Cloth banners bearing a message written in the Yawi dialect and Bahasa Malaysia condemning "Siamese colonialists" were found displayed at 26 spots in nine districts of Yala provinces on Tuesday morning.
Cloth banners bearing a message condemning "Siamese colonialists" are found in the southern border province of Yala on Tuesday. (Photo by Ayub Pathan)
The white cloth banners, each about 3 metres x 5 metres, were hung on roadside tree branches, electricity wires, power posts and signs welcoming the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Muang, Bacho, Rueso, Raman, Yaha, Thanto, Tak Bai, Betong and Waeng districts.
A message in Yawi arabic script and standard Bahasa Malaysia rumi script was written on the banners. It can be translated as: "Cruel + Destructive + Deceiving + Smearing = Siamese colonialist."
Pol Maj Gen Peera Boonliang, the Yala police chief, ordered local police to remove all of the banners.