Pulo welcomes government policy for deep South

A long -standing Malay-Muslim separatist group said on Saturday it welcomed the Thai government's policy for the Muslim-majority south, saying it "represents a genuine step towards reform and change in the region".

In a statement sent to The Nation, Kasturi Mahkota, the foreign affairs chief of the Patani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) said the policy "could lay the foundations for a political settlement of the conflict."

Moreover, according to the statement, representatives of the Patani Malay Movement, a loose coalition of separatist leaders, have "agreed to form a special body to engage in....