BANGKOK, 24 March 2012 (NNT) – Thailand’s committee tasked with studying compensation plan for people affected in the Deep South unrest have approved of a special budget for four groups of victims. According to Prime Minister’s Office Permanent Secretary Thongthong Chandrangsu, those who are eligible for the scheme include ordinary people who lost their lives […]
PATTANI, March 21 – Army Region 4 commander Lt-Gen Udomchai Thammasarorat conceded on Wednesday that an independent fact-finding panel concluded that Thai army rangers mistakenly shot dead four villagers in Pattani on Jan 29, and compensation was given to the families of the slain civilians. An unknown number of assailants attacked a ranger base in […]
NARATHIWAT, March 21 – One paramilitary volunteer was killed, another paramilitary volunteer, one army private and a passerby were wounded in a bombing here Wednesday morning. Somchai Khamjun, a paramilitary volunteer, died at the scene, while another paramilitary volunteer Itthipol Thongsakul and Pvt 1st Class Matorhae Chae were wounded. Read more: MCOT
NARATHIWAT, March 20 – Thai authorities combined police, military and administrative workers to raided a house in this restive southern border province, confiscating 132 methamphetamine pills and some heavy weapons. The 20-strong team launched their operation after being informed of irregular visits of teenagers to the house in Sungai Padi district. MCOT
PHANG NGA, 19 March 2012 (NNT) – Deputy Transport Minister Chatt Kuldiloke has inspected the progress of the Phang Nga – Surat Thani rail project. The government hopes that the railway would help boost tourism along the Andaman coast. According to Mr Chatt, who visited Phang Nga province to inspect the Pun Pin rail project […]
A village protection volunteer was shot dead on Monday in the latest violence in the restive southern province of Pattani. The victim was identified as Mama Yamae, 43. He was stationed near a roadside car oil stall on a road in Yaring district when two men on a motorcycle approached him asking about an oil […]
TRANG, March 18 – Houses and plantations in several southern provinces were ravaged by summer storms over the weekend while some injuries were reported from a collapse of a roof at a plant. In Trang, the roof of a para rubber processing factory collapsed in a summer storm on Saturday night. Two people remain hospitalised […]
PHATTHALUNG, March 18 – Two suspected drug traffickers on Sunday were arrested with more than 20,000 methamphetamine pill, with a street value worth about Bt5 million (over US$166,000) in the southern province of Phatthalung, according to local police. Veera Lemmai, 33, and Arnat Lempan, 22, were detained with 24,589 meth pills hidden in a Phatthalung-registered […]
