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Touting an independent South 'not allowed'

Security agencies are considering legal action against a group of activists promoting the separation of the predominantly Muslim southern border provinces from Thailand.

Bangkok Post · Jun 8, 2023

Southern independence referendum movement watched

Security agencies are keeping a close watch on a group that has called for a public referendum on the independence of “Patani State” from Thailand, because doing so is tantamount to an act of separatism and unlawful, says the deputy commander of the 4th Army Region.

Bangkok Post · Jun 8, 2023

Govt wants talks to continue

The government will continue its policy of negotiating for peace in the deep South despite the recent Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) announcement that it would suspend peace talks until a new administration is formed.

Bangkok Post · May 12, 2023

No record of 'maid abuser' working for Isoc

A probe by the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc)'s Region 4 Forward Command has found a police corporal, accused of abusing her maid, had been assigned a temporary role at the agency despite there being no record of her actually performing any duties.

Bangkok Post · Aug 27, 2022

Thailand's restive south hit by wave of arson and bombings

A wave of arson and bombing attacks overnight hit Thailand’s southernmost provinces, which for almost two decades have been the scene of an active Muslim separatist insurgency

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

Southern army chief, 6 others hurt in helicopter crash landing

The commander of the 4th Army Region and six other soldiers were injured when an army helicopter crashed into a tree during an emergency landing in Thepha district of Songkhla on Friday morning.

Bangkok Post · Jul 15, 2022