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Terrorists get paid for successful attacks in southern Thailand
Separatist terrorists militants who make car bombs and launch successful attacks in southern Thailand receive a one-million-baht bonus for their work, according to a local intelligence agency. An unnamed source at the agency said on Sunday the terrorists militants would go to the Thai-Malaysian border to receive their payment. But he would not name the location or who was paying the reward.
The source said there was only one terrorist insurgent group active in the three southern border provinces, the separatist Barasi Revolusi Nasional (BRN). That group was led by Masae U-seng, a long-time key suspect in the region's violence, and Sapae-ing Basor, the former principal of Thamawittaya Foundation School in Yala.
Security authorities early this week said Mr Masae was the mastermind behind last Saturday's bombing at Hat Yai that left three dead and hundreds of others wounded. Intelligence reports indicate Mr Masae had sent terrorists insurgents from Narathiwat and Yala to pose as businessmen to gather information in Hat Yai to prepare for another attack.
The Police Operations Center for the Southern Border Provinces has issued a warning to look for five stolen pickup trucks that could be used in more car bomb attacks.
The source said the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) had a role in raising cash for the southern terrorist separatist movement. The group has offices in Sweden and Germany and acts as a middleman in negotiations, he added.
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Posted by: ryuge 2012-04-09 |
