PM orders heightened security for students in Deep South

Published on May 10, 2013 by TFP   ·   No Comments

BANGKOK, 10 May 2013 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra emphasizes the importance of the justice process and public relations in the government’s work to tackle the unrest in the southernmost region while ordering tighter security when the new school term begins.

Secretary-General of the National Security Council (NSC) Lt. Gen.Pharadorn Phatthanathabut said after the government’s weekly meeting on the southern conflict that the PM stressed on two main issuesâ€"judicial process and public relationsâ€"and the use of peaceful means to reduce the conflict. Ms Yingluck instructed PM’s Office Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisarn to oversee the government’s public relations in the restive South and update the meeting on progress periodically.

Furthermore, the PM ordered security units in the Deep South to step up their roles in an effort to ensure safety for students and teachers when schools reopen later this month.

Regarding three bombings in Pattani on Thursday, Lt. Gen. Pharadorn said officers were investigating the incidents. Initially, it is believed that the violence was meant to agitate the government.

On the withdrawal of the Emergency Decree in the region, the NSC chief said the Internal Security Operations Command and the army would consider where the decree could be lifted. He foresaw that the law would be withdrawn in all three southern border provinces if the situation was favorable.

(NNT: suwit rattiwan suwit rattiwan)

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