BANGKOK, March 23 — Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has ordered Fourth Army Area commander to review the plan to remove an military outpost in the southern province of Narathiwat’s Rueso district. Villagers in the district earlier protested the government’s decision to tear down the outpost and withdraw the soldiers stationed there. They said the […]
Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday apologised to a group of about 600 people from the three troubled southern border provinces for two major incidents which caused a large number of deaths in 2004. He was speaking to people from Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces who are undergoing occupational training organised by the Internal […]
NARATHIWAT, March 21 – Two soldiers were killed when presumed insurgents ambushed an army patrol while it was on duty in this restive southern province Monday morning. The victims were identified as Sgt Chanerind Kantha, 25, the squad leader, and Pvt Narase Petcharat, part of the eight-man unit. Initial investigation said eight soldiers on four […]
NARATHIWAT, March 16 – Two persons were killed and three others were wounded in a shooting by presumed insurgents at a teashop in Narathiwat’s Ruso district late Tuesday night while a cow herder on Wednesday was seriously wounded in a Pattani’s Sai Buri ambush. Defence Volunteer Arom Yothatip and Pop Tongkaew, a 55-year-old civilian, were […]
NARATHIWAT, March 16 – A Malaysian man was found dead on a road in Narathiwat on Wednesday morning, according to Pol Col Peerapol Na Pattalung, superintendent of the Sungai Padi police station. The man was identified as Thang Chong Yoeng from Malaysia’s Perak state as shown in his identification card found in his wallet. He […]
Narathiwat – Two were killed and four others injured when seven robbers staged a robbery of two adjacent gold shops Monday morning. The robbers made off with an unknown number of gold ornaments after killing a shop owner and a security officer and injuring another shop owner and the two owners’ relatives. The robbery took […]
NARATHIWAT, March 13 — A soldier was wounded Sunday after a bomb, suspected to be planted by insurgents, exploded in the trouble-plagued southern province of Narathiwat while national police chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree was inspecting a police flat which was damaged by a car bomb last week, police said. Police said the incident occurred […]
Narathiwat and Pattani were bracing early today for a possible tsunami resulting from yesterday’s huge earthquake off Japan, and Songkhla remains at risk, a Meteorological Department official said. The department’s provincial chief in Narathiwat, Manee Uttharak, said waves could reach the coast of Narathiwat by about 4.56am, reaching a height of 4 metres a kilometre […]
