Rescue workers resumed their search today (Tuesday) for a Russian tourist who went missing after he and his Thai girlfriend were struck by a speed boat near a beach on Koh Larn, off Pattaya bay, late Monday afternoon.
The body of the Russian’s girlfriend, only identified as “Narada”, was found floating in the sea. Wounds on the body indicated that she had been hit by a propeller.
The skipper of the speed boat, 19-year-old Thawatchai Chompphupuang, was taken into custody by Pattaya police and has initially been charged with negligence causing death to another.
Thawatchai reportedly claimed that he didn’t know that his boat had hit the two people.
Pattaya police inspector, Pol Lt-Col Chainarong Chitsunthorn, said the Russian tourist, identified as Enrike Rakhman, arrived in Thailand on August 11th and had just checked out of a resort on Koh Larn. He and his girlfriend then…
