YALA, 25 Oct 2013 Department of Provincial Administration chief Siriphong Hantrakun has visited security volunteers in Yala on Thursday to boost the morale of the volunteers in 8 districts.
Mr. Siriphong met with territorial defense volunteers and village security volunteers who assembled at the volunteers’ forward operations center in Tha Sap sub-district, Mueang district, Yala province. On the occasion, the director-general handed out survival equipment, ammunition and vests to representatives of the volunteers who operate in the 8 districts of Yala.
There are currently 10 regiments of territorial defense volunteers in Yala, which together comprise 1,974 persons. On the other hand, there are 11,370 village defense volunteers in the province. Taken together, the volunteers provide an important source of manpower in helping soldiers and police officials maintain order in the insurgency-plagued province.
