This is just plain wrong an has been going on for far too long ( 10+ years), Thai Government has done nothing to stop it, ( although having driven from Betong on the Malaysia border to Yalla had to pass over 40 road blocks) Regardless of which government is, or has been in power they are all totally ineffective.
two days ago;
PATTANI: -- An female employee of Bangkok Bank’s Nongchik-Pattani branch was shot and then burned alive while she was riding home in a motorcycle on Highway 42 late yesterday evening in Yaring district of Pattani.
The victim was later identified as Miss Sayamol sae Limg, 28.
Yaring district police said that the bank employee was riding home in Panare district on the Highway 42 or Narathiwat-Pattani road. As she passed a secluded stretch of the highway, a gunman in unknown type of vehicle approached alongside and then pumped three shots at her.
She lost control and fell to the ground with the motorcycle.
One militant then came out with a gallon of petrol, poured on her and then lit the fire.
and yesterday;
Killing of monk seen as 'revenge for murder of three brothers
BANGKOK: -- THE SLAYING yesterday of a Buddhist monk and three others including a nine-year-old boy in southern Pattani was in retaliation for the murder of three Muslim brothers of the Manan clan in Narathiwat 10 days ago, experts said.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Marosoh Chantravadi, a leader of an insurgent cell in the area, who was killed along with 15 other men in Narathiwat's Bacho district.
Since late 2003 the fighting has claimed more than 5,000 lives while authorities in Bangkok remain helpless in coming up with a viable strategy to contain the violence and restore peace in the region. Negotiations for a truce remain in limbo.
Killing of monk seen as 'revenge for murder of three brothers - The Nation
This is the reason why , they are claiming for these atrocities
Southern militants shoot and burn bank employee | Thai PBS English News