Authorities not involved in insurgent's killing: police
Nakarin Chinworakomon
The Nation

People pray for peace at the Thai Islamic Centre in Bangkok yesterday.

BANGKOK: -- Police have denied authorities were involved in the fatal shooting of a key insurgent who was wanted for six security-related crimes in the deep South.

Mukta Ali-mama, 31, was killed on Thursday night after unknown attackers opened fire on him and his six-year-old son, Lukman Apibarnbae, at Ube village in Bannang Sata district, Yala.

The boy died while being treated at Bannang Sata Hospital.

After the shooting, police rushed to the scene but were forced to retreat in the face of a storm of bullets.

"An ongoing investigation suggests that internal conflicts within his [Mukta's] group might have led to the fatal attack," Yala police chief Colonel Sukon Sri-arun said.

He convened a meeting yesterday morning to plan how to investigate the case.

According to Sukon, intelligence reports revealed that Mukta was also involved in drug-trafficking and illegal-logging gangs.

Sukon did not detail what conflicts within Mukta's group may have provoked the murders.

Mukta, 31, was blamed for several crimes in the violence-plagued deep South.

In 2007, he allegedly played a role in the attack on a military base at a school that killed a ranger and resulted in the theft of six assault rifles.

Mukta was also accused of killing Pol Captain Thoranit Srisuk, a famous bomb-disposal expert.

He was also facing numerous charges relating to multiple attempts to murder officials. Unrest has been raging in the country's southernmost region for about a decade.

Also on Thursday night, a local leader was dragged out of a mosque in Pattani's Nong Chik district and shot dead in front of it. The victim was Adisak Lateh, 53. He was the chairman of the Tambon Korlortanyong Administrative Organisation.

Witnesses said that while Adisak was praying inside the mosque with several people, two men stormed in and arm-locked his neck.

"After they dragged him out, one of them used the victim's gun to shoot him in the head," a police source said.

Adisak had survived two shooting attacks previously.

Police are trying to determine the motive behind his killing. Unrest is among the possible motives alongside a personal conflict and a political conflict.

-- The Nation 2014-04-19

Thais state that authorities are "not" involved. As usual this is a Thai definitive pronouncement They are not. No need to worry. No cause for this or that. Thais say it isn't so, so it must not be so. They are definitive immediately.

Stands to reason, Thai authorities never seem to be involved in anything other than corruption.

Who cares who killed this insurgent, the authorities don't have to justify there stand on insurgents, they have to find the persons who killed the young boy, don't worry about the old man , children of six deserve better, including their parents, the innocent should not go unnoticed, one hopes that the low life who killed the young man are caught and dealt with accordingly. RIP young fella another star in heaven.

However I regret that an innocent child had to die, which probably was unavoidable in this situation, he who killed Mukta should get a medal of honor.

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Who cares who killed this insurgent, the authorities don't have to justify there stand on insurgents, they have to find the persons who killed the young boy, don't worry about the old man , children of six deserve better, including their parents, the innocent should not go unnoticed, one hopes that the low life who killed the young man are caught and dealt with accordingly. RIP young fella another star in heaven.

Of course they shouldn't be needing to make statements defending that they had nothing to do with the dead criminal and terrorist. But Thais always feel the need to immediately defend their innocents because Thais themselves don't trust themselves so their behavior is merely an out picturing of their own guilt and lack of trust that they have in themselves.

The world is definitely a better place without these people. They will be experiencing their Karma now in the next world.

However I regret that an innocent child had to die, which probably was unavoidable in this situation, he who killed Mukta should get a medal of honor.

Approval from honest citizen, probably yes. A medal certainly not

Mukta's was responsible for his son's safety

His activities put his son's life in danger

It was he who failed as a father.

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Who cares who killed this insurgent, the authorities don't have to justify there stand on insurgents, they have to find the persons who killed the young boy, don't worry about the old man , children of six deserve better, including their parents, the innocent should not go unnoticed, one hopes that the low life who killed the young man are caught and dealt with accordingly. RIP young fella another star in heaven.

It depends on the circumstances.

If the terrorist leader was killed during a raid to catch him that ran into trouble, well no problem, thats the way it goes. If it was an internal fight among terrorists, then again, no problem. However, if there are death squads operating in the south there is a problem.

The state may feel it has the right to assassinate those waging war on it and they may have a point there, I don't share the view, but I do understand it. It's part of war. If, however, they are just opening fire, not caring who they hit, their innocence or guilt meaning nothing, then there is a huge problem.

If this indiscriminate method of killing is how the sate intends to bring peace to the south, they are in for a much longer, more brutal, more violent conflict than the one that exists now, as hard as that may be to believe. The ultimate goal has to be to end this conflict and dirty tactics like this will only prolong it.

It is stupid, counter productive and as bad as the actions of the terrorists.

All the same who shot down this mad dog ali baba. Well done but a bit late.

_{Well I for one see no wrong with killing him how ever it was done or who ever did it. The shooting of the son was a sad event but not surprising when you are dealing with these type men.}

_{The only hope I see for the South is a permanent eradication of the Shinawatra's from any position of power in the country. Then and only then will we be able to reach out to the people of the south. The Army can not and will never solve the problem. It must be done at the personal level. Get the people to believe that the government cares for them and it is OK for them to practice their religion.}

_{Eventually they will stop supporting the scum.}

"After the shooting, police rushed to the scene but were forced to retreat in the face of a storm of bullets."

Brilliant Thai police.. Run away, run away!!!!