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UN seeks to rescue 26 Asian crew
News, Published on 03/03/2015
» United Nations agencies are seeking to rescue 26 more Asian crewmen being held captive by Somali pirates after successfully helping to free the Thai crew of the fishing vessel Prantalay 12 in a mission joined by Thai government agencies.
CSD forms first hostage negotiation team
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/06/2019
» The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has formed the country's first hostage negotiation team, comprising 20 male and female police officers.
Special Ops chief says actions speak louder than words
News, Published on 30/08/2021
» The hostage drama that unfolded aboard a Bangkok bus last week brought plenty of attention to the Special Operations Police (SOP), a new unit within the Royal Thai Police whose broad remit ranges from combatting drugs to protecting the Crown.
Thai hostages are 'safe'
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 21/10/2023
» All Thai hostages are being safely kept in Palestinian territories, said Seyed Reza Nobakhti, the Iranian ambassador to Thailand, who added that they and other foreign hostages will be released when the Israeli military stops bombing the Gaza Strip.
Two more Thai workers die in Israel, increasing death toll to 33
Post Reporters, Published on 26/10/2023
» Two more Thai workers were reported killed in Israel, raising the Thai death toll in the Middle Eastern country from 31 on Wednesday to 33, Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said on Thursday.
'Hamas ready to free all Thais'
News, Published on 28/10/2023
» Recent negotiations with Iran have gone smoothly, with the Palestinian militant group Hamas poised to release all Thai hostages immediately, according to Saiyid Sulaiman Husaini, leader of an association of Shia Muslims in Thailand.
Minister off to Qatar, Egypt for Thai hostage talks
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 31/10/2023
» Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara on Tuesday began a visit to Qatar and Egypt to discuss help for Thais abducted by Hamas from Israel.
Low-interest loans for Thai returnees
News, Published on 01/11/2023
» The government will offer low-interest loans of up to 150,000 baht to each Thai worker who returned from Israel as a result of the Hamas-Israel war so they can clear any debts owed to job brokers or use the money to pursue other careers.
Hamas reportedly ready to free Thais when fighting ends
Post Reporters, Published on 01/11/2023
» Hamas representatives have promised Thai negotiators that Thai hostages captured in Israel will be released when Israel ends its offensive against the Gaza Strip, where they are being held, according to a Thai Muslim leader.
Hamas to free Thais 'at end of Gaza fight'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/11/2023
» Hamas representatives have promised Thai negotiators that Thai hostages captured in Israel will be released when Israel ends its offensive in the Gaza Strip where they are being held, according to a Thai Shia Muslim leader.