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Tanasak demands global help

Supreme Commander Tanasak Patimapragorn on Friday lashed out at the international community for not doing enough to reach out to Rohingya migrants.

He said while international organisations stressed the need to help the Rohingya, they did not provide enough direct assistance and Thailand was forced to shoulder the burden of looking after them.

Several hundred Rohingya have been detained in Songkhla, Narathiwat, Trang, Pattani and Phangnga provinces attempting to pass through into Malaysia.

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    Discussion 1 : 19 Jan 2013 at 09.441

    "If we are being too strict we will look bad in the eyes of the international community. But at the same time we have to protect our national interest," Mr Chalerm said.

    And what is exactly your National interest????

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