The note, written in Malay, was found on one of two suspected insurgents killed in Raman district on Friday and was sent for forensic and fingerprint tests. Betong police yesterday set up checkpoints to screen vehicles coming to the city as a precaution against |attacks at economic centres, community areas or state offices.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan yesterday said the Fourth Army Region condemned the drive-by gun attack in Pattani that killed a heavily pregnant woman and wounded her friend on Saturday night.
He said he had ordered Fourth Army Region Commander Lt-General Piyawat Nakwanich and Southern Border Provinces Police Operation Centre chief Pol Maj-General Ronnasilp Phusara to integrate their work to prevent attacks in the region.
Meanwhile, Network of Buddhists for Peace president Rakchat Suwan said a statement on Sunday under the network’s name condemning the killing of the pregnant woman and calling on authorities to bring the culprits to justice was not from the network.
The statement reportedly criticised state officers for delays in responding to the incident, prompting Rakchat to say the network’s guidelines prohibited attacks on or harsh criticism of state officials while treading carefully because insurgents sought to cause disunity between Buddhists and Muslims.