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Will there be a substantive political breakthrough in the on-off-on again peace talks between the Thai state and Patani Malay nationalists? Would Patani nationalists accept anything less than total political separation from Thailand after 109 years of socio-political turmoil under the Thai yoke? Would Thai hardliners tolerate even a mild semblance of self-governance, not even autonomy, and let

KijangMasnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576493595087090344.post-66990704967548511252011-02-10T12:59:00.000+08:002011-02-10T12:59:07.462+08:00

The Patani United Liberation Organization do not command most of the battlefield combatants. It is today more of a political advocacy group than a guerrilla movement.  PULO is the most eloquent among the many liberation groups in articulating the struggle of the Patani people to rid the 30,000 sq km Malay region from over a century of Thai occupation.  .

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--The last Raja of Patani, HRH Sultan Abdul Kadir Kamaruddin ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sulaiman Sharifuddin (r. 1899-1902).His lonely and courageous stand against incessant Siamese aggression, which led to the ultimate annexation of his kingdom, is one of the great untold stories of Malay history. The Sultan vigorously resisted Siamese designs on his land and actively rallied international political

KijangMasnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576493595087090344.post-31027226313151751242009-10-27T16:44:00.008+08:002009-11-05T23:04:49.132+08:00

.Mild sampling of Thai brutality on unarmed young Patani Malay civilian ........ minus the gory ending. Who is the terrorist again now?See also the Gersik mosque and Sebayu massacres of April 28, 2004.Meanwhile, Malaysian PM Najib Razak has called for some form of Autonomy for the three million plus Malays of the Patani Region, a huge chunk of resource-rich real estate encompassing the Thai-held

KijangMasnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576493595087090344.post-23679294212217271882009-06-07T16:19:00.002+08:002009-06-07T16:21:51.669+08:00

..Why are the Patani people resisting Thai rule?- The Thais invaded Patani in 1786 and initiated colonisation measures that culminated in annexation in 1902 and full political incorporation in the aftermath of the 1909 Anglo-Siamese Treaty. - The Thai concept of nationhood is via complete assimilation in identity, culture, language, lifestyle and mindset into a single “Thai” identity as created

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(Click to Enlarge) Copyright © 2009 Behind the Accidental Border. All Rights Reserved. Territory of the Patani nation as envisioned by most of the Patani liberation groups. With a population of almost three million, of which 80% are Malay Muslims, Patani Darussalam encompasses the Malay provinces of Patani, Jala, Menara, Setul and the Malay districts of Tiba, Chenak, Sebayu and Nawi in Singgora

KijangMasnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576493595087090344.post-64810120787492328102008-09-09T10:28:00.000+08:002008-09-22T21:47:17.702+08:00

Book Excerpt (Protected by Copyright. Quotations and reproductions subject to approval and written permission of the Author):-Phibun Songkhram (birthname Plaek Khittasangkha), an Army Lieut. Colonel and key conspirator in the Siamese coup d'état of 1932 (who later promoted himself to Field Marshall) became Siam’s Prime Minister in late 1938. Holding on to the posts of Defense and Interior

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I must say the response to this book's January 2008 soft-launch was overwhelming. Word of mouth was enough to generate literally hundreds of e-mail inquiries and pre-orders from readers worldwide.To the purchasers, thank you. To the many re-order customers, a double thank you. This book was a labor of love (+ blood, sweat and some tears) since I began collecting obscure manuscripts and maps of

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Book Excerpt (Protected by Copyright. Quotations and reproductions subject to approval and written permission of the Author):-Extract of Anglo-Siamese Treaty, 1909 (bold added):-Delineation of BoundaryCommencing from the most seaward point of the northern bank of the estuary of the Perlis River and thence north to the range of hills which is the watershed between the Perlis River on one side and

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Book Excerpt (Protected by Copyright. Quotations and reproductions subject to approval and written permission of the Author) :-(Click to Enlarge) Copyright © 2007 Behind the Accidental Border. All Rights Reserved.Unauthorized reproductions of this map strictly prohibited and subject to legal proceedings.Base Map: “Birman Empire and Countries South East of the Ganges,” A New General Atlas of the

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Book Excerpt(Protected by Copyright. Quotations and reproductions subject to approval and written permission of the Author) :- Patani reacted to Ayuthaya’s initial belligerence by launching a sea-borne attack on a Burmese-ravaged Ayutthaya in 1563-4. Patani’s Sultan Mudaffar Shah’s forces overran Ayutthayan defenses and sacked the palace, with King Maha Chakkraphat fleeing to safety. The Patani

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Book Excerpt(Protected by Copyright. Quotations and reproductions subject to approval and written permission of the Author) :- The early inhabitants of Langkasuka were probably an eclectic assemblage of early Malays, Mons and Khmers. The maritime nature of the polity alludes to Austronesian (the greater Malay group) dominance. Significant Sumatran Malay acculturation commenced with the Sri

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Patani: Behind The Accidental Border- Dynamics of the Patani Conflict and prescriptions for a sustainable peace Book Excerpt(Protected by Copyright. Quotations and reproductions subject to approval and written permission of the Author) :- Patani's ancestral state of Langkasuka was already a growing regional power a thousand years before the progenitor T’ai state of Sukhothai emerged in the

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