PM calls for CCTV surveillance system integration in Deep South
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday called a meeting on the southern unrest and pressed for the integration of the CCTV surveillance system for better and more efficient coverage, a security official said.
Following the one-hour meeting, Paradorn Pattanatabut, secretary-general of the National Security Council, said the CCTV system integration would dovetail with Deputy PM Chalerm Yoobumrung’s suggestion to repair roads and bridges to prevent bombings.
Security agencies would work with local authorities, so the integrated CCTV system now being installed by police should be completed soon. The system would not only cover the deep South but would also link to Bangkok.
What the premiere told the Thai representatives to discuss with separatist groups at their meeting on April 29 was within his freedom as the team leader, he said without going into specifics. However, the reduction of the violent attacks in the region would be on the agenda. He didn’t know yet if there would be more separatist groups joining this next round.
in Pattani’s Yaring district, a bomb planted by suspected insurgents to attack police went off. An innocent passer-by lost both legs and three pickup trucks were damaged.
Following the report of the explosion at a garbage pile 50 meters away from a police checkpoint on Taloh Kapo Beach Road, police found an 80 centimetre-wide and 15cm-deep hole with shrapnel all over the place.
The wounded man was identified as Mayasim Salae, 42, who was rushed to Yaring Hospital and transferred to Pattani Hospital due to the severity of his injuries.
Police found that Mayasim, a village defence volunteer with the job of keeping the beach clean and orderly, had noticed a suspicious object with wires in the garbage pile so he went closer to look and reportedly poked at it, accidently detonating it.
Earlier Yusoh Matiyoh, 55, also a Tambon Taloh Kapor villager, was shot dead after he reportedly had escaped three murder attempts. Yusoh was fired at twice by two men on a motorbike while tending his vegetable patch in Ban Beuna.
Police found that someone had tried to shoot him three times before and Yusoh was once wanted by a national security warrant until he surrendered to Thai authorities to profess his innocence.
A source also reported that Pattani’s Sai Buri, Kapor, Thung Yang Daeng and Ma Yor districts saw some 10 road signs spray painted in red with the words, “The dialogue is a lie, Patani will certainly gain independence” or “Patani Independence”.
