Ģ4 December 2001: Insurgents launched a number of attacks on police posts in the three provinces. Following the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States, leaflets calling for Holy War and support for Osama bin Laden were distributed in Yala by militants.The Thai government also encouraged local people to monitor the movements of drug traffickers and, as a result, the tough policy on drugs deprived PULO of recruits for its acts of terror. Malaysian authorities arrested New PULO's leader, Abdul Rohman Bazo, its military chief, Haji Daoh Thanam, and Bazo's senior assistant, Haji Mae Yala in Kedah, as well as PULO's military commander, Haji Sama-ae Thanam, in Kuala Lumpur, later handing them to Thai authorities.
#South thailand insurgency code#
January 1998: Malaysia and Thailand launched a joint operation code named "Pitak Tai" to crack down on insurgent outfits. Between August 1997 and January 1998, 33 separate attacks took place resulting in nine deaths. Īugust 1997: Bersatu launched an operation code named "Falling Leaves". ġ997: Members of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu Patani (BRN), PULO and the New PULO established the United Mujahideen Front of Pattani to improve co-ordination between rebel factions. The Thai Interior Ministry and Thai Military Intelligence reported that New PULO used unemployed youth and young drug addicts to carry out its terrorist missions.
Īugust 1996: Thirty-six schools were torched in Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat allegedly by members of the New PULO faction, reportedly a dissident faction of the original PULO established by Arrong Moo-reng and Hayi Abdul Rohman Bazo. It is believed that there is now a co-ordinating body called the Patani United Liberation Organisation (Dewan Pembebasan Pattani or PULO), although little is known about the composition or leadership of the various groups.ġ993: The New PULO, a dissident faction of the original PULO, was established by Arrong Moo-reng and Hayi Abdul Rohman Bazo. The BRN Congress is regarded as the most active group, but there are several others, and competition between these militant groups has helped fuel the insurgency. The BRN split into three rival factions, of which the most militant were the BRN Coordinate and the BRN Congress. Renewed agitation began in the 1990s, led by Malay intellectuals influenced by revolutionary and Islamist ideas from the Middle East.ġ977: Security forces killed BNPP leader Tunku Yala Nasae. The royal family managed to escape unharmed. September 1977: Black December 1902 members threw a bomb into a Thai royal ceremony. In the aftermath of the bombing Sabilillah vanished into obscurity. June 1977: Sabilillah (Path of God) bombed Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. Despite the fact that the majority of the protesters demands were granted, the event led to an escalation of the insurgency. The government charged and imprisoned the perpetrators and launched an official inquiry and compensated the families of the victims. The attack was blamed on Buddhist extremists. A bomb was thrown into the crowd killing 12 and injuring at least 30 protesters. ġ1 December 1975: PULO organised mass protests in response to the event, which were joined by 70,000 Malay Muslims. The government allegedly failed to conduct a proper investigation into the matter. Ģ9 November 1975: Thai marines allegedly murdered five Muslim youths in the Bacho District of Narathiwat Province. PULO became the most powerful insurgent group during the 1960 – 2000 period of the war. ġ968: Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) was founded by Tengku Bira Kotanila (alias Kabir Abdul Rahman). ġ960: The Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) was founded by Haji Abdul Karim in response to the introduction of a secular curriculum in Pattani's religious boarding schools. Although the conflict was carried out with less intensity, armed resistance in the 1960s and 1970s involved up to 1,500 insurgents.