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
SONGKHLA, Sept 8 – Three Cambodian industrial workers were killed this morning by flying machine parts in a latex processing factory. The victims, two men and one woman, were migrant workers with legal work permits, identified as Zat In, 21, Chanhuan Seng, 26, and Sarit Sen, 26. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, 30 August 2011 (NNT) – MD Kraisit Tantisirin, President of the Nutrition Association of Thailand, said food security was a significant concern in the country as the number of rice farms had declined by 2 million rai during 2003-2008 while 4 million rai more land were turned into para rubber tree plantations. In a […]
NARATHIWAT, Aug 22 – An army volunteer ranger on Monday was gunned down in Narathiwat’s Rangae district while working in a rubber plantation, according to local police. Nirosuenan Jehnu, 31, was shot three times in his torso and head and died immediately, according to Pol Col Suchart Asavachinda, superintendent of Rangae police station. The victim’s […]
Forest land encroachment problems are now spreading to the Eastern and Northern provinces of Thailand after large areas of more than 1,000 rai of forest reserves in Kanchanaburi and Phetchabun were found to have been converted to rubber plantations by Taiwanese and other wealthy foreigners. Natural Resources and Environ-ment Ministry permanent secretary Chote Trachoo said […]
NARATHIWAT, Aug 17 – A man on Wednesday was gunned down by a suspected insurgent while tapping latex in a rubber plantation in violence-plagued Narathiwat’s Rangae district, according to local police. Abdullah Samae, 34, was shot several times in his torso by a gunman armed with an M16 assault rifle, according to Pol Col Suchart […]
NARATHIWAT, July 31 – A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a market in Narathiwat, Thailand on Sunday, while the owner of a rubber plantation lost his leg in a booby trap explosion in the restive province. A 34-year-old man, identified as Sapaeing Yako, 34, was shot dead at a Sunday’s […]
