NARATHIWAT, May 23 – One army ranger volunteer and a suspected insurgent were killed in a clash late last night in this restive southern province. The armed engagement occurred as army rangers sealed off a village in Cho-airong district after intelligence reports confirmed a group of suspected insurgents were hiding in a house there. Read […]
BANGKOK, May 22 – All 14 provinces in Thailand’s southern region were hit by a historic power outage Tuesday night after a transmission cable failure in Prachuap Khiri Khan cut off the electricity supply from the Central Region. Electriciy Generating Authority of Thailand EGAT Deputy Governor-Transmission System Thana Putarungsi said that the power blackout was […]
BANGKOK, 20 May 2013 (NNT) – Southern residents are being warned of Chikungunya and dengue fever viruses, which can both be transmitted through a mosquito bite, while more than 200 dengue patients have been reported in Trang province. According to Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences Dr. Nipon Phopattanachai, patients found to have contracted […]
SONGKHLA, 20 May 2013 (NNT) – Hat Yai police have arrested 16 members of the “V8 Gang”, which allegedly lends people money with extremely high interest rates. Victims and witnesses are being sought in a bid to acquire more information on the gang. Authorities from the Songkhla Provincial Police and the Hat Yai Police Station […]
SONGKHLA, May 17 – Nearly 100 endangered pangolins — popularly known as scaly anteaters — were rescued by Thai customs officials while they were being smuggled to a third country. A pick-up truck was intercepted by an investigation team from Regional Customs Bureau 4 while heading to Chana district of the southern border province of […]
NARATHIWAT, May 18 – At least six people were wounded in a hotel bombing in this southernmost province at about 11am this morning. Narathiwat police commander Pol Maj Gen Wichai Kasemwong led forensic experts and an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) ‘bomb squad’ team to inspect the Asia Hotel, located in Su-ngai Kolok district, after the […]
RATCHABURI, 17 May 2013 (NNT) – 900,000 methamphetamine pills were confiscated today at Krualuang Resort, in Tambon Khok Mo, Muang District, Ratchaburi. Deputy Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police Somyot Poompanmuang, along with the advisor to the Police chief for narcotics suppression, Police General Preophan Dhamapong, and other high-ranking provincial police officers announced at […]
NARATHIWAT, May 13 — Two men were killed in a shooting in Ra-ngae district here while a rubber grower was severely wounded in an ambush in Rueso district today, according to police. The first incident occurred at a house in Ra-ngae district early this morning when Sulfa Lomaewaming, 31, and Sutham Noonnoi, a 43-year-old lorry […]
