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Curfew in Southern Thailand
Curfew may be imposed; 12 arrested
Wassana Nanuam and Yuwadee Tunyasiri A curfew may be declared in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat provinces, which are already under martial law. Defence Minister Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya said it was being considered following a series of machette attacks on Buddhist monks and students. Three monks have died and one was seriously injured. Two students were also wounded. A curfew would facilitate all-out military and police operations against separatist bandits. "Now that the bandits have gone berserk, our men must become crazed too, to fight them," Gen Thammarak said. The situation had become serious with several groups of outlaws joining the rebels to launch separate attacks and share the benefits. "It is serious because they have started harming people," Gen Thammarak said. He said the hunt for the gunmen who attacked a military camp in Narathiwat on Jan 4, and for the weapons they stole, was continuing with 100 troops from the Lop Buri-based Special Warfare Command Centre sent in to help. They are the same team that killed the 10 ethnic Burmese members of God's Army who seized Ratchaburi Hospital in January 2000. The units reached Songkhla on Monday night and later left for Yala and Narathiwat. Gen Thammarak said the military would also set up a new coordinating centre for operations, to be headed by Fourth Army chief Lt-Gen Pongsak Ekbannasingha. Meanwhile, an army source said 12 people had been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the attacks on monks. The suspects, 11 Thais and one Malaysian national, were rounded up last night in Narathiwat's Cho Airong district. They were being interrogated and the operation would be expanded if information lead to others who may have been involved |
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Curfew in Southern Thailand
One of my friends were home to visit her family in Yala earlier this week,
and told us that there is pretty much a self-imposed curfew in place already, inasmuch as local residents are afraid to go out even during the day. At night, the place is dead quiet. Lots of military and police around, and a very tense atmosphere. What worried me the most, was her telling us that her family (who are Buddhist) were avoiding Muslim friends, as "we don't know who to trust amongst them". If that is a common sentiment, the perpetrators of the violence in the south have already achieved one of their goals, unfortunately. Trond wrote in message om... Curfew may be imposed; 12 arrested Wassana Nanuam and Yuwadee Tunyasiri A curfew may be declared in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat provinces, which are already under martial law. Defence Minister Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya said it was being considered following a series of machette attacks on Buddhist monks and students. Three monks have died and one was seriously injured. Two students were also wounded. A curfew would facilitate all-out military and police operations against separatist bandits. "Now that the bandits have gone berserk, our men must become crazed too, to fight them," Gen Thammarak said. The situation had become serious with several groups of outlaws joining the rebels to launch separate attacks and share the benefits. "It is serious because they have started harming people," Gen Thammarak said. He said the hunt for the gunmen who attacked a military camp in Narathiwat on Jan 4, and for the weapons they stole, was continuing with 100 troops from the Lop Buri-based Special Warfare Command Centre sent in to help. They are the same team that killed the 10 ethnic Burmese members of God's Army who seized Ratchaburi Hospital in January 2000. The units reached Songkhla on Monday night and later left for Yala and Narathiwat. Gen Thammarak said the military would also set up a new coordinating centre for operations, to be headed by Fourth Army chief Lt-Gen Pongsak Ekbannasingha. Meanwhile, an army source said 12 people had been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the attacks on monks. The suspects, 11 Thais and one Malaysian national, were rounded up last night in Narathiwat's Cho Airong district. They were being interrogated and the operation would be expanded if information lead to others who may have been involved |
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