“But I don’t know for how long I can do this,” said Waraporn Sirichai, the owner or the Super 4 Narathiwat Department Store. Her store has been targetted by arsonists twice -– once on September 1, 2010, and again about midnight on Friday. Waraporn is a local businesswoman who has been operating the store for over 30 years. She also has department stores in Pattani and Yala, and all of them have been hit by arson attacks. She noted that the arsonists had not only damaged her business, they had affected the livelihoods of local people hired to work at her stores.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 24, 2018 09:18 UTC