British Man Murdered In Kathu;

[NBT TV Phuket]

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

[shadiadi]

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.

[neverdie]

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?

[CroBiker]

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.

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***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

[LivinLOS]

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 !!

[shadiadi]

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.

[TheBrit]

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

[Thomas4432]

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.

[CockneyGit]

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.

[geoffphuket]

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!

[john b good]

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.

[Gonsalviz]

Safer than any big city in the States. Moral is: Don't get into anything bigger than you.

[geoffphuket]

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

[Tonyzill]

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!!!!!!!

[Maverell]

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.

[geoffphuket]

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

[geoffphuket]

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

[WOWAsia]

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.

[vicco]

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.

[fnprop]

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.

[geoffphuket]

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.

1st post since joining in Nov 2007. WOW

[realthaideal]

Time to look into personal body guards etc. Or pack heat. And also keep a wary eye out in your big empty shadowy house.

[jackinbkk]

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...

[guyinthailand]

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

[lounger]

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)..

[ovenman]

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!

[lukey1979]

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.

[luisparis]

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.

[Ave]

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!

[SabaiBKK]

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 !!!!!!