Police in Songkhla use Line to build citizens' watch against violence
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As the southern border violence occasionally spills into Songkhla's Chana, Thepa, Saba Yoi and Na Thawi districts, police in Hat Yai district have turned to the Line chat application to help beef up security.
The latest incident was the bombing of automated teller machines in Thepa, Saba Yoi and Na Thawi.
Songkhla Police Chief Ekkaphob Prasitwattanachai said yesterday that besides 2,500 radio communication users and other volunteers, a Line account was opened on October 1 to build a citizens’ network of watchful eyes for anything suspicious and to explain to the public the facts before they panic.
In Pattani province on Monday night, Ma-Yor, Yaring and Panare districts saw chaos at 17 locations where suspected insurgent sympathisers burned tyres on the road and torched utility poles.
