Insurgents launched two separate attacks in Pattani and Yala yesterday, killing one person in each incident, and also planted bombs in three locations in Narathiwat province. In response to this, the Cabinet agreed yesterday to put all three provinces under emergency law. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, Dec 13 – The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday extended the emergency decree in the three southern border provinces for another three months. Deputy Government Spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard said that action affecting Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani applies from Dec 20 through March 19, 2012. A public opinion survey in the region found that local residents […]
The Southern Region Meteorological Centre on Monday issued a warning for people in the eastern coast of the South to prepare for widespread scattered rain with heavy falls in some areas and the danger of floods today and tomorrow. People living near hillsides and waterways in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and […]
Three drug suspects were arrested with 200,000 ya ba tablets worth Bt60 million in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district, while another suspect was apprehended with 3.8 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine worth Bt12 million in Surat Thani’s Muang district, police said yesterday. The arrests of Saravuth Noopan, 23, Umar Ali, 23, and Banleusak Manma, 24, in Narathiwat […]
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 […]
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 […]
NARATHIWAT, Nov 22 – Fifty pangolins, also called ‘scaly anteaters’ and a protected wildlife species, bound for China were intercepted by the Thai authorities on Tuesday morning in this southern border province. Four local men were arrested at a road checkpoint in the provincial seat while driving a pick-up truck carrying 50 of the endangered […]
