NARATHIWAT, July 20 – Narathiwat Governor Apinun Suethanuwong ordered all districts in the provinces to fine-tune their security plans after a car bomb injured eight people and set ablaze a commercial building in the province Friday morning. The authorities in the provincial seat have already met to adjust the plan. Firefighters fought more than three […]
A Thai Army Ranger and two villagers were killed in an insurgent attack on a military outpost in Narathiwat on Tuesday night. Five others were wounded including a sergeant, two Rangers and two other local residents. Read more: The Nation
NARATHIWAT, July 15 – A large amount of firearms, ammunition and other items involved with insurgent attacks in the southernmost provinces was seized at the home of a suspected insurgent in Narathiwat. Capt Somkiat Phonprayoon, commander of a special Marine unit of the Chulabhorn Marine Naval Camp in Narathiwat had led some 100 military personnel, […]
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 […]
NARATHIWAT, July 7 – One soldier was killed and three others wounded on Saturday during a bomb attack in Narathiwat’s Cho-airong district. The injured were admitted to a local hospital before being transferred to Naradhiwasrajanagarindra Hospital. The four soldiers were riding in a pick-up truck while on a local duty. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, July 2 – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has distributed some 60,000 health masks to local residents in five southern provinces as smog from Indonesian forest fires has blanketed the region. Public Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri said that smog, an annual occurrence from forest fire on Indonesia’s Sumatra has covered five provinces in southern […]
SONGKHLA, 2 July 2012 (NNT) – Smoke plumes caused by seasonal wildfires burning across Sumatra Island are now covering several southern provinces of Thailand, including Songkhla, Satun, Yala and Narathiwat. The thick haze shrouding parts of Thailand’s southern region has caused poor visibility, leading to disruption to sea traffic in Songkhla province. Fishermen in the […]
The Appeals Court yesterday handed down a death sentence to Koseng or Useng Jeloh, a leading member of the separatist movement, Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo), but then reduced it to life on grounds that his testimony was useful to the case. Koseng was charged with rebellion and illegal assembly of weapons and men for […]
