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Bomb, grenade finds heat up rubber row
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 04/11/2013
» A TNT bomb and two M79 grenades were found in two locations in Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province yesterday, police said.Pol Lt Lert Sriraksa, the duty officer at Bang Saphan station, said a cardboard box containing a TNT charge was found in front of the house of Chamnian Buaphan, chief of Village Group 1, in tambon Thong Mongkol about 1.30am.
Rubber protesters to end blockade
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 03/11/2013
» Rubber and palm grower protesters have agreed to stop blockading the Bangkok-bound lanes of Phetkasem Road in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Bang Saphan Noi district after rising discontent from motorists.
Police reject Phetkasem reopening
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 02/11/2013
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN – Protesting rubber farmers who have closed a section of Phetkasem Highway since Oct 26 have agreed to partially reopen part of the road but police still want to keep it closed for safety reasons.
Rubber protesters' homes attacked
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 01/11/2013
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - Four homes belonging to farmers connected with the rubber price protest blockading Phetkasem Road were fired at multiple times by unknown assailants on Friday.
Bang Saphan Noi locals defy protesters
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 31/10/2013
» About 100 local people in Bang Saphan Noi district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province are protesting against southern rubber and oil palm growers blocking Phetkasem Road.
1,500 police sent to rubber protests
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 28/10/2013
» Ten companies of around 1,500 police officers have been mobilised to contain rubber protests over fears that rallies by farmers may spread beyond Bang Saphan district in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, provincial police chief Pol Maj Gen Thanet Sunthornsuk said on Monday.
Protesters paralyse South traffic
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 28/10/2013
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN – Large numbers of motorists are being forced into a traffic bottlneck on the two-lane Bang Saphan–Nong Hat Thai road used as a detour around the main highway, Phetkasem Road, which has been closed by rubber protestors since Sunday.
South traffic crippled as protesters dig in
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 28/10/2013
» The government last night failed to convince rubber protesters to open the main road to and from the South which they blockaded earlier the same afternoon with trailer trucks.
Farmers to stage fresh roadblock
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 04/10/2013
» Farmers have threatened to block the main highway in Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Saturday to demand higher prices for rubber and oil palm nuts.
News cars torched at rubber protest
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 06/09/2013
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — Two journalists’ cars were set ablaze early Friday morning during the clashes on Phetkasem Road in Bang Saphan district between angry rubber protesters and riot police that began on Thursday evening, leaving many injured on both sides.