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thaipbs.or About 80 percent of the police attached to the 8th regional police bureau based in Surat Thani do not want to be transferred to Phuket because they have families to take care of or have houses in Surat Thani. The office of the 8th regional police bureau will be relocated from Surat Thani to Phuket.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
PHUKET: The daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. Beware of inconsistent imitations.
Today's Top Stories
bangkokpost.com Ex-monk, ex-politician Suthep Thaugsuban promises no more street rallies, but only if the military drops its roadmap for total ''reform before elections''.
nytimes.com Though the piece of airplane debris found on a remote Indian Ocean beach may yield the first tangible proof that a Malaysian jetliner that vanished almost 17 months ago crashed into the sea, experts said it may not be much help in solving the vexing mystery of where to find the plane's wreckage.
nationmultimedia.com The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and its partners are all geared up to run the ''Green Season'' campaign until the end of September as part of a marketing campaign to encourage inbound travelling in the low season.
Human Trafficking in Thailand
bbc.com Key parts of new legislation to combat slavery in the UK - including life sentences for those guilty of people trafficking - have come into force in England and Wales.
bangkokpost.com Sixty-nine Thai fishermen believed to have been lured into working illegally in Indonesian waters have returned to Thailand, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Phuket World of People
smh.com.au Walter Palmer, the big-game hunter and dentist who participated in the fatal hunt of Cecil, a prized lion in Zimbabwe, has dropped out of sight in the wake of a global firestorm over the animal killing, said US wildlife authorities, who also announced an investigation into his action.
mirror.co.uk David Cameron is flying home to Britain to lead an emergency meeting on how to tackle Calais' migrant crisis. The PM will head a meeting of the Cobra committee hours after he prompted anger by calling refugees crossing the Mediterranean a ''swarm'' .
brisbanetimes.com.au Landslides triggered by torrential rain struck near the nation's most popular trekking circuit and have left at least 30 people dead in Nepal.
afp A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to three-and-a-half months in jail after a court found her guilty of using her breast to bump into a police officer during a chaotic protest.
thetimes.co.uk The irritating voice of a shrill woman at Tesco's self-service checkouts in Britain is to disappear having upset too many customers. It will be replaced by softer, friendlier male version.
Around the Region
independent.co.uk Burma has freed almost 7000 detainees, including political prisoners and 260 foreigners, as part of a country-wide amnesty.
Phuket World of Sport
smh.com.au There will be ramifications for individual careers after Australia crumbled for the second time in 24 hours to be on the cusp of defeat early on the third day of the third Ashes Test,
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
August 23-30 Por Tor (Hungry Ghost) Festival
September Quicksilver surf carnival at Patong beach
October 15-23 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
November Patong Festival
November 20 Laguna Phuket Triathlon
November 25 Loy Kratong festival
November 29 Challenge Laguna Phuket 2015
November 29 Phuket King's Cup Regatta
December 26 Tsunami memorial ceremonies
