At least five people have been killed and seven remain missing after heavy rains and landslides brought on by tropical storm Kajiki swept across northern Thailand, the Thai disaster agency said Thursday.

A convoy of 14 septic trucks drove into the village of Ban Nong Chan in Sa Kaeo province on Thursday, as a large crowd of Thai people gathered to show their support for soldiers guarding the tense border with Cambodia.

Thai authorities say they are working to help a 13-year-old Cambodian boy, who has grown up in Surin province, to stay in Thailand after he and his mother were arrested for being in the country illegally.

CHIANG MAI – The search continued on Thursday for five people who are still missing after a landslide that killed four people in Mae Chaem district of this northern province on Wednesday.

The Department of Provincial Administration has issued a nationwide alert urging local officials to monitor iris-scanning activities taking place in shopping malls across the country.

Thailand has every right to use the Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets it has purchased in combat, provided it complies with international law, Sweden’s Defence Minister Pal Jonson said.