http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/290081/phuket-rumours-seen-as-real-estate-conspiracy
Bangkok Post
23
April 2012
The
people who spread the rumours that Phuket will sink into the sea on April 28
are thought to be trying to make property prices on the tourist resort island
fall for the sake of investment opportunities, the director of the
Environmental Geology Bureau says. [...]
The
leaflets warned Phuket residents to leave the tourist resort town before next
Saturday because the island would be hit by such a severe natural disaster that
it will sink into the sea.
The
warning was claimed to be a prophecy of Kuan Yin (the Chinese goddess of mercy
and compassion) and from Thao Thep Kasattri and Thao Sisunthon (also known as
Chan and Mook), the two legendary heroines who rallied the islanders to drive
back an invading Burmese army in 1785.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/290927/that-sinking-feeling-of-utter-disbelief
Bangkok Post
29
April 2012
Piyaporn
Wongruang
Rumours
that spooked Phuket locals into believing the island was on the verge of
armageddon came to an abrupt end yesterday when the latest hysteria about the
island ''sinking'' proved to be nonsense. [...]
http://www.thephuketnews.com/surprise-phuket-fails-to-sink-30204.php
The
Phuket News
29
April 2012
PHUKET:
The island witnessed a quiet and embarrassed exodus on Friday evening as its
more credulous – or at least cautious – citizens headed across the Thepkrassatri Bridge
into Phang Nga just in case Phuket sank under the warm azure waters of the Andaman Sea. [...]