BANGKOK, June 16 (Bernama) -- Thailand's Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on Saturday said that southern militants in addition to armed assaults in the predominantly Muslim south are now attempting to attack the Thai government politically both in Thailand and overseas.
Speaking during his weekly programme broadcast on state-run television, Gen. Surayud was quoted by TNA as saying that the government believed that the militants are now putting effort in drumming up their cause abroad while increasing the propaganda value and stress levels of their political offensive at home.
Touching on Cambodians holding Muslim faith who enter Thailand illegally and who might join Muslim insurgents in the deep South, Gen. Surayud said the government had coordinated with the Phnom Penh government in trying to prevent them from entering this country illegally.
However, the government tries to help workers from neighbouring countries-- including Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar -- come to Thailand legally to seek employment, especially in job categories which are shunned by Thais and not concerned with security affairs, he said.
Currently, the government has assigned the Internal Security Operations Command to be responsible in solving the violence problem in the restive South while it has asked the Fourth Army Region commander to work together with the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre in handling the operations, he said.
More than 2,300 people have been killed in the three restive southern provinces -- Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat -- since southern ethnic Malay militants renewed violence by raiding an army barracks in January 2004 and emptying its arsenal to arm insurgent fighters.
Speaking during his weekly programme broadcast on state-run television, Gen. Surayud was quoted by TNA as saying that the government believed that the militants are now putting effort in drumming up their cause abroad while increasing the propaganda value and stress levels of their political offensive at home.
Touching on Cambodians holding Muslim faith who enter Thailand illegally and who might join Muslim insurgents in the deep South, Gen. Surayud said the government had coordinated with the Phnom Penh government in trying to prevent them from entering this country illegally.
However, the government tries to help workers from neighbouring countries-- including Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar -- come to Thailand legally to seek employment, especially in job categories which are shunned by Thais and not concerned with security affairs, he said.
Currently, the government has assigned the Internal Security Operations Command to be responsible in solving the violence problem in the restive South while it has asked the Fourth Army Region commander to work together with the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre in handling the operations, he said.
More than 2,300 people have been killed in the three restive southern provinces -- Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat -- since southern ethnic Malay militants renewed violence by raiding an army barracks in January 2004 and emptying its arsenal to arm insurgent fighters.
3 comments:
The Thaicong undemocratic government is finding way to label all Muslim around the world as terrorist!
Thaicong leaders don't need to blame other for their problem because nobody give a fuck anyway!
I wish those Thai Muslim will blow up Bangkok Supermarket and other government building.
Listen You Siam, You will be facing blood. You had been mistreating Khmers.
Violence by any mean is wrong. There should be a better to solve any problem, but using violence.
We all should be smart by know that Violence will only kill and hurt the innocent.
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