Pathum Thani Governor Narongsak Osatanakorn, who had led a heroic global mission to help save young footballers stranded in a flooded cave, died on Wednesday at the age of 58.

SPECIAL PANEL set up to oversee production of films by foreign companies about the rescue of the Mu Pa football team from a cave in Chiang Rai, will also study the possibility of Thailand producing the film, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.