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September 17-11 Pp01 ANDAMAN Edition PHUKET’S LEADING NEWSPAPER... SINCE 1993 Now NATIONWIDE Meals on Wheels Tuk-tuk diners to tackle late-night munchies with American grub INSIDE TODAY September 21 - 27, 2013 PhuketGazette.Net In partnership with The Nation 25 Baht ‘EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS’ Magic Eyes anti-littering gains ground PHUKET Magic Eyes is set to re-launch its campaign against litter this weekend as it calls on everyone in the province to take part in the multitude of cleanup events being held across CRITICAL the island. The events this weekend are part of a global initia- Dengue cases hit tive known as “Clean Up the World”. 26-year high, Gov Full story on Page 6 re-launches attack Tourist court By Irfarn Jamdukor to start taking cases Tuesday THE chief of Phuket’s Public Health Office has THE island’s tourist court admitted that the “333” anti-dengue campaign is set to open this Tuesday launched in April has failed and called for sup- to help ensure that tourists port to re-apply the program with more man- are able to quickly settle power now that dengue cases in Phuket have noncriminal disputes. The reached their highest number in 26 years. court was delayed in open- “Everyone needs to be concerned about this,” ing due to a two-week Dr Bancha Kakhong told a meeting held on Mon- fact-finding mission to day to outline his plan to bring the disease under France by officials. control in Phuket. There have been 1,885 people infected in Full story on Page 7 Phuket from January to September this year, he said. The number is more than three times the number of cases recorded in 2012 and two times Greek claims higher than the last record year, 1987, when 900 cases were recorded. he was duped Thalang is the hardest-hit district in Phuket, The government has doubled down on it’s ‘333’ plan for controlling dengue fever. Photo: Bkaree1 with 707 cases, he said. Two people died from by girlfriend dengue during the period. “We need the cooperation of every local gov- “We have officers ready to inspect every area A GREEK man who claims Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut vowed to ernment office to solve this problem,” Dr Bancha and we also have 2,000 cans of mosquito spray to his Thai girlfriend hustled provide support for the new 333 program and said. distribute,” Dr Bancha said. him out of his home and ordered relevant departments to support “Right now, 50 people a week are being in- “We have to knock on every door,” Gov Maitri about 2 million baht, pro- Dr Bancha. fected. We want to reduce the number to three added, underlining the severity of the spreading tested his situation by ly- Present at the meeting were Vice Governor per week,” he said. problem. ing down in the middle of Sommai Prijasilpa, representatives of all hospi- As before, the campaign will be divided into In the following three weeks, officers will the road with a pack of ciga- tals in Phuket, district chiefs from all three Phuket three sections. In the first three days, officers spray identified dengue areas… rettes and a coffee mug. districts, members of local organizations and will identify dengue patients in every area of community volunteers. Phuket and have them taken to hospital, he said. Continued on Page 5 Full story on Page 3 2 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET NEWS September 21 - 27, 2013 Man, 79, slays wife Property The island’s retail sector for moving to Krabi is on the verge of a boom. Page 14-15 By Kritsada Mueanhawong A MAN last week confessed to Business killing his wife with a hammer Find out what brand of because she moved to Krabi to live with her daughter, leaving him cola Phuket likes the alone in the Isarn province of most. Pages 17 Yasothon for about a year. Police found Jaran Triphoom, 79, clutching a bouquet of flow- Arts ers in a rubber plantation hours Italian DJ to showcase after the body of his wife, Sangka the best of Regae, Triphoom, had been discovered on September 12. beyond Bob. Page 36 “He wanted to pay his last re- spects,” said Capt Adisak Thabpha In focus of the Klong Thom Police. Police were notified of the mur- Don Battles reflects on der at about 7am by Mrs Sangka’s Voyager 1 and his days 48-year-old daughter, Patchara with NASA. Page 41 Saenaprom. “This morning, I came to their house to invite my mother for The 73-year-old woman’s body was found on a bed outside her home. Explore breakfast at my place, which is The fine line between nearby. Outside the house, I found Yasothon with my stepfather. I Though Mr Jaran confessed to her body, but couldn’t find my thought that because of their ad- killing his wife for having left him Hong Kong and main- stepfather,” Ms Patchara said. vanced years, it would be better alone in Yasothon, police are con- land China. Page 42-43 Officers raced to the scene to for them to stay with me. I asked tinuing to look for additional find Mrs Sangka’s bloodied body them to move to Krabi so I could motives for the killing. on a bed in front of the house and take care of both of them,” Ms “We are continuing our inves- Sport a hammer under the bed. Patchara said. tigation to find the exact motive NFL season is underway Police believe Mrs Sangka had “My mother came first and for the killing, as we believe the with some surprises in been dead for more than six hours, stayed here for a year. Five days man might be suffering from Capt Adisak said. ago my stepfather moved in,” she some form of mental illness,” Week 2. Page 47 “My mother used to live in said. explained Capt Adisak. French tourist injured in Gold thieves out of gas, out of luck THIEVES attempting to cut open showing how the thieves tried to a safe in a locked strong room at use a blowtorch to open it. Patong hotel balcony fall a gold store in Patong last Satur- “We found two 50kg gas tanks, A FRENCH tourist was severely day most likely ran out of gas for as well as a crowbar, screwdriv- injured when he fell from a fifth- their blowtorch, forcing them to ers and a kitchen knife in the floor balcony at a hotel in Patong leave empty-handed, say police. room,” Col Chiraphat explained. early Tuesday morning. Nuchapha Jetsadaruk, the 49- “It was clear that they had cut Rescue workers called to the Sea year-old sister of shop owner the power supply cables at the Sun Sand Resort & Spa at 2:50am Sasithorn Jetsadaruk, arrived to electric meter in front of the shop found Jean-Noel Gregori, 26, with open the Yaowarat Gold Shop 9 to switch off the CCTV cameras broken limbs and a head injury. on Sainamyen Road just before before they broke in,” he said. He was taken to Patong Hospi- 9am last Sunday to discover the Phuket Forensic Police have tal, but later transferred to Vachira theft attempt. collected fingerprints at the scene. Hospital Phuket for treatment of “When we closed the shop [on Police inspect the strong room “Fortunately, they were not able Mr Gregori was seriously injured in where the thieves failed to open the internal bleeding, said Pratuang the fall. Photo: Patong Police Saturday night], everything was safe. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong to take anything,” Ms Nuchapha Polmana of the Patong Police. still normal. I guess the thieves said. Hotel staff told police that Mr was taken to the police station for broke in during the night,” she said. Police Superintendent Chiraphat Ms Nuchapha did not elaborate Gregori had returned to the hotel questioning. The thieves had broken through Pochanaphan. on how much gold was in the with his traveling companion Mr Gergori has now been the roof and cut through ceiling- “The shop has three safes kept safe, or whether or not the gold Turan Beytullan, 27, and that both moved to Bangkok’s Samitivaj mounted bars to enter the locked in the strong-room. One of was insured. had been drinking. Mr Beytullan hospital. – Chutharat Plerin strong-room, explained Patong the safes has scorch marks on it – Thawit Bilabdullar September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3 In brief… Big fat Greek hustle Motorbike taxi Expat claims Thai girlfriend swindled him of house, 2 million baht driver with axe to grind arrested By Thawit Bilabdullar A FRIENDLY talk took a serious turn on Wednesday when a Patong A DISTRAUGHT Greek was motorbike taxi driver took out an found sitting in the middle of the axe and struck a colleague two road on September 13 in front of times, sending him to the hospital. a property that he claimed his girl- When police arrived at the mo- friend had cheated him out of, torbike taxi queue in Soi Kebsap at along with about two million baht. about 9:50am, they found only a When Konstantinos Vardas’s pool of blood, said Maj Jakkrapong mid-road protest caused a traffic Luang-aon of Patong Police. jam in the vicinity of Tha Reua Sompong Pukanka, 41, had al- Temple, Thalang Police and ready been taken to the hospital Kusoldharm rescue workers were with wounds to his head and foot. called to the scene. “We learned the suspect was “We found Mr Vardas, 56, in a Saroj Chaiyasit, 34,” Maj distressed state.
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