Pattani bombs put Thai security agencies on alert as they gear up for APEC Summit in Bangkok

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Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, who has a key responsibility at the cabinet level for internal security in Thailand, ordered a heightened security alert following several incendiary bomb attacks in Pattani province.

 

by Joseph O' Connor

Deputy Prime Minister issued a new order to Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) in the South and other agencies to step up already heightened vigilance as the government fears the APEC Summit may be used by subversive and protest groups to highlight their cause and damage the kingdom’s image during the two-day event which is being viewed as important to the country and a watershed moment in its political development.

Thai authorities have moved to a heightened sense of alert just days before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Bangkok with the government fearing that subversive elements both within and without the country may use the high-profile event as a protest platform. Over the last few days, senior officials and government spokespeople have urged the public to assist them in reporting any suspicious activity. The latest development is a series of incendiary bombs in Thailand’s southern provinces which had led Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan to order even stronger measures to counter any potential threat.

 

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, on Wednesday, ordered all security agencies to tighten security even further after a series of petrol stations were bombed in the southern province of Pattani.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/11/16/pattani-bombs-alert-thai-agencies-over-apec/

 

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[RichardColeman]

So it can now be revealed the country was using 30,000 police to deter another MUSLIM atrocity ! Religion needs totally banning from the world, causing far more harm than anything. If I created a far right organization today with the same rules , it would be rightfully banned tomorrow

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Deputy Prime Minister issued a new order to Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) in the South and other agencies to step up already heightened vigilance as the government fears the APEC Summit may be used by subversive and protest groups to highlight their cause and damage the kingdom’s image during the two-day event which is being viewed as important to the country and a watershed moment in its political development.

After witch the south can stuff themselves as usual.