Thailand: Yala court sentences militant boss


Yala Provincial Court has handed a jail sentence to a leader and member of a militant group that caused widespread damage in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.

An Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) source yesterday said that Muelee Hama, one of the major leaders of PuloG5, was caught with eight associates in Yala’s Raman district on July 8.

Authorities seized pentolite, sodium chlorate and potassium nitrate compounds for creating an improvised explosive device (IED), a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), 20 modified rocket pipelines, over 50 bomb detonators, 12 illegal telecommunication devices and more than 400 IED materials.

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Source: Bangkok Post