Thai said to be among suspected ISIS militants arrested in malaysia

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Worshipers at a mosque in Pattani province crowd around the body of a Muslim ranger shot to death on Thursday, one of the latest fatalities in over a dozen years of separatist violence in the region.

 

BANGKOK — Six people arrested by Malaysian authorities near the Thai-Malaysian border on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State terror group included a Thai national, the Thai army chief announced Tuesday.

 

Citing information forwarded by Malaysia, army chief Chalermchai Sittisat said the Thai national, who was not named, had a record of involvement with a separatist group in the southern border region, though other officials declined to confirm the story.

 

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They're hardly 'crowded round' the dead man and they don't look particularly concerned, the worshipers; some of them are not wearing their hats I notice, they'll get a ticking off for that I expect.

Get that wall built Prayuth!

This ain't going to stop, so build a wall to physically stop terrorists.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

had a record of involvement with a separatist group in the southern border region

So no evidence that he was an ISIS militant or even directly engaged in Southern Muslim insurgent violence. "Involvement" is very vague as to the extent of his apparent association with the Southern Muslim insurgency and the lack of detail on his specific activities suggests a degree of innuendo rather than direct knowledge.

11 hours ago, tukkytuktuk said:

Get that wall built Prayuth!

This ain't going to stop, so build a wall to physically stop terrorists.

Hmmm... I think most of the insurgents are Thai nationals (though ethnic Malays) so your wall will just keep them in...