Five Rohingya boat people were rounded up by administrative officials in the southern province of Songkhla’s Hat Yai district, while they were waiting to be sent to a third country. The five men aged 18-21 were found in Ban Yan Yao community forest area in Tambon Patong. Read more: The Nation
PHUKET: Police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old Chinese woman whose body was found alone at a depth of 11 metres by a group of divers from another dive tour north of Phuket yesterday afternoon (Nov 27). Divers from Khao Lak Scuba Adventures found the body of Zhang Lin near Koh Bon, off Kuraburi […]
SURAT THANI — A 76-year-old hotel owner from the United Kingdom died after being struck by a motorcycle as he crossed a road late late last night on Koh Samui. Rescue volunteers arrived just after midnight to the scene at the Samui Mermaid Hotel to find injured the motorcyclist and foreign man, a local hotel […]
Two Thai women have been arrested for allegedly smuggling 10 million baht in cocaine through Krabi airport. Siriwan Yodteerak, 32, and Aaew Wijit, 34, were arrested in the southern province on Sunday and brought to a news conference at the Customs Department in Bangkok on Monday. Read more: Bangkok Post
The Songkhla woman who allegedly faked her death to escape imprisonment for planning the murder of her son’s fiancee turned herself in to police Tuesday. Juree Jan-ngam, 72, of Chumphon’s Tha Sae district, however, maintained her innocence as she surrendered at the Crime Suppression Division (CSD). Read more: Bangkok Post
A Russian man has been arrested at the customs office in Koh Samui for allegedly smuggling into Thailand 6.5 kilogrammes of cocaine worth about 26 million baht. Kulis Sombatsiri, director-general of the Customs Department at the Surat Thani island office, said in a news conference on Monday that Sunday’s arrest of Sergei Lelekov was made […]
Hatching new attempts to gain the trust of people in the insurgency-plagued South, police are stepping up efforts to produce officers drawn from students of local Islamic schools, or ponoh. The Southern Border Provinces Police Operation Centre has been working with the Police Education Bureau to take students from ponoh in the three southern border […]
A DEADLY bomb attack on a security booth manned by defence volunteers from Ban Khok Khilek village in Khok Pho, Pattani, has badly shaken locals living in a “strong” community. Thursday night’s explosion killed four volunteers and injured four others. Read more: The Nation
