ISA may replace draconian emergency decree in South

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ISA may replace draconian emergency decree in South

Published: 30 Nov 2012 at 14.35
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The government extended the enforcement of the Internal Security Act (ISA) in parts of the deep South for one more year on Friday, with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordering that security agencies look into the possibility to expanding it to other areas now under a much tighter clampdown.

The decision, reached at a special cabinet meeting of selected ministers and National Security Council chiefs, means four districts of Songkhla and Mae Lan district in Pattani are still covered by the ISA, while the rest of Pattani and the other southernmost border provinces of Narathiwat and Yala remain under the more draconian emergency decree.

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, who was in the meeting, said the prime minister had ordered a thorough study of the possibility of lifting the emergency decree in other districts of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala and replacing it with the ISA.

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spiceman
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Discussion 3 : 01 Dec 2012 at 03.123
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Can anyone tell me what are the objectives of the Govt. regarding the wellbeing of the people of the Deep South? Is it to maintain Law & Order, or rather to reduce the local population in a hurry? The Army's leaky and expensive airships pretty much symbolize how things are going in the Deep South as far as the Govt and the Military are concerned. Translation, the situation is absolutely HOPELESS.
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So will what will this reduce, violence? Me don't think so, these guys are openly killing people in daylight and getting away with it. With the law getting more lenient it will get tougher to differentiate between the good guys and the bad guys. There can be no improvement in the south until the violence is snuffed out. And just how, this is going to be done without state violence remains a mystery. No sane business would want to invest in the south, so how do you create more jobs? Should we move parliament house there?
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Discussion 1 : 30 Nov 2012 at 17.421
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“Ms Yingluck will now more involved with the southern issues, including taking a closer look at the budget used to fight militants” With this kind of mentality you will never solve the Southern eruption and will last more than Philippines conflict. Admit your Dubai man mistakes publicly in Tak Bai and Kru Si, compensate the victims families including police and military personal, improve their economy, include more infrastructure projects in your yearly budget, Let they rule themselves and choose who represent them in the government, “Love them and they will love you” A Standard anthropology Law Ms PM Yingluck.
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