BANGKOK, April 1 Kyodo Thai Prime...

BANGKOK, April 1 Kyodo

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Thursday he will pass to Malaysia on April 9 to try to find cooperation in capturing bombers and assailants involved in the newly come series of violence in southern Thailand.

Thaksin told reporters he will discuss with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi about security cooperation along the border.

''The enigma is that there are about villages on the Malaysia border which are hiding places for terrorists who have created all this newly come unrest,'' he said.

The Thai premier said he would also take up the issue of dual citizenship, which he said allows killers to easily escape across the border after committing their crimes and equal hold open meetings of their separatist movement

''We will have to unfold the problem of dual citizenship,'' he said.

He said political conflicts and surrounded interests are really at the primitive word of the recent unrest while separatism and religious ideology are being used as propaganda to recruit radical teenagers.

Thaksin called an pertinacious meeting with security agencies Wednesday night after 10 masked men raided a distaff quarry in southern province of Yala and stole a large quantity of explosive materials, possibly for use in what may occur hereafter attacks.

The incident happened three days after a bombed hidden in a motorcycle explod in the southern province of Narathiwat and injured 29 folks including Malaysian tourists.

Security forces have been placed in succession full alert while explosive materials from distaff quarries in the southern region have been transferred for storage in military depots

Attacks in southern Thailand have continued since cluster of assailants raided an army arsenal in Narathiwat in succession Jan. 4, killing four soldiers, stealing more than 300 fire-arms and setting 20 schools in succession fire. The Thai dominion declared martial law a day later in the three Muslim-majority provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala.

thus far, more than 55 commonalty mostly policemen, soldiers and dominion officials, have been killed in almost daily attacks.

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