Thai Insurgency in South Intensified After Coup, Sondhi Says


``The degree of intensity has increased,'' Sondhi said at a news briefing in Hat Yai, in Songkhla province, about 950 kilometers (590 miles) south of Bangkok. ``Insurgent groups have turned their focus on killing randomly, ending the lives of innocent people.''

Media Briefing
Sondhi, who is also the leader of the military junta that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the Sept. 19 coup, traveled to the region today to meet with officials and brief international media. He answered questions from about six of more than 20 reporters during a 50-minute briefing.
``We have been successful in getting 99 percent of the local population on our side,'' Sondhi said of the three restive provinces, which are home to about 1.8 million people. ``Winning the hearts and minds of youth is difficult'' as some young Muslims have sworn an oath of allegiance to support the insurgency, he said. Rebels try to integrate themselves within local communities to ``brainwash people,'' he said.

``Military units are here to assist the local population and give them protection from the violence,'' Sondhi said.
Four of the 11 suspected insurgents arrested today had outstanding warrants, Sondhi said. Another three are women suspected of being rebel leaders, he said. They were allegedly carrying guns, fertilizer, clocks, electrical wiring and radio equipment, he said.
To contact the reporters on this story: Dominic G. Diongson in Bangkok at ddiongson@bloomberg.net ; Beth Jinks in Bangkok at bjinks1@bloomberg.net

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Blog master said.... Oh !! Goddd..... I don't understand what he said, how did he know that degree of intensity has increased or decreased , Its blab or cover information or propaganda.

He said he known that Wadah group(Its mean the group of the South Muslim politician ) and old power(Its mean Thaksin and ThairakThai Party) were backup the terrorist group, he's crazy, HaHaHa , before stage the coup , the coup maker claimed that Thaksin and his party couldn't control the unrest and stem from their policy. I'm not sure that who teach him to talk.
Thai soldiers always think that Thais 're fool forever , Its not enough yet , Now ! they think that the world 're fool too. They 're real genius and progressive forward they can fake this world.

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