A tragic British tourist died on his honeymoon after ignoring red flag warnings not to go swimming in the rough sea.
Ali Mohammed Mian, 34, had been on the dream trip for just two days after arriving on the island of Phuket, southern Thailand, on July 12.
He was staying at the five-star Katathani Phuket Beach Resort and went for a paddle in the choppy waters, especially dangerous during the current monsoon rainy season.
Mr Mian, from London, and a second swimmer, Thai man Surasit Phonglaohaphan, 55, were both dragged out away from the shore on the Kata Noi Beach.
Lifeguards pulled both men back onto the sand and performed CPR before paramedics rushed them in an ambulance to the Chalong Hospital.
But both men, who are not believed to have been holidaying together, were pronounced dead shortly after they arrived at hospital.
Lieutenant Colonel Kittipong Nupheng from the Karon district police station said officers had informed the British Embassy who are now in contact with Ali's family following the drowning in the Andaman Sea.
The policeman said: "Our station received notification at 5pm from rescue volunteers that lifeguards had rescued two drowning tourists from the sea.
"Both of them were unconscious so CPR was performed. One of them had signs of a pulse. Both were taken to the Chalong Hospital but later died.
"We were informed that there was a red warning flag on the beach that the tourists had ignored to go swimming in the sea.
"They disobeyed the red flag and were swept away by the waves."
