Security beef-up in three southern coastal provinces

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Security beef-up in three southern coastal provinces

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Security officials in three coastal provinces along the Andaman Sea wellknown as tourist attractions have been put on alert for potential violent incidents by southern militants or their supporters similar to the bombing and arson attacks in southern provinces in August last year.

 

In Krabi province, local reporters said that tourist police on Saturday checked all the 40 surveillance cameras installed in commercial areas and spots popular among tourists to make sure they are in working condition.

 

They said that Pol Maj-Gen Worawit Panprung, commander of Krabi provincial police, ordered the security beef-up after having an intelligence report that southern militants might launch another wave of attacks against tourist attractions in Krabi and two other coastal provinces similar to an arson attack in Ao Nang of Krabi in August last year.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/security-beef-three-southern-coastal-provinces/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-06-12

[JAG]

Seeing that lot ( OP photo) bimbling around the streets should do wonders for tourist confidence.

[colinneil]

Tourist police checked 40 cameras to see if they were working.

1 was working to rest were broken or were dummies, like the dipsticks that were checking them.

[williamgeorgeallen]

way too dangerous for elections by the sound of it.