17 September 2016

News Story: Islamic schools in southernmost Thailand under probe for alleged links with Turkish terrorist group

BANGKOK, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday that he has ordered authorities to investigate into allegations that four Islamic schools in the Deep South region of the country had been linked with a Turkish terrorist movement.

His comments followed news reports that the Turkish Embassy in Bangkok had announced on its website to not ratify any educational certificates from the four Islamic schools in Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala provinces for their alleged connections with Fethullah Gulen movement.

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