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Policeman’s home in Pattani hit by M79 grenades

PATTANI, July 8- Pattani police on Sunday inspected a policeman’s home in Kapho district after it was attacked with two M79 grenades Saturday’s night, while arson razed a teacher's vacant house.

Pol Lt Col Prawit Khiewsawai of Kapho police station, together with police investigators and a bomb disposal unit, on Sunday inspected the home of Pol Cpl Patonsak Yeewa in Kapho district.

The home was located in a compound of official residences for non-commissioned police officers.

The two M79 grenades landed on the roof of Pol Cpl Patonsak’s home Saturday’s night while he, his wife, and a one-year-old daughter were watching television downstairs.

The explosion destroyed a ceiling board and the roof on the second floor.

Fortunately, no one was wounded in the incident.

Meanwhile, the schoolteacher’s home in the compound of Talo Dueraman School in Kapho district was set on fire by an arsonist. The blaze completely damaged the vacant two-storey building.

According to the initial investigation, nobody lived at this home, and the attacker torched the building by pouring gasoline in the house before setting it alight.

In another incident on Sunday, a paramilitary ranger was killed and a villager was seriously injured in a shooting attack at a wedding in Narathiwat’s Rangae district.

Sgt-Maj Manase Yuso of the 46th Rangers Company, 51, was shot twice in his head and torso while attending the wedding party. The victim died immediately at the scene.

Meanwhile, Sainuding Waeha, 49, was severely wounded after being shot in his torso.

An initial investigation found that the two assailants mingled among the guest before launching the attack.

Local police presumed that causes of attack may be linked to a personal conflict or the southern insurgency. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-07-08

All 49 Thai detainees in Myanmar are safe: Fourth Army Region Commander

RANONG, July 8 – All 49 Thais detained for encroaching into Myanmar territory are safe and authorities are working to seek their release, said Fourth Army Region Commander Lt Gen Udomchai Thamsarorach.

Lt Gen Udomchai on Sunday visited a village in Kraburi district in Ranong to follow up on progress in helping 49 Thai detainees including 41 men and eight women.

He met relatives of the detainees, telling them not to worry, as relevant officials are trying to help them return home safely. No one was injured nor ill, he said, adding that Myanmar authority pledged to take care of them.

Col Pornsak Poonsawat, Commander of the 25th Infantry Regiment on Sunday visited Klongkranai area at the Thai–Myanmar border zone to send food, medicine, and drinking water to Thai detainees and to negotiate with Myanmar officials.

However, Myanmar officials authorized to talk did not show up, so Thai officials has contacted the Myanmar military via communication radio to reschedule an appointment for new negotiations, but no exact date has yet been confirmed.

On a report that some Thai people managed to flee, Pathawee Pratkachariya, deputy Ranong governor said about 30 Thais escaped the arrest and returned home. They claimed that they did not know the location where they went operating rubber plantation was in Myanmar territory.

Meanwhile, in Krabi, relatives of four detainees gathered at the village head’s home, waiting to hear about any progress.

Nutthanicha Makpol, wife of Wimol Makpon, one of those arrested for trespassing into Myanmar, said she was worried after knowing that her husband and neighbours were arrested and could not be contacted.

An initial investigation on the encroachment found that Thai workers were defrauded by brokers to buy plots of land at a cheap price not realising that the land was Myanmar territory.

According to a report, on July 4, three companies of Myanmar troops detained the Thai nationals who allegedly cut trees and clearing the area to plant para rubber trees in Myanmar territory at Koh Song, opposite Ranong's Kra Buri district. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-07-08

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