NARATHIWAT, Oct 13 – A man was shot dead in his own rubber plantation Saturday morning in the latest insurgent attack in the restive southern province of Narathiwat. The victim was identified as Sama-ae Royee, 58, the owner of a rubber plantation in Rangae district. MCOT
A shoot-out at a plantation in the Huay Yai area led to the death of one man on Wednesday afternoon. Police were called to the area to inspect the body of Khun Banpot aged 42 who was carrying 17,500 Baht in cash, a mobile phone and personal documents which led Police to discount the initial […]
BANGKOK, 12 March 2012 (IRIN) – Heavy flooding across parts of Thailand in 2011 has fuelled outbreaks of a rice pest that can decimate harvests, experts say. The pest, known as brown planthopper (BPH), transmits two viruses that hit yields as well as eating away at rice plants. “The floods have certainly made things worse,” […]
Two southerners, one a hospital director, were shot dead in Pattani over the weekend, possibly by insurgents. On Saturday night, two men in Muslim robes arrived at the pharmacy of Saman Masae in Mayo district to buy medicine, before firing three times at him and leaving him critically wounded. Read more: The Nation
NARATHIWAT, Dec 24 — More than 50 assault rifles and ammunition were found buried at a rubber plantation in the southern province of Narathiwat during a joint search operation conducted by police and military forces. On Saturday afternoon, police from Rueso District Police Station and military special forces, in a joint operation, searched possible hiding […]
Police on Tuesday recovered a number of weapons and ammunition from a shack in a rubber plantation in Ruso district of Narathiwat on a tip-off from an RKK member who surrendered to the authorities on Dec 19. Abdulromae Hare, who surrendered after a clash with a combined police and military unit on Monday, led the […]
YALA, Dec 9 – A village defence volunteer was killed Friday during an exchange of gunfire with presumed insurgents in Yala’s Raman district. The killing took place after a combined force of government security personnel cordoned off a rubber plantation to hunt three men suspected of planning to incite unrest. Read more: MCOT
NARATHIWAT, Nov 10 – A rubber tapper was badly hurt Thursday by a bomb explosion while he worked in a rubber plantation in Narathiwat’s Cho Ai Rong district, according to local authorities. Taweesak Sangsuwan, 37, suffered serious shrapnel injuries to his face, right ankle and his left middle finger was almost severed. Read more: MCOT
