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Land Office Chief Indicted Over Encroachment Ad- Phukana Eye front K. Ann Volume 15 Issue 14 News Desk - Tel: 076-236555April 5 - 11, 2008 Daily news at www.phuketgazette.net 25 Baht The Gazette is published in association with Gov Niran Land Office chief vows to stamp out IN THIS ISSUE indicted over underage NEWS: Police seize 10,000 ya bah pills; Fake cops shoot prostitution Burmese; Fugitive nabbed in Patong. Pages 2 & 3 By Sangkhae Leelanapaporn INSIDE STORY: Garbage griev- encroachment ances under the spotlight. PHUKET (TNA, Gazette): Just PHUKET: Phuket Governor Pages 4 & 5 one day after Phuket Governor Niran Kalayanamit has ordered AROUND THE REGION: Khao Niran Kalayanamit slammed the Kathu Police Superintendent Col Lak celebrates first Bike Phuket office of the Ministry of Grissak Songmoonnak, Kathu Show. Page 7 Natural Resources and Environ- District Chief Khantee Silapa and ment (MNRE) for not reporting Patong Municipality officials to AROUND THE SOUTH: Dentist cases of encroachment, a com- work together to immediately put dies after surgery shooting. plaint was filed against Land De- a stop to underage girls working Page 8 partment Director Chairerk as prostitutes on the island. AROUND THE NATION: Kids Dissaya-amnaj for failing to can- The order follows recent warned against mangling their cel a Chanote land title deed is- sweeps of nightlife entertainment manhood. Page 9 sued on 21 rai of mangrove for- venues in Phuket as part of a est in Rassada Village 3. crackdown ordered by Interior AROUND THE ISLAND: Villagers Monthon “Palad Rambo” Minister Chalerm Yoobumrung. are doing it for themselves. Chartsuwan, an MNRE officer The raids turned up girls younger Page 10 in charge of law enforcement is- than 15 working as prostitutes at PEOPLE: Matt Crook is hear- sues, along with residents of Vil- karaoke bars in Phuket City and ing voices. Pages 14 & 15 lage 3, filed their complaint with Patong. Phuket City Police on March 29. Governor Niran confirmed LIFESTYLE: Diesel delivers MNRE official Monthon Chartsuwan files a complaint against Land that “underage prostitutes” were flowers with fashion. Several government agen- Department Director Chairerk Dissaya-amnaj for failing to cancel a discovered in Patong in late Feb- Pages 18 & 19 cies and Phuket MNRE officials land title deed issued on 21 rai of mangrove forest in Rassada. had previously concluded that the ruary. SPORTS: Yellow Tiger; Kids on disputed land is mangrove forest tect national forest, conservation However, Paitoon Pan- “During the crackdown on the pull; Flying Fish take the under Royal protection and that land and other natural resources chaiyaphum, chief of the Marine entertainment venues in Patong plunge; Lizards go on the a Chanote title deed should never from exploitation. and Coastal Resource Conserva- staying open after the 2 am clos- rampage. Pages 34 & 35 have been issued to former Inte- The Phuket Provincial For- tion Center Region 4 Office in ing time, police found a number PROPERTY: Construction Up- rior Ministry Permanent Secre- estry Office reported that 26 il- Phuket, reported that Phuket’s of Thai females younger than 15 date: Saphan Hin has a face- tary Anan Anantakul in 1984. legally felled logs were seized marine and coastal resources working as prostitutes,” he said. lift; Decor; Gardening: Bert The deed was later passed onto from protected forest land in the were receiving adequate protec- Gov Niran did not reveal the berates ginger-tops; Property K. Anan’s family, he said. Nakkerd Hills and there was evi- tion by his agency. names and locations of the bars Watch: Tourism set to ex- Citing examples of defor- dence of continued destruction of The center had received or how many child prostitutes plode. Pages 37-42 estation and encroachment mangrove forest along the banks good co-operation from the dive they employed. across the island, Gov Niran on of the Bang Chee Lao canal, site industry and tourism-related busi- Police reported that some March 28 criticized the Phuket of the disputed 21 rai, and Tha nesses in monitoring protected of the girls had been brought to PLUS office of the MNRE for failing Chin canal, also in Rassada. areas, he said. Phuket to work as prostitutes, No suspects have been ap- The office dispatches pa- making the issue one of human QUEER NEWS 6; DINING OUT 12; to report any encroachment or HAPPENINGS 16; LARGER THAN make arrests, despite evidence prehended, the governor said. trol boats 15 days a month to pre- trafficking, said Gov Niran. LIFE 17; TRAVEL 20; WHAT’S ON that encroachment was continu- Noting that such encroach- vent fishing within the three-ki- Last week, Phuket Provin- 21; TAKE A B REAK 23 & 24; AM- ing in some areas. ment is often organized and paid lometer exclusion zone, and other cial Chief Administrative Officer BROSIA, MOTORING 26; BOOKS, Speaking at the monthly for by influential investors, Gov illegal activities, K. Paitoon said. (Palad) Piya Bharatasilpin said THAI 101 27; EDITORIAL, LET- meeting of the Phuket Provincial Niran ordered the Phuket MNRE The agency is also work- that one establishment on Phun TERS 28; FIRST PERSON, ISSUES Security Committee, Gov Niran office to seek assistance from the ing to create artificial reefs and Pol Rd Soi 11 in Phuket City, AND ANSWERS 29; ANDAMAN R ANT, urged all agencies to step up the provincial administration’s envi- minimize damage to coral reefs where there are a number of HOROSCOPES 30; COMPUTERS 31; fight against illegal occupation and ronmental protection unit if they by installing moorings at dive “massage parlors”, had been BUSINESS AND M ONEY 32 & 33; use of government land. He also found themselves incapable of sites so dive boats will not need closed after a girl younger than CLASSIFIEDS 43-55. called for better efforts to pro- fulfilling their duties on their own. to anchor, he said. 15 was found working there. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS April 5 - 11, 2008 New airport chief ‘Bogus cops’ slay Burmese in failed extortion announces By Natcha Yuttaworawit construction company Muang Ake Built Up So Sung in the face and neck before fleeing, Ltd, which has been contracted to build a he added. expansion plans KATHU: A Burmese laborer was executed project in the area. Police arrived to find the victim lying by a shotgun blast to the face on the night of Witnesses said two well-built men cov- face up wearing only a Burmese-style sa- By Janyaporn Morel March 30 after refusing to pay money de- ered with tattoos arrived at the camp on a rong. manded by two Thai men posing as under- small motorbike. Identifying themselves as His body was sent to Patong Hospital MAI KHAO: An increase of al- cover police officers, Tung Tong’s police off-duty police officers, they demanded for examination. most 16% in passenger through- chief has told the Gazette. money from workers, Col Arayapan ex- Police artists are working on composite put at Phuket International Air- Tung Tong Distict Police Superintendent plained. sketches based on witnesses’ descriptions to port (PIA) has prompted the an- Col Arayapan Pukbuakhao on March 31 iden- After collecting 190 baht from one track down the pair, Col Arayapan said. nouncement of plans to expand tified the victim as So Sung, 25, a construc- woman and 500 baht from another, So Sung Initial evidence suggests that the cul- airport facilities to support up to tion worker living at a workers’ camp on the emerged from his room and told his fellow prits were professional gangsters and not stu- 15 million arrivals and departures road that runs along the northern boundary workers not to pay because the pair were dents, he said. a year by 2011. of Loch Palm Golf Course. only students, not real police, Col Arayapan Police have begun showing eyewit- During a press conference The murder was reported to police about said. nesses photos of possible suspects in the case, held at PIA offices, PIA Direc- 10 pm by Akasak Hemklang, owner of the This enraged the men, one of whom shot Col Arayapan added. tor Wing Commander Wicha Nernlop said that the airport re- corded 2.84 million arrivals and Man stabbed departures between October 2007 and February 2008, a Post office sting nets to death in 15.82% increase on the same period the previous year. There were 5.5 million ar- Soi Romanee rivals and departures at the air- 10,000 ya bah pills port in the fiscal year October PHUKET CITY: A sound tech- 2006 to September 2007, he By Sompratch Saowakhon nician tidying up after a jazz event added. in the popular tourist street Soi “PIA can currently handle PHUKET CITY: Phuket Police Romanee was stabbed to death up to six million passengers a intercepted a package containing early on March 31 after a re- year, but the increasing number 10,000 ya bah (methamphet- ported “misunderstanding”. of visitors means facilities must amine) pills with an estimated Lt Col Adul Nirapai of be improved,” K. Wicha said. street value of 5 million baht at Phuket City Police said that po- Initial plans include expan- the Phuket City Post Office on lice received a call at 2:10 am, sion of parking facilities by 12,500 March 21. reporting that a man had been square meters, which will provide The seizure came after the stabbed in Soi Romanee. 328 additional car-parking spaces arrest the day before of two men “We arrived to find Komkrit and another 200 spaces for mo- in Phuket City for possession of Koysomboon crying, standing torcycles, at a cost of 20 million illegal firearms, Region 8 Police over the body of his friend 45- baht, he said.
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