BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta said rifts within the largest and most violent rebel group in the kingdom’s deep south were overshadowing the prospect of fresh peace talks to end the 11-year insurgency. A bloody conflict has claimed more than 6,400 lives – the majority civilians – in Thailand’s southernmost provinces, which are predominantly Muslim and were colonised by Thailand over a century ago.
Thai authorities stand accused of widespread human rights abuses and forced assimilation schemes over the culturally distinct south.
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