RANONG, Nov 11 – Military personnel in this southwestern province have been on special alert for Rohingya ethnic people who may illegally enter Thailand from neighbouring Myanmar. Uthit Anantananon, deputy director of the Region 4 Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), said Rohingya migrants regularly leave their home country for Thailand and other countries in the […]
(8 November) Two Russian tourists were killed in a road accident on Nakhon-Surat Road in Nakorn Si Thammarat province yesterday after the driver reportedly dozed off and crashed the vehicle into a large tree. Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene to find two Russians trapped inside the damaged car. They were later identified […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Nov 1 – Police here set a manhunt into motion for assailants who fired gunshots and grenades at the homes of four rubber demonstration leaders on Petchkasem Road here early today. Prachuap Khiri Khan governor Vira Sriwatanatrakul said police inspected the houses which were damaged by gunfire. There were no injuries. Read […]
Three muslim nurses at Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra Hospital yesterday apologised to the public for an inappropriate photograph taken in the hospital’s intensive-care unit. Two of the nurses are seen flashing a “victory” sign in front of the body of Pol Sgt Nimit Deewong, who was killed along with two fellow bomb-squad officers in a blast in […]
Koh Samet’s Ao Phrao, hit by an oil spill several months ago, will officially reopen to tourists this Friday. Seawater-quality tests have confirmed that the bay is now ready for visitors to enjoy safely. Petroleum hydrocarbon, for example, has dropped to less than 1 microgram per litre of seawater, and mercury has plunged below 0.1mcg/l. […]
NARATHIWAT, Oct 28 – Three police officers were killed while attempting to defuse a bomb in this restive southern province. The three victims include the deputy chief of the Narathiwat Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit, Pol Sub-Lt Chaen Varongkapaisit, and two fellow officers, Pol Sub-Lt Charoon Mekruang and Pol Sgt Maj Nimit Deewong. Read more: […]
SHIPS AND PLANES were warned yesterday to stay away from the Phang Nga coast on Tuesday of next week as India will launch a rocket that might jettison a fuel tank into the area. “India’s space centre told us that the launch would possibly be on November 5, because the weather on that day is […]
Four alleged pirates believed to be be members of a gang that boarded a boat off Pattani, killed the crew and got away with about 120 million baht in cash have been arrested, police said on Friday. Read more: Bangkok Post
