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Starving Bangladeshi migrants rescued from locked room in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/03/2026
» SONGKHLA - Authorities have rescued 16 Bangladeshi migrant workers who were found locked inside a rented house in Hat Yai for three days without food or water while awaiting illegal transport to Malaysia.
'Big Joke' files defamation suit against police chief
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 03/10/2025
» Former deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, also known as "Big Joke", has filed a criminal defamation lawsuit against national police chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch over allegations of links to a Chulalongkorn University law exam scandal.
Fewer Malaysian visitors to Hat Yai hiring guides
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/07/2025
» SONGKHLA - Visitors from Malaysia are changing a pattern by increasingly favouring travel to southern Thailand in private vehicles, causing concern to tour guides who fear losing their livelihoods.
Vietnamese fishing boat seized, 5 crew arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 27/08/2023
» SONGKHLA: A Vietnamese fishing boat was seized and its five crewmen arrested for illegally fishing in Thai territorial waters on Saturday.
Huge fireworks shipment destined for Malaysia seized in Sadao
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/01/2023
» SONGKHLA: About 300 cases of fireworks destined for Malaysia were seized in Sadao district of this southern province in the small hours on Sunday.
Drowned man in navy shirt not from HTMS Sukhothai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/12/2022
» SONGKHLA: A dead man washed up on a Songhkla beach wearing a shirt with "Royal Thai Navy" printed on it was a drowned fisherman, not a missing member of HTMS Sukhothai's crew.
Freight train derails in South
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/12/2022
» SONGKHLA: A freight train derailed after a loud bang that sounded like a bomb blast on a track between Hat Yai and Padang Besar stations in Sadao district of Songkhla yesterday afternoon. No casualties were reported.
Crewman loses his right hand
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 28/11/2022
» SONGKHLA: A Russian crewman on a Panama-registered cargo ship was brought ashore for hospital treatment after his right hand was sliced off in a work accident on Saturday.
Russian crewman's hand cut off in cargo ship accident
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 27/11/2022
» SONGKHLA: A Russian crewman on a Panama-registered cargo ship was brought ashore in a medical evacuation for hospital treatment after his right hand was cut off in a work accident on Saturday.
20 armed men overpower cops in botched drug sting
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/10/2022
» SONGKHLA: About 20 armed men overpowered six drug enforcement officials whose two-stage sting operation started well - but later ended with their abduction and the loss of the seized drugs, police sources said.