Two soldiers turned themselves in on Friday as part of an investigation into the shooting deaths of three unarmed civilians by Thai security forces in the mountains of insurgency-stricken Narathiwat province on Dec. 16, police said. The killings have sparked new anger against the Thai government in Narathiwat and neighboring provinces in the mainly Muslim […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A British diver was found floating dead on Saturday afternoon in Talay Songhong park, a popular diving site in Thung Yai district of this southern province. The Briton, a 60-year-old resident of Thailand, still had his diving gear on when his body was found. There were no signs of assault, and his […]
Yala: More than 1,000 weapons and pieces of equipment for launching violent attacks were seized in Krong Pinang district over the weekend, according to the Internal Security Operations Command’s (Isoc) Forward Command. The weapons and equipment were discovered at what appeared to be an insurgent base around Taloh Sator mountain where shelters believed to have […]
SONGKHLA: A Thai wife has asked police to help find her Swedish husband, whom she has not heard from since they arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport from Stockholm and he left with a friend. Amphorn Maksomboon, 65, filed a missing person report with Hat Yai police on Monday, saying she was concerned for the safety of […]
YALA: A 14-year-old boy stands accused of firing the shots that killed a senior forestry official in Yala, police said on Saturday after arresting all three suspects including the mastermind. Authorities say the killing was planned by Arseesa Kamae, 34, a subordinate of the victim. She allegedly hired Treenaphat Suwanpathipat, 33, and the 14-year-old gunman […]
PHUKET: A 63-year-old British yachtsman sailing to Langkawi has been safely recovered by a Royal Thai Navy boat after the engine on the British sailor’s yacht failed, leaving him adrift in heavy weather off Koh Lipe, south of Phuket. Tourist Police on Koh Lipe alerted the Navy outpost in Satun to the call for assistance […]
A forestry official was shot and killed in broad daylight, in Muang district of Thailand’s restive southern province of Yala, by suspected insurgents as he was riding home on a motorcycle at about noon today. The victim, 52-year old Mr. Kowit Wangthaveesak, a forestry specialist and chief of the Chulabhorn 7 project in Tharnto district, […]
BANGKOK, Nov 27 (TNA) – Police chief ordered security be stepped up in the southern border provinces after a bombing at a rail track in Narathiwat’s Sugnai Padi district Wednesday morning. Deputy police spokesperson, Pol Col Kritsana Pattanacharoen said an unknown number of assailants carried out the predawn attack at the rail track between Sungai […]
