Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ruled out former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban’s proposal that the government buy rubber from farmers at 60 baht a kilogramme, saying he would solve the problem systematically starting Tuesday afternoon. “Our integrated approach involves taking action at upstream, midstream to downstream levels. We’ll buy rubber at slightly above-market prices […]
A rubber farmer who previously survived a gun attack died after being shot again near a plantation in Songkhla’s Na Mom district on Wednesday, police said. Adisorn Sirichai, 43, was found with multiple gunshot wounds on a road in tambon Pichit, said Pol Lt Col Uthit Onthon, a duty officer at Na Mom police station, […]
BANGKOK, 9 December 2014 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has insisted that the disbursement of financial aid for rubber farmers is being expedited while the private sector has been asked to purchase rubber at 50-60 baht a kilo. Following the weekly Cabinet meeting, Gen Prayut commented on the government’s effort to ease the suffering […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — A rubber farmer in Nakhon Si Thammarat province committed suicide yesterday amid the plunging price of raw rubber, a staple crop for many farmers is southern Thailand. Pithakchai Kongthongkam, 31, doused his body with petrol and lit himself on fire at his home in Thoong Song district yesterday, police say. Read […]
PATTANI, March 3 – A villager was shot dead this morning, while his wife was wounded in a gun attack as they were riding to work at a rubber plantation in Pattani’s Thung Yang Daeng district. District police chief Pol Col Kowit Rattanachot said police were informed of the incident n a rubber plantation in […]
NARATHIWAT, Jan 29 – Two villagers were killed and one seriously wounded in a shooting attack early this morning at a rubber plantation in Rueso district of this southern border province. The villagers were tapping rubber trees when they were shot by an unknown number of gunmen who used shotguns. Read more: MCOT
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Nov 1 – Police here set a manhunt into motion for assailants who fired gunshots and grenades at the homes of four rubber demonstration leaders on Petchkasem Road here early today. Prachuap Khiri Khan governor Vira Sriwatanatrakul said police inspected the houses which were damaged by gunfire. There were no injuries. Read […]
The Nation’s senior photographer Charoon Thongnual was in Nakhon Si Thammarat Monday when the rubber growers protesters clashed with police in a brutal crackdown. Police used tear gas to disperse the protest in Chu-uat district, leaving several on both sides injured and vehicles damaged. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
