Abdullah: Engagement key to South solution
- Published: 13 Sep 2012 at 12.27
- Online news: Security
Engagement not containment is key in addressing Thailand's southern problems along with continuous provision of quality education and employment to the locals to subside the sense of deprivation, recommended Malaysia's former prime minister Abdullah Badawi.
Mr Abdullah, 73, was talking to the Bangkok Post on the sideline of the first joint seminar of the Thailand-Malaysia Think Tank and Scholar Network, held in Bangkok.
Emphasising that southern violence was a domestic problem for Thailand itself to handle, the former Malaysian prime minister said a "sense of deprivation" was the root cause of the problems.
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