Apparently three Rohingya Muslims were arrested in Thailand and a linkage was quickly made to the violent Islamic separatists in southern Thailand. Abhisit said all the facts are not in. From the Bangkok Post:
The government is taking a cautious line over connections between three Rohingya arrested this week and reports they helped terrorists and the southern insurgency movement.
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Police were unsure about the precise links and were conducting more inquiries, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday.
Just run of the mill human trafficking or terrorism? Who knows!
Mr Abhisit said the men might have made money from human trafficking, without it reaching the separatist movement in the far South.
He also dismissed speculation that al-Qaeda terrorists had slipped into the country to whip up violence in the region.
The government was working with intelligence agencies overseas to make sure that did not happen, the prime minister said.
Several groups were involved in the southern strife and the government knew who they were, he said.
If you are a new reader, our interest in this subject is that there is a growing public relations campaign by resettlement agencies and lobbyists for the refugee industry to resettle Rohingya in the West and the US. Note how the Refugee Council USA (a coalition of most of the advocacy groups involving refugees) now lists the Rohingya on its home page as one of several important issues they are lobbying about.
The Rohingya will be here, in the US, before more than 99% of Americans ever hear their name. See our whole category, Rohingya Reports (here) to learn more and be in that tiny minority who understands the implications of these potential new neighbors.