53-year old Mrs Isara Chairitchoke became the seventh teacher killed by suspected militants in the restive Deep South so far this year.
The attack on a village’s outpost in Ban Bannang Sareng, Bannang Sata district of Yala during the early hours of November 11 in which no one was injured would have been brushed off as a non-event had it not been the fact that the only defender in the outpost was Abdul Hakim Daraseh.
At least four Thai Buddhists were killed and scores injured, one seriously, in four pre-mediated gun attacks on November 1-3 by suspected southern militants in what security sources suspected to be a renewed attempt to drive a wedge between Thai Buddhists and Malay Muslims in the restive Deep South.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thanasak Patimaprakorn met recently with Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla in Jakarta during his visit to Indonesia to participate in the swear-in ceremony of newly-elected President Joko Widodo.
One year on, tears will stream down the eyes of Mrs Nanthawan Warongkapaisit every time the courageous feats of Pol Lt-Gen Shane Warongkapaisit, alias Muad Shane, are mentioned or referred to.
Deputy Prime Minister for Security Affairs General Prawit Wongsuwan will be the supreme authority in charge of resolving unrest problem and overseeing development affairs in the Deep South in the latest realignment of structural administration for the region.
After the torching of six schools in Thung Yang Daeng and Mayaw districts of Pattani during the early hours of Sunday October 12, the military security has come up with the following term "Thung Yang Daeng Model".
The torching of six schools in Thung Ya ng Daeng and Mayor districts of Pattani on the night of Saturday October 11 has provided a grim reminder of similar incident over two decades ago during the administration of Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai when separatists launched arson attacks against 36 schools in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla provinces on August 1, 1993.
Mr Sahachai Jiensermsin alias Sia Jo is an influential businessman in the three southernmost border provinces.