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3 killed in Thailand after Thai PM visit

11 Jul 2007, 1437 hrs

NARATHIWAT (Thailand): Suspected separatists have shot dead three people including a government official in Thailand's restive south, police said on Wednesday, as the Thai premier began a two-day visit to the region.

A 33-year-old Muslim village chief was killed on Tuesday evening in Narathiwat province after rebels opened fire on his vehicle as he drove a truck full of football players home from a match, local police said.

Times Internet Limited.

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Thai prime minister to spend night in insurgent-infested zone of south

2007-07-11 12:30:20

BAN SANTI, Thailand (AP) - Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont traveled Wednesday to southern Thailand, where he will spend the night in a village in a so-called «red zone,» an area considered dangerous because it harbors active Islamic insurgents, a military spokesman said.

It will be the first time the prime minister, a former army commander,

will stay overnight in such an area.

Army spokesman Col. Akara Thiprote said Surayud would spend the night in Yala province's Bannang Sata district to boost morale among the public and security officials.

pr-inside.com

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PM insists on dealing with southern problems with peaceful measures

July 11, 2007 : Last updated 03:37 pm

Pattani - Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont Wednesday insisted on using peaceful measures to dealing with the insurgency in the southern border provinces.

Surayud was speaking during a live TV programme aired by the Songkhla-based Public Relations TV for seven southern provinces.

The prime minister told the southern audience that it would take time for his government to try to solve the problems in the deep South but his government would adhere to the peaceful measures.

Before going on TV, Surayud flew on an helicopter from Narathiwat to Pattani's Yarang district at 1:20 pm.

He met 28 former insurgent leaders at the Sirinthorn Army Camp without allowing reporters to be present.

The Nation

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Buddhists and Muslims must collaborate to build trust in far south, Thai PM says

July 12, 2007

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Surayud, installed after a bloodless coup last Sept. 19, has pledged to make peace in the south a priority and reverse the hard-line policies of his predecessor, Thaksin Shinawatra, who favored a military approach and rejected peaceful negotiations.

But on Thursday he said the government has no immediate plans to hold talks with Muslim insurgents, or to negotiate autonomy or any special zone for Muslims in the region.

"The government has no such idea (for a special zone). In Thailand, the same law should be imposed everywhere equally," the prime minister said.

Also Wednesday, a government official said 92 Buddhists who fled the spiraling violence in their villages in Yala province last year will soon return home — to live in government-built homes in a guarded compound.

The returnees were among 140 villagers who ran from Ban Santi I and Ban Santi II in November and sought shelter in a Buddhist temple in Yala city, said Krisada Bunrat, Yala vice governor.

The Associated Press

to live in government-built homes in a guarded compound.

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PM called for southerners to reconcile their differences.

Thu, July 12, 2007 : Last updated 14:59 pm

Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont called on residents of this violence-plagued district where ongoing violence has shattered the trust between Buddhists and Muslims to reconcile their differences for the sake of their community.

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The PM has rejected suggestions that an autonomous zone be set up bud did not ruled out the possible of granting an administrative model like Bangkok or Pattaya for this restive region.

Ban Bang Lang, Narathiwat

The Nation

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PM: Insurgents' acts decreases in South

(BangkokPost.com) - Number of attacks on innocent people staged by insurgents in the deep South has gone down, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Saturday.

Gen Surayud said he has received statistics showing that number of attacks caused by bomb has decreased.

The Post Publishing Public Co

not disputing your word Sir ,

but it sure would be good to see these statistics .

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