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PM meets Thursday with security agencies on teacher protection in far South
BANGKOK, Sept 8 – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will convene a meeting with security agencies to respond to the violence in the deep South on Thursday after a recent attack on teachers prompted widespread temporary school closures in Narathiwat.
After teachers federations in the three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat announced the temporary closure of schools in Narathiwat and called for additional security measures, Mr Abhisit said that he assigned Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat and Deputy Interior Minister Thavorn Senniam to visit teachers,accept their demands and put them into action.
As the authorities are trying to resolve the problem, the prime minister conceded that government officials at all levels and in all capacities are targeted by attackers and insurgent attacks often occur during this period (the Muslim holy month of Ramadan).
The prime minister said he will call on the meeting with security agencies and ministers to find a solution to the violence in the three southern border provinces.
Representatives of the teachers federation in the three southern border provinces will meet the prime minister next week to discuss solution to end violence and attacks on teachers.
Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said he cooperated with the federation to invite five representatives to meet with the prime minister next week.
The government ordered local officials to be more vigilant during this period when more attacks are carried out during transfer of local officials.
In nearby province of Pattani, all classrooms of Chamaosamton School in Saiburi district on Wednesday have been locked up after a gunman killed a janitor on Tuesday and teachers lost morale and feared to go to school, prompting the school to close on Wednesday.
In Yala, combined forces of police, soldiers and administrative officials set up checkpoints in all eight districts in stepping up security measures to protect local residents and teachers
and school personnel alike.
The Narathiwat school closures came as the Teachers' Federation in the three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat on Tuesday resolved that all 465 schools in the red 'high-risk' zones should be closed for three days for safety reasons after Wilas Kongkham, 54, a teacher at Baan Mananggayi School, and his wife, Komkam Petchprom, 53, a teacher at Tungtohdang School, were shot dead by presumed insurgents Tuesday morning.
The latest violence raises the death toll of teachers killed by presumed insurgents to 137th since 2004 when the violence re-erupted in the restive region.
On Wednesday, 365 schools in 13 districts of Narathiwat decided to close until Friday, while some other 60 schools, mostly in the provincial seat, remain open amid tight security.(MCOT online news)
After teachers federations in the three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat announced the temporary closure of schools in Narathiwat and called for additional security measures, Mr Abhisit said that he assigned Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat and Deputy Interior Minister Thavorn Senniam to visit teachers,accept their demands and put them into action.
As the authorities are trying to resolve the problem, the prime minister conceded that government officials at all levels and in all capacities are targeted by attackers and insurgent attacks often occur during this period (the Muslim holy month of Ramadan).
The prime minister said he will call on the meeting with security agencies and ministers to find a solution to the violence in the three southern border provinces.
Representatives of the teachers federation in the three southern border provinces will meet the prime minister next week to discuss solution to end violence and attacks on teachers.
Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said he cooperated with the federation to invite five representatives to meet with the prime minister next week.
The government ordered local officials to be more vigilant during this period when more attacks are carried out during transfer of local officials.
In nearby province of Pattani, all classrooms of Chamaosamton School in Saiburi district on Wednesday have been locked up after a gunman killed a janitor on Tuesday and teachers lost morale and feared to go to school, prompting the school to close on Wednesday.
In Yala, combined forces of police, soldiers and administrative officials set up checkpoints in all eight districts in stepping up security measures to protect local residents and teachers
and school personnel alike.
The Narathiwat school closures came as the Teachers' Federation in the three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat on Tuesday resolved that all 465 schools in the red 'high-risk' zones should be closed for three days for safety reasons after Wilas Kongkham, 54, a teacher at Baan Mananggayi School, and his wife, Komkam Petchprom, 53, a teacher at Tungtohdang School, were shot dead by presumed insurgents Tuesday morning.
The latest violence raises the death toll of teachers killed by presumed insurgents to 137th since 2004 when the violence re-erupted in the restive region.
On Wednesday, 365 schools in 13 districts of Narathiwat decided to close until Friday, while some other 60 schools, mostly in the provincial seat, remain open amid tight security.(MCOT online news)
