BANGKOK: A tearful Queen Sirikit yesterday made a passionate plea for a national concerted effort to end the daily violence in southern Thailand, “because every Thai owns this country and residents have every right to live and remain in the three southern provinces.”
The queen also recounted several tales of daily incidents of helpless individuals being brutally killed by armed militants in Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces, before an audience of 930 people at Dusit Palace yesterday.