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Bombing injures policeman in southern Thailand
Security tightened in wake of death plot discovery
A teacher protection unit in the restive southern province of Narathiwat was ambushed in a bombing on Friday, which left one police officer seriously wounded, while the Army chief pledged security measures would be provided to vulnerable peoples targeted by terrorists insurgents. The two victims, police officers in a protection unit patrolling the Sako-Sungai Padi Road in Sungai Padi district, were en route to escort teachers in the area, when a bomb was detonated by mobile phone. Pol.Cpl. Mudhuseng Suksawai, 26, was seriously injured and was sent to Sungai Kolok Hospital.
Meanwhile, the Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Anupong Paochinda commented on reports of a terrorist insurgent plot to kill two judges of the 2004 Tak Bai case. Gen. Anupong said he had discussed the security measures with concerned authorities, but the details cannot be disclosed. Songkhla provincial judges Yingyos Tanorachorn and Chutharat Sansevi who were part of a special inquest on the Tak Bai tragedy have requested to transfer their posts from Songkhla province after a Ministry of Interior intelligence report indicated there was an assassination plot against the two judges. According to the report, if the action against the two Tak Bai judges fails, the terrorists insurgents will attack judges and public prosecutors in the three southernmost provinces instead. On October 25, 2004, 85 Muslim protesters were suffocated to death during Army transport from Tak Bai to an intended Army detention centre.
Gen. Anupong said that security measures will be tightened for weak and vulnerable people who are targets of the terrorists insurgents, including teachers, children, monks and state employees. The Army chief also affirmed that political and military tactics should be used in parallel to solve the southern jihad insurgency. For the military, legal and security measures will be strictly implemented and state security forces must prevent violence against local residents. "In terms of politics, quality of life must be improved in the restive South such as economy and education, Gen. Anupong said. Armed force will not be used to suppress the insurgents.
The Judicial Commission also meets on Friday to consider measures to prevent a possible plot to kill judges as well as to consider the transfer of the two targeted judges.
Also:
The Yala-Bangkok passenger train was attacked by gunmen near tambon Na Pradu in Pattanis Kok Pho district about 1.40pm on Friday, but there were no injuries, Pol Lt-Col Nukul Thanirat, chief of Na Pradu police station, said. Officials of rail union at Hat Yai office coordinated with the officers of the Internal Security Operations Commands Region 4 (South) in requesting more security forces for several other passenger trains scheduled to run from deep South to Bangkok late this afternoon.
Posted by: ryuge 2009-06-26 |
