‘Safety zone’ in South only a pipe dream without BRN agreement

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‘Safety zone’ in South only a pipe dream without BRN agreement
By DON PATHAN
SPECIAL TO THE NATION
YALA

 

 

YALA: -- IT WAS billed as a significant step – some even called it a breakthrough – but the announcement on Tuesday that the Thai government and Malay Muslim separatists from the far South has agreed on a “safety zone” is still a pipe dream because the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), the group that controls virtually all of the combatants on the ground, is not onboard.

 

If the recent past is any lesson, the BRN stands ready to discredit any so-called progress made by the two sides – Thai government negotiators and MARA Patani, an umbrella organisation made up of long-standing separatist movements besides the BRN.

 

For example, just a year ago, when a Thai official leaked to the local press that the two sides had agreed to designate Narathiwat’s Joh I Rong district as a “safety zone”, BRN combatants dispatched about 40 combatants to take over the district hospital and launched an assault on the Paramilitary Ranger camp next door. CCTV cameras captured the group’s movements, which was exactly what it wanted – to send a stern warning to the government and MARA Patani of its capabilities.

 

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[Stargeezr]

The BRN group needs to be classed as enemy of Thailand and totally destroyed.

End of BRN problem. Quit supporting these and other groups that are either rebels,

or traitors to Thailand, banish them from the country.

Geezer

Edited March 2, 2017 by Stargrazer9889
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