Cho Airong police superintendent removed after hospital seizure by insurgents

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Cho Airong police superintendent removed after the hospital seizure by insurgents on Sunday



NARATHIWAT: -- The police superintendent in Cho Airong district in Narathiwat has been ordered transferred to the southern border provincial police operations centre “to assist work” for 30 days for intelligence failure to predict the seizure of the district hospital by insurgents on Sunday March 13.

The abrupt transfer was ordered by the national police chief, Pol Gen Chakthip Chaichinda on Wednesday and took immediate effect.

About 50 southern insurgents briefly seized the hospital and used patients and medical staff as a shield to attack a paramilitary ranger outpost near the hospital. At least seven rangers were wounded by the insurgents before they broke contact and escaped toward a mountain range behind the hospital.

The daring attack was said to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of the Barisan Revolusi Nasionale separatist movement.

The police chief said that some of the insurgents had been identified from the video footages from CCTV system installed at and around the hospital.

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said he believed the attack would not impact on the ongoing peace process between the government and Mara Patani, an umbrella organization of six separatist groups, which is facilitated by Malaysia.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/155387


-- Thai PBS 2016-03-17

[rickirs]

The police superintendent transferred for intelligence failure?

This begs several issues.

- the military apparently didn't realize that its placement of a paramilitary outpost next to a hospital might endanger the hospital

- no military security was provided as a precaution given proximity of hospital to the outpost

- police intellegence operations might not be as comprehensive as military intelligence

- lack of exchange of insurgent information between police and military

- inability of paramilitary to deal with hostage situations

Cho's transfer looks like he's been made the fallguy to deflect blame where it should lay.

no impact on the ongoing peace process between the government and Mara Patani

A fantasy - BRN is the largest and best funded of the six separatist groups.

[PETERTHEEATER]

A failure to predict........ I predicted the winning number of yesterday's lottery but was wrong. My wife is transferring me to an inactive post......

[trainman34014]

You can't predict much when you are probably not in your office most of the time because you are running another business on the side or out playing golf most days with other 'top cops' !