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  • Chalerm, Sukhumpol: No coup

    10/02/2012 : Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat on Friday rejected the claims of red-shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan that the military is planning another takeover, insisting that there will not be another coup.

  • More illegal items found in Khao Bin

    10/02/2012 : More than 800 packets of cigarettes, pornographic magazines, cell phone chargers, gambling accessories and sharp improvised weapons were discovered during a police raid on Khao Bin Central Prison in in Ratchaburi province on Friday morning.

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  • B3.5bn "super max" prison planned

    01/02/2012 : The Corrections Department plans to seek about 3.5 billion baht from the 2013 budget to build a "super max" prison with hi-tech security systems for detaining major drug convicts, Thirachai Wuthitham said on Wednesday.

  • Ranger slain in Pattani

    01/02/2012 : A paramilitary ranger was killed in a drive-by shooting in Khok Pho district of Pattani on Wednesday morning, said Pol Col Rapeepong Sukpaiboon, chief of Khok Pho police station.

  • Rangers 'killed civilians'

    01/02/2012 : Four people shot dead by military rangers in Pattani were not insurgents, Deputy Prime Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa said yesterday.

  • Family's grief turns to anger

    01/02/2012 : As a state employee hired to provide security for teachers and communities in the restive deep South, Nisee Dueramae never thought the day would come when someone in his family would be branded an "insurgent" by the state authorities.

  • Killings harm military's battle for hearts and minds

    01/02/2012 : Authorities must shore up the confidence of residents in the wake of the Nong Chik shooting or risk losing vital community support needed to combat the insurgency, a senior security source has warned.

  • PM demands answers on deaths

    31/01/2012 : Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha had been ordered to investigate Sunday's shooting incident at Ban Kayi in Pattani's Nong Chik district and report his findings in detail by this afternoon, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Tuesday.

  • Volunteer killed, 2 guns stolen

    31/01/2012 : A defence volunteer was shot dead on Tuesday in Narathiwat's Bacho district by a man who then took away his shotgun and pistol.

  • Panel to investigate Pattani shooting

    31/01/2012 : A provincial level inquiry has begun into Sunday's controverial shootings in Pattani, as a prominent human rights activist demands Deputy Prime Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa take responsibility for giving out inaccurate information about the killing of people. travelling in a pick-up by paramilitary rangers.

  • Angkhana: Military must admit mistake

    31/01/2012 : Angkhana Neelapaijit, chairwoman of the Justice for Peace Foundation, on Tuesday called on Deputy Prime Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa to show responsibility for giving incorrect information on Sunday's shooting incident in Pattani in which four people were killed and five others injured.

  • Panel to investigate Pattani shooting

    31/01/2012 : A committee has been set up to investigate the shooting in Pattani's Nong Chik district on Sunday night in which four people were killed and five wounded, provincial governor Theera Mintrasak said on Tuesday.

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