The killing of two Muslim youths in Tambon Puloh Puyo, Nong Chik district of Pattani by security forces on the night of Monday April 18 in the aftermath of an attack on a paramilitary outpost by suspected insurgents has the potential of developing into the so-called "a drop of honey" case if not properly handled.

With very little publicity, the opposition Puea Thai party’s legal team has completed the draft of a bill seeks to establish a special semi-autonomous administrative body for three southernmost provinces to be officially named Nakhon Pattani.

It is an open fact that a substantial portion of the budget earmarked every year since 2005 to fund the so-called 4,500-baht employment project in the deep South has been spent on hiring security guards to protect government offices and villages against potential attacks by insurgents.

“I have said all along that there are no bad soldiers, only bad commanders. For the last five months, there have been three car bomb attacks in Narathiwat and Yala and, thus, the provincial police chief must be held accountable. We used to be able to control the situation from 2005 to 2008. But why can’t we do it now? All the various unit commanders must stay put in their region, must take the of ...

Jabangtigor which, in Malayu language, means tri-section. It is not just an open-air flea market wellknown for its inexpensive and secondhand products. It is also an old town of Pattani province where an old palace of the former sultan of Pattani, a masjid or mosque and a royal graveyard are located. The graveyard itself dated back to hundreds of years.