SONGKHLA — A man has been arrested for dressing up as an army colonel to “please his girlfriend.” Policemen and soldiers arrived at Lee Garden Plaza Hotel in Hat Yai district yesterday after they received calls from hotel staff that a suspicious-looking army officer was hanging out in the lobby on the hotel’s 8th floor. […]
Insurgents on Tuesday fired at a passenger bus in Yala’s Bannang Sata district, injuring eight. Police were alerted at 6.49am about the attack on YalaKrong Pinang Road. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, July 8 – Deputy police chief Ake Angsananond said police had plentiful evidence to prosecute the SRT worker suspected of raping and killing a girl on a southern train. The suspect said he took speed pills before doing his cleaning work on the train. Pol Gen Aek said in Pran Buri district of Prachuap […]
Three Kentucky Fried Chicken, or KFC, shops in Yala and Pattani may be set to close next week, but the reasons are unclear. KFC Thailand has declined to talk about the matter, and would only say that the shops were still in business Monday. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
SURAT THANI — A Burmese diving instructor on Koh Samui island has been accused of sexually harassing a 14-year-old tourist from China. The victim’s mother told Samui police that she and the victim joined a tour group as part of a diving trip to the Ang Thong islands on 5 July. Read more: khaosod.co.th
YALA, 6 July 2014 (NNT) – Violence continues in the South despite the fact that it is the holy month of Ramadan. Authorities have launched an investigation into the shooting incident in Raman district, Yala, on Friday night; wherein an unknown group of attackers opened fire at shophouses in the district. The attackers also left […]
RANONG, 2 July 2014 (NNT) – Ranong province has been battered by torrential rains for the past few days and eventually caused a 30 meter-long mudslide to flow down on the side of a rural road area. Continuous rainfall during daytime and nighttime hours in Ranong province have softened the soil on the mountains next […]
CHUMPHON — Three young men were killed and two others badly injured in a car crash early Tuesday morning when the driver apparently fell asleep after they had been up all night watching the second round World Cup match between Germany and Algeria. Read more: Bangkok Post
