Danok blasts: Thai cops beef up security in border town


Thai police personnel guarding the Thanon Tanrattanakorn 2 Road leading to the main entrance of Oliver Hotel which is closed to visitors and hotel guests after the blast on 23rd December 2013. - G.C.TAN / THE STAR

DANOK (Thailand): Thailand 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 on Sunday.

However, the surrounding areas remained quiet and peaceful Monday, with no further incidents reported while business went on as usual.

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