Peace groups, human rights defenders, the National Human Rights Commission and the government condemned the attack with some considerable emotion. Under these laws, security authorities can arrest and detain persons suspected of crimes against the national security without arrest warrants. No matter the reason behind the move of the Buddhist groups, I feel they want to show that they disagree, quite strenuously, with the government's measures and law enforcement. Meanwhile, authorities keep saying that much progress has been made to bring about peace in the far South. I have sympathy for both Buddhist and Muslim people residing in the deep South as any one of them could be the next victim.

Source: Bangkok Post March 12, 2017 22:15 UTC