UPDATE
PATONG police said on Monday that a man who was ejected from the Hollywood nightclub returned with friends and took on security guards at the venue. As a result, one man, believed to be an Iranian, remains in hospital.
Original Report
POLICE are investigating a brawl that shook Hollywood nightclub in Patong last night, with security guards becoming involved in what was reported to be an ethnic-based clash between two groups.
The Superintendent of Kathu Police Station, which oversees Patong, told Phuketwan that an officer had been delegated to pursue the men involved in the clash which took place about 3am.
One comment on an online chat site said: ''Farangs [my friend] thinks were Italian started fighting with the doormen. Spilled down the steps onto Bangla road.''
However, police have been told that the fight was between two groups of expats and security men intervened to settle it.
''Nobody died,'' said Colonel Arayapan Pukbuakao, who is new to the post. ''It may be that there was at least one broken head. Police were not called so we can't say for sure at this stage.''
He said he believed on what police had learned so far that the argument began with a comment about race. The argument grew into a brawl and security guards stepped in to separate the two groups.
''When people have too much to drink, they cannot control their emotions,'' he said.
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The new Superintendent of Immigration should stop these pests from entering Phuket before its too late. We already have enough Thai and foreign Mafia here.
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2010 22:41