Arson suspected in Phuket speedboat fire
Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: -- The owner of six speedboats damaged by fire near Chalong Pier last month has called for police to speed up their investigation because he believes the fire was intentionally started.

The fire, which broke out before 3am on April 19, caused an estimated B25 million in damage to six speedboats belonging to Nikorn Marine Tours. (See story here.)

“Right now my family and I do not feel at ease because we are still in the dark about what happened that morning and to this day police still have no answers,” said Pisit Paphakityosapat of Nikorn Marine Tours.

Lt Col Kittisak Noopeung of the Provincial Forensic Police explained to The Phuket News, “We cannot conclude our investigation yet as we are waiting for the Forensic Science Division (in Bangkok) to conclude their findings.

“After we sent the evidence we collected from the damaged boats, we were told to wait one month for the test results,” he said.

Mr Pisit, who also currently serves as Deputy Mayor of Rawai, explained that five of his boats were rendered unsalvageable by the fire and one boat requires repairs.

“All boats are being kept at our company car park and no one has been allowed near them because we want the police to get all the evidence they need and find the cause of the fire,” he said.

Full Story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/arson-suspected-in-phuket-speedboat-fire-57272.php

-- Phuket News 2016-05-03

>>Deputy Mayor of Rawai,

No wonder why he feels the whole Rawai Beach area is for him and all of his Chinese customers to control the roads with the hundreds of daily buses and the whole beachfront area of Rawai. His staff aren't necessarily the nicest employees either.

>>Deputy Mayor of Rawai,

No wonder why he feels the whole Rawai Beach area is for him and all of his Chinese customers to control the roads with the hundreds of daily buses and the whole beachfront area of Rawai. His staff aren't necessarily the nicest employees either.

Different company.

Stuff like this always happens at the start of low season.

Insurance payout will subsidise the lost low season income and they will have a new boat built in time for the next season.