PM calls for more safety zones in South
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has urged that operations to curb the unrest in the South be adjusted, including the addition of more "safety zones" to increase security in community and commercial areas.
Deputy PM Yutthasak Sasiprapha said Tuesday the added measures would be funded by the three southernmost provinces’ budgets.
The move follows a car bombing in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district last Friday – the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan – which injured eight people.
Yutthasak said a workshop would be held in early August to discuss the additional zones. He said Yingluck wanted authorities to fund the adjusted operations using the remaining funds in the three southernmost provinces’ budgets for this fiscal year.
Officials continued to investigate reports that insurgents were holding meetings to plan attacks during Ramadan. Officials were also looking for stolen vehicles, Yutthasak said, and would install a recently approved batch of 300 closedcircuit TV cameras soon.
