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Teera gets 8 years over GT200 fiasco
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 04/05/2023
» Former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak has been sentenced to eight years in prison for malfeasance in the purchase of bogus GT200 bomb detectors in 2007-2009.
Prawit leads govt flood relief push
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/03/2022
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon headed to the far South on Wednesday to direct emergency and relief efforts for almost 20,000 households hit by flooding in Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.
Protest ends plan to open Covid hospitel in Betong
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 07/10/2021
» Authorities have backed down on a plan to open a hospitel at a hotel for mild Covid-19 patients in the town of Betong after residents protested with some even threatening to hang themselves.
Two rangers killed, 4 wounded in Pattani ambush
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 12/09/2018
» PATTANI: Two patrolling paramilitary rangers were killed and four others wounded when they were ambushed in Nong Chik district on Tuesday night.
Villagers look to shoot down airport plan
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 29/03/2018
» PATTANI: Villagers have voiced strong opposition to plans to extend Pattani airport's runway another 1,100 metres, arguing it would cause major problems among their communities -- especially for schools and mosques.
South woes on the mend, government claims
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 25/04/2016
» The security situation in the far South has improved over the past six months with security authorities adopting various measures including crackdowns and peace promotion programmes, says Lt Gen Wiwat Pathompak, the 4th Army Region commander.
'No signs of injury' on body of army detainee, Isoc says
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 09/12/2015
» The initial autopsy on a suspected insurgent who died while in military custody in Pattani on Friday shows no signs of injury left by a possible assault.
Widow seeks answers to detainee death
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 06/12/2015
» Pattani — The wife of a man found dead on Friday while in custody at a military camp has called on state agencies to investigate her husband's death and verify the cause of it.
Southern lawyers decry 'unfair' justice
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 06/11/2015
» The justice system in the South should treat suspects in the insurgency more fairly, as it seems designed to keep them locked up, said the Muslim Attorney Centre Foundation (MACF).
DSI, CIB join probe of 'businessman'
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 26/06/2014
» The Department of Special Investigation and the Central Investigation Bureau will help local military and police officers in the probe into an influential Pattani business figure who was arrested for alleged involvement in several underground businesses in the deep South.