YALA: A man was found shot dead in an orchard in Bannang Sata district on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The body was found at a farm at Bang Lang, the Moo 3 village in tambon Bacho, Pol Col Prompat Sanitsri, the Bannang Sata police chief, said.
Buraheng Roya, 43, who was from Moo 5 village in tamban Sateng Nok of Muang district, was lying dead near a motorcycle among the fruit trees. The body was sent to Bannang Sata Hospital for an autopsy.
Police were investigating whether the killing was motivated by a personal conflict or related to the insurgency in the southern region.
