An elite Thai task force was dispatched to Pattaya Remand Prison in Banglamung on Monday, following an armed attack by an unknown number of gunmen on the Prison
One inmate was injured and over 30 spent rounds were discovered after the early morning shoot out which was from outside the prison and involved heavy firing at the exterior walls causing extensive damage.
Following the attack, two companies of Thailands finest were sent to cover the prison in case there were to be additional attacks, which there were not. However its only a montha ago that a warden from the prison had his home shot at with similar weapons and security services were not prepared to take any chances
At the time, the attack on the warden was blamed on his crackdown on smuggling from outside the prison which included drugs and phones, He has since been moved to another prison for his own safety
The M16 rifle is a high velocity assault weapon capable of either automatic or single shot firing and was introduced to asia by the US troops in Vietnam, since then it has been adopted by many armies around the world.
Source - http://www.pattaya103.com/pattaya-priso ... z24oLH3lqd
Comment - Brave hard-ass warden and must be biting into some perp's murky business set-up (although quietly moved by the look of it - by who I wonder - to another post though
). Does make you wonder about the kind of perps out there here that think nothing of attacking a prison with automatic weapons. 
You've got to be kidding me. There really are some numpties out there.