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| Thai school seized for ties to insurgency |
| 2016-07-26 |
| [The Nation] Islam Burapa Islamic School in Narathiwat province is to be seized after a Thai court judged the school had been used to support the insurgency in the far South. The Anti-Money Laundering Office claimed that the school used its land to encourage and train young people to act against the authorities. On Saturday Maj General Chinwat Mandej, 4th Army Area deputy commander, said, "I know it is a very sensitive issue and affects the people's feelings about confiscating the school; but we have to because the school was used to support terrorism." Chinwat added that the school would still be allowed to operate until the lawsuit was finalized to avoid an impact on the students and their families. The school was targeted to be a training camp for insurgents who sought independence for five southern provinces. Police arrested seven people and seized firearms and explosive devices inside the school in 2007. |
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