- Title: THAILAND: MOSLEM SEPARATIST SURRENDERE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THAILAND
- Date: 12th April 1990
- Summary: UNSPECIFIED LOCATION, SOUTHERN THAILAND (APRIL 1, 1990) 1. GV/SVS OF CEREMONY WITH SURRENDERED MOSLEM GUERRILLAS LISTENING TO DEFENCE MINISTER CHAVALIT YONGCHAIYUDH (6 SHOTS) 0.24 2. SV YONGCHAIYUDH SHAKING HANDS WITH SURRENDERED GUERRILLAS 0.37 3. GV/SV OF YONGCHAIYUDH WALKING TO MOSLEM SHRINE AND PAYING RESPECTS (2 SHOTS) 0.49 4. SV/GV OF YONGCHAIYUDH WALKING TO MOSLEM SHRINE WITH YONGCHAIYUDH (2 SHOTS) 0.57 5. GV SOLDIER AND JOURNALIST STANDING OUTSIDE SHRINE 1.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 27th April 1990 13:00
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- Location: UNSPECIFIED LOCATION, SOUTHERN THAILAND
- Country: Thailand
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA56KNFV1UMMAQIDS4TVO9JBS9X
- Story Text: UNSPECIFIED LOCATION, SOUTHERN THAILAND
More than 85 Moslem separatists, some of whom claimed they received guerrilla training in Libya and Syria, surrendered to the government in a ceremony in southern Thailand on Wednesday (April 11).
Thailand's new defence minister, General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, presided over the formal surrender. The Moslem guerrillas brought their wives and children with them to the ceremony.
General Chavalit said poverty was the common enemy of Thailand. He asked the Moslems to join his government and help eradicate this problem.
Chavalit has been working to end rebel separatist movements operating on the Thai-Malaysian border. Surrenders from the rebel groups have been going on since mid-March of this year.
<strong>Source: REUTERS - DAVID MCKAIGE</strong> - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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