In a statement to The Nation yesterday, Pulo said the organisation and the local Malay Muslim villagers are aware of the presence of government informants that have been planted at their community and pledged "all forms of uprisings" against these measures.

In a statement released yesterday, Pulo said Thai security units on the ground have been quietly assisting some village defense volunteer units in killing "innocent" local Malay Muslim residents. The organisation claimed to have dispatched its own investigating team, known as Black Diamond, to look into these incidents.

The organisation accused the security forces of discriminating against the ethnic Malay villagers by arming their Buddhist neighbours. It said the Malay Muslim villagers do not trust the security forces to be an honest broker and thus, the growing call for them to pull out of their village.

Meanwhile, fresh violence took place yesterday as three people died and two injured in separated attacks in three southernmost provinces, police said.

A fierce attack killed two staffs and injured one of Yala's Krong Pinang Tambon Administration Organisation as some six gunmen on motorbikes fired into the office where the tree were working.

Lek Boonthong, 58 and Suchin Songphom, 28 died instantly while Patthama Sakrin 25 serious injured, police said.

In Narathiwat's Sungai Padi district, Kecha Loh, 46 a former village head was shot dead while riding his motorbike from the district down town to home. His dead body was laden with AK47 bullets laying died along the road.

Meanwhile in neighbouring Pattani province, Yusoh Sana, 30 was injured in a gun attack while riding a motorbike on a rural road in Khok Pho district. He was hit at his body and shoulder before an admission into a Khok Pho hospital.