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Horton’s death has received intense media coverage internationally. Several major news agencies and websites of leading British media organisations, including The Sun, The Guardian, and The Times, ran stories on the case.
An article on www.icwales.icnetwork.co.uk said Horton was the seventh Briton to have been murdered in Thailand over the past 16 months.
did you ever investigate the brit guy murdered in Si Racha some years back?
tied with rope under the pier ,he drowned ,then police said it was suicide !
it happened in 1998
Can't say that I've ever heard any locals mention it. There's been a couple of Japanese murdered in my time here, but never a farang...there's so few, especially that far back. When I got here in Jan. 2000, I was aware of only one other farang in town.
*edit... no luck on google or yahoo as well
the victim was staying at a hotel in pattaya ,then somehow became tied up under the pier in siracha .
regular tourist guy.
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Murder In Paradise
Updated: 14:06, Tuesday January 03, 2006
Like Katherine Horton, they had visited Thailand seeking fun and adventure in the sun.
Tragically, their lives were ended with the same terrible brutality.
Katherine, 21, a backpacker from Cardiff, was found dead by a jet-skier off Koh Samui beach, her head and body battered.
In the past five years, there has been a grim succession of Brits who found death in paradise.
August 2000:
Backpacker Kirsty Jones was raped and murdered in a guest house in Chiang Mai.
The 23-year-old, from Brecon, north Wales, was three months into a round-the-world trip when her strangled body was found in her £1-a-night room.
Police have never found the graduate's killer, but agreed to reinvestigate the case last year.
February 2003:
Ex-pat Arthur James Green, 63, was shot and stabbed at his home in the town of Ratchaburi.
Originally from Ripon, North Yorkshire, it is thought he was the victim of a botched robbery. His body was found dumped on a nearby riverbank.
Mr Green's wife was abducted but released unharmed. The couple, along with their son, emigrated in October 2001.
Two men were charged with his murder.
August 2003:
Primary school teacher Debra O'Hanlon, 31, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, was found dead at a guesthouse in Phuket.
She had travelled to meet her ex-boyfriend, who later gave himself up to police and confessed to the killing.
Miss O'Hanlon's body was found in the blood-soaked room of a Patong guesthouse where she was staying.
Her ex-boyfriend said the blood was his as he had slashed his wrists out of guilt.
September 2003:
Vanessa Arscott, 23, and boyfriend Adam Lloyd, 25, were murdered by policeman Somchai Visetsing in Kanchanaburi Province
Vanessa Arscott and Adam Lloyd
Mr Lloyd was shot dead after a row in a restaurant and his sweetheart was hit by a car, dragged along the road for over 200 metres and shot.
The couple had been travelling together for two months and were due to go home three days after their deaths.
Somchair, 40, is serving two life sentences but has appealed against his conviction. He had denied meeting the couple, but photographs showed him with the young lovers.
August 2004:
Backpacker Mark Lemetti, 24, was robbed and killed before his body was dumped in a rubber plantation near Sungai Kolok.
Born in Inverness, the graduate had been travelling for several weeks and was due to return home.
A man was charged with his murder.
December 2005:
James Edward Hall, 57, from Sunderland, was found dead in a bungalow near Chang Island's Sai Khoo beach.
Three men, said to be labourers aged 18-20 who were going to build a bar for him, were arrested and reportedly confessed to beating and robbing him.
Mr Hall arrived on the island in October 2005 and was a frequent visitor.
sky news
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there are a few left off this list .
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Horton’s death has received intense media coverage internationally. Several major news agencies and websites of leading British media organisations, including The Sun, The Guardian, and The Times, ran stories on the case.
An article on www.icwales.icnetwork.co.uk said Horton was the seventh Briton to have been murdered in Thailand over the past 16 months.
did you ever investigate the brit guy murdered in Si Racha some years back?
tied with rope under the pier ,he drowned ,then police said it was suicide !
it happened in 1998
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there is now monthly quotas so maybe you became the too many of the month application.
i dont know what the quotas are.
one of my neighbours is married and he has trouble too.
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they think you dont have enough cash in bank, they want to see 10s of 1000s ,steady job ,and your own house or flat .
flitting back and forth indicates to them unsteady job background .
we dont know where you met so they might be stonewalling on account of that detail.
they can cook up all sorts of stuff if they dont like the look of things.
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doesnt pay much ,guys on the BKK post doing PR get little.
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thats a worrying big hike on ticket fares !
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It all goes quiet as Pattaya recovers from the New Year Festivities.
With the New Year festivities out of the way, Pattaya is beginning to return to normal. However, according to some business owners and Hoteliers it has returned back to normal too quickly. We toured Pattaya on Wednesday and begun on the Sukumvit Road which, compared to a few days before, was virtually empty. The Bali Hai Port on Pattaya Beach has been cleaned up after the New Year Festival which saw thousands of Thai and foreign tourists converge on the location to see in 2006. We spoke with a number of Hotel owners who told us that the Christmas and New Year periods were good for business, however every hotel owner mentioned that in previous years, the “No Vacancy” signs would remain in place until the start of February, however, this year, the “Vacancy” signs are coming out early. Is this a worrying new trend or is it good news for the low season months. We will have to wait and see!
pattayacitynews
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so whats going on??
were they all really so full up ?
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>>>in London in the last day two guys were shot with one dieing from his wounds
absolute lie, England banned guns long ago
spurious arguments as they are not tourists. why do these thailand apologists keep on throwing red herrings into this case?
We are talking about crimes specifically against tourists in Thailand not comparing general crimes in local populations in any other place in the world.
Now if you say compare crimes and murders against tourists in other places in the world then thats a relevant argument.
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Is Thailand safe?
Reports of the murder of a 21-year-old British student in Thailand at New Year's Eve have raised concerns over the safety of the holiday destination. News editor Ginny McGrath answers your questions
Has the Foreign and Commonwealth Office changed its advice?
No. The Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to southern provinces parts of Thailand, but these are a long way from the country's popular holiday resorts including Phuket, Krabi and Koh Samui.
Is Thailand safe for western visitors?
Around 360,000 Britons visit Thailand every year, with the majority of trips trouble free. However, the Foreign Office warns visitors to be wary of taking drinks from strangers due to a number of incidents of drinks being drugged, and warns of a number of cases of sexual assault on foreign men and women.
Less serious crime includes overcharging for journeys by unlicensed taxis, which have black and white licence plates (licensed taxis have yellow and black licence plates).
In its guide to Thailand, Lonely Planet also warns of the dangers of leaving valuables in a hotel safe, with a number of incidents of theft reported in Chiang Mai guesthouses, and says several backpackers have recounted stories of theft on bus journeys between Bangkok and Chiang Mai.
What about Koh Samui?
The Times correspondent Andrew Drummond filed this report from Lamai Beach in Koh Samui on January 3: "Koh Samui is packed out. It's New Year, the hotels are full and flights on to the island are very difficult to get on to. The popularity of the island has increased because it was not hit by tsunami last year. A lot of British holidaymakers are believed to have switched their holidays from Phuket to Koh Samui and so the authorities are very keen not to damage the island's reputation as an idyll.
"In fact, there is little known about Koh Samui. It's very popular with backpackers and tourists but a lot of mainland Thais regard it as a rather dangerous place and are reluctant to come on holiday here."
In a warning to visitors, the Koh Samui Tourism Association states: "Though exceptionally safe by world standards, like any tourist area Samui has its petty criminals. These individuals are most often present late at night, especially in some of the entertainment areas."
Have any other Britons been murdered in Thailand in recent years?
Six British nationals have been murdered in Thailand since August 2004. In a well-reported case in August 2000, 23-year-old graduate Kirsty Jones was sexually assaulted and murdered in Chiang Mai.
Is Thailand more dangerous for women?
Both the Foreign Office and Lonely Planet warn women to be vigilant when travelling alone in Thailand following incidents of drinks spiking, sexual assault and pick pocketing.
The Koh Samui Tourism Association is more specific in its advice for female visitors: "Women especially should not accept an invitation from a stranger to walk on the beach at night, no matter how attractive he or she may be."
timesonline.com
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Never ever walk on a beach alone at night,not only in Thailand but most beaches.
Most people just don,t understand the native people are not all getting welthy out of this Tourist boom on Samui, and lots are getting very frustrated by all these farangs.
theres a lot of petty crime on samui ,theft from bungalows is common ,while you are out partying .
locals must be pissed off with the gaping difference in wealth betwen the farangs and them.
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sweeping problems under the carpet springs to mind.
out of sight out of mind
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Terrible, and sad. But I think everyone here is going abit overboard, rape and murder are crimes that occur everywhere, not just Samui. A woman walking down a beach alone late at night is at risk anywhere in the world.
maybe in Johanesburgh it might but not in say Spain or the Greek islands you dont hear of these sorts of crimes in other popular resorts around the world.
The rape and murder of the Brit gal in ChiangMai has still not been resolved, another rapist/murderer still on the lose there.
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why worry about marrying a ladyboy ,it opens up new doors that you have never explored. dont worry you will get used to it .
shades of TingTong ??
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its the low ceiling height that gets to you, thais dont need much headroom ,but farangs do
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there are too many bad eggs to be flushed out ,it cannot be done, its too late now.
the cancer has spread too far and wide .
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Tourist's body found in Thai sea
KOH SAMUI: -- Katherine Horton had left for the Thailand trip last Tuesday
The body of a 21-year-old student backpacker from Cardiff has been found in the sea off an island in Thailand, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
The body of Reading University student Katherine Horton was discovered on New Year's Day off the south eastern resort island of Samui.
A Foreign Office spokesman said the body was found by a water biker at 10am local time on Monday.
He said police in Thailand were investigating Ms Horton's death.
Ms Horton was last seen alive on Sunday night, the spokesman added.
The student had left for the Far East last week for a couple of weeks backpacking in Thailand with a university friend. her mother Elizabeth said speaking at the family home in Thornhill, Cardiff, on Monday.
The student had arrived on the island on New Year's Eve
"She's been in touch once to wish us all a happy new year but that was the last we've heard of her," she said.
"I can't believe she's gone. It just doesn't seem real, it doesn't seem possible."
Thai police also said the woman had been travelling with another student.
Officers said Ms Horton had arrived in Thailand last Tuesday and reached the island on New Year's Eve.
They said they did not the know the cause of the woman's death and that a post mortem examination was due to take place.
--bbc.co.uk 2006-01-02
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depends on the outcome of Russia shutting off supllies to Ukraine/Europe and the fallout to global energy supplies ,which could become more pricy and unstable .
Its known that BKK is sinking every year into the sludge its built on .
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here is a story of a few of a serial killers victims in LOS back in the 70s
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Sobhraj remains the number one suspect in the Bikini Murders that took place in Thailand in 1975.
One of his first victim in Thailand was Teresa Knowlton, a Seattle woman who had traveled to Bangkok on her way to Kathmandu; she was planning to study Tibetan Buddhism at Kopan Monastery. Knowlton met Sobhraj and he reportedly offered to take her to Pattaya Beach. Like many of Sobhraj's victims, her body burnt. Sobhraj is supposed to have confessed specifically to the Knowlton murder to an Australian journalist, .
Jennie Bollivar was killed not much later. Bollivar was an American who as come to Thailand to "find herself through meditation and immersion into a Buddhist lifestyle." Sobhraj had attempted to bring her into his "family" and she'd refused. Sobhraj is thought to have killed her to prevent her from telling police about his smuggling activities. Bollivar was found, wearing her flowered bikini (thus, the "Bikini Murders"), in the Gulf of Thailand near the resort town of Pattaya.
In December of 1975 Charmayne Carrou, a French woman, was found like Bollivar. The death earlier of her boyfriend, Vitali Hakim, was also later connected to Sobhraj. A Dutch couple, Henk Bintanja and Cornelia Hemker, died around the same time shortly after meeting Sobhraj in Hong Kong and following him to Bangkok. Like Hakim, the Dutch couple's bodies were burnt.
Sobhraj is thought to have left Bangkok for Kathmandu at this point, using Bintanja's passport.
In all, Sobhraj is implicated in at least 10 murders in Thailand in 1975.
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excerpt from this weeks stickman ......
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Sukhumvit Soi 4 is becoming a battlefield!
I met a girl tonight who told me that a ladyboy slit the throat of a farang on Soi 4. She works the street on Soi 4 and was questioned by the police about this. The police had the ladyboy's picture, but not the ID card. Then, I saw an article about a farang murder at the Omni on Soi 4 in The Nation. The story in the article is consistent with the story from the girl. The timeframe of the murder is consistent with her story. The fact that the farang was regularly taking both men and women is also consistent with her story. Evidently, the farang was severely tortured with burns and electric shocks before he was murdered. If there are two murders in a month (that we know about) on Soi 4, then there are probably many more violent incidents we never hear of. Maybe the timing of these incidents are just a coincidence, but I have to consider the possibility that lower Sukhumvit is a dangerous place.
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when i had this problem it was down to noise on the line, try some filters .
maybe also a software IRQ conflict .
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Condolences to Mr Hall's family.
This is really not helping the country's reputation; murders, muggings, stabbings, deaths on public transport, rip offs, cons. Bad news. Is it me or does this type of happening seem to be increasing ever more rapidly?
Yes it's on the increase. Thailand is obviously trying to catch up with the rest of the world on this. They have a long way to go though. Pehaps if it increases 100 fold then we may catch sight of America's tail.
ah but you are not comapring Like with Like .
Thailand leads the world in suspicious death ,murder,rape,dissaperance, of tourists.
No other tourist destination anywhere in the world has such an appaling record of crimes against tourists.
In the last 25 years of increasing tourism the figures are well into the 1000s .
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i stopped buying pirate DVDs at Pantip because they dont always work ,scratchfree but they dont work .a mystery
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I cant figure out why some DVDs work on my PC and some of them dont .
these are movies ,they are scratch free but i get a message saying they are damaged.
using PowerDVD player
or cinema DVD player .
how many zones are there? my PC should play them all ?samsung DVD player.
Thailand News
in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao
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found this snippet >>>
In article <[email protected]>, my friend you
<[email protected]> writes
>news report:
>A 54 year old British tourist from Scarborough has been apparently
>killed and tied to a pier support at Si Racha just north of Pattaya.
>One report says he was murdered and tied there ,and another
>says the police claim he committed suicide.
>His body was found at low tide.