BANGKOK, July 21 – Thailand’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has stated that violent incidents in the deep South were decreasing, while peace talks with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) insurgency movement will proceed.

Deputy army chief and NCPO secretary-general Gen Udomdet Sitabutr said that the number of violent incidents in the the three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat dropped by 20-30 per cent compared with those last year.

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