Another Enquiry, Another Promise, Another Death. A 63-year-old Briton drowned after being caught in a ‘rip’ off Karon Beach in Phuket (Wed) leading to a local hospital director to call for faster emergency service response. The Briton was named as Edward Joseph Brookes and is according to Phuketwan is one of at least 30 tourists who have drowned around Phuket …