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Chalerm: Media helping to stir up southern unrest

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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  • prh

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    Discussion 2 : 09 Aug 2012 at 16.592

    'He said there were also some "evil" politicians who sold contraband fuel and opened casinos along the Thai-Malaysian border. Some of them were involved in the drug trade and the army was aware of it, and reported it to the government.'

    There are many of those in the rest of Thailand as well and what do YOU do about it? NOTHING

  • bkk1

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    Discussion 1 : 09 Aug 2012 at 16.551

    The Very Clear point here is in the few years there was NO Thaksin Government there was much less problem in the deep South then there is now days and only getting worse in the last few months since Sister Thaksin Government got back into power as this is a really problem for the south of Thailand

    This is a FAXED & may be 10% is from Media

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