Pattani prison rioters win concessions

Islam has won a battle in the global jihad in Thailand. Authorities have given in to Muslim prisoners demands because of the prisoners riots. The Muslims rioted because they refused to accept a small group of Buddhist inmates appointed as warden's assistants. This is in keeping with Koranic teachings that no non-Muslim will be placed above any Muslim.

Three of the Buddhists were beaten to death. For the administration to give into the Muslims rather than prosecute for murder demonstrates total cowardice and will only result in more Muslim demands and riots.

FROM BANGKOKPOST.COM:

Pattani prison rioters win concessions

Published: 5/09/2011 at 04:12 PM

Rioting inmates in Pattani Central Prison ended their protest on Monday afternoon after senior officials in the province accepted their demands, including that Buddhist prisoners appointed as warders' assistants be replaced with Muslims.

Three inmates were killed by other prisoners during the riot, which began on Monday morning.

Reports said more than 40 prisoners started attacking about five fellow inmates, who fled to the roof of a dormitory. However, three of them subsequently fell from the roof and were seriously hurt.

Rioters in Pattani Central Prison kill three other prisoners on Sept 5, 2011, as prison warders try to control the situation. (Photo by Muhammed Pares Lohasan)

All three were reportedly beaten to death by the rioting inmates.

Prison warders were unable to help those attacked inside the prison because they were heavily outnumbered by the rioters, whose numbers swelled to about 200 after prison staff were forced to release more prisoners from Narathiwat and Yala blocks.

The reports said the 1,200 inmates in Pattani Central Prison split into two groups. About 800 joined the rioting, while about 400 others decided not to take part in it.

Officers said some rioting prisoners were pounding on the walls, as if attempting to break out.

More than 300 police, soldiers and administrative staff from other areas were rushed to the prison to help control the situation, Pattani Central Prison chief Arwut Suwanno said.

Pattani deputy governor Lertkiat Wongpopan also hurried to the prison and called an urgent meeting on the situation.

A prison source said the riot began with scuffle between a large group of Muslim inmates and a small group of Buddhist inmates who had been appointed as warders' assistants.

The Muslim rioters claimed those warders' assistants, led by Phanuwat Khong-in, had treated them unfairly, particularly in regards to food allocation and management within the prison kitchen.

Phanuwat was one of the three prisoners killed.

Representatives of Muslim inmates submitted a letter to prison executives and senior provincial administrators, saying they would end the riot if they agreed to after their demands.

They demanded changes in the way inmates are regulated in prison. They wanted stringent regulations to be relaxed. The inmates assigned to manage the prison's kitchen must be replaced with Muslim inmates. Inmates assigned to help wardens inspect inmates' belongings and those in other prison units must be replaced with Muslim inmates as well. Buddhist inmates that have created conditions leading to the riot must be relocated to other prisons. But those getting involved in the protest must not be relocated.

Senior provincial administrators led by Mr Lertkiat and prison executives agreed to accept protesting inmates' demand after discussing it in a meeting. Most protesters were eventually satisfied by those authorities' decision.

Last Buddhist family in Narathiwat village attacked

The religion of peace has just killed another innocent victim and driven out the last Buddhist family in the area in a 1,400 year attack against Buddhism.

FROM NATIONMULTIMEDIA.COM (The Nation, Thailand)

Last Buddhist family in Narathiwat village attacked

Narathiwat - The last Buddhist family in a village of this southern border province was attacked by Muslim insurgents Sunday, killing the mother and severely injuring the daughter.

The attack against the family in Moo 7 village of Tambon Laloh of Ruesoh district happened at 1:20 pm.

Police said the mother Ladda Sutthani, 72, owner of a clothes shop, was fatally shot and her daughter, Darunee Duangkaew, 39, was severely injured and sent to the provincial hospital.

Ladda, who was shot at her head and neck, died before she was sent to the hospital.

Police said the two were sitting inside the shop with two other relatives and the insurgents arrived on two motorcycles. They initially pretended to buy clothes but opened fire at the mother and daughter while the two relatives managed to flee.

The shop was attacked with a bomb two years ago, injuring Ladda. Darunee's husband was killed about a year ago.

Ladda and Darunee's family is the last Buddhist family in the village.

The Nation

Thailand Weighs Self-Rule for South

No surprises here since the PM is a Muslim who took control of Thailand through a coup. This is just another step in the demise of Thailand as a free country. Bit by bit, inch by inch, Islam will entwine itself around the country till there is nothing left but a Muslim snake pit.
FROM AP.GOOGLE.COM:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jBLB6KQVGZ6z7gvsjqlBYydYajugD8UOPTDG0
Thailand Weighs Self-Rule for South
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thailand is considering granting partial autonomy to its Muslim-majority southern provinces, which for the past four years have been the scene of a bloody Islamic insurgency, the new interior minister said Tuesday.
More than 2,900 people have been killed since early 2004 in nearly daily drive-by shootings and bombings in the three provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, the only ones with Muslim majorities in Buddhist-dominated Thailand.
A recent escalation in violence presents a major challenge to Thailand's new government, which took office last week. Military and political measures imposed by previous governments had little success in curbing the violence.
While conceding that some degree of self-rule in the south "is a possibility," Interior Minister Chalerm Yoobambrung said independence for the region was out of the question.
"Thailand is one state that can't be divided, but we must find a way to make the situation better," he said. "We can't sit still and wait to be killed."
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said autonomy was a "delicate issue."
"We want to hear from senior officials, including military officers, on the situation in the region before we come up with any policy," said Samak, who is also defense minister. "Chalerm thinks it's a good idea so he proposed it but it may be dangerous ... it might get out of hand."
Violence has surged this year after a lull in the second half of 2007.
Srisompob Jitpiromsri, a political scientist at Prince of Songkhla University in Pattani, said 55 people were killed and 100 injured in January, compared to 27 people killed and 37 injured in December.
Chalerm said intelligence suggested the militants are planning to expand their violent campaign to southern Thailand's tourist and commercial hub, Hat Yai, in Songkhla province. In April 2005, two people were killed by a bomb at Hat Yai International Airport.
He also said that nightclubs and other entertainment venues in the region are particularly at risk because insurgents view them as an affront to Islamic values.
In the latest violence, a Muslim district chief and his son were killed in a drive-by shooting Tuesday in Narathiwat province's Rangae district.
Southern Muslims have long complained of being treated as second-class citizens. Two successive Thai governments have failed to quell the insurgency despite the presence of 40,000 troops and police officers.