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Commander of Army Region 4 reveals cause of fire at power plant Hoping to discredit government officials


Pattani, After the turbulent incident in the South Burning a biomass power plant. Commander of the 4th Army Region went to the area to inspect. along with emphasizing the need to quickly track down the culprits who caused the incidents at both locations, believed to be hoping to discredit government officials

Lieutenant General Santi Sakuntanaga, Commander of the 4th Army Region, traveled to investigate the incident of criminals planting bombs and setting fire to the power plant of Pracharat Biomass Mae Lan Company Limited, which is located along Road 418, Yala-Pattani, Pa Rai Subdistrict, Mae District. Lan, Pattani Province, ready to listen to the situation. At this time, officials from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team were still able to inspect the area. After finding out that there were still remains of the criminal’s bomb. which from the report of the officials It was found that the bomb that the criminals had installed was on the third floor of the building and was an improvised explosive device co
ntaining a gas tank. The timer was set to 99 hours on the day of the incident.

In addition, from the official report, it is expected that There may have been more than one bomb, with preliminary estimates of at least four being hidden in buildings. There are a total of 7 floors, so officials are still unable to recover. It would take time to plan to destroy the bomb again. for safety The commander of the 4th Army Region gave encouragement to entrepreneurs. and all officers along with having all sectors cooperate in preventing this incident more tightly.

Lieutenant General Santi said that in the matter of tracking down and apprehending the criminals He has instructed all relevant sectors to track down the culprits and bring them to justice in both locations, namely in the area of ??Saba Yoi District, Songkhla Province, and the area of ??Mae Lan District, Pattani Province, for officials to do everything with clear evidence. which he himself was confident that the wrongdoing There must be evidence left. But yo
u must give the operator some time. Because the place still cannot be cleared 100 percent.

The commander of the 4th Army Region emphasized that the culprit who caused the power plant incident this time It is to create a lot of trouble for the people. Even though they didn’t harm the people. but destroys public utilities to discredit government officials As for the culprits who committed crimes at both locations, their goal was to destroy various public utilities. which is the target of the violent group Because it can be seen that through the passage of the criminal group there will be many crimes like this. which the criminal may have planned Set up a system together. Therefore, I would like to ask the people in the area, local leaders, local leaders to help each other, otherwise there will not be peace in the southern border provinces.

This was a chaotic incident in the middle of the last night. Thieves broke in and set off bombs at biomass power plants in Songkhla and Pattani provinces, causing tens of m
illions of baht in damage. In the Songkhla incident, CCTV cameras clearly captured the moment the thieves committed the crime.

Source: Thai News Agency