PATTANI, Dec 13 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday met representatives of Thailand’s southern teachers to give them moral support and listen to their concerns as teachers have recently become primary targets for being killed by insurgents.

After chairing a meeting of agencies concerned at Pattani provincial hall, Ms Yingluck, Deputy Prime Minister/Education Minister Phongthep Thepkanchana, PM’s advisor Gen Yuthasak Sasiprapa, and army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha met 20 teachers representing educators in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.

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