You can track the following questions on the video to at the times given.
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How does the movement see the violence in the past 11 years? (0.29)
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What do you think about the human rights violations and crimes committed by the Thai state? What are your concerns about that? (1.30)
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Civil society groups have called for the movement to refrain from attacks on soft targets, namely civilians. Has the movement heeded these demands? (4.30)
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Duncan McCargo, an English academic, has termed the structure of the insurgency movement as a liminal lattice or "a network without a core”. What do you think about his analysis? (7.30)
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Why have the movements never come out to claim responsibility for each attack? (11.25)
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In your opinion, what is the biggest mistake of the Thai state toward people in Patani? (12.10)
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What is the movement's strategy in gaining support from the local people? (16.00)
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Do you find the demand for merdika, or independence, still relevant? (18.41)
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Has the movement done its best to listen to local people’s demands? (20.00)
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The Deep South student movement ‘PerMAS’, which has been very active lately has been accused of being a wing of the movement? Is that true? (21.37)
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What is MARA Patani? What is its status? What organizations does it represent? (24.20)
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What are your demands? Are they different from the five-point proposal made during Yingluck government? (25.50)
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Does the movement consider the Thai junta as a legitimate representative of the Thai state since they came to power illegally? (32.29)
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How many talks have taken place since the coup? What has been discussed? How has it gone so far? (34.54)
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If Patani becomes an autonomous or independent state, will Islamic law be implemented? (40.40)
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The Deep South has been home of people with Chinese and Thai ancestry for generations. What is the movement’s stance toward cultural and ethnic diversity? (43.33)
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Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is very conservative on national-level policies. What do you think about his style in tackling the problem of the Deep South? (44.12)
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What do you think and feel about Thai national politics? (48.25)
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What do you think about the Thai mainstream media’s coverage of the Deep South conflict? (50.18)
Muhammad Dueramae from Deep South Journalism School contributed to this report.
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