Emergency rule to combat Thai insurgents
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article300324.ece
By Jan McGirk, South-east Asia Correspondent
Published: 20 July 2005
Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has imposed emergency rule
in three Muslim-dominated provinces bordering Malaysia amid escalating
unrest in the area.
Authorities now have the power to detain suspects without charge,
deport foreigners on suspicion of being terrorists and tap telephones
as they seek to tackle a 19-month insurgency which has killed more than
900 people in the only region in Thailand where Muslims outnumber
Buddhists. Security forces and government officials will not be subject
to prosecution while on duty in the emergency zone. Critics fear that
civil liberties will be compromised and that such harsh measures will
alienate moderates caught in the conflict.
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