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A French father and his two sons aged five and seven were rescued after spending more than 16 hours adrift following a jet ski capsizing incident off Koh Samui, Thailand. All three were hospitalised briefly but later discharged.
Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has apologised to Russian nationals and ordered intensified security operations after five people—two Russian siblings and three Thai family members—were killed and buried in Chonburi province.
Thai police rescued three Indian tourists from a Pattaya townhouse after they were allegedly abducted and held for ransom by a transnational criminal gang. The men were discovered bound and gagged; one suspect fled.
Lao authorities have indicted the owner of Tiger Vodka distillery and staff at Nana Backpackers Hostel following six tourist deaths in Vangvieng in late 2024, with investigations identifying methanol contamination but hampered by the absence of autopsies.
A 26-year-old Singaporean man has been arrested by Indonesian police on Bali following the death of his 26-year-old Indonesian girlfriend at a boarding house in Denpasar. Authorities suspect relationship troubles as the motive.