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DPM favours replacing teachers with police-military in deep South
BANGKOK, July 27 (TNA) - Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Pol. Gen. Chidchai Vanasatidya said on Thursday that the government had thought of assigning soldiers and border patrol police deployed to keep the peace in the country's violence-plagued deep South into teachers as schools have always been targeted by militants.
Pol. Gen. Chidchai told journalists that government forces in Narathiwat were still searching for the militants who shot a schoolteacher to death in front of his class earlier this week. Prasarn Makchoo, 46, a primary school teacher, was shot dead on Monday by militants wearing student uniforms. The attack prompted some 20 other local schools to close indefinitely. The deputy premier did not confirm that a Bt500,000 (over US$13,000) reward had been put on the heads of the suspects, but appealed for public sympathy for government forces working in the areas. By Rajesh Kumar, Section News Posted on Thu Jul 27, 2006 at 09:33:49 AM EST
The latest attack on schoolteachers has shocked many and drawn deep concern from the Thai Royal family, he said.
He said the authorities have considered providing individual teachers with an armed escort if it would guarantee their safety. Pol. Gen. Chidchai said the government had considered replacing civilian teachers with armed forces. ''But it has never materialized because we have to think about many things, namely who will order that,'' he said. Thailand has fought insurgent violence in the three southernmost border provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat which had led to the deaths of more than 1,300 persons since re-erupting in early 2004. Pol. Gen. Chidchai criticized the Thai media for repeatedly raising such issues as the lack of unity among government forces and the authorities' failure to recognize an importance of building good relations with local people. ''You have repeatedly asked me the same questions. You must understand that these problems have been there for a long time and we need time to solve it,'' he said. (TNA)-E110
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