Two Thai men detained in Malaysia on arms cache charge
Two Thais were arrested and detained Malaysia's Kedah state for allegedly possessing a big arms cache.
The two were identified as Mohamad bin Mat Daud and Jamanan bin Ahmad. They were nabbed at a Kedah restaurant.
National Security Council’s chief Paradorn Pattanatabutr said the Malaysian authorities were coordinating with the Thai Special Branch Division to investigate the case.
“We will leave the case to the Malaysian authorities to take action according to its laws,” he said.
The suspects were involved in certain violent incidents in deep southern provinces but that the Thai authorities would not interfere in Malaysia’s investigation in the case.
A preliminary investigation found that the two Muslim Thai nationals were members of a small militant group and authorities initially suspected that they were involved in arms trading and violence in southern Thailand, said Paradorn.
Regarding the five-point demand to Thailand by militant group Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), the NSC chief said the Thai security delegation received the more than 30-page demands via Malaysian facilitator and would discuss the issue in the meeting of the Centre to Mobilise Policy and Strategy to Solve Problems in the Southern Border Provinces on Friday.
Thailand insists that their demands must be in line with the Thai constitution, he said, adding that the next round of peace talks with BRN representatives is tentatively scheduled for next month.
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