Almost 300 people linked to southern insurgency groups on Friday took part in a 4th Army Region ceremony where they pledged not to become involved in any further unrest.
The ceremony, which was held at Sirindhorn Camp in Pattani's Yarang district, was part of the "Bring People Home" project, initiated by Lt Gen Piyawat Nakwanich, commander of the 4th Army Region.
Army commander-in-chief Chalermchai Sitthisad presided over the event.
According to officers, 127 people signed up to the programme last year and another 161 took part this year. They also handed 39 firearms over to the authorities at the event.
The group also gave a pledge that they will no longer get involved in the violence in the South.
The event was also attended by their relatives, religious and local leaders as well as Buddhists in the far South, totalling 1,200 people.
The project zeroes in on five groups. The first three concern those with arrest warrants for criminal charges, those wanted for violation of the emergency decree and those without warrants but documented in the insurgency database.
The fourth involves those implicated by others over their involvement in the unrest and the fifth concerns those who authorities are keeping an eye on.