(23/04/2013)
The Government has emphasized the principle of ensuring justice, as part
of the peace-building process in the southern border provinces.Deputy Prime Minister Police Captain Chalerm Ubumrung on 22 April 2013 chaired a meeting to listen to public opinions and suggestions on peace-building in the deep South. The meeting was organized by the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center.
At the meeting, Police Captain Chalerm instructed officials responsible for the resolving of southern problems to review various cases in order to eradicate unfair treatment and discrimination. He asked the Commander of the Southern Border Police Operations Center, Police Lieutenant General Paitoon Chuchaiya, to reconsider arrest warrants issued in accordance with the Executive Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations. The executive decree was announced in 2005 as an instrument that would enable state officials to deal with the southern situation more effectively.
He said that the arrest warrants would be revoked, if evidence was insufficient to charge the persons suspected of creating unrest in the South.
Police Captain Chalerm stressed that the authorities must ensure justice for local residents, saying that arrest warrants should be issued only when there was clear evidence.
Concerning the possibility of replacing the emergency decree with the Internal Security Act in more areas where the situation has improved, he said, the respective areas should send reports to the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center. The report will be further submitted to the Cabinet for consideration.
A group of Muslim Thais proposed that the Government appoint a Director-General of the Islamic Religious Affairs Department to supervise Islamic affairs in Thailand and adopt religious principles as guidelines for easing conflicts. It stated that each faith needs to provide proper religious teachings and principles to the people.
Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm urged all relevant agencies to propose projects, such as those concerning education, security, and social development, in order to seek budget allocations for the development of the five southern border provinces, name Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, Satun, and Songkhla.
He said that the Government has good intentions toward all groups of Thais, regardless of their faiths. It focuses on peaceful means in dealing with the southern situation and on enhancing better understanding between local people and between officials and local residents. The roles of religion and culture will also be emphasized in the peace-building process in the southern border provinces.
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