YALA, 9 February 2014 (NNT) – Following a spate of attacks in downtown Yala that killed a dozen of both residents and officers, authorities have beefed up security in the area. Army, police and local defense volunteers have been deployed to man roadblocks which have recently been set up on the roads leading to Yala’s […]
A 71-year-old Australian man who was eating a minced pork omelette before he was due to fly back home choked to death after a piece got stuck in his throat. At the incident the officers found the corpse of Mr David Ian, Australian nationality on the floor beside the table. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
PATTANI, Feb 8 – Two border patrol police were killed in Pattani by gun wielding assailants on a pick-up truck as they bought food, while another three were wounded in the attack. Pol Maj Jeeraseth Daongerntrakul, Superintendent at Sai Buri district police station, said he was reported of the incident at 6.50am this morning. Read […]
A driver of a 6-wheeled water truck crashed into a foreign female tourist who was riding her motorbike. The truck driver cut the corner and collided with her killing her instantly before fleeing the scene at speed. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
Four anti-government protesters were killed and four others injured when a pick-up truck in which they were travelling hit a roadside tree after having been squeezed out of a road by a ten-wheel truck in Hua Hin Monday night. One of the four survivors, Mr Somporn Anuwat, told police that he suspected the accident was […]
Latest insurgent attack killed four including assistant district chief and injured five others in Pattani’s Khok Pho district on Sunday. Pattani Governor Wittaya Panitchpong expressed regrets on the death of the four by insurgents who he said had very well planned for the attacks. Read more: The Nation
CHUMPHON, 1 February 2014 (NNT) – Ballot boxes and ballot papers were stolen from their storage site at a school in Chumphon, and dumped into a waterway. Police investigators on Friday examined the paper ballot boxes and scores of equipment for the election booths that were dumped into a canal in Thung Kha sub-district, Mueang […]
SONGKHLA, Feb 1 – Anti-government protesters in five southern provinces have continued blockading Hat Yai postal centre to prevent postal workers from delivering ballots to polling stations in nearby provinces. Hat Yai postal centre is responsible for supplying ballots to the five southernmost provinces of Songkhla, Satun, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. Read more: MCOT
