Sophon Suwannarat, the governor of Phuket, had to work outside his office on the morning of January 17, 2024, after someone broke into his office and smashed the front door window. The intruder was later identified as a Russian tourist.
Phuket City Police Station received a report of the incident at 7:27 a.m. on Jan. 17. According to the report, the incident occurred at the Phuket Governor’s office on the fourth floor of the new provincial hall in Talad Nuea sub-district, Muang district, Phuket.
When police and investigators arrived at the scene, they found that the right glass door to the governor’s office had been smashed, leaving broken glass scattered on the floor. There was also a trail of blood leading away from the door. Under the secretary’s desk, they found a fire axe with traces of blood.
According to the investigation, prior to the incident at around 2:45 a.m., a member of the Volunteer Defense Corps on duty at Provincial Hall heard a phone ringing outside the elevator on the second floor. He went to check and turned off the sound. Then he saw a shirtless foreign man, dressed only in black shorts, hiding on the second floor near the elevator. He rushed over to grab him, but the man shook his arm and fled to the upper part of the provincial hall.
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