Army chief unsatisfied with southern counter-insurgency operations
Thailand News Breaking News. Image: TN.
PATTANI, April 19 – Thailand’s Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha said he is not satisfied with the overall approach and security operations coping with the country’s ongoing southern insurgency, but even as he spoke five more deaths were registered in the insurgency.
In the latest development, a combined force of police, soldiers and local administration officials exchanged gunfire with a group of suspected insurgents in Krongpinang district of Yala province. Police said five suspects were shot dead in the clash.
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