Mystery surrounds death of owner bar

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Mystery surrounds the death of a British citizen whose body was found on May 25 in the murky waters of Chaweng Lake.

Police identified the dead: Kevin James, 56, a British citizen who owned honey Bar pub of the beer of Chaweng.

His staff said police Mr James bar the previous night, saying he was going to a tattoo shop near Chaweng Lake. Later in the night, police said, his Thai wife attempted to join him, but just kept mobile phone ringtone.

The next day, the Centre of Bophut police station radio received a call saying a body tattooed of what appeared to be a foreigner floating in Chaweng Lake, a major water reservoir of the island. A police team led by Pol. Lt. colonel Phongkhajon Sukkasang, Inspector of displacement, rushed to the Lake to verify the report.

Police found the body lying on its side on the West end of the reservoir. He had no injuries, police said. He was wearing black pants and a grey T-shirt. Found nearby, added police, were a bottle of whisky, an empty red-black back pack, a package of cigarettes and a sandal.

Police believed that the body died from three to four hours at the time where it was found.

While they are step decide on anything, the police said they had no evidence of foul play or suicide.

Their initial theory, they said, was that Mr. James had been r only drink near the shore of the Lake. He was too bu it fell into the water and drowned, although it is difficult to believe that he has been drinking alone in the dark and one side isolated from the Lake.

Police sent the body for autopsy in the hope of the mystery behind the death of the owner bar.

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Worst flooding ‘ in the Decade hits Samui

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Days of heavy rains in the South of the Thailand have caused what local residents described as worst floods in Koh Samui recent memory.

Most of the main roads of the island were flooded and rendered impassable.

People climbed trees to escape rising water and several houses, bungalows and roads have been destroyed by urban water that proliferate.

With the dams and rivers threatening to burst and overflow, hundreds of residents have been evacuated from their homes. A number of deaths were reported from various regions of the South, caused mainly by landslides.

Samui had at least one fatality. In Lamai, a 19-year-old boy was electrocuted when water has caused a short circuit in the wiring of their home system.

“This is the worst flooding (on the island).”The situation is tragic. The extent of the damage is damage is unimaginable, said Tomas Ortiz, a Samui resident for the past ten years.

Flights to and from the island have been suspended for days because of flooded tracks, leaving thousands of tourists stranded in the airport and their hotels.

Suraphon Svetasreni, the Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor, said South tourism is losing out in the hot season of this year. Samui Hotels, he said, were being flooded with calls for cancellation.

Samui hotel occupancy is normally 70 to 80% at the time of the year, but it has fallen to only 50-55% as a result of widespread flooding.

Governments provincial and municipal deployment of hundreds of police and emergency workers on the island to residents in difficulty, particularly those living along the banks of the River, such as around the Lake of Chaweng. Emergency measures are also taken to stop the Lake to breach its banks.

While flood waters began retreat Sunday 28 March, many areas of Chaweng, Lamai and Maenam remained under water.

As we went to press, hundreds of stranded vacationers is remained stranded on the island of outgoing flights. Hundreds of travellers make the Samui International Airport after hearing reports that two Bangkok Airways aircraft had managed to take off from runway flooded earlier this week.

The airline said PG100 and PG104 had landed in Bangkok after leaving Samui with 376 passengers on board. Two other aircraft were said to wait on the tarmac a respite in time. An area of low pressure in the region resulted in a disruption of all modes of transport linking the island to the Mainland.

Ferry services were also suspended and domestic and international flights to Koh Samui had been cancelled.

According to Bangkok Airways, approximately 2,100 passengers were not able to obtain a flight since the beginning of the week. Some passengers were facing floods to visit the airport on a daily basis in the hope of finding a seat off the coast of the island.

Others spent their nights at the airport.

Rain continued to anchor a large number of roads on the island, including tracks from the airport of the fall.

Damage to power lines have also caused electricity to some areas to be lost. The airport is currently in relying on an emergency generator and check-in counters are operated manually.

The authorities of the island are continuing to evacuate people in the worst of the flooding as well as for fresh water and food to those in need.

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Policy tightened Thai visa

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The Embassy of the Thailand in Vientiane, Laos, make has more No 60 days, single or double entry tourist, any visa applicant whose passport three alreadybears these stickers from the Embassy for a visa.

Tourists who have just Vientiane, said that the Embassy a struggle against foreigners who resorted to the tourist to stay indefinitely in Thailand visa.

An employee of the Embassy stated that tourist visas 60 days are aimed at genuine tourists and not for people who live more or less permanently in Thailand.

The employee said there is also suspicion that many of these people who seek tourist visa in Thailand on a regular basis working illegally in the country.

60-Day visas are free, at least until the end of March this year, even if the offices of Thai immigration BT1, 900 30-day extensions.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources have confirmed that Thai embassies abroad could refuse the issuance of visas for 60 days if they feel that these visas are poorly used.

They pointed out that instead of obtain the tourist visa on several occasions, any foreigner wishing to stay in Thailand on a long-term basis may apply for other visas, such as the visa of retirement for a year for those over 50 years, the visa of marriage of a year for foreigners with Thai spouse, visa business and visa of education.

There is no sign, however, that other Thai embassies in the region have taken a line lasts as long as Vientiane.

Visitors have not reported any problems Phnom Penh, for example, even though the processing of visa
It takes about three full working days.

In the Viet Nam, Thai visa issuance is reported as business as usual.

Singapore was reported that a six-week gap is required before
a second tourist visa is issued.

Travel agents say that the Embassy of the Thailand in Vientiane is, by far the largest issuer of Thai visa in the region.

The current repression, they said, could be an attempt to limit their workload or to encourage the use of other Thai embassies in Asia.

More great attraction of the Vientiane Embassy is its proximity to the Thai border via the bridge of friendship. The policy, however, can become easier in April if the Government permits embassies start load again for 60 days tourist visa.

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