PM Convenes Emergency Security Meeting Over Southern Border Violence
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul convened an emergency security meeting August 23 to address overnight violence across three southern border provinces, instructing officials to aid civilians and enforce the law firmly.
On August 23 at Military Air Base 2, Wing 6 in Don Muang, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and the Interior Minister convened security agencies to monitor and receive a briefing on incidents of unrest across multiple areas in three southern border provinces during the night of August 22. The meeting was attended by Defence Minister Adulyadej Bunjdarmajaroen, Army Commander Pana Kraiwplodtukkhrop, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Secretary Arthit Sampathanarat, as well as Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary and Director-General of the Public Administration Department. Region 4 Commander Naratip Phoinoi also called in to report the situation, after which the Prime Minister instructed officials to care for injured civilians and enforce the law decisively. The PM spent over an hour in the meeting before departing to monitor flooding in Nan Province, boarding his aircraft at 09:35.
