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Parallel checkpoints 'can boost commerce'
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/11/2023
» SONGKHLA: Business operators in Sadao district have urged the government to consider opening the old Sadao immigration checkpoint in tandem with the new one, in a bid boost trade and tourism with Malaysia.
New road for border checkpoint
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/05/2023
» Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to build a new road connecting the Sadao border checkpoint in Songkhla to Bukit Kayu Hitam town in Malaysia's Kedah state to boost ties between the two countries.
11 govt officials charged over bribery in illegal fishing case
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/09/2022
» SONGKHLA: Eleven government officials, including six immigration police, have been arrested and charged with taking bribes to enable the release of five foreign fishing trawlers earlier confiscated for illegally fishing in Thai waters.
11 immigration police, officials arrested on bribery charges
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/09/2022
» Eleven government officials, including six immigration police, have been arrested and charged for allegedly taking bribes to facilitate the release of five foreign fishing trawlers earlier confiscated for illegally fishing in Thai waters.
Sadao border crossing to reopen Friday
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 31/03/2022
» SONGKHLA: Preparations are complete for the re-opening of the Sadao checkpoint on the border with Malaysia on Friday, about two years after it was closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Songkhla gears up for December reopening
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/11/2021
» SONGKHLA: At least 10,000 tourists from Malaysia and Singapore are expected each week in Hat Yai when Songkhla reopens to foreign tourists in December, say local tourism operators.
Woman escapee quickly recaptured
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 01/02/2021
» SONGKHLA: A woman escapee was recaptured in Khuan Niang district on Sunday afternoon, not long after she fled from Songkhla Hospital where she had been admitted for treatment.
Sadao checkpoint closed over new Covid-19 cases
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 22/04/2020
» SONGKHLA: The border checkpoint in Sadao district was temporarily closed at noon on Wednesday after two immigration police officers were found to have been infected with Covid-19, Supreme Commander Gen Pornpipat Benyasri said on Wednesday afternoon.