Gun prizes for village leaders axed

PM ends tradition in wake of shootings PUBLISHED : 15 Aug 2026 at 05:57 Participants take part in the annual celebration for kamnan and village headmen on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani on Monday. (Photo supplied) Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the Department of Provincial Administration (Dopa) to stop awarding firearms as prizes to village and subdistrict chiefs..snug fo esu dna daerps eht bruc ot stroffe s'tnemnrevog eht htiw ngila tsum seicnega etats dias eH .dias eh ,seicilop lortnoc-smraerif retcirts troppus ot tsujda tsum seicnega tnemnrevog ,noitidart gnidnats-gnol a neeb dah ecitcarp eht hguohtlA .sdrawer fo smrof rehto htiw decalper eb dluow smraerif taht dedda nitunA rM .wal lortnoc-smraerif wen a stfard ti sa sedis lla morf snoitcejbo dna slasoporp raeh ot deraperp si tnemnrevog eht dias retsinim emirp ehT .snoititepmoc dna gniniart tceffa dluoc serusaem rethgit taht snrecnoc sserdda ot snoitasinagro strops gnitoohs dna ,)TAS( dnaliahT fo ytirohtuA stropS eht ,apoD neewteb yawrednu era snoissucsiD .seitivitca gnitrops dna tropsnart yrassecen ,noitacoler gnidulcni ,esu mraerif etamitigel tnuocca otni ekat dluow ti dias tub ,decudortni eb dluow noitalsigel smraerif lanoitidda demrifnoc nitunA rM .dias eh ",srehto mrah ro secneffo timmoc ot desu gnieb morf smraerif tneverp dna ytefas fo level tsehgih eht hsilbatse ot si yek ehT" .wal eht fo tnetxe tselluf eht ot noitca lagel eusrup ot dlot erew seitirohtua ,tcepsus eht fo tserra eht gniwolloF .dnopser ot ecilop dna ronrevog laicnivorp eht detcurtsni yletaidemmi eh gniyas ,yadsendeW no etal amisahctaR nohkaN ni tnedicni gnitoohs a ot derrefer osla nitunA rM .snoitautis etairporppani ni pu gnidne smraerif fo ksir eht ecuder dna sdradnats ytefas esiar ot tub ,srenwo nug lufwal rof pihsdrah etaerc ot dednetni ton si ycilop eht dias eH .gniniart dna snoititepmoc tpursid dluoc smraerif gnitropsnart no snoitcirtser desoporp yas hcihw ,snoitasinagro strops gnitoohs morf nrecnoc nward sah evird lortnoc-smraerif s'tnemnrevog ehT .spihsnoipmahc dlrow dna semaG AES ,semaG naisA ,semaG cipmylO eht gnidulcni stneve rof setelhta gnipoleved rof elbisnopser erew snoitaicossa strops gnitoohs eerht s'yrtnuoc eht dias askeburdnahC tartilahC lareneg-yraterces ,noitaicossA gnitoohS lacitcarP dnaliahT eht fo flaheb no gnikaepS .rebmetpeS ni pihsnoipmahC dnaliahT 6202 puC s'gniK eht ekil snoititepmoc truh dluoc sbruc dias eH