The Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist group has posted its third video clip on the YouTube social media, this time, blaming the Thai state for being the real cause of the unrest situation in the far South, resulting to the emergence of such resistance movements as the BRN.
"Anwar would like to apologize for not being able to attend the function. He and some 45 colleagues facing security-related charges who are being housed in the Pattani guest house (prison) are in high spirit and feel overwhelmed that there are people who are concerned with those who lost their freedom but whose thoughts are not confined. The word 'thank you' is bigger than the Budo mountain which ...
Economic targets appear to be the southern separatists’ choice of bombing attacks in the restive far South, according to security sources.
The government is taking steps to convince the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist group of its commitment to the peace dialogue process and to encourage the rebel group to respond in kind ahead of the third round of peace talk scheduled in Kuala Lumpur on June 13.
The ongoing open peace talks between the Thai government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist group is the first formal one but informal peace talks have taken place throughout the past 20 years albeit in secrecy.
Calls from quite a few people, myself included, for the government to rethink the peace dialogue process with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist group have been met with a blanket accusation that these critics or doubters are attempting to undermine the process.
Scarcely any people reject the peace talks between the government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist group. But the way the government has been dealing with the separatist group may not be proper and this may cause negative consequences for the following reasons.
The Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist group has confirmed the five demands they earlier put forward to the government via the YouTube social media and claimed that the demands are the wishes of the local people in the far South.
The Barisan Revolusi Nasional has demanded that the government release all suspects held on security-related charges and revoke all the arrest warrants issued against suspected insurgents and their supporters.
Security forces in the far South have learned a costly lesson that they must not take back to their bases an improvised explosive device which has been defused and thought to be safe.