>From Bangkok Post News.
Immigration authorities are checking up on reports that about 130 Muslims in several districts of Narathiwat have sought refuge in neighbouring Malaysia. Pol Col Thikhamporn Kaewkhao, chief of the immigration checkpoint in Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok district, said he would contact the Thai consular office in Kotabaru, the capital of Kelantan state, about the matter. The checks follow reports by Thai security sources coordinating with Malaysia that the group yesterday crossed the border to Kelantan, claiming they feared for their lives in their province. The Thai consular office in Kotabaru has sent officials to take care of the Muslims, mostly from Sungai Padi and Tak Bai districts, the source said. Meanwhile, three rubber tappers were shot dead and four others, including two teachers, were wounded in separate gun and bomb attacks in the deep South. Prasit Songserm, 44, was shot dead and his wife Saengduen, 38, seriously wounded in an attack early yesterday morning as they were about to leave their house about 3.30am in Bannang Sata district of Yala to travel to their rubber tree plantation. Mr Prasit was hit in the chest and died on the spot while his wife was shot in the right arm. One of the attackers also used a hard object to beat her and she suffered head injuries. About an hour later, another couple, Jarae Chummiksa, 55, and his wife Im, 52, were ambushed by at least two armed men who were hiding in a plantation in Narathiwat's Rangae district. In the same province, a bomb targeting soldiers providing protection for teachers went off in Sungai Padi district around 8am, wounding Vorn Ma-injorn, 54, a teacher at Ban Buerangae School. A short time later, Pvt Samorn Amartmontri, 22, sustained shrapnel wounds to his chest and neck in a bomb attack in Sungai Padi district. In Songkhla's Chana district , Manop Thiamkawe, a 35-year-old teacher, was shot and seriously wounded about 9am yesterday in a gun attack by two men on a motorcycle.//Bangkokpost 1 Sept 05 http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/01Sep2005_news10.php __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/ZP59lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perakan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
