On March 15th 2024, at 7 a.m. when a national 58 year old was caught in front of a Jomtien hospital in Pattaya, he was arrested for the accusation of using the illegal business of land for his personal benefits.
Offender named Mr. David has been arrested for infringement of the Foreign Business Act with him being a Chairman of the Executive Board of the company engaged into illegal land serving activities.

According to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), this Thai citizen and two foreign associates with the names of Mr. Marcus (British) and Mr. Paul (American), surnames withheld, had registered a law firm in Surat Thani and Phuket provinces respectively, and then the latter Thai citizen established more companies, thus appeared more trustworthy. Such firms were then used to attain stakes in a variety of firms located in both Surat Thani and Phuket, in consequence of which the companies could own some land areas in the two provinces, with the majority of ownership level reserved for a Thai individual
DSI said on to be the transfers in these companies’ shares to the buyer who is a foreign company holder and wanted land from the local people. With some of them being faced out; their market share was decreased as the foreign customers desired to take over fully.
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Mr David has been indicted as a co-director of the company where the main executives were represented by Mr Marcus and Mr Paul. Thema assoiloujen jamen sija, Oksana kuky o manchannyantity mara share’s buying.

The brothers have been accused in absentia by the Thai court, as they allegedly fled after the company was charged. Besides Mr. David who at this point is the only major suspect, no one has been arrested at all. At the moment, he is facing police custody and he will be given to the investigation unit which has been tasked to investigate this case. He started to avoid a statement to the accusation but not instantly rejected the claim.

“Law enforcement is on the lookout for suspects still at large in connection with the illegal property business in Phuket and Surat Thani.”

Even Phuket itself, the authorities have been taking relevant and posed measurements to sanction foreigners who use thai nominee to get or own land as this conflicts with the law for the foreign nationals. Hence, it started all with story of a Swiss man kicking Thailand lady off his steps in Phuket. Though the public beach was later found to be encroached with the owner’s private land. Consequently, the agricultural land and the Phukhuet boundaries became divided lines of which both were strictly monitored.

On 16 March, 2024, a fire broke out around midday in apartment 11N of the noted and expensive condominium the ‘Edge,’ situated in the very centre of Pattaya. Fortunately, smoke caused only two people to have swallowing problems and no one else got hurt.

The Pattaya Public Disaster Prevention Department and Mitigation Radio Center received an urgent report of the fire at approximately 1:At 7 am in the early hours of the morning, the powerful boom of the explosion shook the neighborhood sending a call for firefighters and rescue workers to act promptly. Arriving, observer spots the rather lively fire consuming the pillars and the smoke being pushed out through windows and water flowing down the building. A huge number of people recorded the spectacle on camera and published it on social media channels. Almost everybody with 103 guests and tourists plus their baggage make a run from the building and go outside.

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Despite the substantial effort to extinguish the fire, the firefighters employed five fire trucks to bombard the flames with water’s torrents for nearly 20 minutes and finally managed to bring the fire to control just to lift a dessert of enormous amounts of smoke.

As a condo housekeeper who wishes to remain unknown reported, the fire purportedly arose in the dorm room`158 A in the 11th floor, which was empty at the time of the fire. From the blows of an air compressor in the room a spark flew out blazing up flames igniting the panic of occupants.

Also, the residents said that every time there was a fire alarm ringing, people were rushing, the hallways are echoing, and it can be smelled the burning materials from the fire. Condo employees and maintenances were highly described for their organized efforts including the assistance with the evacuation and fulfilling security protocols.

“Two affected by smoke, rescued swiftly. Authorities cordon off danger zones for safety.”

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has accomplished the salvage mission of addressing the case of the US-made corvette “the Sukhothai” that sank in the Gulf of Thailand last Dec. 2022 allotting the operation nineteen days. Regardless of prolonged efforts over many hours, only four crew members have been located and returned. The focus remained on fact-finding and preserving evidence so that the investigation could lead to the truth about what happened aboard the ship. This was part of the mission that was in collaboration with the US Navy.

RTN Commander-in-Chief Admiral Chatchai Thongsaard has mentioned that 58 numbers of physical evidence, most importantly is a CCTV recording device were being recovered as well. This information hopefully will be able to both provide valuable insights to circumstances on those prior to the catastrophe. On the contrary, while cleaning every inch of the ship, together with all the chambers and cabins, the bodies of the vanished crew members were not been found.

Besides towing off the guns and other armaments from the ship and retrieving 11 personal objects of the passengers which also featured the naval officer’s portraits and the lithographed picture of the ship as well. The RTN will have to wait a month before it makes public any new data gathered from the ship’s exploration.

It happened in the Prachuap Khiri Khan province waters on the night between the two dates (December 18 or 19) while the vessel was struck by a powerful storm. When the accident took place, there were 70 crew members on the ship. In the rescue mission, however, 24 bodies were found dead, while there were 5 crew members who were reported missing and therefore considered as dead now.

The operating principle from both sides has always been safety since it was the case at the RTN and the US Navy during the salvage mission. Fortunateless, people received injuries. Unquestionably, the underwater mission has faced severe challenges and must have been exceedingly complicated, nevertheless the operation has been successful.

The submarine of HTMS Sukhothai is a heartbroken disaster for the Royal Thai Navy and to the relatives of the crews. Such a ship, which has been a key asset to the navy, has been lost under the circumstances that are still difficult to explain at all. The rescue mission helped unhide the cause of the disease as well as closure to the families that lost people in this unfair tragedy.

Not only the safety mechanisms and procedures have been questioned following this disaster, but the responsiveness of the HTMS Sukhothai crew to such an emergency situation came under scrutiny. Amidst the ongoing investigation, authorities are weighing the possibilities of multifactorial causes leading to the ship sinking, such as weather conditions, malfunction and even human error.

Such physical evidence like CCTV recording device is the other investigation step that are should not be wrong as in its case. Hopefully, putting all the facts together and looking at the connections between them will give the investigators the intelligence they need about the order of events before the ship sank and what could have led to the ship’s downfall.

However, investigations on ascertaining the cause of the sinking will be carried on an equal footing with mechanisms that will be made to honor the memories of the crew members who lost their lives in the accident. Conversely, the items that the divers pick out to retrieve from the wreckage—for example, the ship’s nameplate and portraits of prominent individuals—provide a painful reminder of the people who died in the tragedy.

While HTMS Sukhothai inquiry is still in progress, the focus on the rescue safety and readiness for any maritime event is increasing. The Royal Thai Navy and other authorities agencies have been finding forth ways for prevention of recurrence opportunities while auditing their manual and standard operating procedures.

RTN MiCT Chalermchai Sathorn’s report on the find of physical evidence like a CCTV monitor or the camera is a cause of hope that we may unravel the mystery of the sudden demise of vehicles in the road. This rigorous examination of the equipment by forensic specialists will help the story of a pervasive vision of the tragedy of the US-built corvette’s sinking.

Although the extensive search efforts of the salvage teams could not find the bodies of the five lost crewmembers, the critical reality of how dangerous it is for seafaring and navy mariners is perfectly highlighted. The sea can turn into a merciless one. Every loss, such as the sinking of HTMS Sukhothai, is a disturbed item of sea operations.

The accomplishment of the dismantling operation for various on board weaponry by the salvage teams demonstrate the proficiency and professional values shown by the salvage teams whose mission it is to conduct the mission. Such materials form potential danger for those who might involve in further salvage, besides it leaves a hazardous impact and in the end wastes the environment.

As well as recoiled recuperation of evidence and military gadgets, a eunuch of this sort has also had the task of salvaging objects, that people loved sentimental items, among which is the name plaque and portraits of the important individuals on this ship. The significance of the objects is highlighted, being not only familiar items but also detaching their owners from home, serving as representors of the personal sacrifice for their country.

In the next couple of weeks, the RTN plans on sharing the root cause of the sinking within the following month which would be a possible revelation carried out during the salvage operation. The results of the investigation will satisfy families of the victims by making justice and revealing the core of the incident that could be systemic problems or not.

The final closure of the work which took 19 days for HTMS Sukhothai recovery ship marks a major strides made toward the investigations to the reasons behind the disaster.