The emergency decree in force in Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces will be extended for another three months from June 20, but replaced by the Internal Security Act in Pattani's Yaring district.
Maj Gen Patchasak Patirupanont, an assistant spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, said on Thursday that a meeting of the Emergency Situation Administration Committee, chaired by Gen Prawit, was briefed by the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) Region 4’s forward headquarters on the handling of the emergency situation in the far south between March 20 and May 5.
