Hundreds protest in Thailand's restive south
AFP, June, 2007
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NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) — Hundreds of Muslims protested Saturday against rising violence and the military in Thailand's restive south, which is reeling from the deadliest attack against soldiers since 2004.
The protesters, mainly young men and women, rallied around a mosque in Pattani, one of three insurgency-torn provinces bordering Malaysia, and demanded the immediate withdrawal of troops from the region.
They were gathering for the third day and also demanded the cancellation of a state of emergency. Some 2,000 people demonstrated at the mosque on Friday.
"Senior local officials including the deputy governor and the provincial police commander and the military began talks with protesters," said a local official who declined to be named.
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Army-installed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont called for a peaceful end to the protests but added the military would be ready to declare a curfew in the area if necessary.
The Muslim-majority south ...
