12 October 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
According to the order administration panel that ordered the extension, the emergency order imposed in the deep South may be extended by an additional three months but lifted in six regions and reinstated in one.
Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsutin, who presided over the board meeting yesterday, announced the improvement.
However, the purchase must be approved by the cabinet meeting on October 16 before it can go into effect.
After examining the security situation in the heavy South, the board decided to extend the order for an additional three months starting on October 20, when it expires.
Before deciding whether to prolong the order, Mr. Somsak claimed that Interior Ministry officials had conducted a survey to ascertain the opinions of locals and sought feedback from the National Security Council and the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center.
According to statistics, the insurgency-related murder in the southwestern border provinces of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, and portions of Songkhla has frequently decreased between 2007 and the present.
Although the number had decreased to 70 on average per year during the crisis, in some times, the violent incidents peaked at 100 on an annual average.
The number of incidents may rise this year, but according to the authorities, it won’t exceed 100 for the entire time.
According to Mr. Somsak, the decree would be lifted in three districts — Krong Pinang in Yala, Thung Yang Daeng in Pattani, and Yi-ngo in Narathiwat — and replaced by the National Security Act. Additionally, the screen has decided to restore the decree in Narathiwat’s Sri Sakhon district, where unrest has been resurging for the past five years.
Sutin Klungsang, the defense minister, was reportedly attempting to expand the emergency decree that was being enforced in the southernmost provinces in response to requests from some local communities.
The defense minister claims that while groups of Tibetan occupants called for the order to get upheld, some Arab residents have urged the government to scrap it.
The so-called Intellectual Network Council suggested the government revoke the order last Friday at a meeting, claiming that the restrictive actions had already been extended 73 times, which was sufficient.