Deep South drug craze tied to insurgency

A recent police raid uncovers possible evidence of links between insurgent unrest and the locally made drug cocktail "4x100".

By Ahmad Ramansiriwong for Khabar Southeast Asia in Yala

September 01, 2012

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Mariyah Nibosu, whose husband was shot dead in 2009 by unknown gunmen, stands outside her home in September 2013 in the state-run 'widows' village' of Rotan Batu, 20km from Narathiwat. "Women suffer a lot here," she said. "But we are strong. We have to feed our children by ourselves. We have to survive." [Christophe Archambault/AFP]

As Thailand's Deep South insurgency drags on, families suffer, persevere