Army Recalls South Veterans

[Mid]

Army recalls South veterans

By Wassana Nanuam

The army has ordered all former conscripts in the deep South drafted back as far as 12 years ago to report back to the region for what officers call political re-education.

The order applies to about 5,000 army reservists conscripted between 1996 and 2005 in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat as well as Chana, Saba Yoi, Na Thawi and Thepha districts of Songkhla and Muang and Langu districts of Satun.

The Post Publishing Public Co

political re-education seen this before ??

[PeaceBlondie]

Mid, the link does not work for me.

Are these veterans all Thais who were conscripted (drafted into the military) FROM those places in the far south, or did they serve there? And what does political re-education mean, unless the government wishes to publicly atone for its sins and tell those men they did wrong during their military service? Can the re-education be taught by pacifist Buddhists?

[Mid]

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no longer works for me either .

looks as if the story has been pulled

google agrees that it was there ......

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Edited June 20, 2007 by Mid

[Mid]

General news >> Wednesday June 20, 2007

Reservists summoned for re-education

Army hoping to instill patriotism in the South

WASSANA NANUAM

The army is summoning all former conscripts in the deep South who were drafted by the Fourth Army in the 10 years to 2005 for political re-education. The order applies to about 5,000 army reservists conscripted between 1996 and 2005 in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat as well as Chana, Saba Yoi, Na Thawi and Thepha districts of Songkhla and Muang and Langu districts of Satun.

Fourth Army deputy commander Kasikorn Khirisri said the five-day training course was aimed not at warfare but at instilling patriotism and an understanding of the need to cooperate with the authorities.

The army also wanted to know their opinions about troubles in the areas they come from.

Those who fail to report for the course would be subject to legal punishment and be marked as possibly colluding with the militants, he said.

''We will note carefully whether the violence drops off during the training period,'' Maj-Gen Kasikorn said.

The army was not short of soldiers, but wanted to check on the former conscripts' well-being and attitude.

The reservists have until September to report to the 42nd Military Circle in Songkhla or the provincial army of Pattani.

The courses will be run at 10 locations _ the first, second and third battalions of the 15th and 25th Infantry Regiments; the 16th Cavalry Battalion; and the 15th, 25th and 105th artillery battalions.

There will be five training periods, each for 1,000 reservists.

Topics include agricultural and construction training and social development courses such as military ethics, democracy, sufficiency economy, the constitution, and His Majesty the King.

All Thai men must submit to the draft at the age of 20 unless they have taken military training in the Army Reserve while at high school.

political re-education ....

[chevykanteve]

General news >> Wednesday June 20, 2007

Reservists summoned for re-education

Army hoping to instill patriotism in the South

WASSANA NANUAM

The army is summoning all former conscripts in the deep South who were drafted by the Fourth Army in the 10 years to 2005 for political re-education. The order applies to about 5,000 army reservists conscripted between 1996 and 2005 in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat as well as Chana, Saba Yoi, Na Thawi and Thepha districts of Songkhla and Muang and Langu districts of Satun.

Fourth Army deputy commander Kasikorn Khirisri said the five-day training course was aimed not at warfare but at instilling patriotism and an understanding of the need to cooperate with the authorities.

The army also wanted to know their opinions about troubles in the areas they come from.

Those who fail to report for the course would be subject to legal punishment and be marked as possibly colluding with the militants, he said.

''We will note carefully whether the violence drops off during the training period,'' Maj-Gen Kasikorn said.

The army was not short of soldiers, but wanted to check on the former conscripts' well-being and attitude.

The reservists have until September to report to the 42nd Military Circle in Songkhla or the provincial army of Pattani.

The courses will be run at 10 locations _ the first, second and third battalions of the 15th and 25th Infantry Regiments; the 16th Cavalry Battalion; and the 15th, 25th and 105th artillery battalions.

There will be five training periods, each for 1,000 reservists.

Topics include agricultural and construction training and social development courses such as military ethics, democracy, sufficiency economy, the constitution, and His Majesty the King.

All Thai men must submit to the draft at the age of 20 unless they have taken military training in the Army Reserve while at high school.

political re-education ....

Regarding this quotation from the above:

The order applies to about 5,000 army reservists conscripted between 1996 and 2005 in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat as well as Chana, Saba Yoi, Na Thawi and Thepha districts of Songkhla and Muang and Langu districts of Satun.

Are they serious?

[Mid]

gotta be hopping it's a bad joke ................

nothing to indicate this yet.

[Mid]

III. Southern Thailand crisis: The scoundrels' last refuge in Buddhism

Thaksin Shinawatra was rightly blamed for igniting the unrest in Southern Thailand through his hard-line polcies. Yet, have Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont or his master, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin been following different approach from Shinawatra?

Obviously not, if one is to go by sheer number of killings. According to The Nation, the daily average rate of killing has increased more than triple in six months between 19 September 2006 and 19 March 2007 i.e. from 1.6 people a day in 2006 to almost four per day. Over 400 people, roughly 19 per cent of the 2,100 people killed since January 2004, have died since the coup.

2007 Asian Centre for Human Rights

[solo siam]

"Obviously not, if one is to go by sheer number of killings. According to The Nation, the daily average rate of killing has increased more than triple in six months between 19 September 2006 and 19 March 2007 i.e. from 1.6 people a day in 2006 to almost four per day. Over 400 people, roughly 19 per cent of the 2,100 people killed since January 2004, have died since the coup."

How is "almost four" more than triple 1.6

[PeaceBlondie]

III. Southern Thailand crisis: The scoundrels' last refuge in Buddhism

Obviously not, if one is to go by sheer number of killings. According to The Nation, the daily average rate of killing has increased more than triple in six months between 19 September 2006 and 19 March 2007 i.e. from 1.6 people a day in 2006 to almost four per day.

2007 Asian Centre for Human Rights

ERRATA. The person who first computed that "more than triple" and every editor who checked it just flunked Matayom 1 mathematics. Triple 1.6 would be almost five per day.

[Mid]

yer , ignore that report ,

i wanted to bump the thread re the topic ......................