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Malaysian policeman dies in clash with 'kratom gang'
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 25/11/2020
» SONGKHLA: A Malaysian policeman was killed and another wounded in a clash with suspected kratom smugglers on the Malaysian side of the border opposite Sadao district in the early hours of yesterday.
Chinese nationals accused of illegal entry
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 26/10/2020
» TAK: Three Chinese nationals were arrested by joint forces for allegedly entering the kingdom illegally through the province's natural border from Myanmar with 8 million baht in cash in their belongings.
Tak governor lifts lockdown
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 27/10/2020
» Tak: Cross-border cargo trade resumed over the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot yesterday morning after Covid-19 restrictions were eased by local authorities.
Checks ramped up in Mae Sot
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/10/2020
» Thailand has tightened security at the main border trade gateway with Myanmar in Tak's Mae Sot district after three Myanmar nationals tested positive for the coronavirus at the Thai border.
Coronavirus testing continues in Mae Sot
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 14/10/2020
» TAK: Testing for Covid-19 has continued in Mae Sot district of this northern border province on both Thai and Myanmar nationals considered at risk after three Myanmar lorry drivers tested positive for Covid-19 at the Thai border between Friday and Saturday.
Uighurs get clean away
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/10/2020
» Tak: Two Uighur migrants who escaped from a detention centre in Mae Sot district on Wednesday used soap to give their captors the slip, authorities said.
Mae Sot chief shunted over Uighurs' escape from centre
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 17/10/2020
» TAK: The Mae Sot immigration chief has been transferred pending an investigation into the escape of two Uighur men from an immigration detention centre on Wednesday. The escapees remained at large yesterday.
Tak closes border as Covid-19 fears grow
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/10/2020
» Tak officials announced a week-long border closure on the same day Covid-19 tests came back negative for all 26 classmates of a 10-year-old found among the latest batch of three reported cases in the district.
Man admits to killing his own son
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 25/05/2020
» SONGKHLA: A man admits he killed his own son and buried the body in a forest in Na Mom district of this southern province, police said yesterday.
Victim's kin demand execution for 'killers'
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/03/2020
» Relatives of a Chinese man whose body was found in a suitcase pulled from the Ping River have demanded the death penalty for his killers, after two of the four hunted suspects were caught in Myanmar.