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Govt mulls softer security stance in South risk spots

ISA will replace state of emergency at army's say

Security agencies have decided to replace the draconian state of emergency in the deep South with the less harsh Internal Security Act (ISA).

National Security Council (NSC) secretary-general Paradorn Pattanathabutr Monday said the government intended to tone down the severity of law enforcement in the violence-plagued region.

He had just finished attending a meeting of security agencies chaired by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Government House.

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  • spiceman

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    Discussion 30 : 20 Feb 2013 at 05.0230

    Khun Abbub #29, that's how corrupted Thai Govt usually worked. The former communist insurgents would be much better off relying on themselves and take full advantage of their own ability to make something out of it. As I understand, many of them are highly educated also. I sure wish them well, hoping they will one day be as successful as their former comrades in China today.

  • abbub

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    Discussion 29 : 19 Feb 2013 at 19.0129

    SPICEMAN writes: "Thai communist insurgency had 2 choices, either to hopelessly fight to the bitter end or to disband and take the Govt's generous offers, which they did."

    Generous offer?

    The Tai government tricked them into laying down their arms a for decades did not pay them the money and land promised. These communist insurgents fought until a few years ago when they finally received partial compensation.

  • spiceman

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    Discussion 28 : 19 Feb 2013 at 18.5128

    Khun Eric #25, yes, absolutely, cutting funding from Malaysia must be a top priority. However, without bringing whoever issued the order and those who carried out the atrocity at Tak Bai to justice, to prove to them that we are serious to right what was wrong in the past, the violence will continue to drag on and on with no end in sight.

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    Discussion 27 : 19 Feb 2013 at 18.5127

    This unconvincing response by the authorities responsible for dealing with the southern insurgency smacks of "fiddling while Rome burns". Is the strategy to resolve the problem through negotiations with the insurgents or not? What is the point of dialogue if nothing is on the table - from the insurgents perspective? From their standpoint, what is the difference between the Emergency Decree and the ISA? The correct policy is to be firm but fair. There is no sign the policy makers have a genuine understanding of what that means in practice.

  • beer_sing

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    Discussion 26 : 19 Feb 2013 at 15.1426

    The Tak Bai issue must be resolved and not to be used as an excuse for insurgent reprisal. The government must be bold enough to hold the army and those people accountable to close the issue. Then the talk about autonomy rule etc etc... can progress without any baggage....you see the solving of the issue is more than just meet the eye. Can the government survive without stepping onto the army or more talk of being insincere and continue the game of ISA or Emergency rule. then again, why should it be PT government to take risk and why didn't the previous government deal with the army? so how..more innocent is sacrifice?

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    Discussion 25 : 19 Feb 2013 at 13.5225

    Khun Spiceman, perhaps something we can learn from the 3 decades of communism insurgency. Full military might while extending olive branch and cut their funding source. At the heart of the negotiation success was the amnesty which brought in many defectors.

  • dao

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    Discussion 24 : 19 Feb 2013 at 12.4424

    I think the reason people in the south would never report anything to the Army is the same reason most dont report anything to the police .They dont trust them .If I report a militant or corruption are the police going to guard my family and I when his friends come back for revenge ? NO If the police and the Army were more competent in their job then people wouldnt have to fear for their safety by trying to help them .

  • Bkkfun

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    Discussion 23 : 19 Feb 2013 at 09.3623

    Issues like this will take years to solve

  • spiceman

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    Discussion 22 : 19 Feb 2013 at 09.2622

    HillFarang #20, the communist insurgency in Thailand came to an abrupt end when their fellow comrades in the collapsing USSR and the Old China could no longer help them with money and weapons. And later on when USSR broke up into pieces and China turned to Capitalism, in order to avert a total economic collapse, the Thai communist insurgency had 2 choices, either to hopelessly fight to the bitter end or to disband and take the Govt's generous offers, which they did. Their struggle was over an ideology but the deep southern insurgency's is over the initial injustice (Tak Bai) with political and religious flavors. That's why it's so violent.

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    Discussion 21 : 19 Feb 2013 at 09.0821

    If I read correctly this is not going to be a blanket switch from SoE to ISA. Expect to see a rolling introduction of ISA into more peaceful areas with SoE retained in the remainder. Somewhere down the road is a further move from ISA to normal again starting in more peaceful areas. I do not think this is targetted at the terrorists at all but at the remainder of the community - the implication being peace will lead to less intrusive security. BTW I think we underestimate the role of the 4th army chief Udomchai Thammasarorat who is the one person I can see who has some idea what we should be seeking to do to get out of this mess

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