Emergency decree against insurgency extended in Deep South

[snoop1130]

 

While emergency decrees over the Covid-19 pandemic situation are finally a thing of the past, the continuously troubled Deep South region of Thailand has been operating under an ongoing emergency decree aimed at protecting citizens from the threat of the long-term insurgency constant in the area.

 

The three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat, are a buffer between Thailand and Malaysia just across the border. Those provinces will endure the extension of the emergency decree for an additional three months.

 

This emergency decree extension, running from September 20 to December 19 of this year, was agreed upon earlier today by the committee managing the emergency situation.

 

The meeting, led by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, was held via video conference from the office of the Five Provinces Bordering Forest Preservation Foundation. Prawit’s assistant spokesman, Lieutenant General Pacharasak Patirupanon, elaborated that the decree is already active in most parts of the three provinces.

 

By Neill Fronde

Caption: The Deep South of Thailand has extended its emergency decree against the insurgency for the 73rd time. (via Wikipedia)

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/south/thailand-extends-emergency-decree-in-three-southern-border-provinces

 

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[Srikcir]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Those provinces will endure the extension of the emergency decree for an additional three months.

 

This emergency decree extension, running from September 20 to December 19 of this year, was agreed upon earlier today by the committee managing the emergency situation.

I believe this so-called "committee" (why no name?) is ISOC (Internal Security Operations Committee, a division of the Royal Thai Military).

The decree itself is likely the State of Emergency that basically waives all constitutional rights of citizens in a prescribed area.

Curious that a Prawit caretaker government enacted the decree extension. As I recall, when caretaker PM Yingluck (for the duration of new elections to be held in 2014) invoked a State of Emergency to breakup violent protests against government facilities using force (police shields, batons, tear gas and water cannons), the Court denied such use because the government was in caretaker status.

Edited August 28, 2023 by Srikcir
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[Purdey]

An insurgency implies an armed force with finding from abroad. If the offenders are Thai it would be an insurrection.

In the past the Chinese supplied weapons to local Thais.

So which is it, insurrection or insurgency? 

[Purdey]

1 hour ago, Purdey said:

finding

funding

[Stocky]

This is hardly news, they've extended the state of emergency every quarter since 2005. If they rescinded the state of emergency in the south then that would indeed be newsworthy.

 

2 hours ago, Purdey said:

An insurgency implies an armed force with finding from abroad

No it doesn't, an insurgency is just an armed rebellion by a smaller force against a much larger one, usually conducted as guerrilla warfare, doesn't imply funding from abroad.