friends; this is our first draft; final version will be broadcast tomorrow on our TV news: A British national was killed in Phuket while initial police investigation indicates business, and private affairs as motives. Thungthong police on Monday examined the scene where a British national 60 year old Mr Ian _____ (full name withheld for now) was lying dead at a room in a shop house in Kathu area. The man’s head was hit with thick piece of wood found left in the room. According to police report, Mr. Ian ___ ran a broker business under _____ serving mostly foreign clients in Phuket. The Provincial Police Commander Pol.Maj.Gen. Apirak Hongthong said most valuable belongings such as Rolex watch, gold ring and cash are still with the body, only cell phone and computer notebook went missing. Four of glass windows were taken out and police suspected that the killer got through that window. Police initially suspect that business, and personal affairs may be the killing motives. The provincial police commander stressed that he would accelerate the investigation to lead to the killer as this is the second case of a foreigner murdered in one week. to be brodcast on Andaman News NBT TV (VHF dial) + Radio Thailand FM90.5 at 8.30am & perhaps repeats on Phuket Cable TV channel 1 at 7pm & 1am, broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces & maybe Mazz Radio FM108 at 7pm in Phuket, Tuesday 24th February 2009 & http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/ & www.YouTube.com/AndamanNews Send comments to [email protected] Edited February 23, 2009 by NBT TV Phuket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadiadi Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 second one in phuket that is not to mention the rest of the country!! wow this place is getting worse by the day. I have been beaten almost to death myself and robbed on more than one occasion in Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 second one in phuket that is not to mention the rest of the country!!wow this place is getting worse by the day. I have been beaten almost to death myself and robbed on more than one occasion in Phuket. You were almost beaten to death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CroBiker Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Courtesy of BahtSold A British national was killed in Phuket while initial police investigation indicates business, and private affairs as motives. Thungthong police on Monday examined the scene where a British national 60 year old Mr Ian _____ (full name withheld for now) was lying dead at a room in a shop house in Kathu area. The man’s head was hit with thick piece of wood found left in the room. According to police report, Mr. Ian ___ ran a broker business under ______ serving mostly foreign clients in Phuket. The Provincial Police Commander Pol.Maj.Gen. Apirak Hongthong said most valuable belongings such as Rolex watch, gold ring and cash are still with the body, only cell phone and computer notebook went missing. Four of glass windows were taken out and police suspected that the killer got through that window. Police initially suspect that business, and personal affairs may be the killing motives. The provincial police commander stressed that he would accelerate the investigation to lead to the killer as this is the second case of a foreigner murdered in one week. ----------------- ***To be brodcast on Andaman News NBT TV (VHF dial) + Radio Thailand FM90.5 at 8.30am & perhaps repeats on Phuket Cable TV channel 1 at 7pm & 1am, broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces & maybe Mazz Radio FM108 at 7pm in Phuket, Tuesday 24th February 2009 & NNT : National News Bureau of Thailand & YouTube - AndamanNews's Channel Send comments to AndamanNews(at)yahoo.com http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Open season.. I often wondered what the social cohesion of a tourist island would be like in tougher economic times.. How crime rates would be in a place where theres such a 'haves' and 'have nots' so close together and a highly transient population of workers.. RIP. Also note "Police initially suspect that business, and personal affairs may be the killing motives" Well I guess thats that solved then !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadiadi Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 yes got stitched up and kicked out of hospital my concussion was so bad i couldn't walk in a straight line for a month but then it was outside a bar that was supposed to be closed after 1am and seeing as it must have been closed was never investigated was robbed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrit Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Friday night, my friends place was broken into, and he was assaulted with a club and a knife. He managed to survive the attack and the thai intruder ran off, but his place was covered in blood. Phuket is getting to be very scary now TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas4432 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CockneyGit Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Unfortunately as things get progressively worse (financially speaking), desperate people tend to do desperate things..!! The Thai "business" folk are not noted for their patience where potential losses are concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john b good Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! Where did you live before ? "the OK Corral" either that or the centre for the blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonsalviz Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Safer than any big city in the States. Moral is: Don't get into anything bigger than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! Where did you live before ? "the OK Corral" either that or the centre for the blind. The OK Corral would be a good description. On a more serious note, I'm sure its still safer living in Thailand than most European countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyzill Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! As long as you dont see it, it doesnt happen!!!! When it happens to you it will be OK you didnt see it!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverell Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! Where did you live before ? "the OK Corral" either that or the centre for the blind. The OK Corral would be a good description. On a more serious note, I'm sure its still safer living in Thailand than most European countries Well you have seen nothing YET. With the onset of large scale unemployment its going to get worse. Don't forget for Thais no money = starvation. The social security system here is more or less non existant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! As long as you dont see it, it doesnt happen!!!! When it happens to you it will be OK you didnt see it!!!!!!! Of course it happens, but for the average resident, the chances of being a victim of violence is minimal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! Where did you live before ? "the OK Corral" either that or the centre for the blind. The OK Corral would be a good description. On a more serious note, I'm sure its still safer living in Thailand than most European countries Well you have seen nothing YET. With the onset of large scale unemployment its going to get worse. Don't forget for Thais no money = starvation. The social security system here is more or less non existant. Thailand has quite an efficient social security system. The problem is that not many qualify for benefit: http://www.sso.go.th/english/content.php?m...;content_id=114 Edited February 23, 2009 by geoffphuket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOWAsia Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! Where did you live before ? "the OK Corral" either that or the centre for the blind. The OK Corral would be a good description. On a more serious note, I'm sure its still safer living in Thailand than most European countries Well you have seen nothing YET. With the onset of large scale unemployment its going to get worse. Don't forget for Thais no money = starvation. The social security system here is more or less non existant. Thailand has quite an efficient social security system. The problem is that not many qualify for benefit: http://www.sso.go.th/english/content.php?m...;content_id=114 If not many qualify for benefit, its not efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicco Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Vancouver, which has been rated the second best city in the world to live in, (after Zurich) has seen 12 shootings in the past two weeks. 7 of the victims died. Most of the victims were involved in things that tend to get you shot. A few were inoccent and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. One guy was driving an SUV in which he had just installed a high end sound system. He was delivering the SUV back to its owner....who happened to be a major league drug dealer! A lot of deals have gone sideways because of the financial climate. There is a lot of "borrowed" money out there which is not getting paid back. I have a feeling there will be many more "hits" before this is all over. I am not planning any property deals any time soon!!! Phuket is just loaded with laundered money, dope and shady real estate deals. Keep you heads down for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnprop Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Well you have seen nothing YET. With the onset of large scale unemployment its going to get worse. Don't forget for Thais no money = starvation. Farang property brokers turning up dead has nothing to do with unemployment, and everything to do with the Democrats being back in power in Bangkok. The local warlords are once again untouchable. No money, yet a Rolex, cash, and gold left at the scene? More like somebody's mia noi needs a new Mercedes after a tough shopping trip to Hong Kong and a few days in the casinos at Macau. What better way to fund that than with a few quick property turns. Dollars to donuts, this is another one where the investigation goes nowhere, as the local constabulary will be monetarily encouraged to pursue another "domestic dispute" possibility. If the investigator doesn't cooperate, the folks in parliament and their yellow-shirted supporters in Phuket can make sure the unlucky policeman is transferred to an 'inactive' post escorting teachers in Yala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Vancouver, which has been rated the second best city in the world to live in, (after Zurich) has seen 12 shootings in thepast two weeks. 7 of the victims died. Most of the victims were involved in things that tend to get you shot. A few were inoccent and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. One guy was driving an SUV in which he had just installed a high end sound system. He was delivering the SUV back to its owner....who happened to be a major league drug dealer! A lot of deals have gone sideways because of the financial climate. There is a lot of "borrowed" money out there which is not getting paid back. I have a feeling there will be many more "hits" before this is all over. I am not planning any property deals any time soon!!! Phuket is just loaded with laundered money, dope and shady real estate deals. Keep you heads down for a while. 1st post since joining in Nov 2007. WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realthaideal Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Time to look into personal body guards etc. Or pack heat. And also keep a wary eye out in your big empty shadowy house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackinbkk Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! Where did you live before ? "the OK Corral" either that or the centre for the blind. Well I've been here 7 months and I can say it seems safer than the brixton/clapham area I lived in but seems Phuket is moving up on the danger scale Seems to me maters are happily sorted outside the legal system here. Life is cheap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyinthailand Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) Safer than any big city in the States. Moral is: Don't get into anything bigger than you. percent homicides committed with firearms Thailand is Number 1 in the world. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_gun_...icides-firearms And murders with firearms per capita thailand is number 3 in the world compared to U.S. at number 8. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_gun_...per-100-000-pop But this 3 vs 8 is highly misleading because: Thailand has 33 per 100,000 and the U.S. has a mere 3.6 So Thailand has about TEN TIMES more murders with firearms per capita than the U.S. Non firearm homicide rate per 100,000, Thailand again wins handily over U.S. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_gun_...per-100-000-pop Couple all that with Thailand's murder per capita rate being TWICE as high as the U.S. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_...ders-per-capita Edited February 23, 2009 by guyinthailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lounger Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 but seems Phuket is moving up on the danger scale Just left Patong beach in Phuket.. it's definitely going irrational: one midnight motorcycle taxi gave me a lift for 32 baht ( all I had on me) the next night same idea a guy wanted 150baht. I refused to pay but he got so angry I offered him 100baht then he actually attacked me...hit me with his helmet n( sounds like a bad joke hehum).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovenman Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Phuket is just loaded with laundered money, dope and shady real estate deals.Keep you heads down for a while. 1st post since joining in Nov 2007. WOW He's been keeping his head down for a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukey1979 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I see It a hel_l of alot on Thai visa and i'm not pointing fingers at anyone in particular, But every time a farang is murdered such ignorant smart ars3 comments of non substantial allegations appear suggesting Shady deals and other criminal activity on the victims behalf. Such patronizing cliches pop up like '' Don't get into anything bigger than you'' and statistics get dragged out giving folk the belief that because they are themselves a good egg it couldn't possibly happen to them. I often wonder where such posters hail from.. the Falklands Islands?? Some people on here seriously need to get their heads out of the sand and realize that there are on occasion some poor unfortunate souls who get murdered for no reason whatsoever, No motive, they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Such smug comments on an open forum that maybe read by family and friends is utterly disrespectful. Theres an abundance of washer women on this forum who i suggest get out a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisparis Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 but seems Phuket is moving up on the danger scale ( sounds like a bad joke hehum).. Nah, it sounds like scum who knows he can get away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ave Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ah gee i keep reading all this stuff thats been happing, but have never seen any voilent acks as yet. just moved here 2 weeks ago. Lived here 11 years and never witnessed anything. Sure is safer than where I moved from! Where did you live before ? "the OK Corral" either that or the centre for the blind. Well I've been here 7 months and I can say it seems safer than the brixton/clapham area I lived in but seems Phuket is moving up on the danger scale Seems to me maters are happily sorted outside the legal system here. Life is cheap... I used to live in Brixton and places like Thornton Heath or Streatham and found them fine. I went to Patong once. Within a few minutes I felt a very heavy atmosphere and wanted to leave as quick as poss...! Now that's strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabaiBKK Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Safer than any big city in the States. Moral is: Don't get into anything bigger than you. percent homicides committed with firearms Thailand is Number 1 in the world. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_gun_...icides-firearms And murders with firearms per capita thailand is number 3 in the world compared to U.S. at number 8. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_gun_...per-100-000-pop But this 3 vs 8 is highly misleading because: Thailand has 33 per 100,000 and the U.S. has a mere 3.6 So Thailand has about TEN TIMES more murders with firearms per capita than the U.S. Non firearm homicide rate per 100,000, Thailand again wins handily over U.S. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_gun_...per-100-000-pop Couple all that with Thailand's murder per capita rate being TWICE as high as the U.S. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_...ders-per-capita if its on the internet, it has to be true !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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