2 Soldiers of the Lat Ya Task Force in PPE suits take the temperatures of 52 Myanmar migrants, including two children, who illegally crossed the border into Sai Yok district, Kanchanaburi province, on Monday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Fifty-two Myanmar border-crossers were arrested in Sai Yok district by a patrol of the Lat Ya Task Force on Monday.
Acting on information from informants, the patrol searched an area of forest on a mountain slope near Tha Kham Sut village, Moo 8, in tambon Si Mongkhon.
They found 27 male adults, two young boys and 23 women hiding there. Thy were all taken for health screening. None had a high fever.
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Birthday party raided in Pattaya, 28 held
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published : 26 Apr 2021 at 11:05
13 Police and district officials round up 28 party-goers, 25 of them foreigners, at a loud birthday party in Pattaya on Sunday. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
PATTAYA: Twenty-five foreigners and three Thais were arrested when police and local officials raided two homes in a housing estate where a birthday party was being held on Sunday night in violation of Covid-19 restrictions.
About 50 Bang Lamung police and administrative officials entered the two homes at Exquisite Pool Villas, Pattaya, in Soi Boonsampan 11/1 in tambon Nong Prue about 11.50pm.
They were acting on complaints from neighbours that a noisy birthday party was being held at houses Nos 95/39 and 95/40 in the estate.
Famed Phitsanulok temple hall closed for 20 days
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published : 26 Apr 2021 at 12:53
2 Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat in Muang district of Phitsanulok has closed its doors due to the Covid-19 outbreak. (Photo by Chinnawat Singha)
PHITSANULOK: The majestic vihara, or assembly hall, where the revered Buddha image Phra Phuttha Chinnarat is enshrined at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat in Muang district has been closed for 20 days because of Covid-19 concerns.
The area inside the temple grounds where shops sell souvenirs, lottery tickets and other goods remains open to the public.
The closure of the hall, until May 15, is intended to help stop the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, and is on the advice of the provincial public health office.