SONGKHLA, 3 August 2012 (NNT) – Following rumours that a series of car bombs is in the making in Hat Yai district of Songkhla, provincial police are stepping up security and distributing to related agencies photos of stolen vehicles that authorities suspect the insurgents might plan to use in their attacks. According to Songkhla police […]
Songkhla police Thursday stepped up security following intelligence reports that three alleged notorious insurgents would launch more car bomb attacks in this southern province. As part of the security beefing up, Provincial Police Bureau 9 Deputy Commissioner Pol Maj Gen Thanit Sakthirasawat and Songkhla police chief Pol Maj Gen Suwit Choensiri chaired a ceremony to […]
Bangkok Governor Sukhum-bhand Paribatra yesterday promised to have more than 20,000 security cameras up and running across the capital before the end of this year. So far, half of them are already in place. “We will install 10,000 more,” he said, adding that many of these cameras would be installed in areas where student brawls […]
BANGKOK, July 31 – Security concerned agencies today agreed to set up an integrated operations centre to tackle Thailand’s southern border violence following increasing deadly attacks on the country’s security personnel, Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa said Tuesday. Gen Yuthasak disclosed the information after a two-hour meeting of security agencies chaired by Prime Minister Yingluck […]
BANGKOK, 27 July 2012 (NNT) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior are joining hands in stepping up security measures to assure safety for foreign tourists in Thailand. In a meeting joined by Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, and provincial governors from 10 provinces which are popular tourist […]
NARATHIWAT, July 20 – Narathiwat Governor Apinun Suethanuwong ordered all districts in the provinces to fine-tune their security plans after a car bomb injured eight people and set ablaze a commercial building in the province Friday morning. The authorities in the provincial seat have already met to adjust the plan. Firefighters fought more than three […]
BANGKOK, 22 June 2012 (NNT) – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand (MOTS) is trying to raise confidence in the tourism sector about the safety for tourists while the police are now pursuing the suspect killing an Australian tourist in Phuket two nights ago. Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports Suwat Sidthilaw and […]
NARATHIWAT, June 21 – One soldier, a member of a military patrol providing security for teachers traveling to school, and one woman passerby were wounded in a roadside bombing in Narathiwat Thursday morning. The incident took place in Sukhirin sub-district and the explosion left a two-metre wide and 50 cm deep crater on the road. […]
