Next year will mark a decade of southern Thai insurgency in Patani. With the ongoing political crisis and the brewing possibility of a civil war, would the local Patanese seize a chance to have a merger with Malaysia, or is it self-governing independence they seek?

Patani refering to the region that encompasses 3 provinces (or more, now that insurgency has spread to neighbouring areas as well)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patani_%28region%29