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Southeast Asia
Thai blast victim donates pension to flood charity
2010-10-29
A feel good story amid the daily carnage.
Rawsalee Waedamae, 26, was gunned down about noon yesterday in Yala province while riding on his motorcycle. He died as a result of the drive-by shooting. Police suspect the attack was related to the southern jihad insurgency. And in Narathiwat province, Theerapat Auapala, 40, was wounded in the leg in a bomb blast near the entrance to his palm plantation.

Meanwhile, a woman maimed in a bombing has donated her senior citizen's allowance to flood victims. Aree Chaisongkram, 67, had her leg amputated from the knee down after she stepping on a booby trap while working in a rubber plantation in Narathiwat province on Monday.

She told her son while being taken to hospital that she wanted to donate her monthly state allowance to the Miracle of Life Foundation, established by Princess Ubolratana, to help victims of the floods.

A foundation official said yesterday the princess was touched by Ms Aree's generosity and had admitted her as a patient under her patronage.

Ms Aree said she had planned to make the donation before she was injured. She was watching a fund-raising program on television. She phoned the program and decided to donate her monthly allowance.

" I could not go ahead as planned when I was wounded by the bomb," she said. "But I did ask my son to make the donation for me as I really wanted to help people suffering in the floods."
Also:
A joint military and police force raided a house in Yala province and arrested a suspected terrorist separatist militant, said Pol Col Suwat Wongpaibul on Friday. The raid took place early in the morning after police received a tip that the suspect was hiding there.

While searching the house, security forces found Masawpee Kama, 36, sleeping inside. He was wanted on a charge of murdering Nirawding Niya, 34, a territory defense volunteer on Oct 12.

The suspect was sent to No 41 paramilitary camp for interrogation.
No! Not Paramilitary Camp 41!!
NOOOOOOooooo o o o o o o
Posted by:ryuge

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