Fugitive caught
Immigration police on December 21 announce the arrest of French fugitive, Kraiba Safy, who is wanted in France for allegedly attempting to murder a fellow citizen.
Unhappy holidays
Police arrest migrants
A total of 89 illegal migrant workers were arrested on December 21 at a market in Sa Kaeo province while returning to their hometowns in Cambodia for the New Year.
Burapha army force members and immigration police officers set up a temporary checkpoint.
Police said that officials stopped and arrested 89 Cambodian migrant workers (66 men and 23 women) on buses and in passenger vans. The workers said they were returning home for the New Year holiday.
Fresh tracks
SRT expands railway
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has launched a new service linking Hat Yai in Songkhla with Padang Besar in Malaysia in a bid to serve an expected increase in the number of travellers between the two countries.
SRT governor Wutthichart Kalayanamitr said on December 21 that the new route will provide convenience for commuters who want to travel between the two towns.
Two trains will be used for the service, with a total of 128 seats available.
EASY NEWS FOR M1-3
Holiday horror
Bus crashes in Chiang Mai
A bus ran off the road in Chiang Mai. It happened on Highway No.118 on December 20. Thirteen people were killed. Twelve others were injured.
Vocabulary
- checkpoint (n): a place where people have to stop so their vehicles and documents can be checked
commuter (n): a person who travels into a city to work each day, usually from quite far away
