A teenage nephew of Koh Samui Mayor Ramnet Jaikwang and two others were arrested recently for snatching a shoulder bag from a  Chinese female tourist.

A caretaker of a fruit orchard was found hanging under the roof of his hut located near the Wang Sao Thong waterfall recently.
Nam-mon Jitphong, 30, was  dead for at least 12 hours before his employer, Preecha Baunak,  discovered his body.

Provincial health authorities reported 27 suspected cases of swine or A/H1N1 flu on Koh Samui.

Earlier, it was reported that a Hong Kong tourist who had visited Samui between June 4 and 5 was confirmed last June 12 to have contracted the disease.

AMERICAN pop singer Britney Spears and tennis star Rafael Nadal are coming to Samui for a holiday.

Twenty-seven-year-old Spears has reportedly chosen Samui for a much-needed rest for her and her crew after her successful “comeback tour” of Europe.