5 Islamic Teachers Accused of Treason
Five Islamic teachers suspected of being key figures in a separatist insurgency in Thailand’s Muslim-dominated south have been charged with treason, security officials said.
Four suspects were arrested this week, but the fifth suspect fled during a raid and has been charged in absentia, said Gen. Sirichai Thanyasiri, the regional security commander. The suspects face a maximum penalty of death if found guilty.
More than 550 people have been killed in an explosion of violence this year. Officials in the Buddhist-dominated country have blamed the bloodshed on the resurgence of a separatist movement that had subsided after a government amnesty in the 1980s.
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