Posted 18 hours ago · IP 

 

In light of a controversial incident at a recent sports day event in the Panare district of the deep south province of Pattani, the Internal Security Operations Command’s (ISOC) Region 4 Forward Command is reportedly preparing to take legal action. This follows the child exploitation allegations as children were paraded holding images of deceased insurgents. The sight has sparked social unrest, especially given the already-high tensions in the Deep South.

 

The sports day, a collective endeavour by the Ban Nam Bo Tambon Administrative Organisation, Tadika Club, and a variety of public and private enterprises, saw a considerable number of students from 53 local schools participating.

 

Troublingly, amongst the spectators, a group of children aged between seven and eight years old participating in the opening parade were noted holding photos of nine deceased insurgents, alongside their brief biographies written in Arabic. Their traditional Malay costumes only added to the gravitas of the situation that many are calling child exploitation.

Major General Pramote Prom-in, serving dual roles as the deputy commander of the 4th Army and the deputy director of Isoc’s Region 4 Forward Command, expressed his concern over this unsettling alleged child exploitation gesture, identifying it as a conspicuous act of honouring the separatists. Public and media reactions echo his sentiments, criticising the event organisers.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/south/radical-imagery-paraded-at-school-event-called-child-exploitation

 

by Mitch Connor

Critics call kids holding images of insurgents in a parade child exploitation. (via Bangkok Post)
Image courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

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Future suicide bombers

4 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Future suicide bombers

Indoctrination can go two ways...

Have to remember that they are ethnic Malay and the majority down there. ????