91 rebel defectors surrender

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Separatists ask for jobs, legal help and new lives

Published: 12 Sep 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Ninety-one men facing separatist-related charges surrendered to authorities yesterday and asked for legal assistance and help in starting new lives.

Waeali Copter Waji, alias Jeh Ali, is suspected of being the key man behind a Jan 4, 2004 arms robbery at the 4th Development Battalion in Cho Ai-rong district in Narathiwat that renewed the deep South insurgency. He surrendered and met the Fourth Army commander in Narathiwat yesterday. WAEDAO HARAI

The men turned themselves in to security authorities and met Fourth Army commander Udomchai Thamsarorach at the Islamic Committee Office in Narathiwat.

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fundeena
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Discussion 3 : 12 Sep 2012 at 06.303
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They defect or they surrender? Funny above all they want safety for themselves and their families after years of making bombs that killed and maimed people.
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If you treat these people with respect, and don't judge them to harshly, quite possibly more will follow. These people want peace, what does the government want?
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Discussion 1 : 12 Sep 2012 at 05.061
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"The letter said they believed the group's goals were too ambitious and its strategies were not achieving results."

This uis a good start and now must be followed up so that the Southern violence will (finally) go the way of the previous communist insurgency.
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