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Southeast Asia
Security measures need not be stepped up in southern Thailand
2007-09-04
Public schools in several districts of Pattani which were closed temporarily following Sunday's killing of a chief education official, are expected to reopen Tuesday, but security measures need not be stepped up for the time being.

Prasit Nookung, acting chief of Education Office Zone 3 in Pattani, said 30 out of a total of 71 schools in Sai Buri and Mai Kaen districts of the southernmost province would reopen Tuesday after the chief education official attached to Education Zone 3, identified as Chalong Aphakorn, was shot dead by terrorists insurgents, sending many teachers in panic regarding their own safety.

A royal funeral for the remains of the slain education official is scheduled for Thursday at a local temple in Mai Kaen district. The manslaughter committed by terrorists insurgents in such a predominantly Buddhist area was considered an unprecedented event. The local police had obtained tips leading to the imminent arrest of the assailants.

In a related report, another teacher was killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani Monday afternoon. 35-year-old Suvit Wongsanit, a teacher at Pattani's Technical College, was shot dead by two gunmen on a motorcycle while he rode his motorbyke home in Nong Chik district. However, no additional security measures will be necessary, even during the Muslim Ramadan fasting season, according to government spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarp.

Prime Minister Gen. Surayud Chulanont held a video conference with the authorities in the southernmost provinces, including the Fourth Army Region's Internal Security Operations Command, which is helping the military and police combat the terrorists insurgents. The prime minister urged government personnel to concentrate on the current project to lead a total of 368 terrorist insurgent suspects, who had earlier surrendered to the authorities, back into law-abiding citizenship and send them to skill development and vocational training programmes. In addition, villagers from the southernmost provinces will be led on a visit to their relatives who are currently practicing as nursing students in other regions of the country.

The authorities and terrorists insurgents clashed four times last month, resulting in the deaths of 12 police officers and government officials and eight insurgents. A total of 201 terrorist insurgent suspects were arrested and 61 rifles as well as ammunition were seized.
That's nothing. You should see how bad it has to get before additional security measures become necessary.
Posted by:ryuge

#1  However, no additional security measures will be necessary, even during the Muslim Ramadan fasting season, according to government spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarp.

I take it Yongyuth has a nice plush office in Bangkok?
Maybe the teachers can have the kids make themselves some nice bulletproof origami to hide behind...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-09-04 12:54  

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