Office attack
Security personnel inspect the Kok Po district office in Pattani province, which was attacked by a group of gunmen on September 11.
Gamblers arrested
Police raid Pattaya den
Police on September 9 raided a gambling den and arrested 16 gamblers in Pattaya’s Bang Lamung district. Acting on a tip-off, police caught nine men and seven women at an apartment in Soi Pattaya Klang 10.
They also seized gambling paraphernalia used for playing the illegal high-low dice game, including dice, numbered cards and cash.
Police said the gambling den was run by Samorn Khamkerd, who was among those arrested.
Plane safety
Ministry proposes flight security
All flights will have to have a security officer on board under a proposed law change to increase safety in the air. The Transport Ministry is preparing to submit the draft aviation law amendment to the National Legislative Assembly.
Transport permanent secretary Soithip Trisuddhi said on September 9 that the change would give security officers the ability to control in-flight situations following an increase in unruly passenger incidents. In 1995 about 1,000 passenger incidents were reported, rising to more than 5,000 so far this year.
Soithip said the officers will tackle offences such as smoking in the toilets, verbal harassment of crew and physical assaults.
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Driver arrested
Car crash reveals illegal load
A car fell into a waterway. The driver fell asleep at the wheel. It happened in Chumphon province. The car was carrying 113 pangolins. Police arrested the man for trafficking protected species.
Vocabulary
- den (n): a place where people meet in secret, especially for illegal activity
paraphernalia (n): a large number of objects or equipment that you need for a particular activity
unruly (adj): difficult to control or manage
assault (n): the crime of attacking somebody physically
traffic (v): to buy and sell something illegally
