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Hat Yai school director dies of injuries after gun attack
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/02/2026
» SONGKHLA - The director of a Hat Yai school who was shot by an armed teenage attacker while protecting her students succumbed to severe injuries early Thursday morning.
Tour guides press for govt assistance
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/02/2025
» A tour guide association will present its concerns to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra during a mobile cabinet meeting in Songkhla on Tuesday, urging the government to crack down on illicit tour services and promote rail tourism in the South.
Belgian man held after hotel room break-ins
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 01/08/2024
» HAT YAI - A 26-year-old Belgian man has been arrested on charges of stealing cash and valuables from the hotel rooms of three Malaysian tourists in the main city of Songkhla province. He is also suspected of burglaries in two other southern tourist provinces.
Untaxed cigarettes worth B7M seized in Narathiwat
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/09/2022
» NARATHIWAT: Excise officials raided a warehouse in Tak Bai district of this southern border province on Saturday and seized a large quantity of untaxed cigarettes worth about 7 million baht.
Man paid by fugitive son-in-law to deliver drugs
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/04/2022
» SONGKHLA: A 53-year-old man caught with 300 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in his pickup told police he was being paid to deliver the drugs by his son-in-law and a woman who had both fled to Laos.
'Human trafficker' nabbed after 7 years
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/01/2022
» SONGKHLA: A 38-year-old man wanted in connection with trafficking of Rohingya migrants was arrested in Sadao district on Saturday, almost seven years after fleeing to Malaysia.
Tonne of ganja seized, 3 arrests
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/10/2021
» SONGKHLA: Border patrol police seized 1,000 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana and arrested three couriers in Hat Yai district on Saturday, Pol Gen Suchart Teerasawat, a deputy police chief, said at a press conference on Monday.
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.
51 more Covid infections found in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 25/04/2021
» SONGKHLA: Fifty-one new Covid-19 infections, four of them imported from Malaysia, were found in this southern border province on Sunday, increasing the provincial tally to 454, according to a press release from the provincial health office.
Navy deserter nabbed for gold robbery
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/04/2021
» SONGKHLA: A navy deserter has been arrested for robbing a gold shop at the Big C superstore, Khlong Hae branch, in Hat Yai district and making off with 1.1 million baht worth of gold necklaces on Saturday, police said.