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NHK
02-06-2025
- General
- NHK
Memorial held for victims of 'Death Railway'
A memorial service was held Sunday in western Thailand for people who died building the Thai-Burma Railway in World War Two. It earned the name "Death Railway" due to the huge number of lives lost during its construction. The now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army began building the railroad in 1942 as a supply route to the Burmese front. Experts say the army mobilized over 200,000 people, including British and other Allied prisoners of war, to work on the railway. Tens of thousands are estimated to have perished due to harsh working conditions and disease. The railway was made famous by the Oscar-winning film "The Bridge on the River Kwai." At a temple in Kanchanaburi, where railroad workers from Asian countries are said to be buried, about 20 people attended the remembrance ceremony. An 80-year-old woman said her father was taken away to work on the railway while her mother was pregnant with her. She said that 80 years after the war "we are struggling, struggling, struggling," with victims' families unable to know where or how their forebears died. The commemoration was first held at the temple two years ago. Appanah hopes future generations will remember -- and pray for -- those who gave the Death Railway its name.
Malay Mail
24-05-2025
- Malay Mail
Three killed as Thai police helicopter crashes and bursts into flames, cause still unknown
BANGKOK, May 24 — Three people died when a police helicopter crashed and burst into flames in south central Thailand today, according to officials. The Bell 212 aircraft belonging to the Kanchanaburi Police Aviation Unit came down near a village in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Two pilots and a mechanic on board died, according to a statement by the Royal Thai Police. Rescue workers told AFP that firefighters had extinguished the fire, but the cause of the crash is unknown. In the statement the police expressed condolences and said police chief Kitrat Panphet had ordered an immediate investigation and compensation to the families. — AFP
Al Arabiya
24-05-2025
- Al Arabiya
Three killed in Thai police helicopter crash
Three people died when a police helicopter crashed and burst into flames in south central Thailand on Saturday, according to officials. The Bell 212 aircraft belonging to the Kanchanaburi Police Aviation Unit came down near a village in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Two pilots and a mechanic on board died, according to a statement by the Royal Thai Police. Rescue workers told AFP that firefighters had extinguished the fire, but the cause of the crash is unknown. In the statement the police expressed condolences and said police chief Kitrat Panphet had ordered an immediate investigation and compensation to the families.
Asharq Al-Awsat
24-05-2025
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Three Killed in Thai Police Helicopter Crash
Three people died when a police helicopter crashed and burst into flames in south central Thailand on Saturday, according to officials. The Bell 212 aircraft belonging to the Kanchanaburi Police Aviation Unit came down near a village in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Two pilots and a mechanic on board died, according to a statement by the Royal Thai Police. Rescue workers told AFP that firefighters had extinguished the fire, but the cause of the crash is unknown. In the statement the police expressed condolences and said police chief Kitrat Panphet had ordered an immediate investigation and compensation to the families.
Malay Mail
19-05-2025
- Malay Mail
Murder in the jungle: Thai DJ found bound and shot dead, police suspect love triangle
KANCHANABURI, May 19 — The body of a 33-year-old Thai DJ was found in a remote jungle in Kanchanaburi, four days after he was reported missing. The victim, identified as Waraphong Khunsrijaturong, also known as DJ Tatae, was discovered with his hands tied behind his back and two bullet wounds to his temple, The Bangkok Post reported. Police said the body was already decomposing when found in a forest in Lat Ya, Muang district yesterday. Officers and rescue workers had to travel 20 minutes by four-wheel drive and walk another five minutes to reach the scene. According to the Thai newspaper, a local villager had stumbled across the body three days earlier but was too afraid to report it until seeing news about the missing man. The villager later returned to the spot and confirmed the victim's clothing matched what DJ Tatae was last seen wearing. Police suspect a romantic dispute may have been the motive behind the killing, according to The Bangkok Post. Waraphong's girlfriend told police she had warned him to cut ties with another woman, identified only as Nam, and that he had assured her he had done so. Waraphong's father, Wichian, reportedly described the killing as 'very cruel' and asked for justice to be done. CCTV footage showed the DJ in good spirits at a woman's birthday party in a pub just before he was abducted. Police believe he was taken around 3.54am last Wednesday in Muang district by two men in a white pickup truck. The suspects, identified as Thanadet and Wikool, have been arrested but deny any involvement. Investigators are now searching for a third suspect who had been seen driving a black car in the subdistrict of Wang Dong. The man had reportedly waited in the area for two weeks before the murder. The black car was later found in Photharam, Ratchaburi, thoroughly cleaned. However, the car's dashcam recorded a trip deep into the Kanchanaburi jungle, just 20km from the abduction site, near where the body was found.
