Emergency decree in Southern Thailand extended - Bangkok Post

Emergency decree in Southern Thailand extended - Bangkok Post
March 13, 2012

The cabinet on Tuesday approved the National Security Council's proposal to extend the imposition of the executive decree for administration in emergency situations in three southern border provinces for another three months, acting government spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard said.

Mr Anusorn said the extension of the emergency decree is from March 20 to June 19 and covers Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani provinces, except Pattani's Mae Lan district.

The spokesman said an opinion survey reported that 70 per cent of the people in the three provinces wanted the  emergency decree to continue to be enforced.  This is the 27 extension of the decree.

The cabinet assigned the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) to continue to conduct the assessment of the decree's enforcement, he said.