Eleven years ago on April 28, a series of violent incidents gripped the Deep South with the main focus at Krue Se mosque in Pattani where government forces battled suspected militants around the mosque before finally storming the mosque with heavy weapons in order to force out a group of suspects taking refuge in the mosque.

"There were only three of us left. We were talking about moving out to live in Lamphu (in Muang district of Narathiwat). But we could not make it,"

Tension has eased considerably in Ban Toh Sood, Village 6, Tambon Peetane, Thung Yang Daeng district of Pattani after an investigating panel has proven that the four suspected militants killed in the village were innocent people and seven rangers are to face charges of overacting.

Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC is gone from the restive deep South. But here comes Marrybrown fried chicken from Malaysia catering to the appetite of the Muslim consumers.

Since the project’s inception 12 years ago, the one-stop service centre at the Halal food industrial estate in Pattani is yet to start functioning although the building of the centre was completed several years ago.