Security stepped-up along border following Danok blasts
BernamaPublished: Dec 23, 2013 5:57 AM | Updated: Dec 23, 2013 6:16 AM
The Royal Malaysian Police have stepped up security along the Malaysia-Thailand border following the bomb explosions yesterday in southern Thailand.
The Royal Malaysian Police have stepped up security along the Malaysia-Thailand border following the bomb explosions yesterday in southern Thailand.
Deputy inspector-general of police Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin, when contacted by Bernama, said the police were working closely with the Royal Thai Police to enhance security following the attacks.
He also said that there was close cooperation between the two forces in terms of intelligence gathering and inspections along the border to prevent a repeat of the incidents.
“We always work together. Appropriate measures have been taken by both sides to prevent the occurrence of more such incidents,” he said.
More than 20 Thai nationals were injured in four bomb explosions in southern Thailand, near the Sadao and Padang Besar police stations and in front of the Oliver Hotel in Padang Besar on the Thai side of the common border.
Meanwhile Thai police have enforced tight security around the Hotel Oliver area in Danok, the site of a bomb blast that rocked the border town between Malaysia and Thailand, yesterday.
However, the surrounding areas remained quiet and peaceful with no further incidents reported while business at the area went on as usual.
A food stall owner in Danok, Adul Ulang Adul Halim Mahmud, 51, said the incident, the first in the town for more than 30 years, shocked the people and business community in the area.
“We have lived here and gone about our business for 30 odd years and this is the first bombing incident. There may have been a specific motive but it is going to affect tourist arrivals, especially Malaysians, and hurt business,” he told Bernama today.
Adul Halim was however, happy that the situation was under control and hoped the situation would return to normal soon.
Meanwhile, Songkhla Governor Girisada Booncharn is expected to visit the site of the bomb explosion today in Danok.
Yesterday, South Thailand was rocked by a series of explosions in Padang Besar, Danok and Sadao, killing two Thais and injuring 25 others.
No Malaysians were injured in the incident.
- Bernama
Deputy inspector-general of police Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin, when contacted by Bernama, said the police were working closely with the Royal Thai Police to enhance security following the attacks.
He also said that there was close cooperation between the two forces in terms of intelligence gathering and inspections along the border to prevent a repeat of the incidents.
“We always work together. Appropriate measures have been taken by both sides to prevent the occurrence of more such incidents,” he said.
More than 20 Thai nationals were injured in four bomb explosions in southern Thailand, near the Sadao and Padang Besar police stations and in front of the Oliver Hotel in Padang Besar on the Thai side of the common border.
Meanwhile Thai police have enforced tight security around the Hotel Oliver area in Danok, the site of a bomb blast that rocked the border town between Malaysia and Thailand, yesterday.
However, the surrounding areas remained quiet and peaceful with no further incidents reported while business at the area went on as usual.
A food stall owner in Danok, Adul Ulang Adul Halim Mahmud, 51, said the incident, the first in the town for more than 30 years, shocked the people and business community in the area.
“We have lived here and gone about our business for 30 odd years and this is the first bombing incident. There may have been a specific motive but it is going to affect tourist arrivals, especially Malaysians, and hurt business,” he told Bernama today.
Adul Halim was however, happy that the situation was under control and hoped the situation would return to normal soon.
Meanwhile, Songkhla Governor Girisada Booncharn is expected to visit the site of the bomb explosion today in Danok.
Yesterday, South Thailand was rocked by a series of explosions in Padang Besar, Danok and Sadao, killing two Thais and injuring 25 others.
No Malaysians were injured in the incident.
- Bernama
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