Pm Orders More Closed-circuit Surveillance Cameras

[churchill]

NAKHON PATHOM, Sept 5 (TNA) – The recent upsurge of violence in Thailand’s troubled South has prompted Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to order officials posted in the region to work harder and that more closed-circuit surveillance cameras be installed.

Mr Abhisit told journalists Saturday that he had received intelligence reports that insurgents operating in the deep South planned to create more unrest in the deep South this month.

His concerns were made after a border patrol policeman was killed early Friday while another 15 residents and border police were wounded in a car bombing in the restive southern province of Yala.

The incident came one day after Thursday’s bombings in the nearby province of Pattani in which a man was killed and 29 others wounded.

Touching on a plan by anti-government protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) to hold a major rally on September 19 in Bangkok, Mr Abhisit said concerned security officials would monitor the situation on a regular basis.

The prime minister said that Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, who oversees security affairs, would be responsible in dealing with the situation if he is out of the country.

Mr Abhisit was scheduled to attend the 64th United Nations General Assembly in New York which would be opened on September 15.

The UDD leaders have postponed their planned rally from Saturday to September 19 which marks the third anniversary of the bloodless coup which toppled then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. (TNA)

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-- TNA 05/09/09

[churchill]

Southern Thailand’s Turmoil Grows

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/world/as...iland.html?_r=2

[Scott]

I think it's going to take more than closed-circuit cameras to solve this crisis.

[Scott]

I think it's going to take more than closed-circuit cameras to solve this crisis.

[Travel2003]

I think it's going to take more than closed-circuit cameras to solve this crisis.

Agree.

At least they need to come up on London level regarding the amount of cameras.

But first they should beef up security along the border to Malaysia, since most of them seem to have a safe haven there among their brothers in arms.

[DocHolliday]

CCTV alone will not solve this problem! They need to talk to each other and not shoot at each other.

Cameras wont stop violence