Brit tourist, 34, killed on honeymoon after ‘ignoring red warning flag’ to go swimming on Thai beach

A BRITISH tourist has died on his honeymoon after ignoring red warning flags to go swimming in the rough sea on a Thai beach. Ali Mohammed Mian, 34, had been on vacation for just two days after arriving on the island of Phuket, southern Thailand, on July 12. GettyThe British national reportedly died on the Thai island of Phuket[/caption] He was staying at the five star Katathani Phuket Beach Resort and went for a paddle in the choppy waters this afternoon. Ali, 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. Tragically, both Ali and Surasit, who are not believed to have been holidaying together, were pronounced dead shortly after they arrived at hospital. Most read in News SAFE & SOUND Missing girls, 6 & 9, who vanished from home found after cops' urgent appeal RISH TO FINISH Rishi vows to 'give everything to service UK' as he storms ahead in PM race SPACEY IN DOCK Kevin Spacey to stand trial as he DENIES four sex attacks on three men BAD TRIP My kids' school fined me £120 after their mum took them on holiday… I had no idea VILLAGE OF THE DAM Ghost town ruins sunk under reservoir emerge as water drops in heatwave FUEL CUT PLEDGE Mordaunt vows to halt Channel migrant crossings by cutting fuel & boats Lieutenant Colonel Kittipong Nupheng, from the Karon district police station, say officers had informed the British Embassy who are now in contact with Ali’s family following the drowning in the Andaman Sea. A police spokesman 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.”