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Thaksin says sorry for Tak Bai
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 24/02/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday apologised for the tragedy of the Tak Bai massacre in Narathiwat in 2004, which occurred during his tenure as prime minister.
Pickup-bomb injures two, damages buildings
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 24/10/2024
» PATTANI - A bomb hidden in a stolen pickup exploded, injuring two defence volunteers and damaging state property, in Panare district shortly after midnight on Thursday.
20 years after Tak Bai mass suffocation in southern Thailand, cyclists pedal 'for oxygen'
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 23/10/2024
» Cyclists on Wednesday pedalled “for oxygen” on the same route where about 80 arrested protesters from Tak Bai district of Narathiwat suffocated on military trucks in 2004 as the government avoided questions if it can extend the statute of limitations of the Tak Bai massacre case.
Car bomb injures 2 soldiers, damages houses
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 30/09/2024
» NARATHIWAT: A car bomb injured two soldiers and set houses ablaze when it was detonated near the Tak Bai district chief’s house in this far southern province late Sunday night.
Activists welcome court's decision to accept lawsuit
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 27/08/2024
» Activists have welcomed the decision by Narathiwat Provincial Court to hear a lawsuit against seven officials accused of murder and kidnapping during the 2004 Tak Bai massacre.
Court to mull Tak Bai tragedy lawsuit
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/07/2024
» The Narathiwat Provincial Court will consider next month whether it will accept a lawsuit against nine former top officials accused of murder, unlawful detention and misconduct in connection with the Tak Bai tragedy.
Explosions rock South ahead of anniversary
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/10/2023
» NARATHIWAT: Suspected insurgents launched a series of coordinated attacks in Tak Bai district of this southern border province in the early hours of yesterday, police said.
Army rejects calls to lift far South emergency law
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/11/2019
» Fourth Army chief Phonsak Phunsawat has insisted that special security laws in the restive South be maintained following this week's massacre of 15 people at a civil defence volunteer checkpoint in Yala's Muang district.
Picking up the pieces after tragedy in South
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/11/2019
» After losing her husband in Tuesday night's massacre at a security checkpoint in Yala's Muang district, Sarinya Chaiya, 40, has suddenly found herself wondering if she should move away from the restive South.
Art attack: painting for peace
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 31/03/2018
» They say art imitates life. In Pattani, a years-long insurgency and related episodes of violence have now been caught on canvas and hung on the walls of the province's only gallery -- adding an artistic perspective to what at times looks like an intractable bout of political unrest.