Into Kanthasaeng, 53, a Moo 3 Tambon Patueng villager, drowned when flash floods in the stream nearby his house in Mae Chan swept him away. He was allegedly intoxicated at the time.

A Thai private sector company has begun construction on a 2.8 billion baht road linking the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan in Thailand with Tenasserim and Myeik in Myanmar, following authorization from Myanmar’s Mon State.

Phisan Nakho, coordinator for Vantage Co. Ltd., which has won a concession from Myanmar’s State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) for the construction of the 195 kilometer road, announced that Myanmar had given authorization for Summit Grade Co. (otherwise known as Sam Prasit Co.) to bring personnel, machinery and equipment into Myanmar in order to build the cross-border route passing through Baan Moo Dong, opposite Thailand’s Singkhorn checkpoint.

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has agreed with the ‘privilege card’ project approved by the cabinet, said Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT) Governor Juthamas Siriwan, adding that a company owned by the TAT, named Thailand Privilege Card Company, would run the project.