Malaysian elephant roams into Yala, kills rubber tapper
A rubber tapper in Yala, age 75, was killed early Tuesday by a wild elephant that had ventured across the border from Malaysia.
Chaiwat In-on, assistant chief of Bannang Sata, was alerted at 7.30am of the death of Sao Somyos, a resident of Moo 5 village in Tambon Tham Thalu.
The man’s severely damaged body was lying near his hut on the rubber plantation, surrounded by elephant footprints.
Sansern Thep-osoth, chief of Bang Lang National Park, said the animal was a wild elephant that had crossed through the border forest from Malaysia.
Sansern said park officials had already driven it back once, but it was lured by crops on the Thai side.
A wild elephant killed another villager in Yala’s Betong district several months ago, he noted.
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