Envoy: Thai workers in Malaysia funding insurgents
- Published: 10/09/2010 at 09:57 AM
- Online news: Local News
A Thai diplomat in a northern Malaysian state has said his countrymen working in Malaysia are funding insurgents in Thailand's restive southern provinces, according to a report Friday.
A damaged car showroom is seen after a bomb exploded that was set allegedly by Muslim militants in Yala province, in May. A Thai diplomat in a northern Malaysian state has said his countrymen working in Malaysia are funding insurgents in Thailand's restive southern provinces, according to a report.
Thai consul general Surapon Petch-Vra, who is based in Kelantan state, told the New Straits Times newspaper Thai workers have been sending back money to groups involved in the violence in the country's south which flared up six years ago.
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