2 killed in South despite ceasefire
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THE DEADLY insurgency continued in the deep South yesterday with a couple gunned down in broad daylight in Narathiwat's Rangae district and a defence volunteer seriously wounded in Pattani's Sai Buri district.
The attacks took place despite the promise of a separatist group, the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), to abstain from violence during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Lt-General Paradorn Pattanatha-butr, chief of the Thai team in the peace dialogue with the BRN, said he would report them to the Malaysian side, which acts as the facilitator of the rapprochement talks with BRN.
Paradorn also referred to a complaint filed by the BRN to Malaysian facilitator Ahmad Zamzamin bin Hashim. The BRN accused the Thai side of breaching the Ramadan ceasefire agreement. “I already sent a letter to Ahmad explaining and denying the allegations,” Paradorn added.
