Wisma Putra advises Malaysian visitors in Southern Thailand to remain vigilant


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 30 Dec 2018

Thai security personnel guard an area following a bomb attack at a civilian volunteer base by suspected separatists the night before, in the Rangae district in the southern province of Narathiwat on December 29, 2018. - Thailand's Muslim-majority "deep south" region saw a spike in coordinated bomb and grenade attacks by suspected insurgents against the military and police in the lead-up to the new year, an official said on December 29. (Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP).

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Foreign Ministry has advised Malaysians residing in Thailand or travelling to the country to remain vigilant and exercise caution at all times, in the wake of bomb explosions and shooting incidents in the country's southern provinces.

Wisma Putra said bomb explosions and shootings had been reported in different parts of Narathiwat and Songkhla.

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