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.

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.

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".

Mr Sahachai Jiensermsin alias Sia Jo is an influential businessman in the three southernmost border provinces.