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Muslims oppose Guan Yin statue construction plan in Songkhla
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 27/04/2022
» SONGKHLA: Muslim people and religious leaders in Thepha and Chana districts of this southern province have voiced their opposition to a plan by TPI Polene Power Plc (TPIPP), a major waste-to-energy power plant operator, to build a large statue of Guan Yin, the goddess of compassion in Chinese mythology, in a Muslim community.
Civic support grows for Songkhla student activist
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 06/01/2022
» A human rights group from Narathiwat's Tak Bai district has offered moral support to a young activist in Songkhla's Chana district who was charged by Pathumwan police with defying the emergency decree.
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.
Activists urge rethink of estate plan
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 10/07/2020
» A group of activists against plans to set up an industrial estate in Chana district of Songkhla urged the government yesterday to call a forum to listen to dissenting views.
School backs down on headscarf ban
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 21/05/2018
» PATTANI: The director of a local school that prohibited students from wearing Islamic headscarves has backed down from his ban after senior education authorities stepped in following complaints from parents.
Death sentence to Pattani blast defendants
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 01/05/2018
» PATTANI: The Pattani provincial court sentenced six men to death and four others to imprisonment in relation to a noodle shop explosion in the southern border province two years ago.
Six sentenced to death, four jailed for bomb attack
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/05/2018
» PATTANI: The Pattani provincial court sentenced six men to death and handed four more jail terms earlier this week in relation to a deadly explosion in the southern border province two years ago.
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.