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Rohingya beaten by man for ransom
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/02/2024
» A 37-year-old Myanmar man has been arrested in Hat Yai for brutally beating three Rohingya -- two women and a 14-year-old boy -- in a bid to get a 500,000 kyat (8,500 baht) ransom from them while smuggling them into Malaysia.
Woman hit, killed by train in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/10/2023
» SONGKHLA: A woman was killed when hit by a local train in Hat Yai district on Monday morning.
Necklace snatcher trapped inside gold shop
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 27/12/2022
» SONGKHLA: A convicted robber who had just been released from prison was arrested after being trapped by a shop's security door as he tried to steal a gold necklace.
Temple servant charged with murder, says averted robbery
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/08/2022
» SONGKHLA: A temple servant surrendered to police on Sunday and confessed he had killed a man he overheard telling people by phone that everyone was asleep and it was safe to come and rob the temple
Lost tourists found in Koh Phangan forest
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/08/2022
» SURAT THANI: Two foreign tourists who reported by phone they had lost their way while walking in a forest on Koh Phangan were found and brought to safety by a search party on Tuesday night.
Southern bomb scare prompts railway delay
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 07/08/2022
» SONGKHLA: Railway services from the southernmost provinces were suspended for about six hours on Friday after a hole suspected of containing a bomb was spotted near a railway station in Hat Yai district.
Myanmar men on murder charges say victim tried to abduct woman
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 24/06/2022
» SONGKHLA: Three Myanmar illegal migrants charged with the murder of a 40-year-old man whose body was found in a shallow grave have told police he extorted money from their group and tried to force one of the women to leave with him.
Suspected human trafficker arrested in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/02/2022
» SONGKHLA: A man wanted for alleged involvement in smuggling illegal migrants from Myanmar to Malaysia was arrested at a house in Sadao district of this southern province on Saturday.
Huge drug hauls in Songkhla, 2 arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/09/2021
» SONGKHLA: Police seized a total of 882,000 methamphetamine pills and 5.6 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in two separate actions in Hat Yai and Bang Klam districts last week, Provincial Police Region 9 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Ronnasin Pusara said at a press conference on Sunday. Two suspects were arrested.
Police officer on way to crime scene dies in car crash
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 24/08/2021
» PHATTHALUNG: A police officer on his way to a crime scene was killed when his car ran off the road in the early morning and plunged into a pond in Pak Phayun district of this southern province.