PATTANI, 25 September 2011 (NNT) – Security Authorities in Pattani Province have stepped up security measures especially at important landmarks, and community zones after they received leads on a possible bombing in the area. Various checkpoints have been set-up on major roads leading to the Mueang District, to search all incoming vehicles. Leads have indicated […]
NARATHIWAT, Sept 8 – An army ranger in this restive southern border province was killed on Thursday as presumed insurgents shot him with an M-16 assault rifle while he was driving a pick-up truck carrying three other rangers back from work. The slain ranger was identified as Cpl Yongyuth Sujarit posted to an army base […]
Soldiers in Chiang Rai, Thailand have confiscated more than one billion baht worth of narcotics. Commander of the Phamuang Task Force Major General Prakarn Cholayuth, Deputy Chiang Rai Governor Pinit Harnpanit and Deputy Secretary-General of the Narcotics Control Board Sukhum Opasnipan jointly held a press conference, announcing the seizure of a major drug shipment, consisting […]
BANGKOK, Aug 27 — CentralPlaza Bangna was expected to reopen on Sunday after fire that broke out Saturday on the 6th-7th floor in the food centre zone was currently under control with no major injuries reported. The fire broke out around 3.30pm. Staff and firefighters evacuated customers to nearby Big C Supercenter as some customers […]
Pattani – Two Buddhist vendors were shot dead on a road in this southern border province Friday, police said. Mongkol Jaikla, 30, and his father, Watana Jaikla, 56, were ambushed by gunmen on a remote road in Sai Buri district at 12:10 pm. The two, residents from Nakhon Ratchasima, were driving their pick-up trucks to […]
PATTANI, Aug 9 – One man was killed Tuesday, and two others were wounded in three roadside shootings in the violence-plagued Thai southern province of Pattani, according to local police. In Yaring district, Yuso Waekeuji was shot to death while riding a motorcycle from the provincial seat to his home in Sadawa subdistrict. The 52-year-old […]
Chinese authorities say two attacks in the country’s remote region of Xinjiang have left at least 19 people dead, including five attackers, and injured more than 40 others. Chinese officials say the two incidents, which occurred late Saturday evening and then again on Sunday afternoon in the city of Kashgar, were both terrorist attacks. Authorities […]
BANGKOK, 26 July 2011 (NNT) – Former Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin proclaimed his innocence in the fire vehicle purchase, citing he was ready to fight the case in court. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Mr Apirak and others involved in the illegal purchase of fire apparatus in 2004. The […]
