Third night of attacks in Far South with convenience store set ablaze
INSURGENTS in the Far South continued their wave of attacks for the third night in a row with gunmen armed with war weapons storming a convenience store in Pattani before setting it on fire at around 8 p.m.(Aug. 24), Amarin TV said. Firefighters were mobilised to control the blaze that engulfed the store in […]
Read MoreUnrest in Far South aimed at replacing 4th Army Region Commander: Academic
FOLLOWING 51 bombing and arson attacks in the three Far South provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala on Saturday night (Aug. 22), with a couple more arson and bomb attacks occurring in Pattani last night, an academic at Rangsit University today analysed that the cause of the unrest is to pressure the authorities to […]
Read MoreNewin’s right-hand man found among suspected exam fraud conspirators
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A RIGHT-HAND MAN for de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob has been suspected, among others, of involvement in a preplanned fraud over last year’s exam papers for applicants to get hired as personnel at local government units, a partisan source said today (Aug.24). Thongchua Chartkitcharoen, the personally-entrusted, close aide to […]
Read MoreSuspect nabbed in Narathiwat bombing spree; railway track being inspected
A SUSPECT has been arrested in the wave of 40 bombing and arson incidents in Narathiwat on Saturday night (Aug. 22) on charges of damaging a surveillance camera while authorities are rushing to inspect and repair a bombed railway line, Amarin TV said today. A joint force of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officers, Narathiwat […]
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