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State of emergency to continue
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published : 15 Dec 2020 at 06:32
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The state of emergency in the deep South will be extended for another three months from Dec 20 for security reasons.
Maj Gen Patchasak Patirupanont, a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, said on Monday that a meeting of the Emergency Situation Administration Committee (Esac) chaired by Gen Prawit agreed with a proposal of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) Region 4 to extend the decree in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.
This was necessary on the grounds that the insurgents still had the potential to carry out violent operations in the region and amid signs they may resort to violence in various ways, Maj Gen Patchasak said.