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Queen fears for future of deep South amid turmoil

VIOLENCE FORCING RESIDENTS TO FLEE

Her Majesty the Queen is deeply concerned over an escalation of violence in the deep South which has forced Buddhist monks and civilians to flee, said Her Majesty's close aide.

Gen Naphon Buntup, deputy chief aide-de-camp general who serves on a team of personal staff working for the Queen, said dozens of temples and homes in the three southernmost provinces have been abandoned.

Several of the 260 Buddhist temples across the region have few monks left, he said.

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    Discussion 1 : 05 Aug 2012 at 10.151

    "'Every month I still travel down south to see how things develop,' he said during a special lecture given at a meeting of the Internal Security Operations Command in Bangkok." - Might be nice if the government sent someone down there now and then to see things too.

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