
YALA: The provincial court has given long prison sentences to one of the leaders and other members of a militant group held responsible for widespread violence in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.
An Internal Security Operations Command source on Wednesday said that Muelee Hama, a leader of the PuloG5 militant group and eight of his associates were arrested in Yala’s Raman district on July 8.