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Defence volunteer killed from ambush

PATTANI: A defence volunteer was shot dead in an ambush at a village in Panare district on Tuesday night.

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Remains believed to be missing tambon chief found

PATTANI: Officials found human remains believed to be those of Suthee Wayeng, chief of Tambon Don Administrative Organisation, while arresting several suspects believed to be involved in his disappearance eight months ago.

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Kamnan's assistant murdered in Pattani

PATTANI: Gunmen murdered a tambon chief's assistant as he and his wife left a construction company warehouse in Sai Buri district on Wednesday morning.

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Preserving local traditions

Since Phetchaburi and Songkhla have an abundance of sugar palm trees, people recognise these two provinces for their palm sugar products. When local ingredient expert Anusorn Tipayanon and community architect Jantrarat Jantaratippalukit visited Pattani, they were surprised to see the palm sugar production process there. After trying wak or krachae…

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'Improvised bomb' found fixed beneath SUV

PATTANI: A young woman looking for a missing cat found a bomb fixed beneath her aunty's car in the garage of their house in Mayo district on Saturday night.

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Gunman held after Pattani girl slain outside mosque

PATTANI: Police have arrested a gunman who shot dead a 14-year-old girl in full view of her mother in front of a mosque in Muang district of this southern province on Friday morning.

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Rangers seize 939kg ice, arrest 1 in Pattani

PATTANI: Rangers from the 44th Ranger Task Force seized 939 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine or "ice" and arrested a suspect at a checkpoint in Sai Buri district in the small hours on Saturday, police reported.

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Emergency decree extended in deep South

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has approved a further extension of the emergency decree in the three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat for another three months, from March 20 to June 19.

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Prayut most popular for PM in deep South: poll

Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is more popular than other potential candidates for the post of prime minister among people in the three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, followed by Wan Muhamad Nor Matha of the Prachachart Party, according to a survey by National Institute of Development Administration, or…

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Bombs damage two power poles in Pattani

PATTANI: Bombs exploded at two locations in Khok Pho district of this southern border province in the early hours of Thursday, damaging two high-voltage power poles. No casualties were reported.

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Smile, Anwar's here

Anwar Ibrahim's rise to power as Malaysia's prime minister and his upcoming visit to the kingdom has rekindled hope for a return of peace to the far South, according to experts.

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Ranger volunteer wounded by Pattani bomb

PATTANI: A ranger volunteer was injured by a bomb thrown at a security checkpoint in Yaring district on Tuesday night, police said.

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Dept asks Malaysia to monitor wild boar health

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will ask its Malaysian counterpart to help survey the health of wild boar herds across both countries' shared border, after a herd was found dead in a national park in Pattani.

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Floods hit 64,400 homes in South

Flooding has affected more than 64,400 households in nine southern provinces since Sunday and persists in seven provinces, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Tuesday.

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Thai pilgrim dies on flight from Saudi Arabia

SAMUT PRAKAN: A Thai Muslim man from Pattani died on board a Thai Airways International flight from Jeddah to Suvarnabhum on his return from pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

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Long sentences for militant leader, followers

YALA: The provincial court has given long prison sentences to one of the leaders and other members of a militant group held responsible for widespread violence in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.

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Emergency decree extended in deep South

The emergency decree in force in most of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces will be extended for another three months, from Dec 20 to March 19.

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Prawit orders security agencies to step up vigilance

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has ordered all security agencies to step up their vigilance following the bombing of two petrol stations in Pattani province on Tuesday night, his spokesman said on Wednesday.

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Policeman wounded from ambush

PATTANI: A police corporal heading home after work was ambushed and wounded by gunmen in Sai Buri district on Tuesday night, police said.

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Pattani land official charged with taking bribes

PATTANI: An official at the provincial land office has been arrested for allegedly demanding a 120,000-baht bribe in exchange for issuing land title deeds.

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Policeman killed, 4 injured by bomb in South

PATTANI: One policeman was killed and four injured when a bomb exploded in front of a hospital in Mai Kaen district on Tuesday night.

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Most people believe reports on 'ghost recruits' in deep South: poll

A majority of people believe news reports about "ghost recruits" - government officials recorded as working at a state agency in three Deep South provinces without actually doing the job - are true, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

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Changing the narrative

A man returns home from work in Malaysia after Covid-19 struck, then gets lost in a bureaucratic labyrinth trying to get government handouts. Another woman finds a job at a factory, but the rules require her to compromise her faith. In Yala, a skater boy sets out in search of…

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Blame game resumes over unrest

The recent bombing and arson attacks at 17 locations in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat may have been motivated by the Thai peace negotiators' refusal to let leading figures in the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist movement set foot in Thailand and meet residents, according to an analyst.

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100kg of crystal meth seized in South

Police seized 100 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in Pattani on Friday and arrested a suspect who reportedly said he had evaded arrest after taking part in an even bigger drug run four months earlier in Phatthalung.

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