Deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, centre, said on Tuesday investigators were searching out people in the lower South who were allegedly sending funds to the Islamic State. (Bangkok Post file photo)Some Thais in the far South are allegedly helping fund the Islamic State (IS) movement, and investigators are identifying them, a deputy national police chief said on Tuesday. The information echoed Thai investigators' reports that groups of Thai people really had connections with IS and frequently travelled to Syria, Pol Gen Srivara said. Investigators had already split the Facebook usernames into six groups for further investigation, Pol Gen Srivara said. Police were taking precautions, and Thailand was working closely with other Southeast Asian nations on the issue, Gen Prawit said.

Source: Bangkok Post November 22, 2016 09:39 UTC