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Friday 6th November 2009 (PDN): - A meeting was held by leading officials at City Hall on Friday in relation to the congestion that has built up over time on our roads and footpaths, namely the heavy tourist and traffic areas of Walking Street and Beach Road in South & Central Pattaya. The main issue was of street side vendors stopping on footpaths and roads, restricting both foot and vehicle traffic flow, and this often occurs outside construction sites & apartment blocks.

A major topic of discussion at the meeting was issue of overhead power and telephone cables that look unsightly, and over time these are planned to be placed underground. Another matter is the restriction of vision by large street signs and neon lights, that have become a feature of the areas but need limiting in size. Some of the overhanging signs and awnings above shops, restaurants and bars are often too low and a dangerous hazard to pedestrians. These issues although important may prove very costly and at the same time difficult to resolve as co-operation between the Electricity Supply Department, the National Telecom and City Hall is needed to reach an agreement.

Also discussed at the meeting was the street side stalls in Sukumvit, Soi 5 close to Siam Country Club Road, placing their flower boxes and various other ornaments on or around the footpaths and road sides, severely impeding traffic both vehicular and pedestrian.

With an every increasing population in the region, the speed of travel on our roads also came up at the meeting, namely in the area around School 11 at Nong Yai. Some of the older school children in the district are habitually speeding up and down the road on motorbikes. The committee discussed the possibility of educating the children about the dangers of driving erratically as well as the possibility of laying further speed humps in various areas, which have proven to be an effective deterrent; - (where the roads are more six meters wide these cannot be used)

Chairperson for the meeting was Deputy Mayor Mr. Bunlue Kullavanijaya, with Khun Cantinas Sutthitham-Rongsawat and many other city officials plus the former Director of the Tourist Police, who has now been posted to a new position at City Hall. Although no definite time frame was put in place for some of these problems, it was definitely a step in the right direction for achieving a resolution of these important matters that have plagued Pattaya City for many years.

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Upon arrival, Police went up to the room, and discovered the dead body of Mr. Richard Lynn, aged 60, an American citizen, lying face down on the floor beside the bed. The deceased was wearing only a t-shirt, and Police estimated that he had died about 2 hours previously. Officers checking inside the room found a hospital receipt from October 27, 2009, and no sign of found play.

A receptionist at the apartments told Police that the deceased checked in on October 26, and was a regular customer of the apartments. Normally, he was friendly with everybody, and liked to drink whiskey, especially Thai white whiskey. After drinking, he usually would not eat anything, so she used to buy some food for him, because she was afraid that the deceased would get faint from not eating.

As of Thursday afternoon, she had not seen the deceased come out of his room, so she asked a maid to knock on his door, but there was no answer. At this point she took a spare key and opened the room, and discovered the deceased lying on the floor. They approached him and found that he was dead already, and so Police were called to investigate.

In a preliminary finding, the Police assumed that Mr. Lynn might have been drinking too much, and not eating at all, and then perhaps he fainted, falling on his head. The blow to his head may have brought on his demise. However, the body will be sent for an autopsy and the American Embassy will be contacted.

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were notified that a tourist had succeeded in capturing two Ladyboys, who had attempted to rob him, and he needed police assistance to bring them to the station so he could press charges against them.

The Police Officers arrived at the Indian tourist’s hotel, where the robbed man, Mr. Poy Laspat, aged 30, explained the events that had led to his citizen’s arrest of the two Ladyboys, Mr. Peeraphong Surin, aged 32, and Mr. Thipakorn Surintham, aged 24, both originally from the Chiangrai province.

As he was making his way back to his hotel room he had been approached by two young ladies who made him an offer for sexual services he found hard to believe, so decided to take them up on their offer. At this time he had no reason to believe they were anything but the real McCoy.

When they all arrived at the room, the two young ladies, or so he thought, ordered him to take his clothes off and take a shower whilst they prepared themselves. However, when he emerged from the shower he discovered that the two had disappeared along with 20,000 baht he had had in his wallet.

Quickly making his way downstairs, he discovered the two robbers a short distance away from the hotel, and whilst attempting to detain them, he discovered more than he had anticipated in their lower regions, this completely shocked him and inflamed his anger and humiliation.

The police were called and upon searching the Ladyboys discovered they were in possession of drugs, they both also proved positive results from a drug urine test. However, they denied they had stolen 20,000 baht, claiming that there had only been 1,000 baht in the wallet.

The money was nowhere to be found and the two Ladyboys were arrested and taken to the police station where it was discovered they had a long list of similar offences.

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