A former army chief said the government's "policy of reconciliation" has failed as it is too timid. The commander of the Yala Provincial Police said the tactics of direct pressure and sweeping arrests are "choking" the insurgency. An Islamic school in Narathiwat with links to Muslim insurgents was closed.
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