Phuket officials said five people have been charged so far in connection with the sinking last month, including the boat owner and two operators
Officials and local groups held a religious ceremony on Wednesday in honour of 47 Chinese tourists who died last month when their boat sank in rough weather off Thailand’s resort island of Phuket.
The ceremony included Chinese and Buddhist rituals, as well as prayers by Christian, Hindu and Sikh priests.
Two boats carrying tourists sank off Phuket in stormy weather on July 5. Everyone on one small boat was rescued, while 47 Chinese died on the double-decker tour boat Phoenix.
The accident was one of Thailand’s worst tourism-related disasters in recent years.
Officials say both boats went to sea despite official warnings about the rough weather, and they have been pursuing legal action against those involved.
