Thailand Beefs Up Airport Security in Muslim South
Submitted by Templar Titan on Fri, 04/23/2004 - 02:30.
Reuters Alertnet "Thailand tightened security at an airport in the southern commercial centre of Hat Yai on Wednesday as authorities fear a spate of violence in the largely Muslim deep south could escalate," according to Reuters. "... Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, who visited the airport on Wednesday, ordered a hike in the security level to 'orange' from 'green'. The move means extra checks of almost all baggage and the stationing of air force troops in passenger halls. Violence in the three southernmost provinces along the Malaysian border, which started with a raid on an army barracks in January ... shows little sign of abating." |
