Chalerm: Media helping to stir up southern unrest

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Chalerm: Media helping to stir up southern unrest

Published: 9 Aug 2012 at 16.07
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The media is partly to blame for the problems in the far South because they give the violence too much news coverage, and there are also evil politicians behind the insurgency, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said during the House meeting on Thursday.

Democrat MP for Narathiwat Surachet Wae-asae told the House that southern unrest had intensified since the first Thaksin Shinawatra administration. The government had not tackled the problem properly and there were human rights abuses in the region.

"Government officials don't give importance to the southern issue and they refuse to visit the area to assess the situation and raise the morale of the officers working there.

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samut
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Discussion 22 : 09 Aug 2012 at 20.1722
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"We have the names of suspected insurgents from the army and we know who they are, but it's confidential”. You have the names why do you wait to arrest them and arrest also the evil politicians, as they have the casinos shouldn’t be that difficult.
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Discussion 21 : 09 Aug 2012 at 19.5121
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The floods and rice scheme corruption are the media's fault too.
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Discussion 20 : 09 Aug 2012 at 19.4320
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Mr.C thinks like this. Dont report any news about the south only report what comes out of my mouth. If they did that then the media would need 700 reporters for the full time job.
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Discussion 19 : 09 Aug 2012 at 19.4119
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Blame the media - again. Point the finger away from the real problem - terrorism.
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Discussion 18 : 09 Aug 2012 at 19.3718
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This is what I can say of this man ..... real national disgrace.
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Discussion 17 : 09 Aug 2012 at 19.1017
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So what if publicity embarrasses the government and army? Should the failures of this and previous administrations be hidden so that the problem can continue?

To my mind, the more that people with power are made to feel bad the better the chances that they will make the necessary changes to bring about a solution.

Unfortunately, the confrontational nature of the current political environment (combined with the military's fear of loosing face) makes it hard for new polices to be developed and accepted.
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Discussion 16 : 09 Aug 2012 at 18.4116
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According to Chalerm, no coverage means no violence. Guess PTP can't solve the problem in the south too, so blame it on the media for the violence!
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Discussion 15 : 09 Aug 2012 at 18.4015
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i don't think hundreds of people dying a year can ever be under reported
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Discussion 14 : 09 Aug 2012 at 18.3514
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As an 'evil politician' himself, he knows what he is talking about !.
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Discussion 13 : 09 Aug 2012 at 18.2113
There's a more evil politician in charge of the problem!
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