YALA, July 14 – Two officers and one civilian were hurt in grenade, bombing attacks at police station, border police, army ranger outposts, and four ATM booths in Yala’s Bannang Sata district Friday. M-79 grenades were fired at a border patrol police outpost, located on district land office, wounding a police officer, Pol Sen Sgt […]
KRABI, July 12 – A polish tourist was found dead in a hotel room in Thailand’s southern province of Krabi on Thursday. Pol Lt-Col Noppadol Mukda, investigating the incident, said the dead man was identified as Motkowhki Jagakmaciej, 74. There were no wounds on the body but multiple bruises were found on both arms. Read […]
NARATHIWAT, July 10 – A Thai court issued an arrest warrant against a prime suspect in the robbery and murder of a Malaysian tourist in this restive southern province, according to a senior police officer. Sungai Kolok police deputy superintendent Pol Lt-Col Thaweesak Thongsongsri said a Malaysian national identified as Tang Ah Loi, 58, was […]
SURAT THANI, July 10- Some 1,000 rubber growers on Tuesday blocked Asian Highway Route 41 in this southern Thai province, demanding that the government resolve the falling natural rubber price. Surat Thani rubber farmers blocked Asian Highway Route 41, both inbound and outbound, in Tha Chang district. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, July 9 – Deputy Prime Minister Gen Yuthasak Sasiprapha and Army Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha are visiting Yala and Pattani provinces Monday to measure progress on policy implementation and to be briefed on the latest situation report. A new government-established committee is driving the policy and strategies to tackle southern violence and decided in […]
TRANG, July 8- A flash flood hit Trang’s provincial seat, submerging some 40 houses and farmland under one metre deep water. Trang’s provincial seat district chief Nipan Sirithorn and relevant officials on Sunday visited Ban Huai Riang village to inspect damages caused by the forest run-off. Read more: MCOT
PATTANI, July 8- Pattani police on Sunday inspected a policeman’s home in Kapho district after it was attacked with two M79 grenades Saturday’s night, while arson razed a teacher’s vacant house. Pol Lt Col Prawit Khiewsawai of Kapho police station, together with police investigators and a bomb disposal unit, on Sunday inspected the home of […]
Hat Yai police announced the arrest yesterday of seven suspected motorcycle thieves, aged 17-24, along with 150 items of evidence. Songkhla police deputy chief Col Ekkapop Prasitwattanachai said the gang, apprehended on Friday, confessed that they separated stolen motorcycles’ parts to get money for drugs and nightclubbing. Read more: The Nation
