NARATHIWAT, Dec 3 – One man on Saturday was shot dead by suspected insurgents while riding a motorcycle in Rangae district of violence-plagued Narathiwat, according to local police. The victim was identified as Preecha Tangsee, 62, a Rangae resident, Pol Capt Noraseth Suksee of Rangae Police Station said, adding that Mr Preecha’s body, still wearing […]
The Supreme Court of Thailand yesterday upheld the life imprisonment handed to the former head of Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) and three members of the group, as well as the 50 year term given to another convict. The judges dismissed the defendants’ appeal that their confessions to violent crimes, treason, kidnapping and planting explosives […]
An explosion kills one, injures another in Thailand’s southernmost province of Yala. The victim was Private Kriengkrai Promfai, 22, while the injured soldier was named as Private Siam sae Lao. They were patrolling a road in Ban Buathong in Tambon Banlae when they stepped on the explosive, which had been hidden underground by insurgents. Read […]
SONGKHLA, Nov 28 – The northeast monsoon prevailing over southern Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand is forecast to regain strength in early December, according to the weather agency, while Songkhla residents were warned of possible flash floods and landslides. The Songkhla-based meteorology centre for the eastern South on Monday warned that the northeast monsoon […]
SONGKHLA, Nov 27 – The flood situations in Songkhla and Phatthalung have improved as rainfall in the South has dropped. In Songkhla, floods have receded with 260 villages still under water. Rainfall dropped and about half of the residential areas returned to normal. Only low-lying and lakeside areas remained flooded. Two flood-related deaths have been […]
SURAT THANI, Nov 26 – Two more districts of the southern province of Surat Thani were announced as flood disaster areas, meaning there were now six districts designated as disaster zones while forest run-off has cut off two bridges in Kanchanadit district. Two districts that were included in the flood disaster list were Tha Chana […]
Three people were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire at a pickup truck in Narathiwat Thursday morning. The victims were identified as Meusoh Ali, 44; Masolae Ali, 37; and Mahama Waemamu, 19. They were all related. The only survivor, Yaneeya Ali, 29, said the attackers – also in a pickup truck – fled after he […]
Several days of rain has caused flooding to spread in a wider range throughout southern provinces due to flash floods hitting households while many roads have been impassable Narathiwat-Takbai road is now inundated after water pouring down from mountains has caused water to rise up to 1 meter due to continuos rain fall the past […]
