All Vehicles To Be Closely Scrutinised: Thai South

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All vehicles to be closely scrutinised

The Nation

Drivers must have proper documents at all times and must allow searches

HAT YAI: -- As part of new security measures, cars without proper documentation on annual tax payment and licence plate numbers will not be allowed into parking lots in Hat Yai and key urban areas in the deep South, and the drivers of these vehicles will be closely monitored.

All drivers are required to allow a thorough search of their vehicles, must always carry ownership and registration documents and must agree to have their pictures taken. Those who do not cooperate will face police action.

Meanwhile, a manhunt is underway for a key insurgent leader who escaped a shootout in Yala on Thursday evening. Five people were killed and eight others fled in the gunfight. The man sought has been identified as Hubaidelah Rohmuelee, commander of the 47th Paramilitary Rangers Regiment Colonel Yutthanam Phetmaung said.

The identities of the other insurgents on the run are known but withheld. It is believed the insurgents are planning future attacks on government officers, said assistant police chief Pol LtGeneral Pheera Phumphichet. He praised the intelligence service for providing potential leads about the planned raid.

One of the insurgents killed in the gunfight was Sakueri Japakiya, 38, who is wanted for the death of eight passengers in an incident five years ago as well as seven highprofile attacks, including one that killed Colonel Somphian Eksomya, who was posthumously promoted to the rank of police general.

Sakueri, an RKK (Runda Kumpulan Kecil) leader who was in charge of a team specialising in ambush, was facing seven arrest warrants, a defence ministry source said. The other four slain insurgents have been identified as Lukman Tueramae, 20; Samree Tueramae, 18; Ismae Padoh, 17; and Tuakeere Yahoh, 23.

In a raid yesterday in Narathiwat's Rangae district, suspected insurgent Ustaz Muhammad Usoh from the Dara Witthaya Islamic school was arrested for allegedly killing a couple of teachers and wounding a man in 2010.

A bomb attack yesterday in Narathiwat's Sungai Padi district wounded four Army rangers on mounted patrol. The bomb, detonated remotely at noon, hit the vehicle a sevenmember squad was travelling in before gunmen opened fire at them. The 20kilogram bomb was contained in a fire extinguisher.

Earlier at 6am in Rangae district, one member of a fiveman squad on foot patrol sustained injuries after a roadside bomb was set off before insurgents opened fire at them. The 5kg bomb was in a metal box and detonated by a twoway radio.

Meanwhile, police have found four M16 assault rifles at the home of a suspected drug dealer in Pattani's Sai Buri district, and believe that security officials might be involved in drug trafficking. One of the suspects is Sergeant Akkharaphong Saah, who will be questioned as to why an M16 rifle assigned to him was at the drug dealer's house and why he possessed a large number of licence plates.

Another search at a home also in Sai Buri district found 50 amphetamine tables hidden in a toilet. Police found that two police and Army sergeants were possibly linked to drug dealings and have apprehended them for questioning. The suspects have been identified as Pol Sergeant Pajjai Yoosing, of Pattani's Kapho Police Station, and Sergeant Assawin Sompaen, of a Pattanibased taskforce.

-- The Nation 2012-04-21

[anterian]

Perhaps whilst they are at it they can also check for road worthiness.

[stingray]

How can carry proper ownerships document if the car is in finance?