Military weapons missing in Narathiwat
published : 25 May 2021 at 13:12
Twenty-eight AK-102 rifles have disappeared from a military base in the southern border province.
Pol Col Supakorn Phuengros, chief of Muang district in Narathiwat, reported the disappearance of the rifles to national police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyosuk and other superiors on Monday, Thai media reported on Tuesday.
According to a radio report, the rifles disappeared from the 2nd Narathiwat Territorial Defence Company in tambon Kamphu of Muang district on May 18.
The following day, the assistant chief of Muang district, Mayusor Kudae, filed a legal complaint with local police against those allegedly involved in the rifles' disappearance at the territorial defence company.
Fourth Army commander Lt Gen Kriangkrai Sirak on Tuesday confirmed the 28 AK-102 rifles were missing.
"During a clash in Bacho district of Narathiwat on May 11 in which a suspected insurgent was killed, officers seized one AK-102 rifle," Lt Gen Kriangkrai said. "An initial investigation found that it had not been used in any attacks, but the weapon was found to belong to a defence volunteer in Narathiwat."
Vocabulary
- company: a group of soldiers or police that is usually divided into two or more smaller groups - กองร้อย
- complaint: when someone says that something is wrong or not satisfactory - การบ่น, ข้อที่ไม่พอใจ
- disappearance: moving something or someone somewhere where they can no longer be seen - การหายไป, การสาบสูญ, การสูญหาย
- evidence: facts statements or objects that help to prove whether or not someone has committed a crime - หลักฐาน
- initial: happening at the beginning of a process - ในเบื้องต้น
- insurgent: someone who belongs to a group of people fighting to take control of their country by force - กลุ่มก่อการกบถ
- legal: relating to the law - เกี่ยวกับกฎหมาย
- rifle: a large gun with a long barrel that you hold against your shoulder to fire - ปืนยาว, ปืนไรเฟิล
- seize (verb): to take control of by force or official power - ยึกครอง
- superior: someone who holds a higher job or position than you do - ผู้บังคับบัญชา
- volunteer: someone who joins a military force without being forced to do so - อาสาสมัคร
- weapon: an object such as a knife, gun, bomb, etc. that is used for fighting or attacking somebody - อาวุธ
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