Pattani, Thailand News

The hours-long blackout on Tuesday in the strife-torn regions in three southern provinces have had a huge impact on residents who, facing daily insurgent violence, were gripped in the fear of possible terror attacks in the darkness.

Tanit Sorat, a vice-chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries , called on relevant agencies to determine the cause of the outage quickly, saying clear explanations and preventive measures would ensure business confidence.

Thai soldiers inspect a military vehicle after a roadside bomb attack by suspected separatist militants in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on May 5, 2013 "Children and women will not be spared," warned the leaflet.

Pattani Special Taskforce deputy chief Somchai Pengkrut yesterday said security agencies working in the deep South had discussed with provincial courts the possibility of revoking arrest warrants for some of the 1,357 suspected insurgents facing charges.

A villager was killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani's Nong Chick district on Wednesday night, police said.

The emergency decree will be lifted in five districts in the southern border provinces next month, a source at the Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre said on Monday.

After two rounds of dialogue, it was crystal clear the Thai team needed new strategies and better intra-governmental coordination.

A Supreme Court ruling against a man charged in connection with the southern violence has provoked insurgent prisoners in Pattani to petition against the justice system.

Up to a fortnight ago, the latest "peace process" for southern Thailand that was supposed to trundle along since February was meandering.

PHUKET: Recent talk of establishing a special court to fast-track legal cases involving foreign visitors raises some interesting issues, but at the end of the day is unlikely to result in little more than that: just talk.

A militant suspect and his young brother were killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani's Kapo district on Thursday night, police said.

The government-appointed centre for implementation of policies and strategies to solve problems in the southern border provinces would meet at 2pm on Friday to discuss lifting the law imposed over most of the restive region.

HAT YAI, Thailand Police say two bombs targeting security forces went off in a commercial area in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south but no one was injured.

Security personnel inspect the site of a roadside bomb blast in southern Thailand's Pattani province on January 11, 2013.

Police said the murder occurred about 11.30am as Thiralak Suwannarat, the clerk of tambon Mayo Municipality, was arriving at the Nara restaurant in tambon Rusamilae for lunch.

Police said the murder occurred about 11.30am as Thiralak Suwannarat, the clerk of tambon Mayo Municipality, was arriving at the Nara restaurant in tambon Rusamilae for lunch.

The surge of attacks in the far South despite the government's peace talks overture to the Barisan Revolusi Nasional is a concern, Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat says.

Security authorities yesterday searched hospitals and health stations for injured arsonists who had fled after a gunfight with rangers on Sunday night while trying to set on fire a local organisation's offices in Pattani's Yarang district.

The superintendent of Pattani's Kapho district police station tried to commit suicide yesterday while he was on his way to see a doctor in Yala's Muang district.

At least four local administrative offices and two mobile phone signal towers were torched in four districts of Pattani Sunday night.