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Jet ski vendor denies raping Japanese tourist
A Koh Larn jet ski vendor has been arrested on suspicion of raping a Japanese tourist.
Tourist Police officers apprehended Rattana Halit, 34, on Sept....
2 years later, Pattaya again tells jet ski vendors to get...
More than two years after pledging that Pattaya jet ski operators would be required to carry insurance in order to end the rampant extortion...
Pattaya faces Indian boycott over failure to end jet ski scams
Pattaya officials were warned the city faces being boycotted by Indian tourists if they don’t put an end to jet ski scams once and...
Marine Department units inspect jet skis along Pattaya Beach
The Pattaya Marine Department and a marine police unit from Chachoengsao launched a beachfront inspection from Soi 2 to Walking Street in Pattaya Aug....
Indian hits Russian, on dry land, with jet ski
A Russian woman was injured after being hit on dry land by a jet ski driven by an Indian tourist. ...
3 Thais who raped Russian women Christmas night sentenced to 109...
Eleven months after they kidnapped, robbed and raped two Russian women on Christmas night 2012, an accused murderer, a Pattaya jet ski vendor and...
Jet ski causes accident on Thepprasit Road
A pickup truck was damaged but no one was hurt when a jet ski went for an unexpected ride in the middle of Thepprasit...
Police force jet ski scammers to return some of funds...
Two jet ski operators who extorted 42,000 baht from two Indian medical students have been forced to return most of their ill-gotten gains. ...
Insurance conflicts delay jet ski scandal resolution at least 3 months
Resolution of Pattaya’s long-running jet ski scandal will be delayed at least another three months as city officials settle disagreements over insurance coverage....
Jet-ski anti-scam committee approves stronger mandatory-insurance system
The committee tasked with resolving Pattaya’s long-running jet ski scandal has approved a revised insurance scam that would force watercraft vendors to carry policies...
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