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Pattaya City launched an integrated operation to regulate homeless people and vagrants while closely inspecting children selling flowers and begging from tourists along Walking Street following complaints on social media about impacts on tourism. On August 4, 2026, the Deputy Mayor of Pattaya led a multi-agency team to conduct operations along Pattaya Beach Road, Pattaya…
Friends, family and indeed all of Thailand mourn as a murdered Thai family of three and two young Russian siblings who were brutally killed by a group of criminals during robbery attempts near Pattaya are laid to rest, and final funeral and memorial tributes take place. At 5:30 p.m. on August 4th, Pattaya City transported…
Some of the prior criminal history of the main suspect, Mr. Pong, in the brutal slaying of a Thai family of three and two Russian siblings near Pattaya has been revealed. Authorities and local residents are revisiting a 2018 shooting incident involving Mr. Pong, the main suspect and alleged ringleader of a group of criminals…